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.
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BreakmanX (AKA Matthew Nyquist) founded BreakmanX.com in 2001 after having small video game websites since around 1996. Things really took off in September of 2002 when he started The Game Show with Richie. BreakmanX.com quickly developed a tight knit community of gamers as the crew covered major industry events and interviewed top industry talent. Break later went to the University of Southern California's School of Cinematic Arts to get his MFA in Film and TV Production. He worked in Hollywood for seven years with people like Fred Roos (The Godfather Trilogy, Star Wars) and Dane Davis (The Matrix). He's now gone full circle and returned to Kansas to write and direct a feature film (EyesOpenMovie.com), relaunch The Game Show (BreakmanX.com), and spend his day time hours as an tenured Associate Professor.
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…
We were having issues with the shortening of URLs but I think it is fixed now.
Does twitter post correct links now?
Dragon Age Origins vs. the MMORPG Who doesn’t like a good old fashion role playing game (RPG)? The gaming community in the last decade has been overrun by the increasingly popular massively multiplayer online role playing game (MMORPG) genre. This style of gameplay has lead the classic gamer astray, where once a solitary elf could peacefully rend justice against a horde of the undead, s/he now requires 24 of his or her virtual “friends” in order to defend herself/himself. This forced social behavior has a new enemy in Dragon Age Origins, the new Bioware game released late in 2009. This solitary RPG touted…
The Internet seems to have been set aflame by the possibility of new Nintendo hardware to be announced at their media summit on the 24th. I think there will be new hardware, but it will likely be something we already know about; Vitality Sensor, DS xL etc. Nintendo will hold off with the big guns until E3… AT LEAST. With the Wii still doing strong, even though it is not as strong as it was, Nitntendo will hold onto the Wii train for at least another year. Also, everyone has a DS, why change everything up now.Nintendo has a very…
The Internet seems to have been set aflame by the possibility of new Nintendo hardware to be announced at their media summit on the 24th. I think there will be new hardware, but it will likely be something we already know about; Vitality Sensor, DS xL etc. Nintendo will hold off with the big guns until E3… AT LEAST. With the Wii still doing strong, even though it is not as strong as it was, Nitntendo will hold onto the Wii train for at least another year. Also, everyone has a DS, why change everything up now.Nintendo has a very…
Project needlemouse has been revealed as Sonic 4! After months of speculation, Sega has announced today that they will be releasing a 2D episodic sonic game this summer. Details are still slim at the moment. However, after examining the 3-4 seconds of footage of the trailer, it’s safe to say that the game will be features 3D Sonic and environments in a 2D plain. Let’s hope Sonic 4 will put Sega’s beloved franchise back on track. Pricing or length deatils of each "episode" will hopefully be announced soon. Sonic races it’s way onto consoles via download this summer. As a…
Project needlemouse has been revealed as Sonic 4! After months of speculation, Sega has announced today that they will be releasing a 2D episodic sonic game this summer. Details are still slim at the moment. However, after examining the 3-4 seconds of footage of the trailer, it’s safe to say that the game will be features 3D Sonic and environments in a 2D plain. Let’s hope Sonic 4 will put Sega’s beloved franchise back on track. Pricing or length deatils of each "episode" will hopefully be announced soon. Sonic races it’s way onto consoles via download this summer. As a…
“Hey, remember Sega Channel?”“Sega what???”“Sega CHANNEL!” (Shakes head with blank face) You have no idea. Okay, never mind then. I ‘ve had this conversation an innumerable amount of times. Sega Channel was great. It was awesome. But barely anyone seems to have ever heard of it. For those who were fortunate enough to have it as a kid, Sega Channel is fondly remembered as a magical gaming marvel. And since then, there hasn’t been anything like it. Introduced in 1994, the premise was simple: Call your cable company, have them mail you a giant cartridge, plug a cable into the cartridge (the same cable that goes in your TV), put…
I never really got into Steam. Unfortunately, right as it was rising to prominence I had pretty much gone into console monogamy. In the late 90s and early 2000s I built my PCs to be the finest gaming machines I could muster, but by 2004 I was using Macs and had no real desire to play anything requiring a Mac and Keyboard. Flash forward to 2009. I know have a decent graphics card (Radeon 4870) in my Mac Pro and have been absolutely gorging on Steam’s greatness since the holidays. Amazing sales from December through January helped me catch up…
I never really got into Steam. Unfortunately, right as it was rising to prominence I had pretty much gone into console monogamy. In the late 90s and early 2000s I built my PCs to be the finest gaming machines I could muster, but by 2004 I was using Macs and had no real desire to play anything requiring a Mac and Keyboard. Flash forward to 2009. I know have a decent graphics card (Radeon 4870) in my Mac Pro and have been absolutely gorging on Steam’s greatness since the holidays. Amazing sales from December through January helped me catch up…
I never really got into Steam. Unfortunately, right as it was rising to prominence I had pretty much gone into console monogamy. In the late 90s and early 2000s I built my PCs to be the finest gaming machines I could muster, but by 2004 I was using Macs and had no real desire to play anything requiring a Mac and Keyboard. Flash forward to 2009. I know have a decent graphics card (Radeon 4870) in my Mac Pro and have been absolutely gorging on Steam’s greatness since the holidays. Amazing sales from December through January helped me catch up…
Dear Mario, It has been a few years and I never said anything, but I feel like every time I see you, it’s there. It’s in the back of my mind and it’s really bugging me. You know, I’ve gotten over it, so it’s not that big of deal anymore, but I think we need to talk about it. You really hurt me. I’m talking about Super Mario Sunshine.
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Dear Mario,It has been a few years and I never said anything, but I feel like every time I see you, it’s there. It’s in the back of my mind and it’s really bugging me. You know, I’ve gotten over it, so it’s not that big of deal anymore, but I think we need to talk about it. You really hurt me.I’m talking about Super Mario Sunshine.What the hell were you thinking?When I was in grade school (a Catholic one, keep in mind), I once got in trouble and was sentenced to clean every pew in the church during recess for…
No, not that kindA majority of society doesn’t view video games as an art form and the mainstream video game industry doesn’t do much to change that perception. For every Braid, there are a handful of different games trying to replicate the success of Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare. The mainstream video game industry, similar to the major studio movie industry, practices a business model that is preoccupied with satisfying target demographics, because it has proven to be profitable in the past. In other words, games that have artistic value and merit will likely not have same production value,…
So, I’ve had very little time for Bayonetta, but from what I have played it is amazing. If you have a 360 and like action games, buy this title now. Also, what have you all heard about Global Agenda? It reminds me a lot of Tribes.
So, I suck. There will be no show on account of my unavailability today again. I’m editing an Advanced Directing project during break, which is a lot of fun, but it has left me unable to broadcast today. The bright side? We should be broadcasting next week, no problem. I thought I should also say that we are not dead and that we are not closing down or anything like that. Is has just been a crazy busy time for me the past two weeks. Back in the days of BreakmanX.com the only time I cancelled a show was when…
Sorry guys, midterms and a technical issue on my latest editing project have really kicked my ass. No show today, but we’ll be back next week!
I know we said one to two weeks, but you can blame me for this week’s lack of show. Long story short, I’m extremely busy this semester and only have 1.5 – 2 hours on Tuesday to be at home and it is my wife’s birthday. She will not allow a show during her birthday. Also, I’ve updated to Snow Leopard (OS 10.6) and my broadcasting app is not currently compatible with the new OS. I’m an absolute OS freak, and must have the newest version the second it releases. I’m not really sure why, I just do. I’ve never…
Don’t think we’ve gone anywhere. The staff has been discussing the new showtime, and it looks like it will be just an hour earlier on Tuesdays, 6 – 7 Central, 7 – 8 Eastern, 4 – 5 Pacific. We’re going to take a week or two off to feel out this timeframe, but if all goes right, and I think it will, we will be returning on September 1st or September 8th. I will keep you updated here and through the Padinga mass E-Mails. See you all soon!