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Announcing Magicka: Vietnam

(5:12:42 PM) Kieron: OMFG
(5:12:44 PM) Kieron: OMFG
(5:12:50 PM) Kieron: The new magicka trailer!
(5:12:59 PM) Kieron: I don't know here to start

(5:13:07 PM) Quintin: They told me about this at the Paradox convention
(5:13:15 PM) Kieron: Have you seen the trailer?
(5:13:18 PM) Quintin: Watching it now
(5:13:20 PM) Kieron: "Have you ever wondered what it would have been like if wizards were allowed to roam the jungles of war-torn Vietnam, attempting to bring peace and stability to the region by casting spells on all opponents?"
(5:13:22 PM) Kieron: Is the greatest line
(5:13:24 PM) Quintin: The music!
(5:13:28 PM) Kieron: MAGICKA TO SURFING BIRD!
(5:13:49 PM) Kieron: You know, people have often debated whether it's possible to make a Vietnam game.
(5:13:56 PM) Kieron: Or even how you could do it.
(5:13:57 PM) Kieron: Now we know.
(5:14:04 PM) Quintin: Hahaha. The final image.
(5:14:09 PM) Quintin: That's Battlefield: Bad Company 2
(5:14:15 PM) Kieron: Oh man
(5:15:00 PM) Kieron: Now watching it for the 3rd time

Watch on YouTube

EDIT:

(5:20:36 PM) Quintin: Posted
(5:21:36 PM) Kieron: \m/
(5:22:56 PM) Quintin: So, I was so eager to post all this that my soup is now cold
(5:23:10 PM) Kieron: Man!
(5:23:19 PM) Kieron: You should cut and post that after the video
(5:23:26 PM) Kieron: "Quintin: So, I was so eager to post all this that my soup is now cold"
(5:23:40 PM) Quintin: I'm actually planning to do that
(5:23:52 PM) Kieron: We are as one
(5:23:53 PM) Quintin: Oh man, that reminds me
(5:23:56 PM) Quintin: Wait I have to find it

Cover image for YouTube video
Watch on YouTube

(5:24:13 PM) Kieron: I hadn't seen this
(5:24:14 PM) Kieron: Wow
(5:24:17 PM) Kieron: That's a lot of work
(5:24:44 PM) Kieron: Crikey
(5:24:47 PM) Kieron: Why wasn't that on RPS?
(5:24:49 PM) Kieron: Mental!

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Quintin Smith: Quinns was one of the first writers to join Rock Paper Shotgun after its founding in 2007, and he stayed with the site until 2011 (though he carried on writing freelance articles well beyond that). These days, you can find him talking about tabletop board games over on Shut Up And Sit Down, or doing proper grown-up journalism with the folks at People Make Games.
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