Little Big Planet for PSP is up first this week with Ryan and Matt pouring the love on pretty thick. At the very least, it look like the PSP version compromises little to get the PS3 experience in your hand.
The CO-OP team was also represented at the recent Mass Effect 2 preview event, and The Totally Rad Show’s Jeff Cannata is standing in to discuss what they saw. There are no real spoiler here, and with a focus on the art of the game, this segment provides a perspective on the game that you may not have seen before.
Avatar: The Game is last up, and it is again somewhat confusing as to why this game is getting so much coverage.
Android or iPhone? Perhaps not a nerd debate to be decided in a single episode, but that doesn’t stop Cesar and Rob from taking some . . . extreme measures. Fortunately their adorable little feud didn’t harm our interview with Mass Effect 2 producer Adrien Cho when we got to go check out the game last week. A few of our friends stuck around to talk about their brief play-session afterward including one “J. Cannata”–if that is his real name! Avatar is no doubt going to break (or has already broken) some kind of box-office record, but the game leaves something to be desired. Lastly, the most-likely-overlooked LittleBigPlanet for the PSP stands up proudly on its own as a must-have for any PSP owner.
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I have to agree about the confusing coverage of Avatar. I get that the movie is huge but by all accounts the game is entirely average. It just seems like a waste of time that could be used to cover another game that has perhaps been overlooked.
When they covered it the first time, I was suspicious that it was a paid spot because Avatar has been doing a lot of weird product placement (they took over large chunk of a recent 'Bones' episode), and it was just such a weird, short segment.
However, I can't believe the guys would do a paid review without providing at least some kind of notice; so I wonder if they just thought it'd be worth following up on the game. It's not a bad idea for them to cover mediocre games occassionally, because that can be helpful for people who are otherwise on the fence.