Posts Tagged ‘Brutal Legend’

Best Games of the Year 2009: Jon’s List

Tuesday, December 29th, 2009

pv09

Whew! This year was a close one.  With a wedding so pay for this coming March, and full year’s worth of can’t miss games released over the course of 2009, I didn’t think I was going to make it out alive (or at the very least, out of shark-tank debt).  I’m in agreement with Steve that trying to pick just five out of the squall of sterling digital offerings we’ve had this past year is a cruel endeavour.  After spending much of the holidays in tears, trying to trim the fat from my list, I think I’ve finally tapered it down to an unfortunately circumscribe five (plus two honourable mentions).  So before we ring out the Aughties, or Zeroes, or whatever you hipsters are calling the soon to be decade past, I’d like to regale the gamers among you with my personal favourite games of 2009.  And no…Prototype is not on the list.

(more…)

Tags: , , , , ,
Posted in Features | No Comments »

BLAST PROCESSING! Episode 38: Sick Day

Thursday, November 12th, 2009

quarantine_bp

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.

Join in the fun in the comments below, over in the DVD Verdict Jury Room forums, or by emailing us at feedback@pixelverdict.com.

You can listen to the show with the player below, download it here, or subscribe through iTunes or by adding our feed to your podcatcher of choice.

 

Tags: , , , ,
Posted in Podcast | 1 Comment »

BLAST PROCESSING! Episode 35: The Big Canadian Brawl-a-palooza!

Thursday, October 22nd, 2009

episode35

Join Pixel Verdict’s Canadian contingency as they waste about an hour of your time. Jon’s been playing Brutal Legend, and throws the gauntlet down for one Tim Schafer of Doublefine Studios (Dear Tim, Jon’s coming, and Hell’s comin’ with him). Adam has been spending quality time with his wife and Rock Band. Steve’s wife, meanwhile, is cheating on him with his copy of Brutal Legend, so Steve drowns his loneliness with Demon’s Souls, and the amazing Uncharted 2: Among Thieves and Borderlands. The boys discuss the news of the week (or lack thereof) with their typically Canadian lack of zeal, including Steve’s dissatisfaction with Natal support for Fable II and Fable III; Grand Theft Auto thrusting beyond the borders of good taste (yet again); a new game from the Timeshift guys; and Street Fighter IV’s Seth gets tougher (read: cheaper). Adam waxes philosophical about a particular 90’s cinematic masterpiece featuring a pre-Party of Five Scott Wolfe and short shorts-wearin’ Alyssa Milano. You’ll have to listen to find out what it is. It all ends in a climactic discussion about brawlers good and bad.

To reiterate: TIM SCHAFER! Jon Mercer (PSN ID: Kidinthehelmet) WANTS YOUR BLOOD! Meet him on the virtual battlefield of Brutal Legend if you DARE!

Bonus: listen carefully for Mrs. Adam’s brief cameo…

Music credits:
Intro – Stingray Pt. II by Sheavy
Outro – The Logdriver’s Waltz by Jon Weldon

Add your thoughts to the comments below, or over in the DVD Verdict Jury Room forums. You can also email us at feedback@pixelverdict.com.

You can listen to the show with the player below, download it here, or subscribe through iTunes or by adding our feed to your podcatcher of choice.

 

Tags: , , , ,
Posted in Podcast | 1 Comment »

Review: Brütal Legend (PS3, Xbox 360)

Wednesday, October 14th, 2009

brutal01

The Charge:
A slice of gaming heaven that is louder than hell!

Opening Statement:
My hands quaked as I tore away the plastic cocoon as I had done countless times before.  Visions of a teenager tracing his fingertips along the stack of heavy metal vinyl’s he had been given ownership of for an entire summer flashed before my eyes.  I could feel a deep pulse building in the pit of my very being, like the marching hooves of an iron clad war machine.  Just holding the disc, I could feel its electricity dance between my digits, threatening to suddenly spark, sending a jolt straight to my brain.  As searing tears of joy carved trails down my face, and my bear trap grin spread wide and vicious, I looked up to the clouds and held aloft the horns in praise of the metal gods.  Brütal Legend, Double Fine overseer Tim Schafer’s latest baby has arrived on crimson wings, its fiery mane blazing with the undulating power of heavy metal.  But is Schafer’s latest labor of love a face-melting, soul thrashing, black magic epic, or another sad stroll down Hollywood Boulevard?

(more…)

Tags: , , , , ,
Posted in PS3, Reviews, Xbox 360 | 1 Comment »

Hold On… Activision Wanted To Turn Brutal Legend Into A Guitar Hero Game!?

Wednesday, July 22nd, 2009

brutal_legend The plot thickens. Double Fine, developers of the upcoming Brutal Legend, filed a countersuit against Activision, who are suing to block the game’s October release. News of that suit hit during E3, and struck a lot of people (most notably the game’s creator Tim Schafer) as sour grapes. Activision had the chance to publish Legend when it bought Vivendi, but chose not to. Now it seems that one of the reasons they made that choice was because they couldn’t shoehorn it into their prolific Guitar Hero franchise. At least, that’s what it says in the suit, as reported by Yahoo! News (as linked from Joystiq).

If true, I officially have zero sympathy for Activision. It’s one thing for them to pull a George Costanza and pretend they didn’t quit on Brutal Legend. It’s another for them to have dropped the game in the first place because they couldn’t turn Tim Schafer’s baby into the thousandth entry in an “annualizable” franchise. That is so not rock ‘n’ roll!

Tags: , , ,
Posted in News, PS3, Xbox 360 | No Comments »