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All Things Geekery Podcast – Episode 1 The Rise & Fall of Virtual Reality

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What a crazy ride this has been but a ride well worth the wait as WE, myself and Victus made our first podcast!  Yes, another podcast about stuff, geeky stuff to be specific.

We’ve been working on this thing for a long time, and we have probably hit every little bump along the way….but we stuck with our passion and we knew VICTORY would be ours in the end, as we triumphantly defeated those pesky technical issues that kept haunting us over the last few months.

In our very first episode we get a bit sidetracked for a few minutes and talk about our recent gaming adventures in Fallout 4, Destiny, and the awe inspiring wonder of The Division.

Then we move right into the main content for this episode which is….The rise and fall AND rise again of virtual reality.

This process has been such a fun journey to dive into, and at times we dove into the deep end of the pool when all the water had been drained out, but overall WE did it!!

We are still in the process of getting approvals for iTunes, but we are super excited to share this with everyone and hope you enjoy, so give us a shout and feedback as we’d love to hear from you all!

Here is our RSS feed which you can also paste into whichever app you enjoy using for podcatching.

http://allthingsgeekery.libsyn.com/rss

You can also find us out on

Ok enough of the chatter….hope you all enjoy and we will see you all in the next episode!

Check Out The First Episode

 

Contact Info

Iogro Merrybelly / Victus Darkaero

Twitter @iogromerrybelly
Blog @ http://www.ahobbitsjourney.com

Twitter @victus_darkaero

ATG Podcast

Twitter @allthingsgeekry
Blog @ http://www.allthingsgeekery.com

 

Music Credits

Artist: Eric Skiff Song: Chibi Ninja

Brothers A Tale of Two Sons – Game Review – Episode One

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download (10)Ok so yesterday I picked up a fantastic game that has been in my “Want List” for a while….Brothers: A Tale of Two Sons is a beautifuly designed game with a rather dark underlying tone that has a fairy tale look to it.  I’ve played about five hours of the game so far which for me is un-heard of.  The game has such a great story, the game play itself is quite unique and took me a bit to get used to.  Throughout the journey I’ve seen so far of these two brothers trying to save their dying father is a fascinating interaction with the world in some very unique ways.  You get to experience themes of death, adventure, teamwork, and a very in-depth story that pulls you in.  The controls for the game are very unique, as you have to use both joysticks to control the players, and it frequently caused me some hand eye coordination issues.

Much of the story and the attraction to this game for me is the Brother’s language they speak in.  It’s an imaginary language that has no subtitles, so it’s all up to us to watch body language and pull the story from the visuals being shown.  All the characters I’ve seen to this point have a stake in the story being told, as does the interaction of items in the world, locations you visit, and landmarks you are asked to find.  You have to pay very close attention and piece together all the bits of this fantastic visual story being told.

Brothers-A-Tale-of-Two-SonsThe game kicks you off in a small village with pleasant townsfolk and honestly I spent a lot of time just looking at the stunning landscapes, and environment I was just immersed in.  One complaint I have of the game so far is the lack of detail you actually get to see on the Brothers themselves.  They have a bit of lack luster compared to the world around them, but still that is minor because to me the game play and unique style makes up for that miss.  Brothers is one of the most unique games I’ve played in the last year with it’s control system, and the non-verbal language system that leaves the interpretation of the story up to you.  I love that the game has options as well, because you can jump right into game play and fight your way to the end of the game, but I’m also noticing that if you don’t pay close attention to details around you, a lot of side stories that seem to help build the story and adventure will be missed.

I’m anxious to continue on in this story, and I hope practice makes perfect with these controls because they are a challenge to get the hang of.  While the movements of the game can pull away from some of the game at times, overall the visually stunning surroundings and interesting world interactions pull you back very quickly.

More to come on this game as I’m excited to see where the journey goes and how the story plays out on this game.

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The Walking Dead – Game Review – Episode 1 A New Day

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images (15)In the first of my five episode reviews of The Walking Dead Season 1, you jump right into the game as the character Lee Everett, a man who was convicted of killing a man, and is currently on his way to prison.  In the midst of being transported to prison, the great zombie apocalypse abruptly outbreaks and you are now in control of this characters fate. Lee has been given a second chance of sorts now that the zombies are out and about, so it’s up to you to keep Lee alive and survive in this amazing horror.

The really cool part about this game is the story all takes place concurrently with the comic book series.  You now taking over and controlling the story of Lee is all happening while Rick the main character of the comic book series, is calmly asleep in his hospital bed. Though the story is happening in conjunction with one another, the game is a completely separate story line.  There will be a few familiar faces along the way of the game but for the most part it’s a whole new group of survivors and a whole lot of plot twisting.  This game has a ton of action and cut scenes that help build the stories main and sub plot lines, but you “Lee” will spend a lot of time making on the cuff decisions and having to live with the outcome.

images (14)The Walking Dead removes any second guessing and makes you choose a decision in a split second. Basically someone will ask you a question and you’ll have a limited time to pick one of four responses. Whatever you decide, you and whatever group you are with have to live with the outcome of that decision.  Also, the group will remember what you say and take note of your decisions.  Remember this is the same story line that everyone plays, but how they answer the questions is what depicts how the game plays out.  I’ve currently got multiple sessions of the game going as I want to play out different choice lines to see the outcome of the game.  You have three save slots available so ultimately you have three chances at the game having a different outcome to the same story.

Into the game we go… as when you play a zombie game you want to crush a few skulls and bash some zombie scum right?  Ok, so with this game the creators made a very unique movement and reaction system.  I’ve been playing the mobile version of the game so the controls on the phone are a bit different then the PC or Console versions.  You navigate Lee with your finger and he follows on-screen.  Sounds easy right…?  Wrong, as you sometimes have split seconds to decide what direction to go, or what zombie you have to kill.  They have even designed the “OMG” button that you have to frantically tap to get out of some sticky situations in the game.  Overall the movement in this game gets an A+ in my book because it’s easy to learn, and easy to follow along with, though it is much harder to target a “Walker” than you would think.

Walking_dead_telltale_game_charactersThe graphics in game are spectacularly done as well… they have that gritty, dark comic book look to them.  There is not a shortage of blood and gore in this zombie montage of craziness either.  Visually this game is beautiful in it’s own twisted sorta way. Plus, with the exception of a strange camera angle or a cut scene jumping the game is amazing.  The game is amazing but it’s not flawless but for the caliber of game quality you get I really don’t have many complaints and what complaints I do have are trivial at best. This by far is one of the best zombie apocalypse games I have ever played.

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