{"id":458,"date":"2010-05-14T13:47:36","date_gmt":"2010-05-14T20:47:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.quartertothree.com\/fp\/?p=458"},"modified":"2019-06-01T06:21:34","modified_gmt":"2019-06-01T13:21:34","slug":"qt3-games-podcast-jason-cross-and-nolf","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.quartertothree.com\/fp\/2010\/05\/14\/qt3-games-podcast-jason-cross-and-nolf\/","title":{"rendered":"Qt3 Games Podcast: Jason Cross and NOLF"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Jason Cross discuss with me the idyllic yesteryear of videogames journalism, whether writing about PCs is fun anymore, and how to bail on bad TV shows.  Then we talk about No One Lives Forever, the game whose acronym is more fun to say than any other game except Master of Orion.  NOLF!  Say it out loud.  Your mouth will thank you.  NOLF!  <\/p>\n<p>Does No One Lives Forever hold up?  Why wasn&#8217;t it more successful?  Is Cate Archer to blame?  And how would NOLF do if it came out today?<\/p>\n<p>\n<div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_9848\"><a class=\"fancybox\" rel=\"458\" href=\"http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/qt3games\/www.quartertothree.com\/podcasts\/Qt3_Games_Podcast_026_Jason_Cross.mp3\" title=\"Play\" onclick=\"return powerpress_embed_html5a('9848','http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/qt3games\/www.quartertothree.com\/podcasts\/Qt3_Games_Podcast_026_Jason_Cross.mp3');\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.quartertothree.com\/fp\/wp-content\/plugins\/powerpress\/play_audio.png\" title=\"Play\" alt=\"Play\" style=\"border:0;\" width=\"23px\" height=\"24px\" \/<\/a><\/a><\/div>\n<p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_links_mp3\" style=\"margin-bottom: 1px !important;\">Podcast (games): <a href=\"http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/qt3games\/www.quartertothree.com\/podcasts\/Qt3_Games_Podcast_026_Jason_Cross.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/www.quartertothree.com\/fp\/?powerpress_pinw=458-games');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/qt3games\/www.quartertothree.com\/podcasts\/Qt3_Games_Podcast_026_Jason_Cross.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"Qt3_Games_Podcast_026_Jason_Cross.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_subscribe_links\">Subscribe: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.quartertothree.com\/fp\/feed\/games\/\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_rss\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe via RSS\" rel=\"nofollow\">RSS<\/a><\/p><!--powerpress_player-->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jason Cross discuss with me the idyllic yesteryear of videogames journalism, whether writing about PCs is fun anymore, and how to bail on bad TV shows. 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