Ross's Game Dungeon: The Journeyman Project

Ross loses track of time in The Journeyman Project.

You can buy The Journeyman Project: Pegasus Prime here if you're interested:

[The]

I like how Ross has managed to speak to a solid handful of composers over the series. Like there's this secret club that gave him a pass after the Rama video.

[aedswake]

You know, I was afraid you were ACTUALLY going to deliver on your promise of shorter game dungeons. I am glad you didn't; Long format is my favourite for these!

[lilwyvern]

Well it doesn't look like we're doing awards anymore (sadly, that was one of my favorite parts), so I'll give it my own.

* Ghandi Conundrum (Questioning the ethics of violence against robots)
* Rose-tinted glasses (Remembering the game being better than it is)
* Timeline Twisted (Which timeline are we in now?)

[lpsoldin]

"Maybe I was wrong and this isn't Utopia. It's just another Cola-based Society."

Oh how reality sinks in.

[ZigGG]

"It's just another cola-based society."

Years ago, I came for Freemans Mind. I stayed for cola-based content.

[Darkspace.]

Ross Really knows how to surprise me with the games he reviews. It’s always something I have never seen before.

[Plotatothewondercat]

Moonwalking usually made you invincible in The Colony. Most enemies were programmed so that if you bumped into them, they would face the opposite direction to where you were facing, which meant that if you bumped into them walking forwards they'd find you, but if you bumped into them walking backwards they would automatically look away. Even if they already saw you.

[cgunugc]

Aw dang, no awards?
I like the post credit scene, but this masterpiece of a dual review is ONLY missing the awards section. We're so close to perfection, Ross!

[dontmindmeonlysauronchecki]

"Where people will tell you something they think is obvious, but my brain sees way too many possibilities that seem like they could work also, so it's not obvious to me."

Ross, you just encapsulated all my struggles with learning my new position at work! I mean I'm still there, learning more every day, my co-workers are supportive and great, but until you know how things work, you just don't know how things work.

[etherraichu]

Your ending reminded me of one of my favorite NPCs ever, a questgiver in City of Villains. They had the power to see through time, but would easily forget about where in the timeline they currently were. At one point they try and give you the exact same mission they did when you first met them, but catches themself half way through and stops. Later he explains how you'll have to go through an elaborate series of steps and missions to find your target, but since he's already seen the future, he'll just tell you exactly where you need to go.

[henkilepsilon]

Adding to the bit about soda companies in space; when NASA was developing the first concept design for the Orion engine (where the craft is accelerated forward by detonating nuclear war heads and riding the expanding pressure wave), they actually contacted Coca Cola for help because the nuke dispensing mechanism was basically just a really big vending machine.

[TheSilverKetchup]

Would Ghandi fight mechs? These are the important questions we never thought to ask.

[alyx]

No matter what ross uploads, it only means good things. Accursed Farms is my favorite YouTube channel.

[KrinkelsNG]

Hey I played this game when I was younger. It baffled me to no end.

[dinglepringle]

I’ve said it a million times, I’ll say it again: Ross is the hardest working man on YouTube.

Keep doin’ what you love, Ross. We love it too.

[RisqueBisquet]

I too am not a historian, but I remember hearing one of the most iconic Gandhi moments was when the British imposed a tax on salt, and in response he said "Just steal the salt. What are they gonna do?" Stealing is clearly a crime, but it was ethically justified. So my very non-expert opinion is Gandhi's preferred mode of action would have been to disable or otherwise make the mechs useless. Physical destruction isn't ideal, but it's definitely on the table.

[BillHallProductions]

Holy smokes he's covering a game I've actually played as s kid.

We had this on a CD for an ancient HP computer.

[youdontneedtoseehisidentif]

So, I didn't know most of what Ross mentioned in his tangent about drinks companies advertising in the sky/space, but it reminds me of the background to _Red Dwarf_ where (if I'm remembering correctly) Coca Cola had sent out multiple spacecraft to make multiple stars go nova and write out "COKE ADDS LIFE" in the sky

[Josh_]

I honestly kept thinking I was in a very small group of people who had played this game. It came as shareware along with some other bundled software when my family got a Packard Bell PC which was the first family computer. This game has some very warm and special memories for me. Thank you Ross, for reaching deep and pulling out a game that always makes me smile and nostalgic.

[Variusak]

I have the utmost respect that you actually contacted the composer of the music from Journeyman Project. It's this follow through that really shows how much you put into these game dungeons. Of all the games I remember playing growing up, it was this game that absolutely floored me with the music during the intro and most of the Mars segments.

The next game to absolutely kill in the music department that I remember next was Homeworld. The music that plays when you come back to Kharak only to see the atmosphere of the planet burning while you frantically try to save the last 6 million people who basically slept through the destruction of their planet is etched into my soul because of the music.

How important music is to storytelling in games still seems like it doesn't get the recognition it deserves.