May 21
Preview by Phil Dean The Incredible Adventures of Van Helsing is an action–RPG in the same vein as Diablo or Torchlight. And when I say “in the same vein” I mean, pretty much exactly like Diablo or Torchlight. I’m not an aficionado of Diablo-styled action-RPGs; I’ve only played a couple of them, so I’m not …
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Nov 14
“What do you think the role of Achievements/Trophies should be in games? What do you think of their current use? How would you evolve them?” If you would have asked me back in 2005 whether I thought Achievements would do anything to enhance the gaming experience or make casual gamers more inclined to play, I …
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Oct 17
Review by Phil Dean We’ve recently seen an oversaturation in the indie gaming space with games that are inspired and attempt to replicate an 8-bit and 16-bit retro feel. It has gotten harder and harder to sift through them all to determine which ones are worth your time and money. Fortunately, it seems like indie developers …
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Sep 17
This week’s show starts off with a long segment breaking down all the information about the Wii U. Along the way, we discuss Microsoft’s and Sony’s road map for their next consoles as well as what justifies the existence of a new console. After we wrap that up, we turn over to Insomniac’s Fuse, a less than …
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Sep 13
“Does Steam’s Big Picture mode change the game? If it takes up, how do you see it shaking up the console sector?” Call me an idiot, but I actually had to do some research for this question. Despite having seen Valve’s promotional video on ‘Big Picture’ about 12 times, I didn’t feel like I wholly …
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Jul 30
After assigning “Homework” for the first time, the hosts sit down to share their experience with their Steam backlog. There is discussion of Path of Exile, Sequence, Superbrothers: Sword and Sworcery EP, Anomaly: Warzone Earth, SpaceChem and Botanicula. Then we switch over to news which includes Nintendo, Zynga and Microsoft posting losses, Warner Bros Seattle, Microsoft Vancouver …
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Mar 04
DID YOU SAY STEAM BOX? This weekend a particularly bizarre rumor broke out over the interwebz. Tech outlet The Verge broke the story that esteemed game developer and digital distribution prognosticator Valve is purportedly working on a “Steam Box” and is preparing an official announcement sometime between next week’s Game Developers Conference and June’s …
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Oct 03
After a 2 week hiatus, the gang is back with their Fall tans. The Fall gaming season is upon us and that is quickly reflected in the first segment as we discuss Gears of War 3, the Battlefield 3 Beta and the SUBWAY Uncharted 3 promotion. We briefly discuss the latest Humble Bundle as well …
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Aug 15
Although the community’s lamentation of the lack of Steam support for Battlefield 3 is not completely unfounded, it’s a little ridiculous to think that people will skip out on one of the biggest games of the year simply because they have to download a new client to play it. During my time with the Alpha …
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