Count me in!

I cannot wait for this to be a real thing.

Want!!!

Another great Towell review of a racing game. I played the shit out of Dirt 2 and I can't wait to dig into Dirt 3. Although it's not extensively covered here, the larger range of current and classic rally cars looks mighty appealing, as well as vehicle-specific challenges.

Yeah, that's definitely Liberi Fatali, and I think it's the Distant Worlds album version. Strange.

I'm very intrigued by a potential offering of free games. Even though the PS3 is my primary console, I haven't been too bothered by the PSN outage. Fortunately I have a decent PC and played through my release-day purchase of Portal 2 via my free Steam copy. I'm not much of an online multiplayer gamer, so it's not a huge loss. Still, Sony have definitely got a big mess on their hands, especially with all the personal information that was taken. If Sony offers recompense, I'll take it.

I want swag!

Oh, and since I completely fucking forgot to mention it, CONGRATULATIONS on 150 episodes!!

Haven't listened yet but HOOOOLY TITS for comments! There are so many!! Long live the DAR! Seriously, just picking up on what people have mentioned in the comments that I skimmed, as long as you guys keep publishing a podcast weekly (or more frequently) full of video games, nerd-dom and your wonderful, wonderful irreverence (CHRISTIANITY MAKES MY TUMMY HOIT!) you've got a faithful listener in me. I may not post in the forums anymore and I don't comment on as many articles as I should, but I'm visiting the site multiple times every day to keep up with you guys. I've been with TalkRadar since the very early days. I think I started listening in the single digits, but it's been long enough now that I don't properly remember. Keep it going.

Must buy: LA Noire, Dirt 3
Highest Hopes: Brink

Man, this reminds me that I haven't touched or even really been aware of any MK games since MK4. Yipes. No idea who most of those other characters are. MK3 is where I really cut my teeth.

While I love TTT, I still am incredibly put off by the audio of the couch sections. Voices are phasey and inconsistently placed well past the point of distraction. Lizzie, instead of being panned center is pulled to the right. Chris' voice floats around the left channel but occasionally will zigzag across the stereo image for seemingly no reason. What's the mic setup for those portions?

Too much good on this list. Totally psyched for Portal 2, L.A. Noire and Mortal Kombat, I have very high hopes for Dirt 2 and Brink, and I'm massively intrigued by Catherine.

Yeah, the audio during the couch shots was really strange and distracting. Things being panned to incorrect places, for starters. Also, were you guys using multiple mics? Things sounded weird and phasey as well. Regardless, still enjoying the trailer commentary, especially on We Dare. Man, I cannot believe such a thing exists. The juxtaposition between prelude-to-orgy flirting and anything being done with a Wii Remote is just too great.

SHIT! Sad day.

@Joe: Thanks! Yeah, I work in a recording studio that primarily does VO, so I sorta get paid to notice things like that. :D Matching vocal qualities in different rooms with different mics and gear is a bitch. I figured that, since your forays into video have been few and far between so far, there really wasn't any dedicated, treated space in which to record. Good luck, and I look forward to seeing the next video, whatever it happens to be!

Man. This is what I hate about the internet. At least a third of these comments are just reactionary stupidity. The very first video gets posted and people fly off the fucking handle like the site is going fully video. Calm down, people. One video doesn't exactly make a precedent. I appreciate the attempt to branch out into other formats, and as a huge Tdard I look forward to hearing the editors more. Of course, their articles are written each in their own distinctive style, but speech is something entirely different. And for those of you who are complaining about the scripted, stilted delivery, let me remind you: FIRST ATTEMPT AT VIDEO TOP 7.

That said, I do have criticisms. While I didn't notice the inconsistent audio levels between SFX and VO that some mentioned, I did (and have previously, with the Trailer Trash vids) been bothered by the inconsistent recording of the VO. It's very obvious that the audio for the camera shots and the game reel voiceovers were recorded in different ways, and the difference can be jarring. The camera shots tend to have short slap echo, from a room that's not sufficiently acoustically treated. Then the VO is so highly compressed that it sounds like the narrator is speaking 6 inches from your face. Anything that can be done to make the human-based audio more consistent would be great.

Finally, I say keep it up. I thought this particular Top 7 was a great one to start with, since it was intended to expose people to the games they may have missed, and including game footage is the best way to do that. Try a video here and there, not just for the Top 7 but for other articles as well. I loved the old videos of the plastic instrument band, controller destruction, etc. More of that would be nothing but awesome. And now that the video player doesn't suck canal water, it's a joy to watch videos on the site. Thanks GamesRadar!

Well, in that case I'll just sit back and do my part to prove EA wrong every chance I get. Also, if I don't ever get Mirror's Edge 2, *someone* will be getting a strongly worded letter!

ANGRY! I like Wahlberg and all, especially his more eccentric work on I <3 Huckabees, but I never pictured him (and still can't) as Drake. Fillion all the way. And all this right on the heels of a Joss-less Buffy remake being announced. FUCK!

While I enjoyed Dirt 2, I was put off by the underwhelming amount of focus on rally stages and incredibly bored by the sluggish trucks and buggies. One of my favorite rally games before the Dirt series was Rallisport Challenge, with its emphasis on long rally stages and widely varied terrain. Dirt 3 looks to follow in that vein; plus, I cannot wait to try out the gymkhana courses. Ken Block is a psychopath of the best variety and I'm eager beyond words to try to recreate the bombastic shit he does in his videos.