Critical Strike

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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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 Music 18: I Can Do It Too!

Josh — Sun, 25 Apr 2010 05:12:40 +0000

Well folks here it is, Kyle’s very first episode of Critical Music! I for one was excited when he first approached me about doing a episode on his own. Though it was tough putting what has always been my baby in another persons hands, I think he handled it just fine and I’m impressed with some of the tunes he chose.

Music in this episode: Eternal Darkness, Zone of the Enders 2, Final Fantasy X, Metal Gear Solid, Silent Hill 3, Mirror’s Edge, Advent Rising, Godhand, Sonic CD, Final Fantasy VIII, Crisis Core: Final Fantasy VII, Demon’s Souls, God of War 3, Bayonetta.

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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 Music 17: Faces Melted

Josh — Mon, 22 Mar 2010 06:24:39 +0000

Two releases back to back you ask? Yes! With this being the week of PAX East I wanted to make sure I got this months Critical Music out on time and seeing as I’ll be pretty busy, I needed to get it out fairly early in the week. As I mentioned on the episode, this will probably be the least popular Critical Music to date as it’s very metal influenced and I just get the feeling that won’t fly with most people, but we’ll see.

Music in this episode: The Megas, The Minibosses, The Protomen, Powerglove, Vomitron, Entertainment System, The Advantage, NESKimos, Year 200X, Nerd Army, The Smash Brothers, Stage 3-1

Do yourself a favor and buy the albums these bands put out, they’re really good!

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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 Music Live!

Josh — Sat, 20 Mar 2010 06:16:24 +0000

This probably won’t end up on iTunes as it was merely a quick experiment that turned into nearly two hours of recording while talking to good friend of the show chiahippo. But if you want to listen to the Critical Music Live experiment then here you go.

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 Music 16: Requests Defeated

Josh — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 07:17:17 +0000

Though at the start of the show I said I may not get this out on time. It’s because I didn’t think I would find enough music in time but luckily I remembered all of mik’s requests over at the forums and that gave me enough to push it over the edge!

Also the stupid id3 tag didn’t want to update for some reason so in the track listing please note that #2 should be Super Smash Bros. Melee.

Music in this episode: Descent II, Super Smash Bros. Melee, Time Lord, Heavy Rain, Endless Ocean, Killer Instinct, Lost Odyssey, Gyruss, VVVVVV, Persona 3, Policenauts, Bust A Groove, Dark Void, Secret of Mana, Painkiller.

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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 Music 15: Nintendo Entertainment System!

Josh — Fri, 08 Jan 2010 06:42:33 +0000

Since we won’t be able to record the main podcast this weekend, Kyle and I thought it would be best to do a release of Critical Music for everyone. With that in mind I felt it was time to do another themed episode so I broke out my collection of music from the Nintendo Entertainment System and here we are, giving you a nice rundown of 8bit goodness! To see the music from this episode hit more.

Music from this episode: Legend of Zelda 2, The Goonies 2, River City Ransom, Mega Man III, Journey to Silius, Batman, Rad Racer, Final Fantasy, Strider, Metroid, Power Blade 2, Adventures of Bayou Billy, Little Nemo, Castlevania III: Dracula’s Curse, Maniac Mansion, Silver Surfer, Blaster Master, Legend of Zelda, Shatterhand, Metal Gear, Dr. Mario, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: The Arcade Game, Ironsword: Wizards & Warriors II, Ninja Gaiden II: The Dark Sword, HeroQuest, Skate or Die 2, Mega Man II, Wizards and Warriors, Lifeforce, Castlevania II

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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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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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Critical Music 11: OCRemix Edition

Josh — Tue, 08 Sep 2009 02:02:21 +0000

I figured it was about time to pay tribute to the huge community over at OCRemix. Without them we wouldn’t have thousands of wonderful remixes for many of our favorite video game music songs! Make sure you head over to their website and grab some of the music or if you can, try and find a way to show your support to this growing community of talented people.

Music in this episode: Final Fantasy VI, Altered Beast, Ninja Gaiden, Dig Dug, Ultima Online, Neverwinter Nights, Sonic the Hedgehog, Silent Hill II, Journey to Silius, Zelda II: The Adventure of Link, Skies of Arcadia, Kirby’s Adventure, Chrono Trigger, Super Street Fighter 2 Turbo HD Remix, Final Fantasy VII, Mega Man 3, Ducktales

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Critical Strike 42: Super Metroid.. Defeated!

Josh — Sun, 30 Aug 2009 19:47:21 +0000

Alas we return to the realm of podcasting but in a sad note we were both exhausted and this episode kind of lacks our normal spunk. Either way we had some pretty good discussions about: World of Warcraft, Blizzcon, Shadow Complex, Mega Man 3, Mega Man 9, Super Metroid, League of Legends.

Music in this episode: Seiken Densetsu 2, Mega Man 9, Super Metroid

Contest: If you’d like to enter our contest for the MAG beta code email us here and the fifth person to email us will win the code to the upcoming PlayStation 3 shooter.

You can reach us at cstrikepodcast@gmail.com or leave a voicemail at (909) 278-7453

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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 41: I’m The Victim!!

Josh — Sun, 16 Aug 2009 08:35:37 +0000

Looks like we’re still on schedule and actually releasing episodes! It was nice to sit down and record, plus we even got a couple of voicemails from two awesome people. Here’s what else we discussed: Lost Odyssey, Tales of Vesperia, Shatter, Mega Man 3, Super Metroid, Trials HD, TMNT: Turtles in Time Re-Shelled, Double Dragon, NCAA 10, Madden NFL 10.

Music in this episode: Jet Set Radio Future

You can reach us at cstrikepodcast@gmail.com or leave a voicemail at (909) 278-7453

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Critical Music 10: I Got Nothing

Josh — Sat, 08 Aug 2009 08:40:35 +0000

Well doesn’t that just figure, I do my first monthly Critical Music episode and I can’t think of a damn title name for it! Oh well, as long as everyone is happy with the music I can’t complain.

Music in this episode: Shadow Warrior, Faxanadu, Shatter, GripShift, Bionic Commando (2009), inFAMOUS, R-Type 3, Geometry Wars 2, Wii Sports Resort, Plants vs Zombies, Gunbird 2, Trine, Blue Dragon, Assassin’s Creed, Sacred 2, Vomitron (Contra Cover), Starcraft, Bit.Trip Beat.

You can reach us at cstrikepodcast@gmail.com or leave a voicemail at (909) 278-7453

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Critical Strike 40: Sleeping with the Enemy

Josh — Sun, 02 Aug 2009 20:23:51 +0000

As the title says, there is a certain game that Kyle has been playing which is a major sacrifice on his part, why you ask? This game drives him insane! Hopefully he’ll make it through the game, but I highly doubt it. Here’s some other stuff we discussed while spoofing one of our favorite podcasts: Castle Crashers, Chromehounds, Tales of Vesperia, Lost Odyssey, Street Fighter IV, Super Street Fighter II Turbo HD Remix, Trine, Wii Sports Resort, The Bigs 2.

Music in this episode: Shatter
Arcade background: Arcade Ambience

You can reach us at cstrikepodcast@gmail.com or leave a voicemail at (909) 278-7453

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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

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Critical Music 09: P1P Edition

Josh — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 05:46:15 +0000

I’m always happy to see when people express their interest in video game music but most of all I love it when people give specific games to show off the music they love. That’s why when I saw a thread over at the Player One Podcast forums discussing peoples favorite video game music, I knew I had to make a Critical Music to go along side it.

Music in this episode: Civilization IV, Rez, Persona 3, Super Castlevania IV, Final Fantasy X, Final Fantasy VII, Final Fantasy VI, Final Fantasy Tactics, Super Metroid, Shenmue, Mr. Driller, Ultima Online, Tekken Tag Tournament, Gunstar Heroes, Shin Megami Tensei III Nocturne, Donkey Kong Country, Beyond Good & Evil, Super Mario Bros. 3, Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past, Secret of Mana, Bubble Bobble, Chrono Trigger, Tenchu Kurenai

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Critical Strike 38: The Pantsless Pair

Josh — Sun, 14 Jun 2009 20:37:01 +0000

Kyle and I return on this very hot day to a slew of background noises such as rain, a graduation party and of course, the birds. It’s been awhile since we’ve gotten together but here’s what we talked about: Fable 2, Fallout 3, Resident Evil 5, FunSpot, Ghouls ‘N Ghosts, Aero Fighters, Wrestlefest, Team Fortress 2, Dawn of War II, Punch-Out!!, Civilization 4, inFamous, Prototype.

Music in this episode: Punch-Out!!

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Critical Music 08: Chippytunes!

Josh — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 05:07:10 +0000

There will most likely be a lot of people who either love or hate this one, it’s risky doing a music show on something so niche but I absolutely love chiptunes and I hope this turns some people on to them as well!

Artists in this episode: Nullsleep, bzl, ajax, Trash80, beldoroon, Naruto, Twilight Electric, SkyLabrynth, Dr. Szliszka, Maniac, Animal Style, Goto80, Paza, Firebrand Boy.

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RSS Feed Update

Josh — Thu, 30 Apr 2009 03:10:57 +0000

As mentioned in this mp3, if you heard this by downloading it through your rss/podcast client then you’ll need to update the RSS feed to the podcast in whatever it is you’re using. iTunes and some other clients should already switch you over to the new feed but for whatever reason if yours didn’t then you need to point it over to this url http://criticalstrike.libsyn.com/rss and you should be good to go!

Critical Strike 37: Ahhh Birds!!

Josh — Tue, 28 Apr 2009 06:35:27 +0000

The main show is back! Kyle and I get together and with the return of the show came the return of the Critical Strike tradition of spring time bird recordings! Either way we discussed: Fable 2, Kyle’s HDTV, Chromehounds, Resident Evil 5, Warhammer 40k: Dawn of War 2, World of Warcraft, Bit.Trip Beat

Music in this episode: Marvel vs Capcom 2

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Critical Music 07: The Magical Sound Shower

Josh — Mon, 20 Apr 2009 01:17:10 +0000

Critical Music returns once more and this time I finally get a chance to hammer out some of those requests!

Music in this episode: MegaMan 9 Melody, Battle of Olympus, World of Warcraft, Thunder Force III, OutRun 2006, Streets of Rage III, Lost Odyssey, Dawn of War, Shadow of The Colossus, The Revenge of Shinobi, Oblivion, Command & Conquer Red Alert 3, Starship Amazing, God of War 2, Nullsleep, Chrono Cross

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Critical Strike 36: The Bad Man!!

Josh — Mon, 30 Mar 2009 06:01:55 +0000

Kyle and I finally got back together, we apologize for being away for so long but we do explain where we’ve been on the podcast. Hopefully with this release we’re going back to our normal bi-weekly schedule. Discussed in this episode: A Kingdom for Keflings, Street Fighter IV, Super Street Fighter 2 Turbo HD Remix, Flower, Bit.Trip Beat, Order Up, Retro Game Challenge, Castlevania: Symphony of the Night and more!

Music in this episode: Kingdom Hearts II

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Critical Music 06: Capcom’s Tribute

Josh — Tue, 10 Mar 2009 06:01:52 +0000

It feels like I’ve been working on this for ages yet it’s only been a few weeks! I’d say this is by far the biggest Critical Music I’ve tackled and though it’s taken me so long, I’m pretty pleased with it!

Music in this episode: Bionic Commando Re:Armed, Ghost `n Goblins, Forgotten Worlds, Dead Rising, Viewtiful Joe, Pocket Fighter, Cyberbots Full Metal Madness, Darkstalkers 2, 1943, Legendary Wings, Strider, Apollo Justice, Phoenix Wright, Captain Commando, Chip ‘n Dale Rescue Rangers, Mercs, Zack & Wiki Quest for Barbaros’ Treasure, Magical Tetris Challenge, Knights of the Round, Little Nemo, DuckTales, Monster Hunter, Onimusha 2, Dino Crisis 2, Breath of Fire II, Power Stone, Strider 2, Final Fight 3, MegaMan 9, MegaMan, MegaMan X, MegaMan ZX, X-Men vs. Street Fighter, Marvel vs Capcom, Super Street Fighter 2 Turbo HD Remix, Street Fighter IV, The Advantage, The Minibosses, Entertainment System

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