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Review: BioShock(360)

tiredthumbs@gmail.com (Charlie George) — Thu, 16 Aug 2007 18:46:00 -0700

When I first saw screen shots of this title it really intrigued me. And now I can tell you after drooling, it is my own personal nightmare, in a good way of course. Before I get into the guts(pun) of the game, let me warn you that this game is the most gruesome, bloody; hell, it makes "Gears of War" look like Alice in Wonderland. Shall we begin?

You are a passenger on an airplane over the ocean, which is specified as the Atlantic in the year 1960. Your plane out of nowhere rips apart(ala "Lost") and you find yourself swimming to this pedestal jutting out of the water. You swim to it, as, well where else is there to go, certainly the plane has made it's final stop.

Now I'm not going to try and spoil it, but it's kind of hard to explain the environment, and what to expect out of this game without some morsels to give you an idea. So now you're warned.

Let me spell some things out right now so you know what kind of game this is, then I'll feed you a little story. This is not an open-ended game, ie. you can't go everywhere. It's between a rail, and puzzle shooter. So it's "Resident Evil 4" with MAJOR modifications. There is nomulti player over XBOX Live, however the case I received did mention downloadable content, so that is something to look forward to.

The game makes you "use" your environment. After you have been exploring the city of "Rapture" you come to a point where you must re-write your DNA using a method of injecting "Plasmids". So the first one is electricity, no really, you can shoot electricity out of your hands, kind of like the Emperor in "Jedi". To give you an example of using theenvironment , say there are 3 people in a pool of water(did I mention it takes place underwater?") well shoot some electricity into the water and you fry all three of them, very cool.

This is a fantastic game, download the demo for sure, even for those skeptical. This game has a lot of potential with future downloadable content. The only thing holding it back is multi player or even co-op, but then it wouldn't be YOUR story. Another nugget is you get a new experience every time, the game is not the same experience for everyone. There are different paths and ways to kill people that work in many ways.

This is a must game, so make sure you get your copy on the 21st, this is not for the faint of heart.

And the Final Score is 9.2 out of 10.

tiredthumbs@gmail.com (Charlie George) — Thu, 17 May 2007 20:13:00 -0700

Shownotes for May 17th, 2007

Special Edition of Stanglehold will also come with an HD version of "Hard Boiled". Source: bluray.com

Second Wave of Home Beta invites go out, GAP members only. Source: PS3 Fanboy

More Home stuff. The Home SDK's are not being made on the PS3 SDK's but on Maya. Source: PS3 Fanboy

A LOT of more info on "Little Big Planet". Source: Edge

In Sad News only 100k sold in April. Source: PS3 Fanboy

PGR using to promote PS3 products AGAIN!: Source: Joystiq

Tired Thumbs #59 - Surprise!!

tiredthumbs@gmail.com (Charlie George) — Wed, 9 May 2007 18:17:00 -0700

I'm trying some new software with the new mic. The audio file is an enhanced AAC file, so there are links and different stuff, I hope you like it, tell me what you think.

Show Note

Intro - A New Kind of Show

Contact Info

tiredthumbs [at] gmail [dot] com

www.tiredthumbs.com

Free to Roam

Installing Movie Magic for the Wife

Podsafe Song: My Sword's Anger by Apostle of Hustle

Video Game Talk

Podcasts and You

Podsafe Tune: Out of Sight by Uncut

Closing Thoughts

eTired Thumbs

tiredthumbs@gmail.com (Charlie George) — Fri, 20 Jan 2006 22:44:00 -0800

We are going to have enhanced podcasts on this site. We will have chapters, artwork, and a whole lot more. Let us know what you want to see!