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'''"The Brothers Chaps of Homestar Runner fame talk about Videlectrix and the future of good graphics"''' is an interview with [[The Brothers Chaps]] published to [[Destructoid]] on January 16, 2024.
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<p><b>"The Brothers Chaps of Homestar Runner fame talk about Videlectrix and the future of good graphics"</b> is an interview with <a href="/index.php?title=The_Brothers_Chaps" title="The Brothers Chaps">The Brothers Chaps</a> published to <a class="extiw" href="/index.php?title=Destructoid" title="wikipedia:Destructoid">Destructoid</a> on January 16, 2024.
</p><p>After the release of <i><a href="/index.php?title=Dangeresque:_The_Roomisode_Triungulate" title="Dangeresque: The Roomisode Triungulate">Dangeresque: The Roomisode Triungulate</a></i>, Zoey Handley interviewed the brothers about <a href="/index.php?title=Videlectrix" title="Videlectrix">Videlectrix</a> and their future endeavors in <a href="/index.php?title=Good_Graphics" title="Good Graphics">good graphics</a>.
</p>


After the release of ''[[Dangeresque: The Roomisode Triungulate]]'', Zoey Handley interviewed the brothers about [[Videlectrix]] and their future endeavors in [[Good Graphics|good graphics]].
<a id="Selected_Transcript" name="Selected_Transcript"></a><h2> <span class="mw-headline"> Selected Transcript </span></h2>
<p><b>ZOEY HANDLEY:</b> Is Videlectrix going to remain focused on saving (and expanding) the substantial back catalog of <i>Homestar</i> Flash games, or will we get brand-new games in the future?
</p><p><b>THE BROTHERS CHAPS:</b> We have a buncha ideas for both approaches. It was really fun making and expanding <i>Dangeresque: The Roomisode Triungulate</i> for Steam/Itch. And it’d be cool to make <i>Peasant's Quest 2</i> or a console-playable version of <i><a href="/index.php?title=Stinkoman_20X6" title="Stinkoman 20X6">Stinkoman 20X6</a></i>. But it would be equally cool to make something totally new like <a href="/index.php?title=Clapping_Party" title="Clapping Party"><i>Blistergeist 3D</i></a> or a <i>Thy Dungeonkid</i> platformer.
</p><p><b>ZOEY:</b> Do you want to tease us with anything? Like, maybe a fancy <a class="extiw" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xixgDV_9RJI" title="youtube:xixgDV 9RJI">HD remaster of <i>Peasant's Quest</i></a>?
</p><p><b>THE BROTHERS CHAPS:</b> Here’s a few in-progress nuggets that might become our next releasable project.
</p>
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<div class="thumb" style="padding: 31px 0; width: 430px;"><div style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; width: 400px;"><a class="image" href="/index.php?title=File:ThyDungeonKidcropped.jpg" title="ThyDungeonKidcropped.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" height="184" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20211001000000im_/http://www.hrwiki.org/w/images/thumb/0/00/ThyDungeonKidcropped.jpg/400px-ThyDungeonKidcropped.jpg" width="400"/></a></div></div>
<div class="gallerytext">
<p><b>Thy Dungeonkid</b> – a Gameboy-style textroidvania platformer/point n' click hybrid.
</p>
</div>
</div></td>
<td><div class="gallerybox" style="width: 435px;">
<div class="thumb" style="padding: 27px 0; width: 430px;"><div style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; width: 400px;"><a class="image" href="/index.php?title=File:PQ2_WIPcropped.jpg" title="PQ2 WIPcropped.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" height="191" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20211001000000im_/http://www.hrwiki.org/w/images/thumb/5/5d/PQ2_WIPcropped.jpg/400px-PQ2_WIPcropped.jpg" width="400"/></a></div></div>
<div class="gallerytext">
<p><b>Peasant's Quest 2</b> – CGA sequel to Peasant's Quest featuring Rather Dashing's sister Fairly
</p>
</div>
</div></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><div class="gallerybox" style="width: 435px;">
<div class="thumb" style="padding: 23px 0; width: 430px;"><div style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; width: 400px;"><a class="image" href="/index.php?title=File:PBTC_WIPcropped.jpg" title="PBTC WIPcropped.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" height="200" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20211001000000im_/http://www.hrwiki.org/w/images/thumb/4/4c/PBTC_WIPcropped.jpg/355px-PBTC_WIPcropped.jpg" width="355"/></a></div></div>
<div class="gallerytext">
<p><b>Some Kinda 3D Powered By The Cheat First Person Horror-ish Game</b>
</p>
</div>
</div></td>
<td><div class="gallerybox" style="width: 435px;">
<div class="thumb" style="padding: 23px 0; width: 430px;"><div style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; width: 400px;"><a class="image" href="/index.php?title=File:HS_elevatorcropped.jpg" title="HS elevatorcropped.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" height="200" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20211001000000im_/http://www.hrwiki.org/w/images/thumb/0/0a/HS_elevatorcropped.jpg/264px-HS_elevatorcropped.jpg" width="264"/></a></div></div>
<div class="gallerytext">
<p><b>A bonus Roomisode/Elevatorsode featuring Dangeresque Too</b>
</p>
</div>
</div></td>
</tr>
</table>
<a id="Fun_Facts" name="Fun_Facts"></a><h2> <span class="mw-headline"> Fun Facts </span></h2>
<a id="Remarks" name="Remarks"></a><h3> <span class="mw-headline"> Remarks </span></h3>
<ul><li> The article frequently references the <a href="/index.php?title=Homestar_Runner_Wiki" title="Homestar Runner Wiki">Homestar Runner Wiki</a>, linking text to provide context for history, toons and games, or vernacular.
</li></ul>
<a id="Inside_References" name="Inside_References"></a><h3> <span class="mw-headline"> Inside References </span></h3>
<div class="thumb tright"><div class="thumbinner" style="width:121px;"><a class="image" href="/index.php?title=File:Cranjegg.png" title="Oh wow! He's like a crow person."><img alt="" border="0" class="thumbimage" height="117" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20211001000000im_/http://www.hrwiki.org/w/images/8/84/Cranjegg.png" width="119"/></a> <div class="thumbcaption"><div class="magnify"><a class="internal" href="/index.php?title=File:Cranjegg.png" title="Enlarge"><img alt="" height="11" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20211001000000im_/http://www.hrwiki.org/w/skins/common/images/magnify-clip.png" width="15"/></a></div>Oh wow! He's like a crow person.</div></div></div>
<ul><li>Handley refers to the <a href="/index.php?title=Basement_of_the_Brothers_Strong" title="Basement of the Brothers Strong">Basement of the Brothers Strong</a>-esque wall pattern seen in <a href="/index.php?title=Making_of_Email_100" title="Making of Email 100">Making of Email 100</a> as "<a href="/index.php?title=-%C3%A8d" title="-èd">stripèd</a>".
</li><li>The Brothers Chaps joke about having to move offices after their last one "got un-<a href="/index.php?title=depressio" title="depressio">depressio</a><a class="mw-redirect" href="/index.php?title=%27d" title="'d">'d</a>".
</li><li><a href="/index.php?title=Strong_Bad" title="Strong Bad">Strong Bad</a> is jokingly referred to as "<a href="/index.php?title=Stong_Bad" title="Stong Bad">Stong Band</a>".
</li><li>A console-playable version of <a href="/index.php?title=Stinkoman_20X6" title="Stinkoman 20X6">Stinkoman 20X6</a> and "<a href="/index.php?title=Minor_Video_Games" title="Minor Video Games">Blistergeist</a> 3D" are teased as potential future projects.
</li><li> <i>Thy Dungeonkid</i> was first seen in <a href="/index.php?title=Happy_20th_Trogday%21" title="Happy 20th Trogday!">Happy 20th Trogday!</a>.
<ul><li> The game is a spinoff of the <i><a href="/index.php?title=Thy_Dungeonman_%28series%29" title="Thy Dungeonman (series)">Thy Dungeonman</a></i> series.
</li></ul>
</li><li>A CGA-style sequel to <a href="/index.php?title=Peasant%27s_Quest" title="Peasant's Quest">Peasant's Quest</a> featuring Fairly Dashing <a href="/index.php?title=Halloween_Hide_%26_Seek_Responses" title="Halloween Hide &amp; Seek Responses">was advertised</a> by <a href="/index.php?title=The_Poopsmith" title="The Poopsmith">The Poopsmith</a> in <a href="/index.php?title=Halloween_Hide_%26_Seek" title="Halloween Hide &amp; Seek">Halloween Hide &amp; Seek</a>.
</li><li>The "crow person" Fairly Dashing is speaking to resembles <a class="mw-redirect" href="/index.php?title=Cranjegg" title="Cranjegg">Cranjegg</a>, a <a class="mw-redirect" href="/index.php?title=Keeper_of_Trogdor" title="Keeper of Trogdor">Keeper of Trogdor</a>.
</li><li>Calling the <a href="/index.php?title=Dangeresque_Too" title="Dangeresque Too">Dangeresque Too</a> bonus Roomisode an "Elevatorsode" due to its setting recalls <a href="/index.php?title=Dangeresque_Roomisode_2:_The_Intersection_of_Doom_%26_Boom" title="Dangeresque Roomisode 2: The Intersection of Doom &amp; Boom">Roomisode 2</a> being called an "intersectionisode" <a href="/index.php?title=%40StrongBadActual_Tweets_2018" title="@StrongBadActual Tweets 2018">during its development</a>.
</li></ul>
<a id="Real-World_References" name="Real-World_References"></a><h3> <span class="mw-headline">Real-World References</span></h3>
<ul><li> The Brothers' fondness for the <a href="/index.php?title=Atari_2600" title="Atari 2600">Atari 2600</a> is discussed, particularly commenting that it is always connected to the TV in <a href="/index.php?title=Office_of_The_Brothers_Chaps" title="Office of The Brothers Chaps">their office</a>.
</li><li>"Textroidvania" is a <a href="/index.php?title=Portmanteaus" title="Portmanteaus">portmanteau</a> of the game subgenres <a class="extiw" href="/index.php?title=Text-based_game" title="wikipedia:Text-based game">text-based</a> and <a class="extiw" href="/index.php?title=Metroidvania" title="wikipedia:Metroidvania">Metroidvania</a>.
</li><li>The <i>Peasant's Quest 2</i> screenshot is in 4-color <a class="extiw" href="/index.php?title=Color_Graphics_Adapter" title="wikipedia:Color Graphics Adapter">CGA</a> graphics.
<ul><li>The original <a href="/index.php?title=Peasant%27s_Quest_Preview" title="Peasant's Quest Preview">Peasant's Quest Preview</a> claimed the game would be in CGA, a discrepency the Brothers Chaps noted in the DVD commentary. A true CGA version of Peasant's Quest was seen in the <a href="/index.php?title=Fake_YouTube_End_Screens" title="Fake YouTube End Screens">fake autoplay thumbnail</a> for <a href="/index.php?title=Disk_4_of_12_-_World_Games" title="Disk 4 of 12 - World Games">Disk 4 of 12 - World Games</a>.
</li></ul>
</li></ul>
<a id="Fast_Forward" name="Fast_Forward"></a><h3> <span class="mw-headline">Fast Forward</span></h3>
<ul><li><a class="mw-redirect" href="/index.php?title=Roomisode_X" title="Roomisode X">Roomisode X</a> would be released months later on May 24, 2024.
</li></ul>
<a id="External_Links" name="External_Links"></a><h2> <span class="mw-headline"> External Links </span></h2>
<ul><li><a class="external text" href="https://www.destructoid.com/the-brothers-chaps-of-homestar-runner-fame-talk-about-videlectrix-and-the-future-of-good-graphics/" rel="nofollow" title="https://www.destructoid.com/the-brothers-chaps-of-homestar-runner-fame-talk-about-videlectrix-and-the-future-of-good-graphics/">Read the interview</a>
</li></ul>


== Selected Transcript ==


'''ZOEY HANDLEY:''' Is Videlectrix going to remain focused on saving (and expanding) the substantial back catalog of ''Homestar'' Flash games, or will we get brand-new games in the future?


'''THE BROTHERS CHAPS:''' We have a buncha ideas for both approaches. It was really fun making and expanding ''Dangeresque: The Roomisode Triungulate'' for Steam/Itch. And it’d be cool to make ''Peasant's Quest 2'' or a console-playable version of ''[[Stinkoman 20X6]]''. But it would be equally cool to make something totally new like [[Clapping Party|''Blistergeist 3D'']] or a ''Thy Dungeonkid'' platformer.
 
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'''ZOEY:''' Do you want to tease us with anything? Like, maybe a fancy [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xixgDV_9RJI HD remaster of ''Peasant's Quest'']?
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'''THE BROTHERS CHAPS:''' Here’s a few in-progress nuggets that might become our next releasable project.
 
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'''Thy Dungeonkid''' – a Gameboy-style textroidvania platformer/point n' click hybrid.
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'''Peasant's Quest 2''' – CGA sequel to Peasant's Quest featuring Rather Dashing's sister Fairly
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'''Some Kinda 3D Powered By The Cheat First Person Horror-ish Game'''
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'''A bonus Roomisode/Elevatorsode featuring Dangeresque Too'''
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== Fun Facts ==
 
=== Remarks ===
 
* The article frequently references the [[Homestar Runner Wiki]], linking text to provide context for history, toons and games, or vernacular.
 
=== Inside References ===
 
https://web.archive.org/web/20211001000000im_/http://www.hrwiki.org/w/images/8/84/Cranjegg.png
 
''Oh wow! He's like a crow person.''
 
* Handley refers to the [[Basement of the Brothers Strong]]-esque wall pattern seen in [[Making of Email 100]] as "[[-èd|stripèd]]".
* The Brothers Chaps joke about having to move offices after their last one "got un-[[depressio]][['d]]".
* [[Strong Bad]] is jokingly referred to as "[[Stong Bad|Stong Band]]".
* A console-playable version of [[Stinkoman 20X6]] and "[[Minor Video Games|Blistergeist]] 3D" are teased as potential future projects.
* ''Thy Dungeonkid'' was first seen in [[Happy 20th Trogday!]].
** The game is a spinoff of the ''[[Thy Dungeonman (series)|Thy Dungeonman]]'' series.
* A CGA-style sequel to [[Peasant's Quest]] featuring Fairly Dashing [[Halloween Hide & Seek Responses|was advertised]] by [[The Poopsmith]] in [[Halloween Hide & Seek]].
* The "crow person" Fairly Dashing is speaking to resembles [[Cranjegg]], a [[Keeper of Trogdor]].
* Calling the [[Dangeresque Too]] bonus Roomisode an "Elevatorsode" due to its setting recalls [[Dangeresque Roomisode 2: The Intersection of Doom & Boom|Roomisode 2]] being called an "intersectionisode" [[@StrongBadActual Tweets 2018|during its development]].
 
=== Real-World References ===
 
* The Brothers' fondness for the [[Atari 2600]] is discussed, particularly commenting that it is always connected to the TV in [[Office of The Brothers Chaps|their office]].
* "Textroidvania" is a [[Portmanteaus|portmanteau]] of the game subgenres [[Text-based game|text-based]] and [[Metroidvania]].
* The ''Peasant's Quest 2'' screenshot is in 4-color [[Color Graphics Adapter|CGA]] graphics.
** The original [[Peasant's Quest Preview]] claimed the game would be in CGA, a discrepency the Brothers Chaps noted in the DVD commentary. A true CGA version of Peasant's Quest was seen in the [[Fake YouTube End Screens|fake autoplay thumbnail]] for [[Disk 4 of 12 - World Games]].
 
=== Fast Forward ===
 
* [[Roomisode X]] would be released months later on May 24, 2024.
 
== External Links ==
 
* [https://www.destructoid.com/the-brothers-chaps-of-homestar-runner-fame-talk-about-videlectrix-and-the-future-of-good-graphics/ Read the interview]
[[Category:Interviews and Public Appearances]]


Latest revision as of 21:00, 18 July 2026

"The Brothers Chaps of Homestar Runner fame talk about Videlectrix and the future of good graphics" is an interview with The Brothers Chaps published to Destructoid on January 16, 2024.

After the release of Dangeresque: The Roomisode Triungulate, Zoey Handley interviewed the brothers about Videlectrix and their future endeavors in good graphics.

Selected Transcript

ZOEY HANDLEY: Is Videlectrix going to remain focused on saving (and expanding) the substantial back catalog of Homestar Flash games, or will we get brand-new games in the future?

THE BROTHERS CHAPS: We have a buncha ideas for both approaches. It was really fun making and expanding Dangeresque: The Roomisode Triungulate for Steam/Itch. And it’d be cool to make Peasant's Quest 2 or a console-playable version of Stinkoman 20X6. But it would be equally cool to make something totally new like Blistergeist 3D or a Thy Dungeonkid platformer.

ZOEY: Do you want to tease us with anything? Like, maybe a fancy HD remaster of Peasant's Quest?

THE BROTHERS CHAPS: Here’s a few in-progress nuggets that might become our next releasable project.

Thy Dungeonkid – a Gameboy-style textroidvania platformer/point n' click hybrid.

Peasant's Quest 2 – CGA sequel to Peasant's Quest featuring Rather Dashing's sister Fairly

Some Kinda 3D Powered By The Cheat First Person Horror-ish Game

A bonus Roomisode/Elevatorsode featuring Dangeresque Too

Fun Facts

Remarks

  • The article frequently references the Homestar Runner Wiki, linking text to provide context for history, toons and games, or vernacular.

Inside References

Oh wow! He's like a crow person.

Real-World References

Fast Forward

  • Roomisode X would be released months later on May 24, 2024.

External Links

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