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Archive for June, 2008

WiiDS Episode 64: Ramshackle II - Dippy’s Revenge

Monday, June 30th, 2008 Posted in Podcast | No Comments »

Aha! Managed to edit and episode and release it on time(ish). Following last week’s abomination of an episode (just kidding!), this week’s show also refused to conform to the time-honoured WiiDS structure. With the Evil Sister lurking in the background, ...

Rinse, Lather, Repeat

Sunday, June 29th, 2008 Posted in Comment | No Comments »

Eariler this week, Square Enix's David Jaffe spoke out about the upcoming Spider-Man: Web Of Shadows, which will return Spidey to a free-roaming New York, with plenty of comic book villains to bash and a rejiggled aerial combat system. Trailers ...

Preview: Call Of Duty: World At War

Sunday, June 29th, 2008 Posted in Preview | 3 Comments »

One of the embargos I have been under broke earlier this week: Call Of Duty: World At War. Having attended Activision’s press event where the publisher unveiled the follow-up to Call Of Duty 4: Modern Warfare, I saw able to ...

WiiDS Episode 63: Ramshackle aka The Blogcast aka ‘Worst Episode Everrrrr!’

Monday, June 23rd, 2008 Posted in Podcast | No Comments »

With a deadline looming at work, I was unable to record this week's episode, and so it was left in the capable hands of Dippy to carry the show forward for another week. This is the result. Not sure if ...

Indiana Jones and the Brick Of Recklessness

Tuesday, June 17th, 2008 Posted in Comment | 1 Comment »

As I type, the standby LED is flashing on my DS, beckoning me. With every flash, it seems to say, "come finish Lego Indiana Jones. You only have two chapters left." Once this post and the latest WiiDS episode are complete, ...

[WiiDS] Third Parties Need You!

Monday, June 16th, 2008 Posted in Comment, Podcast | 2 Comments »

Source We've discussed this on the show at length. Yes, there are some third-party games that are just plain crap. Yes, there's an obscene amount of hastily-released shovelware on our console. Yes, Nintendo's games are just that much better. But we ...

What good is a journalist…

Thursday, June 12th, 2008 Posted in Career, Misc | 3 Comments »

...if he is unable to speak? You see, Mr Batchelor, you have been placed under no less than two embargoes. You've seen two upcoming games and are no doubt dying to spread the word, but these contracts are binding and thorough ...

WiiDS Episode 61: East Vs West

Monday, June 9th, 2008 Posted in Podcast | No Comments »

A quick apology first. There is no virtual console section this week because David/Demon212 was ill, but he hopes to have recovered by next week. However, the rest of the episode remains unscathed, with all the usual features and banter ...

Girl Power And The Downfall Of Men

Saturday, June 7th, 2008 Posted in Comment | 3 Comments »

Like the Spice Girls that were making waves in the music industry at the same time, the debut of Lara Croft was accompanied by the call of "Girl Power". Female gamers finally had some female shoes to slip into when ...

WiiDS Episode 60: Casual Acquaintances

Monday, June 2nd, 2008 Posted in Podcast | No Comments »

Well, we made it. Our 60th episode is now online, no thanks to the problems we had when rounding up the hosts, sending the files and - of course - putting the damn thing together. I'd like to call for ...