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December 04, 2009
9:40 PM
9:30 PM
garnsr commented on:
TalkRadar 80 - Dan of the hour
That Zelda box is terrific! And is Dan moving on from the WoW magazine he just started at? I'll have to listen to KOXM and TR to find out, I guess.
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3:55 AM
garnsr commented on:
The Saboteur's nude code: before and after
Yup, that was a completely pointless feature. Why do I need to enter my birthday if it's censored anyway?
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December 03, 2009
9:49 PM
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10,000 years of Castlevania
Castlevania was the reason I bought a GBA, DS, and PSP. I've loved pretty much every portable game since Circle of the Moon. I think Simon's Quest may still be my favorite, and I've played through Symphony so many, many times. And I can't think of any other game that has a style of music as disticnctive, that makes me say, "That's Castlevania music."
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December 02, 2009
10:54 PM
garnsr commented on:
TalkRadar UK #16: We swear it well
This one's not alcohol-fueled?
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3:52 AM
garnsr commented on:
Cheat on your console
I got a 360 mostly for the Netflix after having a PS3 for more than a year. Now that exclusive is gone. Shadow Complex is great, there are the point and click adventures, which will hopefully make it to PS3, and the only disc-based game I've bough is Fable 2. None of the other 360 exclusives have caught my attention. And I really prefer the Dual Shock 3.
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December 01, 2009
10:01 PM
garnsr commented on:
detuned (PS3): .detuned
It's kind of interesting, and easy trophies, but not as versatile as the description on PSN makes it sound. Once you've pressed the buttons a twiddled the sticks a bit you've seen it all, and the choice of music doesn't really change anything.
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November 26, 2009
5:21 AM
garnsr commented on:
Best of the Black Friday deals
The PS3 bundles definitely look like the best deals here. Good games, good system, good deals.
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November 25, 2009
9:40 PM
garnsr commented on:
TalkRadar UK #15: Soundboard Abuse
It looks like the iTunes problem is better now. Woohoo!
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November 24, 2009
8:49 PM
garnsr commented on:
Assassin's Creed II: Beginner's strategy guide
When you first start you can pickpocket people pretty much with impunity, the guards don't pay any attention to you yet, so it's a good time to get the pickpocketing trophy, and you can also pick up a fair amount of money. Even basic armor is costly, so it's good to get as good a start on money as you can.
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November 20, 2009
10:15 PM
garnsr commented on:
TalkRadar 78 - Win free stuff!
Hoo doggy, this is a long ass episode! Just how I like 'em!
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November 19, 2009
4:02 AM
garnsr commented on:
Luigi: A life in the shadows
I've always thought Waluigi was a better name than Wario, though flipping the M and fitting the word warui in both kind of amuse me.
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November 18, 2009
4:26 PM
garnsr commented on:
TalkRadar UK 14: Total filler
This is regular Guinness, right, not the 250th anniversary stuff they have out now? That stuff's not bad, but not quite the same as the usual stout.
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November 17, 2009
11:55 PM
garnsr commented on:
Assassin's Creed II (PS3): Assassin's Creed II
Animus glitches sort of make sense for the Italian, but in stuff like Ratatouille, when everyone is really supposed to be speaking French and you get a few people who speak English with a French accent, and the rest have no accent (or an English accent,) it really throws me off.
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10:14 PM
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Assassin's Creed II (PS3): Assassin's Creed II
Presumably, everyone in this game is actually speaking Italian, but since we're an English speaking audience they just make it in English. So why is there any Italian in this game, and especially, why are there any English-speakers with Italian accents? That doesn't make any sense, some people have accents and some don't but both are actually speaking Italian. I hate when they do that!

I enjoyed the first game, but the fighting got really irritating towards the end, and I never finished it. But I still pre-ordered this one, and it sounds like just the sort of thing I'm looking for. But, I just started Batman: Arkham Asylum, can I finish it before this arrives? Which one should I put on hold to finish the other? Argh!
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November 13, 2009
8:30 PM
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New Super Mario Bros Wii (Wii): New Super Mario Bros Wii
I was kind of surprised when I got to the end of page 1 and found there were two more pages, it seemed like the first one said most of what we needed. And Nintendo has the absolute most terrible names, ever since the SNES, when everything had to be super, then 64, now new and Wii. Awful.
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November 12, 2009
4:57 AM
garnsr commented on:
Axel & Pixel (Xbox 360): Axel & Pixel
The demo was very enchanting, but I've got too many bigger, more expensive games to play right now.
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4:50 AM
garnsr commented on:
TalkRadar UK #13: Alcohol addled
I wish I had cider.
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November 06, 2009
4:05 AM
garnsr commented on:
Characters we wish we knew LESS about
I feel like people are retconning reactions to the newest Prince of Persia. Nowadays everyone is claiming not to have liked it or the character, but When it came out it scored pretty well, and people liked the prince's character, certainly much more than the emo guy who came before.
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November 04, 2009
4:18 PM
garnsr commented on:
TalkRadar UK #12: Busking Hero
Clearly street corner venues are what have been keeping rhythm games from really taking off. We need to get the busking started!
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November 03, 2009
4:04 PM
garnsr commented on:
Useless game heroes who couldn’t save the girl
The needs of the many outweigh the needs of the few, or the one, that's why they can save humanity but let one woman die.
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2:34 AM
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November 02, 2009
4:22 PM
garnsr commented on:
The Top 7… Things we hate about sports games
I haven't played any sports games in a few generations, and it seems to me that you needed to get in early, and keep playing, for the current ones to be playable for you.
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October 29, 2009
10:23 PM
garnsr commented on:
Grand Theft Auto: Episodes from Liberty City (Xbox 360): Grand Theft Auto: Episodes from Liberty City
Hope it makes its way to PS3. I played Saint's Row 2 after GTA 4, and it was fairly enjoyable, though not nearly as enthralling as GTA. I could use some more of this type of game.
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October 27, 2009
10:25 PM
garnsr commented on:
DJ Hero (PS3): DJ Hero
I saw a little bit of someone playing a demo at Best Buy, and it does look pretty interesting. If it has more DJ Shadow, Z Trip, and such, rather than Eminem and other rap I don't like, I'll definitely pick it up.
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8:02 PM
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Ratchet & Clank Future: A Crack in Time (PS3): Ratchet & Clank Future: A Crack in Time
I've loved every one of these games, and have been anxiously awaiting this one. The only knock I've heard against this is that it doesn't so a whole not new or different, but it's always done a great job of platforming and shooting, which you can't really find much anywhere else. The PS3 continues to be the place to get the awesome this holiday season. Can't wait till my copy arrives.
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October 26, 2009
4:22 PM
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The Top 7... Scariest games you've never played
God, I hated Haunted House. I could never figure out what the hell was going on, but everyone seemed to have it. And shouldn't the main reason we've never played most of these games be that they were on PC, not consoles?
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October 24, 2009
6:28 AM
garnsr commented on:
TalkRadar 74 - Hey Vern!
Hey, Brett's on KOXM this week! Double the Brett!
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October 23, 2009
11:21 PM
garnsr commented on:
TalkRadar 74 - Hey Vern!
Cool, I was hoping we'd get to hear from one of the Brits about the Top 7 this week. And I actually played with one of those AT-ATs when I was a kid, it was awesome, and way out of my parents' price range.
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4:06 AM
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Assassin's Creed II (PS3): Assassin's Creed II: Hands-on
I don't think any of the gripes in this article were quite what put me off the original AC. I made it most of the way through, and did generally enjoy it, but it just got to be a slog in the end. I'm looking forward to 2, though.
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October 22, 2009
9:22 PM
garnsr commented on:
Trine - PS3 Network (PS3): Trine
I wish this had come out a month ago when I had nothing to play. Finishing up Uncharted, staring up Ratchet, then Assassin's Creed doesn't leave much time for small games like this. Boo on Sony's certification lag time.
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9:20 PM
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LostWinds: Winter of the Melodias (Wii): LostWinds: Winter of the Melodias
The Wii has some really good looking, interesting titles, but still not enough to make me buy a system.
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3:29 PM
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4:24 AM
garnsr commented on:
18 awesome games that died at retail
I've got just about all the console (and DS) games here. I never had a PC, but I always wanted to play Grim Fandango. And go Okami!
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3:54 AM
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Half-Minute Hero (PSP): Half-Minute Hero
I had a difficult time with the demo, too. Good to see some interesting new ideas, though.

Recaptcha: bug(picture of a bug) richer
I've never had a picture in a ReCaptcha before.
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October 21, 2009
9:06 PM
garnsr commented on:
TalkRadar UK #10: Bush modelling
There is something about hearing people go on about not-entirely-interesting things in a variety of British accents that makes it easier to stomach. But it always does come around and get more interesting later.
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12:32 AM
garnsr commented on:
The top videogame controller buttons - Part 1
I never really noticed how much the arrangement of alphabetical buttons has changed over the years. From BA on NES, to ABC on Genesis, to a square with YXBA on DS, to the reversed XYAB on 360. I still have a hard time with QTE on 360, I can't remember how the letters are laid out. DualShock's layout took me some time to get used to, but Parappa was perfect for figuring it out.
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October 19, 2009
9:54 PM
garnsr commented on:
The Top 7... Maddest British old-school games
John Pertwee's my second favorite Doctor, after Peter Davison. Odd song.

The sheep video was awesome!

Any chance any of the Brits will be on Talk Radar? This list definitely seems to need a British perspective to discuss it.

There were a number of typos (presumably) in this, like saying our "allusions" were shattered, instead of illusions, and saying the music was the most "interested" part of Sentinel Returns. Aren't those the sorts of things we just heard that the American guys don't take lightly?
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October 17, 2009
4:07 AM
garnsr commented on:
TalkRadar 73 - Do the Mario
Everywhere has winter, it just doesn't get that cold or snow in winter everywhere.
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October 16, 2009
8:13 PM
garnsr commented on:
TalkRadar 73 - Do the Mario
Yeah, what's happened to the quotes of the week? I always read this page before I listen, then have something to look forward to.
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October 15, 2009
1:06 AM
garnsr commented on:
TalkRadar 72 - magical melodies
I love Zanac, and all the Compile shooters I've played. Why don't they make a compilation?
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12:26 AM
garnsr commented on:
TalkRadar UK #9: Champagne pizzas
I would never be able to link the voice to the picture, none of the pictures look how you guys sound to me.
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October 14, 2009
8:42 PM
garnsr commented on:
Critter Crunch (PS3): Critter Crunch
The art in this game is absolutely awesome, very much in the Miyazaki style. The little comments that pop up after rounds, or after you lose, and the narrator/explorer guy seem so authentic you want to believe they're telling the truth. And the game is a lot of fun, too.
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October 13, 2009
7:24 PM
garnsr commented on:
Brutal Legend (PS3): Brutal Legend
Hopefully the rest of the holiday games do this well. The only big game so far not to get great reviews is ODST, the rest have been panning out pretty well. I'll have to wait on this one, though, till after a few of the other biggies are out of the way.
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September 22, 2009
9:08 PM
garnsr commented on:
Katamari Forever (PS3): Katamari Forever
It's just so expensive. Remember how cool we thought Namco was when the first Katamari came out for $20, but then the second was $30, and then microtransactions showed up?
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9:04 PM
garnsr commented on:
MAG beta key giveaway
I've got a code from Qore, but being in Hawaii the only time the severs are up is while I'm at work. Why the hell do they have such short hours, and no weekends?
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September 21, 2009
10:18 PM
garnsr commented on:
Demon's Souls (PS3): Demon's Souls
Are these the guys who made the King's Field games? It looks similar to them. The difficulty doesn't sound like anything I want to play, it sounds incredibly frustrating. Good to see the PS3 is going to have a great holiday season, though.
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8:32 PM
garnsr commented on:
The Top 7... Kickass Disney games
I know I never finished Ducktales, and can't remember if I finished Chip n Dale, but I definitely rented them a few times. Those were the days, when the cartoons were knockoffs of old characters, and the games were based on the cartoons, but both were actually good.
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September 19, 2009
1:32 AM
garnsr commented on:
Uncharted 2: Among Thieves (PS3): Uncharted 2: Among Thieves
Oh yeah, I forgot about the awful jet ski sections. He didn't say they were back, so I guess we can hope.
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September 18, 2009
10:16 PM
garnsr commented on:
Uncharted 2: Among Thieves (PS3): Uncharted 2: Among Thieves
I tried playing the first Gears of War recently, but I just don't like the huge, lumbering muscle-men like I like the quick, clever guys like Nathan Drake and Lara Croft. I recently played through TR Underworld for the trophies, and I love action adventure with lots of exploration, and I can't wait for my copy of Uncharted 2 to come in.
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