Utter Dissent

Join Brian, Eric, and Kevin as they argue over the legitimacy of paid DLC and micropayments.....again. Let's be real, I am the one editing and posting these so Kevin is clearly wrong. But seriously, the discussion uncovered some of the deeper reasons behind our differences and revealed some interesting thoughts about the gaming payment system as a whole. Guaranteed this is not the last of these discussions.

Join Brian, Eric, and Kevin as they nobly perish in Halo Reach (the game this time). Feel free to skip the nerd-session that was Episode 22 and jump straight into the fucking confusing action that is the prequel game to the legendary Halo: Combat Evolved. Is this the tearful goodbye to Bungie after years of Spartans, Elites, and Flood before they moved onto the interpretive pastures of Destiny or the shitty end to a beloved saga as it was handed off to the hellish step-father, 343 Industries? At the end of the day, Halo 2 was better.

We just wanted to clarify a few things:

1.  Sorry for the late posting. We had a few re-recordings of the episode to make sure that we did justice to the story and gameplay.

We hope to have the next Halo Episode (Halo 1) released sometime in December. There will be a review of the novel First Strike between that and Halo 2 if you are interested in the story behind Master Chief and Johnson returning from the Halo ring to Earth.

Join Brian and Eric as the kick off the Halo series with a review of the book The Fall of Reach. Many Halo fans, such as Eric, are not familiar with the larger cannon of the Halo universe. This episode will bring everyone up to speed with the events leading up to Halo Reach and the original Halo Combat Evolved. Who are the Spartans? What is Reach? Who are you playing as in Halo Reach? Is Cortana an alien relic (spoilers, she is not)? Not only will these questions be answered, but the guys will also discuss the disconnect between the larger story and Halo Reach the game. This episode will be the first of the Halo review series, which will include some of the novels more closely related to the game series.

Join Brian, Eric, and Kevin as they pretend to play a sport and destroy the ambitions of a nice British gentleman in Rocket League and The Stanley Parable. Rocket League.....is it a game that finally brought the strategy and intrigue of sports to a wider audience of gamers or is it just layers of gimmicks hiding the usual immoral micro-payment bullshit? The Stanley Parable.....is it a stellar example of indy gaming that blends humor with an immersive story or is it just yet another pretentious waste of money and time?

Join Brian and Eric as one of their favorite gaming franchises is ruined in Elder Scrolls Online. Seriously, when the fans asked for an online version of Elder Scrolls they did not mean World of Warcraft with extra hats.

Join Brian and Eric as they (don't) survive the zombie apocalypses in Project Zomboid. Is this a gem of an indie survival game that takes realism to a new level or just an excuse to play with File Explorer before dying of dysentery?

Join Brian and Pat as they discuss the finer points of......well sticking the point of a blade in someone's throat. Is this the game that sparked a genre of open world gaming or just a series of tedious fetch quests and fucking meh combat masking a rather heavy atheistic message?

Join Brian and Kevin for the podcast that was half a year in the making...… The guys discuss the finer points of repetitive Nintendo releases and other overly hyped games from E3 before exposing themselves to Fallout 1. Is this a gem of a game that sparked one of the pinnacles of the RPG genre or is it just more of the same, cause Fallout....Fallout never changes. 

Join Brian and Eric as they wade through the sea of hype that is E3. Will the new Star Wars game exit the birth canal of EA unscarred? Will Nintendo ever release a novel IP this century? Is anyone not excited for the new Halo installment? Only time will tell. Oh, and they reviewed a $15 flash game.

Join Brian and our new host, Pat, as they eviscerate Dying Light. Is this one of the best zombie games in a genre drowning in cliques or a ghoulish mask covering a cookie-cutter, shit-show of a plot?