Author: BreakmanX

Hey all.  I'm going to be a new staffer here at the BreakmanX.com.  I've known Break for years, and have been good friends with him.  We game a lot together, and he started telling me how they needed more people to work on different things, and I said that I'd be happy to.  He took me up on the offer. Besides being Break's friend, I am also a life-long gamer.  I'm mostly into PC gaming, so most of my shit will come from there, but I also game on the console every once in a while.  Shadow, Break, and I…

R-Type Final review for PS2By Kyle "Afrotect" Akers Back in the good ol' days of arcades, R-Type emerged as a prominent and well-designed side-scrolling shooter. You probably remember it as that game with the end boss that looked like it was straight out of the movie Alien. Now we're back, and (if you care to read the manual) we're in the middle of the final galactic war against the Bydo, a bio-mechanical race bent on destroying the world. Quite an original concept. R-Type Final, a marriage of classic arcade mantra with the look and feel of a cutting edge game,…

So yes, Resident Evil 4 HAS come out, and it is amazing, and yes, I am still having a blast with World of Warcraft.  However, I'm really bummed out about all the EA stuff that has happened so far this year.  I can't really express my disappointment with everything that has happened with them so far this year, and I think I'm even more disappointed that there isn't a damn thing I can do about it.  So, the best thing I can do, is basically boycott EA.  Well, I can't say with a straight face that I won't buy any…

The recent news that EA bought the licensing rights to ESPN didn't reach us before Game Show time; otherwise you'd have heard an earful from us on the issue.  I think it's now more than fair to say that EA is up there with Microsoft in terms of downright shitty business practices.  For a brief moment, I considered the idea that EA might actually try to improve their games using these new rights.  Then I read a quote from EA's chief exec. Larry Probst, "We don't anticipating changing anything significantly from what we are currently doing."  Yeah, improve their games. …

Little Behind the Scenes video I took to try out some things.  Gives you a small glance into us as we do the show.  Enjoyify. Download Quicktime file.  (You need the newest version of Quicktime.)

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I just beat Resident Evil 4 last night, and I have to say, it's a whiz-band thrill ride that will leave you breathless and white (from shock) by the end of it.  I said it on Wednesday, and I'll say it again: this game is simply and utterly amazing.  The amount of care and love that went into making this game is apparent from every little aspect of it.  From the wonderful environments, the fabulous and ingenious characters, to the awesome new camera system, it's just so apparent.I have to say at this point in time, if the year ended…

I don't know if any of you have ever experienced cold before, but today is quite possibly the coldest day ever. First off, I don't like negatives. Negative temperatures I like even less. Also, I hate single digits (unless counting sequals or such). So when I wake up, and it's negative 14° Celcius, I'm a little perturbed. And when the thermometer switches to Farenheit, and it's 4 degrees, I flip out. Four degrees? For the love of GOD the sun is there for a reason, am I wrong? I stand by the fact I just made up that it has…

…losing sleep and getting the piss scared out of him by Resident Evil 4, I'm busy killing my free time with a something a little less horrific, but equally entertaining.  It's this magical little modification for Half Life 2, called Garry's Mod, and it's a whole lot of fun for the extremely modest 2.8 MB download that it is.  Garry's Mod deals strictly with one of the two facets of Half Life 2 that made it absolutely awesome:  Physics.  After all, few other gaming experiences satisfy you like using the Gravity Gun to pick up a Combine grenade and throw…

I never thought I'd truly say this again after playing the first Resident Evil, but I am.  THIS GAME IS SCARY.I am about 5 hours into the game, and I have to say, the atmosphere, the tension, and the sheer pace of the game all equates to one of the most feverish games ever made.  I'm running for my life all over this town in Spain with demented villagers chasing me all over the place, with the President's very hot daughter in tow.I can tell you one thing that I swear I will never do anymore, and that is shoot a…

Neither of which are game related.  Deal with it. First, Break has some Godlike cooking skills.  No recipes or premixed concoctions for this man.  No, he walked into the grocery store with a rough dinner idea, and an hour later, came out with the bitchinest – that's right, bitchinest – plate of chicken and pasta I've ever experienced.  Given, my personal standards aren't that high:  Bagels and cream cheese is walking off my beaten path.  But it was still some awesome chicken, regardless.Second, that Garden State is debatably different from every other movie out there…

I would like to take this brief moment to express how proud I am of my Jayhawks.  Their best player is injured, their 2nd best player gets injured during the game along with another starter, and they still manage to go to Kentucky's home court (named after Ku player, later graduate, and then Kentucky coach Rupp) and beat them.  Very close game, and that they could stick it out without their best player, and play such good defense to decimate the other team's shooting percentage…  Wow, go fucking Jayhawks, you guys rule.  And to the few of you that are…

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On Tuesday, survival horror is going to undergo a completely fundamental shift.  On that day, Resident Evil 4 will be released on Gamecube after a painful 3 year wait, and it seems like it's going to be worth all of it, at least judging from the first three reviews that are out on IGN, Gamespy, and GMR magazine.  Not only does the game look fantastic, but it completely changes what all of us gamers think of as the "survival horror" genre.  The biggest thing I've noticed from the reviews is how you actually feel like you're being chased during the…

Sure made me a sad panda…. I might have been the only guy in the world holding out for the Phantom. I was going to be the Infinium champion of this world and the next, holding my overpriced average gaming system high to the sky as a beacon of my true power.I guess I might not do that now.

Show listeners will remember that we reported on Infinium Labs recently, and their new financial problems.  Problems, meaning they'll need about $22 million to fund their plans over the next year.  Problems, meaning they have only about $21,000 on hand.  Oops.  Personally, I think they shouldn't have sponsored that Indy car, seeing as they're not exactly cheap, but whatever.  The point is that this financial hurt is making a difference.Remember a few months ago, when Infinium sued HardOCP over an article pointing out how stupid the Phantom is?  Yeah, they lost that suit after they gave up the fight due…

Hey all, I'm back from my vacation.  I finally managed to pick up Mechassault 2 for my xbox, and I'm here to tell you all about it.  The first thing that you'll notice about Mechassault 2 is that it looks MUCH better than the first Mechassault.  Textures have gotten a huge upgrade, and the models look much more realistic and gritty than they did in the first game.  Bump-mapping is everywhere.  The other new big feature is the fact that you can actually get in and out of mechs whenever you feel like it, and there are also other vehicles that…

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Happy New Year to all of our loyal (and some not-so-loyal) BreakmanX.com readers!I hope that everyone finds this year to be even better than the last, even if it does mean that there will only be one game that has the acronym NFL on it, and it doesn't even begin to resemble a game that is fun or developed well.I also hope everyone made some good New Year's Resolutions that they all plan on sticking with for 6 weeks, and then breaking.  I also hope that everyone is having fun watching all of the great bowl games on TV today,…

Christmas-time is usually this kind of orgy of presents, family, and food.  But, as I tend to do, I try to think of it as a game as well.  When your family asks you what for Christmas and you tell them you want Metal Gear Solid III: Snake Eater and, with a bewildered look on their face, they spit something like “Feter Weter Wogid Tree: Lake Peeer,” you can kind of gather what I mean.  Trying to explain your desire to take a man named Snake through the 60’s jungle to stop crazy Russians with super-powers sounds so good when…

As usual, there's all sorts of drama on our forums.  This time it hijacked one of Atticus's threads.  Click here to get in on it.

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Everyone at BreakmanX.com would like to wish everyone out there a Merry Christmas.  Thanks for your support!

I've noticed a recent influx of n00bs on our forums, so I'll take the time to send my greetings.  And a word of note:  BreakmanX and I like to joke and use sarcasm at times, so it's wise to take our posts with a few grains of salt.  We've gotten into flame wars over misinterpretations, and we're not prepared to change our style.  Deal with it.In other news, I've deduced that God hates me.  I know, because my two most anticipated games, Forza Motorsport and Gran Turismo 4, are now under what seems like a delay curse.  GT4's been pushed…

Hey guys, Jack here, and I'm back in Wichita for the holidays right now.  After a very intense week so far of getting presents for all of my friends and family (Break, you're really going to like yours ;-)   ) I'm finally able to relax and sit back and watch football and play videogames like Halo 2 and Burnout 3 with my little brother and all of his friends.  It's amazing how much they actually like Burnout 3.  Now, when it came out, I'm pretty sure that you all remember me ranting and raving about how freakin' sweet the game…

I know most of you are here to take part in the ongoing ban/hottie drama, so I'll make it easy for you.Mecha tried out the recently released Half-Life 2 demo, and reported that it ran as smooth as butter.  This confirmed my confidence in the Source engine, and it's ability to make shit look good on just about any rig.  The same thing can't be said about Doom 3, which runs decidedly slower on the same hardware.  Unfortunately, my prescribed remedy still stands:  Put money into a new video card, then look at other options, like RAM and the hard…

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So that's it.  It's over.  Finished.  Finito.  The End.  What is it that I'm done with?  School!  I'm finally finished with school, and in 3-4 months, I will have a nice, palpable degree in theatre and film with a film emphasis from Kansas University.  Now this is both really cool and kinda scary at the same time.  What that means is that I now have to get a "real" job, and start really living on my own soon. But oh well, enough about that.  I'm still playing World of Warcraft, and I really haven't touched much else.  EA still makes me…

Can't play…world of warcraft.Must finish finals.Mercy?Post…later…gahurgahurgurt

With all the naysaying going on about how the videogame market is in decline, and there's no innovation in the market, I was starting to lose my faith early on this year.  However, once the DS, Halo 2, and games like Katamari Damacy made their way into our hands, I regained that faith that I had that the industry would pull through, and that good games, no matter what their origins or quirkiness might be, would be played and would be recognized my intelligent gamers everywhere.Well, that's the way everything was until Monday.  Then EA had to go and shit…