I swear to god, I'm trying to be nice to it. Today we’re playing YIIK: A PostModern RPG, join me on an absurdist odyysey of tedium and aggravation through a story that uses the most words possible to say… Something? Nothing? We’ll hopefully find out! I tried to understand it and it ruined my brain!
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Sources
YIIK Development Blog: https://ackkstudios.tumblr.com/
Rewrites in wake of mothers passing: https://variety.com/2018/gaming/features/yiik-a-postmodern-rpg-development-1202982677/
Response to accusations of Plagiarism: https://kotaku.com/indie-developer-accused-of-plagiarism-says-it-was-an-in-1834902499
Dick show interview: https://thedickshow.com/episode-144/
Playthrough (blue textbox) Footage: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCRyG5ggsXGp1bVJkjlhSmVQ
Persona 3 Footage from JohneAwesome
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCeZodk5zRQFCR5zj5T1MO4Q
Persona 4 footage from Shirrako
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC7eAfUjR9gdIjoaoQaS0W-A
Other YIIK content of interest
Running Shine Review: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VH7JQtp5Jkc
Timrod Screenshot LP: https://www.lp.zone/t/yiikes-lets-dunk-on-yiik-a-plagiarism-rpg/3716
YIIK & “Earthboundlikes”: https://youtu.be/Y4R_UFJgtR4 (part 1 of 3)
Finding Meaning in YIIK: https://youtu.be/N4xkGmjO26U
YIIK – The Hero You’re Supposed to Hate: https://youtu.be/nVXK5Xae_1M
Rasen Bran Postmortem Podcast: https://youtu.be/oxd2PypWzV0?list=PL4UpCLbFZpJHiPs4gcKdgQTczT4S6hblT (Was unaware of this until after the video came out)
Playing Logo by Emily Nace
Thanks to 8 Bit Brody, Veegie, Noonem, Spicy Chicken God, Emily, Hotcyder, 2Joe, Space Hippie, and many, many others!
Index
1. Introduction 00:00
2. Experiencing Y2K 02:00
3. The Comedy Crow’s Crap Questionnaire 06:33
4. Story Introduction and Frankton Follies 08:50
5. The 1st Dungeon & A Novel Approach to Writing 11:20
6. Lam to the Slaughter 21:49
7. Poor Worldbuilding with Panda 24:00
8. Padding the Party with Protracted Prattling 27:15
9. The Mind Dungeon 37:18
10. Combat 41:19
11. Windtown 45:03
12. Windtown Re-examined 48:29
13. Offism1999 56:49
14. Timewasting in the Arc of Nothing 01:00:33
15. Music in the Music Dungeon 01:09:37
16. Time to Get on With It 01:13:37
17. The Party 01:16:54
18. Essentia Meets the LP Tosser 01:22:38
19. S**t Megami Tensei 01:30:39
20. Reality Breaks 01:33:32
21. Ending (A)lex & Postmodernism 01:43:14
22. Reading One: YIIK is a Game of Hate 01:58:25
23. Two Brothers 02:05:14
24. Reading Two: Alex as Audience 02:11:31
25. Ending (B)affling 02:15:58
26. Ending (C)ut 02:18:23
27. Ending (D)isconnected 02:26:01
28. Conclusion 02:31:49
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