Just a few weeks ago we celebrated the very best of 2008 with our Platinum Chalice Awards.Today though, we must temper our merriment with disdain and head-sagging shame, for these are the moments that truly made our stomachs turn. ... » Read More

12 Sep 2008

TalkRadar 18

PS2 Feature | Mercenaries 2: World in Flames

After a long two-week absence, Shane Patterson rejoins the crew just in time to celebrate TalkRadar’s 18th birthday. With our podcast finally old enough to vote, buy cigarettes and go to the mall by itself, we briefly put aside our usual yammering for a weirdly serious talk about the ethics of software piracy. ... » Read More

5 Sep 2008

Mercenaries 2 on PS2: How bad is it?

PS2 Feature | Mercenaries 2: World in Flames

A few days before the Aug. 31 release of Mercenaries 2: World in Flames, we received the following question from one of our forum posters:Seems like an obvious answer, right? Of course the PS2 version, made for a console that’s been obsolete for three years, isn’t going to be as good as its current-gen cousins. That doesn’t mean it can’t be a good game on its own, though; after all, it’s ... » Read More

29 Aug 2008

TalkRadar 16

PS2 Feature | Mercenaries 2: World in Flames

Say hello to our brand-new TalkRadar template! Now each and every podcast has its own page, making it searchable and comment-able for our everlovin’ fanbase. This week we welcome Scott Butterworth from PlayStation: The Official Magazine, discuss dudes who look like chicks and answer more questions from the listeners. ... » Read More

14 Jul 2008

E3 08: Is Mercenaries 2 better than GTA IV?

PS2 Feature | Mercenaries 2: World in Flames

In the weeks that followed the release of Grand Theft Auto IV, most of its high-profile competitors - including Prototype and Saints Row 2 - had their release dates hastily and conspicuously pushed back to fall or later. Most of them, that is, except for Mercenaries 2: World in Flames. After a number of pre-GTA IV delays, the free-roaming soldier-of-fortune simulator is sticking to its August release date, with no sissy retreat in ... » Read More

31 Jul 2007

Mercenaries 2: World in Flames

PS2 Feature | Mercenaries 2: World in Flames

At first glance Mercenaries 2 reminded us of a lot of other games; Just Cause, Crackdown or even (surprise, surprise) Mercs 1. But once we jumped into the carnage on Xbox Live, we discovered it's taken the best elements of the above to create possibly the next great free-roaming co-op game. The Venezuelan environment is a proper (cough, cough) playground of destruction, with choppers, tanks, petrol tankers and more at hand to send entire skyscrapers shaking to the ground, and you can do it all ... » Read More

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