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Crackdown 2 Demo Contest (update)

Josh — Sat, 19 Jun 2010 02:38:28 +0000

Well scratch all that, we didn’t know the demo was coming out on Monday anyway! So here’s the new deal, email cstrikepodcast@gmail.com and first come first serve gets a demo code! Ok, we’re officially out of codes but check out the other shows from Platform Nation for a chance to get one from them!

Critical Strike… Strikes Again!

Josh — Mon, 14 Jun 2010 01:52:31 +0000

It’s been awhile since this subject last came up, but back in May of 2008 we joined a site formed around other podcasts called Platform Nation. It was about September or so of that year we also left Platform Nation due to some differences in opinion and we both just went our own separate ways.

Two years later and a bit of growing up between both, Critical Strike and Platform Nation have now once again joined forces to fight the evils that is…. something. We’re once again excited to be rejoined with some of our favorite podcasts and people we once worked with and hopefully it’ll be good for all the parties involved.

For those who do not know about Critical Strike, it’s a simple podcast that is recorded every fortnight by Josh and Kyle. We pretty much just discuss the games we’ve been playing and occasionally spice things up with discussions of video game music or retro game challenges between each other which serves as a nice way to introduce someone to a game they’ve never played.

A brief tour of the Funspot first floor

Josh — Mon, 07 Jun 2010 16:59:43 +0000

As most of you know I spent this past weekend in northern New Hampshire at the worlds largest arcade Funspot. Nothing can describe how great this place can be if you have deep appreciation for older games.

I brought my new camcorder with me but sadly I forgot the larger memory stick for it thus leaving me with only 2gb of space to record on. It’s not so bad, I was able to record a quick walk through of Funspot’s first floor which is the main attraction there anyway.

Click here to view the embedded video.

Forums and Twitter!

Josh — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 04:55:40 +0000

Thanks to our good friends over at The Fanboys Lunchcast (whom you should be listening to by the way), we have a new set of forums over at their fine community of old time friends.

Please head over there and join in the discussions, meet the fine folks and hopefully hook up and play some games with them.

Also we have a official Critical Strike Twitter account, Kyle and I both have the info though for the most part it’s mainly just been the site updating it, but if you want to follow we’ll start to communicate through it as well.

Megatainment

Josh — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 06:10:58 +0000

It’s pretty well known that in these parts of the great vast interweb we love our good friends The Megas and Entertainment System. After meeting both bands last year during their Megatainment Tour and hearing afterward that both bands decided to get together and work on a Mega Man 1 EP, you could easily say I was very excited for it.

Well the time has finally come, both bands have finally completed their ends of the EP and it’s available for public consumption! The EP is a four song face melting session of Mega Man goodness that is–in my opinion pretty fair priced at $5 if you so choose to buy it via digital download or a additional $3 for shipping of the cd!

I’d like to see our listeners support these two bands as they’ve given me some awesome tunes to play on Critical Music as well as being part of a growing list of video game based bands!

So if you’d like to hear a song from the album then go to The Megas myspace page or to buy the album head over to The Megas website and show them your support

Critical Strike 39: We Are Error

Josh — Sun, 19 Jul 2009 10:57:34 +0000

Of course, it seems to have become a trend that we only do a main podcast episode when Kyle gets injured in his daily life. So after he got rear ended while driving the company truck, we just knew it was finally time to regroup and discuss simple things like video games! Here’s some of the stuff we discussed: Lost Odyssey, Braid, WiiFit, Wolfenstein 3D, Kyle being horrible and not playing Quake, Shadow Warrior, inFAMOUS, Ghostbusters, Tiger Woods 10, Bubble Bobble Plus, Bit.Trip Core, Killing Floor, Street Fighter IV, Blazblue, Zenonia, NCAA Football 10.

Music in this episode: Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater

Download audio file (Critical_Strike-39.mp3)

Super Street Fighter II Turbo HD Remix Album

Josh — Wed, 10 Dec 2008 07:19:12 +0000

If you enjoyed the first song we played on episode 33 of the podcast, do yourself a favor and get over to OCRemix.

These fine folks were selected by Capcom to do the official soundtrack for the newely released Super Street Fighter II Turbo HD Remix, which of course you can download for free!

Show your support to OCRemix and this album, they did a wonderful job and it’s nice to see a company like Capcom recognize the remix community.

Critical Strike 29: Ikaruga… Vegetable?

Josh — Sun, 31 Aug 2008 06:48:42 +0000

Wow! This will be our fourth release this month. I’m rather impressed! The whole crew is back together again, and well, this is the result. Sorry.

What we’ve been up to
Video game music challenge
What games tend to make us a tad bit cranky

As usual, please give us some iTunes reviews!

Music in this episode: Entertainment System, Starship Amazing

Critical Strike 28: Dinosaurs Don’t Spit!

Josh — Mon, 18 Aug 2008 06:23:16 +0000

Short Mr Keith yet Kyle remained making it all good! This episode was kind of weird, Kyle and I seemed to go off on little ramble bits and of course at one point it ended up being a commercial for The Megas (go buy their album!) but thats alright by me!

What we’ve been up to
Lovely ice cream truck music
Top 5 games we were hopelessly addicted to
Why we think video game movies are full of fail

Music in this episode: MegaMan 3 with lyrcs intro, Sonic the Hedgehog 3, Super Smash Bros. Melee, The Megas.

Special thanks to mik and the pong world champion “announcer guy” from The Fanboys for the opening clip.

Episode 25 delay

Josh — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 02:57:01 +0000

Hey folks, sorry but unfortunately episode 25 is delayed like most things in the game industry. We had some issues such as power outages, a wedding etc, but we’ll have a new release after this weekend.

Hang tight and check out some of our other favorite podcasts listed on the site.

Critical Strike + Platform Nation = Love

Josh — Mon, 12 May 2008 04:05:17 +0000

That’s right folks. We here at Critical Strike have been invited to join a swell group of other podcasts known as Platform Nation.

Platform Nation is a site dedicated to gamers and podcasts. They have a great community that you can always count on to find someone to play a game with. If you ever want to know what’s going on in the game industry, then you should check out the podcasts that are affiliated with the site.

Do yourself a favor and check out Critical Strike and the other podcasts over at Platform Nation.

Anniversary Reminder

Josh — Fri, 02 May 2008 21:55:05 +0000

Hello faithful listeners, I’d like to take this time to remind you that we will be recording our one year anniversary show on May 11th. We’d like to have some messages from our fellow podcasters and of course our listeners.

If you’d like to take part in this, then it’s pretty simple. All you need to do is record a short message with some well wishes for us in a mp3 format then just mail it to me at cstrikepodcast[at]gmail[dot]com. Just try to do us a favor and get these to us by May 9th.

Pretty simple? Yeah and it would mean quite a bit to us so please take a few minutes out of your busy schedules and hook us up with some encouraging messages.

Podcast Releases

Josh — Wed, 03 Oct 2007 05:30:02 +0000

First I would like to apologize that we have not released a new episode of the podcast in the last couple of weeks. It's not that we didn't want to, it's more Kyle wouldn't let us!

Kyle forced me to have a back injury, have a death in my family and other sick things he can do! He also seemed to have gotten to Keith as he was forced to take a business trip, have to work weekends, while having other sorts of problems.

That damn Kyle is really a evil one, but we hope to suppress his power and come out with a new episode soon!

Playgasm Podcast Episode 7

Josh — Wed, 22 Aug 2007 13:59:28 +0000

Madden week podcast edition! Of course, only one of us is actually playing Madden but he clearly isn't a true gamer. This is your typical episode where we cover our top five gaming podcasts, what we've been up to since the last episode, the video game music challenge. For our discussion the topic this week was based off a article on GamesRadar about game franchises evolving or revolutionizing.

If you would like to submit your answer for the video game music challenge then head over to our forums, register and message Josh with your answer.

And if you would, please digg the Playgasm Podcast, we'd appreciate it.

Playgasm Podcast 6/10/07 Episode 3

Josh — Wed, 13 Jun 2007 07:07:58 +0000

It’s our third episode, and man it’s been awhile since we recorded. But we’re back! We discussed quite a bit of new stuff, check out or forums for the show notes and submitting Video Game Music Challenge guesses.

Playgasm Forums / Podcast

Josh — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 05:48:38 +0000

We recently just changed forum software, our apologize to those who recently registered to the older ones. This one is easier for us to work with so we thought it was a necessary change before they became active.

Also I'd like to mention we just recorded episode 3 of the Playgasm podcast. Since it was recorded on Sunday night it might be a day or two before the editing is complete and ready for download.

Game Releases 5/6 – 5/12

Josh — Sun, 06 May 2007 20:48:21 +0000

Already through the first week of May, lets hope this week brings us some decent games to go along with the season.

Playstation 2:

Taito Legends 2
Cabela's Dangerous Hunts
Tony Hawks Downhill Jam
Dot.Hack G.U. Vol 2 Reminisce

Playstation Portable:

Taito Legends Power Up
Driver 76
Hot Wheels Ultimate Racing
Heatseeker

Xbox 360:

Command & Conquer 3: Tiberium Wars
Shrek the 3rd

That's it, unless you count the few craptacular PC games released, but I'm not. Nada for the Playstation 3 and the Wii, but we all know theres stuff coming!

Game Releases 4/29 – 5/5

Josh — Sun, 29 Apr 2007 20:07:17 +0000

It's been a bit since we've done this. But I think we should keep up with at least doing the game release list.

Playstation 2:

Legend of the Dragon
Heatseeker
Spider-Man 3

Playstation Portable:

The Cube
Legend of the Dragon
Winx Club: Join the Club
Ultimate Board Game Collection

Playstation 3:

Spider-Man 3

Wii:

3 games (See Playstation 2 release list)

DS;

Shrek the 3rd
Devilish
Spider-Man 3

Xbox 360:

Spider-Man 3

That's it! Have a good week!

Playgasm Changes

Josh — Sat, 17 Mar 2007 06:18:26 +0000

Although at this time updates are still slow, we're working on that though. We would like to announce we have a new forum open. The forum is open to all fans of video games, but we ask you just read our forum rules and expect changes in the forum as we are still in the process of configuring it.

Slow With Updates

Josh — Mon, 26 Feb 2007 17:20:40 +0000

We here at Playgasm would like to apologize for the slow amount of updates as of late. Things have been crazy in our personal lives which keeps us from working on here.

As of now we will continue to work on the site when we can. We hope in the future we can continue to bring more news to the masses as we did before.

Thanks for reading, and we'll try to get back up to speed.

Bioware presents: Jack Bauer Effect

David Cochran — Wed, 21 Feb 2007 15:34:54 +0000

Looks like Bioware is setting some high goals indeed for Mass Effect.

Don't get me wrong though, I'm totally looking forward to this game, and now that the goals have been set to achieve a storyline unlike any other, well, makes me want it even more. BioWare's Ray Muzyka has a few choice words in an interview regarding the game.

Muzyka calls it "Jack Bauer in space."

"You have complex moral choices
to make. You're out to save the galaxy. You're going to have to do
things that don't seem like they're good to do that."

He also mentions the one achievement they wish to accomplish in the game, moving dialogue, without the dialogue. Muzyka explains that eyes and motion are much more powerful tools to convey words than words themselves, and he wishes to reproduce that in Mass Effect.

Sounds kinky. Due in May.

[Source: MTV]

The Nightly Play: Mega Man Intros 1/3

Josh — Tue, 20 Feb 2007 05:51:25 +0000

Now you ask, why would I want to watch the intro to several Mega Man games? I'll tell you why, because it's fucking Mega Man! Any other character I probably wouldn't care, but we all love Mega Man, and those who don't just say they don't to make me mad!

Anywho, the first intros sound is somewhat screwed up, but you get the idea from there. Plus the Mega Man series has some fantastic video game music in it, so enjoy.

Click here to view the embedded video.

In case you're wondering, yes there are more intros compilation videos, I just didn't want to post them all.

EA Buying 2k Sports?

Josh — Mon, 19 Feb 2007 17:56:47 +0000

Dear [insert higher power here], don't let this happen! 2k Sports at least for me has become my refuge from crappy sports titles that EA releases. I'm sure I'm not the only one who feels this way, though 2k doesn't put out a football title at this time, their hockey games still destroy EA's attempt at one.

With all the lawsuits and stock issues surrounding father company Take-Two is this the perfect time for EA to step in and purchase their sports division? Apparently so. Though no real details of a possible purchase have come out, the most we've seen is analyst giving information, which can generally be taken with a grain of salt.

But still, EA stay away from my hockey series! Keep releasing $60 roster updates under the Madden football name.

[Source: PSU]

Another Zombie Game

Josh — Fri, 16 Feb 2007 11:18:39 +0000

There has been a lot of zombie love in the air. Capcom made Dead Rising, plenty of PC based zombie mods coming out and now Metal Gear and Zone of the Enders creator Hideo Kojima wants to make a zombie game. In a interview with Edge Magazine the man had to say this:

The zombie idea I have is a bit different…Imagine a large town where
half the inhabitants are zombies. Users would subscribe, get inside the
town and get bitten. At that stage they become undead and can't control
their character – all they can do is modify the camera angles… They'd
see their character attacking humans and have to pay just to watch!
The only way they could end it is by opening another account,
hunting themselves down and killing themselves. Of course, the problem
is that your second character can get bitten as well

Although I'm not quite sold on the part where you can't control your zombie character, I think that would be pretty cool. Imagine getting the chance to blend in with the pack of undead, then sneak around and bite a player in the face.

[Source: Kotaku]

The Nightly Play: Double Dragon Live Action

jb — Fri, 16 Feb 2007 05:34:05 +0000

Collegehumor was running some Street Fighter videos about what happens to them when they grow up. This is that, only with DD.

Note the goodness.

Click here to view the embedded video.

Picard Does FFXII Ads For PAL

jb — Thu, 15 Feb 2007 17:59:49 +0000

I don't come up with the excuses to post these pictures, they just come to me…

For the upcoming release of FFXII in PAL territories, Patrick Stewart has been selected to do the voice overs for the commercials.

In addition to Mr. Picard's voice, the people of London get a midnight launch event with the executive producer and director of the game. The event will hand out such goodies as Moogles and soundtracks to the first 100 purchasers, and a contest for best FF-related costume.

Of course, the important part to note about this entire article is the fact that Mr. Picard was involved, and that my friend, is great news.

Clover Moves On

Josh — Thu, 15 Feb 2007 17:35:41 +0000

Since Capcom announced the closing of game studio Clover, people have wondered what the developers would move on to. Well, please welcome new game studio, Seeds.

Seeds is run by the former Clover CEO Atsushi Inaba and is formed of 50 members. Some of these members are also high profile, does the names Shinji Mikami and Hideki Kimaya mean anything to you? Well if you like Devil May Cry and Resident Evil, then they do!

R.I.P Clover, welcome Seeds!

[Source: GameIndustry]

The Nightly Play: Three PS3s

jb — Thu, 15 Feb 2007 06:35:47 +0000

A bit late for this video, but its good enough to pull out.

…and I have this cake.

Click here to view the embedded video.

The Nightly Play: Mario Medley…

Josh — Wed, 14 Feb 2007 06:04:05 +0000

Yup, thanks to friend of Playgasm Chris, we bring you this wonderful medley of Super Mario Bros.

Not much to say except how amazing this is! If you don't agree, frankly you don't deserve to play video games.

Click here to view the embedded video.

The Nightly Play: Cooking Mama!

jb — Tue, 13 Feb 2007 04:35:08 +0000

So I didn't get a chance to play this game for the DS, but if this video is any indication, cooking is awesome.

And really, this is exactly the type of multiplayer game that I've been craving. A one on one showdown baby. Battle of soups!

If this video doesn't get you rock hard for cooking, then you're probably…normal.

I could use some help… hit the jump for the video of cook-off action!

This Just In: Crap Sells

jb — Mon, 12 Feb 2007 13:49:54 +0000

Please note the graph. Notice which genre's are selling the most?

Next-Gen compiled a list of the top 100 selling games in North America, but this graph represents those games split up by genre. Note the massive amount of blueness for the Sports and Licensed games. That blueness represents a lack of soul in gaming.

It is generally accepted by gamers that sports and licensed titles are the bread and butter of casual gaming, and this chart only further emphasizes this point.

We live in a strange industry, where the people who care the most, represent the minority.

[Source: Next-Gen]

Think You’re A Gamer?

Josh — Sun, 11 Feb 2007 09:25:15 +0000

Alright, this isn't exactly gaming news, but it's the weekend, so I'll throw you a curve ball!

If you're bored and want to test your gaming knowledge, then head over to The Ultimate Game Quiz and see how you do against the questions it throws at you.

Personally I got a 98%, not too bad, but of course it's 4:21am. I probably would have done better if I wasn't so damn tired. Good luck!

The Nightly Play: The Bonus Round

jb — Sun, 11 Feb 2007 07:55:46 +0000

GameTrailers runs a live interview show called The Bonus Round, where they discuss prevalent gaming issues and topics.

The theme of this latest episode is game rentals and how they affect the marketplace. These videos are great, because you're getting your information right from the horse’s mouth.

Check it!

The Nightly Play: Ryu vs. Scorpion

jb — Sat, 10 Feb 2007 06:41:35 +0000

Street Fighter vs. MK? You know you always wanted to see it.

This video gained a decent amount of popularity amongst some popular media sites, but in case you missed it, here is the awesomely edited fight between Street Fighter front man, Ryu, and MK poster boy, Scorpion.

Who will win?! FIGHT!

Click here to view the embedded video.

The Nightly Play: DoTA Allstars Endless Story

Josh — Fri, 09 Feb 2007 05:20:04 +0000

Since Nick didn't post one, I figure I will because I really enjoy this video. Not much to tell here, it's basically a music video to one of the best downloadable maps for Warcraft 3.

If you're familiar with DoTA Allstars (Defense of the Ancients) than this is nothing new to you, but for those who haven't played it, you better start!

Click here to view the embedded video.

EA Drops Japanese Studio

Josh — Wed, 07 Feb 2007 21:48:11 +0000

EA Japan has closed the doors, but atleast Theme Park DS is still being released. It's sad they're gone, especially after making a DS game I am looking forward to.

Of course EA will still continue to release games in Japan, as well as continue to make Nintendo DS titles.

[Source: 1up]

The Nightly Play: 10 Best Weapons

jb — Wed, 07 Feb 2007 05:32:20 +0000

Oh GameTrailers, how far you've come. This is a video I remember where they breakdown the top 10 video game weapons of all-time.

The video does a great job of varying up its picks and getting to the goods. Their first pick is my favorite surprise, such a sick weapon…

Clicky clicky!

Click here to view the embedded video.

Capcom Launches Community Site

jb — Tue, 06 Feb 2007 21:22:15 +0000

Capcom, the company that has brought you a vast number of great titles ranging from Street Fighter all the way to Lost Planet, has officially kicked off Capcom-Unity (see what they did there?) a website dedicated to keeping their fans up to date and involved within the company. This is going to be a great way of keeping up with all things Capcom. The site's kickoff message details that the website isn't close to being completed, and they plan on implementing things such as user art and videos.

Currently on the site, you can find:

Capcom Blogs, including Brian Dunn’s Lost Planet blog and Scarlett’s blog
Capcom related news: new product announcements, special offers, updates and random Capcom links from around the internet
Forums and forum links: hot threads, latest threads and links to all of Capcom’s forums
Links
to focused brand product and community sites: Lost Planet, Ace
Attorney, Street Fighter, Resident Evil, Mega Man and Devil May Cry.

Check out the source link to get the goods!

[Source: Capcom-Unity]

The Voice of Mario Speaketh!

jb — Tue, 06 Feb 2007 18:11:27 +0000

So Mario's had this voice actor dude ever since Mario 64 (if I recall correctly), Charles Martinet. He's recently decided to give up some Super Mario Galaxy lovin'

It'sa you! Charles Martinet!

Mario Galaxy is going to be the most exciting, amazing fun ever. I played a little preview of it and I had goosebumps of joy and was giddy with laughter. The new Wii controller has so much versatility and makes possible all these things you could never imagine doing before.

It is like magic. This game takes it to a completely different level for Mario. I'm not allowed to reveal yet what I say in Galaxy but I can tell you there will be some surprises.

There'd better be surprises, dammit! How awful would that be if it was just re-used Mario 64 soundbits? In any case, Mario news is always good news…

And it's coming straight from the horses mouth, so you know that it's not biased!

[Source: Kotaku]

Mortal Kombat 80453 Unreal 3 Edition

David Cochran — Tue, 06 Feb 2007 16:23:07 +0000

Well it looks like Final Fantasy isn't going to be the only one adopting the Unreal 3 engine. Apparently Ed Boon, who you all know, was "inspired, totally inspired" by playing Gears of War, that he decided the latest Mortal Kombat, 80453, if I recall correctly, will be using the Unreal engine. Straight from the Noob Sabot man himself,

"To me, when I saw Gears of War, I was like, 'Holy shit! That's the look that we've been talking about"

Because obviously, as a video game designer, you have no idea what graphic engines exist until the video game sporting it actually is released? No insider info, no research? Sounds like a half shotty job of research for the newest MK game, which will probably translate into a just as crappy Mortal Kombat game. Not to mention the game is expected to be out early 2008, and the fact that they just now decided which rendering engine to use? But hey, I have some hope for it at least.

HE SAID THEY'RE REMOVING CHANGEABLE FIGHTING STANCES.

[Source: Joystiq]

The Nightly Play: Video Games Live

jb — Tue, 06 Feb 2007 06:28:37 +0000

If you haven’t been, you really should go. The music is great, the nostalgia value is high, and the atmosphere is amazing.

At the event, I won the very laptop I’m making this post from (true story).

Here is a classic game run-through that they do. But seriously, go see a show if you have a soul.

Click here to view the embedded video.

LOTR says LifeR

David Cochran — Mon, 05 Feb 2007 15:31:41 +0000

Whos to say fantasy based MMOs never do anything new or revolutionary!

Well, I do. Anyway…

Seems Midway has such great hopes for the upcoming LOTR MMORPG, that they have decided to try something new, lifetime membership. For 200 dollars, you can play the game all you want, forevars. The math comes out to be that the 200 dollar fee is roughly 15 months worth of the game, so this has me wondering, since there is seems to be no hype and or interest in this game, does Midway actually PLAN on having this MMO last for more than 15 months?

However, you do receive an obviously kickass uh, ring of agility, and cloak of regeneration… as your special pre-sale items! UNIQUE LAWLS.

From Midways press release;

The Lord of the Rings Online Founder's Program* offers players two different membership options:

* Only $9.99 per month subscription price!

* Just $199 for a Lifetime Membership!

In addition to these special pricing options, The Lord of the Rings Online Founders receive:

• Open Beta: Guaranteed access provides Founders the first
opportunity to create a character and enter Middle-earth currently
planned for March 30, 2007

• Character Roll-Over: Moves the character that you created during
the Open Beta into the live service –along with the stats, levels,
items, and experience that character earned prior to launch!

• Bonus Items: Two special in-game items that are only available to those who pre-order:

o Enchanted Cloak of Regeneration

o Ring of Agility

[Source: Kotaku]

The Nightly Play: Tecmo Super Bowl

jb — Mon, 05 Feb 2007 03:39:07 +0000

Screw Madden being used as the standard to determine who will win games. With the Superbowl tonight, I wonder how this crazy prediction simulation holds up!

For anyone who hates freedom, the score of the Superbowl was 29-17, Colts taking the cake. How did the simulation video have it going?!

Interesting commentary awaits you…

Click here to view the embedded video.

The Nightly Play: Mario Bros. Retrospective

jb — Sun, 04 Feb 2007 06:31:47 +0000

I have to give props to Josh for this pick, as he brought it to my attention some time ago.

The video follows Mario throughout his evolutions, and keeps pushing forward with killer violin action. I don't know why, but the music really makes this
video so much more epic then it originally would have been. There is a Zelda one done in similar fashion, but that'll be for another night.

Rated T for Titillating.

Click here to view the embedded video.

The Nightly Play: The 1K Project II

jb — Sat, 03 Feb 2007 04:45:32 +0000

This video bleeds awesome.

Imagine you have 1000 high-res cars on your screen at once, jumping off platforms and navigating branching paths. Sounds kinda lame, but actually it's really a sight to behold.

The music (intro from Gone in 60 Seconds) really adds to this video, and I've watched it a bunch of times today cause it's just that good.

Bon Appetit

Click here to view the embedded video.

The Nightly Play: Street Fighter, Chan-Style

jb — Fri, 02 Feb 2007 02:14:09 +0000

A live version of Street Fighter has be rediscovered over at The Last Boss.

The clip is so good that I had to post it. I had other candidates for today, but they're benched. Jackie wins.

Click here to view the embedded video.

The Nightly Play: Mario Kart 64 Glitch

jb — Thu, 01 Feb 2007 05:02:22 +0000

I knew I wasn't freaking crazy!

I posted on GAF this morning that I played a game of 3 player versus on the Moo Moo Farm level. When we jumped in the game, it was moving at hyper speed. It was hilariously uncontrollable at first, but then presented a new challenging sort of fun. Apparently this was a glitch with the original version of the game, so it's awesome/awful that the glitch made it into the VC release.

Video for your viewing goodness.

[Source: GoNintendo]

Click here to view the embedded video.

Jessica Chobot Shares Her Mind

jb — Wed, 31 Jan 2007 14:08:16 +0000

Usually, people turn to IGN's Jessica Chobot for her light-hearted take on the gaming industry (she dresses up as a japanese school girl in the latest IGN Weekly). And the fact that she licks PSPs.

Her latest blog post, however, really echoes something I've been saying for quite sometime now: gamers are angry people.

She makes a lot of great points about how the industry is really divided between consumer and the corporations.

Definitely worth checking out the article, and if nothing else, I just showed you a hot girl getting heavy with a gaming device.

Hit the source to get her post.

[Source: Jess-IGN]

The Nightly Play: GoW2 Trailer

jb — Wed, 31 Jan 2007 05:44:26 +0000

Lets start a new trend shall we?

Before I go to sleep every night, I'll post a video that rules faces. The video can be anything I want that's gaming related.

In The Nightly Play tonight is the GoW2 trailer that showed up yesterday. The game looks amazing, and really shows off just how far the PS2 has really come. What a great way to send the system out with a bang!

I keed! Sort of…

Hit the jump to get your nightly fix.

SpeedTree Makes Sexy Trees Sluttier

jb — Tue, 30 Jan 2007 20:48:32 +0000

Er…easier I mean. As in easier to make…not sleep with. Sorry for the misleading title dendraphiliacs…

SpeedTree is a multi-platform tool that allows the foliage in a game world to look super real. I mean how did we ever enjoy games in the past without the trees dancing to the caress of the wind?!

Games in the past that have used the tool are Call of Duty 3, Tiger Woods PGA Tour and Resistance: Fall of Man. Yeah that's right. Those games were easily 5.0's until the trees started waving.

In all seriousness, this tool is a nice way to help speed up development (at a price). This tool alone won't make amazing games come out faster, but at least developers can focus more on gameplay instead of how treelike the trees are in the forest that you're blowing up.

[Source: QJ]