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Canned Geek Podcast – Episode 33: Slurpees And Cigars

December 28, 2009 Reply

The Canned Geek Podcast is a monthly geek-culture podcast featuring Will Owen and Kyle Evans from Canned Geek and Myself.

Enjoy the ambient sounds of slurpees and cigars as three geeks talk about video games, furries and more video games. First Liam reports on the highlights of GCAP – a video game industry event. Then Kyle attempts to impress his cynical peers of the awesomeness the furry convention, MiDFur. Lastly Liam tells us about his visit to THQ Melbourne and the games he got to preview there.

You can download the podcast and see the full show notes at the Canned Geek website.

Review: Borderlands

December 21, 2009 Reply

Developer - Gearbox Software
Publisher - 2K Games
Available On - XBOX 360, Playstation 3, PC
Reviewed On - PC & XBOX 360

First person shooters have been a stagnating genre lately with many developers happy to simply iterate on past successful franchises. Thankfully Gearbox and 2K Games are trying something new with several years of development and a whole graphical redesign bringing us the self-described “Role Playing Shooter” known as Borderlands. Taking cel shading to whole new levels on the Unreal 3 engine, Borderlands is an exciting and entertaining universe that reaches beyond unique presentation and actually tackles a new hybrid of gaming genres.

A mash of role playing game elements within an FPS make the label of “FPSRPG”  quite fitting for Borderlands, but Read more [+]

THQ Media Preview 09/12/09

December 15, 2009 Reply

Last Wednesday (9th of December), Melbourne’s THQ offices held a media event in their offices. They gave me free beer and pizza, and let me see their latest games and the coolest office decorations of all the game developer offices I have visited.

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THQ spreading Christmas cheer… and chainswords.

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Movie Poster Update 09/12/09

December 9, 2009 Reply

Movie Poster Update 09-12-2009

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Red Dead Redemption Cinematic Trailer

December 3, 2009 Reply

Rockstar Games have released a new cinematic trailer for Red Dead Redemption introducing some of the characters and story alongside a release date of April 2010.

Set in the wildest of the ol’ Wild West, Red Dead Remption tells the tale of John Marston, a seasoned gunslinger who sides with the law in his hunt for a former gang partner. Roaming across an open world environment on horseback and train, players will be able to enjoy Euphoria physics in the RAGE game engine used by Grand Theft Auto IV. The new trailer also shows off some cinematic story telling with enough character development and stylistic direction to make this one to look out for next year.

Red Dead Redemption will be released on April 27th 2010 in North America and three days later for everyone else.

Click more for the original trailer.

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