Assassin's Creed 4: Black Flag for PC to come after consoles
DTS Headphone:X brings 11.1 channel surround sound to headsets
Xbox One policy change means loss of family sharing, disc-free gaming
Steam beta code implies game-sharing plans
Crytek working on The Collectibles for iOS
Weekend Confirmed 146 - 2013 begins, Dishonored, next-gen predictions
by Jeff Mattas, Jan 04, 2013 11:00am PSTWeekend Confirmed is back for the firs episode of 2013! Garnett Lee, Jeff Cannata, and "Indie" Jeff Mattas are joined by Nikole Zivalich this week to talk about games like Dishonored and the brilliant new indie title, Hundreds. Much of this episode's discussion centers around predictions for the future of gaming, including possible next-steps for gaming hardware and peripherals, as well as what sort of changes might help reinvigorate the MMO genre in the coming years. Finishing Moves wraps up the show, followed by a WildCard edition of the post-show NFL TailGate.
Weekend Confirmed Ep. 146: 1/4/2013
Subscription Links:
- Subscribe to Weekend Confirmed in iTunes
- Weekend Confirmed is also available in the Zune Marketplace
- Subscribe to Weekend Confirmed via RSS
Here's a handy pop-up player so you can listen from right here on the page. Let us know how it works for you.
If you're viewing this in the GameFly application, you can play Weekend Confirmed Episode 146 directly.
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:
Show Breakdown:
Round 1 - 00:00:30 - 00:29:10
Whatcha' Been Playin Part 1 - 00:29:45 - 00:55:34
Whatcha Been Playin Part 2 00:56:15 - 01:26:06
Listener Feedback/Front Page News - 01:26:48 - 02:01:35
Follow the Weekend Confirmed crew on Twitter, too!
Weekend Confirmed @WeekendConfirmd
Garnett Lee @GarnettLee
Jeff Cannata @jeffcannata
Jeff Mattas @JeffMattas
Nikole Zivalich @NikoleZ
Remember to join the Official Facebook Weekend Confirmed Page and add us to your Facebook routine. We'll be keeping you up with the latest on the show there as well.
Original music in the show by Del Rio. Get his latest Album, Club Tipsy on iTunes. Check out more, including the Super Mega Worm mix and other mash-ups on his ReverbNation page or Facebook page, and follow him on twitter @delriomusic.
Comments
Thread Truncated. Click to see all 16 replies.
On that first point, that's fucking stupid. This isn't supposed to be Degrassi. Its fucking Buffy the Vampire Slayer. It doesn't make sense for uber villain Spike to be in an "abusive" relationship. He's a fucking demon incarnate.
On the second point, that's fair enough, but it doesn't really resolve the point that Spike is treated as incredibly sympathetic when he's basically a skeevy creep. I mean I don't condone Buffy's relationship with him period. It was just so random. Its was like it was done out of necessity because Buffy must have some tormented romance at all times, and they wanted to keep Spike on the show.
"Not so much because it's not believable any body would forgive him and offer him a chance at redemption (this is the Buffy universe, after all.... looking at you, Angel),"
Its more a matter of why would Buffy give him a chance at redemption? I mean A. Angel was in a really particular circumstance of having offended Gypsy witches. So unless Spike somehow offended the same Gypsie witches I don't think he should just be able to go fetch his soul back. Its just lazy writing. B. Buffy was able to forgive Angel because she of course had no idea about his past. What makes their relationship interesting is that she gets to know him merely as this mysterious vampiric heart throb who seems to be fighting for good.
Spike meanwhile is just an asshole. Like there is no reason for anyone in Sunnydale to see him as anything but that. I really think Angel leaving was the beggning of the end. His whole Angel return was sloppy almost in the same way Buffy's resurrection was. It seems like Whedon will happily stick a character in a hell hole for some short term Deus Ex Machina style drama, but he can't follow that up with any substantive plot developments.
On the Mayor, I guess my thing with him is that he's actually good for an average Buffy villain. But he is horrible for a macro alpha Buffy villain. All the Faith stuff in Season 3 was genius, and as a side note I never got why there weren't 3 slayers after Buffy died in Season 5. But the problem is that Season 3 relies on the Mayor for the whole finale. The high school graduation scene where all the student participate in an apocalyptic battle is just too much of a farce. All the mayor is really is the "evil politician." That's great for an episode or two---probably on par with the demonic Celine Dion loving room mate, or the swim team taken over by lizard monsters, etc---but its not enough for a primary antagonist.
You must be logged in to post.