Bit For Byte

Bit For Byte goes to PAX East 2011! Join Mark and Sebastian as they discuss their adventure from New York to Boston along with special guest (and Cubeecraft founder) Chris Beaumont who joined our party for the ride. We played some games (Bastion, Fez, Skullgirls and many more), we went to panels (Seth Killian and Abbie Heppe among others) and we had our collective faces melted off by Metroid Metal. We discuss all that as well as the general vibe and atmosphere of the convention.

And thank you once again for joining us Chris!

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Games—

Bastion

Skullgirls

Fez

Outland

Insanely Twisted Shadow Planet

Super Street Fighter 4: 3D Edition

Mr. Fancy Pants

Music—

Metroid Metal Live from PAX East!

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It’s been far, far too long but Mark and Sebastian are finally back with another episode of Bit For Byte. This episode brings our much belated Vanquish review and… not much else really. Because this episode was baking in the oven for so long (that damn, Sebastian!), it was agreed upon that our recorded news segment, being nearly three months old at this point, wasn’t really “news” anymore so it was sadly shelved. So it’s nothing but Vanquish, Vanquish and Vanquish power-sliding to you in full force.

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Games—

Vanquish!

Music—

Vanquish OST

Ikaruga OST

Gradius V OST

The Orange Box OST

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Just how many different ways can you kill stuff in video games? Mark and Sebastian don’t have an answer to that but they sure know their favorite ways of doing it. Yes, this is another one of Bit For Byte’s infamous lists and this time it’s all about weapons. Swords, guns, gravity guns, bike chains, it’s all here. We also catch up on gaming in the form of the Enslaved and Castlevania: Lords of Shadow demos, Space Invader Infinity Gene for XBLA, ninja bear woes in Red Dead Redemption and a special Chinatown tale of a Super Street Fighter IV match between our very own Mark Robson and top ranked player Arturo Sanchez. Our trusty news segment focuses on Valve’s Team Fortress 2 in-game store, the Gears of War 3 delay and the Nintendo 3DS’ pricing among others.

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Games—

Enslaved demo

Space Invaders Infinity Gene for XBLA

Red Dead Redemption

Castlevania: Lords of Shadow demo

SSFIV = Mark vs. Arturo… FIGHT!

News—

Team Fortress 2′s “Mann Co.” store

Beyond Good and Evil HD

Gears of War 3 delayed

Nintendo 3DS pricing

Music—

Fatboy Slim – Weapon of Choice

Gorillaz – Fire Coming Out of the Monkey’s Head

Space Invaders Infinity Gene Soundtrack – Selection (Adaptive)

Red Dead Redemption Soundtrack – Already Dead

Castlevania Symphony of the Night Soundtrack – Final Toccata

Super Street Fighter IV – Theme of Cody

Super Street Fighter IV – Theme of Rose

Team Fortress 2 – More Gun

Cowboy Bebop OST Future Blues – No Money

The Pop Group – She is Beyond Good and Evil

Gears of War Soundtrack – 14 Years After E-Day

Super Smash Bros. Brawl OST – Super Mario Bros. Overworld REMIX

Super Smash Bros. Brawl OST – NES Medley

Super Smash Bros. Brawl OST – Nintendo DS PictoChat

Gradius V Original Soundtrack – Meteor (Stage 5)

Final Fantasy VII OST – Fighting

Devil May Cry OST – Legendary Battle Ver. 2

Shinobi PS2 OST – Transfiguration

Gears of War Soundtrack – Erhyra Streets II

Contra III OST – Go Forward Under Fire

Megaman 2 Arranged – Stage Select, Metal Man, Boss Battle

The Orange Box OST – Sector Sweep

World of Warcraft – Main Title, Felwood

Terminator 2 – I’ll Be Back

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The Tokyo Game Show went down about a month ago and Mark and Sebastian, along with returning guest Andrew Roberts (who shall soon be given the title of “Official B4B Gaming Event Consultant”), are here to discuss what transpired there. Nothing but news, news, news this time around. Nintendo’s usual absence from the show and the resulting lack of news from the gaming giant was keenly felt but that did not deter our brave heroes. We tackle DmC, Shadows of the Damned, Asura’s Wrath, The Last Guardian, Catherine, Valkyria Chronicles 3, Radiant Silvergun on XBLA, Kinect titles and a lot, lot more.

And once again, thank you Andrews Roberts of the New York Geekcast for coming to chat!

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News—

Tokyo Game Show!

Music—

Samurai Champloo Soundtracks

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As promised (because we’re men of our word) we’re back with a re-recording of our Limbo review and we’ve brought along a review of Capcom’s Dead Rising 2: Case 0 for good measure. Not only that, but we also have demo impressions of both Vanquish and Shank AND a quick discussion on price vs. value AND an episode footer on Giant Bomb’s Bombcast going the “paid subscription” route. Let it never be said that we don’t make up for our mistakes. In news, we tackle the Xbox Live price hike, Duke Nukem Forever (*gasp*), the 360′s new D-Pad and Yun and Yang in Super Street Fighter IV.

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News—

Xbox Live $10 price hike.

Duke Nukem Forever is finally coming?

Xbox 360 gets a new D-Pad.

Yun and Yang join the SSFIV roster.

Music—

Megadeth – Duke Nukem Theme

Transformers – Lazer B-Boy Remix

Doom – E1M1

SF3:3S – Yun & Yang Stage

Nine Inch Nails – Ghosts (assorted)

The Clash – City of the Dead

In Flames – Zombie Inc

Samurai Champloo – Dead Season

RjD2 – The Horor

RjD2 – 2 More Dead

The Advantage – Bomberman 2

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Ah, the woes of audio recording! Originally meant to be a two-punch review of both Scott Pilgrim vs. The World: The Game and the indie darling Limbo, our newest episode fell victim to some recording hijinks and, halfway through our Limbo discussion, the Elders of Podcasting deemed that it was not to be and Sebastian’s part of the audio was suddenly cut off, rendering the segment unusable. And so, in the immortal words of Arnold, “it’s not ah twofer!” But our in-depth SPvsTW:TG review was salvaged and so was our news segment where we talk Metroid Metal, Arkham City, Bioshock Infinite and Catherine among others.

And don’t worry, our discourse over Limbo will be re-recorded and posted in an upcoming episode.

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News—

Bioshock Infinite reveal trailer.

Metroid Metal’s newest.

Atlus’ high definition RPG: Catherine.

Steven Merchant in Portal 2.

Game Informer details on Batman: Arkham City.

Music—

Sex Bob-Omb – Scott Pilgrim vs. The World Soundtrack

Metroid Metal – Expansion Pack

Anamanaguchi – Scott Pilgrim vs. The World: The Game Soundtrack

Castlevania: Harmony of Despair – Ebony Wings

Virt – Break Music, Blood of Ganon

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Though it seems like ages since the last episode, there hasn’t been a shortage of gaming done by our intrepid heroes and, in lieu of a more traditional review or list episode, Mark and Sebastian decide to sit back and talk about what’s been played over the past few weeks. There’s Alan Wake and Red Dead Redemption, Limbo and Final Fantasy XIII and, as is to be expected, more Super Street Figther IV and more Team Fortress 2. We also dive into EVO as well as Capcom’s flurry of announcements at the San Diego Comic Con among others. A lot of ground is covered here, folks.

We also upgraded(?) to a Mac Book Pro, yes, it’s very fancy. However, not all the recording kinks have been worked out yet, so apologies in advance for a slightly less than normal audio quality.

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Games—

Limbo

Red Dead Redemption

Blaz Blue: Continuum Shift

News—

Capcom dominates San Diego Comic Con

Team Fortress 2 Engineer Update

EVO Fighting Game Championship

Music—

Estradaspher – Super Buck Jazz

Virt – Once Upon of Time In Transylvania

Iron Maiden – Two Minutes to Midnight

Motorhead -  Ace of Spades

Daft Punk – Robot Rock

Gorillaz – Last Living Souls

Final Fantasy XIII – Blinded By Light

Black Mages – The Decisive Battle FF6

Black Mages – Vam0 Alla Flamenco FF9

Final Fantasy XIII – Saber’s Edge

Street Fighter IV – Chun Li

Guilty Gear X – Suck a Sage

Guilty Gear X – Holy Orders

Guilty Gear X – Awe of She

Ryan 8 Bit – Galactus Bidding – Silver Surfer NES

Street Fighter 3: Third Strike – Third Strike

Super Street Fighter IV -  Cody

Red Rapper – Super Street Fighter IV EVO Finals Intro

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E3 has happened. Press conferences, motion controls, downloadable games, 3D with glasses, 3D without glasses, cynicism, nostalgia and, among others, a freakin’ circus. Literally. There was so much ground to cover that Mark and Sebastian couldn’t do it by themselves so let’s give a round of applause to our very first special guest, Mr. Andrew Roberts. We rip on each of the big 3′s conferences, delve into a number of 3rd party titles and lament the incoming drain on our wallets. Three distinct viewpoints on the biggest event in gaming. Should be fun.

And buckle up ’cause it’s a mammoth episode.

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News–

E3…DUH!

Music–

Virt – Enter the Dragon

Martin O’Donnel – Halo Theme Mjolnir Mix

Virt – Love Foolosophy Chip (Jamiroquai)

REM – Stand

John Williams – Star Wars TIE Fighter Attack

Daft Punk – Short Circuit

OK Go – Television, Television

Mario and Zelda Big Band – Go Go Mario

” “  – Dragon Roost Island

” ” – The Dolphic Town

Bladiator – Chopinesque Kirby

Cornelius – Micro Disneycal World Tour

Minibosses – Kid Icarus

Smashing Live! SSBM – Opening Theme

Star Fox – Corneria SNES

Ridge Racer 4 – Move Me

Jonathan Coulton w Felicia Day – Still Alive

Shadow of the Colossus – Counterattack

Curtis Mayfield – Move On Up

Hill Valley Preservation Society – Price Is Right

Pink Floyd – Another Brick In The Wall

Daft Punk – Digital Love

Virt – My Frequency Is 140.85

MVC2 – Take You For a Ride

Black Sabbath – Iron Man

In Flames – Cloud Connected

Virt – What a Horrible Night

” ” – Castlevania IV lvl 1

Daft Punk – Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger

Plumtree – Scott Pilgrim

Metallica – Disposable Heroes

Baiyon – Flat Frog

Nine Inch Nails – Wish

The Beatles – Money

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Bit For Byte finally tackles Capcom’s Super Street Fighter IV! Instead of focusing on match ups, we discuss the fighting game renaissance that had been ignited a year ago by the original Street Fighter IV. It’s been 10 years since Street Fighter III Third Strike, and now more than ever it seems is a fantastic time to be a fighting game fan. The presence of stronger internet has created a stronger community and made it easier than ever for people to find competition. We take a look at the build up to the game through the development blog, the impact of streamed tournaments, our trip to Guard Crush in Brooklyn, and everyone’s favorite: Ken’s Fierce Shoryuken.

In news, Sebastian races to find a Mac to play Team Fortress 2 on, Vanquish shows off some game play, Harmonix tries to reel us back in with a Rock Band 3, and Sony learns the wrong lesson.

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News–

Team Fortress 2 on the Mac

Vanquish Gameplay

Rock Band 3

Sony Doesn’t Learn

Super Street Fighter IV–

Capcom-Unity

Shoryuken.com

I Play Winner

Fubarduck Spills the Beans on SSF4

Gootecks Podcast – Interview with Alex Valle on the old days of Street Fighter

EVO Championship

Frame Advantage Dot Com

Team Spooky

All music is from Street Fighter 3 Third Strike and Super Street Fighter IV.

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Zeno Clash comes out swinging and so do Mark and Sebastian. This Source powered indie puts our heroes at odds. Who’s side are you on?! In news Persona 5 shifts around, we drop our jaws at screenshots of Gears of War 3, the iPhone Space Invaders Infinity Gene might be migrating to a console, Namco Bandai tries to make escort missions awesome with Knight’s Contract, and the full roster is released for King of Fighters XIII. This time the roster is actually closer to full. We even have a bit of a Cave Story in this episode!

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News-

Persona 5 moved from PS3 to PSP?!

Namco Bandai introduces Knight’s Contract

Rumors: Space Invaders Infinity Gene Cloned

A Horde’s Worth of Gears of War 3 Screens

King of Fighters XIII Full Roster

Mini Review-

Cave Story

Review-

Zeno Clash – official site

Zeno Clash Trailer

Music-

Tokyo Ska Paradise Orchestra – Call From Rio

Prozax – Tactile Freefall (Gradius)

Capcom vs SNK 2 – Gouki Remix, True Love Makin

Muse – Cave

Mad Capsule Markets – Tribe

Prodigy – Fighter Beat

Iron Maiden – Wrathchild

Devo – Mongoloid

Pink Floyd – On The Run

Muse – Assassin

Mad Capsule Markets – Wardance

The Pixies – Bone Machine

Motorhead – Ace of Spades

Foo Fighters – Alone + Easy Target

Hideki Okugawa – Third Strike

In Flames – Only For The Weak

The Breeders – Diving Hammer

Passion Pit – Little Secrets

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