We get a little culture with Sid Meier's Civilization Revolution. Our context gets sensitive in the Heavy Rain trailer. Garbage or gory genre goodness from Death Race? Plus, we make our own shirts!
This week in Movies:
Alex, Dan, and Jeff throw caution to the wind and drive headlong into Death Race, the new mindless action film from Paul W.S. Anderson. Is it good, old-fashion high-octane fun, or insipid tripe unfit for viewing by humans? One thing's for sure, it will tear the guys apart!
There is a new stop-motion adaptation of Edgar Allan Poe's The Pit and the Pendulum, produced by special effects legend, Ray Harryhausen. The guys take the opportunity to discuss the state of stop-motion in film.
This week in Video Games:
The wildly popular Civilization series has been redesigned for the console market. Sid Meier's Civilization Revolution takes the turn-based strategy of Civilization IV and streamlines it, making the game more accessible to a wider audience. Alex, Dan, and Jeff leap in, and find that "educational" isn't the opposite of "fun".
The developers of Indigo Prophecy (or Fahrenheit outside the US), have a new PS3-exclusive adventure game in the works, which looks to combine spectacular graphics with emotional, thrilling storytelling. The guys take a look at the recently released new trailer for Heavy Rain and give their thoughts.
Plus:
What happens when Alex, Dan, and Jeff decide to make their own t-shirts? Yep, it is much more difficult than they thought it would be - and not for the reasons you might think!
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Posted by mikew0440 on 10/09/2008 at 02:15:37 pm in Totally Rad Show
I hate to bump this from so long ago but I haven't been able to find an answer. Where can i find the ballin' shirt that Jeff is wearing? Thanks.
EDIT: I just realized that I have the best posts per day ratio ever.
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Posted by excalipoor on 09/03/2008 at 12:28:05 pm in Totally Rad Show
wow. i have no idea that has to do with terminator 2.
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Posted by excalipoor on 09/03/2008 at 11:45:20 am in Totally Rad Show
"I agree with dan about games that scare you.
I'm a baby though and I can't even play dead rising once it turns to night without anyone with me."
i can see why you would be scared for resident evil 4, but dead rising is like a comedy and its arcadey isnt it? its like dynasty warriors.
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Posted by EddieLee on 08/30/2008 at 11:13:26 am in Totally Rad Show
"Darn, I'm a little "geekdipointed" that they didn't air my exact same email question that they responded to at the end of January. No offense to the emailer, but I felt my story was better, too ;)
Here's the short versoin: In college, my friend and his future wife and I and my future wife went to see Spiderman (the first one). They loved it, we hated it. The two couples got so upset about it, we didn't even talk for the entire following summer.
All worked out though, and the two of them were eventually our matron of honor and best man.
Best of all, he and I saw Spiderman 3 together, and we both despised it. So it all worked out :)"
What was wrong with the first spiderman?
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Posted by Dignan17 on 08/28/2008 at 09:12:33 pm in Totally Rad Show
Darn, I'm a little "geekdipointed" that they didn't air my exact same email question that they responded to at the end of January. No offense to the emailer, but I felt my story was better, too ;)
Here's the short versoin: In college, my friend and his future wife and I and my future wife went to see Spiderman (the first one). They loved it, we hated it. The two couples got so upset about it, we didn't even talk for the entire following summer.
All worked out though, and the two of them were eventually our matron of honor and best man.
Best of all, he and I saw Spiderman 3 together, and we both despised it. So it all worked out :)
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Posted by Bret on 08/28/2008 at 08:47:02 pm in Totally Rad Show
death race wasn't great, but I think jeff over did it a lil. It is a pretty bad movie plot wise, but the action is fun and the acting is watchable. another great episode guys!
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Posted by solipse on 08/28/2008 at 05:12:49 pm in Totally Rad Show
I'm actually surprised nobody decided to a wargames reference on a shirt...
"Joshua> Would you like to play a game?"
or
"What kind of an asshole lives on an island and he doesn't even have a boat?"
Has anybody started the East Coast chapter of N.A.D.S. yet? hah!
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Posted by Mr Schickadance on 08/28/2008 at 01:38:05 pm in Totally Rad Show
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I want to know what the Borat argument was about, at least!"
Agreed. Hopefully someone will explain.
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Posted by gabe_utsecks on 08/28/2008 at 01:09:52 pm in Totally Rad Show
Is it just me, or did the boys not actually answer the email question?
With the exception of Dan, they kind of just talked about geek arguments in general (and hinted at a couple that they've had with each other), but they didn't talk in detail about any epic geek arguments they've had. I was a little disappointed, because hearing them tell stories from their past is often my favorite part of the show.
I want to know what the Borat argument was about, at least!
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Posted by YSSMAN on 08/28/2008 at 11:42:47 am in Totally Rad Show
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Its not "hard" by any means, but as someone who struggled in the ironing lessons in Home Ec, I'd likely not do too well. Maybe. Depends on if my Mom is there to yell at me or not...
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