Weekend Confirmed 119 - Spec Ops: The Line, Halo 4
by Garnett Lee, Jun 29, 2012 6:00pm PDTAfter visiting with its designer last week, Spec Ops: The Line stands for inspection. Adam Sessler and Paul Semel join Jeff and Garnett in the discussion that looks at the game both on its surface as a shooter and its underlying ambitions to seriously address the carnage of a "heroic," one-man rampage. Along with the discussion of violence, the conversation also turns to the sustainability of the big-budget console game. Halo 4's commitment to episodic content and the demise of Radical Entertainment lead the news discussions. And of course, it all wraps up on Finishing Moves.
Weekend Confirmed Ep. 119: 06/29/2012
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RIP Radical. I have quite a few friends who were working there. :(
The smartass in me is thinking, I don't know who to feel worse for. The guys who lost their jobs, or the guys who are damned to to a lifetime of making COD map packs.
But the answer is obvious. I hope everybody who suffers from the fallout of this closure finds work quickly in the surging social games and mobile games development scene here in Van.
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Afterall, Master Chief and cortana encounter the Infinity during the single-player campaign.
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