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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.

Hey everyone, let me be the first to welcome you to Padinga! A couple weeks ago I was playing games with CptCluster and he asked me, “Why don’t you do that radio show anymore?”  It made me think about it in a whole different light.  I responded, “You know, I should really do that again.”  The drive home that night began a flurry of thought about exactly how to relaunch the show.  My time is still really limited, but you make time to do the things you really love.  I started talking to the old crew, and I got good…

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Super Metroid is one of those games.  You know, one of those games.  A game so drenched in quality that it appears on many “Best Games of All Time” lists along with titles like Chrono Trigger, Ocarina of Time, Super Mario Bros., Final Fantasy VI, Castlevania: Symphony of the Night, and Metal Gear Solid.  I purposely stretched out this list so you could see just what level this game is on, because it is on the highest level possible in gaming. I remember my first experience with Super Metroid.  Shortly after its release I rented this game from Blockbuster.  I…

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I’ve just spent my first half hour with the new Sonic game, and I have quite a few impressions on the title.  First of all, I feel exactly how I felt after I played the first Sonic for the Genesis.  There’s a marvelous wow factor that permeates you with the gameplay and the sense of speed, but there is also a slight feeling incompleteness.  Sonic for the Genesis is one of the “almost perfect” games, but I still always felt as if it wasn’t quite as complete as the Mario lineage of platformers.  Not because there’s a clear reason for…

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For Windows users: First, you need to download the FREE program Winamp.  After you’ve clicked its glorious name and it has installed the Winampian presance on your glorious PC you must point your browser to Padinga.com.  There are two links that you can click that will get the job done, there is Live Stream on the scrolling menu and Listen Live! on the top menu.  If you’ve installed Winamp correctly, it should automatically open the stream.  If it asks you to save the file, simply save the file where you know where it is (such as the Desktop) and open Winamp and open the file from there. For…

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Look forward to seeing you all again after such a long time, this Friday. You have probably all guessed it, but The Game Show LIVE returns a week from today Friday May 22 at 4:00PM Pacific, 5:00PM Mountain, 6:00PM Central, and 7:00PM Eastern. Hopefully, I can announce something else at that time. See y’all then!

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Vas iz das? Yes, another post to the front of BreakmanX.com! When it rains, it pours, and we, like so many zombies returning from theirgraves, rise up to swarm you like bees and so many mixed metaphors! It hasn’t all been sunshine and rainbows lately, no sir. Break is still away, busy with film school, conquering the Western seaboardwith his mighty standard. Q and his Mrs are settling nicely into domesticlivelyhood. Richie and his lady are off battling Columbian drug cartels. And I… I am a lowly factory worker, having just completed my first full lengthscript and submitted it to the…

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Vas iz das? Yes, another post to the front of BreakmanX.com! When it rains, it pours, and we, like so many zombies returning from theirgraves, rise up to swarm you like bees and so many mixed metaphors! It hasn’t all been sunshine and rainbows lately, no sir. Break is still away, busy with film school, conquering the Western seaboardwith his mighty standard. Q and his Mrs are settling nicely into domesticlivelyhood. Richie and his lady are off battling Columbian drug cartels. And I… I am a lowly factory worker, having just completed my first full lengthscript and submitted it to the…

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I turned 26 today, although I won’t celebrate for a couple more weeks. I’m directing the next two weekends, and all my time and energy will be devoted to that. What did you guys think of the Oscars? I’m really glad Heath Ledger won.

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How’s everyone doing out there in Internet land? It has been a few weeks since Q and crew graced your speakers, and I was just curious to see how everyone was doing. I know there has been a slight lull lately with the break that we’re all taking, but rest assured that this is not a permenant thing. The guys and I have actually started talking about something that starts with an E and ends with a 3. Certainly one of my favorite times of the year, we hope to make plans to cover it this year. I just finished…

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How’s everyone doing out there in Internet land? It has been a few weeks since Q and crew graced your speakers, and I was just curious to see how everyone was doing. I know there has been a slight lull lately with the break that we’re all taking, but rest assured that this is not a permenant thing. The guys and I have actually started talking about something that starts with an E and ends with a 3. Certainly one of my favorite times of the year, we hope to make plans to cover it this year. I just finished…

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Download MP4 So, here we are. Our big special episode, is, once again, a farewell to arms. We’ve removed Tholo’s arms, which is why he had to leave after the intro… But we weren’t going to do a farewell episode without everyone, arms or no. We don’t hold back on the news, though. * Geeking It Up * Week In Release * New TMNT Game By Smash Bros Devs? It’s Pants-Changing Time * Dude Sues Squeenix for Spam, and He’s Not Even American * Braid Guy Making a 2D RPG? It’s Pants-Changing Time Again * Little Girl Plays Violin…

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Download MP4 So, here we are. Our big special episode, is, once again, a farewell to arms. We’ve removed Tholo’s arms, which is why he had to leave after the intro… But we weren’t going to do a farewell episode without everyone, arms or no. We don’t hold back on the news, though. * Geeking It Up * Week In Release * New TMNT Game By Smash Bros Devs? It’s Pants-Changing Time * Dude Sues Squeenix for Spam, and He’s Not Even American * Braid Guy Making a 2D RPG? It’s Pants-Changing Time Again * Little Girl Plays Violin…

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Download MP4 Here you go, the latest greatest episode in a series of win. WIN I tell you. WIN. We somehow make do without Tholo, and with Richie’s newfound cybernetic voice module. Either that or he had an emergency tracheotomy… We roll down the news as usual, with a long string of quickies to make up for our missing week of news. It is as follows: * Geeking It Up * Week In Release * Andrew Lloyd Gamer? * Quickies * Everyone Point and Laugh at the Spike VGA Fail * Sorry Sony Fanboys, PSPhone Not Gonna Happen *…

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Download MP4 It’s here people! The Summer Blockbuster Awards Show Extravaganza Love Triangle Killdozer is here to fuck your shit up. Richie, Maul, Tholo and I run down our picks for the year with EXTREME PREJUDICE. THRILL as: * Tholo limits his picks to about 4! CHILL as: * Maul and Richie hit on each other! CRINGE as: * Technical difficulties reduce our sound quality to tin-can-telephone-quality! It’s the ultimate knock-down drag-out fuck-all slobberknocker! That, and we pick our games of the year. So listen and enjoy the dulcet tones of our voices as we give our favorite games…

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Download MP4 Back from the holidays… WITH A VENGEANCE. Do not look this mild-mannered podcast in the mouth, for it is large and in charge. And in need of a good thrashing. We’re not quite ready for the awards show yet, but I assure you, it’s going to be one motherfucking awards show. If you’ve got submissions for the show, be sure to email them to [email protected]. As the Governator would say, DO EET NAU. On this week’s show, we bring you: * Geeking It Up * Week in Release * Starcraft II Facepalm, Zerg & Protoss Delayed * Blizzard…

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Download MP4 Oh so close to Christmas. Why do I feel so jolly? Maybe it’s all that eggnog. Maybe it’s the sprig of holly jammed up my ass. Or maybe I am just happy to bring you yet another episode of Naughty Bits ON TIME. It’s a goddamn Christmas miracle. Again, we want your questions for the Naughty Inquisition! [email protected]. Live it, love it, need it. We’re also getting ready for our annual awards show, and we’re looking for submissions for categories and nominations for the main ones (Best of Console, Best of Genre, Game of the Year), so send…

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Download MP4 Back to our normal way of doing things now, although we are sadly sans Maul while he toils away for the Man. Still, we have a grand ol’ time, and you will too. No, you really will. You WILL have a grand time. Don’t make me sick my Gort on you. You die, the Earth survives. Incidentally, we NEED more submissions for the new Naughty Inquisition (re: mailbag). [email protected] is the place to be for all the cool kids. Anyone who isn’t a cool kid must be a sneaky fucker. You don’t want to be a sneaky fucker,…

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So, my holiday break has begun with me playing Sonic Unleashed. As many of you know I’m a fan of the Sonic series and have been playing every one since the release of the original. I even liked the Wii one that came out a couple years ago, despite hating the bug filled adventure that didn’t even work for the 360 and Ps3. What do I think about Unleashed? Well, if youre a huge Sonic fan then you should probably play the game, but I might suggest a rental. It isn’t horrible, but it just isn’t great either. You are…

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Click HERE to start the broadcast. Be sure to catch us today, Friday December 5th, at 5:30 PM Central Time (When is this in my time zone? ) on a special live edition of Naughty Bits. To write in questions, go to the IRC chat. We will also be accepting call ins via Skype. Please go to the BreakmanX.com Chat Room to find out how to participate.

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The Naughty Bits crew are going to bring you a new episode this Friday at 6:30 Eastern / 5:30 PM Central / 3:30 Pacific. Get your browsers / IRC clients ready as we will be featuring the live chat that you all have come to know and love! Maybe even take a Skype call or two. A live show isn’t a live show without you guys, so be there! Check BreakmanX.com at 6:30 Eastern / 5:30 PM Central / 3:30 Pacific to tune in live. I might be able to pop into the chat for a couple minutes, although I…

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Download MP4 Alright, I’m going to keep this short. There’s turkey to be eaten, people. Sadly, we were sans-Richie for this one, but we make a good go of it. Also, SOMEONE (read: Tholo) forgot his good microphone at work, so he had to use the built-in mic; please excuse the audio suck. On this week’s show, we bring you: * Geeking It Up * Quickies * Week in Release * Sony is a Bunch of Childish Petty Asswipes, I Want My Spider-Man 3 Dammit * Eidos Up to Their Old Tricks Again and Proud of It * The Race…

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Download MP4 So, a little late this week. But better late then never, right? RIGHT?? Don’t mind the glitches and the performance enhancing drugs. This week is our mailbag extravaganza! Still looking for a name, people; you’ve got two weeks to come up with something better than "Uncle Slappy’s Dog and Pony Scat Show". This isn’t rocket science. On this week’s show, we bring you: * Geeking It Up * Week in Release * Enough With the Rabble Rabble, Sonic Delay is OK * Goo Pirates Suck * Assgoo of the Lich King Already Beaten * Swag Get! US Club…

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Download MP4 What do you get when you divide Naughty Bits by 2? You get half the show, but with twice the cleaning power. Please disregard the technical difficulties therein and the lack of certain cast members; needless to say, it’s obvious at this point that some sort of deity is out to get us. Yet, we soldier on, ever defiant, middle finger extended. Fuck you, God. Fuck you. Also, we are creating a new mailbag segment, so until we get an email, make a comment here with your question. Pretty please? On this week’s show, we bring you: *…

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