Author Topic: Borecast 31: 2010 Tech, The Holiday Loot Game (Read 11373 times)

Eel O'Brian · « **on:** January 21, 2010, 01:25:00 PM »

direct download - http://media.libsyn.com/media/borecast/Borecast31.mp3

In our first show in the '10, we look ahead to some of the gadgetry coming in the new year, look back on some of the games we played over our break, and get our cameras ready for the Wii Poop Channel.

SEGMENT ONE: 2010 TECH

3DTV, Tablet PCs, Natal, Sony's wand, Nintendo's future handheld, Ion 2 netbooks, etc.

SEGMENT TWO: HOLIDAY GAMES

Bayonetta, Darksiders, Divinity 2, Risen, Torchlight, Serious Sam, Uniwar

Listener Comments - Plants vs Zombies, Legend of Zelda: Spirit Tracks

CONTEST: Listen for how you can win a Microsoft Bluetrack Mouse.

Eel O'Brian · « **Reply #1 on:** January 21, 2010, 01:25:25 PM »

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=385483

Brehvolution · « **Reply #2 on:** January 21, 2010, 01:27:47 PM »

Arbys Roast Beef Sandwich · « **Reply #3 on:** January 21, 2010, 01:42:35 PM »

unf unf unf unf unf

Junpei the Tracer! · « **Reply #4 on:** January 21, 2010, 01:43:50 PM »

Preparing hate mail if anything bad is said about Bayonetta.

Fragamemnon · « **Reply #5 on:** January 21, 2010, 02:21:34 PM »

Woot, listening now.

Kevin/Doug we should play through our Steam backlog together.

Eel O'Brian · « **Reply #6 on:** January 21, 2010, 03:36:05 PM »

Definitely, "Borecast Backlog" would be a great segment

Junpei the Tracer! · « **Reply #7 on:** January 21, 2010, 03:53:38 PM »

Why so many people hate on Bayonetta's story? People just don't understand :'(

Rman · « **Reply #8 on:** January 21, 2010, 04:12:04 PM »

Do you guys have a voicemail line set up?

demi · « **Reply #9 on:** January 21, 2010, 04:50:25 PM »

Quote from: Junpei the Tracer! on January 21, 2010, 03:53:38 PM

Why so many people hate on Bayonetta's story? People just don't understand :'(

Luka

tehjaybo · « **Reply #10 on:** January 21, 2010, 04:58:15 PM »

Quote from: Rman on January 21, 2010, 04:12:04 PM

Do you guys have a voicemail line set up?

This would be cool as shit, just saying.

Also, will download tomorrow and listen while I work. Borecast is back, baby!

cool breeze · « **Reply #11 on:** January 21, 2010, 05:14:59 PM »

sounds like a nice line up

Van Cruncheon · « **Reply #12 on:** January 21, 2010, 05:31:28 PM »

Quote from: Eel O'Brian on January 21, 2010, 03:36:05 PM

Definitely, "Borecast Backlog" would be a great segment

i vote yes on borecast backlog

it'd be like a weight loss segment, we could talk about our progress in earnest tones

Beezy · « **Reply #13 on:** January 21, 2010, 05:33:04 PM »

Will listen for Bayonetta.

Van Cruncheon · « **Reply #14 on:** January 21, 2010, 06:52:44 PM »

we don't usually do politics

Fragamemnon · « **Reply #15 on:** January 21, 2010, 06:54:58 PM »

Yeah, politics isn't polite talk, southern rule.

Also, would be incredibly uninteresting unless you consider doug and I trying to one up the each other's metaphors for an entire segment fascinating listening.

Van Cruncheon · « **Reply #16 on:** January 21, 2010, 07:00:18 PM »

yeah, it would be me and frag screaming for socialism and the destruction of all banking endeavors and kevin snoring in a bored drunken stupor

Fragamemnon · « **Reply #17 on:** January 21, 2010, 07:04:34 PM »

Speaking of screaming, your segment on the Wii Vitality Sensor had me thinking of what kind of games get elevated heart rates out of players, and sadly I thought of

ANIMU RAPE SIMS

Only solution is to be proactive and gas the otaku now.

Van Cruncheon · « **Reply #18 on:** January 21, 2010, 07:08:44 PM »

perhaps nintendo could get a license for the fleshlight, and make the wii stimulator.

Van Cruncheon · « **Reply #19 on:** January 21, 2010, 07:13:25 PM »

american puritans prefer to disacknowledge that fact

Olivia Wilde Homo · « **Reply #20 on:** January 21, 2010, 07:30:59 PM »

Quote from: Professor Prole on January 21, 2010, 07:13:25 PM

american puritans prefer to disacknowledge that fact

That doesn't make any sense.

They acknowledge that it is mainstream, which is the problem. They believe it should be kept behind closed doors in the bedroom or

spoiler (click to show/hide)

glory holes and craigslist

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Olivia Wilde Homo · « **Reply #21 on:** January 21, 2010, 07:32:26 PM »

Quote from: Fragamemnon on January 21, 2010, 02:21:34 PM

Woot, listening now.

Kevin/Doug we should play through our Steam backlog together.

I don't think Prole actually plays PC games - he prefers to play PC ports on consoles or uguu games on the PSP.

Eel O'Brian · « **Reply #22 on:** January 21, 2010, 08:35:57 PM »

i'm looking into some sort of voicemail setup

Eel O'Brian · « **Reply #23 on:** January 21, 2010, 08:37:38 PM »

as for politics, i think everyone's a closet fascist in their own special way

there, now i don't have to talk about it on the show

Van Cruncheon · « **Reply #24 on:** January 21, 2010, 08:41:27 PM »

i am openly fascist

Great Rumbler · « **Reply #25 on:** January 21, 2010, 08:43:10 PM »

I am openly animuterian.

Eel O'Brian · « **Reply #26 on:** January 21, 2010, 08:47:42 PM »

i am chaotic neutral

Van Cruncheon · « **Reply #27 on:** January 21, 2010, 08:59:30 PM »

i am lawful evil

or chaotic good, i wrap around the diagonal like that

Great Rumbler · « **Reply #28 on:** January 21, 2010, 09:06:10 PM »

Quote from: Professor Prole on January 21, 2010, 08:59:30 PM

i am lawful evil

or chaotic good, i wrap around the diagonal like that

A little "bimoral", you might say?

Olivia Wilde Homo · « **Reply #29 on:** January 21, 2010, 09:08:33 PM »

I'm a radical pro cock fascist.

Human Snorenado · « **Reply #30 on:** January 21, 2010, 09:14:00 PM »

I am for whichever party will put me in charge of choosing who gets thrown into the sun.

border · « **Reply #31 on:** January 21, 2010, 09:31:14 PM »

Good episode! I like all the weird novelty songs from the 30's and 40's.

Doug complains that Bayonetta's cutscenes and minigames are awful, and asks why the entire game can't just be beat-em-up action. To me that's just like asking why movies can't just be nonstop action. You need pacing. You need something in between the action sequences to let people calm down and relax for a little while. Even though I didn't care for Angel Attack or the cutscenes, I would have felt pretty overwhelmed if the game was just wall-to-wall action without a break.

Junpei the Tracer! · « **Reply #32 on:** January 21, 2010, 09:35:34 PM »

Drinky is right about Bayo's enemy design. When you beat the game a gallery opens up and there's a 3D model viewer. The angels have such detail put in them, it's crazy. You wouldn't notice most of the stuff in-game, quite a bit of care was put in them. And I agree with border, the game has those moments so you are never doing one thing for too long, so you'll never get bored.

border · « **Reply #33 on:** January 21, 2010, 10:09:57 PM »

Final Fight is one of Bayonetta's most primitive ancestors, and even there they realized that the action had to be broken up by cutscenes and bonus stages. What Final Fight does better is that the minigames are just an extension of combat (smash up a car, break barrels), whereas Bayonetta's minigame is something completely disconnected from the normal combat. Maybe they should have had some Alfheim-style time challenges instead of Angel Attack, where instead of earning bullets for the minigame in normal stages, you earn bonus seconds so that you have longer to complete the time challenge.

Bloodwake · « **Reply #34 on:** January 22, 2010, 01:07:18 AM »

Will listen tomorrow on break from work. Finally, I can quit listening to the last 10-15 episodes I have stored on my iPod.

archie4208 · « **Reply #35 on:** January 22, 2010, 02:10:58 AM »

Bayonetta has a story?

Cormacaroni · « **Reply #36 on:** January 22, 2010, 02:12:07 AM »

Bayonetta looks like a great reason to avoid ever working in the Japanese game localization industry.

Beezy · « **Reply #37 on:** January 22, 2010, 08:07:51 AM »

Why are people in this thread taking Bayonetta's story seriously? It's just an excuse to make some flashy and funny cutscenes. Taking time out of your life to analyze it even a little or compare it to other games is a waste of time and you should be ashamed of yourself.

Junpei the Tracer! · « **Reply #38 on:** January 22, 2010, 08:25:24 AM »

FUCK ALL YOU GUYS

Human Snorenado · « **Reply #39 on:** January 22, 2010, 08:38:22 AM »

Quote from: Junpei the Tracer! on January 22, 2010, 08:25:24 AM

FUCK ALL YOU GUYS

Oh, take your hormones and shut the fuck up.

Ichirou · « **Reply #40 on:** January 22, 2010, 08:38:49 AM »

The serious analysis of Bayonetta's cut scenes in this thread make me

The game doesn't take itself seriously and I thought all the stuff with Luka and Cerezita was awesome. Luka constantly getting owned by Bayonetta and Cerezita is so adorable!

My only complaint is I wanted to see more of Rodin, he's so fucking badass. I hope he's playable in the sequel.

demi · « **Reply #41 on:** January 22, 2010, 09:31:06 AM »

Yeah it is pretty funny. All those twee japa games and Bayonetta has ~~everyone~~ douglas all a fluster

Eric P · « **Reply #42 on:** January 22, 2010, 09:42:25 AM »

Quote from: Professor Prole on January 21, 2010, 08:59:30 PM

i am lawful evil

so was hitler

Beezy · « **Reply #43 on:** January 22, 2010, 01:06:33 PM »

Quote from: demi on January 22, 2010, 09:31:06 AM

Yeah it is pretty funny. All those twee japa games and Bayonetta has ~~everyone~~ douglas all a fluster

Van Cruncheon · « **Reply #44 on:** January 22, 2010, 04:03:34 PM »

wat? i said i skipped most of the cutscenes! how could i analyze them if i didn't watch them?

i skip cutscenes in MOST games i play!

Raban · « **Reply #45 on:** January 22, 2010, 04:12:14 PM »

Do you talk about the Nexus One in this?

Eel O'Brian · « **Reply #46 on:** January 22, 2010, 04:13:37 PM »

nah, we don't talk about phones at all

Raban · « **Reply #47 on:** January 22, 2010, 04:47:19 PM »

Poo. I want one really bad, and I want some like, really good, in-depth impressions.

border · « **Reply #48 on:** January 22, 2010, 07:18:36 PM »

Am I the only one that gets sad when Kevin talks about how he sells his personal possessions to pay for gaming? And now he's out of possessions to sell, so I just picture a guy coming home from a hard day of hanging Sheetrock to an empty living room with a TV on a cinder block and a fold-up lawn chair.

Plus it's only a matter of time until the only thing left to sell is his body.

demi · « **Reply #49 on:** January 22, 2010, 07:37:40 PM »

Must be a borecast exclusive, I was never under that impression from his posts

Kestastrophe · « **Reply #50 on:** January 22, 2010, 08:10:06 PM »

Quote from: border on January 22, 2010, 07:18:36 PM

Am I the only one that gets sad when Kevin talks about how he sells his personal possessions to pay for gaming?

I do that too. I don't like to acquire stuff, and I like to be somewhat thrifty, so in order to justify purchasing something for pure entertainment purposes I will make myself sell older games or movies that I don't like anymore or have gotten full use out of. I think its a smart way to manage discretionary spending

Van Cruncheon · « **Reply #51 on:** January 22, 2010, 08:13:51 PM »

i can talk about phones if anyone wants, lord knows i've tried them all

or if i haven't, tvc has

Olivia Wilde Homo · « **Reply #52 on:** January 22, 2010, 08:16:18 PM »

I sold off all of my 360 games to get another 360 (an Arcade unit). I want to just Gamefly shit from here on out.

I remember wanting to collect as much games as possible until I realized that it is very expensive and a lot of these games rapidly depreciate over time, unless you're buying rare shit (like Zone of the Enders 2 apparently) and even that is a gamble. Now I'm almost the polar opposite - most of the time I only play a game to completion once and even sometimes, I don't even play them until completion.

I understand where he is coming from. I still have a few DVDs and box sets I can sell off if I want to.

border · « **Reply #53 on:** January 22, 2010, 08:26:35 PM »

Please god no cell phone talk please. I can't tell you how that stuff bores me. The cell phone wars (Google vs Apple vs Microsoft) are kind of interesting to hear about, but hearing actual phones described and discussed is dullsville.

demi · « **Reply #54 on:** January 22, 2010, 09:10:11 PM »

Why would you buy DVDs/Blu period... talk about depreciation.

drew · « **Reply #55 on:** January 22, 2010, 09:25:25 PM »

Quote from: T EXP on January 22, 2010, 08:16:18 PM

I sold off all of my 360 games to get another 360 (an Arcade unit). I want to just Gamefly shit from here on out.

how did you sell them? lord knows if it was via gamestop youd only have enough to buy some earbuds and a snicker bar at the best buy checkout

Fragamemnon · « **Reply #56 on:** January 22, 2010, 09:37:32 PM »

Quote from: border on January 22, 2010, 07:18:36 PM

Am I the only one that gets sad when Kevin talks about how he sells his personal possessions to pay for gaming? And now he's out of possessions to sell, so I just picture a guy coming home from a hard day of hanging Sheetrock to an empty living room with a TV on a cinder block and a fold-up lawn chair.

Plus it's only a matter of time until the only thing left to sell is his body.

I maintain a budget-neutral (except for Nov-Dec) gaming hobby, selling stuff to fund other purchases. Keeps things relatively uncluttered around the house-it's the accumulation of stuff that bothers me the most.

Van Cruncheon · « **Reply #57 on:** January 22, 2010, 09:39:12 PM »

yeah, i sell a good portion of my shit to fund my hobby, although i have no financial reason to do so beyond a) less clutter/distraction; b) a reduced sense of guilt for wasting money on entertainment instead of saving it; and c) like i'll ever get around to replaying shit anyway

Human Snorenado · « **Reply #58 on:** January 22, 2010, 09:43:55 PM »

Quote from: Professor Prole on January 22, 2010, 09:39:12 PM

yeah, i sell a good portion of my shit to fund my hobby, although i have no financial reason to do so beyond a) less clutter/distraction; b) a reduced sense of guilt for wasting money on entertainment instead of saving it; and c) like i'll ever get around to replaying shit anyway

Never forget.

border · « **Reply #59 on:** January 22, 2010, 09:46:03 PM »

I got the sense that Kevin was actually selling personal possessions like appliances and TVs and furniture and shit -- not just trading in games for other games. If it's just the Gamestop burn-through then it's not really sad.

I don't re-sell many games because I don't buy many games in the first place. My biggest game collection was probably for PS2 and I doubt it ever got above 25 games. Trade in-value for stuff is so pathetic that I doubt I could bring myself to part with any of the stuff I have in fact purchased.

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