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
The Idle Thumbs Podcast
Idle Thumbs casts its pod into your face with off-the-cuff, incisive, multiplatform video gaming discussion. No on-air schedules, no Skype. Hands-on accounts and stunning commentary abound.
As you can see over in the sidebar, Space Asshole from Idle Thumbs 48: In Space is now available for MP3 download. In stereo!
Nick also went out of his way to create this accompanying video showing the space asshole in action. It's worth noting that the vast majority of this video was comprised of footage he simply had lying around after some FRAPS capture sessions of Reactor Zero's PC version of Volition's Red Faction: Guerrilla, before this song existed--this game is so wonderfully conducive to space assholism that there was little need to consciously sync it up.
And be sure to watch to the very end. Some of you may have seen an earlier, shorter, version of this video that the internet somehow found. This one's the real deal.
The first thing I did after installing the recently-released PC version of Capcom's Resident Evil 5, just before recording this week's Thumbs, was to jump right into a co-op game with the first person I found starting the game at level one. This was probably the best online gaming I idea I have had in months, because to my complete surprise I got paired up with an outrageous, minigun-toting, shirtless Road Warrior type named Warhammer, who proceeded to kick the shit out of the game for me.
Sadly, I played through the whole first level before Jake suggested flipping on FRAPS and recording some video, which I did for the second level. As it turns out, the outfit itself is exclusive to the PC version, so this should be just as new to all of you:
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