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This episode we talk Blur multiplayer beta demo. Then we get all excited talking Crackdown 2 and plenty of tower defense talk. We talk the finer points of virtual terrorism in Just Cause 2 and more Red Faction: Guerrilla.
Then after the break we discuss the Mass Effect 2 DLC, the future of gaming with the iPad, Xbox 360 storage and our Borderlands speed round. Finally we wrap up with our value picks.
NQcast09 – ‘MFVGP’ Show Notes
First half!
- Madden (Why does he get to replace NFL in the title? His eyebrows are creepy. Seriously.)
- Tiger Woods (In which we discuss Mean 18, Links and other old-school golf games)
- Blur Multiplayer Demo (Wipeout, Whiplash, F-Zero and Burnout are all mentioned. Also, we really like Blur.)
- Crackdown 2 (Preorders ahoy!)
- South Park Lets Go Tower Defense Play! (or how a license can actually save a licensed game)
- Defense Grid (XBLA “inventory clearance” sale yields a definite winner)
- Puzzle Quest (I’ll take “what game is Maki ragequitting for $500, Alex.”)
- Splosion Man (the love of cake is strong with this one)
- Peggle (Don’t stare at the logo too long. You’ll go blind.)
- Just Cause 2 (Harlo can’t believe its size. Wait, that didn’t sound right.)
- Red Faction Guerilla (BJ lands himself on the FBI watch list with his terrorist analogies)
Second Half! (45:26)
- Mass Effect 2 Firewalker & Kasumi DLC (One is free and one is paid, one feels cheap, one feels overpriced…)
- The iPad (Harlo gets one, which inevitably sparks “the future of games” discussion)
- Plants vs Zombies for iPad (Because we haven’t talked quite enough tower defense yet)
- Xbox 360 250 gig HD and USB storage support (Money is spent, 120 gig HDs are gifted, everyone wins. Especially Microsoft. And BJ.)
- GTA4: The Lost and Damned (It’s more fun to say “TLAD” but we promise one of us will beat this some day.)
- Borderlands (Speed round is back, we talk Zombie Island sale and weird achievement glitches)
- World of Warcraft (Guess who can never spend $15 a month to play it, ever again!)
- Champions Online (Guess who would beg anyone alive to play it for $15 a month!)
- Rock Band (It’s still Rock Band. This is a good thing.)
- Green Day: Rock Band (things get testy and Dookie is thrown)
- Tony Hawk: Ride (Because, hey, why not mention it?)
Value Game Picks! (1:24:59)
- inFamous (Harlo likes Crackdown for PS3s. Price just dropped!)
- Wipeout HD (Enjoying Blur? Maki says download this for your PS3!)
- BioShock (BJ might not be its biggest fan but you can’t argue with the price!)
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