Produced 2009.04.19 Our special guest joins the panel as we begin a two-week investigation into handheld gaming. The Nintendo DS is discussed whilst the DSi receives both scorn and praise. Finally, blockbuster news rounds out the equation. Listen now!
Yes, Peggle. I really needed a break from the epic RPGs I had been trekking through for months since I bought my Xbox, and I wanted something light and fun for juxtaposition. There are a few podcasts that I listen to in which a number of members rave about Peggle, but their descriptions of the more »
For years now, EA Games hasn’t been a publisher gamers look towards for original, quality IPs. The company seems interested in changing this image, however, and Dead Space is an excellent step in the right direction. It’s not that we haven’t seen these mechanics and concepts before – but rarely are they so flawlessly executed. more »
Starbreeze Studios surprised the entire gaming world in 2004 when they released The Chronicles of Riddick: Escape from Butcher Bay, a movie-licensed game that was actually good. In 2009, Starbreeze released the sequel to Butcher Bay, titled The Chronicles of Riddick: Assault on the Dark Athena, packaged with a revamp of Butcher Bay. The original more »
When LBP first arrived to the PS3 I was enamored. I was so enamored, in fact, that I began to see LittleBig opportunities in my every day life. For example, Lusipurr and I were once sitting in Red Lobster and there was a very large, wooden fish hanging between the different sections of the restaurant. more »
Produced 2009.04.12 Lusipurr and Oliver assemble the absentee panelists Nate and Ethan using whatever means necessary for some discussion and Easter music. Fat Princess, XNA, and the frustrations caused by Japan-only releases are chronicled in this special holiday podcast!
2K’s critically acclaimed action-adventure, BioShock, happens to be one of my all-time favorite videogames. The gameplay is varied, fast-paced, and fun. The story is fantastic both in content and execution. The atmosphere generated by the ruined paradise of Rapture is unrivalled by any other videogame ever created. Obviously that’s a very brief overview of what more »
I heard some terrible news yesterday. Sony’s critically acclaimed masterpiece, Shadow of the Colossus is officially being made into a movie. I have to admit that this makes no sense to me. While it is one of my favourite games of all time (following only Final Fantasy 9 and Ocarina of Time), it is absolutely more »
I was going to review Suikoden Tierkreis this week; however, I have only spent around ten hours in the game. I do not feel that ten hours is enough to review a game that is more than sixty hours. Instead, I want to talk about the use of the terms ‘hardcore’ and ‘casual’ in the more »
Nineteenth-century England, jungle exploration, and robots: this is Henry Hatsworth and the Puzzling Adventure. Henry Hatsworth places the player in the fabulously-dressed shoes of Henry Hatsworth, the top member of the “Pompous Adventurer’ Club” on a quest to find the Gentleman’s Suit. This suit allows the wearer to control an alternate dimension known as “The Puzzle more »