The first two Lost Planet games, despite not finding much critical success, were enjoyed by many, and the series keeps going along, albeit with a new dev team. The new installment makes some efforts to change things up, though we can’t be sure they’re the right ones. READ MORE
Namco Bandai’s Tank! Tank! Tank! has a silly name. Our issue with it, though, is that it’s inaccurate. There are four tanks, you know? And the Wii U version adds a mode in which a player can also control a big monster. But we guess Tank! Tank! Tank! Tank! Sometimes Monster! isn’t quite as catchy. READ MORE
At New York Comic Con, we took the newest Paper Mario game for a spin, and one thing’s clear: it’s veering away from the RPG roots in which it was conceived. It’s no Super Paper Mario; the game still takes a story and intersperses it with turn-based combat against enemies. But Mario’s all alone this time, and he doesn’t level up. READ MORE
Hotline Miami is not a comfortable game.
This isn’t due to the game’s controls; the WASD-and-mouse setup works about as well as it usually does. No, Hotline Miami causes so much unease because of its dichotomous pacing, contrasting moments of extreme, bloody violence with ones of walking down empty hallways and checking answering machines. READ MORE
While Graham’s away at New York Comic Con, Andrew, Shawn and the crew talk about the latest news from Capcom, Epic and Microsoft. Henry interrogates the guys about the games they’ve been playing, like Dishonored, Pokemon Black 2/White 2 and Dead or Alive 5, and Brad tells us what’s going on in NBA 2K13 and the sports game world.
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Hosts: Jeff DeSolla, Andrew Passafiume, Henry Skey, Shawn Vermette, Brad Woodling.
Music: Podcast theme by Tom Casper.
