Brett's Gaming Blog

So I'm not sure how popular these podcast posts are but your stuck with them so take it. The good news is that new upgraded from Mix Cloud to an actual good service with helpful tools and things. So here is the [link] to the site where we will be hosting now. You can download, and take it with you or just listen on your computer. We make it so easy for the modern day lifestyle. The show should be subscribable now as well (still working on iTunes), just click on the buttons until it works for you. Or ask me for help and I'll get you hooked up so you'll have every new episode every month. So enjoy our talk about Dead Space, DMC, and the next gen hardware. Until next time, Cheers! Your browser does not support the audio element. Podcast Powered By Podbean

Dead Space 3 was an interesting game for me. Never having played much of the first or any of the second, I was going into Dead Space 3 pretty cold. The only hook that got me was co-op (guess it was a good thing they added it). I ended up enjoying the co-op aspects of this game so much I just had to write about it. Co-op in Dead Space 3 doesn't play like any other game I've played. You and your partner are not just playing as two Master Chiefs, or playing as a character that just so happens to be by the protagonists side, be it AI or human controlled. Instead in Dead Space 3 player two is in control of John Carver, a bodyguard for the captain that has recruited you for this mission. So what makes this game different is that the scenes of the game play out differently whether or not you have an actual partner playing with you. An example is that a tractor is falling off a slippery hill side (This is a scene from a trailer, so no spoilers). As Isaa...

I talk a lot about the next wave in gaming hardware. If you couldn't tell I'm very excited. So when Sony posted a cryptic teaser video last week, we all knew that it was on. The rumor mill has been going crazy since the launch of this teaser ad. What is Sony going to talk about at this huge event on February 20th? Everyone thinks it's PlayStation 4 related, but what excatly will it be? Will they show games? A date? A price? No one is sure, but we don't have to wait much longer to find out. For the sake of discussion we are going to assume they are going to at least announce the next PlayStation (verdict is still out on what the name is going to be, I think a reboot to just 'PlayStation' would be awesome.) One big question this raises is, if this is a new PlayStation announcement where does that leave Microsoft? Obviously Microsoft is planning a next gen system as well. So does this this screw up their plan? Or does Microsoft just continue down their pred...

I have been itching to play the Unfinished Swan since its release last year, but recently this idea came to me; what would a gamer do with this game if they had no prior knowledge of the title such as the game mechanics behind it? Hopefully this does not spoil anything for you, but the game mechanic at the very beginning of the game is you are in complete whiteness and you can throw black paint balls to see where pieces of the environment lay. Since I read reviews and coverage of the game, the first minute or so of the game was spoiled for me, but of course it had to be for me to be intrigued by it. But what if it hadn't? What if someone's guiding hand brought me to this inaugural white screen and I had no clue what was going on? Well for me that was out of the window, but my girlfriend who gets 90% of her game knowledge from me had no clue what this game was. Perfect. So I sat her down, let her watch the thirty-second intro, and then the screen went all white and ...

Another month, another CPU. This month I appeared in my second CPU podcast along side host Nick Hahneman, and fellow casters Yair Donin and Mike Gorman. So if your the podcast listening type, enjoy. Remember that I enjoy every CPU podcast with my Mix Cloud app on my phone but it is also easily listened to from the website (link below) and this widget.   CPU episode 8 by Community Podcast Unlocked on Mixcloud Also if your the twitter type I'm sure your  subscribed  to mine already, but if  not I'm  @CaptainCauli and Nick is  @NickisNixed , Yair is  @YairDonin and Mike is  @GroovyMike Enjoy the show and until next time... Cheers!

A few day's ago Xbox Live's Major Nelson posted the most played games of 2012. The post can be found here  for reference, and the reason I bring this up is that some of the listings really jumped out to me. I feel that there is a lot to gander from this list. So open that list up in a new tab, and follow along. The first note is that the Xbox Live games are ranked by number of users on a daily basis. The Xbox Live Arcade games are ranked by units sold. A couple of the rankings are no brainers. Call of Duty is ranked #1. The one interesting thing about Call of Duty is that last years game (Modern Warfare 3) is ranked right below the newest entry (Black Ops 2) from November of 2012. That means more people played the new game in just the one and half to two months that it was available than a full twelve months combined that last years game was available. Call of Duty players must really drop off quickly after the game release, contrary to the indication that ...

If your like me I'm clicking to another page after I read the first paragraph of a videogame story. There is just too much data and news out there to be had. So here is a summation of all the 2013 games I'll be playing and looking at critically, in an easily digestible format. Tomb Raider 3/5/13 Tomb Raider's non-stop action and adventure make for a terrific game. The story and character didn't grip me like I was expecting, but they are not even needed when the game is as fun as it is. Level design is spot on, which is what kind of polish an amazing game like this needs. Final Score: 9 Amazing Crysis 3 2/19/13 The story wasn't all that interesting, and neither were the characters. The gameplay was fun but mainly consisted of cloak, kill, hide. And your abilities didn't seem to expand very much after the beginning. It left a desire for more substance taste in my mouth. Final Score: 6.5 OK Dead Space 3 2/5/13 Amazing action game but lacking in ch...