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Celebrating 25 Years of Zelda: A Look to the Past
This year marks The Legend of Zelda’s 25th year in the video game industry, a fact that Nintendo made no bones about at E3 this year, putting on a stunning symphonic display to honor its quarter-of-a-century anniversary. While we’re getting a double-dose of Zelda this year thanks to the releases of Ocarina of Time 3DS recently and Skyward Sword some time this holiday season, let’...[Read More]
Marooners’ Talk: Episode 011 – “Get Off My Lawn You Damn Noobs!”
This is our second attempt at Episode 011. The first attempt was recorded over a week ago, covering mainly post-E3 jibber-jabber. Unfortunately, due to technical issues (of a similar nature to the technical issues you will notice in this episode, but to a far higher level), our first recording of Episode 011 had to be scrapped. Now, Marooners’ Talk returns with a new Episode 011, titled R...[Read More]
(Updated) Enter Our Merry Unbirthday E3 Contest!
It took a bit to compile everything but the results are in! Congrats to mom4everandever for winning the War of the Worlds poster! Aldo, Arthur, and Volcombrandon are our Hulkster t-shirt winners! Congrats to Spookygirl for winning the Cooking Mama oven mitt and to Josh Moore for snagging the Neverwinter tote! Finally, congrats to Yohan Kim for winning the Atari tee and to Granite_Grizz for the Ali...[Read More]
Calling All Assassini! Enter and Win!
Random.org has spoken! Huge congrats to our 4 winners: Mark Litzinger, Volcombrandon, Wchillinman, and James Chodes! Please email contests@maroonersrock.com your shipping addresses so we can get these awesome prints off to you all! Happy Friday, Assassins! If you happen to follow us on Twitter, you would’ve seen our tweets telling you all about this contest. If you aren’t following us ...[Read More]
Enter to Win Star Trek or War of the Worlds on Blu-Ray/DVD!
Congrats to our winners! Andrew snagged Star Trek and granite_grizz will be receiving our War of the Worlds combo pack! Email contests@maroonersrock.com with your mailing address so we can ship your goodies to you! Two contests in one day? Is this even happening? Oh I think it is! This time around we have some sweet movies for you guys!
Win Some Great Bethesda E3 Swag!
Congrats to our winners: Nate Bauernfeind, Patrick, Liljrsanchez, Britney, and Nicole Bouchard! Please email contests@maroonersrock.com your shipping address so we can get your goodies to you right away! Well, we told you all we brought home swag so here is just a sample of what we’ll be giving away for the days and weeks to come!
Resistance vs Halo; Why Nathan Hale Always Wins
I stopped by the store today to pick up a copy of the Resistance 3 demo for the wonderfully low price of 18 bucks. They even threw in a copy of Battle: Los Angeles, which was a nice perk. After finishing my third run through the demo, I came to a realization. In the battle for alien themed, console specific series, Resistance is far and away better than the often trumped up Halo, and as a public s...[Read More]
E3 2011: Interview: AJ LoCascio
I grew up on Back to the Future. Now, I didn’t see it in theaters when it first came out, seeing as how I was still a few months shy of my third birthday, but as soon as I was old enough to understand the absolute brilliance of the series, I became a lifelong fan. If you aren’t a fan, then you’re just not doing it right. Luckily, Telltale Games managed to get a fan of Back to the...[Read More]
E3 2011: Interview: Martin Edmonson
I was lucky enough to meet Martin Edmonson a few weeks ago at an Ubisoft event down in Santa Monica. As I recently mentioned, I was a huge fan of the original Driver PC game, going so far as to physically ruin my first copy of it from overuse (and possibly a bit of neglect), so meeting the man behind the game was an absolute treat. I ran into him again (a few times, actually) at E3, near the Drive...[Read More]
Marooners’ Talk: Episode 010 – “Pirates Say Arrrgh!”
Our tenth episode, titled “Pirates Say Arrrgh!”, marks our second recording with podcast superstars Thom Clancy and Vinny Luongo, with a first appearance from new friend Jack. We talk about E3 overall, with a bit of a focus on what we saw on Day 3.
Marooners’ Talk: Episode 009 – “Dammit, Vinny!”
“Dammit, Vinny!”, which is Episode 009 of Marooners’ Talk, was referenced as Episode 010 multiple times within the episode. Why did we reference it as 010? Well, because it has been almost three months since our last podcast, and I forgot we had only gone up to 008 in our numbering. So, you know…shut up. Anyway, “Dammit, Vinny!” features a couple of guests while...[Read More]
E3 2011: Microsoft Trying to Keep Mascot Alive with Halo 4?
Microsoft announced “Halo 4” at their press conference June 6 at E3, nearly nine months after “Halo: Reach” launched on the 360. The minute-and-a-half trailer left more questions than answers themselves. Among those questions one in particular begs to be asked: is Microsoft trying to salvage their first real mascot from the figurative grave?