Original Dungeon Keeper Podcast: Episode 1

So I've decided to do a podcast. It's pretty self explanatory. It's pretty awful as well I reckon but who am I to judge? If you guys like it then please leave a comment as I'd rather like to run with this idea for a little while longer than just a week.

Enjoy!

Speed Freaks

Yesterday I mentioned a game called Speed Freaks. After writing the blog, I went on a bit of a YouTube hunt and found the video above.

I was having palpitations, I was so nostalgic.

One Year and Counting.

So one year today, I started Original Dungeon Keeper. A friend of mine said, and I quote, "You'll never get past two weeks". Well to him I say, Booyah. One year and counting my friend, one year and counting.

So... well how to start this. Actually I know how. I've missed 76 days worth of blogging. That's two and a half months of just.... nothing xD But I know that at the end of the day it hasn't been that bad. At least, even though there have been a few dry patches, I have kept this updated as regularly as possible. But, with all things, life has a tendency of getting in the way I suppose.

But who cares about all that crap. As always, it's the games that this blogs about! Well, with the odd sidetrack to talk about other things I suppose. I've showed you the highs of gaming and the very lows, and every single time it's been drenched in opinion, cynicism and good old fashioned hypocrisy. Life will make a gaming journalist out of me yet!

So I suppose I should say thankyou to all those who have supported me this past year, and of course for just being generally pretty awesome by commenting and such like. Cheers guys!

Here's to another year of me, and what a good year we have ahead of us! Uncharted 2 and Modern Warfare 2 for instance, are gonna be pretty sweet and let's not forget last years posts which of course have been the basis of this blog. Below are just a few of my personal favourites, but as always, it's my humble and probably incorrect opinion :)

What was the last great game?
Left me for dead.
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2009
Radscorpion

Penny Arcade Adventures: On the Rain-Slick Precipice of Darkness Episode One

Bought this, this morning. To be honest, I kinda regretted it straight after because I hadn’t read… GOOD reviews for it. Just average ones. Still, it was already downloading so I sighed, set my PS3 to shut down after download and off I went to college.

 

I got home around 8, wandered down the local Tesco with a mate and got back around 9. I booted it up, sighed, and began playing.

 

Let me tell you, I love Penny Arcade. The web comic is funny as hell, and never fails to deliver off the wall yet true to life wit and humor. It’s a must read. No doubt my obsession with the web comic was one of the factors that led me to buying this game. So why was I so cynical about my purchase? Well firstly it’s an RPG and I don’t really do RPG’s… Also, it’s episodic. Meaning that no matter how long they claim it is, It just wont be.

 

As usual though, I ate my own words (for the record, they taste rather rich like fruitcake, and as you well know, fruitcake is the preffered choice of desert for a liar). I love this game. It’s around 6-8 hours long (or so I’ve heard), has a rather fresh combat system (it’s just the usual turn based, but it’s not as strict as Final Fantasy) and, best of all it is funny as hell. It really left me wetting myself with laughter. It’s brilliant.

 

The character creation system is pretty impressive as well. Your character appears in the cut scenes, fully animated in 2D. It’s rather clever!

Warped

 

I downloaded Crash Bandicoot 3: Warped on my PS3 this morning. It’s brilliant, just like I remembered and it looks slightly upscaled on the PS3. To be honest the only noticeable difference is that the sound quality is 100X better than playing it on a Playstation 1.

So I know what I’m playing up until Christmas! Which is like three weeks away. Which is worrying. I’ve almost been doing this blog for four months now.