Video Games

"I Like To Use the Word 'Janky'"

We focus on Blizzard this week, especially its big-three franchises. ...

"It's almost too real for its own good."

This week, we focus on open world games, but we talk about dozens of other topics as well. With the release of Saints Row: The Third and the recently revealed Grand Theft Auto V as inspiration, we look over the genre and even some of its not-so-obvious precursors. ...

"Are You Slamming the Japanese Out of Nowhere?"

Unfortunately, my uncompressed part of the podcast was lost - either by my accidentally deleting it or because of a crash, so there wasn't even a chance to splice all the voices together. The good news is, the group copy we have is decent. Be warned: there are two horrible splices at the beginning (one much more noticeable than the other) and the ending is a bit abrupt. Other than that, we did a better job this time on the technical side. ...

Skyrim begins. But when will it end?

You might think more companies would take advantage of the cool "11/11/11" release date, but the 300-pound gorilla Skyrim is pretty much dominating the day. It's also Veteran's Day, so how many plan on sleeping ...