The Gamer Lounge

Brutal Legend was the demo I finally got around to downloading this morning.  It’s about 2GB so it will take a while to download, but it is totally worth it.  As soon as you load up the demo you notice it’s original.  See the picture above?  That’s the thing’s menu.  When you press start, hands come and open up the record and you see some awesome flame filled heavy metal artwork.  From there on it just gets better and better.

Jack Black does the voice work for your character and there is some genius writing.  This leads to some hilarious scenes and some awesome gory action.  Right before a cursing fit is thrown, the game actually pauses and asks you if you want the curse words to be bleeped out.  Soon after that the game asks if it’s OK to show tons of gore only when “it’s totally awesome”.  After that you are transported into a world based on album art from old heavy metal records and kick some booty.

When I saw the guitar in the game, I figured there would be some long stretch that had Guitar Hero gameplay.  There is a bit of rhythm type gaming, but there is only one in the demo and it’s only a few seconds long.  Not too mention the items that appear after you play the solo are totally awesome.  (I’ll let you see that for yourself)

The only bad thing I can say about it is the art style and graphics make it look like an older game.  It’s a good look, but it just looks like something that came out a few years ago…not two weeks from now.  Nevertheless, I have one more game to add to my Christmas queue.  I highly recommend you check out this demo if you haven’t yet.  It will leave you laughing and rocked away at how brutally good it is!

So like a good little reviewer, I knew I should finish the game before I finialized my thoughts about it. However, I am royally getting my ass handed to me in the Lava World level of the game! I have an idea now of how to get past it, but a save before you fight the dragon would sure be nice!

On another note, I’m actually going to see Tropic Thunder tonight. I’ll finally have a movie to talk about!

Update: I finally got past lava world!  I’ve finished the ice world as well, so I’m about done with the game.  Hopefully I can finish by tomorrow or the day after and get a review up!

Because my post about the Pyro updates generated a surprisingly large amount of traffic, I figured I should let you know about the Heavy update!    Yes siree, over the next few days you can find an increasing amount of information here.  http://steamgames.com/tf2/heavy/

So far they have the achievement icons up, a new map, and the Heavy’s new “upgraded” boxing glove.  Pretty dang cool.

On another note, can anyone tell me if the 360 has even gotten Medic achievements yet?

Arrh maities! In this episode we talk about pirating, Star Wars: The Force Unleashed on the iPod touch/iPhone, Tropic Thunder, Dr. Horrible, Firefly, DVD release dates, and, as always, so much more!  Unfortunately it was cut short because I had a family reunion I had to head off to, and I had run out of hard drive space.  Both at the same time no less!

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Well first off, there is no Gamer Lounge this week!  Sorry about that, but both Larry and I had some things going on, and, most importantly, we wanted our first live show to be something truly memorable!  So the general thought was “If we’re going to have a live show, we should probably tell people where to see it!” 

So here’s the low down, at 6:30 PM Central time on Tuesday, August 5th, you can go right here, http://www.ustream.tv/channel/the-gamer-lounge, and see our show broadcasting live.  If you have any news, comments, or thoughts while we’re recording, you can just type them into the chatroom.  What does this allow?  It allows you guys to customize the show!  If you aren’t happy with the topics we’ve currently been covering, or if you think we need help getting off the topic of World of Warcraft, then here’s your chance to chime in.

(If you’d prefer to listen to that and my thoughts on Space Siege, here’s a link to the .MP3)

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(Also, if you’re interested in the Space Siege demo, it can be found right HERE.)

Are you a Spore Whore?  Ah, who isn’t!?    This episode is a bit shorter and a bit more random but some topics covered are Spore, The Wanted, Technology Improvements and many more!

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Check it out HERE! While this game isn’t made by the same people that developed the gem of a game Call of Duty 4, it still looks pretty sweet.  However, am I the only one that thinks parts of the trailer look more like Vietnam than World War 2?

THIS is worth a look!    I’ve got to say, the first one is pretty well done!

Wow, THAT’S pretty good isn’t it? GameSpot is always a nice place to check out every now and again, and it seems they think Metal Gear Solid 4 is worth a perfect 10! They are not alone in this rating either. I’ve got to admit, this game both looks and sounds awesome. If only I had a PS3 to play it on…

By the way, I finally downloaded and played the Ninja Gaiden II demo. Most of it was pretty cool, but the camera was very annoying at times.

Well THIS was all over the internet today, so I thought it deserved a place here as well.  While it’s nice to see they’re hard at work trying to improve the game, I find this as a disappointment.  The medic upgrade was cool, but being a Pyro myself, an axe is not what I’d want!  When I light people on fire I shoot them with the shotgun!  However, I do hope they keep adding things like this to the game simply to make you want to play it more.  For example, the ranks of Call of Duty 4 is what keeps drawing people in.  If TF2 had something like this I don’t think I could ever put the game down.