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Nitrobeard: Episode 20

[ by Wes ][ August 30th, 2010 ][ No Comments » ][ radnormous ]
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It’s Emmy time for the Nitrobeard crew, and the dynamic duo of Wes Gardner and Brian Belida are here to be your eyes and ears for the big event! Wait, what?  No, not the Emmys, they’re going to walk you through this episode of Nitrobeard! They wouldn’t be at the Emmys! Plus, Nitrobeard has like, 36 Emmys anyway, so it’s sooooooo old news by now.

In this episode, things such as Torchlight, Scott Pilgrim vs. The World (spoilers!), Brian’s love of Grim Dawn, odd Final Fantasy XIV design decisions, Guild Wars 2, Wes’s dark ‘casual game’ secret, PAX ‘adult parties’, and Calvin Klein cologne are discussed in great, sexy detail!

However, this episode’s actually dedicated to the need, and deep-seated dream, we all have: To fornicate profusely with literary legend, Ray Bradbury. I mean, we have like 40 Emmys! That’s a start, right?

POLISH YOUR AWARDS, AND GET YOUR SPEECHES READY, NITROBEARD IS LIVE!

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BlobVanDam Does What SEGAVanDamns

[ by Brian ][ August 25th, 2010 ][ No Comments » ][ bidja gams ]
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YouTube user BlobVanDam has posted a video of Sonic & Knuckles’ Mushroom Hill Zone done in 2.5D. YouTube commenter MetaMario9 puts it quite well :

this alone makes Sonic 4 look like a fucking fangame.

Star Wars On Blu Ray

[ by Wes ][ August 17th, 2010 ][ No Comments » ][ film ]
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To celebrate the recent announcement of Star Wars finally getting released on Blu Ray (with deleted scenes and LucasFilms archival footage, to boot), IGN posted up a pretty kickass video of celebrities talking about their favorite Star Wars characters:

I mean, everyone who didn’t say Boba Fett is incorrect, but it’s nice to see how split the difference is when it comes to the films. Nobody knows which versions of the films will be on the Blu Ray set, but I’m hoping for the Special Edition VHS copies that I owned as a young, lightsaber-wielding duder. Odds are, though, it’ll be a fully CGI affair, acted out by action figures hand-painted by a thirteen year old Guatemalan boy.

Bulletin Beard : Death Free Or Rally Hard

[ by Brian ][ August 12th, 2010 ][ No Comments » ][ radnormous ]
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I got word (EvilAvatar.com) that 1996 car-combat masterpiece Death Rally has been released for free by Max Payne / Alan Wake devs Remedy! It now runs natively on 32 and 64-bit Windows systems which is darn spiffy.

There’s an interesting accompanying article that details the process taken to port Death Rally from DOS to current Windows systems. Even if you just scroll to the bottom and close the tab without reading the article, hopefully seeing the length of said article will let you appreciate his work a bit more.

Or you could just enjoy blowing up cars with extreme vehicle violence at face value.

Sideburned Meets World

[ by Brian ][ August 11th, 2010 ][ 2 Comments » ][ radnormous ]
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(Note : Start at the bottom, newer responses be up top.)

Brian : TOPANGA. What a goddam name I tell you what.

And Rider Strong’s not only doing convenience store robberies, but planning the Batman porn which is actually coming out for real. I’d be interested in seeing the timeline for when Your Lucky Day was filmed and when that Batman XXX Parody was first announced / trailer’d.

Week is going well! Been playing a lot of Left 4 Dead 2 with Imran and some other Platforumers, I also got Dragon Quest IX last week and have been delving into / enjoying that quite a bit. Game-wise I’ve also occasionally been playing The Void on Steam which is kind of overwhelming and doesn’t afraid of telling you there are consequences for what you do and yes you did just make a mistake.

It’s kind of scaring me from playing.

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Wes : Oh man, that was fantastic. At first I didn’t quite get where the story was going, but there’s a few choice scenes (not going to spoil it, as everyone should watch it) that took me by genuine surprise. It is great to see Rider Strong (yeah, that’s his real fucking name, wanna fight about it?!) in there, but I don’t think Mr. Feeny would appreciate this new-found profession. Topanga goes off and becomes a weight-loss legend, and he goes and does convenience store robberies? Shame, young man! SHAME.

In other random news, Starcraft 2 is still whopping my ass, and I’m getting fairly psyched for QuakeCon, as they’re doing crazy livestream broadcasting of people playing Quake, and being better at it than I’ll ever be at anything. Ever. How’s your week treating you, Mr. Belida?

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Brian : Wes watch this short film right now. It’s called Your Lucky Day and stars that long haired kid from Boy Meets World. For any people at their desk jobs right now it might be a bit NSFW.

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