Chris Johnston

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250: Finally

This week! It's been 250 weeks, all leading to this. Sit back, relax and enjoy as your hosts Greg, Phil and CJ discuss Brittany Spears, gaming, pop culture, life and snacks from foreign lands before riding off into the sunset.

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249: Super Love

This week! Nintendo drops the price of the 3DS by $80, offers early adopters 20 free games and leaves the Sony Vita at 250 bones. Plus: Game Dev Story, Groovecoaster, Bastion, From Dust, the Humble Indie Bundle, Mirror's Edge, Thundercats, reboots, favorite movies and so much more. Plus,

Generation 16

WELCO METOT HENEX TLEVEL - Dungeon Master II: Skullkeep

Publisher: JVC Developer: FTL Release: 1994 Considering the relatively recent shift in popularity of console RPGs, it's kind of easy to forget that a western RPG on home console was a bit of an oddity during the 16-bit days. And when they did happen they were almost always

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248: Moonchild?

This week! We talk about gaming in an extra D, The Never Ending Story, the Mega Man Legends 3 cancellation, Bastion, The Never Ending Story, Paper Mario, Child of Eden, 3D Classics Xevious and The Never Ending Story. And there's some other stuff thrown in there too, but

Generation 16

WELCO METOT HENEX TLEVEL - Dungeon Explorer

Publisher: Sega Developer: Westone Release: 1995 Dungeon Explorer is likely a game even the most Sega CD faithful have never heard of, let alone played. It was one of the last half-dozen or so titles released on the platform. What makes it a bit more of an oddity is that

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247: Number One Screwdriver

This week! We talk about more PS3 hard drive upgrades, the Catherine demo, the El Shaddai demo, Ms. Splosion Man, Gran Turismo 5, Harry Potter (the film), and plenty more.

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246: Eight, Who Do We Appreciate

This week! Some video game talk mixed in with other stuff about DVD collections and Lord of the Rings. Expect to hear us discussing Ocarina of Time 3D, LA Noire, Earth Defense Force: Insect Armageddon, Dynasty Warriors Gundam 3, and Child of Eden.

Generation 16

WELCO METOT HENEX TLEVEL - Dune

Publisher: Virgin Interactive Developer: Cryo Interactive Release: 1993 Yet again I find myself trying to figure out how I have to frame this game. I'm not sure most of our readers are old enough to remember this book, the disappointing movie from 1984, or the father of the

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245: Operation Rain On Your Parade

This week! We delve into such hot topics as Nintendo's Platinum award prize, the Uncharted 3 multiplayer beta, Transformers: Dark of the Moon, Trenched, Galaga Legions DX and so much more. Happy Independence Day!

Generation 16

WELCO METOT HENEX TLEVEL - Dragon's Lair

Publisher: ReadySoft Developer: Epicenter Release: 1993 I guess this is pretty much the grandaddy of the FMV video game movement. I'm going to explain this game a bit because I'm guessing a lot of the younger folk don't know it quite as well as

Generation 16

WELCO METOT HENEX TLEVEL - Dracula Unleashed

Publisher: Viacom New Media/Sega Developer: ICOM Simulations Release: 1993 It would be easy to dismiss Dracula Unleashed without even learning what it's about – horror-themed full-motion video games on the Sega CD were pretty much guaranteed shit back in the day (Night Trap, Corpse Killer, Bram Stoker'

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244: Energized

This week! Ocarina of Time 3D, LA Noire, the Sonic Generations demo, changing out the PS3 hard drive, Internet petitions, Mega Man Xes, game vacation days, strange & unique games for Wii, and so much more.

Generation 16

WELCO METOT HENEX TLEVEL - Double Switch

Publisher: Digital Pictures Developer: Digital Pictures Released: 1993 Double Switch basically feels like Digital Pictures returning to the well. Night Trap was pretty much the game that put Digital Pictures on the map – for better or worse – and Double Switch seems like an attempt to emulatethat sort of campy, trap-em-all

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243: Geek Squad

This week! We are joined by special guest mik from The Fanboys Lunchcast who comes bearing Child of Eden and Duke Nukem Forever impressions. Plus, it's not on rails, new TVs, Pokédexes, LA Noires, and Donkey Kong '94, amongst other things. Join us!

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242: Purple

This week! It's E3 time, and though none of us actually went to the show, some of us watched the press conferences, announcements and trailers with interest. Join us as we talk about Microsoft, Sony and Nintendo's press conferences. Including disdain for Kinect, 3D and confusingly

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241: Welco meB ack

This week! The PlayStation Store returns and we choose our games and download them (or don't), plus we talk about the InFamous 2 demo, E3 memories and the stuff we're looking forward to at this year's show, the 3DS eShop, cable TV through a

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240: Viva Vita

This week! We talk about PlayStation Vita (specifically, the name), Activision's Call of Duty Elite service and "premium" game features, LA Noire, and much more!

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239: Pitch Noire

This week! LEGO Pirates of the Caribbean, LA Noire (maybe spoilery but we didn't go into much detail storewide), Marvel Pinball Fantastic Four, Castlevania: Lords of Shadow: Reverie, PSP HD Remakes on PS3, E3 excitement, paying attention to hype/pre-release coverage and oh so much more.

Generation 16

WELCO METOT HENEX TLEVEL - Demolition Man

Publisher: Acclaim Developer: Alexandria, Inc. Released: 1994 Our series goes from the dizzying heights of a quality stratRPG like Dark Wizard to the depressing lows of a bog-standard 16-bit licensed action game in Demolition Man. The film Demolition Man is memorable for a few reasons. Firstly, it was definitely one

Generation 16

WELCO METOT HENEX TLEVEL - Dark Wizard

Publisher: Sega Developer: Sega Released: 1993 Finally we get to one of the Sega CD's rare yet awesome RPGs. The land of Cheshire used to be a beautiful place where the powers of light and dark were in perfect balance, and the people prospered under the rule of

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238: We're All Familiar

This week! Mortal Kombat, Modern Warfare 3 leaks, E3 excitement, Friday the 13th, Laser Cat, Mr. Ninja, Monkey Labour and Evan Dorkin stories. Enjoy! Please donate to the American Red Cross' disaster relief efforts to help those affected by the earthquake in Japan and tsunami in the Pacific. Click

Generation 16

WELCO METOT HENEX TLEVEL - Crime Patrol

Publisher: American Laser Games Developer: American Laser Games Year: 1994 Here we have the first appearance of a handful of titles that will appear in this series from American Laser Games. ALG was a group based out of New Mexico that briefly revived the laserdisc genre in arcades during the

Generation 16

WELCO METOT HENEX TLEVEL - Corpse Killer

Publisher: Digital Pictures Developer: Digital Pictures Released: 1994 Another of the infamous series of U-Direct films from Digital Pictures that greatly contributed to the horrible reputation suffered by the Sega CD. These games tended to fall into a limited number of genres – Corpse Killer is basically a video shooting gallery.

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237: With A K

This week! PSN still down, Nintendo drops the price of the Wii, Guardian Heroes remake on XBLA, IGN buys UGO/1UP, favorite game titles, iphone game recommendations, new Xbox 360 hardware(?), Mortal Kombat, Bangai-O, Batman Brave and the Bold, Rock Band, and MORE! Please donate to the American Red Cross&

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236: The Smitten Kitten

This week! Sony's network woes continue, hype that didn't pay off, Batman: The Brave and the Bold, De Blob 2, Killzone 3, Mortal Kombat, Portal 2 and more. Please donate to the American Red Cross' disaster relief efforts to help those affected by the earthquake