The Rumble Pack

Episode 70: The Old Level Cap

A very special episode sees Nicolo return to the Hurtin' for a Squirtin' Municipal Studio. Tom, Justin, Kaz and Tony accompany him along with special guest Matty! On the docket: More Left 4 Dead loving, Mirror's Edge impressions and Gears or War 2 talk and more. Second half: are companies ...

Episode 69: Ha, ha, we get it.

Tony, Nicolo, Tom and Kaz delve into the games that have become fixtures in their trays. Another in a series of episodes that break our normal format to let the games take center stage sees Tom and Tony talking up the satisfaction of Dead Space's ending. Tony and Kaz try ...

Episode 68: Everybody’s Got Something to Hide Except for Sega and Its Monkey

Our wallets continue to gently weep, even in the midst of the momentous election coverage. Justin flails his arms to the beat of Wii Music, Nick continues to search Dracula's latest castle, and Kaz leads a decisive demo discussion. And if you're somehow not ...

Episode 67: Burlap Dance

Budding level designers, your time to shine has arrived. LittleBigPlanet is out (even if its servers aren't quite ready), but the Rumble Pack isn't sure whether the mainstream media knows how to cover the seedier side of the game's user-generated content. Also, Kaz delivers the scoop on the latest batch ...

Episode 66: The Dead Space Between Our Ears

This week, the 'Pack ventures into Dead Space to hunt down tentacled babies and other cranky aliens. There are no monster-closets on this spaceship, but does EA's survival horror debut deliver the chills? Justin "proverbially" poop-socks the English translation of Mother 3 - we're not sure what proverb that's ...

Episode 65: Half Baked

Unfortunately, most of our Tokyo Game Show coverage was lost due to technical difficulties, but we still have plenty to keep us busy here in the states. Nicolo delivers the full scoop on the "interactive-art" download Linger in the Shadows for the PS3, while Tony finally explores Cave Story. Afterwards, ...

Episode 64: Michael J. FoxDie

The entire Rumble Pack convenes a meeting of the mindless to namedrop Kongs and listen to Nick's vacation tales. Tony embarks on Lock's Quest and slogs through Haze for reasons unknown, while Tom enters the world of HD gaming, inches away from his huge TV. Justin is disgusted by Sonic's ...

Episode 63: Mountain Brew

Due to the mortgage crisis and impending legislation, The Rumble Pack crew starts off the episode with insightful economic analysis...or not. After that, Tom awards WipEout HD the gold, Kaz drops bombs in BattleField: Bad Company, Tony revisits his childhood in Kirby Super Star ...

A Rumble Pack Side Quest: Justin Plays Rod Humble’s “The Marriage”

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...

Episode 62: In Memoriam

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, ...