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  • Critical Strike 30: Back in action!

    After a brief hiatus, Kyle and I get together and record the

    thirtieth episode of Critical Strike! It was nice getting back together
    and sitting down for a recording, hopefully this is where things start
    getting back to normal for us!

    • What we've been up to
    • Top 5 games we recommend
    • Video game music challenge
    • Kyle's childhood horror stories
    • Goodbye!

    Music in this episode: Blood on the Asphalt, Wild Arms Advanced 3rd, Maximum Carnage

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    1 hr 13 min
  • Critical Music 00: Oh Snap!

    This isn't your typical episode of Critical Strike, in fact it isn't

    a episode at all! If you love video game music then be sure to check it
    out! If you don't then you'll probably want to wait until the next
    official episode which will hopefully be next week!

    Music played in this episode: Entertainment System, Snatcher,

    Bionic Commando Re-Armed, Starship Amazing, Select Start, NeoGeo Battle
    Coliseum, Rygar, Super Castlevnia IV, MegaMan 9, SSX Tricky, Final
    Fantasy 7: Crisis Core.

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    45 min
  • Critical Strike 29: Ikaruga... Vegetable?

    Wow!  This will be our fourth release this month.  I'm rather

    impressed! The whole crew is back together again, and well, this is the
    result.  Sorry.

    • What we've been up to
    • Video game music challenge
    • What games tend to make us a tad bit cranky

    As usual, please give us some iTunes reviews!

    Music in this episode: Entertainment System, Starship Amazing

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    57 min
  • Critical Strike 28: Dinosaurs Don't Spit!

    Short Mr Keith yet Kyle remained making it all good! This episode

    was kind of weird, Kyle and I seemed to go off on little ramble bits
    and of course at one point it ended up being a commercial for The Megas (go buy their album!) but thats alright by me!

    • What we've been up to
    • Lovely ice cream truck music
    • Top 5 games we were hopelessly addicted to
    • Why we think video game movies are full of fail

    Music in this episode: MegaMan 3 with lyrcs intro, Sonic the Hedgehog 3, Super Smash Bros. Melee, The Megas.

    Special thanks to mik and the pong world champion "announcer guy" from The Fanboys for the opening clip.

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    1 hr 32 min
  • Critical Strike 27: Cheese is Good

    Congratulations to Kyle Dumond for his one year with the Playgasm /

    Critical Strike podcast! We were a bit harsh on him in this episode,
    kind of a throw back to us being dicks but hes a trooper!

    • What we've been up to
    • Top 5 games we want for the rest of 2008
    • Our view on DLC / user created content thus far in this generation

    Music in this episode: Mike Tyson's Punch Out!, Bloody Roar

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    1 hr 5 min
  • Critical Strike 26: Frozen Bird Poop

    Now that E3 is out of the way, we decided to spend this episode

    discussing the June NPD numbers... Ok, not really. Just me and Keith on
    this one, Kyle lost his poor little dongle!

    • What we've been up to
    • VGMM winner (kinda)
    • E3 conference grading and discussion

    Music in this episode: Zombies Ate My Neighbors, Chrono Trigger

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    1 hr 18 min
  • Critical Strike 25: Roll that beautiful bean footage

    Keith now returns to us after moving and buying a special item that

    fills his void while Kyle remains the same and still talks over
    everybody. Heres what we discussed:

    • Where the hell has Keith been?
    • What we've been up to
    • Video game music montage
    • Josh's problem with current generation games
    • Our E3 "predictions"

    If you'd like to submit an answer for the video game music montage then head over here and private message "Josh".

    Music in this episode: MegaMan 3 (OCRemix), Bionic Commando Rearmed (buy it), Rockman X7

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    52 min
  • Critical Strike 24: The Clumsy Fat Guy

    Another episode and once more it's just me and Kyle, Keith was sadly

    not with us since he is currently in the process of moving. Heres what
    we discussed:

    • What we've been up to
    • Top 5 video game soundtracks
    • VGM challenge announced
    • Our view on hype for games
    • Kyle's lack of picking games on his own without reviewers validating his purchase

    Thanks for the continued support and iTunes reviews, keep it up. If

    you'd like to suggest a top 5 topic for us to discuss then please send
    over an email and we'll give it a look.

    Music in this episode: Castlevania Symphony of the Night, Space Invaders Extreme, Super Smash Bros. Melee, MetalStorm, The Megas

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    55 min
  • Critical Strike 23: Behold LittleBigKyle!

    Welcome to episode 23, in this episode it's just me and Mr Kyle

    Dumond. Sadly, yes we are short one Mr Keith Harbourt but we made do
    anyway and Kyle really picked up the ball and ran with it. Heres what
    we discussed:

    • What we've been up to
    • Josh's hate for Mass Effect
    • Video game music challenge
    • Spiffy new LittleBigPlanet videos
    • When the hell is Kyle getting a PS3?
    • Microsoft's lack of a dashboard update and removal of failure XBLA titles

    Music in this episode: Everyday Shooter, Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater, The Megas

    As always, please hook us up with some iTunes reviews and if you'd

    like to submit an answer for the video game music challenge then head
    over to our forums.

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    46 min
  • Critical Strike 22: Montage of the past

    Once more we gather to record a new episode, but this one is kind of

    special. This one is our one year anniversary of podcasting under the
    Playgasm / Critical Strike name! In this episode we discussed:

    • What we've been up to
    • Video game music challenge
    • What do we think of our past and future hopes
    • Montage of clips from past episodes
    • Our announcement of being affiliated with Platform Nation

    As always, please give us some iTunes reviews, we'd appreciate the

    support. Also, no Grand Theft Auto 4 was mentioned on this podcast,
    you're welcome.

    Special thanks: The Fanboys, Player One Podcast, GamerHusbands, The Megas, Steve519, PSH Radio

    Music in this episode: MegaMan: Powered Up, F-Zero,

    Ghostbusters, Final Fantasy 6, Final Fantasy 7, New Super Mario
    Brothers, The Last Ninja (remix), StarTropics, Goonies 2, Ultima
    Online, Castlevania: SOTN, Diablo, MegaMan III, The Megas - Metal Dance

    If you'd like to buy The Megas cd then head over here.

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    1 hr 31 min

About Critical Strike

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Critical Strike is formed by Josh, Kyle and Billy who fortnightly get together and basically talk about video games or celebrate one of our favorite things, video game music.