Extra Credit - Max Payne, Call of Duty: World at War, World of Goo, Life on Mars, Eleventh Hour, My Own Worst Enemy
Tuesday, October 21st, 2008 running time 1:00:49
Is Max Payne painful? We put the new Call of Duty multiplayer beta through its paces. Can we stick with World of Goo? Plus, more TV pilots, including My Own Worst Enemy, Life on Mars, and Eleventh Hour.
This week in Movies:
Alex, Dan, and Jeff review the latest video game favorite to be turned into a major motion picture. Can Max Payne buck the trend?
A surprising casting change has been announced for the upcoming sequel to Iron man. The guys react.
This week in Video Games:
Last year's Totally Rad Game of the Year was Call of Duty 4. Alex, Dan, and Jeff have gotten some hands-on time with the multiplayer beta of this year's sequel, and give some early impressions about what has changed and what has stayed the same.
Celebrated indy game World of Goo is a unique Wii and PC experience. The guys dive in to see if it captures that addictive casual-game magic.
This Week in TV:
With Alex freshly back from London, it seems only proper that the guys look at a few American remakes of British TV, like Life on Mars and Eleventh Hour. My Own Worst Enemy rounds out the new series sample.
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Started discussion: October 21, 2008 @ 12:45pm GMT
Episode 83 - Extra Credit - Max Payne, Call of Duty: World at War [Discussion]
Is Max Payne painful? We put the new Call of Duty multiplayer beta through its paces. Can we stick with World of Goo? Plus, more TV pilots, including My Own Worst Enemy, Life on Mars, and Eleventh Hour.
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giggleloop
9 months ago
TRS guys in Final Crisis comic? Anyone has scans/pics? :)
MrPopular
9 months ago
Ya, anyone that gets Final Crisis scan the pics I wanna see.
*Steve where was the drumroll*???
*Steve where was the drumroll*???
frankiethewaffle
9 months ago
I haven't commented in a while but I will now.
Nothing about TV or movies moved me. Mostly because I have no high hopes for the current entertainment situation. Although, I do intend to try any show of "The Office" (US) after the pilot. I didn't like it either. I just attributed it to British comedy. Which I don't think exists. (British Stand Ups are good.) But, if the show gets better, I will check it out, again.
I am thinking about Games and "World of Goo". I did download it after watching the review and still watching the show. I downloaded it on the Wii and I LOVE this game! The WiiRemote serves it perfectly. The style and design of the game is just fun and challenging. I haven't played enough to pay attention to the music, it is in no way annoying though. The levels seen on the back round that hooked me, and were thoroughly enjoyable, were the small gap level and the black and white level. Worth the $15 on WiiWare. I am 5 levels in and that is only on the first of, I think, 7 stages(?).
Is it me, or is the download content more enjoyable than most new games coming out? I play with my Wii daily (insert jokes here) as well as my 360. Most of the time I play without a disc in the system (Barring COD4)....and I have 10+ games per system.
Anyway, this show was great fun and once again introduced me to or confirmed my intentions to buy something new and fun. Thanks!
PS Steve had another good show. The lack of drum roll was funnier than adding it in, Think about it. Oh and Jeff dubbing himself was hilarious. Great choices. BTW, Jeff, you are getting jacked up man. I will pass on something I was told when I started gaining that kind of weight. (Like 19" arms and huge chest and back and the stretch marks to show for it. Gained 35lbs in 12 weeks. Kinda cheating. With over the counter stuff.) Dory Funk Jr., a legend of pro wrestling, told me, "You have to decide soon whether or not you want to be a big guy forever. Because the lack of keeping it up will leave you looking horrible." That was when I plateaued at a healthy 208lbs, then gained the 35 pounds. Think about that before you get any bigger.
Nothing about TV or movies moved me. Mostly because I have no high hopes for the current entertainment situation. Although, I do intend to try any show of "The Office" (US) after the pilot. I didn't like it either. I just attributed it to British comedy. Which I don't think exists. (British Stand Ups are good.) But, if the show gets better, I will check it out, again.
I am thinking about Games and "World of Goo". I did download it after watching the review and still watching the show. I downloaded it on the Wii and I LOVE this game! The WiiRemote serves it perfectly. The style and design of the game is just fun and challenging. I haven't played enough to pay attention to the music, it is in no way annoying though. The levels seen on the back round that hooked me, and were thoroughly enjoyable, were the small gap level and the black and white level. Worth the $15 on WiiWare. I am 5 levels in and that is only on the first of, I think, 7 stages(?).
Is it me, or is the download content more enjoyable than most new games coming out? I play with my Wii daily (insert jokes here) as well as my 360. Most of the time I play without a disc in the system (Barring COD4)....and I have 10+ games per system.
Anyway, this show was great fun and once again introduced me to or confirmed my intentions to buy something new and fun. Thanks!
PS Steve had another good show. The lack of drum roll was funnier than adding it in, Think about it. Oh and Jeff dubbing himself was hilarious. Great choices. BTW, Jeff, you are getting jacked up man. I will pass on something I was told when I started gaining that kind of weight. (Like 19" arms and huge chest and back and the stretch marks to show for it. Gained 35lbs in 12 weeks. Kinda cheating. With over the counter stuff.) Dory Funk Jr., a legend of pro wrestling, told me, "You have to decide soon whether or not you want to be a big guy forever. Because the lack of keeping it up will leave you looking horrible." That was when I plateaued at a healthy 208lbs, then gained the 35 pounds. Think about that before you get any bigger.
Jay_Ray
9 months ago
It's the movie "aww" syndrome. Anytime a dog gets hurt or killed in a movie, everyone says aww, but a human is slaughtered, no one bats an eye. That is pretty screwed up.
Filmcub
9 months ago
In reply to MrPopular:
Ya, anyone that gets Final Crisis scan the pics I wanna see.
*Steve where was the drumroll*???
*Steve where was the drumroll*???
I actually put a drumroll in, but it accidentally got deleted. By the time I realized it was gone it was too late. And at that point, I thought it was kinda funny not having it there. I hope others do too :)
vree
9 months ago
Multi-player suckage
Alex nailed it. I could not agree more on his points about multi-player competitive games, particularly FPS games. It simply is not fun to suck at a game. Why am I going to play it and try and get better when there are games to play that are more fun out of the box? I do not think it is limited to FPS games (RTS games had the same problem), but the problem is much harder to solve for FPS games in terms of matching player skill levels. Unless an FPS game has a darn good story and single player campaign, I will not be playing it, and even so, I probably would not know it until the world has moved on.I understand Alex's frustration. Great to hear it thrown out in discussion.
speed
9 months ago
I still think Mel Gibson should've been Max Payne. He always did a good job with characters like that. Wahlberg was ok, but Mona Sax was not cast well at all.











