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TalkRadar 74 - Hey Vern!

Qore host Veronica Belmont helps us sort out Borderlands, plus we’re giving away 11 free games

Words: Brett Elston, GamesRadar US

 

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The Topics


Top 7... Maddest British old-school games
GamesRadar UK sends George Walter across the world to explain, in person, what “Hover Bovver” could possibly mean.


Borderlands reviewed
It’s Diablo-meets-FPS, which means half of you will hate it, and the other half will play it for the next nine months.


Rifftrax: American Thrift
Learn what it means to be a woman/Chevy hybrid in this riveting tale of shopping gone awry. Note: Small chance we misread the synopsis.


Assassin’s Creed II - Italy Report
Chris returns from his homeland, hopelessly reeking of pizza, to tell us about Ubi’s impending, stab-happy sequel.


Question of the Week
What game have you used to escape from reality, or avoid dealing with real-world drama? Let us know and you will definitely become wealthy and famous.



New contests this week


Halo 3: ODST Official Soundtrack – To win, just let us in via the comments why you want one of 2009’s most diverse and robust soundtracks. We’ve got two to give away.



WWE SmackDown vs RAW 2010 – Click the link for full details. The gist: we’ve got 11 copies, each one with your name on it!

 

In the office



Above: Dad gum three-dee goggles do be workin! 


Above: Yep, Eric’s still sitting on a 1980 AT-AT Walker, plus the box


In the community



Above: A sad but true visual representation, courtesy of VMPSaberwolf 


Above: YoYoGuy made a TalkRadar-branded rocket. Sure hope that’s an Estes rocket…


Above: It may be tough to figure out who’s who, but KillDrone’s homage to ear slaughter is a fine addition to the tome 


Above: If you can’t read the details of VirAetas’s well-drawn comic, head to the Fan Art thread for the full experience 

Head to the forums and join the T-Dar community or die cold and alone

THE INFO BOX
Post date: October 23, 2009
T-Dar 74 length: 2:19:46
Intro song by: Anamanaguchi
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58 Comments
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435  - 1 month 6 days ago 
Yaaay! TalkRadar!

My Friday is complete!
ImTheBatman  - 1 month 6 days ago 
Thank God! I thought this moment would never come...finally i can get my TDar Fix
ImTheBatman  - 1 month 6 days ago 
Finally, i can now get my TDar fix
CH3BURASHKA  - 1 month 6 days ago 
OH SHIT TDAR IS HERE
AND SO IS VBEL
MY LIFE IS COMPLETE
OR WOULD BE IF MY PARENTS WERE ALIVE
Romination  - 1 month 6 days ago 
Wait a minute I COUNT TWELVE GAMES THERE STOP "LOSING" STUFF, CHRIS!!!!

I would totally love the ODST Soundtrack. I'm not a big fan of Halo games, but I always thought the soundtracks were pretty cool. In fact, the soundtrack, the Halo theme that we all know and love, may be my favorite part of the entire series. I'd want the ODST soundtrack becase it IS, like you said, diverse and robust. It's not just ANOTHER 'cinematic style' score, it's something unique to and of itself, especially for a shooting game. Plus, I've recently been starting my library of video game music, and this would be a more than welcome addition!
breener96  - 1 month 6 days ago 
W00t! I love this damn podcast!
Jacob816  - 1 month 6 days ago 
Sweetness. Massively good start to my weekend.
CoolBowling  - 1 month 6 days ago 
Alright, two for one this week. Mr. Elston is on the OXM podcast as well.
ChrisAntistaSmellsLikePizza  - 1 month 6 days ago 
Been waiting for this all day.
Jordo141  - 1 month 6 days ago 
Holy crap. Veronica Belmont
RatPuncher  - 1 month 6 days ago 
@CoolBowling: He is? I have to check that out now.
Corsair89  - 1 month 6 days ago 
I would love the ODST soundtrack because the soft jazz sax is a nice departure form the electric guitar, as much as I love guitars. I love how the change really represents the characters and story. In Halo 1-3, the epic music reflected the epic journey, saving the galaxy deserves that. But ODST is a lot more focused on a single band of warriors trying to finish their mission and get out alive, so the music is a lot softer and more beautiful. My favorite part was going through the city alone because the soundtrack made you feel so much more alone and dark and wonderful than if it wasn't there.
Bhouse563  - 1 month 6 days ago 
I would like the ODST soundtrack because I would give it to my younger brother for Christmas. He absolutely loves everything Halo and I think this would be a great addition to his collection.
Valntyne  - 1 month 6 days ago 
I would like the ODST soundtrack for TWO reasons: 1st, because i've yet receive ANYTHING from you guys, and 2nd i've listened to EVERY T'dar Pcast at least twice.
Grimi  - 1 month 6 days ago 
I would love the ODST Soundtrack because I've been a big fan of the Halo 2 and Halo 3 soundtracks as well. The music in ODST is just great from the time I heard it live at Video Games Live where they played some music from it a few moths before the game came out to the final level the music was just awesome and if I were to get the soundtrack there's no doubt I would be listening to that a lot.
And come on ODSTs are just awesome, as displayed by my, T'Dar loving, ODST figure:
http://i229.photobucket.com/albums/ee106/GrimiRocks/p_00096.jpg
DrDevious  - 1 month 6 days ago 
I would love one of the ODST soundtracks so I can put it in my ipod and listen to it while sneaking around my city at night and look for clues of my lost squadmates.
oldgrammastinkyfeet  - 1 month 6 days ago 
I think I deserve that Halo 3 Odst soundtrack, because my parents told me I can buy everything (2 CD's), except for these. I spent one month paying off the other two Cd's even though they were $5 each. Then they grounded me for asking about another one, so I couldn't play games for a month, just for asking about the game soundtrack. They also think (at 13), I should get a job to pay for "all" that. And I'm not asian (srry, offensive but true with 99% of my friends).
garnsr  - 1 month 6 days ago 
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.
TheGoddamnBatman  - 1 month 6 days ago 
Henry's rant was hilarious.
lymanzaar  - 1 month 6 days ago 
I want the ODST soundtrack because I want to be able to (brace yourselves) emmerse myself in a robotic world were things that are new and different can be good or bad, depending on your perspective. I want to wander the empty streets of a once thriving city, but only by the power of the music, not the game (or drugs). I want to understand the depression Rookie felt once he understood he was all alone, and his genius when he figured out a plan!
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