A Joke 34 Years In The Telling
HIGH The compass gag is an all-time great joke.
LOW A key item disappeared from my inventory and I had to restart the level.
WTF Need Choloroform? Just mix a bottle of Chloro and a bottle of Form!
UnMetal Review
Tag: Metal Gear
GameCritics.com Podcast Episode 154: Pokemon Go, No Man’s Sky, and Star Trek
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Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain Review
The Silent Snake
HIGH Infiltrating a heavily guarded enemy prison for the sole purpose of retrieving a copy of A-ha's 'Take on Me'.
LOW A lack of story motivation coupled with an overload of open-world repetition.
WTF Huey's role in the game.
Metal Gear Solid: Ground Zeroes Second Opinion
War Does Change
HIGH The slow-mo reflex mechanic that kicked in to save my ass countless times.
LOW Hitting "Restart Checkpoint" because a guard saw me across the map.
WTF That time a guard shot me from one foot away … with a rocket launcher.
Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance Review
The Return of the Ripper
HIGH A spectacular boss battle with a sai-wielding man made out of magnets.
LOW Finding out who the final boss is.
WTF I normally don't like heavy metal music, so why do I like this soundtrack so much?
Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker Review
Ghost in the Machine
HIGH The excellent expanded characterization of The Boss.
LOW Watching a tank slowly circle an area for 30 minutes while attempting to non-lethally disable its entourage.
WTF The ending after the ending. Pacifica Ocean?
GameCritics.com Podcast Episode 44: Amnesia, MGS Peace Walker, Alan Wake Redux, Halo: Reach
This week, it's some good old fashioned game talk. Amnesia The Dark Descent! Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker! Alan Wake! Plus: Games are too buggy, Richard sings (twice), and stay tuned after the credits for some impromptu Halo: Reach chat. Featuring Chi Kong Lui, Brad Gallaway, Mike Bracken, Richard Naik, and Tim "Let's Grow a Beard Together" Spaeth.
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Games discussed:
- Amnesia: The Dark Descent
- Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker
- Alan Wake
- Halo: Reach
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GameCritics.com Podcast Episode 36: E3 2010 Wrap-Up, Kinect, Move and 3DS
An E3 wrap-up so enormous, so all-encompassing, we drafted a fifth chair from across the pond to share the load. Sinan Kubba of the Big Red Potion podcast joins us as we tear Sony, Nintendo, and Microsoft to shreds. The hate flows freely this week folks; if it gets too depressing jump to the 92-minute mark as we reveal our most anticipated games of the show. It's our longest, most vulgarity-packed podcast ever! Rejoice! Featuring Chi Kong Lui, Brad Gallaway, Mike Bracken, the aforementioned Sinan Kubba, and Tim "Billy Big Bang Blitz" Spaeth.
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Topics discussed:
- Microsoft Kinect
- Sony Move
- Nintendo 3DS
- Epic Mickey
- Project Dust
- Lost in Shadows
- Vanquish
- Kid Icarus
- The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword
- Portal 2
- Littlebigplanet 2
- Final Fantasy XIV
- Metal Gear Solid Rising
Please send feedback and mailbag questions to podcast (at) gamecritics (dot) com.
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