Trigames.NET Podcast Episode 167, and Beated Games

Holy hell, it's been a long time since I posted. Work had been kicking my butt, hard, up and down the street, and I lapsed into my typical "I'm two podcasts behind!!" editing schedule. Well, no more. I'm finally back up to date, with Episode 167 having been recorded this past weekend and posted just now.

I also am going to see some very brief respite thanks to much-needed days off before I go back to slavery come March 29th, and I celebrated beating both Yakuza (PS2) and Final Fantasy VIII (PSone Classics). I also beat Assassin's Creed and Assassin's Creed II (both X360) a few weeks ago to help me cope with the madness at work. I plan to have reviews for all four games go up on Trigames and likely my Player Review contributions as well.

I did indeed end up enjoying Final Fantasy VIII much more during my second playthrough, given that I decided to put some thought into junctions. The flaws that irritated me before are still annoying now, but I'm able to overlook them more now. Yakuza, meanwhile, ended up being a slight disappointment. What started out as an interesting game due to its setting ended up falling prey to annoying controls, camera angles, voice acting and plot cliches. I hope these aren't as prevalent during its sequel, or I may just swear off the franchise altogether.

And, oh hey: If any of you are going to be at PAX East, Al, Pete and I will all be there for all three days. Hit us up in the mailbag or drop a comment here if you're coming and would like to harrass, or be harrassed by us.

In the meantime, allow me to point you to the blurb for Episode 167:

Trigames.NET Podcast Episode 167 - Awesome Techno

Pete can't hear us over the awesome techno of the gameplay trailer for Street Fighter IV for... iPhone. Um. Yeah. That's happening. We also (gasp) got a mailbag entry from Edubuccaneer this week, which asks us if there's anything in our childhood we hated that we have come to love in our adult lives. Geared towards videogames, yes, but somehow the conversation turns to mustard and roller coasters. We can't believe we forgot "sleep" as a viable answer.

Meanwhile, Austin talks about how Yakuza turned sour at the end; Al talks about further grinding with Final Fantasy XII; and Pete talks about taking down Austin in Audiosurf.

Download here.
File size: 59.6 MB
Running time: 2:04:05

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