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Rebel FM Episode 90 – 01/28/11

by Alex Martin in Games377 days ago

Anthony starts this week’s Rebel FM talking about a video-less game. Papasangre is an iPhone horror-game that uses stereo sound to creep out sighted and sightless gamers alike. Another iPhone horror-game, Dead Space, does require vision and is surprisingly easy to control. Naturally, they continue their Dead Space 2 discussion. He’s also enjoyed Breach, a downloadable multiplayer shooter, but was disappointed by its lack of original ideas. Ryan’s discussion of Vanquish segues into an examination of what “bad shooting”...

Rebel FM Episode 89 – 01/21/11

by Alex Martin in Games384 days ago

Dead Space 2 is the focus of a lengthy discussion at the start of this episode. They stay away from spoilers for this and its prequels, talking instead about the usability improvements and aesthetic differences. Next, Arthur talks about Age of Empires Online and the Xbox Live Arcade version of Torchlight. He’s also played Mass Effect 2′s Shadow Broker DLC, and seen the interactive comic that accompanies the PlayStation 3 version. He’s left with some questions about Mass Effect 3. Anthony has storys to tell about Game Dev Story....

Rebel FM: Episode 88 — 01/04/11

by Alex Martin in Games397 days ago

IGN Editor Jim Reilly joins for this 2010-retrospective podcast with Anthony, Arthur, and Ryan. First, though, they look back at the games they’ve played this week. Anthony starts with the PlayStation Move components of Auditorium and Heavy Rain. Jim jumps in the middle of that to talk Oblivion, which he has just started in the midst of Elder Scrolls V news. Arthur is puzzled at Bejeweled 3′s weird faux-epic aesthetic. He’s also got impressions on Mass Effect 2′s downloadable missions (not including Lair of the Shadow Broker). Ryan’s...

Rebel FM Episode 86 – 12/03/10

by Alex Martin in Games433 days ago

With Tyler yet to return, Area 5′s Ryan O’Donnell and IGN’s Greg Miller join for an extra-long Rebel FM. This episode includes a bonus hour-long spoiler-filled discussion of Assassin’s Creed: Brotherhood after the usual game talk and letters. Anthony starts with Brotherhood’s multiplayer, which is surprisingly underpopulated. It’s not a great problem here, but they wonder if unlockable perks hurt the longevity of multiplayer games. Arthur calls Battlefield: Bad Company 2′s Vietnam DLC the baby of its mother-game...

Rebel FM Episode 75 – 09/10/10

by Alex Martin in Games517 days ago

Indie games were the stars of PAX 2010 for our hosts. Anthony, Arthur, Matt, Tyler, and Ryan (O’Donnell — semi-regular guest from Area 5) talk us through what seems like an entire show floor of games. They rattle through too many games to mention here, explaining the less-familiar ones. Some of the most interesting ideas are Hoard — a strategy game about building a dragon’s gold pile, Bastion — an action RPG with dynamic narration, and Spy Party — a unique multiplayer game that doesn’t focus on action. Duke...

Rebel FM Episode 70 – 07/30/10

by Alex Martin in Games559 days ago

StarCraft 2 commands the first segment, with Ryan O’Donnell (Area 5) joining the regular crew. Everyone except Tyler has played and enjoyed it and they have little but praise for the Mass Effect-like breaks between missions, the accessibility, and the ambient occlusion. After a break, they talk about the other games they’ve been playing recently. Ryan’s played a handful of iPad and iPod games — Osmos HD, Monkey Island 2, Helsing’s Fire, Aqua Moto Racing, and Archetype — all of which sound like they’re worth...

Mobcast 54: CO-OP on Co-op

by Alex Martin in Games634 days ago

Ryan O’Donnell and Cesar Quintero of Area 5 media, producers of CO-OP, are hosted by Bitmobbers Demian and Brett. Appropriately, the theme for this episode is co-operative gaming and Demian starts with his topic — games the panel only plays co-operatively. Some games are just better when you have friends there with you, like Phantasy Star Online, which Ryan seems to think is the same offline as on, but is transformed when your friends are there to check out your loot. Ryan has a cool idea — more games should have two-part weapons...

Rebel FM Episode 57 – 04/01/10

by Ross Adams in Games678 days ago

Things get off to an odd start when it’s revealed that Ryan’s first game creation on Warioware DIY was something called “Nipple Pinch”. Ryan moves the dicussion onto Just Cause 2, relaying lots of stories of the crazy antics you can get up to in the game. He suggests it’s not a game you should play in long stretches but the scope of the world and the things you can do make it alot of fun. After some Bad Company 2 talk the guys move onto talking about their experiences at PAX East. The guys talk about a ton of games...

Rebel FM Episode 55 – 03/17/09

by Ross Adams in Games692 days ago

A five man cast this week so things are a little more raucous than usual, to the point that there are many things bleeped out. It makes for an entertaining show if nothing else. Now 343 Industries employee David Ellis kicks things off by recounting his 7+ hours with the Just Cause 2 demo. The demo has a 30 minute time limit so that goes some way to showing how much he is enjoying it. It’s a “great way to blow shit up” seems to be the take away. God of War 3 causes some debate, while the opening is epic and visual stunning it seems...

CO-OP Live: Heavy Rain

by Derek Lavigne in Games709 days ago

To start off the show this week, Cesar and Matt discuss their time at the Nintendo press summit from last week. They both seem very excited about WarioWare D.I.Y. The game seems to have a very unique take on the old mini-game collection formula, letting you created and “ship” your own mini-games inside of a prepackaged world. They also highlight Sin and Punishment: Star Successor on the Wii which is a completely new take on the rail shooter convention and a few of the upcoming Wii Art Style games. They wrap up the Nintendo segment showing...

CO-OP Live 303: Sooo Indie!

by Derek Lavigne in Games716 days ago

Another live show and the Area5 team keeps on improving week after week. First on the docket on this (mostly) indie game episode is the recently released The Misadventures of P.B. Winterbottom on XBLA. Like most of the game industry, CO-OP has nothing but praise for this game and Ryan plays some of it live for the viewers instead of relying on timing pre-recorded clips like the previous weeks. Overall opinions seem to be that it is a must buy for fans of puzzle games. A recorded segment is throw in next with Jason and Cesar discussing Skate 3, which...

CO-OP Live: Bioshock 2 and X10 Previews

by Derek Lavigne in Games723 days ago

Week 2 of the live show brings a few changes as Area5 settles in to their new format. The packed couch is gone, replaced with individual chairs which still doesn’t feel quite right. Jay and Matt are up first to discuss Bioshock 2 while Ryan sifts through twitter questions to be asked at the latter part of the segment instead of lumping them at the tail end of of the show. As a whole, they don’t seem to have much negative to say about the game, citing improved sound, combat, and a changed environment. Matt does mention he wished the underwater...

Rebel FM Episode 51 — 02/10/10

by Ross Adams in Games727 days ago

It’s an alcohol fueled episode this week so expect some slurring and a bit more rambling than usual. Anthony played some Heavy Rain, he doesn’t want to spoil anything story related so the discussion is fairly vague, it certainly sounds like it could be as divisive as expected. Most of the guys have played varying amounts of BioShock 2 and the feelings are mixed. Anthony thinks there are enough cool set pieces to make it worth checking out. But overriding feeling is that it just doesn’t and couldn’t live up to the first game....

CO-OP Live: Testing 1,2…

by Derek Lavigne in Games728 days ago

It’s the very first episode of CO-OP Live and seeing the guys on a set every week is going to take some getting used to. To ease in, they structure this episode much like previous CO-OP episodes but with pre-recorded video and a script to match it up with. Mass Effect 2 is the topic of conversation for this week and with each of the guys playing a different class in the game, it makes for interesting conversation with several different points of view. After a quick stop on some of the ways the previous game influences this one, combat and...

Rebel FM Episode 49 – 01/29/10

by Ross Adams in Games741 days ago

Assassins Creed 2′s first bit of DLC was released this week, guest Ryan O’Donnell and Arthur have both been playing it. While they agree it’s disappointing they both recommend picking it up because the low price for more Assassins Creed 2 content seems like a no-brainer. Arthur briefly touches on Dante’s Inferno, he is not sure of his feelings on it yet but hopes to talk about it more next week. Arthur played some of the 360 demo for Battlefield Bad Company 2, he says there is a definite learning curve when it comes to the...

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