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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 87 – 12/17/10

by Alex Martin in Games419 days ago

PopCap blogger Jeff Green’s next stop on his podcast tour is at Rebel FM. He starts the talk with World of Warcraft: Cataclysm, which practically turns the MMO into a new game. Next, Arthur boasts about his Pac Man Championship Edition DX score. Like Jeff, He’s been playing a multiplayer addition that could be its own game: Battlefield: Bad Company 2 Vietnam. He prefers it to Bad Company 2′s multiplayer because it is less exploitable. He also compares Crysis 2 to Halo, although he’s worried about the console versions. Anthony...

Rebel FM Episode 84 – 11/19/10

by Alex Martin in Games447 days ago

Black Ops starts this week’s Rebel FM, with favorable but unenthusiastic opinions on all parts of the blockbuster. Arthur brings surprising praise for Sonic Colors — the Wii-exclusive platformer that throws out all the extraneous nonsense surrounding recent Sonic games. Anthony liked 007: Goldeneye for the Wii, while Arthur was less impressed by Wii and PSP versions of Ghost Recon. HAWX 2 was another game poorly adapted for Nintendo’s console. After throwing down ten dollars (a lot for an iPhone game) on Galaxy on Fire 2, Matt...

Rebel FM Episode 81 – 10/22/10

by Alex Martin in Games475 days ago

The crew has a ton of games to talk about this week, starting with those Anthony has been playing. He’s enjoying the complicated relationship between Monkey and Trip in Enslaved. He also reviewed Saw 2 poorly after tiring of its repetitious quick-time events. Explosionade and Zombie Estate are a couple of console downloadables (Wii and Xbox respectively) he recommends, and he finishes with his impressions on Assassin’s Creed: Brotherhood. Matt found Dead Space Ignition an all-round shoddily-made motion comic, while he’s enjoying...

Rebel FM Episode 80 – 10/15/10

by Alex Martin in Games482 days ago

Arthur and Tyler lead the discussion on Medal of Honor. Arthur’s avoided reading the comments on his slightly above average IGN review. Tyler agrees with the score, but what they describe sounds worse even than the 6/10 on IGN. Even DICE’s multiplayer section suffers from the forced emulation of Call of Duty. Next, they talk about the frustration Dead Rising 2 brings by combining zombie-slaughter fun with antique game-design. Arthur has had to break the game to beat it. Anthony has a backhanded comment for Sengoku Basara: Samurai Heroes...

Rebel FM Episode 79 – 10/08/10

by Alex Martin in Games489 days ago

Matt and Arthur have been playing Enslaved this week. Despite agreeing that it is “remarkably OK”, and being underwhelmed by the combat and platforming, they seem to love it. The game is built around Alex Garland’s story though, and they recommend it for that and the brilliant acting and level design. Matt talks a little about his floating dungeon in Minecraft before Anthony details the forthcoming European PC games he recently had a look at. The First Templar, Dungeons, The Ball, and Amnesia all have some interesting concepts...

Rebel FM Episode 76 — 09/16/10

by Alex Martin in Games510 days ago

Braving a gas leak to deliver their impressions on a host of new and unreleased games, and to tell bald people to shave their heads, Rebel FM is here. First up, it’s Civilization 5. Matt and Anthony talk about different play-styles, turning units into boats, and the difference hexes make. While Anthony was reviewing Civ, Arthur was charged with Sonic Adventure for Xbox Live Arcade. It wasn’t a great game in the first place, and Sega even had the audacity to hold back seven-year-old content for DLC. He is more enthusiastic about the beautiful...

Rebel FM Episode 74 – 09/02/10

by Alex Martin in Games525 days ago

Rebel FM is intact this week, but sans-Jeff Green. The newly-unemployed writer is on a podcast tour but couldn’t make an expected appearance. Matt starts the game talk with Civilization 4: Warlords. He’s got tips on how to win a cultural victory. Anthony and Tyler have been playing a fantasy-themed Civ — Elemental: War of Magic. Circumstances converged to force it to launch broken, and it is so inaccessible Stardock are to patch in a tutorial. Despite its significant flaws, both are loving it. Tyler calls Mafia 2 a “linear...

Rebel FM Episode 73 – 08/27/10

by Alex Martin in Games531 days ago

Apple is trying to keep the Rebel FM down, and has caused computing difficulties again. The second half — or, as I like to call it, the best half — of the show is missing, making for an hour-long podcast. Perhaps Steve Jobs’ disdain is due to Arthur’s alleged love of Microsoft. The Xbot — as trolls like to call him — has given a bad review to a PlayStation exclusive. The downloadable Top Gun game does sound bad though. He appreciates ideas in Kane and Lynch 2 more, but poor action lets it down. He has similar...

Rebel FM Episode 72 – 08/13/10

by Alex Martin in Games545 days ago

In the world of Rebel FM, the best part of two hours is considered a short episode. 40 minutes of that is letters, though. To begin, Anthony is 25 hours into Arc Rise Fantasia, begging it to stop its droning grind. He tried going back to the original StarCraft too, but can’t deal with the inferior presentation. Matt picked up Civilization Revolution when it was free on the iPhone and has already figured a strategy to win at any difficulty. He’s also tried The Incident on iPhone, which is about avoiding falling debris. Tyler has briefly...

Rebel FM Episode 71 – 08/06/10

by Alex Martin in Games551 days ago

StarCraft 2 is still the hot topic this week. The crew share their multiplayer stories and impressions of the campaign, including a hidden mission. In other real-time strategy news, Anthony has played the Company of Heroes Online beta. It’s a free version of the original PC strategy game, with added leveling and purchasable units. He’s also got his hands on Arc Rise Fantasia — a clichéd but charming Japanese role-playing game for the Wii. Arthur’s been playing PSP Mini, Arctic Adventures — a puzzle game about sliding...

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...

Rebel FM Episode 69 – 07/22/10

by Alex Martin in Games566 days ago

Jim Reilly (IGN) joins Anthony, Arthur, Matt, and Tyler on the podcast too classy to for its 69th episode to be a source of amusement. Anthony kicks it off with Darkstar One. It’s a space combat sim with some trading and a lot of boring grinding. He’s enjoying grinding in DeathSpank though. Gravity Crash is a brightly colored, 2D space shooter he’s playing on the PSP. He has the low-down on Darkspore too — it’s a Diabolo clone with less customizability than the original Spore. Jim, a quiet guy, brings sounds down on...

Rebel FM Episode 67 – 07/10/10

by Alex Martin in Games579 days ago

Civil unrest can slow Rebel FM down but can’t keep it off the air. Ignoring politics, Matt starts with one 99 cent iPhone game, and two free PC games: Bit Pilot, Moonbase Alpha, and Red Remover. He’s also enjoyed prolonging his time with Dragon Age with the Leliana’s Song DLC. Matt, Anthony, and Arthur sound like they had fun with Crackdown 2, but they have a long list of problems with it. At least it works well on-line, because it’s a lot more fun with friends. Tyler’s been playing another four-player co-op game —...

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