Adult Content Warning: When we don’t record the official podcast we can be crude and potentially offensive. You have been warned!
What starts simply as a horrible transition becomes a slow-motion train wreck that nobody wants to stop. From “Ghost Dad” to The Marriage and everywhere in between…
A Rumble Pack Side Quest Presents: Justin Plays Rod Humble's "The Marriage" [ 14:56 ] Play Now | Play in Popup | Download (694)Nicolo, Justin, Tom and Kaz pay tribute to one of their favorite podcasts and two games journalist statesmen…by being just as crude and irreverent as usual!
Tom and Nicolo bludgeon slimes in Dragon Quest 4, Kaz gives his exhaustive impressions of the Rock Band 2 guitar for those who unashamedly care, and Justin reassesses Yakuza 2 after having slammed it the week prior.
The lost topic from Episode 61 returns this week. We discuss the relevancy and merits of 2D gaming in a world of pixel shaders and bump mapping. Everyone throws out a list of their all-time favorite 2D games and hilarity ensues!
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Burnout motorists hoping for Road Rash-style brawls or at least a new excuse to revisit Paradise City may be disappointed to hear that the latest update from Criterion doesn’t add much content. I know, I know – it’s hard to complain when its free. But that doesn’t change the fact that the bikes and especially the day/night cycles are rubbish.
When I think Burnout, I picture cars moving at blistering speeds and trading paint. The charm of the series is the emphasis on reckless, destructive driving. So why then are all of the offline* challenges time trials? Totally asinine. And why are the bike crashes so anemic? I’m not looking for grotesque displays of carnage, but there’s something satisfying about the slow-motion car crunches that are the series’ trademark. When I smash my bike into the side of the bus, it’s very jarring to see it suddenly pop onto the screen unscathed immediately afterwards.
And the less said about night racing, the better. I want to know who at Criterion thought it would be a good idea to actually reduce visibility in a game that’s already too cluttered. The streets are lined with light posts, but none of them were programmed to function; Paradise City apparently suffers through blackouts every night. Luckily, the night skies can be turned off in the options menu, but they could have given the game a different ambiance if implemented better.
*I don’t have access to the online mode right now, but I can’t imagine that bikes would radically alter head-to-head races.
After taking a week off from podcasting The Rumble Pack was set upon by the fury of Mother Nature. Power was knocked out, interweb tubes were tied and bad things happenned. In spite of the trauma Nicolo, Kaz and Justin attempted to record a podcast.
This is the first half of the recording session containing only our trays. The second half of the episode was the victim of some bad internet connectivity, leading to pauses, dropped casters and confusion. The topics of the second half were revisited the following week, so enjoy this annotated “lost” episode.
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After realizing the horrors about to descend on us in the form of roughly 400 games coming out this fall; we decided to take a week off and get ready for the onslaught. If you’re looking for some fun we’ll almost certainly be trolling the board during work hours. Until then.
Tony, Kaz and Nicolo stop collaborate and listen this week. Nicolo gives us impression of Soul Calibur 4 after playing for a while. All three talk about the windfalls and woes of playing Castle Crashers. And Tony updates us all on his journey into the bowels of WoW.
Then all three scroll down a list of the games about to beseige us this fall. And it isn’t pretty for your wallet. Go forth brave souls and be prosperous!
