Directed by J.J. Abrams and produced by Steven Spielberg, Super 8 tells the story of a group of kids that are making their own zombie movie and inadvertently capture a train derailment on film. The story takes place in 1979 and also attempts to capture the essence of a number of 80′s films including ones directed by Spielberg himself.
Red Faction: Armageddon (20:27 – 43:05)
Developed byVolition, Inc., Armageddon is the fourth game in the Red Faction series and the follow up to Red Faction: Guerrilla. It’s now 50 years later and you play as Darius Mason, grandson of Guerrilla’s protagonist, Alec Mason, who attempts to save the colonists of Mars from attacking Martian creatures.
Aban Hawkins & the 1000 SPIKES (43:06 – 55:50)
Developed by 8bits Fanatics, Aban Hawkins is an 8 bit indie game on the Xbox Live Arcade. The game sees you traverse various caves and attempt to avoid traps with 1000 lives (yup you heard me) at your disposal.
Oh happy day! Its time for a new podcast. This week we take a look at a pair of new downloadable games, Rush’N Attack and Red Faction: Battlegrounds. And a very, very, very, very quick look at Scream 4.
Rush’n Attack: Ex-Patriot is a sequel to the original Rush’n Attack from way back in 1985. This 2D/2 and a half D downloadable game is available on the Xbox Live Arcade and the PlayStation Network.
Red Faction: Battlegrounds (13:40 – 21:35)
While we’re waiting for next month’s Red Faction: Armageddon, the sequel to Red Faction Guerrilla, we’ve got this new downloadable game to help fill the void. The game is available on both the PlayStation Network and the Xbox 360 Marketplace.
Scream 4 (21:40 – 22:46)
And Vern gives us the fastest review in history for Scream 4. One minute and six seconds to be exact.
LucasArts has released a trailer for Star Wars: The Force Unleashed 2 a little earlybefore next week’s E3 conference. Starkiller is back as Vader’s apprentice but it looks like they’re on opposing ends this time. The trailer doesn’t show any actual game-play but it does give some hints as to what direction the story is headed. It’s currently scheduled to be released October 26, 2010.
So here’s our final episode for 2009. In this episode we take a look back at the past year and discuss our favorite video games, movies, TV shows and other things that came across our path. We also save a special section to reflect on those other offerings that made us made us a little crazy; the worst of the past year. We also glance ahead to some things we’re looking forward to in 2010.
Games of 2009 (01:27 – 34:32)
Movies of 2009 (34:54 – 51:01)
Comics, TV and plus a look ahead to 2010 (51:10 – 65:30)
Let us know what you liked or disliked in 2009 by leaving a comment or dropping us an email.
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