Prepare yourself for a hot scoop of Thumbs, starting things off with discussion of the bizarre press rollout for the upcoming Nintendo 3DS. Chris talks about the strange press release with arbitrary bolding, font styles, and text sizes that announced the future announcement of the future handheld while Steve admits he might be interested in affordable 3D technology that doesn’t require the use of stereoscopic glasses.
The multiplayer beta for Starcraft 2 has captured the hearts of many, especially Chris and former Thumb Nick Breckon. The guys have ascended the pairs ladder to the silver ranking, meaning that they’re actually pretty decent at video games. Success requires practice and experience, though, so Chris shares some of his experiences with the Starcraft 2 commentating community.
After briefly discussing Metro 2033, the guys discuss Just Cause 2 and talk about the disparity between open world games that either try to mimic some semblance of reality (Grand Theft Auto IV) or facilitate emergent insanity (Red Faction Guerilla, Just Cause 2). As always, the show closes out with a generous portion of reader mail.
Covered games and topics: Metro 2033, StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty, Just Cause 2, Shatter, Chime, CPU Bach, Shadow and the Colossus 2: Everything’s Windmills Everywhere (In Hell), Nintendo 3DS, Nintendo Autodesk 3ds Max 4
In a daring escape accompanied by expert commentary, The Idle Thumbs Podcast crew managed to narrowly evade being overrun by a rampaging army of BigDogs flying the Sony flag, aided only by a pneumatic rifle and a an infinite supply of parachutes. Video games.
Runtime – 1:40:01
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