Critical Strike

Critical Strike 94: Best Played Muted

Josh — Mon, 07 May 2012 06:42:26 +0000

After a brief break we’ve returned to bring you another episode but this time it’s free of Kyle’s butt! Here is what we discussed: Prototype 2, Batman Arkham City, Diablo III beta, Walking Dead comics, The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings, A.R.E.S Extinction Agenda, Armored Core 5

Music in this episode: Super Meat Boy (OCRemix), Starhawk, Kameo

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Critical Strike 93: 2 of 3!!

Josh — Fri, 04 May 2012 06:45:24 +0000

Time for the second music episode of the year and it isn’t the Super Nintendo one I promised, sorry! I intended on releasing that one but after hearing the entire episode out, I quickly realized it didn’t really have much to it since I used pretty much all those songs on previous Critical Music or Critical Strike episodes over the years. We’ll see about a possible release but for now I hope you all enjoy this one!

Music in this episode: Trash80, Zone of the Enders, inFAMOUS 2, Journey, Hard Reset, Everyday Shooter, Chaos Rings, Fatboy Roberts (Geek Remixed), Gravity Daze, Prototype 2, Castle Crashers, Select Start, Saints Row The Third, Retro City Rampage, Sim City 4, Kid Icarus: Uprising

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Critical Strike 92: It’s the FUTURE!

Josh — Mon, 16 Apr 2012 00:05:03 +0000

Back from PAX and ready to ruin your week with a new episode! This is what we discussed: Our few funny stories at PAX 2012, Pinball Arcade, Street Fighter X Tekken, Syndicate, Mass Effect 3, Silent Hill HD Collection and the conclusion to Kyle’s butt story.

Music in this episode: inFAMOUS 2, Jet Set Radio Future

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Critical Strike 91: Scent of a Clunge

Josh — Mon, 02 Apr 2012 02:17:32 +0000

Once again, another episode to ruin your week! Thanks to Mike (mormonrage) from The Fanboys Lunchcast and the Player One Podcast for filling in on this episode for a missing Kyle. This is what we discussed: Dota 2 beta, Microsoft Flight, Waveform, Mass Effect 3, Sine Mora, MLB 12 The Show Vita, Syndicate, Draw Something, clunge.

Music this episode: House of the Dead Overkill, Persona 3

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Critical Strike 90: The DP Effect

Josh — Mon, 19 Mar 2012 00:33:52 +0000

Here is another episode to ruin your week! This is what was discussed: Journey, Kyle’s Mass Effect 3 thoughts and woes, Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon: Future Soldier beta, Bill’s troubles with selling items on Amazon, and a question from famed listener Meowfan112.

Music in this episode: Maverick Rising

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Critical Strike 89: Passing Sea Urchins

Josh — Mon, 05 Mar 2012 01:55:09 +0000

Oh yeah kids, its on! Here is what we discussed: Kyle’s recent “medical” issue, listener questions via twitter, Bill’s Final Fantasy XIII-2 experience, The Darkness II, Alan Wake: American Nightmare, Tales from Space: Mutant Blobs Attack, Modnation Racers Roadtrip, SSX.

Music in this episode: Mega Man 9 (OCRemix), Final Fantasy X, Starship Amazing

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Critical Strike 88: Return of the Music

Josh — Thu, 23 Feb 2012 05:51:54 +0000

Its been a long time since I’ve done a music episode, I’ve promised one over and over and just couldn’t get myself to sit down and hammer one out and when I finally did? I never released it. Yeah, this one has been sitting completed on my hard drive for the last month or so, and I just forgot all about it until a listener asked if I was going to be releasing a music show anytime soon. So here you go everyone! I hope you enjoy it.

Music in this episode: Daytona USA, Einhänder, Battlefield 3, Jamestown: Legend of the Lost Colony, Dead Island, The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings, Double Dragon II: The Revenge, Infinite Undiscovery, Valkyria Chronicles, Infinity Blade, Modnation Racers, Marvel Pinball, Shatter, The Last Story, Conker’s Bad Fur Day

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Critical Strike 87: Vita and Cripples

Josh — Tue, 21 Feb 2012 02:57:21 +0000

Its been a long time coming but something may have finally been able to pull me back to the handheld market for games, I’ve tried the Nintendo 3DS, iPad 2 and a few other devices but as you’ll hear throughout this episode I recently picked up a PlayStation Vita! It actually came out at a good time because with the current lull in game releases, we really didn’t have much to talk about on this show so it. Here is what we discussed: PlayStation Vita, Hot Shots Golf International Tour, Super Stardust Delta, The Simpsons Arcade, Final Fantasy XIII-2, World of Warcraft, Kyle rooting his Droid Bionic, Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning, Skyrim’s Steam workshop.

Music in this episode: OutRun -Shiny New Ferrari (OCRemix), World of Warcraft, Descent II

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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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Street Fighter III: Third Strike Game Night

Josh — Sun, 28 Aug 2011 23:46:24 +0000

Even though we haven’t been around to do a recording, I wanted to let everyone know that we’ll be co-hosting a game night for Street Fighter III: Third Strike on September 1st with the fine gentlemen from The Rumble Pack. It’ll take place around 9pm EST on the Playstation Network so if you want to join us and punch some faces in head over to their events page on Facebook for all the information you’ll need.

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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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Uncharted 3 Beta!

Josh — Wed, 29 Jun 2011 03:03:00 +0000

Hey folks guess what time it is? Yeah, thats right its time for the beta we’ve all been waiting for and we have some codes we can give away to you! If you skipped out on inFAMOUS 2 or aren’t a Playstation+ member and want to get into the beta then shoot us a email at cstrikepodcast@gmail.com subject Uncharted 3 beta and we’ll give them away while they last.

We are officially out of beta codes! If you still need to get one, make sure you try out the other Platform Nation podcasts!

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.

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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 Music 24: Blizzard Entertainment Tribute

Josh — Fri, 03 Dec 2010 17:00:25 +0000

Now that I’ve finally gotten around to doing another Critical Music episode, I wanted to start it off strong with doing a tribute to my favorite game developer of all time! Blizzard Entertainment has been very important to me throughout my gaming past and I wanted to share a reason why I love them so much with everyone else. I hope you all enjoy it but most of all thank you to everyone at Blizzard Entertainment for creating such wonderful games and giving me so much to play or even listen to.

Music in this episode: The Lost Vikings, Norse by Norsewest: The Return Of Lost Vikings, Rock `n Roll Racing, Blackthorne, The Death and Return of Superman, Justice League Task Force, Warcraft: Orcs & Humans, Warcraft II: Tides of Darkness, Diablo, StarCraft, Diablo II, Diablo II: Lord of Destruction, Warcraft III: Reign of Chaos, Warcraft III: The Frozen Throne, World of Warcraft, World of Warcraft: The Burning Crusade, World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King, StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty.

Thank you Glenn Stafford, Russell Brower, Tracy W. Bush and all the wonderful composers in Blizzard Entertainments history!

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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 Music 23: WELCO METOT HENEX TLEVEL

Josh — Mon, 13 Sep 2010 05:34:28 +0000

It’s once again time for another episode of Critical Music and this time it’s being brought to you by Greg Sewart from the one and only Player One Podcast! So far every guest on Critical Music has had a interesting idea for a theme, Greg’s is no different as he wanted to focus and share a bit about the Sega CD which I’m quite glad he has or else it probably wouldn’t have happened as I’ve never really been big on the Sega CD or really it’s music, up until now. I’d like to thank Greg for taking time out of his busy schedule and doing a episode of Critical Music and please make sure you check out the Player One Podcast.

Music in this episode: Batman Returns, Afterburner III, Robo Aleste, The Terminator, Final Fight CD, Jaguar XJ220. Ecco the Dolphin, Sonic CD, Dark Wizard, Shining Force CD, Vay, Lunar: The Silver Star, Night Trap, Road Avenger, The Amazing Spider-Man vs The Kingpin.

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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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The Gamesmen, jsslifelike who brings a nice mix of emotional tracks he’s come to love in the time he’s placed video games. One thing about this episode is, I think it’s going in the direction of where I want to take my future Critical Music episodes and show off some more emotional tracks that I love and explore tracks that got me into video game music in the first place, so thank you for that inspiration Steve.

I’d also like to thank Steve for stepping in and doing his own episode of Critical Music, please do us a favor and check out The Gamesmen who also feature video game music based on what they’re discussing on that episode of their show.

Music in this episode: Metroid Prime, The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time, The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess, Super Mario Strikers Charged!, Baten Kaitos, Final Fantasy X, Kingdom Hearts, Chrono Cross, Xenogears, Crisis Core: Final Fantasy VII, Wild Arms 3, Beyond Good & Evil, Castlevania 64, Phantasy Star IV.

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Critical Strike 58: The Southern Adventure

Josh — Mon, 12 Jul 2010 06:12:32 +0000

Now I have to apologize for this episode being a week late but here’s the deal, my upcoming work schedule forces me to work every other Saturday until the end of the month. So by me holding this back a week it allowed us to reset the two week recording schedule so it falls on the weekends I don’t have to work on, so I hope you all understand! Since that’s out of the way, this episode was fun because it was good to have Kyle back, we kind of missed each other since last month’s Funspot trip and his vacation. Here’s what we discussed: Kyle’s trip to his vacation, Final Fantasy XIII, Batman: Arkham Asylum, Halo ODST, Crackdown 2, Max and the Magic Marker, Killing Floor, Left 4 Dead 2.

Music in this episode: Samurai Showdown, Crackdown

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Critical Music 21: The Best of CM

Josh — Fri, 25 Jun 2010 05:42:33 +0000

I’ve been thinking of what I can do with Critical Music as of late and with the guests all working on theirs I decided to throw my hat into doing another one while we wait for their work. The problem that came with that was, I couldn’t think of what to do for a new episode until faithful listener Paul suggested we do a “best of” episode of Critical Music. After some mulling over that idea, I decided I’m self righteous enough to justify it and started the process right away!

Music in this episode: Lost Odyssey, Paza, Ninja Gaiden, Uncharted, Street Fighter IV, Unreal Tournament, SSX Tricky, GripShift, Dr. Szliszka, Trash80, Start Over, Mizuki’s Last Chance, We Are Error, The Smash Brothers, The Megas, Maniac Mansion, Mellogear, Silent Hill 3, Shatter, Shadow Warrior

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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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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.

Critical Music 20: Sellout!

Josh — Sun, 13 Jun 2010 02:39:39 +0000

As mentioned in the prior episode of Critical Music I am now on a official break from the project but that doesn’t mean it’s going to sit idle! This episode brings our first guest into the Critical Music world and it also happens to be one of my favorite all time podcaster mik from The Fanboys Lunchcast!

I’d like to thank mik for stepping in and doing a episode of Critical Music and helping us out while we take a break from the project. Please do us a favor and show him some support and check out The Fanboys because well, they’re great!

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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.

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Critical Music 19: Episode Titles Are Dumb

Josh — Tue, 01 Jun 2010 05:30:22 +0000

Music can be a great thing but after awhile doing the same thing can just become a bit tiresome so with this episode of Critical Music I announce that I’ll be taking a leave of absence from the series. Don’t worry though, some amazing people have decided to step up and take Critical Music under their wing and continue the monthly releases for you!

Music in this episode: Super Street Fighter IV, Cave Story Remix Project, BlazBlue: Calamity Trigger, World of Warcraft, Prince Of Persia The Forgotten Sands, Trine, WipeOut HD Fury, Metal Gear Solid Peace Walker, Monster Hunter Tri, Super Puzzle Fighter Turbo, Super Mario Galaxy 2, House of the Dead Overkill, Red Dead Redemption, Red Dead Revolver, Raiden IV, Little King’s Story, Always (chiptune cover by Kulor)

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