CptCluster – BreakmanX.com https://www.breakmanx.com Twenty Years of Gaming. Still Arguing About Halo. Wed, 03 Aug 2011 08:53:56 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0.4 https://www.breakmanx.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/cropped-Favicon-32x32.webp CptCluster – BreakmanX.com https://www.breakmanx.com 32 32 11 Strange-Sounding Upcoming Video Games That, For Better or Worse, Intrigue Me https://www.breakmanx.com/11-strange-sounding-upcoming-video-games-that-for-better-or-worse-intrigue-me/ https://www.breakmanx.com/11-strange-sounding-upcoming-video-games-that-for-better-or-worse-intrigue-me/#comments Wed, 03 Aug 2011 08:47:41 +0000 http://padinga.com/?p=10980   There are Triple-A titles…and then there are Single-A titles. It’s just like minor league baseball. And then there are titles that- like my hometown team the Worcester Tornadoes- don’t even qualify for an “A”. Most media companies such as video game publishers follow a three-tiered “Killer-Pillar-Filler” strategy. And as such, somebody has to make [...]

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]]> https://www.breakmanx.com/bodycount-a-dumb-looking-game-that-just-might-be-my-next-guilty-pleasure/feed/ 2 8 Awesome Old-School Games I Want to See Rebooted (Maybe Just Because I’m Old…) https://www.breakmanx.com/8-awesome-old-school-games-i-want-to-see-rebooted-maybe-just-because-im-old/ https://www.breakmanx.com/8-awesome-old-school-games-i-want-to-see-rebooted-maybe-just-because-im-old/#comments Wed, 20 Jul 2011 03:20:09 +0000 http://padinga.com/?p=10744 I am old. I am so, so very old. I just turned 30 this year, which makes me just about as old as the video game medium itself. Sigh. I was at Break’s apartment a couple months ago, for something. (I’m not sure what- my whole Spring was a blur.) “Want to play the new [...]

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]]> https://www.breakmanx.com/8-awesome-old-school-games-i-want-to-see-rebooted-maybe-just-because-im-old/feed/ 3 Fun with Flash! CptCluster Plays “Monkey Quest” https://www.breakmanx.com/fun-with-flash-cptcluster-plays-%e2%80%9cmonkey-quest%e2%80%9d/ https://www.breakmanx.com/fun-with-flash-cptcluster-plays-%e2%80%9cmonkey-quest%e2%80%9d/#comments Wed, 13 Jul 2011 22:09:36 +0000 http://padinga.com/?p=10620     I’d never before consulted a 4 year old for video game picks, but in our high-tech age this is something I should probably get used to. This has been the Summer of Suck for me, in terms of video games. I’m subletting an apartment that doesn’t have a TV, so my PS3 and [...]

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]]> https://www.breakmanx.com/fun-with-flash-cptcluster-plays-%e2%80%9cmonkey-quest%e2%80%9d/feed/ 3 The Newest PS4 Rumors: Why I Wouldn’t Be Surprised If They Were True (…And Why I Wouldn’t Care) https://www.breakmanx.com/the-newest-ps4-rumors-why-i-wouldn%e2%80%99t-be-surprised-if-they-were-true-%e2%80%a6and-why-i-wouldn%e2%80%99t-care/ https://www.breakmanx.com/the-newest-ps4-rumors-why-i-wouldn%e2%80%99t-be-surprised-if-they-were-true-%e2%80%a6and-why-i-wouldn%e2%80%99t-care/#respond Fri, 08 Jul 2011 06:40:58 +0000 http://padinga.com/?p=10553     On July 5th (I guess they had to wait an extra day for all of us to sober up and pay attention), the usual mysterious network of informants released a new “leak” about the inevitable PS4. These sources (as always, dubious at best) reported that the PS4 will be released next year (!), [...]

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]]> https://www.breakmanx.com/the-newest-ps4-rumors-why-i-wouldn%e2%80%99t-be-surprised-if-they-were-true-%e2%80%a6and-why-i-wouldn%e2%80%99t-care/feed/ 0 The Show Roger Ebert Doesn’t Want You to See https://www.breakmanx.com/the-show-roger-ebert-doesnt-want-you-to-see/ https://www.breakmanx.com/the-show-roger-ebert-doesnt-want-you-to-see/#respond Wed, 29 Jun 2011 09:00:36 +0000 http://padinga.com/?p=10443 Dearest Ladies and Germs, I confess this is less an article than a whole-hearted plug for you to get excited about a genuinely cool event that I think is going to have a positive impact on all of us. No, I’m not talking about the release of Larry Crowne. This is bigger, bolder and better [...]

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]]> https://www.breakmanx.com/the-show-roger-ebert-doesnt-want-you-to-see/feed/ 0 Fun With Flash! CptCluster Plays “Gretel and Hansel 2” https://www.breakmanx.com/fun-with-flash-cptcluster-plays-%e2%80%9cgretel-and-hansel-2%e2%80%9d/ https://www.breakmanx.com/fun-with-flash-cptcluster-plays-%e2%80%9cgretel-and-hansel-2%e2%80%9d/#respond Wed, 22 Jun 2011 08:27:58 +0000 http://padinga.com/?p=10332 [This gets to gaming, but first, a story…]               I was hanging out at my actor friend Josh’s place a couple months ago and we were planning on watching a DVD. He’d just gotten a new TV (well, used- but a primo one from a hotel…I believe him when [...]

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]]> https://www.breakmanx.com/fun-with-flash-cptcluster-plays-%e2%80%9cgretel-and-hansel-2%e2%80%9d/feed/ 0 CptCluster’s List of Demands!! A Padinga Customized E3 Coverage Special Report https://www.breakmanx.com/cptcluster%e2%80%99s-list-of-demands-a-padinga-customized-e3-coverage-special-report/ https://www.breakmanx.com/cptcluster%e2%80%99s-list-of-demands-a-padinga-customized-e3-coverage-special-report/#comments Fri, 03 Jun 2011 23:41:15 +0000 http://padinga.com/?p=9358                     It’s with tremendous personal sadness that I say I will not be attending E3 this year. My good lady and I decided to hightail it to her hometown of Albuquerque, New Mexico for the summer, which precluded me from participating in The Big Show. I [...]

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]]> https://www.breakmanx.com/cptcluster%e2%80%99s-list-of-demands-a-padinga-customized-e3-coverage-special-report/feed/ 1 Letter from a Paul Simon Concert or How The Universe Paid For Me to Get “StarCraft 2” (Almost) https://www.breakmanx.com/letter-from-a-paul-simon-concert-how-the-universe-paid-me-to-play-starcraft-2-almost/ https://www.breakmanx.com/letter-from-a-paul-simon-concert-how-the-universe-paid-me-to-play-starcraft-2-almost/#comments Thu, 21 Apr 2011 08:36:20 +0000 http://padinga.com/?p=8477 I’m standing at a Paul Simon concert a few rows from the back, enjoying the best view of the performers I’ve been able to get all night. Some jackass right behind me, probably drunk, has been blabbing away the whole evening (“Wow!” he exclaims every time Paul Simon begins to sing another song, as if [...]

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]]> https://www.breakmanx.com/letter-from-a-paul-simon-concert-how-the-universe-paid-me-to-play-starcraft-2-almost/feed/ 4 8 Video Game Movie Adaptations I Can’t Wait to See- & 5 I Definitely Don’t https://www.breakmanx.com/8-video-game-movie-adaptations-i-cant-wait-to-see-and-5-that-i-definitely-dont/ https://www.breakmanx.com/8-video-game-movie-adaptations-i-cant-wait-to-see-and-5-that-i-definitely-dont/#comments Wed, 13 Apr 2011 10:09:18 +0000 http://padinga.com/?p=8280 Video games have a long, tragic history of being made into terrible movies- Street Fighter, anyone? Jake Gyllenhaal with an English accent in Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time? So it’s with great trepidation that I follow reports of new video game film adaptations.     Why are they always so bad? My guess [...]

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