The Tangent

Listen as Brian and Justin share their thoughts on Rocksteady Studio's latest game, Batman: Arkham Knight.

This week Justin is out of town and in the beautiful state known for its maple syrup, Vermont. But don't worry we got a familiar guest to take his place, Lucas Cattabriga. He also opens up Under Your Thumb with a game Brian has been spending a bit of time with, Rocket League. Then even in Justin's absence we get to hear about more Fallout as Anthony has still been playing '3'. And we wrap up the segment with a long discussion about Phantasy Star Online I & II. In the news, we've got broken 360's, PSO on the PC, and Sega's offer of penance.  

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July 20th 2015 0800 EST

It is day 2456 of 2569. There are no signs of it slowing down. We are all tired, bored, and broken. Its will is now stronger and more resilient than ever, and with another person joining the fray, there may be no signs of relief in the near future. Tomorrow is not looking bright. However, if we do manage to survive the fallout, you can expect to hear a somber news segment, as we talk about the passing of Nintendo's Satoru Iwata.

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Satoru Iwata Notes (PDF)

Something something rocket launcher ninjas. That pretty much sums up Under Your Thumb this week, that and yelling. Oh, and the end of Batman: Arkham Knight. But, no, really, rocket launcher ninjas. Then the news, which was light this week up until Fallout 4 info. Justin couldn't be stopped.

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In our first ever audio review, listen as Brian and Justin discuss what makes this the game for others to live up to in our current console cycle.

Transcript

The four of us managed to make it through the 4th of July weekend here in the USA to bring you another episode of The Tangent, but we think better when we're not sober. In a "under the weather" Under Your Thumb, Stephen gives the smartphone game Slayin a try and finds it's just as good as Brian described it. Justin also discovers that it's for the Android too and is distracted for the rest of the episode. Anthony talks more Diablo III, but that talk quickly moves to cheating in Skyrim. Then Brian and Justin slip back into Batman and the two of them, so far, are left impressed. Finally, we make it to the news and it's Nintendo heavy which helps keep Justin wide awake.

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Stephen and Anthony don't take up much time in Under Your Thumb this week to give room for Brian and Justin to tell us about Batman: Arkham Knight, which was released this week. They both have some strong feelings on the game so far. Then we move into the news, and this week it gets a little weird, to say the least. It's the leftovers from E3 that no one really wants, but you say that you like anyway. Or something like that.

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Part one of a three part series.

It is a period of civil war.

Rebel Brian, having just purchased an Xbox One White Edition, is looking forward to bringing it home, setting it up, and playing a game on it. But the Evil Galactic Empire Microsoft has other ideas in mind. Much like the Xbox 360 'Red Ring of Death', Brian finds himself with a broken X-box One — a nonfunctional disc drive — and stranded in the digital download only universe.

It is here, with the Tangent crew, we hope to topple the Empire and gain the use of physical media to the system once again...

Ready for more E3 commentary? Well, of course you aren't, but here it is anyway. We skip Under Your Thumb this week and break the show in half to discuss seven of the big conferences, and rate them the only way we know how. How'd they fair? Who were the winners and who were the losers? You'll just have to listen to this week's Tangent to find out.

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This week there are new games to be talked about in Under Your Thumb. Anthony gives Bravery Default a try, and it doesn't go so well. Justin fills us in on more of his Fantasy Life adventures, along with Brian and Justin continuing their Witcher III thoughts. Finally, Stephen has a whole list of games he made an attempt to try during the week, but finds himself coming back to one in particular. In news, right up against E3 2015, we get the first signs of what's to come.

Also, as mentioned on the podcast this week, keep a lookout for the first of our three episode special: The Micro Saga.

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