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March 3, 2010
"Your Buddy, Space Marine" or "The Capper"
Video game news explodes, as two unrelated sentient robots -- one good, one evil, both out of control -- battle to the death for headline dominance. Amidst the wash of corporate power-plays, decapitations, and ASCII art, we also talk about the Indie Fund, and play some games.
Games Discussed: Flotilla, StarCraft 2, BioShock 2, Splinter Cell: Conviction, Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War II, Far Cry 2, Blitz II: The League, Gears of War, Mass Effect 3: Everything's Gay Dudes Everywhere - The Ballad of Gay Shepard (If You Want Him To Be Gay), The Capper
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February 24, 2010
Scoops Horn
This week the past returns, distilled to its core and a little prettier. And on a hex grid, most likely. Also discussed: Scoops horn. If video games made you fly, that would probably be really scary.
Games Discussed: Civilization V, StarCraft 2, Command & Conquer 4, STALKER: Call of Pripyat, Resident Evil 5: Lost In Nightmares, Buzz Aldrin's Race Into Space, Team Fortress 2
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A brief dialogue on Torchlight
Posted by Chris Remo, October 25, 2009
So, this happened after Nick and I both found we were playing Torchlight at 1am:

Chris Remo (12:55:43 AM): Man Torchlight is good
Chris Remo (12:57:01 AM): It's kind of crazy how much it is just Diablo, but there are probably more Diablo veterans on this team than there are on the Diablo III team, so I think they have that right
Nick Breckon (12:59:45 AM): This team actually has enough talent to pull off the low-budget thing and make it work
Nick Breckon (1:00:03 AM): This game is to Diablo what Dungeon Runners tried to be for WoW
Chris Remo (1:00:18 AM): I get the sense Torchlight will be Diablo I to Diablo III's Diablo II
Chris Remo (1:00:23 AM): I guess we're making game analogies

(Torchlight is really good. Buy it.)
The above post may contain: Torchlight, Runic Games, PC games, analogies, stupendous dorkiness
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