This week's episode took a bit of setup. We contacted publisher Daybreak Game Company to see if they could retrieve an EverQuest account that hasn't been played in over a decade. The hope was that we could reunite Andy McNamara, Game Informer's editor-in-chief, with his former EverQuest character, Hemmingway. Given the amount of time that had passed, we didn't think this reunion would be possible, but Daybreak answered back quickly, saying that Hemmingway was alive and well.
We didn't let Andy see the game before recording this Replay. As you would imagine, it takes some time for him to learn to play again, but once he does, we get a good look at this PC MMORPG from 1999. Andy proves to be a fountain of EverQuest knowledge, and provides some of his craziest moments with the game. For those of you that don't know, Andy was in one of the biggest guilds on his server. He discusses that time, too.
In our second segment, I read one of my worst reviews from yesteryear for a Nintendo 64 game that was better off left in the past. Our final segment is a Stress Test for Dan Tack, Game Informer's all-around best gamer. Can he beat the challenge? Watch to find out!
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