RLR #18 – March 30, 2009

Uncategorized on June 25 Yeah, it’s almost 3 months old. Yes, it’s been a long time since we made it. We don’t care what you think, it’s a funny episode and we’re all about the shameless self-promotion. Let’s face it, you’ll listen to it and enjoy because it’s been oh so long since our last episode where we made sweet sweet lovin’... 

New Gran Turismo Screens (Thanks IGN!)

PLAY on June 24 #gallery-1 { margin: auto; } #gallery-1 .gallery-item { float: left; margin-top: 10px; text-align: center; width: 33%; } #gallery-1 img { border: 2px solid #cfcfcf; } #gallery-1 .gallery-caption { margin-left: 0; } 1 2 3 4 5 6 The... 

Metroid Prime Trilogy = Hotness

PLAY on June 24 Honestly, I had no excitement for the Metroid Prime games being re-released on the Wii because I thought that they’d simply just be released with some waggle added. Don’t get me wrong, it’ll be nice to have the same controls we were given in Metroid Prime 3, but what really just sold me is that the series has been given a bit of a... 

Summer Of The Dead – Resident Evil 2

PLAY, READ on June 24 2 years after the first game, Resident Evil 2 was released in 1998 on the Playstation and later the N64, Dreamcast, PC and Gamecube. The game itself however only took place 2 months after the first. Resident Evil 2 took place in Raccoon City, the industrial town under the thumb of Umbrella and close to Raccoon Forest and the Spencer Mansion, where... 

Mid-day Ska Song of the Day!

PLAY on June 24 Another amazing track by Gwen Stefani and the crew of No Doubt. I really do miss these guys as a group, good thing I’ve heard that there’s a rumored reunion tour being planned. I’d love to see these guys again. “Spiderwebs” was the opening track for their album Tragic Kingdom which arguably was one of the tracks that... 

A Short Summary Of The 18 Year Downward Spiral Of Sonic The Hedgehog.

FEATURED on June 24 18 years ago yesterday, then big gun Sega published a game called Sonic The Hedgehog on the Sega Megadrive (Genesis for you silly Americans). The company published Sonic Team’s debut effort in another attempt of combating the crazy popularity of Nintendo’s favourite posterboy Mario, after previous efforts such as the Liam Gallagher lookalike... 

Whorin’ the Comics – 24 June 2009

READ on June 24 Only a couple of comics pique my interest this week, as always the full list can be found here (insert link).  Hit the jump to find out the Media Whore guide for what you should reading this week. Predator #1 A couple of weeks ago I talked about the new Aliens comic that has been released by Dark Horse comics.  Well now it’s the turn of Predator... 

Hitman Sequel Planned. Why?

WATCH on June 24 Correct me if I’m wrong but the first Hitman movie was pretty terrible, it’s that bad it currently holds a 15% fresh rating over at Rotten Tomatoes.  The problem is the original Hitman movie which was released in 2007 and starred Timothy Olyphant, Dougray Scott and Olga Kurylenko made just under $100 million worldwide and only cost $40... 

ZeniMax Buys id Software

PLAY on June 24 We don’t normally pump up press releases, but today, ZeniMax, the same guys who own Bethesda (Fallout 3, Obilivion) will now own id Software (the makers of Doom, Quake, and Wolfenstein). id Software will continue to operate as a studio under the direction of its founder, John Carmack. No changes will be made in the operations of id Software... 

MWN Discusses: Pre-Order Rewards?

PLAY on June 24 As I flip through the stacks of email we get every morning, I’ve noticed a disturbing (to me) trend. It seems that about 20% of the new games coming out there is a special something-or-other that you can ONLY have if you pre-order your game from Gamestop or any other specific store. So I got to thinking…time for another MWN Discusses!  

What’s In a Name?

PLAY on June 24 Apparently 50% of your brand’s awareness. According to an article at Gamasutra and the tracking firm OTX, without the Call of Duty bit at the beginning of the upcoming Infinity Ward and Activision game Modern Warfare 2, the game’s awareness dropped from 40% of US gamers knowing about it to only 20%… Let me put that into perspective... 

Videogame Art – James Barnetts Fauxvism

READ on June 24 I love it when I stumble across really good videogame art and James Barnetts Fauxvism series is no exception.  Rather than using screenshots he found online as a reference, he played the games until he found a composition he liked, then he painted it.  I’m overjoyed that he included scenes from Fallout 3 and Half Life 2 which are two of my... 

Oh Noes, 2 New Tingle Games?

PLAY on June 24 Why Crom? Whyyyyyyyy? Oh shit, everyone’s least favorite character from the Zelda universe has just been confirmed by Nintendo to be getting TWO brand new games. After the success of Tingle’s two other games in Japan (Freshly-Picked Tingle’s Rosy Rupeeland and Tingle’s Balloon Fight DS). The first one is a sequel to FPTRR and... 

Monkey Island for Xbox 360? Quick! Don’t Tell Ryan

PLAY on June 24 Much to the chagrin of our PC/PS3 loving editor Ryan Wilson, it looks like the newest addition to the Monkey Island franchise might just make an appearance in the Xbox Live Marketplace. According to Dave Grossman (the man who makes these decisions at Telltale Games), omission does not exactly mean that they won’t do it…he stated in an... 

New Max Payne 3 Screenshots

PLAY on June 24 I stole found some great new screen grabs from VG247 that show off the completely redesigned look that Rockstar is going for in Max Payne 3. I only hope that they keep some of the elements that made the first 2 really memorable, especially the graphic novel cutscenes. I wonder what they’re going to do about the bullet-time system, you know, since... 

Morning Cup o’ Metal

PLAY on June 24 Ah Limp Bizkit, you used to be such an awesome group. Wes was a great guitar player, Sam kept good rhythm, and Fred…well Fred became something of a celebrity, for no good reason. However, there is no denying that the group’s first album Three Dollar Bill Y’all doesn’t have some amazing music. Perhaps the most popular from... 

Evening Meal of Zombies

PLAY on June 23 Keeping in theme with Summer of the Dead, here’s the first of many music videos that involve zombies in some way. Today’s choice is Zombie Nation’s Kernkraft 400. A lot of people (myself included) get confused on whether the group is called Kernkraft 400 or Zombie Nation as the only lyrics in Kernkraft 400 are Zombie and Zombie Nation.... 

Mid-day Ska Song of the Day!

PLAY on June 23 Eh, some days you’re in the mood for some obscure music, then there’s other days where you won’t listen to anything that isn’t mainstream…today is one of the latter. For your listening pleasure today is The Mighty Mighty Bosstone’s radio hit “So Sad to Say” off of their album Pay Attention.  

Modern Warfare 2 Co-op Details

PLAY on June 23 You can use 2 people in co-op, that’s it..post over…clear out.  

Teaser – RLR #18

READ on June 23 It was recorded almost 3 months ago around GDC, but it hasn’t seen the light of day and won’t be released until this weekend, but in the meantime here’s a few highlights to pique your interests. Picklebrau and waffles Nintendo self-fellating Xopher too drunk to close the show King singing “I Will Survive” in falsetto BigPopaGamer...