Signed In: A Video Game Podcast - Episode #79: Batman: Arkham City / Spider-Man: Edge of Time / Bejeweled 3 / Dungeon Defenders / RAGE

Episode #79: Batman: Arkham City / Spider-Man: Edge of Time / Bejeweled 3 / Dungeon Defenders / RAGE

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10/23/11 • 88 min

Signed In: A Video Game Podcast

A handful of Indie Games start the show with Pixel Animator 3D, Glow Arcade Racer, Ninja Wars STOLEN SCROLLS, and Final Failure. Craig punches it up with Real Steel and Jeremy checks out what's new with Bejeweled 3. Craig looks at the XBLA port of Guardian Heroes, doubles up on tower defense games with Dungeon Defenders and Orcs Must Die! On the DLC side Craig gives his thoughts on Insanely Twisted: Shadow Hunters and Jeremy checked out the new Pinball FX2 offering Sorcerer's Lair. Craig offers up some tech talk with the NYKO Zoom for Kinect and his experience with the Dance Central 2 and The Cursed Crusade demos. Sean gives his impressions on RAGE and Spider-Man: Edge of Time and Batman: Arkham City proves to be an awesomely daunting undertaking.

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Games discussed on this episode! 0:00:00 – Intro 0:05:28 – Pixel Animator 3D (Indie) 0:07:13 – Glow Arcade Racer (Indie) 0:09:52 – Ninja War STOLEN SCROLLS (Indie) 0:11:30 – Final Failure (Indie) 0:13:27 – Real Steel (XBLA) 0:16:41 – Bejeweled 3 (XBLA) 0:22:30 – Guardian Heroes (XBLA) 0:25:27 – Dungeon Defenders (XBLA) 0:32:57 – Orcs Must Die! (XBLA) 0:36:30 – Insanely Twisted: Shadow Hunters (DLC) 0:40:15 – Pinball FX2: Sorcerer’s Lair (DLC) 0:43:21 – NYKO Zoom for Kinect 0:45:57 – Dance Central 2 (Demo) 0:49:03 – The Cursed Crusade (Demo) 0:54:00 – RAGE 1:01:50 – Spider-Man: Edge of Time 1:08:27 – Batman: Arkham City 1:28:18 – End

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Previous Episode

Episode #78: RAGE / X-Men: Destiny / Orcs Must Die! / Gears of War 3 / Mercury Hg / Rotastic

A full serving of Indie Games lead the show with Commander - World 1, Pigs Can't Fly, Pixelosity, SteamSunk, Fall of Gods, Wizorb, Mega Shooter 11, Robotriot, and Dead Pixels. On the XBLA front, Craig takes a look at Mercury Hg and offers some more thoughts on Rotastic, Sean finds the NBA JAM: On Fire Edition to leave him rather cold, and everyone lies in wait for orcs with Orcs Must Die! Sean tortures himself with the Battlefield 3 Beta, Craig offers up some Kinect action with the Sesame Street: Once Upon A Monster demo and Dance Central. On the disc side, Jeremy tries out some Driver: San Francisco, throws in a bit more about Gears of War 3, delves into a bit of torture himself with Dark Souls, has fun doing a lot of nothing in RAGE, and the show closes out with a discussion on the merits of X-Men: Destiny. All this and a quick and easy contest for a couple copies of Fruit Ninja Kinect!

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Games discussed on this episode! 0:00:00 – Intro 0:06:33 – Commander – World 1 (Indie) 0:09:19 – Pigs Can’t Fly (Indie) 0:11:12 – Pixelosity (Indie) 0:14:09 – SteamSunk (Indie) 0:15:27 – The Fall of Gods (Indie) 0:17:12 – Wizorb (Indie) 0:23:11 – Mega Shooter 11 (Indie) 0:25:16 – Robotriot (Indie) 0:27:21 – Dead Pixels (Indie) 0:28:22 – Mercury Hg (XBLA) 0:31:55 – Rotastic (XBLA) 0:34:28 – NBA JAM: On Fire Edition (XBLA) 0:38:25 – Orcs Must Die! (XBLA) 0:46:59 – Battlefield 3 (Beta Demo) 0:49:15 – Sesame Street: Once Upon A Monster (Demo) 0:52:04 – Dance Central 0:56:47 – Driver San Francisco 1:00:32 – Gear of War 3 1:06:00 – Dark Souls 1:07:41 – RAGE 1:18:51 – X-Men: Destiny 1:40:12 – End

Next Episode

Episode #80: Dance Central 2 / Kinect Sports: Season Two / Batman: Arkham City / War of the Worlds / BurgerTime World Tour / GTA V

At the start of the show we take a look at a few notable Indie Games including Castle of Pixel Skulls, No Pain No Brain, DLC Quest, and Escape Goat. Jeremy offers a bit more info on Dungeon Defenders, Craig goes on an XBLA run with Zombie Apocalypse: Never Die Alone, War of the Worlds, and BurgerTime World Tour, and Sean and Jeremy give their thoughts on the latest from Pinball FX2 with Paranormal. Jeremy also took a look at the Saints Row: The Third Initiation Station, the GTA V trailer is discussed, Craig breaks it down with Dance Central 2, and Jeremy and Sean injure themselves with Kinect Sports: Season Two. Jeremy has some quick thoughts on Battlefield 3 and Goldeneye Reloaded and Craig joins the Batman: Arkham City party.

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Games discussed on this episode! 0:00:00 – Intro 0:04:14 – Castle of Pixel Skulls (Indie) 0:06:12 – No Pain No Brain (Indie) 0:07:58 – DLC Quest (Indie) 0:12:45 – Escape Goat (Indie) 0:17:09 – Dungeon Defenders (XBLA) 0:19:08 – Zombie Apocalypse: Never Die Alone (XBLA) 0:23:24 – War of the Worlds (XBLA) 0:32:43 – BurgerTime World Tour (XBLA) 0:39:37 – Pinball FX2: Paranormal (DLC) 0:45:55 – Saints Row: The Third Initiation Station (Demo) 0:48:20 – GTA V 0:53:21 – Dance Central 2 1:01:31 – Kinect Sports: Season Two 1:13:29 – Battlefield 3 1:14:42 – Goldeneye: Reloaded 1:18:11 – Batman: Arkham City 1:36:25 – End