I once knew a guy called Chicken-Harrier. He was a dolphin-man. And when he wasn’t busy pondering his own existence he tended toward socialising with a friendly family of sentient ducks that lived in a horse factory inside our teacher’s computer screen.
No, I haven’t gone insane. I’m talking irrelevant drivel. The very same kind of [...]

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In our 58th episode we discuss Activision CEO Boby Kotick’s comments about Sony’s platforms.  We also discuss the awesomeness that is Ghostbusters on the PS3 (no, not that one, the other one!)  Our discussions then meander through Final Fantasy, the PS3 Prototype install issue, Uncharted 2: Among Thieves dominating at Game Critics Awards and Brütal [...]

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In our 57th episode we finish our E3 2009 discussion by going into more depth on the Metal Gear announcements (MGS Rising and MGS Peace Walker) and the Agent announcement.  Pacman schools everyone on the finer points of inFAMOUS and Prototype.  The crew also weighs in on the PSN game Zen Pinball.  We couldn’t end [...]

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Question: What do inFAMOUS, Red Faction: Guerrilla, Wolverine and Prototype all have in common?
Answer: They’ve all been put on hold thanks to a certain PSN title that came out last week.
Follow the magical jump to find out which downloadable release has halted my progress on the biggest games of the last two months, and why [...]

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After enduring all the hype and drama, Prototype is finally here. Some people love it, some people hate it, and a bunch just like to compare it to inFAMOUS on their way to the land of ignorance. Like almost every big name title, the web is chalk full of commentary from gamers (and quasi-reviewers) who [...]

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Last week, I wrote a blow-by-blow account of my taking my new birthday present out for a spin, a new, shiny PS3.  It was a minute to minute account of everything from setting up a new account to logging into Home for the first time, and I thought it was very comprehensive.
Of course, I got [...]

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It may not come as a shock to most of you, but I really like video games. A lot. I enjoy playing them, reading about them, writing about them, and podcasting about them. I also enjoy comic books. The combination of these two mediums is one of the oldest formulas in modern geek culture (does [...]

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April…every gamer’s most-reviled month of the year. It’s the only time we’re guaranteed to be starved of new games. The publishers are finishing up their profit counts from the end of the last fiscal year and preparing themselves for the summer release window. But it’s not summer yet, we’re stuck here, in April…
SO! With that [...]

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Those hoping for a bit more breathing room between the releases of inFamous and Prototype just got their wish. While Radical Entertainment’s carnage-filled title is still expected to launch on June 9 (June 5 in Europe), it seems that Sucker Punch Productions’ latest game will ship to North American retailers sooner than expected.

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