Post by: Jonnyboy117 on September 20, 2009, 05:54:00 AM
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Episode 162: The Alien is You
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...aaaaand we're back! After a much needed week off, the RFN crew is armed with new games (and new consoles) to fill up a fat New Business. Expect to hear about DIRT 2, Castlevania: Symphony of the Night, Little Big Planet, Scribblenauts, the original Professor Layton, Muramasa, inFamous, and The Beatles: Rock Band. Whew!
We transition from the games we've been playing to the games we'll be playing, as a catch-up segment on recent news is loaded with digital download game announcements. Finally, in your Listener Mail, we goof on the GameCube keyboard controller, feature a Shout-Out for Baten Kaitos Origins, and field questions about art direction and Aragorn/Hobbit games.
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Post by: Plugabugz on September 20, 2009, 03:51:59 PM
Post by: AV on September 20, 2009, 04:27:43 PM
Post by: Killer_Man_Jaro on September 20, 2009, 04:50:13 PM
The thing about Scribblenauts is that I heard in one of the early fact-sheets that the stages worked on a medal system. To earn a gold medal, you had to complete the level three times, but the condition was that with each successive playthrough, you couldn't use anything you had used in previous plays of said level. That's where I feel the creativity would really shine, though from the sound of the reviews so far, it appears not many people took that route. I guess they wanted to blast through the game once so they could get the review out quickly. If I buy Scribblenauts, which I think I'm likely to when it is released over here, I'd quite like to challenge my imagination more by going for the golds.
As far as the WiiWare announcements go, this episode's discussion and the coverage on Nintendo Life has really made it apparent that the service is flourishing. There's a decently library of great games at this point (I have a good number of them myself), and there's about 5 or 6 upcoming titles in the 'Maybe' pile between now and the end of the year that I might download. In fact, I've already put 3000 Points on my Shop Channel, despite that I don't know precisely what it will ultimately be spent on.
Final comment: LOL @ Jon's comment on The Beatles. In fairness, I'm pretty indifferent about them; their music is tolerable but very bland, in my opinion. Nobody yell at me please.
Post by: NWR_Lindy on September 20, 2009, 04:58:28 PM
I like to stir the pot when it comes to The Beatles, because their fans are usually so passionate and easy to bait. I don't hate them like I let on (that's just for dramatic effect), but I'm not a fan of their music either.
Post by: kraken613 on September 20, 2009, 06:33:35 PM
Post by: GoldenPhoenix on September 20, 2009, 07:26:54 PM
This episode took us FOREVER to record. We had different people with different technical difficulties throughout, so it was a four-hour marathon.
I like to stir the pot when it comes to The Beatles, because their fans are usually so passionate and easy to bait. I don't hate them like I let on (that's just for dramatic effect), but I'm not a fan of their music either.
I agree, I'm not a big beatles fan either.
Post by: broodwars on September 20, 2009, 08:42:07 PM
Incidentally, Sakuraba should be a little ashamed of himself when it comes to his score for both games. No, the music itself is fine but he practically lifted the OSTs for both games for his Eternal Sonata score. I guess he figured that so few people played either game that he could get away with it and few people would notice.
On the whole "importance of art direction" topic, I haven't really noticed a decline in art direction over the years so much as a change of focus. As noted in the podcast, just because something doesn't look appealing, that doesn't mean it doesn't have great art direction. Take Fallout 3 for example. That world is extremely striking and consistent, but as a 50s-style post-apocalyptic hell-hole it's not a place I would want to even visit. I think the true judge of a game's art direction is that you can put a game down; pick it up years later after technology has advanced significantly; and yet the game still looks good. Frankly, very few games in general can boast such things and the Metroid Prime series is one of those.
Post by: kraken613 on September 20, 2009, 10:37:32 PM
Post by: NWR_Lindy on September 21, 2009, 12:45:31 PM
I always knew why Jonny was my favorite member of the podcast. The Beatles ROCK!
Jonny appeals to the podcast masses with his pop sensibilities and sing-songy vocals. I'm for those with more refined podcast palates.
Post by: DmentD on September 21, 2009, 02:16:26 PM
Post by: Plugabugz on September 21, 2009, 03:36:27 PM
Post by: Jonnyboy117 on September 21, 2009, 04:47:57 PM
Post by: Crimm on September 22, 2009, 01:28:40 AM
I always knew why Jonny was my favorite member of the podcast. The Beatles ROCK!
Jonny appeals to the podcast masses with his pop sensibilities and sing-songy vocals. I'm for those with more refined podcast palates.
Jon, stop blowing up my twitter feed with your street lyrics.
Post by: KDR_11k on September 22, 2009, 08:52:30 AM
Post by: D_Average on September 23, 2009, 07:40:50 PM
Post by: GoldenPhoenix on September 23, 2009, 07:52:28 PM
Post by: Jonnyboy117 on September 25, 2009, 01:44:31 AM
Post by: NWR_Lindy on September 25, 2009, 01:45:55 AM
I'm sure it's good on 360/PS3 though.
James, you need a little hood influence. I mean, aside from Little Red Riding Hood or Mr. Roger's Neighborhood.
Post by: NWR_Karl on September 25, 2009, 02:51:02 AM
Post by: broodwars on September 25, 2009, 05:45:02 AM
One has to to wonder... Was Lindy always so hood? Or was it the tough, ghetto streets of Hotlanta that changed him into the cold-ass thug he be currently? One pictures a bright-eyed, smiling-wide boy from rural Canada twisted and abused into becoming a urban force of nature.
He's been breaking blocks down on the streets. ;)
Post by: NWR_DrewMG on September 25, 2009, 09:23:40 AM
One pictures a bright-eyed, smiling-wide boy from rural Canada twisted and abused into becoming a urban force of nature.
You're acting as if some sort of magical mystery tour came to take him away.
Post by: Plugabugz on September 25, 2009, 10:34:14 AM
Post by: NWR_Lindy on September 28, 2009, 04:25:43 PM
Atlanta? Oh dear.
Southern hospitality baby.
Post by: Halbred on October 18, 2009, 09:48:38 PM
Post by: NWR_Lindy on October 18, 2009, 11:16:13 PM
