StassiPlayer for "Let's Play System Shock" - You can watch all episodes here.
Introduction
A few weeks ago, my cohort Adam "Murder O'clock" Bloom told me about his idea to create a Let's Play video for a game that is truly a timeless classic: System Shock. I had heard of the successful and popular Bioshock, but hadn't until that point put much thought into its pixelated predecessors. Not to imply that BioShock is without pixels, however, I am merely observing their then-voluptuous sizes.
I tried to procrastinate and postpone this project as long as possible, as if it were originally conceived by frat boys planning ill-fated t-shirt slogans and flavors for piss-cheap beers. The more Adam nagged me the more I did things such as ignoring phone calls, surfing the Internets in offline mode, and fleeing the country. My attempts to evade him ultimately failed when I discovered he had moved into my house.
When Episode 01 was recorded, I was but a mewing babe, as some would say. Completely alien and estranged in my WASD-less environment. Adam had already completed the first level for "testing purposes" only, but we all know he has difficulty dealing with anticipation. After performing the usual intense physical regimen (if you could see me typing you'd notice my rippling, awe-inspiring muscles), I sat down in my executive chair, the daunting tasks at hand fully rehearsed and premeditated. Little did I know, System Shock was not merely one of those old games where it's like, "The wind is blowing [e]ast. There is a cabin to your [n]orth." The game had tricked me into believing the name entry screen was the pinnacle of graphics for the game's time (est. 1974, I believe). I had been lulled into a false sense of security by a malevolent artificial intelligence. The game itself was already trying to kill me.
So I hesitantly drudged through a nightmarish world filled with dart-resistant killer robots and low-budget voice acting, clutching my phallic lead pipe for comfort, oblivious to the pixelated perils ahead.
External Links
Penny Arcade Thread - http://forums.penny-arcade.com/showthread.php?t=62920
"Adam teaches Stassi how to play System Shock. In their first adventure together, they must defeat robots."
"Adam is still teaching Stassi how to play System Shock. They have moved on from killing robots to playing puzzles."
"Adam and Stassi explore a skull-filled grotto and fight wall-hackers."
"Adam and Stassi enter cyberspace and encounter the security that SHODAN has set in their way."
"Adam and Stassi shimmy up ladders and battle cyborgs."