Taylor Swift makes us say WOW and commits a Grand Theft of the heart in today’s most pop culture embracing episode. Paul talks the most, James a bit less and Ben the least of all. We respect tradition here at the Eight and One Half Bits.
Cheapskate’s Games Club: Photobomb
Next Week: WarFrame (for real this time)
Crowd Funding Picks
James: Thimbleweed Park
Ben: Crossing Souls
Paul: To Azimuth
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I’m already pretty good but maybe I could be a little better.
Next Week: Top 5 Games we wish were mobile
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I recently wrote a two-part feature chronicling my Soul Level 1 playthrough of action-RPG Demon’s Souls (see it here and here). Needless to say, it was a tense, challenging and sometimes very difficult experience. “That was probably the toughest gaming experience I’ll have for a while,” I thought to myself afterwards.
Oh, past-Alex, you poor, naive fool…
Because not long after that, I played 2D platformers Mega Man 2 and 3. And while my Demon’s Souls Soul Level 1 playthrough was challenging, it never made me want to chew my own face off in frustration and rage the way these two Mega Man games did. Continue reading
Mario Kart DLC, Endless Legend, Advanced Warfare, Binding of Isaac Rebirth and all your favourites. Also Ben!
Cheapskate’s Game Club: Neuronball
Next Week: Warframe (PC, PS4, XB1)
Crowd Funding Picks
James: That Dragon, Cancer
Ben and Paul: Scorn
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What could make a video game better than the video being in full motion? The FMV future is here!
Next week: Top 5 Self Improvement Games
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Long-time contributor Alex joins us as we discuss Blizzard’s new IP Overwatch, first person GTAV, Shovel Knight, Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare, Bayonetta 2, Splatoon and the greatness of Wales.
Cheapskate’s Game Club: Tales of the Adventure Company
Next Week: Neuronball
Crowdfunding Picks
James and Alex: Gliese
Ben: Late to the Party
Paul: Override
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Horror is a genre that has existed within the videogame medium for the majority of its history and as a fan of horror games myself, it’s been good to see the recent high-profile resurgence of the genre in these still fairly early days of the latest console generation, as found in titles such as The Evil Within and Alien: Isolation. (Although publishers Bethesda and Sega should be ashamed of their greed in shoehorning season passes into these single-player, narrative-focused titles).
This resurgence has been good to see because although horror was certainly never a dead genre on seventh-generation consoles as some people have ignorantly and hyperbolically claimed, its presence did diminish during this generation. This was largely thanks to a number of publishers suddenly deciding that no one wanted to play horror games anymore, even though there was no real evidence to suggest that this was the case. For example, Resident Evil 4 was one of the most acclaimed games of the previous console generation while later on PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360, the original Dead Space would expertly carry the survival horror torch, being both a critical and commercial success.
James and Paul have been at PAXAus 2014 and have so many adventures to share. So open your ear holes and get listening.
Next week we return to your regular programming.
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