Archive for November, 2009

Review: Torchlight (PC)

Tuesday, November 17th, 2009

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The Charge:
Word of Ember blazed across the land, and the town of Torchlight flared to life…

Opening Statement:
Let’s get this out of the way right now: Torchlight is the least original game you will ever play. It is impossible to compare this little game to another, more popular iteration in the dungeon clicker/crawler genre—Diablo, the big kahuna, the head cheese. And Torchlight is okay with this. After all, the game was developed by Runic Games, and two of its members, Max and Erich Schaefer were co-designers on Diablo and Diablo II. They stick to what they know. And you’ll be delighted that they did.

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Impressions: Modern Warfare 2 (Campaign)

Monday, November 16th, 2009

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The Charge

KA-BLOOIEEE!!!!

Opening Statement

Infinity Ward developed a first-person shooter and it made fifty quadrillion dollars.  Nothing I say here will have any effect on that.  But this bandwidth isn’t going to burn itself!

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Shockingly Good Deals Spotted in the Wild at Blockbuster

Sunday, November 15th, 2009

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Hit a couple of my local BLockbuster Video stores and noticed bins in each store with pre-played 360 games, all for $10.  While there were some crap for sure, I was stunned by a few high-quality games still at that cheap price point.

I picked up Fallout 3 (not the game-of-the-year edition) for a sweet ten-spot.  In addition Gears of War 2 and Rainbow Six Vegas 2 and Ghost Recon 2 were swimming in the bin.

Those are some dope deals.  I suggest you drop by your store and take a gander.  Happy hunting.

BLAST PROCESSING! Episode 38: Sick Day

Thursday, November 12th, 2009

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Dave pinch hits for a sickly Erich and recruits the Newfie Wonder Twins, Jon and Steve to help him carry the burden. Marvel as the three fill forty-five minutes with talk of Modern Warfare 2, Dragon Age: Origins, Borderlands, Brutal Legend, and Tekken 6, while indulging in such nonsensical digressions as the Arrested Development side-scrolling beat’em-up, their to-date Game of the Year choices (Jon and Dave are on the same page and no, it’s not XBLA Streets of Rage 2), most-anticipated releases in the next couple of months and, finally, the Negative Nancy segment where they each find fault in a beloved 2009 release.

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Symposium ad Nauseum: TV Shows Least Likely to Be Made Into Video Games

Tuesday, November 10th, 2009

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Video game makers draw on a variety of creative licenses to build their code on. Most of the resulting creations, of course, suck.

So let’s add to the pile–your choices for a TV show that would not work in the least as a video game.

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In Celebration of the Release of the Biggest Game of the Year

Tuesday, November 10th, 2009


Ultra-Realistic Modern Warfare Game Features Awaiting Orders, Repairing Trucks

Review: Borderlands (PS3/XBOX360/PC)

Thursday, November 5th, 2009

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The Charge:
Lock, Load, and face the madness!

Opening Statement:
How many games come along and promise to provide a mish-mash of “Genre A” and “Genre B” and wind up with a watrered down version of both that dissapoints and frustrates. Gearbox Software, those guys behind Ubisoft’s Brothers in Arms series have unleashed their new baby onto an unsuspecting Fall market. Promising a fresh combination of first person shooter and action role playing, does Borderlands cross the gameplay border into awesometown? Or is it better off being detained at customs.

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BLAST PROCESSING! Episode 37: I’d Rather Be Vault Hunting

Thursday, November 5th, 2009

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Erich, Dave, and Tim tear themselves away from a certain game. On the way to a mega-discussion about said secret game, the boys tackle the other titles they’ve been playing, including Dead Space: Extraction, World of Goo, and Uncharted 2. Following up on last week’s Halloween podcast, Dave and Tim trade picks, giving their respective takes on Resident Evil 4 and Dead Space. This week’s Symposium Ad Nauseum asks the hard-hitting question, “what counts as a vehicle?”

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