Marooners’ Talk: Episode 027 – “Thom Clancy Talks Ghost Recon”
If that episode title doesn’t grab your attention, then I don’t know what will. What’s that? I spelled his name wrong? No, we weren’t lucky enough to have Tom Clancy himself join in and discuss his creation. In “Thom Clancy Talks Ghost Recon,” the 27th episode of Marooners’ Talk, I, along with Thom Clancy, son of Tom Clancy, talk about our experiences with...[Read More]
Review: Fable Heroes (XBLA)
I’m not sure what happened between Peter Molyneux and one chicken whose viciousness and fowlness (heh, get it?) we can only assume were such that the world has never seen before. All I know is that it resulted in the common chicken being singled out and having one hell of a hard time in the Fable universe. From a player stat specifically urging the player to kick a chicken farther and farthe...[Read More]
Ghost Recon: Future Soldier – Gunsmith
One of the things that impressed me most about Ghost Recon: Future Soldier back at E3 last year was the Gunsmith feature. It remains one of the features I am most eagerly anticipating when I get my hands on the game. Gunsmith is an absolutely phenomenal feature in Ghost Recon: Future Soldier that allows you to customize your weapon piece by piece, using your controller or using voice/motion throug...[Read More]
Rumor: Rayman Origins 2
I hate rumors. I hate spreading rumors. I hate reporting rumors as news. “But dude, what are you doing RIGHT NOW if not reporting/spreading a rumor? Isn’t that hypocritical of you?” Well, yes…and yes. Kind of. The only reason that this rumor is being reported on here today is because I desperately fucking want a solid sequel to Rayman Origins, one of the best platformer tit...[Read More]
Review: Bloodforge (XBLA)
The second entry in the inaugural Arcade NEXT XBLA promotion from Microsoft is Climax Studios’ Bloodforge. Up to this point, Climax Studios has had a nearly unbroken run of ports, spin-offs, and media tie-ins, with the occasional original title thrown in for a bit of variety. From the PlayStation port of the first Diablo to the Ghost Rider movie video game adaptation, it looks like Bloodforg...[Read More]
Marooners’ Talk: Episode 026 – “Spidey’s Turning 50”
In keeping with Ahmed’s run of Spidey Month pieces, Episode 026 of Marooners’ Talk, titled, “Spidey’s Turning 50,” focuses primarily on Spider-Man, with the occasional tangental comic character stealing focus for a few moments. We ran a little long, as we will often do when we get into our critical nerd modes, but managed to come to a close about ten minutes before we...[Read More]
Review: Trials Evolution (XBLA)
I started playing Trials Evolution Tuesday afternoon, and I knew that I was going to have problems. Immediately, I became intently focused on the track leaderboards. I saw names…I saw targets. Success! I topped the leaderboard for Oil Crisis and sent a celebratory tweet to those hapless fools that had been humbled and shamed by my incredible skill and deft control. Twenty minutes later, my t...[Read More]
Review: The Pinball Arcade (Vita)
Pinball has never been high on my list of enjoyable gaming experiences. I rarely played physical pinball machines, and, aside from Sonic Spinball, the only virtual pinball game I ever played much of, or at all, was the 3D Pinball game bundled with Windows 95 forward. I still remember the space theme of the table, and I can still somewhat picture the table layout in my head. I never got into Pinbal...[Read More]
Ghost Recon: Future Soldier Multiplayer Walkthrough – Commentary by Tommy Jacob
With pre-loading of the upcoming multiplayer beta for Ghost Recon: Future Soldier starting yesterday, a new multiplayer walkthrough trailer has been released by Ubisoft, featuring commentary by RedStorm’s Creative Director, Tommy Jacob. Let Tommy bring you up to speed and brush you up on basic multiplayer strategies and tactics, as well as what each class contributes to the team in the lates...[Read More]
Star Trek Teaser Trailer & Concept Art
First and foremost, I am a Lord of the Rings geek. I’ve said it before, and I’ll say it again until the day I die. If I’m ever forced to swear an undying allegiance to a single geek focus, it would be Lord of the Rings. A close second, however, would be Star Trek. I got Lord of the Rings: War in the North last year, and it was fantastic. Next year, I get Star Trek, and from every...[Read More]
Bethesda Unveils Dishonored
I’m not a huge fan of first person perspective in video games, to be perfectly honest. I like being able to see things from a third person perspective. I like seeing my surroundings and I like seeing potential dangers from all angles. I even played through Skyrim completely in the third person perspective rather than the first person perspective I’m sure most people played. Where even ...[Read More]
Marooners’ Talk: Episode 025 – “The One Where We Complain About Shit”
As I mentioned in last week’s episode posting, our Episode 024 recording of Marooners’ Talk ended up running over two hours long. At a certain point, I decided to just call the second half of last week’s conversation Episode 025, titled, “The One Where We Complain About Shit.” Sitting here, a little over a week later, I can’t quite recall what we were complainin...[Read More]