After a week delay the nerds get back on the wagon and smell the not gay greatness of fall gaming. Borderlands is taken for a spin and loved by all despite its faults. Billy shoots his hateload of love all over Operation Flashpoint, Pete rocks out with his cock out with Brutal Legend while Chard hits L1 to change characters in Trine and visits Playstation Home…again.
Stream the PSNerds Podcast #23 here.
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So, Operation Flashpoint. Wow.
If you were ever a fan of the original Ghost Recon games on the xbox/PC, you should really at least rent this game. If your idea of a military shooter consists of Halo and CoD alone, consider these things:
-no jumping
-health doesn’t regenerate. You may apply field dressing to stop the bleeding, but it’s not a fix, it just stops the blood.
-Shot in the leg and no more sprinting. Shot in the arm and you aim poorly. Take one in the head and its game over. One shot kills at any moment.
-You may spend 10-15 minutes without even seeing someone in the distance. You move very slowly in this game. Very slow.
-No hand holding. You decide how to attack the situation which really means trial and error.
The missions are neither short nor a cakewalk. In the first two missions, you are dropped into the map and told to go blow something up. Go. I admit, my first mission was spent walking in the wrong direction for 20 minutes and then I took one in the face. Once you learn what to do and how to use the map, it’s pretty simple. Couple that with a variety of orders and point to point paths for your team and you have a squad capable of doing some elaborate attacks.
Playing coop with a couple groups of people last night really added a layer of fun. All achievements and campaign progression are achievable through coop as well as single player. One can defeat the missions alone, but having a couple real humans by your side makes things much easier. The few games I played with four competent people were super fun.
This game is NOT for everyone. In fact, I would bet most people would hate it. If you enjoy some difficult gameplay and a more accurate portrayal of a war game, go pick this up.
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Billy rejoins the nerds and they go over Nasero’s performance as a fill in billy. Mort and Billy shoot massive amounts of love all over Uncharted 2 while Rich is left to wander if it’s gamefly or the post office that hates his will to have fun. PSN games Mushroom Wars and Planet Mini Golf get a preview and Mort and Rich discuss how the most addictive game this year may exist only on facebook. And, as if that wasn’t enough, Mr. Phillips of the fanboys made a forum for us! Yay! No, I mean BOOOO! We hate him!
Stream the PSNerds Podcast #22 here.
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While Billybillblack watches some American football, snow soccer enthusiast and Critical Strike podcaster Nasero joins Rich and Pete for an in-depth expose on what makes a podcast work. Farts. Farts make them work. Then Rich and Pete take a tour of what’s been floating their virtual boats lately which includes everything from Critter Crunch to Scribblenauts to Interpol. Yes, Interpol. Still.
Stream the PSNerds Podcast #21 here.
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In this week’s episode the nerds get excited about the falls bigger releases and try to figure out where all the money to get this crap is going to come from. Chard and Pete continue to enjoy Interpol even though it’s a crappy version of Where’s Waldo. And the nerds take on some listener mail where billy eats some serious crow. Oh, and if you didn’t know, the PSP-GO comes out this week.
Stream the PSNerds Podcast #20 here.
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Listen to the new Flaming Lips album in its entirety. Head over to All Songs Considered.
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They Exist!
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It is Chard’s Birthday. Have a good one Chard.
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Head over to the All Songs Considered page and give a listen to this album. On this cold Fall morning, it has really made my day so far. It’s different I admit, but with the leaves blowing and frost on my windshield, the album is really setting the mood of the season. (At about 31:00 is my favorite song thus far)
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First off, during the Activision Conference last Wednesday, Infinity Ward came out and played a never before seen level of Modern Warefare 2. They said no one could take any pictures or videos of the game because this level wasn’t released to the public yet. However, before Infinity Ward came out, they did have an awesome firework show which I taped and will post on the site at some point. With that being said here is my hands on preview…
I got to play the co op special forces mode two times through. The level I played was a underground level. Looked almost like sewers. We spawned and there were about five different guns hanging on gun racks we could choose from. I picked up an assault rifle with a red dot scope and GL and I picked up a semi-auto shotgun.
After that, we needed to breach through a wall. Once the C4 exploded, there was this slow motion effect and we rushed into the room while it was still in slow mo. I got a clear headshot to the guy on our left with the shotgun and my partner headed down the right side. Once we got into the room, there were 3 different ways to go. Down the center, to the left of a stone pillar, and to the right of a stone pillar. All three ways lead to the same spot. There were a good 10-12 enemies on the ground floor with assault rifles, UZI’s, and shotguns. Also, there was a balcony above us with another 10-12 enemies with assault rifles, sniper rifles, and RPGs. My partner kept on dieing which meant for me to find him and revive him before he bleeds out. While wounded, you are laying on the ground with your handgun out. You have very limited movement. You can crawl and thats it.
Once we cleared out the first room, we headed underneath an archway and there was a similar room. This time there were enemies with riot shields and the enemies behind them were throwing flash bangs, smoke grenades, and regular grenades at us. We had to fall back to the first room. The riot shield enemies started to follow us in the first room. The only way to kill them is to sneak up behind them which is very difficult by yourself or use flash bangs. Once they get hit by a flash bang, they drop their riot shields for a few seconds and you can get a clear headshot. After we took out the riot shield dudes, we picked off the remaining enemies on the ground and slowly took out the guys on the balcony above.
After the second room, we made our way under a second archway and there was a tunnel a little ways down. There were no enemies in the last room. We went into the tunnel and the level was over.
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