This week we covered a ridiculous number of topics in just 30 minutes, plus exposed a treasonous scandal brewing within the cast. Find out why “Chocolate Martinis” brought the show to a screeching halt, and hear Dave ATTEMPT to make it through a minute of uninterrupted airtime. Specifically we spoke about:
Travel Plans for 2008
E3 - July 15th thru 17th (LA)
QuakeCon - July 31st thru August 3rd (Dallas)
PAX - August 29th thru 31st (Seattle)
1up awards (that were awarded)
Assassin’s Creed: Best Action Game?
Mass Effect: Best RPG!
Portal: Best Puzzle Game
Best Shooter/Best Multiplayer/Game of the Year: Halo 3?!?
SPOILER ALERT! If you have not finished Mass Effect, or plan to play it in the future, you may want to save this episode until later on. We discuss many possible spoiler topics in Mass Effect as well as the outcome(s) of the game. You have been warned. SPOILER ALERT!
One of the only games that we, as a podcast team, have ever universally embraced, is the RPG that has in some ways changed the landscape of the genre forever. We’re talking about Bioware’s Mass Effect. Now that we have all had a chance to finish the game, we thought we’d spend some time talking about why we enjoyed this incredible title, and the things we found most interesting about it. Doc, Lono, and Dave each dish their unconventional strategies for conquering this universe, and their very different experiences within the story.
(There is about a minute of dead air at the end of the show. You’re not missing anything… It was an oversight.)
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Despite illness and an overall pissy attitude, we managed to crank out another episode of the Sarcastic Gamer Podcast. In this episode we talked about all of this stuff and more in only about a half an hour!
Rock Band guitar issues
Hot selling PS3 games
Dedicated servers make all the difference
Do you pre-order anything?
Devil May Cry 4 rumor: 20 minute install?
Sarcastic Gamer News w/Paul Christy
“Hot” Topic: Exploding PSP
Mass Effect DLC is inbound
Upcoming Mass Effect SG Special Podcast
Strange/confusing DLC implementation
Beer goggles during character creation
CoD4 vs Halo 3
CoD4 maps, modes, and gripes
Playstation Home “Pre-launch Makeover”
When will PS3 make voice comms standards?
What are your thoughts on PS Home?
Humpday Update…Ummm…. Update
Gratitude is and Attitude
DTUO
Martini Time
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Having JUST finished Mass Effect, I am totally stoked that Bioware announced its “Bringing Down the Sky” add-on for Mass Effect today. The DLC will run you about 5 bucks and appends the story’s plot with a whole new race of aliens, the Battarians. Apparently Terra Nova is going to get creamed by an asteroid and only you, ___ Sheppard, can stop it with your Spectre abilities. Officially the add on will give you about an hour and a half of additional play and will integrate with your existing character. Much like an episode that you can choose to watch…. or in this case play.
Yet another round of “What Game Are We Going To Sensationalize Today.”
This time, it’s Mass Effect. The cable news outlet: Fox News. These dumbasses actually set up a whole segment to talk about the “raunchy” sex, with “full-frontal” nudity that objectifies women in the game. Forget the fact that it’s a M rated game, kids could see it!!! OMG!!! Save the children! Forget the fact that there’s no nudity, half a boob and half an ass crack. When did Fox News become Puritan News?
Thank god Geoff Keighley was there to calm the histrionic monkeys down. Yes, I said, “Thank god for Geoff Keighley.” See out how he set the record straight and made these Fox Anchors look like fools in the video segment, after the jump.
I’m about 7 hours into Mass Effect and I’m struck by one thing. Not the conversations or the combat. It’s the elevator rides. This game has the best damn elevator rides that I have ever played. Oh, it also has the most elevator rides in a game that I’ve ever played.
Yes, I’ve played Elevator Action. Mass Effect has more elevator rides than Elevator Action. Mass Effect has more up and down action than this website after the Digg Effect.
Read more about Mass Effect’s special elevator rides, after the jump!
In an unprecedented event, I would like to post a rebuttal of sorts.
To myself.
In a recent post, I mentioned the Sci-Fi channel would be airing a special on Mass Effect in their Sci vs. Fi series. I also said how it would likely give you some excellent insight into the game.
Do you love Halo 3 or are you dying for Mass Effect? Do love these games so much that you want to hear them in your head while you’re driving, at the gym, on the go, or wherever you listen to music?
Mass Effect might be hating on the man-on-man action, according to the British Board of Film Classification. This has created a slight controversy for BioWare, who may have to address the issue before the release.
The board of film states that, players using female characters can initiate sex scenes between themselves and male humans or female humanoid aliens. Male characters, on the other hand, can only initiate sex between themselves and human women or humanoid female aliens. Okay? When did William Shatner get on the British Board of Film Classification?
But come on BioWare… Why??? I know all I think about when I get a game is who I can have sex with in it. When did every game become like Second Life?
Why limit the interaction. I mean if you’re going to go there… Why not go all the way? How come women can only have sex with men and alien women and how come men cannot have sex with other men, human or alien. Not that it’s what I’m looking for. Not that there’s anything wrong with that…. I would say look at the demo, most are 35 year old straight men who live in their parents basement. Nothing is going to get them off more than taking a break from saving the galaxy to watch a sex scene between two women, one of them green.(A Trekkie’s wet dream)
Why people worry about this? I don’t know. I figured all protests would be off after they found out that you could play as NYPD Blues’ Jimmy Smits. I know it sold me.
Does anyone remember when games were just about killing, racing, and touchdowns? I miss the good ole days.Like the lovin’ in your games? Let us know on the forums.
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