Nick Cummings
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Posts by Nick Cummings
The Backlog: Life During Boretime edition
March 5, 2010 - 8:08 pm
Tags: Amped 3, Battlefield: Bad Company 2, Bioshock 2, China, Final Fantasy XIII, Heavy Rain, it's not fair, Japan, Just Cause, Just Cause 2, Korea
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There’s not much to say this week. Doug and Aaron are both on trips of varying intensity and length, and I’m once again at the helm. But I’m not jealous! There’s a quiet dignity to be found in staying at home, you know. And it saves money. Really, it’s the only reasonable way to live [...]
The Backlog: Backlog to the Future edition
February 28, 2010 - 3:44 pm
Tags: Amped 3, Battlefield: Bad Company 2, Bejeweled 2, Bionic Commando, Bioshock 2, Broken Sword: The Shadow of the Templars Director's Cut, Heavy Rain, NCAA Football 10, Peggle, Plants Vs. Zombies, Sins of a Solar Empire, The Misadventures of P. B. Winterbottom
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Time for a mea culpa, guys. I was hoping to broadcast this backlog at its regularly scheduled time (“whenever on Friday, I guess”) but unfortunately ran into a snag where I was unable to use my computer. Something to do with driving through planned communities in Wilsonville in the middle of the night; I don’t [...]
The Backlog: Resignation edition
February 6, 2010 - 1:29 pm
Tags: Bejeweled Blitz, BioWare, Facebook, Mass Effect 2, Richard Milhous Nixon, Rock Band iPhone
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My Fellow Earthicans:
Good evening.
This is the 68th time I have spoken to you from this laptop, where so many decisions have been made that shaped the history of this Blog. Each time I have done so to discuss with you some matter that I believe affected the blogosphere’s interest.
In all the decisions I have made [...]
The Backlog: Back to the Grind edition
January 8, 2010 - 12:39 pm
Tags: Batman: Arkham Asylum, Bayonetta, Borderlands, Brütal Legend, Dragon Age: Origins, Forza Motorsport 3, Ghostbusters: The Video Game, Machinarium, Marvel vs. Capcom 2, Modern Warfare 2, NBA Jam, Pro Evolution Soccer 2010, Rock Band 2, Shadow Complex, Suikoden Tierkreis, Team Fortress 2, The Beatles: Rock Band, Torchlight, World of Goo
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Well, it was fun while it lasted.
With December and its myriad holidays out of the way, everybody’s got something to keep them busy. Doug’s back to work on his master’s program, Aaron has transformed into a job-applying machine, and I’ve thankfully found a job once again. Unfortunately, that means we all have a whole lot [...]
Silicon Sasquatch’s Honorable Mentions of 2009: Nick’s picks
December 31, 2009 - 5:00 pm
Tags: 2009 Honorable Mentions, Amanita Design, Assassin's Creed II, Bejeweled Blitz, DJ Hero, Machinarium, Red Faction: Guerrilla, Rock Band 2, Street Fighter IV, Windosill
Posted in Silicon Sasquatch Lists | 10 comments
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’re arrive at the final installment in our five-part series with Nick’s [...]
Why I canceled my GameFly membership
December 12, 2009 - 3:57 pm
Tags: bad advertising, consumer woes, GameFly, I shouldn't pick on Bionic Command so much because I beat it and kinda liked it, Netflix, rental
Posted in Editorials | 8 comments
It’s happened to the best of us. Even the most cautious consumer has acted in a moment of passion and purchased a game that wasn’t a sure-fire hit. Oh sure, it boasts of a lengthy single-player campaign and robust online features, but who can say for sure? Emboldened by an opportunity to discover a potential [...]
The Backlog: How to Talk to Your Child about Flavor Flav edition
December 11, 2009 - 10:05 pm
Tags: Batman: Arkham Asylum, Brütal Legend, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2, DJ Hero, Forza Motorsport 3, Left 4 Dead 2, NCAA 10, Rock Band 2, Valkyria Chronicles
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DJ Hero has a dedicated Flavor Flav button. Well, no; it’s technically a “sample” button that triggers a set of predetermined samples when playing a mix. But unfortunately, the default sample set is the first of two sets of Flavor Flav clips, including the infamous “Yeahhhhh boyyyyyyyeeeee!”
Experts agree that Flavor Flav can present a number [...]
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 gang [...]
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 quarter [...]
The Backlog: Cruisin’ Pandora in an Audi R8 edition
October 30, 2009 - 7:52 pm
Tags: Beneath a Steel Sky, Borderlands, Forza Motorsport 3, Gearbox, iPhone, Knights of the Old Republic II, Rock Band
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Get it? Because the only two games that the three of us played were Borderlands and Forza Motorsport 3? And the Audi R8 is the cover model for Forza?
Oh, whatever. You try using Photoshop on an old laptop without a mouse, you jerk.