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Devoted to Mode 7 -- Batman: Arkham Asylum, Gangstar, Metroid Prime Triolgy

Monday, September 7th, 2009 – running time 32:22
The Dark Knight cometh, the iPhone gets it's first real, GTA clone, and the re-release of the best, "this-generation" Metroids improves upon the best.

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There's been a lot of Metroid in the gaming world lately. Games that are inspired by and a resurfacing of the classics. We all know how JayFresh was introduces to the Super Nintendo versions last week and now, it seems, the Super Nintendo has sunk its claws into him and won't let go.

BATMAN: ARKHAM ASYLUM

In a near-perfect representation of the Batman universe, Arkham Asylum offers up far more game than anyone thought possible. Ryan, Matt, and JayFresh have, admittedly, a bit of a love-fest over what's really the best Batman game to date.

02:58

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GANGSTAR: WEST COAST HUSTLE

The iPhone may very well be more powerful than developers realize. This game proves that not only can you bring a near-GTA experience to the iPhone, but that it can be done with controls that are fairly intuitive and with gameplay straight out of the early PS2-era. It was a surprise to both Jason and Cesar that such a game even existed, but, as they mention, it's not without its flaws.

16:04

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METROID PRIME TRILOGY

Perhaps it would have been more awesome to have a new Metroid Prime, but re-releasing the entire trilogy, complete with improved, Wii controls a la Corruption is nothing to sneeze at. Ryan and special guest Torrey Holbrook Walker (you may recognize that name from our music credits) step out into the depth of night in order to discuss the finer points of what makes this series so particularly special.

21:50

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Highlights

wii game: 28:39
video game: 3:15, 14:07, 21:02
bioshock: 26:48
san andreas: 16:36, 20:09

Automatically Generated Transcript

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" We got excited yeah -- and maybe I didn't see enough for the game as it was coming elegant and watch a lot of the coverage or anything like that but. This game surprise and even more than dead space did last year. I'm one gentleman."

" I was afraid of oversimplification. Exactly it and are really thought okay every room just gonna have gargoyles and that's the only place and gonna be able to grapple to. The combat seems like it's pretty. He would Alter had a little bit you know that sort of thing but that. It turns out that site that's totally not only tiny portion of the game and all the other portions of the game and you're talking about. Being detected in -- and putting like a little riddler clues together already talking about the combat or just simple exploration. Every part of that gaming is designed to -- to not only did good game play but to sit back and that Kashmir."

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" When you first start the game and you've captured joker in your bringing an -- from. I'll just the beginning and like right away when you're walking next to -- and there's just ponds that dot. I -- going on the score is starting to settle in and everything you're really getting the sense that there's going to be a very sort of like involved narrative that's going to be. In the game and it's something that pretty -- stays very consistent throughout."

" Now it turns out that. As you play more against not just darkened silence the -- are from island -- has many different buildings on it tons of external areas you know there's. Even at bat -- there and it's it's really fun to explore all these spaces it's just never occurred to me that would really like this story in the game I just thought I would like to combat you know and that it would be kind of -- when herself. But it goes way beyond that."

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" Every place feels like a place do you know I don't feel like anything being. Is is there extraneous -- or just to give me from one place to another. Feels like oh this is where is this happens is where that happens it all makes sense it all comes together. And it's just and you have that same feeling that you do when you go through ego and you realized they'd like this isn't just a series of rooms and puzzles. This is an entire castle at all has a personality to it and -- of the island is exactly that I have heard."

" You are changes that the entire time you get through this game poison ivy takes over the entire island didn't. At some point there's -- going through -- all you'll go through an environment maybe three or four times up but every time you go through -- it looks different and so it's like visually pleasing I'd never was mad about having to go back through an area."

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" This game. I think wears its influence -- leaves us but in terms of the level design. I I couldn't help but think again that's right and we just talked about it last week but I still that's not it was really reminded me out of playing through a metric and you know you go to find a new location. You know maybe if someone's door. Or something that you can't carry can't -- some things and eventually you get the tool you need to come back there and go forward the feeling that I got getting. One of the new tools. It was the same feeling I would get when I got to grapple beam or what I got like the bombs and met George know they immediately person you think it is like all I can go back here now apple. You get that encouragement that kind of backtracked and explore and."

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" I love joker on the PA he had all the time not only does he say -- of different things they amount of DL is really impressive but it reminded me sort of -- plot goes from. From portal sort of like doing the same thing where they're like. Whether he's taunting new. Yeah."

" Back and fighting style he's not jump off walls like. Remove all around like super hi -- he's actually yes but he's very grounded very rooted. Very direct in in his attacks and he's just he's just as much offenses as he is deepens during the combat sequences you really do you feel like Baghdad. And and I I just I loved. That dynamic free flow combat. One button is attacked one button is like using a tool one button is. -- one but in his honor. I mean it's not that complex in terms of the number of emotions -- industry veteran right had. -- Thirty hits in a row I feel like damn I'm accomplished in doing this it feels it was really hard and who looked amazing."

" Yeah I mean and one of the things that really sold it for me as far as looking and feel like that and was the counters and how well countering was executed into the game and it's not it's one button press but he. You know his reactions are different depending on type of attack an enemy is doing -- the direction that he's coming from. We animates the way like it drops the guys like it feels just like Batman."

" This game is really segmented into like different. Types of game play and then there's the predator areas where you have a bunch of armed combatants that you and your job is to signal out where really sort of feel like put herself. You have one confined space but tons of different ways to approach it. I I know that at least in two instances you know you and I were sitting in a room together and I would do the room one way you'd be -- and I did that -- totally differently."

" first -- what would that they do in this situation I was like how I thought about it. And I really enjoyed sort of how the levels allowed you to take your time to be created I wanna find -- all the week doors are all the events are and then after that when the guards start reacting. I really enjoy sort of like. Changing your plan on the -- that's really -- feeling to know that there's so much replay value and every little section of the game."

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" I would probably a third of the way into the game. Wind. That you want to -- are above the riddler challenged in the game. And I was like. Privilege on we'll tell you talking about all that's of that Greek -- coming up on the screen every just like random (%expletive) out of -- advantage of that puzzle my favorite things how they give you actual riddled. Yeah and government need to find the object or. --"

" Here's the question marks the -- which are just little collectibles -- Those trophies. And then there is the really clever puzzles where it's. You know there'll be a piece of geometry win that this is that has little piece of a question mark on it -- have the -- on something -- Steve. Yeah the line them up on the camera as though they are on a treaty plane take a picture of it I like that at the very end of the game there's one final -- thought yeah and they really like. Don't tell you how to solve it you've got to try to figure it out and so that one last one really does pay off really big."

" I don't think we you have to bring up for the challenges download stuff that sweaters tied the game. Yeah it's great because like the combat is so good fit there are hazards like man I wish it despite a whole bunch of guys over and over and over in mother ago. But there's also the stealth challenges ended here and here plane it is reverting. You get it download the extra challenges read it to play as the joker and alias custom custom tools to use up like. He has new grapple you have to play them totally different claims the joker."

" so much time and effort in these these joker challenges. I mean it's clear when you play them that everyone should be experiencing the -- it's just like a really great."

" especially to -- other thing I really liked other challengers is what makes you better at the game. A 100% I'm doing the combat I love the -- has leader boards and as your friends leaderboard and that's almost that's like a decision maker for me when I'm going in their street like. What -- my gonna do I'm like oh my brother's got a higher score than the honest I don't think itself. And after that will be the room that I could do what I like about the predator rooms is that they give you objectives they give you three things to try. Whether it's you know doing an inverted take down or pulling it after grappling hook when replaceable blog -- I never thought of trying that."

" I had just like couldn't have been more surprised by this -- Blown away. I mean and you I was gonna somewhat enjoy it. I thought at least this stuff will be -- so much fun but. It was it was like dead space and I find that they felt like this game's going to be given and enjoyed that I was going has like amnesty is really guys nobody -- this yeah they brought this so I just want to on a welcome rock steady to the world. -- video game. "

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" I don't know about you but I've always wanted GT -- it's pretty -- constant and some of these guys totally ripped off with the really well. I in the -- possibly an open world like UK game on iPhone that you've got to pull that off. And they've they've. I don't like San Andreas ridiculous gangster everything from the driving and shooting. The missions and years. You know and he's here actually -- still walk up to some randomly on the street and big money. You could jump and a card. Drive off -- overlooked people yet she's like tops the list. He story. And the -- is so ridiculous you know it's all super scramble by -- you know so it's like right. Nearly -- than -- ninety. So you know -- about musty bag and bread lines like that every."

" Right fully assist you can switch I like swapping your theaters across the."

" I whenever you get and -- just like GT -- and the right decisions are pretty good I gotta say and they haven't eighties rock station. We have Mike. -- hip -- instrumental radio station. And I also like the really funny commercials."

" And then you might Monty you'll. Calling your name and you know I'm I didn't Grande -- around."

" Yeah there was a radio what's really cool is you can. Plug into your iPhone playlist so let me hop in the car Youkilis your own music and stuff like that which is a great little feature."

" calling me. And they're driving itself it is actually better than I thought it would be first you know initially when you -- yeah. It has told -- the wheels. -- real racing there's options like depending on how you -- actually drive can go with details for there's also this hearing will. Or they even have like this catalogs victory in the left or right -- here -- the driving using Creighton. It's kind of forgiving than you might blow things I didn't really like about -- a -- with a racing -- stuff like that it like this anyway isn't. It's saving this game I don't like the race is either. That's really I mean it hasn't really hit it like. Click on the person it targets them and you pretty much Nationalists you've peninsula dead whether it's a shotgun or pistols. Florida. And -- PGA you're using your political system and I'm I'm actually we're still fighting are the guys you just click shoot the --"

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" Putting -- controls of the elect and the big analyst at the -- I think it's it's kind of slow. It helps any and is also -- running right kind of miss you know an educated and."

" The only downside that I think -- really have -- it being an iPhone game and and not just being like a portable game is that like. You know last night I was playing. -- is kept Texan like you wanted to see him do this and Andre I'm -- gates is right outside detected it let it opens up my text messaging. -- sent her a message to close it up. First thing you hall into the game it shows that they -- trailer movie again and -- this and and I have to wait for this long last loading screen against -- against. -- pain in the ass like high."

" Hacking I'm I'm playing in my iPod touch and it works flawless. I mean I I and the neat thing about them is a real three. Sand box you know San Andreas transport the -- and so I'm really still all in honestly for 699. I her -- and I really -- like rock -- sees this and you know like. We just have to do we have to make GTA games -- yeah I really is that rather have a real nice stories on on -- and Saudi basic yeah. In the meantime there's access."

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" I've played the hell. And veteran crime I loved it. -- you echoes when it was released. It was something that was really looking forward to -- at first that was really blown way too because the art direction and it seemed like a step above -- private relief had this kind of adult feels. That is that I appreciated but. They did the -- world our world mechanics thing. And that combined with -- kind of tricky boss battles that. Really really really difficult kept me from finishing the game I was using it right prime trilogy as an excuse to go back and finally went through after."

" I was going from being not gamers who just playing games on the GBA and a on the gonna buy games -- So I start playing -- crime because their biases like the best game ever and I've got that. So many buttons and I I it was really complex and this echoes totally. And in Atlanta when it could be corruption came out I thought okay I should be able to do this because it's we control plus point what I -- And it worked great. Now they actually reduce the old games as well I thought okay what grade everyone says these games are -- and not got to control -- that I can actually deal with so let me go -- I've been missing and may and about them Long Island yeah."

" Patrols really do you make these games easier. Vehicles. Lock on to something. And then came freely with your -- your that we and we know this is just really nice especially in some of the boss battles against religion that was the big."

" Being in every metric games and getting the bombs on timing right there are few parts in the original that drug crime analysis like. You know. A camp and get the timing for this eventually the the convention that was introduced in India through corruption -- their motive to jump announced likely. Click -- a camera that's very. One thing that was very different about corruption at least from me is this you've got the planet system please go back and forth between planets -- and things. Which allows the the environments beach drastically different without having like. No like elevator scene today leadership plan or whatever to get to certain and the okay so Scott sounds. You get to -- it's gorgeous. And the mechanics that she used to travel throughout sty town and it is I would say you should play the trilogy just for that."

" is a wonderful wonderful area of one of the best areas in all of that right. And definitely in the metro price series well echoes past the sanctuary fortress which is the last area that -- never gotten to the first time I don't know if it's my very area I think it's the -- died down a little better. But it's retro studios take on trial we. Would you have to play. -- to -- it's completions and you can experience this area."

" It's the middle area was public support has -- it's awkward. I mean it's kind of dark and dreary. Maybe not the best area in game but main temple grounds that he -- it's just the first area again. At least in the light the world components of those yeah those stages are just. Outstanding. He reminds me of the Jefferson dark crystal yes it's many times like the dark crystal -- videogame for something that can -- fuel to a wide kind of family oriented audience and it's not like there's blood they're cursing or anything like happened there Dave wind as non Nintendo as you probably get away with. In a Nintendo game in that game. Yeah. When you play something like Bioshock and even bat an. Those games have the kind of loving care only that only the best developers put to their level design environments yet and it. Retro justice but they do it on this kind of low there's low powered machine. I think it's so much out of it I mean these games look wonderful they're just immaculate their rooms that are just a hallway -- Have like so much detail. Package to them with animations it's -- world the UHT here's going off over here and lighten things been to shimmer and shine and moving and waving you know like. And you realize like all -- he's going to distort it just orphans. And this and they care because they're creating a world exactly and."

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" There's this thing about like that bound man like being bound and roads and find freedom you know being totally constrained because. You know he's won with this this constraints and that's exactly what -- is done -- cemented in the in my mind as one of the top developers at least of the last decade. Simply because they've done these three games that. Really do hold up I mean they are wonderful and they'd get the best out of like SA these under powered fossils may in part because those are the constraints. That this really does shine they did the the unthinkable they have the -- series which no one thought to be brought in first person. And they just nailed yet totally made their own and not only that dated that we now twice with two completely different control schemes that no one has ever used. And first person games this very kind trilogy. Is my favorite Wii game mr. prime corruption used to be now I can get all three on one disk. That's my favorite weekend. Actors playing through three games of the same sort of thing which is great I love it. I'd love to see them be able to take his -- off a little bit and play with a new set of constraints like what what they do with the Xbox 360s it. I'd love to see that they've made some fantastic games adapted -- to step away from that. Would it still be you know an exploratory. You know action adventure type game or this or would it be something else in entirely different. That's and that's what I'm really curious about it love to just let these guys -- all the extra feature with the Nintendo leads or that we leash they're a great developer and one of the best America. Companies. Making games right now on that accountancy maintenance."

" It's in the dark looks like it hurts my eyes will be disputed right -- straining. Attitude are viewed in different loser in the hand landed an Oscar honor let's let's that are. It is just can't just let mr. Henry he changed and how we manage every night dream but it appears to -- a super cool blue. I didn't -- yeah. They aren't you really get green is really lemon garlic and I'm like I'm all of a little love from Louisiana who looked like this -- Motorola Burton's view that feed back and think you're a good argument I think they're going to get me yeah oh yeah. -- yeah it's. Pretty sad to see that's that's."

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" OK -- engine lawyers quit. Gone must've gotten -- Levine was a new round. We need to get you off the rookie record if you would ask me. The last like five years name your top. Top three video game that I have now been made it's you wanna be made make me an awesome Batman game is a great care to be put into a video game Jesus -- like most fun gadget gadgets he's good martial arts he uses stealth its like. Yes he should be and video games ever was a -- Redman aren't gonna sound but I mean whose Rockne and who have and what was the last thing that I -- published that black."

" We got excited yeah -- and maybe I didn't see enough for the game as it was coming elegant and watch a lot of the coverage or anything like that but. This game surprise and even more than dead space did last year. I'm one gentleman."

" I was afraid of oversimplification. Exactly it and are really thought okay every room just gonna have gargoyles and that's the only place and gonna be able to grapple to. The combat seems like it's pretty. He would Alter had a little bit you know that sort of thing but that. It turns out that site that's totally not only tiny portion of the game and all the other portions of the game and you're talking about. Being detected in -- and putting like a little riddler clues together already talking about the combat or just simple exploration. Every part of that gaming is designed to -- to not only did good game play but to sit back and that Kashmir."

" Wednesday shop. You won't. --"

" When you first start the game and you've captured joker in your bringing an -- from. I'll just the beginning and like right away when you're walking next to -- and there's just ponds that dot. I -- going on the score is starting to settle in and everything you're really getting the sense that there's going to be a very sort of like involved narrative that's going to be. In the game and it's something that pretty -- stays very consistent throughout."

" Now it turns out that. As you play more against not just darkened silence the -- are from island -- has many different buildings on it tons of external areas you know there's. Even at bat -- there and it's it's really fun to explore all these spaces it's just never occurred to me that would really like this story in the game I just thought I would like to combat you know and that it would be kind of -- when herself. But it goes way beyond that."

" Mind how to pass. -- unnecessary advantage of -- change in."

" Every place feels like a place do you know I don't feel like anything being. Is is there extraneous -- or just to give me from one place to another. Feels like oh this is where is this happens is where that happens it all makes sense it all comes together. And it's just and you have that same feeling that you do when you go through ego and you realized they'd like this isn't just a series of rooms and puzzles. This is an entire castle at all has a personality to it and -- of the island is exactly that I have heard."

" You are changes that the entire time you get through this game poison ivy takes over the entire island didn't. At some point there's -- going through -- all you'll go through an environment maybe three or four times up but every time you go through -- it looks different and so it's like visually pleasing I'd never was mad about having to go back through an area."

" Yeah -- and forgets its session every good Democrat I want everyone."

" This game. I think wears its influence -- leaves us but in terms of the level design. I I couldn't help but think again that's right and we just talked about it last week but I still that's not it was really reminded me out of playing through a metric and you know you go to find a new location. You know maybe if someone's door. Or something that you can't carry can't -- some things and eventually you get the tool you need to come back there and go forward the feeling that I got getting. One of the new tools. It was the same feeling I would get when I got to grapple beam or what I got like the bombs and met George know they immediately person you think it is like all I can go back here now apple. You get that encouragement that kind of backtracked and explore and."

" Yeah I'm okay. What you would I want what I paid for it."

" joke around wheelchair smiling. And here I --"

" Basically made a very good choices using the animated series is the basis for this game even tighter called any approach the game. Yep exactly and eighth -- carries through that man has all the same lines you always is that if he surrendered almost without a fight. I don't like it at least all the villains are the same they're all written in the same voice acted the same and I couldn't believe how cohesive the winds."

" I love joker on the PA he had all the time not only does he say -- of different things they amount of DL is really impressive but it reminded me sort of -- plot goes from. From portal sort of like doing the same thing where they're like. Whether he's taunting new. Yeah."

" Back and fighting style he's not jump off walls like. Remove all around like super hi -- he's actually yes but he's very grounded very rooted. Very direct in in his attacks and he's just he's just as much offenses as he is deepens during the combat sequences you really do you feel like Baghdad. And and I I just I loved. That dynamic free flow combat. One button is attacked one button is like using a tool one button is. -- one but in his honor. I mean it's not that complex in terms of the number of emotions -- industry veteran right had. -- Thirty hits in a row I feel like damn I'm accomplished in doing this it feels it was really hard and who looked amazing."

" Yeah I mean and one of the things that really sold it for me as far as looking and feel like that and was the counters and how well countering was executed into the game and it's not it's one button press but he. You know his reactions are different depending on type of attack an enemy is doing -- the direction that he's coming from. We animates the way like it drops the guys like it feels just like Batman."

" This game is really segmented into like different. Types of game play and then there's the predator areas where you have a bunch of armed combatants that you and your job is to signal out where really sort of feel like put herself. You have one confined space but tons of different ways to approach it. I I know that at least in two instances you know you and I were sitting in a room together and I would do the room one way you'd be -- and I did that -- totally differently."

" first -- what would that they do in this situation I was like how I thought about it. And I really enjoyed sort of how the levels allowed you to take your time to be created I wanna find -- all the week doors are all the events are and then after that when the guards start reacting. I really enjoy sort of like. Changing your plan on the -- that's really -- feeling to know that there's so much replay value and every little section of the game."

" Spread out why did he."

" I would probably a third of the way into the game. Wind. That you want to -- are above the riddler challenged in the game. And I was like. Privilege on we'll tell you talking about all that's of that Greek -- coming up on the screen every just like random (%expletive) out of -- advantage of that puzzle my favorite things how they give you actual riddled. Yeah and government need to find the object or. --"

" Here's the question marks the -- which are just little collectibles -- Those trophies. And then there is the really clever puzzles where it's. You know there'll be a piece of geometry win that this is that has little piece of a question mark on it -- have the -- on something -- Steve. Yeah the line them up on the camera as though they are on a treaty plane take a picture of it I like that at the very end of the game there's one final -- thought yeah and they really like. Don't tell you how to solve it you've got to try to figure it out and so that one last one really does pay off really big."

" I don't think we you have to bring up for the challenges download stuff that sweaters tied the game. Yeah it's great because like the combat is so good fit there are hazards like man I wish it despite a whole bunch of guys over and over and over in mother ago. But there's also the stealth challenges ended here and here plane it is reverting. You get it download the extra challenges read it to play as the joker and alias custom custom tools to use up like. He has new grapple you have to play them totally different claims the joker."

" so much time and effort in these these joker challenges. I mean it's clear when you play them that everyone should be experiencing the -- it's just like a really great."

" especially to -- other thing I really liked other challengers is what makes you better at the game. A 100% I'm doing the combat I love the -- has leader boards and as your friends leaderboard and that's almost that's like a decision maker for me when I'm going in their street like. What -- my gonna do I'm like oh my brother's got a higher score than the honest I don't think itself. And after that will be the room that I could do what I like about the predator rooms is that they give you objectives they give you three things to try. Whether it's you know doing an inverted take down or pulling it after grappling hook when replaceable blog -- I never thought of trying that."

" I had just like couldn't have been more surprised by this -- Blown away. I mean and you I was gonna somewhat enjoy it. I thought at least this stuff will be -- so much fun but. It was it was like dead space and I find that they felt like this game's going to be given and enjoyed that I was going has like amnesty is really guys nobody -- this yeah they brought this so I just want to on a welcome rock steady to the world. -- video game. "

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" I don't know about you but I've always wanted GT -- it's pretty -- constant and some of these guys totally ripped off with the really well. I in the -- possibly an open world like UK game on iPhone that you've got to pull that off. And they've they've. I don't like San Andreas ridiculous gangster everything from the driving and shooting. The missions and years. You know and he's here actually -- still walk up to some randomly on the street and big money. You could jump and a card. Drive off -- overlooked people yet she's like tops the list. He story. And the -- is so ridiculous you know it's all super scramble by -- you know so it's like right. Nearly -- than -- ninety. So you know -- about musty bag and bread lines like that every."

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" I whenever you get and -- just like GT -- and the right decisions are pretty good I gotta say and they haven't eighties rock station. We have Mike. -- hip -- instrumental radio station. And I also like the really funny commercials."

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" Yeah there was a radio what's really cool is you can. Plug into your iPhone playlist so let me hop in the car Youkilis your own music and stuff like that which is a great little feature."

" calling me. And they're driving itself it is actually better than I thought it would be first you know initially when you -- yeah. It has told -- the wheels. -- real racing there's options like depending on how you -- actually drive can go with details for there's also this hearing will. Or they even have like this catalogs victory in the left or right -- here -- the driving using Creighton. It's kind of forgiving than you might blow things I didn't really like about -- a -- with a racing -- stuff like that it like this anyway isn't. It's saving this game I don't like the race is either. That's really I mean it hasn't really hit it like. Click on the person it targets them and you pretty much Nationalists you've peninsula dead whether it's a shotgun or pistols. Florida. And -- PGA you're using your political system and I'm I'm actually we're still fighting are the guys you just click shoot the --"

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" The only downside that I think -- really have -- it being an iPhone game and and not just being like a portable game is that like. You know last night I was playing. -- is kept Texan like you wanted to see him do this and Andre I'm -- gates is right outside detected it let it opens up my text messaging. -- sent her a message to close it up. First thing you hall into the game it shows that they -- trailer movie again and -- this and and I have to wait for this long last loading screen against -- against. -- pain in the ass like high."

" Hacking I'm I'm playing in my iPod touch and it works flawless. I mean I I and the neat thing about them is a real three. Sand box you know San Andreas transport the -- and so I'm really still all in honestly for 699. I her -- and I really -- like rock -- sees this and you know like. We just have to do we have to make GTA games -- yeah I really is that rather have a real nice stories on on -- and Saudi basic yeah. In the meantime there's access."

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" I've played the hell. And veteran crime I loved it. -- you echoes when it was released. It was something that was really looking forward to -- at first that was really blown way too because the art direction and it seemed like a step above -- private relief had this kind of adult feels. That is that I appreciated but. They did the -- world our world mechanics thing. And that combined with -- kind of tricky boss battles that. Really really really difficult kept me from finishing the game I was using it right prime trilogy as an excuse to go back and finally went through after."

" I was going from being not gamers who just playing games on the GBA and a on the gonna buy games -- So I start playing -- crime because their biases like the best game ever and I've got that. So many buttons and I I it was really complex and this echoes totally. And in Atlanta when it could be corruption came out I thought okay I should be able to do this because it's we control plus point what I -- And it worked great. Now they actually reduce the old games as well I thought okay what grade everyone says these games are -- and not got to control -- that I can actually deal with so let me go -- I've been missing and may and about them Long Island yeah."

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" is a wonderful wonderful area of one of the best areas in all of that right. And definitely in the metro price series well echoes past the sanctuary fortress which is the last area that -- never gotten to the first time I don't know if it's my very area I think it's the -- died down a little better. But it's retro studios take on trial we. Would you have to play. -- to -- it's completions and you can experience this area."

" It's the middle area was public support has -- it's awkward. I mean it's kind of dark and dreary. Maybe not the best area in game but main temple grounds that he -- it's just the first area again. At least in the light the world components of those yeah those stages are just. Outstanding. He reminds me of the Jefferson dark crystal yes it's many times like the dark crystal -- videogame for something that can -- fuel to a wide kind of family oriented audience and it's not like there's blood they're cursing or anything like happened there Dave wind as non Nintendo as you probably get away with. In a Nintendo game in that game. Yeah. When you play something like Bioshock and even bat an. Those games have the kind of loving care only that only the best developers put to their level design environments yet and it. Retro justice but they do it on this kind of low there's low powered machine. I think it's so much out of it I mean these games look wonderful they're just immaculate their rooms that are just a hallway -- Have like so much detail. Package to them with animations it's -- world the UHT here's going off over here and lighten things been to shimmer and shine and moving and waving you know like. And you realize like all -- he's going to distort it just orphans. And this and they care because they're creating a world exactly and."

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Started discussion: September 8, 2009 @ 9:50am GMT

Episode 212 - Devoted to Mode 7 -- Batman: Arkham Asylum, Gangstar, Metroid Prime Triolgy [Discussion]

The Dark Knight cometh, the iPhone gets it's first real, GTA clone, and the re-release of the best, "this-generation" Metroids improves upon the best.

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suurge
2 months ago
Great show as usual! I can't believe how much like GTA that Gangstar game is! I figured there'd be some kind of copyright infringement going on there.
killerofshadows
2 months ago

Music @ 5.00

Hey, anyone know what the song name/artist is at 5:00?, I'm not sure but it sounds like either a Torrey Walker or SGX song?
Jayfresh
2 months ago
In reply to killerofshadows:
Hey, anyone know what the song name/artist is at 5:00?, I'm not sure but it sounds like either a Torrey Walker or SGX song?


That is a track by Torrey called, 'Annum', one of my favorites!
Ritt
2 months ago

How about the 8-bit music @ .24 ????

Does anyone know where the 8-bit music at 24 seconds into the episode is from? I LOVE these 8-bit songs... If there's a site where I could find more I'd appreciate it. Thanks guys... Great episode!
Infinity_Man
2 months ago
During the demo of Gangstar, when they were talking about using tracks from their IPod to play in game, the music that was playing was a song by the pot hip hop group Total Devistation. I had that cassette when I was 16. Every song is about pot (even more so than Cypris Hill at the time) and it is actually a pretty damned good record. I remember there was a bad ass Steve Miller Band sample of "Time keeps on slippin" on one song.
az0madman
2 months ago
I really should give Metroid Prime Trilogy a shot. I played Corruption for a little bit but the point and shoot of the Wii just felt too floaty so I ended up trading it in since I never played it. But maybe I just needed to calibrate the controls better since it seems like I'm missing out on a fine game.
jackierulesall
2 months ago
In reply to ritt:
Does anyone know where the 8-bit music at 24 seconds into the episode is from? I LOVE these 8-bit songs... If there's a site where I could find more I'd appreciate it. Thanks guys... Great episode!


There are actually a few artists that do 8-bit songs, either original or remixed. Like 8 Bit Weapon is really rad, and they have a few free downloads like Metroid & Mario. And just because I f'ing LOVE The Mars Volta, this guy does their songs - Mhztransmission.

But yeah. Fun stuff. Not sure about at 00:24... but I'm sure of the guys will get on that soon!
cactusdeath
2 months ago
In reply to suurge:
Great show as usual! I can't believe how much like GTA that Gangstar game is! I figured there'd be some kind of copyright infringement going on there.


Gameloft are notorious rip off artists on the App Store, churning out countless clones of major console hits. I don't know how they get away with it. Apple even chose to highlight them at their recent iPod press event with Steve Jobs - along side many of the companies they are cloning. Very weird.

I guess they've also created some legitimate licensed ports of games, but I just find their whole philosophy wrong. I don't think the iPhone/touch is at its best when it's trying to replicate the experience of existing console games - the unique interface really calls for original ideas and new properties IMO.

(but apparently Gameloft is making a ton of money and most of their clones become best sellers, so that's where my creative integrity fails in the face of cold hard business realties).
Jayfresh
2 months ago
In reply to ritt:
Does anyone know where the 8-bit music at 24 seconds into the episode is from? I LOVE these 8-bit songs... If there's a site where I could find more I'd appreciate it. Thanks guys... Great episode!


It's an original track appropriately called, '8-bit Ballad'

Those are great suggestions from Jackie, you can also Google 'chiptunes' for a lot of artists as well.
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