Silicon Sasquatch Podcast #2 – The Summer Drought
We’re all familiar with the summer doldrums — the scorching heat, the long days and short nights, and the almost total lack of good games being released in stores. But was it always like this? And thanks to the digital distribution market, are things changing?
Site editors Nick and Aaron were joined by our number-one (and possibly only) fan Tyler for this discussion. Although the show weighs in at a mere 40ish minutes this time around, we did find ourselves sidetracked a few times. It just goes to show that if you get a few nerds together to talk, the discussion will invariably devolve into an argument over which Final Fantasy is the best.
Editor’s Note: It’s Final Fantasy VI.
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Backlog: Summer Vacation Edition
July 17, 2010 - 10:08 am
Tags: Backlog, Civilization Revolution, Dragon Quest IX, Forza 3, HDTV, NCAA Football, words with friends
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Much like a bad sunburn, we’re back after a little mid-summer hibernation. Aaron is still out in the Oregon woods getting his camp counselor act on, but Nick and Doug have been snug in civilization and playing games. Doug, now properly equipped with a TV from the 21st century, has been building cities and breaking [...]
The Backlog: Raw Power edition
April 10, 2010 - 9:11 am
Tags: Backlog, Battlefield: Bad Company 2, Just Cause 2, RAW POWER, words with friends, Xbox 360
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We are bringing the thunder this week; the appropriate background soundtrack for the Backlog this week can be found right here. Aaron is blowing stuff up in a variety of games; Doug is breaking free from the shackles of the standard Xbox 360 hardware; and Nick is breaking hearts and tiles with another great Scrabble [...]
Silicon Sasquatch’s Honorable Mentions of 2009: Aaron’s picks
December 30, 2009 - 12:00 pm
Tags: Battlefield 1943, PlayStation Network, PS3, The Maw, The Secret of Monkey Island: Special Edition, Torchlight, Warhammer 40k: Dawn of War II, Windows, Xbox 360, Xbox Live, Xbox Live Arcade
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While our Top 10 Games of 2009 deserve attention for their overall excellence, we can’t neglect this year’s other fantastic games — titles that just missed the final cut. Be it their charm or presentation, our Honorable Mentions were simply hard to forget. We now present a five-part series of articles, one from each member [...]
2010: The Year We Make Contact…and subsequently go broke
December 8, 2009 - 10:17 pm
Tags: 2010, Bayonetta, Bioshock 2, Dante's Inferno, Final Fantasy XIII, games of 2010, God of War III, Mass Effect 2, Podcasts, Q1 2010, Red Dead Redemption, Silicon Sasquatch podcast, Splinter Cell: Conviction, SquatchCast
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Well, would you look at that — another podcast! And this one’s blessedly much shorter than the previous, meaning you get plenty of on-topic discussion and analysis without having to meander through dozens of games and several months of backlogged news to cover. This podcast picks up where the last one left off, with the [...]
The Backlog: Calm After the Storm edition
December 5, 2009 - 12:32 am
Tags: Assassin's Creed 2, Backlog, Brütal Legend, DJ Hero, Forza Motorsport 3, GTA IV, Machinarium, Modern Warfare 2, NCAA Football 10, Super Metroid, The Ballad of Gay Tony, Windosill
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Oh, lordy, we have a lot to talk about this week. As promised, the Thanksgiving break provided plenty of time for us to get our proverbial, collective game on. From holiday smash hits like Modern Warfare 2 and Assassin’s Creed 2, to tried-and-true games and classics…lots of titles this week. LOTS. Let’s cut the garbage [...]
The massive catch-up show
December 2, 2009 - 12:44 pm
Tags: Batman: Arkham Asylum, Borderlands, Brütal Legend, Dragon Age: Origins, Halo 3: ODST, Modern Warfare 2, Podcasts, Silicon Sasquatch podcast, SquatchCast
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Welcome back to the show, everyone! We’ve been absent for a couple months, but the whole gang is eager to start producing shows on a more regular basis. Because we’ve been negligent in recording over such a critical period of time for major game releases, this episode features us playing catch-up on the infamous fourth [...]
Co-op Review: Borderlands (Xbox 360)
November 16, 2009 - 7:40 pm
Tags: 2K, Borderlands, co-op, Diablo, Gearbox Software, PC, PlayStation Network, PS3, Xbox 360, Xbox Live
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Editor’s note: Just like in our last Co-op Review, our goal here is to offer two viewpoints on one title; a title that’s explicitly meant to be played with friends. Borderlands is a fast-paced co-op lovers’ dream, and as such Aaron and Nick worked through the game multiple different times with varying numbers of participants. Enjoy, and [...]
Review: Red Faction: Guerilla: Demons of the Badlands (Xbox 360)
October 19, 2009 - 11:47 am
Tags: add-ons, Demons of the Badlands, DLC, downloadable content, Red Faction: Guerilla, Volition
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It’s hard to review Demons of the Badlands without addressing its parent game, Red Faction: Guerilla. Although Silicon Sasquatch hasn’t published a review, the general consensus is that it delivered an unabashedly fun orgy of destruction in both single player and multiplayer, even if both modes had their limits. Guerilla launched in early June of [...]
The PAX ’09 Wrapup Show or: How Not To Record a Podcast
September 18, 2009 - 1:20 pm
Tags: PAX 2009, Penny Arcade Expo, Podcasts
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In this episode, Aaron, Doug, Nick and Tyler discuss the sights, the sounds, and — unfortunately — the smells of the 2009 Penny Arcade Expo. I’d like to apologize for the long delay between episodes. Ever since losing most of one of our stems on the third show, we’ve become wary of technical difficulties in [...]
The Backlog: Scribbling Sporty Beatles edition
September 18, 2009 - 1:04 pm
Tags: Batman: Arkham Asylum, Dead Space, demos, DSi, Elite Beat Agents, FIFA 10, Guitar Hero 5, Madden 10, Marvel Ultimate Alliance, NCAA 10, PES 2010, PlayStation Network, PS3, Rock Band 2, RROD, Scribblenauts, Suikoden Tierkreis, The Beatles: Rock Band, Xbox 360, Xbox Live
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It’s been a busy week for all of us here at Silicon Sasquatch. Doug’s been camping in the cold-yet-wait-it’s-hot-again Oregon weather, and enjoying the rebirth of his broken Xbox 360; Nick’s been playing through five or so games at once while writing, writing and more writing; I’ve been composing an extremely long review of Batman: [...]