167: Lorelei and the Laser Eyes (with Jesse Guarascia)

What if Resident Evil 1 was just puzzles? What if it was also about eccentric artists and how they view their art and the creative process vs how their work is perceived? Lorelei and the Laser Eyes (Simogo, 2024) is that game! Tune in to find out how we felt about it! Guest Info: Jesse Guarascia Find Jesse's work on Noclip's YouTube channel https://www.youtube.com/@NoclipDocs Support Noclip on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/cw/noclip Check out Blowback https://blowback.show/ Follow on BlueSky https://bsky.app/profile/jesseguarascia.com TIMESTAMPS 0:00 Title Card 0:35 Intros/Personal Histories/Opening Thoughts 15:10 Story Setup/Story Themes 34:40 Puzzles 51:23 Presentation 1:09:11 Closing Thoughts/Recommendations/Guest Plugs 1:18:49 SPOILER WALL/Patron Thank-Yous 1:21:12 Spoiler Section Music used in the episode is credited to Linea Olsson, Daniel Olsén and Jonathan Eng. You can purchase the soundtrack here. Tracks used: Titles (Linea Olsson, Daniel Olsén) Art (Linea Olsson, Daniel Olsén) Mind Game (Linea Olsson, Daniel Olsén) Quiz Club (Daniel Olsén) The Black Arts Coffee Club (Linea Olsson, Daniel Olsén, Jonathan Eng) Interrogation (Daniel Olsén, Jonathan Eng) The Last Dream (Linea Olsson, Daniel Olsén) How It Ends (Linea Olsson, Daniel Olsén) Support Tales from the Backlog on Patreon! or buy me a coffee on Ko-fi! Join the Tales from the Backlog Discord server! Social Media: BlueSky Instagram Twitter Facebook Cover art by Jack Allen- find him at https://www.instagram.com/jackallencaricatures/ and his other pages Listen to A Top 3 Podcast on Apple, Spotify and [other podcast platforms](atop3podcast.fireside.fm)!