Star Wars: The Force Unleashed

Sometimes, it's just easier to take the half-assed approach in life. Why tidy all of that crap clogging up your room when you can just stuff it under the bed? Why bother putting yourself through six years of baffling questions and migraines on Lost when you can just read a synopsis of the ending on the nets? And why go to the effort of designing an original, inventive game character when you can just borrow ideas from other developers or stick a shiny pair of shades on your protagonist?

Inside, you'll find some of the worst offenders of this noble, half-assed philosophy

Chewbacca is the man. Well, a big furry alien man thing. And if it wasn’t for that pesky George Lucas putting the kibosh on a Wookiee superhero game, we could have been controlling an arm-pulling, chess-playing space gorilla, instead of that miserable bastard Starkiller in The Force Unleashed.

So in the hope uncle George might be reading, we’ve put together a deadly serious, analytical argument on why a Wookiee game starring Wookiees would be the Wookieest thing ever. And automatically better than any rubbish about Jedis. WOOKIEE!

Resident Evil 5Light and Dark mechanics

What they promised

Prior to the game’s release, Jun Takeuchi, the producer behind Resi 5, promised heat and lighting effects that would genuinely have an impact on gameplay, in turn, distinguishing it from the illustrious fourth game. He hinted when Chris stepped out into sun-kissed areas from dark buildings the screen would blur, as his eyes adjusted to the change in light. Capcom

It can strike at anytime without warning. It can take many forms. Someone you know, even a loved one, could be afflicted with it as you read this very sentence. That’s right, ‘gamer rage’ can strike anyone at any moment. From platform fans to beat ‘em up enthusiasts, no one is safe.

The following games all contain dangerous levels of gamer rage-baiting moments. Want to avoid a stroke, heart attack or assault

Right, Darth Vader is Luke’s father, Bruce Willis is dead in the Sixth Sense, Brad Pitt and Edward Norton are the same person in Fight Club. There, we’ve just ruined three movies for you. We’re fairly sure you won’t care about us ruining these plot twists by the end of this article, though, as we’re about to spill the beans on 80 (some potentially game-ruining) spoilers.

This week we discuss Rogue Leaders, a tell-all book about LucasArts, written by PlayStation Magazine’s Editor-In-Chief Rob Smith... who patiently sits through our ramblings long enough to plug his massive tome. If you’ve ever wanted to know all kinds of trivial nonsense about Star Wars, Maniac Mansion or a planet called Fractalus, this is your podcast.

This article and its accompanying video contain spoilers. You’ve been warned. If you’re curious about what happens in Star Wars: The Force Unleashed, but don’t want to spend more than a minute thinking about it, we’ve got you covered.

 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.

The Secret Apprentice has definitely earned his nickname: Starkiller. When it comes to killing, he’s a superstar. Stormtroopers, Rebels, Jawas, even supposedly all-powerful Jedi are just grist for his unrelenting death-mill. For this exclusive video, we captured all the best boulder crushings, lightsaber impalings, exploding Jawas and Ugnaught beat-downs we could find. Our fave gnarly Force kill?