Podcast 6-5: Going to Kill Your Richard

Photo of Robert Allen Robert AllenMarch 6, 2011
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This week, the Tech-Gaming crew wraps their eager hands around 3DS units and offers impressions of Killzone 3, Paper Wars: Cannon Fodder, PixelJunk Shooter 2, Radiant Historia, Alien Breed as well as a number of gems from Armor Games. Beyond our usual dose of gaming trivia and mailbag answers, listen carefully to find out how to win one of fifteen Paper Wars codes.

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Photo of Robert Allen Robert AllenMarch 6, 2011
61 784 Less than a minute
Photo of Robert Allen

Robert Allen

Since being a toddler, Robert Allen has been immersed in video games, anime, and tokusatsu. Currently, his days are spent teaching at two southern California colleges. But his evenings and weekends are filled with STGs, RPGs, and action titles and well at writing for Tech-Gaming since 2007.

61 Comments

  6. Whats up with Deagle kissing NOLA’s butt in the first 5 minutes?!?!

    (AR cards)

  7. Wait the 3DS can measure distance- how does that work?

    Now, I can throw my tape measure away?

  13. Deagle and NOLA why did you call the NGP the PSP2 instead of using the name everyone else is using.

  14. I refuse to believe that are going to call the unit the “Next Generation Playstation”.I’m hoping it’s just a placeholder like NATAL was.

  16. Ok, I’m 22 minutes in and Sage has talked TWICE. Give her more time, guys.

  17. I’m six foot five, 225 pounds, and have size 13 feet, making my hands the size of baseball gloves. Most controllers cramp my paws.

  18. It must use the camera to measure distance. Maybe the camera has to measure how far your face is to make the 3D work.

  21. Who is Richard and WHY do you want to kill him?

    Drapery Wars: Color Accent Defense developed by HGTV for my girlfriend.

  22. Pretty good show this week. I might have to leave some itunes love. Look for it! I expect a shout out.

  24. I’ll get getting a 3DS, but I agree with NOLA the launch line up is pretty much weak sauce. They need to launch with a Mario game!

  25. Deagle seemed like he was trolling with his Killzone 3 comments. Every other site loves the game.

  27. Seems like each week you guys say something to stir up controversy. I think it’s part of the plan to get web hits.

  28. Hmm, I remember when DE was crazy about FPS and didn’t care that much about Japanese games.

  29. We always said what we feel on the podcast. I have never asked Adam, Sean, or Sage or either hold back or deliberately say something they don’t agree with in an effort to draw attention to the show. It just isn’t our style.

    I’d like to think people listen in to hear our opinions, even if they agree or vehemently disagree with us. I didn’t necessarily agree with NOLA’s E3 opinions, and I’m sure many more don’t share my felling with Killzone 3, but at the end of the day we are discussing opinions, not facts.

    And everyone knows- if you REALLY want web hits, you put up pictures of nearly naked women, not express a few gripes with Killzone 3.

  32. It’s not the guys fault. I’m not in california so I wasn’t at the 3DS test, so I didn’t have much to say about it. That’s all.

  33. I appreciate that. I feel a lot of podcast talk up a game before its releases to get in good with the publishers, then tear it apart in the actual review.

  35. I’d like to look at one first. Ther reviews I’ve seen and heard haven’t sold me on their worth, at least not right away. But I do have interest in seeing how they look and how the games go

  37. “NGP” was also the codename of the PS2 and PS3. It never sticks, so at this point, I think “PSP2” is a much more realistic name than the “NGP.” It’s mostly just to limit confusion down the road when the next “NGP” is announced, and we all know it will eventually be called the PS4.

  43. I bit on the short side this week.

    For the contest- Crap Command: Tales from hr Toilet.

  44. Any interest I had in picking up the 3DS at launch was shattered when Dead Or Alive Dimensions was delayed until late May. Hopefully Super Street Fighter IV: 3D Edition will have dropped in price a bit by then. Portable Dead Or Alive = There goes another 400 hours of my life.

    —

    Contest Entry: Zero-Point-Zero: The Game – Ultimate Metacritic Average Failure Short-Bus Special Edition.

  45. Really is Dead or Alive that deep? I only played the regular Xbox one back in the day.

  46. Dead Or Alive has depth to it, but not nearly as much as, say, Virtua Fighter. VF practically requires having a strategy and thinking ahead, whereas DOA relies almost exclusively on quick reflexes, especially for countering.

    Part of DOA’s appeal(to me, at least) is its fluidity. Other 3-D fighting games feel stiff or like the fighters are locked to a grid. That isn’t the case with the DOA games(from the Xbox onward). The movement and animations are silky smooth and nearly seemless. It nails what I believe a 3-D fighter should be like. Combine that smoothness with what many rightfully consider to be button-masher-friendly gameplay and you get a game that’s just plain fun to pick-up and play a few rounds in.

  47. I haven’t tried the game. Thats about to change now. BTW- Are the Volleyball games any good?

  48. Pretty good cast this week. I’m liking Deagle’s new mic- it sounds much better.

  49. I haven’t played a DOA game in a while, but I always thought the moves were locked in. Youd hit a button, a move would play out and you couldn’t cancel.

  53. They’re okay. The volleyball gameplay from DOA:XBV on the original Xbox is better than the volleyball in DOA:X2 on the Xbox 360. They made some tweaks to the gameplay that made it harder to play than the first game. There was also a glitch where the ball would fly high up into the sky and hang there for, literally, a couple of minutes.

    The jet ski races in DOA:X2 were a poor man’s Wave Race. It’s as simple as that, really. There’s nothing special or interesting about them.

    The dating-sim elements made the games far more frustrating than they needed to be. This frustration destroys the calm and relaxing vibe that the games give off. It’s not the worst vacation you’ll ever have, but it could sure be a lot better. The good news is that both of the home console games are cheap used.

  55. Sulpher Farts: Beer and Pickles edition.
    (Caution do not play near open flame)

  58. Yep, I’ll be waiting for this one as well. Give me 5-6 must play games and Nintendo will get my $250.

  59. With all the Killzone 3 hate you should change your name to DesertFeeble. Seems like all those JRPGs have rotted your taste.

  61. I didn’t think was trolling at all. He said it was good technically, but just tried to do too much. I have the same compliant with it.

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