Author: BreakmanX

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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!

Tuesday is my 2 year anniversary with my wife, so I will not be broadcasting live, via Shotcast RAD-io.

I know you’re all excited for The Game Show next week at 7:00 PM Central, but there’s an additional reason to get excited now.  Stemage from Metroid Metal will be joining us LIVE, so be sure to be there to ask him whatever questions you are wondering, Besides being one of my favorite video game music interpretations, they are also playing at PAX this year.  PAX’s video game concert is always really cool, and they only invite the best video game musicians and nerdcore rappers.

Waiting to hear back from the other cohosts, but we may be broadcasting live tomorrow.

The hell known as moving is almost over so we should be announcing the time of the next show soon.  Did I mention that I HATE moving?  I’ve landed an internship, but should still have time to do the show, just probably on a different day.  A lot of people couldn’t make the Friday one, anyway. See everyone very soon.

So, admittedly, I was in the sky yesterday when Microsoft was doing their media briefing (which they apparently did at USC’s Galen Center,) but I did catch Nintendo’s. We’ll have more talk on the show this week, but I just had to give a holy shit for the new Metroid trailer. 3rd person Metroid has returned! It was definitely the highlight for me. I was kind of left with meh with most everything else, but who knows as more info about the actual gameplay comes out. The press conferences were always my favorite part of E3 and I can’t wait to…

The Game Show will be broadcasting LIVE this Friday at a new time.  Tune in at 8 PM Central, 9 PM Eastern, and 6 PM Pacific.

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I’m going to be back in Lawrence to do the show live with my fellow cohorts, so look forward to a fun old time!  We might start a little bit later due to the “away” nature of the show, but we’ll try to stick to schedule as much as possible.