VSD Arcade Podcast #15 - Rush N' Attack Edition (now on iTunes)

[BrntO4Life]

And hey Brnt, what are your thoughts on El Shaddai? You only mentioned playing it.

Wish I had gotten to discuss them. I had a ton of notes on each demo.

El Shaddai has a really cool design, with 2D and 3D platforming segments as well as some arena combat.

The combat is fucking hard at first. You have to "purify" your weapon to keep it strong (light weapons are stronger than dark) and you can steal enemies weapons to take their fighting style (3 available overall).

It seems interesting, but I'm not buying it.

[Twigg4075]

So who's idea was it to go Monday? Jay acted like it wasn't his idea.

[BrntO4Life]

So who's idea was it to go Monday? Jay acted like it wasn't his idea.

Not sure. I just asked when everyone could go and it somehow turned into it having to be at that time.

[Twigg4075]

Not sure. I just asked when everyone could go and it somehow turned into it having to be at that time.

Interesting.

And look at you with your little PSN gamercard.

[Tengo Juego]

The typing was sooo annoying. I can't believe it went for so long before Jay said something.

[JayDizzle]

The typing was sooo annoying. I can't believe it went for so long before Jay said something.

I was ignoring it for a while... then I snapped at Brnt

[JayDizzle]

Somebody from under Capcom's thumb fails miserably to explain why the new RE: Mercs game isn't a complete waste of time/money:

“There was no intention of lessening the experience of the game,” explains Shawn 'Snow' Baxter, Capcom's community specialist, in a post to the company's forums. "Essentially, RE Mercs was treated like an arcade fighting game. You unlock characters, levels, etc and they just stay unlocked as they would in an arcade machine. There was no hidden motive to prevent buying used copies. It's not some secret form of DRM. It's simply the way we designed the save system to work with the arcade type of gameplay.”

Baxter further emphasized RE: Mercenaries 3D is a non-linear game in which the focus is not on progressing from level to level, but replaying missions to achieve a greater score. As such, all of the game's content is available all the time, so it makes no difference when and where someone decides to save their progress. And, as an added benefit to second-hand users, Baxter explained: “Anyone purchasing a copy of the game secondhand would have access to all the missions and skills that the original owner unlocked, in addition to the content that was available to the original user.”

Can't even laugh at CAPCOM because they wouldn't know you're doing it.

[Twigg4075]

The typing was sooo annoying. I can't believe it went for so long before Jay said something.

I was ignoring it for a while... then I snapped at Brnt

Yup. I didn't want to interrupt Jay because he was talking, and he's the host, so I sent him a message on Skype. It was like that clown left his mic right on the keyboard.

[Twigg4075]

Somebody from under Capcom's thumb fails miserably to explain why the new RE: Mercs game isn't a complete waste of time/money:



Can't even laugh at CAPCOM because they wouldn't know you're doing it.

I can't figure out if they are completely clueless or the biggest bullshitters on Earth.

[JayDizzle]

I can't figure out if they are completely clueless or the biggest bullshitters on Earth.

They have entire Scrooge McDuck vaults full of Mega Man, Street Fighter, and Resident Evil money.

They're no different from any other game company that knows how stupid/faithful their audience is and what it takes to get into their wallet.

[Twigg4075]

I loaded this onto my wife's iPod and she said she listed to the first 20 minutes on her way to work. Her response so far? "That typing was fucking annoying!"

Way to go Brnt.

I also have a few people at work that promised me they are going to subscribe to this thing.

[BrntO4Life]

The typing was sooo annoying. I can't believe it went for so long before Jay said something.

I was ignoring it for a while... then I snapped at Brnt

Yup. I didn't want to interrupt Jay because he was talking, and he's the host, so I sent him a message on Skype. It was like that clown left his mic right on the keyboard.

I loaded this onto my wife's iPod and she said she listed to the first 20 minutes on her way to work. Her response so far? "That typing was fucking annoying!"

Way to go Brnt.

I also have a few people at work that promised me they are going to subscribe to this thing.

Sorry, guys. I need to remember that my mic is built into my laptop, therefore any noises are picked up. I can't really do anything else while podcasting...

[CCBrink]

Sorry, guys. I need to remember that my mic is built into my laptop, therefore any noises are picked up. I can't really do anything else while podcasting...

Get a USB Mic brah

[Twigg4075]

Sorry, guys. I need to remember that my mic is built into my laptop, therefore any noises are picked up. I can't really do anything else while podcasting...

Just fire yourself...again.:moon:

[BrntO4Life]

Get a USB Mic brah

Paypal me the funds.