For absolutely no reason, I refuse to call this "Side C"
The third part of this week's special, three-part podcast introduces Bradley Osburn, Kyle Charizanis, and Matt McLennan to the mic. Along with those three are Jason Ross and Chris Mabrey.
A great entrance for newcomers to the series with one outdated exception.
For all two of you reading this who have no idea who Lara Croft is, let’s get this out of the way real quick. A curvy British noble, she scoffs at tea parties and aristocratic protocol, preferring to spend her days raiding tombs and finding treasures. She has been flipping around ruins and wearing tiny shorts since the olden days of the original Playstation. Also she shoots dinosaurs, but it’s not a big deal.
All three major consoles had issues in the past week with online services. Of course I'm going to talk about it.
Volume 3 of the Spectacular PB & Jason hits shelves this week with a variety of discussion topics!
... and why the games and services they are offering are tailored to their benefit.
The answer is pretty simple, actually. See if you can spot the trend in the listing of titles below:
Side B of our 3 sided launch extravaganza includes talk of level 100 carrots, MMO failures and bitching about 3D, micro transactions and everything in between
In the second part of our PixlTalk 2.0 launch series, Nate hosts with Matt R, Stanton and Jason H sitting in for a talk concerning modern gaming.
Being the definitive version of Rayman 2 isn't saying much.
Alright, let’s address the elephant in the room: Rayman 3D is a cheap cash-in port of the Dreamcast version of Rayman 2. No, the game has not been enhanced in any meaningful way other than the addition of stereoscopic 3D - and no, it doesn’t in any way actually enhance the gameplay. Yes, at times, I even encountered a few instances where the game completely froze up, thus forcing me to hard reset my 3DS. All of this aside, Rayman 3D is still an enjoyable experience - one that has lost some of its luster over time. Thanks to the circle pad on the 3DS, the game controls like a dream, and the 3D, while nothing significant, adds some nice visual flair, giving the game a bit of extra charm. All things considered, this release of Rayman 2 is the definitive one.
Kyle details his latest tournament travels for Nintendo's most competitive brawler.
Last weekend I attended a Super Smash Bros. Melee tournament in Ottawa, Ontario (Canada). It’s certainly not my first one, but it’s the first since I’ve joined PixlBit. Despite being pretty small (the largest I’ve been to had around 243 entrants for Melee and around the same for Brawl), it was a lot of fun, and I got to hang out with a bunch of people I hadn’t seen in far too long. I’ve been playing the game competitively for years now, and with all the people I’ve met and the stuff we’ve done, I don’t see any reason to stop. Also, insert something sappy about friends and making memories .
Best Buy and Nintendo to offer unique 3DS downloadable content
Nintendo and Best Buy announced that they are planning to install 1000 Nintendo 3DS hot spots in Best Buy stores throughout the United States. These stations will be able to offer up automatic wireless access to patrons starting June 7. A "variety of fun content" will be available such as new SpotPass features, movie trailers, exclusive offers and other bonus goodies. It is not known at this point if the movie trailers will showcase the 3D capabilities of the new handheld.
This game was a triumph. I'm making a note here: HUGE SUCCESS. It's hard not to overstate my satisfaction.
Back nearly four years ago, if you had asked me about Portal, I would have merely shrugged. It wasn’t that the game concept didn’t seem interesting, it was really the fact that I had two generations worth of games to catch up on and, more importantly, it was on the computer.
