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Critical Strike 86: The Three Shades of Tim

Josh — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 04:14:51 +0000

Its about time we finally got back to doing the show, but its not like we didn’t try for the past three weeks to get one done. Quite frankly we’ve had a whole heap of problems like the plague, a baby monitor screwing up someones internet connection. Either way its about time we got back to doing the show! This episode is a bit longer than normal, I wanted to keep most of the stuff in as it was just fun to do. We also now have a couple of contests going on so if you want a chance to get a free copy of Dungeon Defenders (Steam), Sanctum (Steam) and Alice: Madness Returns (Origin) make sure you listen to the episode! Here is what we discussed: Fight Night Champion, Jamestown, Final Fantasy XIII, Alice: Madness Returns, Dark Souls, Resistance 3, Triple Town, Order Up!, Dead Space 2.

Music in this episode: Final Fantasy XIII-2, Killer7

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Critical Strike 85: The Binding of Kitties

Josh — Tue, 10 Jan 2012 20:14:28 +0000

Now that we’re back together from our little holiday break, its time to settle in and get back to our normal schedule for the show and upcoming future music episodes. It was nice getting back together with the boys even though I said I’d skip out on this episode which probably would have been better if I did because I was not a fan of top 5 game of the year lists this time around. Here is what we discussed: Kyles holiday/anniversary gift issues, Halo CE: Anniversary Edition, Uncharted 1, 2, The Binding of Issac, Bastion, Bills quick summary of Operation Flashpoint: Red River, the World of Warcraft: Cataclysm Raid Finder, Bill spoils the ending of Saints Row The Third, and of course our top 5 games of 2011.

Music in this episode: New Super Mario Bros. Mushroom Maddness OCRemix, The Binding of Issac

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Critical Strike 84: Karl is missing!

Josh — Mon, 12 Dec 2011 06:09:34 +0000

With Kyle missing from the show due to having to make bacon money, Bill and Josh continue on to create one weird feeling show but atleast fun was had while making it! Next episode expect our yearly game of the year show just like everyone else, its going to be tough trying to create a list with all the amazing games we had this year. Here is what we discussed: Trine 2, Diablo III Beta, Rage crashing, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3, Uncharted 3 and listener questions & comments.

Music in this episode: Trine 2, Diablo

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Critical Strike 83: Dickhouse Technologies

Josh — Mon, 28 Nov 2011 00:31:43 +0000

Thanksgiving is out of the way but having all that open time to play games and chat with everyone over skype was where the real magic came from. Its been a fun week of creating more inside jokes, poking Josh for games he wouldn’t normally play and getting another podcast out of the way. Here is what we discussed: Saints Row: The Third, Sonic Generations, inFAMOUS 2, The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim, listener questions and emails.

Music in this episode: Lizards Larry’s Funky House of Lowe OC ReMix, Starship Amazing

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Critical Strike 82: Lords of the Poppycock

Josh — Mon, 14 Nov 2011 04:12:27 +0000

We’re finally into the thick of the season where it seems like every game comes out all at once but we seem to be handling it well by skipping most games to just play Battlefiend 3 and Skyrim! We’re not quite sure if we’ll be recording within the next two weeks due to thanksgiving and all so if you don’t see a new episode then, you’re probably used to it anyway! Here is what we discussed this episode: Listener questions/comments, The Lord of the Rings: War in the North, The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim, Battlefield 3, Sonic Generations, Pixeljunk Sidescroller, Uncharted 3: Drake’s Deception, Dark Souls, inFamous Festival of Blood.

Music in this episode: Sonic Generations, de Blob 2, Uncharted 3: Drake’s Deception

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Critical Strike 81: Stranger Danger!

Josh — Mon, 24 Oct 2011 06:37:19 +0000

Our third chair Mr Bill finally joined us in his first episode as a member of the podcast, it’ll be nice to have that extra person on the show who plays some games that Kyle and myself probably wouldn’t get around to play and discuss. Here is what we discussed on this episode: Guardian Heroes, Batman Arkham City, Dungeon Defenders, Forza 4, Dark Souls and Kyle losing a race to his girlfriend Nancy.

Music in this episode: Spike Jones (Big Bad Bill), .hack//sign, Dark Souls

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Critical Strike 80: Josh Goes Feral

Josh — Mon, 10 Oct 2011 04:42:03 +0000

So this is our last episode as a two man show since the great BillyBillBlack will be joining us from this point on. I’m glad to see him get back into doing a podcast and it should be very exciting so see how much fun we’ll all be having in the future while doing the show! This episode was pretty sweet due to all the hockey references as Kyle is now becoming a fan of the greatest sport around but as usual hes quick to point out, we’re finally back on schedule! Here is what we discussed: NHL 12, Minecraft Pocket Edition, Crimson Alliance, FIFA 12, Gears of War 3 horde mode, Duke Nukem Forever.

Music in this episode: Tron: Legacy, The Brass Bonanza, Talking Classics

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Critical Strike 79: Slugga’s Nob

Josh — Mon, 26 Sep 2011 02:03:08 +0000

Two episodes within just a few days of each other? Yeah, you’re welcome! Kyle and I were able to get together this week for a normal episode so we quickly seized the opportunity to pop out another strike to your face and get some older games we’ve been wanting to talk about off our lists once and for all. Here is what we discussed: Droid Bionic, Warhammer 40k: Space Marine, Limbo, Boarderlands, Hard Reset, NHL 12.

Music in this episode: Desert Planet, Magicka

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Critical Strike 78: Fading Away

Josh — Sat, 24 Sep 2011 05:18:44 +0000

Its been some time since I sat down and just did a music episode without a theme and frankly its quite nice to not have to stick to any type of restriction like that. This one covered a few requests we’ve had lingering around over the years so if you have any new ones make sure you try and get them to us!

Music in this episode: Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater, Deathsmiles, Final Fantasy X, Bastion, EverQuest, Sword & Sworcery, Super Street Fighter IV, El Shaddai: Ascension of the Metatron, Pixeljunk Shooter, Afro Samurai, Torchlight, Skitchin`, Starship Amazing, Hyadain, Radiant Silvergun, inFAMOUS 2.

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Critical Strike 77: The Holy Hotline

Josh — Tue, 06 Sep 2011 02:32:54 +0000

Its about that time of year that our little summer vacation break from the podcast begins to wind down so we wanted to get together finally and cover a bunch of the games we played since our Funspot trip. Now that we’re back from vacation I hope we can get back to our normal schedule and also get back to doing some music episodes so if you have any suggestions for game songs head over here and post the title name for us! Here is what we discussed: Child of Eden, Assassin’s Creed II, Portal 2, Deus Ex: Human Revolution, Street Fighter III: Third Strike, Pinball Hall of Fame: Williams Collection, Pinball FX 2, El Shaddai

Music in this episode: Street Fighter 3: Third Strike (online edition), Bastion

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Critical Strike 76: Rice Pudding!!

Josh — Mon, 25 Jul 2011 04:00:59 +0000

We’re so close to being back on schedule and it was actually really fun recording this episode with Kyle but I think the thing that made it so great was his new microphone. Its funny how something so simple can mix up how you feel about a show after 6 years. Editing was easier and so was recording it. Here is what was discussed: Spotify, Killzone 3, Warhammer 40K: Kill Team, Dungeon Siege 3, Gatling Gears, NCAA 12, Galaga Legions DX, a very awkward story involving Kyle without a shirt on and 80′s music playing in public.

Music in this episode: The Lonely Island, DjCUTMAN – Goon Ball

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Critical Strike 75: Explosive Birds

Josh — Wed, 06 Jul 2011 05:27:18 +0000

Well we’ve had a nice long summer break but its time to get back to recording on a regular schedule. Hopefully things calm down in both our lives so we can spend some more time on all this stuff as we’ve both missed it! Its also nice to know that Kyle’s attention isn’t any better after all this time because during the intro he said it was episode 74 even though its actually 75. Regardless of all that, here is what we discussed: Outland, inFAMOUS/inFAMOUS 2, Dungeons and Dragons: Daggerdale, Terraria, ilomilo, World of Keflings, Socom 4, Uncharted 3 beta.

Music in this episode: Animal Crossing, Duke Nukem Forever

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Critical Strike 74: Chiptunes Tres!

Josh — Fri, 03 Jun 2011 04:31:57 +0000

It’s been two years since I visited this style of music, but now seems like a better time than ever to revisit the chiptune community. I’ve learned a few new things this time around, there are a ton of new artists who are doing amazing work and chiptunes seem to be getting better and better. I’m happy I took some time off from doing this type of episode because it just feels right now, hopefully everyone enjoys all the hard work these artists have put into their music and shows them a bit of support.

Artists in this episode: minusbaby, syphus, criticalhit, The J. Arthur Keenes Band, Starscream, Cornbeast, Dr. Szliszka, Chetreo, SMILETRON, Nullsleep, Arcade Superstar, Wizwars

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Critical Strike 73: Space Crabs!

Josh — Mon, 09 May 2011 07:15:35 +0000

We finally got around to recording a actual episode but the best part about it is we were once again joined by our good friend Bill from For Your FYI who has made several appearances in the past. It’s always nice to get the guys from that show on here because we always seem to have more fun. It was nice getting together with the boys to do another episode and even answer some questions from twitter. Here is what we discussed: Crappy movies, Sanctum, Crysis 2, Minecraft, Motorstorm Apocalypse, Mortal Kombat, Vanquish, Billy’s Roku.

Music in this episode: Motorstorm Apocalypse, Portal 2, Mortal Kombat

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Critical Strike 72: Melting Faces Again

Josh — Mon, 02 May 2011 04:04:09 +0000

About a year ago I promised to everyone that I would do another music episode based on video game bands and for some unknown reason I just never did it. I’m sure that makes me a jerk, but at least its finally done now, right? Either way, I’m happy to finally get this settled and release another music episode since a bunch of new bands have emerged and released their own interpretations with the video game music we’ve all grown up and loved! I hope you enjoy all their work and that you seek them out to give them support so they may continue to give us these face melting tunes.

Music in this episode: The Megas, Distorted Evolution, FamicomBit, The Protomen, This Place is Haunted, The Kode, Year 200X, Daniel Tidwell, VikingGuitar, Descendants Of Erdrick, The Advantage, Powerglove

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Critical Strike 71: Robo-Fists

Josh — Wed, 13 Apr 2011 06:48:36 +0000

Finally getting back into the routine of doing a show, Kyle and I were a bit surprised that we had so many games to discuss to begin with that a few didn’t even make it. That isn’t exactly something that happens to us too often because we have such limited playing time, but it sure made for a welcome change! Here is what we discussed: MLB The Show 11, Marvel vs Capcom 3, Pixeljunk Shooter 2, Days of Thunder Nascar, Nintendo 3DS, Super Street Fighter IV 3D, Singularity, Fallout New Vegas, Beyond Good & Evil, Red Dead Redemotion, Rift

Music in this episode: Danger Zone (H-Pizzle), Crisis Core: Final Fantasy VII

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Critical Strike 70: PAX Wrap Up

Josh — Wed, 23 Mar 2011 06:08:31 +0000

if you aren’t sick of hearing about Penny Arcade Expo East yet, well now you can hear all about our impressions about this years event! It was nice seeing Kyle and Nancy again but I’m pretty sure we were all overwhelmed by the size of the event this year. Thanks to everyone we met and all the great games we got to play but if you’ve never been, you should really try and go one year just to experience the pure chaos that is a gathering of thousands of nerds. Here is some of the games we discussed: Swarm, Duke Nukem Forever, Mortal Kombat, Super Street Fighter IV 3D, Dragon Nest, Child of Eden.

Music in this episode: Contra Snow Field OC ReMix

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That Gamer Podcast, Pax East Coverage – Day 2

Josh — Mon, 14 Mar 2011 05:15:10 +0000

The fine gentlemen over at That Gamer Hub were kind enough to invite Kyle and myself over to their quad-super hotel studio to record a post day 2 PAX East podcast. We were a little hopped up and Kyle might have been under the influence of alcohol after our little Super Street Fighter IV gathering with The Rumble Pack but it ended up being a good time! We’d like to thank That Gamer Hub for having and introducing us to John and Rachel (from Pixelated Geek).

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Critical Strike 69: The Death of CM

Josh — Mon, 28 Feb 2011 05:37:03 +0000

Pretty much as the title of this episode says, this marks the end for the releases known as Critical Music. It was a fun hobby and I think this begins a time where it will hopefully be a bit bigger part of our show. So with that from now on all the music episodes will be known as Critical Strike like the main podcast!

Music in this episode: VM Japan, Mass Effect 2, X-Men Arcade, Contra: Shattered Soldier, Trauma Team, A Fistful of Rupees (Fatboy Roberts), Gran Turismo 5, Super Meat Boy, MAG, Uncharted 2, Bit.Trip Runner, Bonesaw, The Eye of Judgment, Nine Hours, Nine Persons, Nine Doors, 3D Dot Game Heroes, Okami

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Critical Strike 68: Behold LittleBigKyle 2!

Josh — Mon, 14 Feb 2011 05:42:54 +0000

This was an interesting episode for us as it marks the first time Kyle pretty much did the entire thing on his own. While I don’t think he enjoyed it as much as I did, I think it maybe something we see more of in the future! Some other fun things came out of it like Kyle’s new hobby of trolling people on Facebook. Here is what else we discussed: LittleBigPlanet 2, Singularity, 9 Hours, 9 Persons, 9 Doors, Golden Sun: Dark Dawn.

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Music in this episode: Black Materia: Final Fantasy VII

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Critical Strike 67: Wafting Joy

Josh — Mon, 24 Jan 2011 04:53:53 +0000

As promised and totally expected, we have stuck to our schedule and finally released a episode in a timely manner! It’s been a good couple of weeks because neither of us were hit by a car or ended up deathly ill but most importantly one of my most anticipated games came out so I was very excited to discuss it to Kyle, sadly I think everything I had to say about it fell on deaf ears but we shall see! Here is what we discussed: Singularity, Naruto Shippuden Ultimate Ninja Storm 2, Final Fantasy XIII, LittleBigPlanet 2.

Mentioned in the show:

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Music in this episode: LittleBigPlanet 2

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Critical Strike 66: Spelunking the Splatterhouse

Josh — Mon, 10 Jan 2011 06:53:36 +0000

While its been a few weeks since we actually recorded, we’re actually right on schedule with releasing the show because the last one was put out just a couple of weeks ago! Sure, we may have been late with that, but at least we explain why it took us so long to get the show out. Either way, we’re back after the holidays to bring you another episode and here is what we discussed: Splatterhouse, Spelunker HD, Fable 3, Alan Wake, Kyle bought a Kinect, Mass Effect 2.

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Music in this episode: Terra’s Theme (Select Start), Ultimate Ghosts `n Goblins

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Critical Strike 65: Enter the Cataclysm

Josh — Wed, 29 Dec 2010 08:39:32 +0000

So this episode has been sitting on my hard drive for a few weeks, I really can’t explain why I didn’t edit it sooner minus something that happened to me last week. I finally got a bit tired of being asked where it was so I took a bit of time, edited the show and now everyone can be happy! Its been a fun year for the podcast. We’ve made a lot of friends, met in person, went to PAX East and just played a ton of games together which is the most important part of it all! Since this is the last episode of the year, here is what we discussed: World of Warcraft: Cataclysm, Alan Wake, Gran Turismo 5, top 5 games of 2010.

Music in this episode: Tron Tribute (8bit Weapon), Regulate (FatalExceptionID cover), World of Warcraft

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Critical Strike 64: Taking the Hit

Josh — Tue, 23 Nov 2010 07:11:59 +0000

Well now that we’ve gotten this out of the way, hopefully things will begin to going back to normal with releases! It was nice to finally sit down and discuss some games with Kyle, but I think it was more nice to see that we’ve actually played something in the three or four weeks we took off from the show. Here is what we discussed: Kyle’s adventures in PC gaming, Dragon Age: Origins, DeathSpank, Rocket Knight, Rock Band 3, MAG, Game Dev Story, Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit.

Music in this episode: Action Adventure World, Starship Amazing

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Critical Strike 63: Holy Hip Check Balls

Josh — Wed, 27 Oct 2010 06:54:57 +0000

Well this has been just weird, first we couldn’t record the weekend we initially planned on and then I got sick and lazy (World of Warcraft demanded me) so I didn’t edit the podcast when I normally would! Now that I’m over the cold and Blizzcon is over, the podcast is finally out! Here is what we discussed: World of Warcraft, God of War 3, 3D Dot Game Heroes, Final Fantasy XIV, Castlevania Lords of Shadow, NHL 11, The Shoot, a listener email and iTunes review thanks.

Music in this episode: Dragon Punch!, Terra (Final Fantasy VI)

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Critical Strike 62: Incoming Ostrich

Josh — Sun, 03 Oct 2010 23:25:10 +0000

It’s been awhile folks, but we’re back and we have a very sick Kyle Dumond on our hands and in our ears. We’d like to apologize for being gone for so long but it seems like every time we plan on recording a million things come up and it either gets delayed or canceled until a future week. Either way we’re back, we’ve recorded and here is what we discussed: One year later Kyle finds his DS charger, Darksiders, Halo Reach, Company of Heroes, Batman Arkham Asylum, Playstation Move, Sports Champions, Flight Control, Civilization V.

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Music in this episode: T.U.R.T.L.E Power (remix by Klopfenpop), Final Fantasy XIV, Michael Jackson’s Moonwalker

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Critical Strike 61: You’ve Been Joshed

Josh — Mon, 06 Sep 2010 06:22:15 +0000

We’re back and it was really nice to once again sit down with Kyle to do another episode! We missed the last couple of weeks due to work issues or even just me not having any time to play games in general. There have been some good changes in the wind since our left episode, our good friends The PSNerds and The Rumble Pack have joined us on Platform Nation so please give them a listen if you get a chance! Here are some of the things we discussed on the show: Kyle’s laptop, Steam sales, Company of Heroes, Warhammer 40000: Dawn of War II, Plain Sight, Minecraft, Starcraft 2, Darksiders, Madden NFL 11, NHL 11 Demo, Worms: Reloaded, a lovely listener voicemail.

Music in this episode: Scott Pilgrim Vs. The World: The Game, Kraid’s Lair (Metroid Cover), Altered Beast

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Critical Strike 60: Live at Funspot

Josh — Mon, 09 Aug 2010 17:08:30 +0000

Over this past weekend a bunch of us went up to the worlds largest arcade Funspot in Weirs Beach New Hampshire for a nice little gathering of the nerds. While at the arcade Kyle and I decided to do a podcast with Pete Dodd while actually sitting next to each other for the first time. Later that night we also did a little recording with the other group (Nancy, Rich) to cover one of the other recordings. This is what we discussed: Minecraft, Starcraft II, World of Warcraft Cataclysm, arcade games, Funspot impressions and listener questions.

Music in this episode: “when this baby hits 88 miles per hour, you’re gonna see some serious shit.”

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Critical Strike 59: Cracked Down Haters

Josh — Mon, 26 Jul 2010 00:53:27 +0000

Honestly who really cares about anything I type here because if you’re anything like me, you’re just salivating over the release of Starcraft 2 this week so none of this actually matters (except for the audio). But if you do actually care then once more Kyle and I got together and here is what we discussed: Risk Factions, Limbo, Feist, Halo ODST Horde Mode, World of Warcraft, Crackdown 2, Deathsmiles, DeathSpank, OnLive, listener voicemails.

Music in this episode: Sonic the Hedgehog 3, Starcraft

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Music in this episode: Samurai Showdown, Crackdown

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Critical Strike 57: Filling Each Other In

Josh — Mon, 21 Jun 2010 03:40:43 +0000

So since Kyle and Pete (from the PSNerds) decided to go on sabbatical. Billy and myself decided to get together and do a episode that will be released as Critical Strike and PSNerds! It felt a bit strange since I’m so used to having Kyle at each episode but it was a fun experience anyhow. Thanks Billy for allowing me to fill in for PSNerds and thank you for filling in for Critical Strike! Here’s what we discussed: My trip to Funspot’s classic arcade tournament, Joe Danger, Modnation Racers, Lost Planet 2, PSN+, Rainbow Six: Vegas.

Music in this episode: Mega Man Remastered HD (Cutman), International Karate (C64) Cover

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Critical Strike 56: Dumond Not Know!

Josh — Mon, 24 May 2010 01:56:50 +0000

In this episode we were joined by good friend Mr BillyBillBlack of PSNerds and it ended up being a blast having him on. Do us a favor and check out his show if you have a chance, they’re live every Wednesday at 9PM EST over at Gamer Corporation. But in this episode here is a few things that we discussed: Steam for Mac, Torchlight, Portal, Final Fantasy XIII, Lost Planet 2, 3D Dot Game Heroes, Google Android 2.2 Froyo, Uncharted 2, Red Dead Redemption, Heavy Rain, Rocket Knight.

Music in this episode: Starship Amazing (buy their albums!), Super Castlevania IV, Rocket Knight Adventures.

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Critical Strike 55: Involuntary Sloppy Inputs

Josh — Mon, 10 May 2010 01:20:40 +0000

In this episode we were joined by good friend of the show Steve John (jsslifelike) from The Gamesmen. Kind of short notice, but the man had some down time from his own show do to butt issues so we thought it would be nice to have him on and continue our recent love of having people on. Here is what we discussed: After Burner Climax, Monster Hunter Tri, Bioshock 2, World of Warcraft Cataclysm, Final Fantasy XIII, Batman: Arkham Asylum, White Knight Chronicles, League of Legends, Super Street Fighter IV.

Music in this episode: Super Street Fighter IV, After Burner

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Critical Strike 54: My Co-Host The Jerk

Josh — Mon, 12 Apr 2010 05:42:48 +0000

This week we kind of invaded our friends over at Gamer Corporation and used their stream to do the show live! If you didn’t catch it, well it doesn’t matter because we’re putting the audio up on iTunes! But either way it was a cool experiment for Kyle and myself to actually do a live show. I’m not sure if we’ll do one again but either way, thanks for everyone who checked it out. Here’s what we discussed: Kyle’s relationship threatening birthday gift, Final Fantasy XIII, Bioshock 2 multiplayer, God of War 3, Pokemon HeartGold, Battlefield Bad Company 2.

Music in this episode: Presidents of the United States of America, Starship Amazing, Just Dance (8bit by gejm)

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Critical Strike 53: Kyle’s are tougher

Josh — Mon, 22 Mar 2010 01:00:15 +0000

It’s just about spring time so this episode brings back a nice little Critical Strike tradition, podcasting with the birds! While Kyle didn’t have much to discuss because of being sick, Mr Pete Dodd from the PSNerds came in to join us and we had a nice long discussion about: Final Fantasy XIII, Bioshock 2, God of War 3, Greed Corp, Starcraft 2, Mega Man 10.

Music in this episode: Dropkick Murphys, God of War 3, Final Fantasy XIII, Crisis Core: Final Fantasy VII.

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Critical Strike 52: Under the Influence

Josh — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 00:52:13 +0000

After our fun experiment with the PSNerds where we played White Knight Chronicles while talking about it, Kyle now returns to the show and is a bit under the influence. It’s not all bad though since he went further into detail about some issues with Mass Effect 2 that was bothering him in the prior episodes. So here is what we discussed: Galactic Bowling, Street Fighter III, Street Fighter IV, Starcraft 2, MLB 10: The Show, Mass Effect 2, Dragon Age, Heavy Rain (demo), Darksiders (demo).

Music in this episode: Hyadain – The World Warrior, Little Samson, Bionic Commando, Psapp

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Critical Strike 51: Critical Nerd Chronicles

Josh — Mon, 15 Feb 2010 02:07:29 +0000

With Kyle gone, we decided to try something new and discuss a game that not many people in the community have been paying attention to. With that we’ve decided to call in BillyBillBlack and Pete Dodd from the PSNerds podcast to talk about White Knight Chronicles while playing the quests online so if you have no interest in this game, I’d skip this episode. We’d like to thank those who left us iTunes reviews and the normal show will return in two weeks with Kyle’s return.

Music in this episode: White Knight Chronicles

Please do us a favor and check out our friends at the PSNerds Podcast.

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Critical Strike 50: Hamster Doodle

Josh — Sun, 31 Jan 2010 09:03:25 +0000

We never thought it would happen but we’ve finally achieved fifty episodes, not counting Critical Music! We would like to thank everyone who has supported us over the years and we hope to continue doing this for many more episodes! Here is what we discussed: Operation Flashpoint: Dragon Rising, Bayonetta, Dragon Age: Origins, Mass Effect 2, Kyle’s new laptop and a voicemail.

Music in this episode: Danger Zone (Top Gun), Gummy Substance (The King of Kong), Bayonetta, Crisis Core: Final Fantasy 7, Starship Amazing, Shatter.

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Critical Strike 49: Ain’t No Mac & Cheese Here!

Josh — Sun, 17 Jan 2010 22:09:43 +0000

Critical Strike has now officially landed in the year 2010! We had sometime to get together on Saturday for a recording and it was nice getting back into the swing of things after that extra long holiday break. But now that we’re back, so is the nonsense! Here is what we discussed: Prototype, Bayonetta’s Demo, Rock Band 2, Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare, Adventures of Kyle not having a DS charger, Steam’s holiday sales, AaaaaAAaaaAAAaaAAAAaAAAAA!!! – A Reckless Disregard for Gravity, Qix++, World of Warcraft, Red Faction: Guerrilla, Knights of the old Republic.

Music in this episode: Final Fantasy XIII, Castlevania Symphony of the Night Unreleased Tracks

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P.S Happy birthday to our friendly podcast mascot Nancy.

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Critical Strike 48: Top 5 Vidjer Games

Josh — Sun, 20 Dec 2009 23:25:20 +0000

As this will probably be our last official episode of Critical Strike in 2009, Kyle and I decided to do our top five games of the year! This year has brought us some pretty darn good games but with quite the surprise Kyle ended up making his the top five games of 2009 that he didn’t hate. Here is what we discussed: Dragon Age Origins, Left 4 Dead 2, Avatar, Pixeljunk Shooter, Osu!, the Motorola Droid and of course our top 5 games of 2009.

Music in this episode: Trans-Siberian Orchestra (requested by mik), Naruto: Shippuden

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Here is the video Kyle referenced on the show for Osu!:

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Critical Strike 47: The Fertile Fields Of Froania

Josh — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 04:37:14 +0000

Now that I’m finally healthy and Kyle is back from Philadelphia, we decided to get together and record a podcast! The sad part about that is, neither of us really played much so we brought in our good friend from the PSNerds Podcast Mr BillyBillBlack! Here is what we discussed: The Motorola Droid & iPhone, Kyle reaching level 80 in World of Warcraft, Ratchet & Clank Future: A Crack in Time, Team Fortress 2, Assassin’s Creed II.

Music in this episode: Shatter, Babyman, Lost Odyssey

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Critical Music 14: Stupid Talking!

Josh — Sat, 28 Nov 2009 09:04:43 +0000

I finally got around to doing another episode of Critical Music but I do apologize for the main podcast being gone for a few weeks. Most people don’t know that I was pretty sick there and I just decided it’s better to not do a podcast like that. But none the less, here is a new episode of Critical Music that I hope everyone likes.

Music in this episode: The Black Mages, Assassin’s Creed II, The World Ends With You, Half Minute Heroes, wizcom, Starship Amazing, Ikari Warriors, Ziwtra, The Guardian Legend, Super Rub ‘a’ Dub, Perfect Dark Zero, Power Blade, Demon Soul’s, Ultimate Ghosts’n'Goblins, Starscream, God Hand, Final Fantasy VI

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Hear Kyle on the PSNerds Podcast!

Josh — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 04:54:50 +0000

As mentioned on the last episode, Kyle decided to cheat on us here at Critical Strike and record a episode of the PSNerds podcast with those fine gents.

“With Chard down for the count with aids or cancer or something, Pete and Billy trudge on and invite in Kyle from the Critical Strike Podcast. Billy shares the tale of masturbation and photoshop gone awry. Pete and Kyle pepper Billy with questions over Bioware’s newest RPG Dragon Age. All three nerd out hard over Borderlands and discuss not wanting to discuss all the hubbub surrounding Modern Warfare 2. Random games from Forza to Punch Out to Final Fantasy 6 round out one very smelly podcast.”

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Critical Strike 46: Static Charged Mom Jokes

Josh — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 05:22:30 +0000

We’re happy to be back and once again releasing a episode but this one was not without its technical difficulties. Kyle’s microphone had a loose wire that was causing a static sound in his recording that we didn’t notice during the pre-podcast preparations. But we cleaned it up a bit and decided to release the episode anyway so here is what we discussed: Ratchet & Clank Future: A Crack in Time, Uncharted 2, Borderlands, Batman: Arkham Asylum, Dead Space, Kingdom Hearts 358/2 Days, Call of Duty 4, Chrono Trigger, Final Fantasy VI.

Music in this episode: Bonnie Tyler, Uncharted 2, Final Fantasy VI, Buckner & Garcia

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Critical Music 13: Oh the Suspense!

Josh — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 08:45:18 +0000

So this is our second Critical Music release this month but I’ve always kind of loved the horror genre of video games and the way they use music to screw with you or keep you on your toes. As I mentioned on the show, this release probably isn’t for everyone but I hope you enjoy it anyway.

Music in this episode: Silent Hill 2, Splatterhouse 2, ObsCure, Clock Tower, Dracula: The Resurrection, Silent Hill 3, Legacy of Kain: Defiance, Castlevania, Dead Space, Parasite Eve, D2, Kuon, Siren 2, Haunting Ground, 7th Guest, Galerians: Ash, Vampire Night, Zombie Revenge.

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Critical Strike 45: Totally Distracted

Josh — Sun, 25 Oct 2009 09:03:56 +0000

After a brief break while Kyle moved and we both were slammed at work we once more return to the podcasting world with a new fresh way to find ways to make ourselves worse! Oh yes, now we watch each other while recording and it leads to some pretty interesting distractions but oh well, it was our first time with it! Here is what we discussed: Kyle moving, Demon’s Souls, Uncharted 2, PSP Go, pinball games, Dead Space, Shadow Complex, Perfect Dark Zero, Motorstorm Arctic Edge.

Music in this episode: Bit.Trip Beat, Buckner & Garcia, Norrkoping Symphony Orchestra

Special Thanks: The Fanboys Lunchcast for putting us up on their forums.

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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.

Critical Music 12: Chiptunes Dos!

Josh — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 06:05:18 +0000

Oh yes, it’s that time again! Time for another monthly edition of Critical Music but this time it’s probably a bit early, either way I’m sure you’ll enjoy it! With this episode we go back and revisit our love for chiptunes and show off a few more excellent artists in this growing music genre. Since this Critical Music is a bit early and since I’m sick, there just may end up being two this month!

Artists in this episode: minusbaby, Monsters, arcadecoma, Cornbeast, UnicornDreamAttack, giveupnewyork, YMCK, Sabastian Boaz, smiletron, Lada Laika, Mizuki’s Last Chance, goatslacker, Nullsleep, Random, Darklime, FearofDark, Dr. Szliszka

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Critical Strike 44: Weak Sauce Edition

Josh — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 02:01:28 +0000

It’s been a pretty busy time for both Kyle and myself so if we didn’t have many games to discuss on this one, I’m not too surprised. At least some can say we got another episode out and talked about a few good games so it isn’t too bad! Here’s what was discussed: Kyle’s moving!, Scribblenauts, Halo 3, Halo ODST, NHL 10, Marvel Ultimate Alliance 2, voicemails.

Music in this episode: Sonic the Hedgehog, Katamari Damacy Forever, Little Samson

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Critical Strike 43: Bubbles Kill Monkeys!

Josh — Sun, 13 Sep 2009 22:10:23 +0000

On this midnight hour podcast Kyle and I are probably a bit tired and out of it but somehow it ended up being so damn long! Either way, at least we got another one out and are are still sticking to our schedule. Here is what we discussed: Workd of Warcraft, Professor Layton and the Diabolical Box, The Beatles Rock Band, Trine, League of Legends, Raiden IV, Ninja Gaiden NES, our top 5 games we want this year, voicemails!

Music in this episode: A Boy and his Blob, Ninja Gaiden (The Minibosses), Super Mario Bros. 2, The Black Mages

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