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Weekend Confirmed Episode 34
by Garnett Lee, Nov 12, 2010 12:00pm PSTCall of Duty: Black Ops dropped this week and we've been playing it along with, oh, a few million other folks around the Net. It hoards the spotlight in Whatcha Been Playin? and fair warning, there are some spoilers in the discussion but with a clear disclaimer beforehand. Battlefield Play4Free and the Vietnam DLC for Bad Company 2 also come up as shooters rule this week's show. In the Warning your counter-points to the idea floated last week of 2-3 hour games get us started and we also open the question of how susceptible to fatigue Call of Duty looks to be? News of Rock Band developer Harmonix hitting the sales block, a handful of new game announcements, and more wrap it all up in the Front Page.
Weekend Confirmed Ep. 34 - 11/12/2010
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Weekend Confirmed comes in four segments to make it easy to listen to in segments or all at once. Here's the timing for this week's episode:
Whatcha' Been Playin: Start: 00:00:00 End: 00:30:10
Whatcha' Been Playin and Cannata-ford a New Game: Start: 00:31:14 End: 01:04:29
The Warning: Start: 01:05:34 End: 01:37:29
Music Break featuring "Line 'em Up": 01:37:29 End: 01:40:40
The Front Page: Start: 01:40:40 End: 02:05:20
NFL 'Tailgate': Start: 02:06:20 End: 02:16:10
Music Break this week features "Line 'em Up" by Final Gravity. This track is from their "4 Pack" EP available on iTunes and CDBaby. For more from them check out the official Final Gravity site. And if you're in the LA area, Final Gravity will be opening for rock guitarist Gary Hoey (who, if you don't know the name, shreds) at the Brixton on the Redondo Beach Pier, Thursday, December 16 at 9pm.
Original music in the show by Del Rio. Get his latest single, Small Town Hero on iTunes. Check out more, including the Super Mega Worm mix and other mash-ups on his ReverbNation page or Facebook page.
Jeff can also be seen on The Totally Rad Show. They've gone daily so there's a new segment to watch every day of the week!
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Comments
Got the game yesterday. Only a couple hours into the story mode, but it seems safe to say that if you like AC2, you'll like Brotherhood (and I LOOOOVED AC2).
The main reason for my comment is regarding the multiplayer: IT IS INCREDIBLE.
Ubisoft has created a wonderfully subtle and intense game of cat and mouse with Brotherhood's multiplayer. It took me a few games to get used to the controls and to learn all the rules, but once I got familiar with everything, the game opened up. I've never played a game that keeps me on the edge of my seat purely through the suspense of being hunted. The constant balance of Risk vs Reward is handled beautifully.
The tension that builds when you spot your target across a courtyard, and spend the next 90 seconds slowly circling around him so you can approach undetected... it's so freaking fun! The best part is that at no time can you be certain of what will happen next. You might lose your patience as you approach your target and burst into a run, only to be pounced on by the player stalking you. You might get within reach and have the kill stolen by another player who has been hunting the same target as you all along. You might not have been following the right target at all, and kill a civilian instead, prompting the game to put a giant arrow over the head of the player you were supposed to kill, just to rub salt in your wound. And of course, there are the times when everything goes right, and you nail your target without them even realizing you were there.
Truly awsome stuff.... I encourage everyone to check it out!
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