iPhone Rhythm Games, Ratchet and Clank Future: A Crack in Time, Borderlands
Monday, November 2nd, 2009 running time 38:55
Yes, Area 5 threw a Halloween party! It was awesome! We had the best costumes ever! There's no way your party was better than ours! Is there any way exclamation points can denote sarcasm as opposed to genuine enthusiasm? Honestly, we're better gamers than we are party-planers. Oh, and we talk about some games.
Halloween is very special time of year - for everyone but Ryan. Still, he was convinced to dress up for this special occasion. He may have been better off avoiding the specialized Area 5 event altogether.
Halloween is very special time of year - for everyone but Ryan. Still, he was convinced to dress up for this special occasion. He may have been better off avoiding the specialized Area 5 event altogether.
Segments
iPhone Rhythm Game
Rock Band iPhone just got released. The Tap Tap games have graced the platform since the beginning and there's even a Guitar Hero clone, Guitar Rock 2, now in it's second iteration. We talk about them all in our iPhone rhythm game roundup and give you the skinny on which is the best bang for your buck.
Ratchet & Clank Future: A Crack In Time
JayFresh is the biggest R&C fan at Area 5 and Ryan can always be convinced to give them a go even if he's not the biggest fan of the series. Still, this latest incarnation grew on him enough to make sure it made it into this week's show and it has plenty of charms to worm its way into even the most jaded gamer's heart.
Borderlands
The MMO genre is has generated far more than cash-cows and spectacular flops over the past few decades. It's good to see some of the better ideas concerning game design take root in other genres. Borderlands happens to be both fun and and interesting take on design choices that most would consider the exclusive domain of its massive cousins. Arthur Gies of Eat. Sleep. Game. and RebelFM comes by to share his thoughts with JayFresh, Matt, and Cesar.
Highlights
Automatically Generated Transcript
May not be 100% accurate" War."
" This episode of cola grouchy about it -- godaddy.com. Game time. Is square --"
" Now I know but I'm over it I don't like this Halloween I didn't do you to meet you turnarounds like hitting putts."
" Not nearly in this these sorts just to blow well you can do as she's okay it's like a party. -- succeeded in our palate -- Michael Jackson."
" Oh don't want your I don't I really understand -- and -- It is a high hate Halloween I have dressed -- like twenty years why -- start now."
" Yeah it's gonna be your house I mean anybody's gonna get that it has to be us we have to set the example man but I."
" I'm over -- I don't need your suggestions I'll come up with something myself. -- Marty sentinel -- right so all our friends are gonna be there's again not lying it's very by party whenever. There's good at all familiar. Mac candidates and yeah. Mountain."
" There have been a lot of music rhythm -- more than it -- expected I was kind of about it that is a is that coastal zone. I guess it all started when. Rock -- that came out. And then reminded me that I did babies -- half game. Pretty much everything on my -- Now they've got so many other masters. Tap tap revenge -- tapped -- to a beverage three tap tap. Revisions nine inch nail I Easter Christmas holidays guys got about how I can just did not get a cold breezy. There's good."
" One from game -- guitar -- to write a sequel also. It's weird if it reminded Guitar Hero for the most part. One really cool thing that they also -- into it is challenges this couple different challenges one of them is with a two rounds here yeah like you keep drilling -- And I think it's really what they switch it up there right. All the other music connect game there's like two or three day our original tracks like get black savage paranoid. And -- the rest of overall covers nobody really that -- so even worse. There's something kind of cool things about it that it does differently than all the other. Rhythm games instead of lifting up your your phone to do it. This are most players got its start meter or whatever you kind of dislike flipped the switch the kind of goes off so I felt like that makes -- feel like. Can talk and can't shake it move it around a little bit hard for me."
" It is I feel like it really makes me lose touch with wearing something red and today it kinda doesn't work especially in rock band because it rock band down at the bottom. Having those borders -- down at the bottom there a little bit too close for my thumbs. Like when you have to simultaneous nodes right next to each other. And I tried -- president invariably. It's perceived as most for the road home to have a little bit to decided they're happy they're wrong but."
" Red rock band in the guitar rock. Uses for Fred's frame rate and catch -- only does three area because he gets below that Laura legacy -- kind of like fat thumbs its. Now -- yeah wow small core of what happens once actually -- It's just like it tends to hit the mountain of files that. -- he's doing about ballot count every morning in --"
" Surprise me that we've. Tap tap having your three fingers on the screen it's over the best way to control my game. And I was thinking oh well I'll just do the same thing when I'm very rock band but rock band is clearly designed for your son's and it works better when he's two thumbs Emanuel like this and you being you know I think it's easier to put the phone when you have your -- Don't like this guitar to. This didn't feel as intuitive as I was touching the notes as I -- rock band. And tap -- work for some reason it didn't really feel like guys pushing the buttons like it was and could push it and sometimes you wouldn't recognize. That's pushing it away so it it. He didn't feel quite all the way there compared to the other games anything -- tap tap is a good example evolution of the feedback. Because the very first half have game it is hard to tell -- you're actually right and I was only when I tried and after that I -- didn't wanna play it anymore and it and then by the time he gets -- at three. There's a big circle for where you need depressed when you press -- like. Visual effect direct your -- code is -- Iraq three hitting them huddled yeah exactly. Totally see that you're actually doing it and I actually like that better I like the cat perhaps it's better weird heating and goats. As it crosses the line is it was a rock band where you're hitting the notes. Above above the actual buttons. I found that a lot easier to happen. Right and I wonder if you know rock -- doesn't believe it does -- It's good port of -- the perfect -- key. The rock band in this it just. In my iPhone versus just even with like the hard. The pollutants like these characters it's feel like rock band gap and it's it was really well done. We could actually get the local multiplayer too. I'm going to serious that it works for other people yeah I haven't seen or -- people who say."
" It's I think for me I guess. With the rock band being on the zone and comparing it to the console versions. There's something about. Gathering you know what your friends together and playing around with a bunch of like plastic instruments I expected it you know. Kind of feels I don't know if there's something more fun about that -- trying to get together with our iPods and trying to make -- played together you know. What they really like about it tap tap this split screen multiplayer is now coming together. All one screen -- some reason was alive but usually I don't like. Yes this spring games on Tuesday they like yeah whatever place. For some reason I thought it was really cool. The bottom I'm on the -- been. Yeah that this could -- no it's going both ways it's a super cool way to do it I would have never even thought to do that I was only thought you know playing. -- well my style and used on your phone but it works really well now."
" Yeah there was really surprised over. And attacked tempered industry. Has like embezzling teacher's day kids. Tonight's --"
" And it's really cool that you can go online -- you -- your avatar and you continue gift points and get experience you gain levels while you're playing the game and you use the boys to go by. Items for your avatar and from a historical results -- drag it all the church does help with the same name right now I don't look -- art fitness and that's good for them it's hard right whatever time the whole point it is that you can go online. You go to these groups -- the digital cameras we basically just a lot of noise and we need to be. Stern didn't whoever's in that lobby there are they all start the same song together and then you're all playing they can be anywhere in the world. And you're all playing the same song together and then -- gives -- a series. Star knows the key to all those and you get a weapon you can send a weapon -- yeah."
" Right they've really -- reminding me of Guitar Hero three the boss battle. Like where you play against you Jimi Hendrix or slash you know. -- I'm amazed how many people are out there playing here and at one game where there's like fifteen people want -- all going up against each other you know end. It's a lot of fun yeah had big. That's my favorite part of tap tap revenge free."
" I was there have strengthened and game they've been they have. -- going to -- it -- that stands as the best art to music ratio art and that's just in fact it's empty it's nice that. It's as good is it possible yeah. -- music needs."
" All the bus --"
" War."
" This episode of cola grouchy about it -- godaddy.com. Game time. Is square --"
" Now I know but I'm over it I don't like this Halloween I didn't do you to meet you turnarounds like hitting putts."
" Not nearly in this these sorts just to blow well you can do as she's okay it's like a party. -- succeeded in our palate -- Michael Jackson."
" Oh don't want your I don't I really understand -- and -- It is a high hate Halloween I have dressed -- like twenty years why -- start now."
" Yeah it's gonna be your house I mean anybody's gonna get that it has to be us we have to set the example man but I."
" I'm over -- I don't need your suggestions I'll come up with something myself. -- Marty sentinel -- right so all our friends are gonna be there's again not lying it's very by party whenever. There's good at all familiar. Mac candidates and yeah. Mountain."
" There have been a lot of music rhythm -- more than it -- expected I was kind of about it that is a is that coastal zone. I guess it all started when. Rock -- that came out. And then reminded me that I did babies -- half game. Pretty much everything on my -- Now they've got so many other masters. Tap tap revenge -- tapped -- to a beverage three tap tap. Revisions nine inch nail I Easter Christmas holidays guys got about how I can just did not get a cold breezy. There's good."
" One from game -- guitar -- to write a sequel also. It's weird if it reminded Guitar Hero for the most part. One really cool thing that they also -- into it is challenges this couple different challenges one of them is with a two rounds here yeah like you keep drilling -- And I think it's really what they switch it up there right. All the other music connect game there's like two or three day our original tracks like get black savage paranoid. And -- the rest of overall covers nobody really that -- so even worse. There's something kind of cool things about it that it does differently than all the other. Rhythm games instead of lifting up your your phone to do it. This are most players got its start meter or whatever you kind of dislike flipped the switch the kind of goes off so I felt like that makes -- feel like. Can talk and can't shake it move it around a little bit hard for me."
" It is I feel like it really makes me lose touch with wearing something red and today it kinda doesn't work especially in rock band because it rock band down at the bottom. Having those borders -- down at the bottom there a little bit too close for my thumbs. Like when you have to simultaneous nodes right next to each other. And I tried -- president invariably. It's perceived as most for the road home to have a little bit to decided they're happy they're wrong but."
" Red rock band in the guitar rock. Uses for Fred's frame rate and catch -- only does three area because he gets below that Laura legacy -- kind of like fat thumbs its. Now -- yeah wow small core of what happens once actually -- It's just like it tends to hit the mountain of files that. -- he's doing about ballot count every morning in --"
" Surprise me that we've. Tap tap having your three fingers on the screen it's over the best way to control my game. And I was thinking oh well I'll just do the same thing when I'm very rock band but rock band is clearly designed for your son's and it works better when he's two thumbs Emanuel like this and you being you know I think it's easier to put the phone when you have your -- Don't like this guitar to. This didn't feel as intuitive as I was touching the notes as I -- rock band. And tap -- work for some reason it didn't really feel like guys pushing the buttons like it was and could push it and sometimes you wouldn't recognize. That's pushing it away so it it. He didn't feel quite all the way there compared to the other games anything -- tap tap is a good example evolution of the feedback. Because the very first half have game it is hard to tell -- you're actually right and I was only when I tried and after that I -- didn't wanna play it anymore and it and then by the time he gets -- at three. There's a big circle for where you need depressed when you press -- like. Visual effect direct your -- code is -- Iraq three hitting them huddled yeah exactly. Totally see that you're actually doing it and I actually like that better I like the cat perhaps it's better weird heating and goats. As it crosses the line is it was a rock band where you're hitting the notes. Above above the actual buttons. I found that a lot easier to happen. Right and I wonder if you know rock -- doesn't believe it does -- It's good port of -- the perfect -- key. The rock band in this it just. In my iPhone versus just even with like the hard. The pollutants like these characters it's feel like rock band gap and it's it was really well done. We could actually get the local multiplayer too. I'm going to serious that it works for other people yeah I haven't seen or -- people who say."
" It's I think for me I guess. With the rock band being on the zone and comparing it to the console versions. There's something about. Gathering you know what your friends together and playing around with a bunch of like plastic instruments I expected it you know. Kind of feels I don't know if there's something more fun about that -- trying to get together with our iPods and trying to make -- played together you know. What they really like about it tap tap this split screen multiplayer is now coming together. All one screen -- some reason was alive but usually I don't like. Yes this spring games on Tuesday they like yeah whatever place. For some reason I thought it was really cool. The bottom I'm on the -- been. Yeah that this could -- no it's going both ways it's a super cool way to do it I would have never even thought to do that I was only thought you know playing. -- well my style and used on your phone but it works really well now."
" Yeah there was really surprised over. And attacked tempered industry. Has like embezzling teacher's day kids. Tonight's --"
" And it's really cool that you can go online -- you -- your avatar and you continue gift points and get experience you gain levels while you're playing the game and you use the boys to go by. Items for your avatar and from a historical results -- drag it all the church does help with the same name right now I don't look -- art fitness and that's good for them it's hard right whatever time the whole point it is that you can go online. You go to these groups -- the digital cameras we basically just a lot of noise and we need to be. Stern didn't whoever's in that lobby there are they all start the same song together and then you're all playing they can be anywhere in the world. And you're all playing the same song together and then -- gives -- a series. Star knows the key to all those and you get a weapon you can send a weapon -- yeah."
" Right they've really -- reminding me of Guitar Hero three the boss battle. Like where you play against you Jimi Hendrix or slash you know. -- I'm amazed how many people are out there playing here and at one game where there's like fifteen people want -- all going up against each other you know end. It's a lot of fun yeah had big. That's my favorite part of tap tap revenge free."
" I was there have strengthened and game they've been they have. -- going to -- it -- that stands as the best art to music ratio art and that's just in fact it's empty it's nice that. It's as good is it possible yeah. -- music needs."
" All the bus --"
mari1ee
Started discussion: November 3, 2009 @ 9:30am GMT
Episode 303 - iPhone Rhythm Games, Ratchet and Clank Future: A Crack in Time, Borderlands [Discussion]
Yes, Area 5 threw a Halloween party! It was awesome! We had the best costumes ever! There's no way your party was better than ours! Is there any way exclamation points can denote sarcasm as opposed to genuine enthusiasm? Honestly, we're better gamers than we are party-planers. Oh, and we talk about some games.
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thefalconer
about 17 days ago
Enjoyed your review of borderlands and looking forward to getting it. Also, hilarious ending! I swear I couldn't stop laughing! Keep it up :)
YumToast
about 17 days ago
recognized the background music at 33:00, SuperGreenX - ICO: save me
I approve!
I approve!
az0madman
about 17 days ago
Haha, awesome costumes you guys. Jay looks like he could be Drake's amateur sidekick who gets into zany situations.
Got me Ratchet and Clank and Borderlands from Best Buy's buy two get one free and currently having a blast with Borderlands. Though I wish I knew more people who played it. Feeling it'd be a lot more fun with co-op.
Ratchet and Clank sits unopened for now, but hopefully I can put down the other games I have long enough to give it a go.
Got me Ratchet and Clank and Borderlands from Best Buy's buy two get one free and currently having a blast with Borderlands. Though I wish I knew more people who played it. Feeling it'd be a lot more fun with co-op.
Ratchet and Clank sits unopened for now, but hopefully I can put down the other games I have long enough to give it a go.
MrPopular
about 17 days ago
I'm still working on finishing up Uncharted2. lol.. I still need to get Ballad of Gay Tony... and freakin' MW2 is just around the corner.. Arghhh these 3 are going to keep my busy for the next year lolz













