Best Christmas Game Ever? | Blue Stinger (DC)

[@KosOrSomeSayKosmo]

Looks lovingly at locket: "What a b*tch."

[@GuyDude-hk8uy]

"Dogs smells something weird in the protein storage area" You *never* want to hear that there's a strange smell in the protein storage area.

[@TheWarmotor]

The place where I store my protein can smell pretty strange, I guess.

[@clintmcbride7830]

"What will you do if a monster attacks you butt naked?" "Them I'll fight back butt naked" Absolute legend

[@JinblazeOG]

“Dang he’s alive I was hoping to be debt free” lmaoooooo

[@Azothelusmus]

"Tim is what? Dead?" I love Dogs just for that. Dialogue like that trails off too often.

[@thelongerrun]

Lani Minella was also the original voice of Adria the Witch in Diablo 1, and most of the Zerg in StarCraft. I used to work for the company that hosted her personal site, so I would occasionally do tech support for her. Really nice lady!

[@Svoorhout85]

"I sense a soul in search of answers."

[@barry-allenthe-flash8396]

Any time I'm scrolling through my feed and I see _THE_ Dogs Bower on a thumbnail, I know I have to click on that video. The fact that it's a new Dungeon Chill video is also nice, I guess 😄

[@SemperErato]

I love the idea of this being a Sonic AU where Rouge is Eggman's estranged daughter and Sonic's rivalry with Eggman is all because Eggman doesn't think Sonic is good enough for Rouge.

[@bunnybreaker]

Please make this mod/game 🙏🏽

[@n4ughty_knight]

So... We just gonna ignore that Eggman had a relationship with a bat?

[@linksbetweendrinks7032]

​​​@@n4ughty_knight You're talking about theoretical Sonic fanfic. It's the weirdest and grossest genre of literature imaginable. Robotnik sleeping with a bat would be the tamest thing about it.

[@TheMadAfrican1]

Lani is partly responsible for helping come up with Duke Nukem's voice, if I recall, since she directed John St John in Duke 3D. So you are not allowed you blame her for any unfortunate happenstance in the games she works on, cause she is literally legendary.

[@PaulieMcCoy]

You realize Duke Nukem in Duke 3d was a hollywood amalgamation of the protagonist from They Live and other such? ...But yeah, it was cool as a kid cuz I'd seen those movies already. 😁 First pixelated tatas = Duke Nukem 3d. *Shake it baby!* *You wanna dance?*

[@seanhardy5340]

Better review Illbleed soon! Shinya Nishigaki demands it from beyond the grave. He's a friendly ghost, but don't leave him hanging too long!

[@rustkitty]

He's called Dogs?! It's always a treat when Japanese writers flex their staggering knowledge of western culture like this. (though nothing beats Raye Penber, the most authentic American name in Japanese fiction history)

[@SyndicateOperative]

To be fair, I've heard of some people in the US calling their kids "Latrine". They were told what it meant later, but they insisted it "sounded nice"...

[@dansmith1661]

It could have been shithouse. Dodged a bullet.@@SyndicateOperative

[@tarnetskygge]

nothing beats that one baseball game with totally legit American names like Bobson Dugnutt, Mike Truk and Todd Bonzalez

[@n4ughty_knight]

I don't think he's actually called "Dogs". Most likely it's just a nickname they gave him. Usually bulky men in American culture have nicknames like how Dwayne Johnson is called "The Rock" Johnson. This is especially true since Dogs literally looks like Hulk Hogan (his real name is Terry Gene Bollea) and Captain Haddock.

[@n4ughty_knight]

There's Rufus from Street Fighter and I think they got the name from the word "Ruckus".

[@Fallen-Saint]

This game is a 10/10 because it accomplished it's goals it's a very 80-90s action movie. That's why I think making a joke out of the enemies and having all the money is very in line

[@penguinreloaded7756]

My friend and I called it "Blue Stinker", but both genuinely enjoyed the janky ass game (except for the swimming controls). This was one of those games that most Dreamcast owners in the US owned, as it was down to $5-$10 within two months of the Dreamcast launch. I have replayed it a couple of times since '99 & I really do find it to be charming and enjoyable.

[@AnAverageGoblin]

This game absolutely radiates "launch title" vibes and I love it just for that.

[@julian0451]

this is certainly one of the videogames ever

[@doccatface6868]

Why'd you get a divorce?

[@fadedGun]

How could you say something like that? You sounds insane…

[@Flackon]

Lol you’re not even wrong lmaoo

[@dansmith1661]

Out of all videogames, this is the

[@Viper-py4pg]

Truly one of the games of all time

[@doccatface6868]

This was the game that brought me to HCG101 a decade and a half ago. Gettin HASSBLASSTED and taking baths with friends is patrician.

[@dungeonchill]

The shout out to Dogs in the intro of the Top 47k Games podcast still cracks me up.

[@minmogrovingstrongandhealthy]

Is the OP comment even in English?!

[@JoshuaJacobs83]

Yes. Im sorry you cant read ​@@minmogrovingstrongandhealthy

[@Mechazaurus]

Dogs is the man. If you take nothing else away from Blue Stinger, remember that at least.

[@SeanMcGehee]

Our sweet baby boy, what should we name him? DOGS

[@SamuelShiina]

The cutscenes in this game is on whole another level 😂

[@unknownuser494]

*Older survival horror games cutscenes are on whole another level.

[@n4ughty_knight]

ngl, they're very wholesome. I wish they made more games with these kind of simple visuals.

[@maneco88]

I remember playing this and Sonic Adventure on christmas it was beautiful 😭🤣 Ps. And Zombie Revenge

[@sainttan]

The game is janky as fudge, but I played the crap out of during the Sega Dreamcast days.

[@j.2512]

Dreamcast had like 10 games, everyone who owned it played the same thing

[@dangreen3186]

⁠@@j.2512Lol 10 games! nice trolling..according to Wiki the Dreamcast had 620 games released in its lifetime.

[@victoriouswinner7745]

blue stinger is such an awesome, memorable game. i remember that awkward bath scene like it was yesterday. its hammered into the wrinkles in my brain

[@orbis6360]

I played this game during Xmas when it came out. Its a fond memory.

[@FriedGamer]

About the voice direction: A few years ago, I met John St. John (Big the Cat, yet another Sonic character) at a convention. He said the worst thing he ever worked on was an ad for Blue Stinger. No matter how he would read the line, somebody from Sega was there to tell him to "do it better". Eventually, he got so fed up, he just read his lines in the most stilted Japanese accent he could muster. That was the take they used.

[@ImpendingRiot83]

SuperGreatFriend enlightened me in the ways of Nishigaki with his Blue Stinger and ILLBLEED videos/streams, and he really brought a unique and humorous flair to the projects he was involved in. Wish we could’ve seen more from him to be honest.

[@clintmcbride7830]

Hmmm. Nitro Rad did that for me lol. I'll have to check out this Supergreatfriend

[@b4ds33d]

LMAO Blue Stinger is only the greatest game ever if it was the only game you got for Christmas. If you didn’t get checkers. Or marbles.

[@danielwigginton1370]

It's the bath scene that really chuckles me: "Elliott, you're more macho than I expected" 😂

[@lucascoval828]

Character development. Respect. 🥹🥹🥹

[@myexile2374]

I feel I would be remiss not to leave a comment mentioning "Parasite Eve" in some capacity whilst watching a video that broaches the topic of great '90s horror games set during Christmas!

[@da_roachdogjr]

Nothing like opening up a cold Hassy, and watching Dungeon Chill...

[@jrs4516]

this was my introduction to the dreamcast. this was what they had running on on in store unit. it was very "sega" looking, blue skies and palm trees. i think a lot of sega's problems were steadfastly sticking to this cartoony 1995 look and tripling down on short lifespan arcade arcade type experiences when the rest of the industry was going in the opposite direction. i still bought one with vf3, mainly for the proposed internet functionality, but i soon received a letter saying that would not be happening in my region so have a free game. i chose shenmue but i had sold my DC by the time it arrived in the mail.

[@unnamedmuffin]

Dogs is, ironically, a cat person.

[@drkarate5219]

This was a launch game that sat in my room for a week because it got released before the console actually came out. I played the hell out of this dogshit game, I love it.

[@nekokonata]

Dreamcast exclusives like this and Shenmue had such a nice, distinctively early 6th gen look. I like it.

[@sonyslyer9946]

I love Blue Stinger! ❤ Oneyplays made such a fun playthrough 😂 That loud ass intro song for no reason with the orchestra 😂😂

[@VespertiliKildem]

This is insane. Literally YESTERDAY I was watching a guy playing a modded version of Bio Hazard 2, and there was, among all the tracks, THAT one from Blue Stinger. And you made this video 11 days ago? Why? And WHY is this video on my feed? Anyway, Blue Stinger is one of those "strange 2000's games" and I love it. I loved both the voice actors and the musics, so over the top and loud ahah I have dear memories of this game, one of the "early new generation" games I've ever played (if we consider that Dreamcast came out BEFORE the ps2).

[@darkjapan]

John Andersen was a friend of Mr Nishigaki and wrote a fantastic tribute to him. I'll post an extract here; "While on a break at my day job as an assistant language teacher in a junior high school in Chiba prefecture, I decided to call his office. I got a hold of the receptionist. "May I speak to Shinya Nishigaki please?" There was a pause on the other end. "Hold on one moment please." The female receptionist said. I was put on hold, a male voice answered the phone. It was not Shinya. I had been transferred to the vice-president of Cavia. "May I speak to Shinya Nishigaki please?" I repeated. "I'm sorry, Mr. Nishigaki is no longer with the company," he said in awkward English. I brought on a polite series of questions asking his whereabouts. Then he said it. "He's dead. His heart stopped," he said. It was true. I was then given a phone number for a member of Nishigaki's family who spoke fluent English, and confirmed he had suffered a heart attack at his home in Saitama on February 14th, 2004. It occurred only a month and a half after our interview. He was 42 years old."

[@chakatBombshell]

Blue Stinger is the second best Christmas video game, the first is Parasite Eve1 which starts on December 24th.

[@kapparomeo]

28:00 - Fun Fact: That's not just a dialogue quip, it is literally Eliot's payday. If you go back to the ATMs in the Market District after this scene, you will find more money deposited in Eliot's account which you can withdraw!

[@bobbie7618]

I was a little disappointed after hearing the setting called "Dinosaur Island" that this game contains no dinosaurs. On the other hand, I kinda have to be glad that I didn't have to listen to them try to pronounce "Chicxulub."

[@kidprime6863]

Or at least they could've added dinosaur mutants

[@nazgulsenpai]

Another awesome video about a weird game I've never heard of which is EXACTLY what I'm here for and Dungeon Chill doesn't disappoint. Thank you for all you do and happy holidays.

[@Sklabah]

I loved the ending reveal that basically the whole adventure was participating in some alien reproduction process. Pretty neat. Janky as all get-out, I was still all about this game in the Dreamcast days. Nice vid!

[@EternalGuardian07]

Nephilim lands on the northern hemisphere of another planet, where her body is discovered and studied. The planet's inhabitants call her Jenova. My head canon.

[@daxernsthenobody]

I feel like Parasite Eve is the best Christmas game, but this is a game I wish I got to play as a kid, my parents were more Nintendo and Playstation users

[@doyleharken3477]

the one thing you need to know about this game is that streaming it for a full, uninterrupted playthrough is a Bad Idea

[@goranisacson2502]

Dogs and Eddie being voiced by Eggman and Sonic convinces me that these two will find each other in every universe... and irriatate each other. Anyway, I am intrigued by how this game got two long-form videos about it in pretty short succession, and the very different receptions they got. One was far more taken with the atmosphere of the game and dove deeper into that one, whereas this one speaks more of how the games level design and what's like to actually play it instead of just going through the plot beats, does not end up an endearing experience. And with a history lesson of the development of the two different camera systems to boot! All in all I feel like I've gotten a really good feel for what the game does and doesn't do, almost like I can claim stolen video game valor and say that I have played the game without having to hunt down a European copy and a European Dreamcast and play it myself! Gotta love being lazy, my favorite activity.

[@Komix777]

I can't help but miss the horror reviews. Don't get me wrong, I absolutely loved your review of "Shadow of Memories", but the latest horror vid was "Are You Afraid Of The Dark?", and the last proper horror was Kuon almost two months ago.

[@piggiswinks7543]

Notice how they drink Hassy in Illbleed and this game. *wink wink*

[@harashiSAN]

I consider Gundam Wing Endless Waltz to be a Christmas movie..

[@emmysan93]

The music is freakin hilarious

[@TheWaterdog6]

With all the Sonic Adventure references, I am amazed you didn't liken Nephy to Tikal, the little light ghost from that game.

[@tarnetskygge]

All through this video I was trying to figure out who Elliot reminds me of - I finally realised he looks like a young Mel Gibson.

[@AlexIvanov]

Ah sweet, a weird Japanese game with cringe characters, wanky story, bizarre design, and painful gameplay. Exactly what I love 😌

[@zparklebugz424]

I have always loved thia game and I'm glad that some of my favourite YT reviewers have finally started making videos about it... One of the funniest, most random scenes in the game IMO was when they are exploring the little oasis area with Eliot still in monster form and they are trying to look for a cure, Eliot just starts pissing green into the pond, lol

[@EXISTENTRILLEST]

"there's also another crab monster with a Jeep on its back" after the locket reveal cut commentary is some of the most Chill Dungeon Content™ and I'm here for it

[@kilgoretrout8896]

Bruh this game just couldn’t pick a lane 😭

[@Imagine66X]

That music is insane. There’s no way I could play this game with it enabled… that must have been a rough play through

[@vampireunangel6261]

Dude!!!! You just dont miss with these reviews!!!! Omg!

[@TheBeird]

Heh, nice to see so many giving Blue Stinger some attention recently. Had this back in the day. Sure it's janky as hell, has terrible - but charming - writing and voice acting, and looks like a Christian straight-to-video made rip-off of Reboot, but I played this a lot back in the day. Would love to play Illbleed.

[@HYPERMASCULINE]

Burned this for DC way back in the early 00s. Think i got about ten minutes in before the cd-r became a frisbee

[@frankjohnstone6102]

Played this game for the first time this year, really enjoyed it. Saw you changed the thumbnail for it. Maybe consider the same for the shadow of memories video too, I think you're selling your work short with the current one. (The jp box art of the homunculous is pretty cool / sinister)

[@dungeonchill]

Yeah, I’m starting to learn that simple is better for thumbnails. I’ve been wanting to change that SoM one for a while. I’m gonna do that soon. Thanks!

[@goatbone]

Our taste in games is uncannily similar. Everything you cover I have either played and really appreciate or are on 'the list'. I believe a lot of people who worked on this game had worked on Dark Savior which is a flawed game but so imaginative and appealing to me. I played it a couple of years ago and really loved it. It was so sad that Nishigaki passed so early but may have been a blessing as this era really marks a change in the gaming landscape.

[@goatbone]

Just reread this comment and realised I didn't mean that the death is a blessing what I meant was the following generation really saw a downturn in creativity and passion in the games industry.

[@lunatic447]

well now you have to do illbleed

[@AllisonIsLivid]

Have you covered Illbleed? Because you absolutely HAVE to after covering this one. Best bad game ever.

[@myguyjd5777]

Coworker asked me about the video I was watching and I had to say it's a video about a game about an earthquake waking up the meteor that hit the dinosaurs but the meteor was actually an alien dragon

[@shivanshm9874]

you gotta do more of these long vids these are good

[@jamesjacques6344]

A rental nightmare for me at the time....I should probably play it again.

[@jamesjacques6344]

Upon further inspection, no.

[@ShawnFerrell]

I can't think of a single Dreamcast game that utilized bump mapping, despite the Dreamcast being capable of it.

[@knightsurda]

anytime someone tells me Die Hard isn't a christmas movie I always remind them Home Alone is also a Christmas Movie :)

[@SonySteals]

I kinda like character designs, they have a nice vibe like 80s made anime.

[@Infindox]

Damn, I cannot unhear Rouge from her voice lol

[@oddyo7453]

This game bonded me and my brother on Dreamcast and was my first true horror game. GOD I LOVE THIS.

[@Itsdeejayjay]

1. Dogs’ Jean shorts rock. 2. He’s gonna macho man slam elliot into next week Lol loved the video

[@AdamTaylor-d3h]

FYI the Jascony you fight and the Jascony Nephy fights are two different monsters. You fight the much smaller, purpleish clone while she is fighting the real deal.

[@jonbourgoin182]

Please consider covering a PS1 sci-fi horror game called Overblood. You can thank me later.

[@goatbone]

It would suit the channel but it is really such a disappointing experience. PIPOOOOOO

[@sikliztailbunch]

I loved that game. But getting all those real cool guns from the vending machines was THE GRIND™......

[@Soapy_Papoose]

Parasite Eve 1 is my go to Christmas game.

[@MB-hu2jl]

Ah, Blue Stinger. I bought this on 9/9/99 with my Dreamcast because Babbages was out of stock of Sonic Adventure.

[@DenkyManner]

Thanks for covering these kinds of games (Deep Fear too). I was a Saturn and Dreamcast owner back in the day but never managed to play these games but remember reading about them at length. I see why I never picked them up!

[@arachnescurse3315]

Oh man, I hope you do ILLBLEED by the same game company. It also features delicious, delicious Hassy Soda

[@MitoRequiem]

Two youtubers I like covering this in the same year is crazy

[@MrPuppyPuppet]

Wtf was that Alone-in-the-Dark-like Xmas game?

[@revvvedrez546]

Since you played through Blue Stinger are you gonna play Illbleed? It’s another Dreamcast horror game with the same creator/director from Blue Stinger I believe. I’d love to hear ur commentary about it lol

[@corsaircarl9582]

The funniest thing is that Kimra is actually kind of on the up-and-up. It wasn't a bad corp compared to other evil corporations.

[@DuncanGrimm]

So . . . the ending was Nephy becoming a dragon egg and a bunch of miny Nephys that need to hunt down the dragon egg when it nukes another planet? That is some fucking weird reproduction cycle.

[@JustFun-ho6qy]

While I do think that the Dreamcast could technically handle bump mapping, it was rarely ever or possibly even never used. Even on the original Xbox you can count the number of games using that feature on one or maybe two hands. Either way, I remember having loads of fun with Blue Stinger back in the late 90s. Looks hella dated now of course, but back then this was competing against PSone and N64 games.

[@dungeonchill]

The reason I brought that up was because of an interview I read where Nishigaki mentioned them not using bump mapping when they could have. But you’re right. Not many games made use of it anyway, or used it very little.

[@voidfeast]

Always thought the incongruous aesthetic of this game was hilarious, not to mention the character design and english dialogue. It's definitely based. Might have to break out a large hassy this month.

[@Kaden10]

If you ask me the terrible delivery of the dialogue adds to the game's charm, it feels like a cheesy and fun B-movie.

[@PoseidonXIII]

Should have ended with them having a family Christmas party together.

[@umbrellacorp.]

I think CrisisBeat for PS1 is the best Christmas Game Ever. Such Nostalgia. 🔥☺️👍💯

[@MetalGearSosa]

Bro called his daughter the b word 😮🫢

[@planescaped]

Man, the soundtrack is awful and the voice acting hilarious. Never heard of this one before.

[@kagato0987]

Rouge's VA always comes to mind as Eriko Christy because of how much I loved Illbleed (at least the first parts)

[@midnightbrave]

Dogs is a name with a real energy to it.

[@stevenguitink5947]

So now there is only question to answer.... Are you going to look at Illbleed? xD

[@BotKidSmoke]

Stamp Rally characters are from another game for the dreamcast called Pen-Pen Triathlon

[@erickghoul174]

10:35 That IS a shotgun. It’s a street sweeper

[@tuidian]

This was one of the few games I had for Dreamcast, I absolutely loved this game.

[@TheLongestConfidence]

To know if Blue Stinger is the best Christmas game ever, you just have to ask yourself if Blue Stinger is Raw Danger.

[@ShadowoftheMask]

But yeah greatest plot twist here is that the megacorporation isn't the one behind all this time :p

[@Goodroosters]

Judging by the spent shotshell hulls, the shotgun probably just has burst fire.