Weekend Confirmed 91 - Metal Gear Rising, Last of Us, Syndicate
by Garnett Lee, Dec 16, 2011 11:00am PSTThe flurry of new game trailers unleashed during the VGAs last week leads the conversation on Weekend Confirmed this week. Shacknews' own New York-based editor Andrew Yoon joins Xav, Jeff, and Garnett to wade through them, starting with Metal Gear Rising, and moving on through Last of Us, Fortnite, and Mass Effect 3. Andrew recently attended a Sony event back in New York and shares impressions from playing Syndicate, Journey, and Lumines. Listener Shadow13th called out Jeff for using saves to control his fate in role playing games and the group picks up the subject of the min/max approach to gaming and how it exposes the mechanics potentially to the detriment of immersion. There's still more too, with a quick look at November's NPD sales numbers, Trine 2, and Finishing Moves.
Weekend Confirmed Ep. 91: 12/16/2011
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Show Breakdown:
Round 1 00:00:00 to 00:23:50
Whatcha Been Playing Part 1 00:24:25 to 00:49:54
Whatcha Been Playing Part 2 00:51:00 to 01:16:18
Listener Feedback/Front Page News 01:17:23 to 01:48:25
NFL Tailgate 01:49:09 to 01:56:36
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Just a few more days to share your holiday videogaming stories with us. We're recording our holiday show on Tuesday. Post here over the weekend with any you'd like.
(If you posted in last week's thread we've got them so you don't need to repost)
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Christmas morning we came down stairs to find gifts under the tree in our living room, but a noise coming from the den caught our ear.
It was someone snoring.
On our TV screen was Mario sleeping in the starting area of Bob-omb Battlefield. I don't remember our exact reactions, but I'm fairly certain we lost our minds As it turns out, my dad had been up all night playing the game and decided to leave it on for us to come down to. It was mind numblingly cool to wake up to that on Christmas morning.
That break we (my little bro, dad, and I) played on one save file and it was always exciting to hear what stars we got (and how we got them). I thought it was so cool that my dad got in on the fun with us.
Video games have been a huge part of my life since then and it's a memory I always love going back to around Christmas.
Happy Holidays, Weekend Confirmed crew.
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