Being the sucker I am for Nintendo, I knew from the get-go that no matter how hard I fought it I would find myself in a Best Buy or some equivalent retailer picking up a 3DS at launch. That said, I've had a 3DS since all the way back in March. The hardware itself is great, and all of the built-in features are cool, novel, and interesting for about the first day or two. Unfortunately, there were...
It's almost been a month and the world could use a new episode of Joystick Tuggers . Thusly, BEHOLD! Here's a brand spanking new one featuring some scrumptios commentary on Beyond Good and Evil , Rayman Origins , Chibi Robo , and some of this holiday's crappiest releases. DOWNLOAD SUBSCRIBE ( iTunes )
The boys are back in town after a lengthy hiatus! On this week's episode, Taiko Drum Master , Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 3 , Sonic Spinball , Sonic Colors , Sonic Generations , Less Than Jake, Owl City, and the Sega Genesis 6-button Arcade Stick are all discussed to a certain degree, plus lots of farting, belching, and giggling like little baby men! Enjoy! DOWNLOAD SUBSCRIBE ( iTunes )
On this week's episode, we change things up and decide to record the episode LIVE over the internet to one viewer and dig deeply into the depth of the Xbox Live Indie Games Marketplace and take a look at the bottom of the barrell. Do you want to see how far down the rabbit hole goes? DOWNLOAD SUBSCRIBE ( iTunes ) Show Notes: Intro: LET'S SHOOTING - zabutom Game: Xbox Live Indie Games Music: Big...
In this week's episode, we throw off their heads and embrace their chest penises in Decap Attack, resurrect the Austin Powers reference, and stray so far off topic that the topic can never be found again with Vectorman. DOWNLOAD SUBSCRIBE ( iTunes ) Show Notes: Intro: LET'S SHOOTING - zabutom Game 1: Decap Attack Game 2: Vectorman Outro: The Fictional Death of Fictional Robert Rodriguez and Fic...
In this week's episode, Jared and Christian (that's me!) learn to truly get funky in Toejam & Earl in Panic on Funkatron , discuss the finer points of the Batman films post-Burton, and fart in the face of opposition in Boogerman: A Pick and Flick Adventure! Next Week's Theme: Potpourri/Potluck DOWNLOAD SUBSCRIBE ( iTunes ) We need your feedback and your responses for the show! Let us know what...
Joystick Tugger - Episode 20 In this week's episode, Jared and Christian enter the realm of the Dark Sun with 3-D Worldrunner, skip the Question of the Week for an indefinite period of time, and enter the world of fallen angels and crying Indians in Forsaken 64. Next Week's Theme: Bodily Fluids/Human By-Products/Terror Goop DOWNLOAD SUBSCRIBE ( iTunes ) We need your feedback and your responses...
In this week's episode, CritThreat and I venture into the bizarre and potentially drug-induced world of Glover , spread the gospel of the merkin in the Question of the Week , and explore the midget-filled Russian landscape with Hatris . Next Week's Theme: Why Have You Forsaken Me? DOWNLOAD SUBSCRIBE ( iTunes ) We need your feedback and your responses for the show! Comment here, at www.joystick-...
As early as the halcyon days of the Atari 2600 (and most likely even before that), dinosaurs have always been an important part of video games. Whether it is their appearance in 1983's Roc 'N Rope or as recent as 2011's seriously bad Dino D-Day , gamers have attempted time and time again to escape, destroy, or (in the case of Mario) befriend these fierce and noble creatures. Let's take a loot a...
In this week's episode, fellow Giant Bomb user CritThreat and I enter into a prehistoric millionaire's rock hard bike race with BC Racers , ponder the nature of children, religion, and velociraptors (somehow) in the Question of the Week , and break a few horns (the hard way), climb out of the primordial sludge, and learn how to become human in E.V.O.: Search for Eden . Next Week's Theme: Haberd...
In this week's episode, Jared ( CritThreat ) and I delve into the bizarre and genetically-altered world of Killer Instinct , see what fighting games you like best in the Question of the Week , and ponder the deeply complex timelines and plot points of Dual Heroes . Next Week's Theme: Dino-Might! DOWNLOAD SUBSCRIBE We'd love to hear your thoughts on the games, feedback on the podcast, and insult...
If you were a child anytime between 1979 and 2008, there was one developer whose logo you would see show up as you were booting tons of the games you loved to play: Sierra Entertainment (formerly Sierra On-Line and On-Line Systems before that). In this week's episode of the podcast , we discussed Hunter Hunted , one of Sierra's lesser known but much loved PC games from over the years. It sparke...
In this week's episode, CritThreat and I travel to a dark future full of hover boards and alien minotaur in Hunter Hunted , find out what your favorite retro PC games are in the Facebook Question of the Week , and hang out with Willie Trombone in The Neverhood . Next Week's Theme: Fight! DOWNLOAD SUBSCRIBE We need your feedback and your responses for the show!
In this week's episode, Jared (GB user CritThreat ) and I are joined by another special guest, Landon Sorrell (King of the Micro-Review). We go on a grand GameBoy adventure, bring the games of the tiny screen to the living room with the Super GameBoy , get crushed by giant eyeballs in Castlevania: The Adventure , go through our personal handheld lineage in the Facebook Question of the Week , at...
On this week's episode, we left video games behind for a spell (Get it? Because we talked about Magic: The Gathering!) and spent some time discussing some of our favorite analog, non-video-based games. In order to get us transitioned back to the world of video games for next week's special triple-prime episode. I thought I would talk briefly about one of gaming's unsung traditions: the virtual...
I decided to throw this on the Off Topic boards because this week's episode is about physical games (card, pen and paper, etc.) rather than video games. In this episode, fellow Giant Bomb user CritThreat and I delve deep into the world of semi-obscure physical games, going through our extensive knowledge of professional wrestling with Raw Deal, discuss our anger over Game Workshop's product pri...
Fellow Giant Bomb user CritThreat and I do a weekly retro game podcast focusing on the obscure, crappy, and under-appreciated games of yesteryear. I thought I would start posting it here as well since it seems like something people might be interested in (hopefully). In this week's episode, We finally get around to recording the podcast, take things off road and off topic with Beetle Adventure...
On this week's episode of my podcast, Jared briefly mentioned the bizarre sub-genre of Shoot 'Em Ups titled Cute 'Em Ups . I had never heard of it prior and had to do some digging into the genre. Games of this sub-genre tend to retain most of the classic Shoot 'Em Up gameplay mechanics but swap out futuristic science-fiction art, setting and story with something just a bit cuter. Still feeling...
After purchasing Jamestown on Steam and not having much fun playing it with the keyboard controllers, I went out to Best Buy and picked up a wired 360 controller (the Razer Onza Tournament Edition). Not only is it really a great controller (that I now also use as my primary controller when playing games on my 360), but in many ways, it has revitalized a lot of my PC gaming experience. Things th...