NQcast47 – Malaria Guns Pizza Party

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If you happened to watch our live stream of the recording of this episode, you know that it was a giant mess of a show with technical snafus, pizza deliveries, code reds and the potential birth of a found footage movie as we all get murdered by phantom knockers. However, this audio recording features none of that since editing is a wonderful thing. In its place, we talk about Aliens: Colonial Marines, Dead Space 3, Lollipop Chainsaw, PC gaming, and the announcement of the Playstation 4. Come, join us.

NQcast47 – Malaria Guns Pizza Party

First half!

  • Playstation 4 (The next generation is officially almost here and we have strong words to say about it. Also, dumb words. Also, pizza.)

Second Half! (29:14)

  • 29:29 Dead Space 3 (Maki and Chuck sever some microtransactional limbs and shoot dudes that are not monsters for some reason. They like it, but don’t love it.)
  • 43:32 Aliens Colonial Marines (Chuck basks in the anger, sadness and complete idiocy of this utterly broken game. The word garbage and many variants are used.)
  • 58:29 Far Cry 3 (BJ joins the fold and enjoys it as much as his beloved Far Cry 2 and comes up with a casowary extinction plan.)
  • 1:09:51 Lollipop Chainsaw (Maki can’t figure out if he likes this crazy Suda 51 cheerleader fighting zombies game or if he doesn’t. This is not a review!)
  • 1:15:06 PC Gaming! (BJ attempts to create a rig and fails as Maki attempts Big Picture mode and kinda-sorta succeeds. Will PC gaming make a triumphant return?)
  • 1:32:52 Midnight Club: LA (Chuck grabs his T-Mobile Sidekick and enjoys the polish and personality of this Rockstar open world racing blast from the past.)
  • 1:37:54 Ratchet & Clank HD (Speaking of blasts from the past, Maki is shocked at how modern this game feels.)
  • 1:42:12 Assassin’s Creed 3 (Maki finds some fun in all the random stuff that’s not story-related.Well, aside from the stalker fetch missions.)
  • 1:47:08 Red Dead Redemption multiplayer (BJ and Maki crush some posse with friends and enjoy shooting zombies and bandits down in Yeehaw Gulch.)
  • 1:50:21 GI Joe: Rise of Cobra (Chuck shockingly enjoys the hell out of this GI Joe cartoon nostalgiafest. It’s not as bad as you’ve heard!)
  • 1:54:48 Bioshock (Maki discovers that nostalgia only takes you so far, as he struggles upon his return to Rapture with modern eyes and ears.)
  • 2:01:21 Spec Ops: The Line (Harlo wraps up the story and his opinion of it descends even further.)
  • 2:08:02 Sniper Elite V2 (BJ wraps up the storyline and wishes they’d stuck with what they’re good at instead of turning you into Rambo every mission.)
  • 2:12:35 XBLIG Corner!
    • 2:12:52 Arcadecraft (Harlo and Chuck create their own arcades in this mashup of SimCity and Game Dev Story.)
  • 2:21:17 DLC Corner!
    • 2:21:22 Dead Space 2 Severed (Maki and Chuck play through and like it alright. It’s kind of missing a middle act, though.)
    • 2:22:44 Rock Band DLC (Pour one out for the greatest DLC effort we are likely ever to see.)
  • 2:25:24 Playstation Plus Corner!
    • 2:25:36 Persona 4 Arena demo (Harlo is utterly confused since he’s never played any of the Persona games.)
    • 2:29:12 Quantum Conundrum (Yes, it’s by one of the makes of Portal. Yup, it plays a lot like Portal.)
    • 2:31:41 Ninja Gaiden Sigma Plus Vita (Maki is reminded that the Ninja Gaiden games are SUPER HARD.)
    • 2:35:01 Closure (This puzzle game’s visual style doesn’t necessarily sell Harlo on it, but the gameplay does.)
  • 2:37:13 Mobile Corner! (description)
    • 2:37:24 Bloons TD 5 (Maki laments his wasted life until he learns how much more time Harlo has put into this game.)
    • 2:42:07 Temple Run 2 (More of the same. Move along.)
    • 2:43:07 Need for Speed Most Wanted (We’re amazed at how smoothly this game runs on our iOS devices.)
    • 2:44:07 Avengers Initiative (It’s Infinity Blade with the Avengers! Harlo approves.)

Listener Mail! (2:45:28)

  • 2:45:51 Sunny California wants to know what we think of the new Skylanders, and offers help in EVE Online. (We like Skylanders still, I guess? We create some insane combinations. And BJ doesn’t have a computer anymore, so no EVE!)
  • 2:50:42 Jay is excited about the PS4! (So are we! Also, towels.)
  • 2:55:20 Blair wants to know what we think of the new Xbox machine supposedly needing internet and one-time codes. (We’re worried but don’t think Microsoft would commit suicide like that.)

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