Author: BreakmanX

My history with StarCraft goes back to the original, but my friends played it a much different way from the people that play “online” or “well.”  We simply enjoyed playing badly and sending our various guys out to kill each other with very little strategy.  As you might guess, StarCraft was a game that I enjoyed but was not very high on my list.  I mean I knew there were players out there, in Korea, that were amazing at this game, but I never really thought much about it.  RTS games were pretty low on my list at the time.

Hey guys, sorry for the late notice.  I have a meeting I have to make tomorrow/today, so it looks like the show will take place Wednesday evening.

Congrats to Erika for shooting this rather picture and getting it on Kotaku!  Hope you guys are having fun with LBP!

Our vision for this site was basically to simplify everything. The other site used technology that we’d been using since 2003/4. It was time for a change. I hope it’s faster and easier to do what you want to do here. I know it is for us! The black and blue colors we’ve had since the site’s beginning in 2000 are still here and will probably never change. I’ve seen all sorts of color combos and I absolutely love this particular black and blue combination. This site overhaul was done by Mecha and myself. He really did an amazing amount…

I know its been a while since our last update, but rest assured, the Padinga crew is still alive and breathing. I’ve been completely swamped with school and haven’t been at home, let alone able to do a show, barely at all in the last month or so. The Game Show shall return next week, and then E3 preparations shortly after that. See you soon! In our absence, you can listen to the rerun stream above.

So, I stumbled upon Strider 2 for the PSX recently and I wanted to share it with you all as it is pretty rockin. I never played the original Strider which might paint me as a heretic, but its mainly because I didn’t have a Genesis until the very end of its lifecycle so it simply wasn’t possible for me to play it. The best way I can describe Strider 2 is an easier Ninja Gaiden. I mean the NES version and not the recent reboot. If you haven’t had the chance to play it I suggest you try it.…

Thought I’d let you all know that my single is available on it’s first store: click hereNow available on iTunes.

Thought I’s post a few images together of the computer I threw together for myself. It has an i7 CPU and Radeon 5970 GPU. {becssg}newcomputer{/becssg}

First shipment of parts cane today. The rest come Thursday. Woot!

Wow, so H1N1 completely sucks. Such a declarative statement, and so obvious, but I had to sneeze it out for public consumption. Actually, you should probably wash your hands a few times after reading this, this shit be contagious. You should all check out the Steam sale that Eric has reported below. It is almost like stealing PC games, so there’s something for consumers and thieves alike, and the games are actually good. Go forth my son, and be blessed with sales. I’ve been playing these games on my Mac Pro in boot camp, and while the experience has…

To start off with, you should know that I grew up with Sonic the way that some people grew up with Mickey Mouse or Superman. I think a big part of my admiration for Sonic was because I got a Genesis so late in life because they were the forbidden fruit of the evil console for such a long time so when I actually got to play it it struck me with amazement.

This is it, there is no turning back now. E3 2010 has officially started. The coffee is brewing at the Padinga offices, and planes have landed carrying our out of town staff. It is ready to get this stuff started. How about we begin with meeting one of the greatest Video Game Designers in the world? The Padinga crew was at Universal City this morning to be mere inches from Mr. Metal Gear himself, Hideo Kojima. It was a really great event and I enjoyed talking to the Konami and Sony representatives that were on hand at the store. The…

I was browsing Metacritic.com today, and noticed that Grand Theft Auto IV is still the highest rated Xbox 360 game out on the market. It got me thinking, "How come GTAIV is the best rated game of the Xbox 360? What makes it so popular?" So I sat down and thought about the first time I played the game, and it made me realize that is why it is the highest rated game. It is an incredible game. Sure, some people think it is a crappy game, and I’ll admit it is far from perfect, but the game is still…

I was browsing Metacritic.com today, and noticed that Grand Theft Auto IV is still the highest rated Xbox 360 game out on the market. It got me thinking, "How come GTAIV is the best rated game of the Xbox 360? What makes it so popular?" So I sat down and thought about the first time I played the game, and it made me realize that is why it is the highest rated game. It is an incredible game. Sure, some people think it is a crappy game, and I’ll admit it is far from perfect, but the game is still…

The May 12th launch of Steam for OSXhas gotten me thinking about the implications of a real gaming platformcoming to Macs. I’ve seen many friends, Break included, switch fromWindows to OSX for various reasons; the one downside being that theylose their ability to play PC games. This time period marked one ofthe biggest declines in PC gaming, so it was understandable, but nowthat the two major platforms will have support for games will it bringpeople back into the fold? Oneof the biggest obstacles for this is the fact that Macs are notoriouslydifficult to do serious upgrades on. PC gamers take pride…

The May 12th launch of Steam for OSXhas gotten me thinking about the implications of a real gaming platformcoming to Macs. I’ve seen many friends, Break included, switch fromWindows to OSX for various reasons; the one downside being that theylose their ability to play PC games. This time period marked one ofthe biggest declines in PC gaming, so it was understandable, but nowthat the two major platforms will have support for games will it bringpeople back into the fold? Oneof the biggest obstacles for this is the fact that Macs are notoriouslydifficult to do serious upgrades on. PC gamers take pride…

Nintendo Entertainment System, or “The NES” as it was referred to,first garnished my appetite for video games in the fall of 1988. I wasone of the many fortunate souls who came home from Toys R’ Us with theMario/Duck hunt package, complete with an orange zapper gun. It was abig deal, spending over $100 on a toy for a kid. But having no conceptof money I equated the intrinsic value of an NES as something closer tothat of all the birthday presents I ever accrued in my short lifecombined.Game cartridges quickly became thecurrency of my youth. My friends and I became…

Nintendo Entertainment System, or “The NES” as it was referred to,first garnished my appetite for video games in the fall of 1988. I wasone of the many fortunate souls who came home from Toys R’ Us with theMario/Duck hunt package, complete with an orange zapper gun. It was abig deal, spending over $100 on a toy for a kid. But having no conceptof money I equated the intrinsic value of an NES as something closer tothat of all the birthday presents I ever accrued in my short lifecombined.Game cartridges quickly became thecurrency of my youth. My friends and I became…

I finally got around to picking up Devil Survivor for the DS. The game follows the main character (get to choose his name) as he and his friends are stuck in Tokyo. Hero (my name for the main characters) gets a COMP (short for something a looks like a DS) to summon demons to battle other demons. The plot consist of you trying to find a way out of the Tokyo lockdown and learn why the lockdown was started in the first place. Along the way you will meet interesting characters that might join your team. The gameplay works by…

Recently, Criterion Games announced an exciting offer: Burnout Paradise and all of it’s downloadable content would become available for a limited time for the low price of $29.99. That’s an excellent deal, considering the whole shebang is otherwise worth more than $100. Luckily, I hadn’t yet expanded my game, so I was thrilled to hear about this deal. I could add all of the downloadable content for under $20. What a steal! Until I learned of the upsetting flipside to this offer: this would likely be the last offer or the sort for Burnout Paradise, because Criterion will no longer…

Just a quick note that I am REALLY enjoying Final Fantasy XIII.  Granted, my time is extremely limited but I have been falling in love with the game every time I’ve played it.  The visuals are absolutely gorgeous and I am enjoying the battle system.  I haven’t been this excited about a Final Fantasy game since at least X if not VII.  We’ll see, but so far so good.

Let’s do the good news first. Chad Concelmo will be joining us live IN STUDIO on March 17th, 2010.  I’ve listened to all the RetroforceGo! episodes as well as all his memory cards and am very happy to have him with us.  Chad is a staff member of Destructoid and has served on their podcasts, writing articles, and being a video game consultant on TV. The bad news is that last week’s show with Captain Cluster and I somehow got corrupted in the saving process.  🙁  It was a lot of fun to sit and chat with Cluster and am…

One morning, like any other day, I was wandering aimlessly to no particular place when I had happened upon what seemed to be a quarter that was sitting there just waiting for me to pick it up. I approached the George Washington metallic portrait and grabbed it in less than the shake of a lambs tail. Holding the quarter in my hand told me that this was unlike any quarter, it was as if it had been waiting for me to pick it up, since it had been resting next to entrance of an establishment with lights and sound exuberating…

One morning, like any other day, I was wandering aimlessly to no particular place when I had happened upon what seemed to be a quarter that was sitting there just waiting for me to pick it up. I approached the George Washington metallic portrait and grabbed it in less than the shake of a lambs tail. Holding the quarter in my hand told me that this was unlike any quarter, it was as if it had been waiting for me to pick it up, since it had been resting next to entrance of an establishment with lights and sound exuberating…

There are so many franchise games being put out there these days. So many.Hollywood and Video Game makers are similar in that regard; they are ever on the lookout for remakes and adaptations they can make because its cheaper to run off of an existing fan-base than to advertize a new idea. Sometimes it works (Batman: Arkham Asylum) and sometimes it fails horribly (Street Fighter: The Movie: The Game). And despite those failures, we keep buying in, time and time again, for the hope that this time we’ll see our heroes done right.After all, there’s nothing more fun than being,…

The last several years have seen the emergence of the blockbuster video game, a game usually influenced strongly by the notion of cinematic presentation of story. This line between video games and film will continue to blur, especially with the imminent release of Quantic Dream’s Heavy Rain, which, judging by early reviews, is shaping up to be an emotional roller coaster that entangles the player. Thinking Heavy Rain is meant for anything other than a niche audience is naïve, contrary to whatever hopes both QD and Sony may have for the title. However, in terms of blockbusters, Uncharted 2: Among…

The last several years have seen the emergence of the blockbuster video game, a game usually influenced strongly by the notion of cinematic presentation of story. This line between video games and film will continue to blur, especially with the imminent release of Quantic Dream’s Heavy Rain, which, judging by early reviews, is shaping up to be an emotional roller coaster that entangles the player. Thinking Heavy Rain is meant for anything other than a niche audience is naïve, contrary to whatever hopes both QD and Sony may have for the title. However, in terms of blockbusters, Uncharted 2: Among…

Does poor video game box art push you over the edge so much that you refuse to buy a game? Does it affect sales? That is a question that comes to mind whenever I see another wonderful game get the "American" treatment of shitty box art. One recent game to do this is Yakuza 3. With such an emphasis on open and cinematic gameplay, the cover the art depicts the game in a horrible light. Out is the slick and stylish black and white japanese boxart with a view of Kamurocho blistfully in the background, with a close up of…

Does poor video game box art push you over the edge so much that you refuse to buy a game? Does it affect sales? That is a question that comes to mind whenever I see another wonderful game get the "American" treatment of shitty box art. One recent game to do this is Yakuza 3. With such an emphasis on open and cinematic gameplay, the cover the art depicts the game in a horrible light. Out is the slick and stylish black and white japanese boxart with a view of Kamurocho blistfully in the background, with a close up of…

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