History LetsPlay / TippingForties

On May 27th, 2012 they announced their, which meant the end of the podcast as well as everything else that had the T40 name on it. However, Kuvo and topiKal continue doing Let's Plays (with bandunk joining in on the weekly [[http://www.twitch.tv/kuvosa streams]]), and topiKal has expressed interest in doing a new podcast.

Originally a team of three gents named Ryan, Benson and Michael, they started out on the SomethingAwful forums under the handles Kuvo, topiKal and bandunk, respectively, with a let's play of VideoGame/FinalFantasyX which gained some popularity. Following that up with an additional let's play of MetalGearSolid4 and adding Alex (a.k.a. Marvelis) to the team, they came into full-swing... until the beginning of the VideoGame/FinalFantasyX2 Let's Play, where Marvelis bailed out.

* TheChewToy: Despite the Forties hating every game they've played in general, some characters manage to be at the forefront of their hatred; Tidus from VideoGame/FinalFantasyX, Otacon, Johnny AND Sunny from MetalGearSolid4, and Presea from VideoGame/TalesOfSymphonia. The latter is probably the queen of this, inspiring mocking or anger every time she even speaks.

* HypeBacklash: [[invoked]]VideoGame/FinalFantasyX and MetalGearSolid4 are very popular games...that don't get much love from the Forties. {{Shenmue}}, to a certain extent, gets this as well; despite being a CultClassic, the Forties don't particularly like it.

* NonActionSnarker: bandunk tends not to play, at least in [[MetalGearSolid4 MGS4]] and [[VideoGame/FinalFantasyX FFX]], choosing rather just to lampshade and snark at-will. At one point he just hands his controller to Bandunk's Wife to get her to play Raine so he could take a [[AccidentalPun rain check.]]

** Recently taken back into practice for the VideoGame/TalesOfSymphonia LP. Apparently the MetalGearSolid ones were all "too creepy."

* ThatOneBoss: [[invoked]]The forties have encountered a number of these; Seymour Flux and [[spoiler:Yunalesca]] in VideoGame/FinalFantasyX, Ocelot from MetalGearSolid 4 (partially due to the control system unique to that fight), and [[strike:Sylph]] the Wind-chicks from VideoGame/TalesOfSymphonia.

* WeAreExperiencingTechnicalDifficulties: Dreb Ja Vu, a rerecorded episode of MetalGearSolid4 because Ryan forgot to check to see if they were recording. Curiously enough, they posted the audio because Benson felt the story about [[MakesJustAsMuchSenseInContext clowns]] had merit.

--> '''Benson:''' "And I'm Benson also known as topiKal."

--> '''bandunk:''' "Aaaaand I'm bandunk... or Micheal."

[[http://www.tippingforties.com Tipping Forties]] [[http://www.tippingforties.com/videos.aspx?key=736 was]] a group of young gentlemen in Arizona that enjoy the drink.

The guys also made other videos that put a face to the voices. You can find their site [[http://www.tippingforties.com here]], or watch their videos on [[http://www.viddler.com/explore/kuvo/videos/ Kuvo's Viddler]], [[http://tippingforties.blip.tv/ TippingForties's blip]], or [[http://www.youtube.com/user/tippingforties TippingForties's YouTube]]. There's also their non-LP series, LunchBreak, [[http://lunchbreakshow.com/ found here]] and their movie [[{{Highlow}} High]] [[http://www.tippingforties.com/Videos.aspx?key=737 Low]].

On May 27th, 2012 they announced their [[http://www.tippingforties.com/videos.aspx?key=736 breakup]], which meant the end of the podcast as well as everything else that had the T40 name on it. However, Kuvo and topiKal continue doing Let's Plays (with bandunk joining in on the weekly [[http://www.twitch.tv/kuvosa streams]]), and topiKal has expressed interest in doing a new podcast.

* VideoGame/FinalFantasyX [[http://www.tippingforties.com/project.aspx?key=11 [link]]]
* VideoGame/MetalGearSolid4GunsOfThePatriots [[http://www.tippingforties.com/project.aspx?key=12 [link]]]
* VideoGame/TalesOfSymphonia [[http://www.tippingforties.com/project.aspx?key=16 [link]]]
* Fugitive Hunter - War on Terror [[http://www.tippingforties.com/project.aspx?key=17 [link]]]
* [[VideoGame/GoldenEye1997 GoldenEye (1997)]] [[http://www.tippingforties.com/project.aspx?key=18 [link]]]
* VideoGame/{{Shenmue}} [[http://www.tippingforties.com/project.aspx?key=22 [link]]]
* VideoGame/NewSuperMarioBrosWii [[http://www.tippingforties.com/project.aspx?key=23 [link]]]
* [[VideoGame/ScottPilgrim Scott Pilgrim vs. The World: The Game]] [[http://www.tippingforties.com/project.aspx?key=24 [link]]]
* VideoGame/{{Vanquish}} [[http://www.tippingforties.com/project.aspx?key=25 [link]]]
* VideoGame/FalloutNewVegas [[http://www.tippingforties.com/project.aspx?key=26 [link]]]
* VideoGame/LittleBigPlanet 2 [[http://www.tippingforties.com/project.aspx?key=28 [link]]]
* VideoGame/FableII [[http://tippingforties.com/project.aspx?key=29 [link]]]
* VideoGame/FinalFantasyX2 [[http://www.tippingforties.com/project.aspx?key=30 [link]]]
* [[http://www.tippingforties.com/project.aspx?key=13 Grab Bag]], where they play various shorter, single-session games.

* BigNo: Alex made several as bandunk used his warp block in VideoGame/MarioParty to overtake him and [[http://www.tippingforties.com/videos.aspx?key=247 got the star.]]

* LoadsAndLoadsOfLoading: VideoGame/FalloutNewVegas [[http://www.tippingforties.com/videos.aspx?key=414 Episode 17]].
** Also, [[http://tippingforties.com/videos.aspx?key=623 Busy Scissors]]. ''1/4 of the video's runtime'' is spent loading.

* MissingEpisode: [[http://www.tippingforties.com/project.aspx?key=19 The Lost Episodes.]]
* MyNaymeIs: [[http://www.tippingforties.com/Videos.aspx?key=208 Octagon]], apparently.

* NamingConventions: The first video of an LP is named The [x]ing Game. For instance, VideoGame/FinalFantasyX's first episode is named [[http://www.tippingforties.com/Videos.aspx?key=7 The Crying Game]] [[TheCryingGame (yes, that one)]].
* NoIndoorVoice: From Shenmue: [[http://www.tippingforties.com/videos.aspx?key=308 "HEY MISTER!!!"]]

* ScheduleSlip: Averted hard. After getting their save-file in {{Shenmue}} corrupted, [[CrowningMomentOfAwesome Kuvo sat down and played the entire game up to that point again]]; it took him six hours to get back to where they left off. The recap is found [[http://www.tippingforties.com/videos.aspx?key=329 here]].

*** [[http://www.tippingforties.com/Videos.aspx?key=14 Barthello: Shakespearean Tragedy]]
*** [[http://www.tippingforties.com/Videos.aspx?key=26 Suddenly Close Nipples]]
*** [[http://www.tippingforties.com/Videos.aspx?key=70 Vulnerable Brown Cave]]
*** [[http://www.tippingforties.com/Videos.aspx?key=164 (Why Can't We Be) Friends with Benefits]]
*** [[http://www.tippingforties.com/Videos.aspx?key=208 Octagon]]
*** [[http://www.tippingforties.com/Videos.aspx?key=334 Then he punched Wang in the face]]
*** [[http://www.tippingforties.com/Videos.aspx?key=714 And Woman!]]
*** [[http://www.tippingforties.com/Videos.aspx?key=721 Indecent Exposure]]

* SoundEffectBleep: Towards the end of ''MarioParty 8'', Mike [[http://www.tippingforties.com/videos.aspx?key=376 begins talking about]] "[[NoodleIncident something]] [[NauseaFuel really gross]] [[TheseAreThingsManWasNotMeantToKnow that shouldn't be repeated]]". Almost everything he says is bleeped out, save for "No, but -- but here's the gross part!" [[YouDoNOTWantToKnow The reactions]] [[BrainBleach of the others]] [[{{Squick}} are left uncensored]].
* SpannerInTheWorks: [[http://www.tippingforties.com/Videos.aspx?key=219 Fuck Watermelon Hands]].

** Best shown in the episode [[http://www.tippingforties.com/Videos.aspx?key=158 Unbeweavable]] where they talked to every single NPC in the city... except the one they had to.

* UnusualEuphemism: [[http://www.tippingforties.com/Videos.aspx?key=70 Vulnerable Brown Cave]]'

* WeAreExperiencingTechnicalDifficulties: [[http://www.tippingforties.com/Videos.aspx?key=88 Dreb Ja Vu,]] a rerecorded episode of MetalGearSolid4 because Ryan forgot to check to see if they were recording. Curiously enough, they posted the [[http://www.tippingforties.com/Videos.aspx?key=256 audio]] because Benson felt the story about [[MakesJustAsMuchSenseInContext clowns]] had merit.
** [[http://www.tippingforties.com/Videos.aspx?key=211 The Sheena Shuffle,]] where half an episode of commentary was lost due to dead batteries.
** [[http://www.tippingforties.com/project.aspx?key=19 Here]], too. They recorded a whole week of VideoGame/GoldenEye1997 without any game audio, so they rerecorded and released the audioless ones as [[MissingEpisode Lost Episodes]].

* XanatosSpeedChess: [[http://tippingforties.com/Videos.aspx?key=422 Bandunk decides to play the game his own way.]]

** During Final Fantasy X-2, Kuvo's beaten-up PS2 would crash the game every time they got a game over.

* CloudCuckooLander: [[VideoGame/FalloutNewVegas Raddunk]], the gang's player character for New Vegas.
--> '''Benson''': "He is consistantly completely insane, completely unpredictable, and has multiple voices in his head telling him what to do and who constantly contradict each other. He is the perfect character for Tipping Forties and I declare him as our mascot. He's wonderful. A balding Asian man with a combover who is schizophrenic, extremely intelligent and completely insane."

--> '''Bandunk:''' "It seems to me, you lived your life like a candle in the wind..."

* AlterEgo: [[VideoGame/FalloutNewVegas Raddunk]] has [[WolfMan Wolfdunk]], [[SpacePeople Spacedunk]] and [[HoYay Gaydunk]]. For a while Ryan also did a sub-LP for the New Vegas thread featuring [[EvilCounterpart Maddunk]] in order to show off alternate quest endings.
** When Ryan or Bandunk have too much to drink they become [[SomethingPerson Ryanman]] and [[PunnyName Bandrunk]], respectively.

* ItsEasySoItSucks: [[invoked]]Benson doesn't like games where it's impossible to die, like BioShock and VideoGame/FableII.

* SoundEffectBleep: Towards the end of ''MarioParty 8'', Mike [[http://www.tippingforties.com/videos.aspx?key=376 begins talking about]] "[[NoodleIncident something]] [[NauseaFuel really gross]] [[TheseAreThingsManWasNotMeantToKnow that shouldn't be repeated]]". Almost everything he says is bleeped out, save for [[ItGotWorse "No, but -- but here's the gross part!"]] [[YouDoNOTWantToKnow The reactions]] [[BrainBleach of the others]] [[{{Squick}} are left uncensored]].

** [[ToiletHumor Poop]] for [[MetalGearSolid4 Akiba]]

*** Since Old Kentucky is a real-life cat, they seem to name anything vaguely feline after him. {{Shenmue}} has Old Kentucky, Young Kentucky, and Middle-Aged Kentucky.

** [[UnfortunateImplications Fuck-san]] for [[{{Shenmue}} Fuku-san]].
** [[HillaryRodhamClinton Hillary Clinton]] for [[{{Vanquish}} President Elizabeth Winters]].
** [[RecycledInSpace Space Putin]] for [[{{Vanquish}} Victor Zaitsev]].

* MetalGearSolid4 [[http://www.tippingforties.com/project.aspx?key=12 [link]]]

* {{Shenmue}} [[http://www.tippingforties.com/project.aspx?key=22 [link]]]

* {{Vanquish}} [[http://www.tippingforties.com/project.aspx?key=25 [link]]]

* LittleBigPlanet 2 [[http://www.tippingforties.com/project.aspx?key=28 [link]]]

--> '''Ryan:''' "I'm [[DisappointedInYou disappointed in you]], Bandunk."

!!''Let's Plays Produced Post Break-Up:'''

!!''Stand-Alone'' Let's Plays Produced After Their Break-Up:

** TheChick: Bandunk's Wife (or Benson's Girlfriend)

** [[VideoGame/TalesOfSymphonia Mighty Washington]], who is given his own [[Leitmotif theme song]] by Benson.

* ShoutOut: Very common, especially to LegendsOfTheHiddenTemple, Film/ShortCircuit and VideoGame/StarFox64.

** Alex would also let one out whenever bandunk passed up an opportunity to kill something with the [[GatlingGood minigun]] or [[KillSat Euclid's C-Finder]] in FalloutNewVegas. Similarly, the whole crew would do it whenever he passed up a [[GayOption Confirmed Bachelor]] speech check.

* GettingCrapPastTheRadar: Ryan likes to sneak in references, like [[MysteryScienceTheater3000 ancient dentistry]] and [[ResidentEvil Jill sandwiches]], to see if he can get them past Benson, who hates those.

The guys also made other videos that put a face to the voices. You can find their site [[http://www.tippingforties.com here]], or watch their videos on [[http://www.viddler.com/explore/kuvo/videos/ Kuvo's Viddler]], [[http://tippingforties.blip.tv/ TippingForties's blip]], or [[http://www.youtube.com/user/tippingforties TippingForties's Website/YouTube]]. There's also their non-LP series, LunchBreak, [[http://lunchbreakshow.com/ found here]] and their movie [[{{Highlow}} High]] [[http://www.tippingforties.com/Videos.aspx?key=737 Low]].

* CherryTapping: In VideoGame/TalesOfSymphonia the 40s unintentionally do Forcystus in with Colette's Pow Hammer (seen [[http://www.tippingforties.com/Videos.aspx?key=203 here]], around 21 minutes in). Their reactions to this are great.

** Also Final Fantasy X-2 (with each episode as it went on finding more hate and something similar to depression) and To a degree Fable II.

--> '''Bandunk:''' [[UpToEleven "Yeah, but then you jerk off another guy, while you stick your finger in your own butt, using the same arm."]]

--> '''Bandunk:''' "The only thing it would be good for is giving yourself a handjob while sticking a finger in your butt."

--> '''Bandunk:''' "Yeah, but then you [[UpToEleven jerk off another guy, while you stick your finger in your own butt, using the same arm."]]

--> '''Bandunk:''' [[UpToEleven "Yeah, but then you jerk off another guy, while you stick your finger in your own butt."]]