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Podcast #48 (07/25/2010): Dragon Quest and Comic-Con and Kinect, Oh My! PDF Print E-mail
Written by Joe Wood   
Tuesday, 27 July 2010 23:10

In this episode, we spend some time discussing the cost of Playstation Move and Natal as well as some of the craziness of Comic-Con.  Also discussed are Starcraft II, Dragon Quest IX, Limbo, and Lego Harry Potter.  Enjoy!

Last Updated on Tuesday, 27 July 2010 23:10
 
Final Fantasy XIII (X-Box 360) PDF Print E-mail
Written by Jeff Phelps   
Monday, 14 June 2010 10:04

 



I walk the line.


Ok, so I guess I do owe Square a bit of an apology here.  I said on quite a few of the podcasts that I thought this game was going to be terrible.  I was wrong.  Final Fantasy XIII turned out to actually be quite good.  It's just one of those games that sounds horrible on paper, but works out incredibly well in execution.  It's not without its flaws of course, but what game isn't? I can honestly say, though, that I am glad that I took a chance with Final Fantasy XIII.

Last Updated on Monday, 14 June 2010 10:10
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Bioshock 2 (PC) PDF Print E-mail
Written by Joe Wood   
Friday, 05 March 2010 11:14

 

Second Verse, Not Quite as Good as the First

The original Bioshock still stands out to me as one of the greatest games I have ever played.  The wonderfully realized world of Rapture as well as the brilliant characters of the game almost made me forget about the horrible problems I had getting the PC version to run on my machine.  Still, once you got it to work, it was one of the best games of the last decade, hands down.

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Tatsunoko Vs. Capcom (Wii) PDF Print E-mail
Written by Jeff Phelps   
Saturday, 13 March 2010 08:37

 

People you've probably never heard of, versus people you might have heard of.

For a lot of fans of Capcom's Vs series of fighting games, the above was probably a true statement. I admit, there were quite a few characters I did not recognize, and that goes for both sides of the roster.  This doesn't mean the game isn't an absolute blast to play, though. Tatsunoko Vs Capcom is a solid and welcome entry into the series. Especially since the Wii doesn't have many good fighting games.

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Bayonetta (X-Box 360) PDF Print E-mail
Written by Tarth   
Sunday, 31 January 2010 10:01

 


Demonic, Witty Librarians ATTACK!

Five hundred years ago the world was kept in balance by two forces that controlled the “Eyes of the World”, the Umbra Witches and Lumen Sages.  The “Eyes of the World” allowed the two factions to watch over the world and care for it from the ancient city of Vigrid, located in a hard to reach valley somewhere in Europe.   These two factions were different aspects of the world, Umbra Witches being darkness (note not evil) that controlled the “Left Eye”, and the Lumen Sages were of the light that controlled the “Right Eye”.  However five hundred years ago a rule was broken and the paths of light and dark crossed and bore a child, Bayonetta.  Fast forward to the present we find that Bayonetta has been awakened from a pseudo-stasis of 480 or so years with amnesia, and hunts the heavenly host and works with a demonic weapons dealer named Rodin.  Events start to take shape around Bayonetta as her memory returns.  This is the general background for Hideki Kamiya’s new release Bayonetta.  The game bears a general resemblance to the previous release by Kamiya Devil May Cry; however it has its own unique flair.

Last Updated on Sunday, 31 January 2010 10:05
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