Posts Tagged ‘call of duty’
VGP Ep 148: Cascading Head
This week Fred enjoys movie nights while Trees enjoys a birthday party with bouncy castles.
- 05:00 – Fred’s Week
- 21:15 – Trees’ Week
- 51:30 – Atomic Heart
- 1:01:00 – House of Ashes
- 1:04:00 – Resident Evil 4
- 1:21:30 – Arkham Asylum
- 1:23:00 – Modern Warfare II
- 1:39:00 – Fortnite Minute
- 1:45:30 – Car Mechanic Simulator 2021
- 1:58:15 – Dead Space (2023)
- 2:12:45 – Box of Gameboys
Video Game Purists Ep 75: Nothing Happening
This week was relatively uneventful for our hosts, but that doesn’t stop the discussion. From the demonic nature of the loon to bandoleers of beer, life finds a way. On the gaming front Trees has upgraded his DLC in Car Mechanic Simlator, explored Billions Road further, and continues to grind Minecraft Dungeons with his son. This transitions to a dual discussion on Maneater, which Fred has also started this week. Fred also wraps up Cold War, enjoys some retro on the MiSTer, and has a serious fit over the Panzer Dragoon franchise, particularly Orta. It all wraps with some quick words on Sackboy’s Big Adventure and the addicting but also slow moving nature of Kingdom Come: Deliverance.
Video Game Purists Ep 74: Beach Shark
This week Fred goes first and manages to avoid drama in public rather than cause it while Trees is rocking back-to-back birthday parties. The two also give much love to the upcoming Picross S Sega release before delving into games. Fred finished Miles Morales, started Deus Ex: Human Revolution Director’s Cut, and played plenty of coop with his daughter in It Takes Two. He also speaks of the ups and downs of playing Call of Duty Black Ops: Cold War. Trees has been repairing actual Gameboys, but also virtual cars in Car Mechanic Simulator. He also received his copy of Billions Road and got started in his empire building while also playing Minecraft Dungeons and some random shark game with his boy.
VGP Episode 7: Shenanigans at the Lock-In
This week Fred and Trees decided to stay indoors for no reason whatsoever. Despite this they still managed to replace hot water heaters, dishwashers, attack birds in dryer vents, talk the new Xbox, shop for retro games and comics, not to mention wrap up Watch Dogs and enjoy some wholesome hours in “Warzone”, the new free-to-play game/mode for Modern Warfare.
Opening Song: Facehammer – Ozzed (check out his amazing chiptunes at ozzed.net)
Closing Song: Praxis Palace – Josh Mancell
Video Game Purists Episode 3: Snack Time!
This week Fred finally gives up on Magic the Gathering: Arena while Trees scams grocery stores and gets back into Call of Duty.
Opening Song: Facehammer by Ozzed
Used with permission via creative commons, you can find this and many other excellent tracks at ozzed.net.
Closing Song: Main Theme – Call of Duty: Modern Warfare (2019)
E3 2019: PrE3
In an epic team-up, GH101 and 42 Level One have joined forces to bring you our E3 coverage starting with the pre-show as we gear up for the official press briefings of E3. Fair warning, the first hour is all Google Stadia but it is followed by two more hours plus of non-stop game coverage for every title announced before the big show. Official trailers and notes can be found in links below:
- Google Stadia Notes
- Stadia Connect Presentation
- Pokemon Sword and Shield Nintendo Direct
- EA Play Presentation (starting with Jedi Fallen Order)
- Ghost Recon Breakpoint Trailer
- Ghostbusters: The Video Game Remastered
- Spongebob Squarepants: Battle for Bikini Bottom Rehydrated Teaser
- Darksiders Genesis Reveal Teaser
- Destroy All Humans! Reboot Teaser
- Modern Warfare Trailer
- Death Stranding Trailer (almost 9 minutes!)
E3 2016: All Games Playstation Press Conference Impressions
Sony came out of the gates swinging with a barrage of new games, sequels, trailers, and plenty of hints at what VR will be like with Playstation this October. While it was a dazzling display, the obvious fact that it was very impersonable struck a cord with some of our commentators. The All Games team assembles again to give its mixed take on the future of Playstation.
Lost Treasures of Gaming – Call of Duty Black Ops (Animation Sequence)
This week was a bit different but also quite refreshing as Syd and Sean featured Kristen Sych. Kristen is a cinematics director at Activision who discussed his work on Call of Duty: Black Ops back in 2010. We take a look at one of the more heavily animated sequences (fair warning, it’s spoiler-rich) and appreciate all the hard work that goes into the story.
The Lost Treasures of Gaming podcast can be found at http://omgnexus.com
Retro Review: Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare
Call of Duty is going someplace that no other World War II shooter franchise has gone before: modern day in a fictional Middle East country. The follow up to last year’s lackluster Call of Duty 3 (created by sibling developer Treyarch), Infinity Ward is back with its iteration to the franchise and suffice to say this game is impressive. Modern Warfare comes with a slew of tactical contemporary guns, a gripping new plotline, and easily the most gorgeous graphics I’ve ever seen. Look out Halo, you very well may have competition.
From the first mission where you are literally dropped into, boarding and clearing a large freight liner in the middle of the ocean during a rainstorm, this game is faster and more covert. Previous titles in the series focused around being the hero in a clutter of large scale battles, whereas much of Modern Warfare deals with a covert black ops feel. The change comes with additional tools like night vision, a melee knife attack and a short-burst run that are all, quite frankly, badass. In addition the campaign feels more like a team effort, with each member chipping in to do their part. Mind you, the AI won’t beat the game for you, but I had several instances where a random enemy that jumped in front of me was popped off by a teammate.
Modern Warfare also integrates interactive scripted moments that make you feel even more like a black ops team behind enemy lines. Along with the impressive new graphics comes events that not only outline the horrors of war but really immerse you into a realistic experience. Without spoiling anything, lets just say you’ll never guess what happens half way through the campaign. The difficulty has also been tweaked a bit, dividing each difficulty with a much larger gap; you will immediately notice that normal difficulty doesn’t feel as tough as it did in COD 2 or 3, but the jump to veteran (hardest) seems wider. Regardless of what difficulty you play it on, it does seem that this game is on par with previous titles in terms of difficulty.
Podcast: Call of Duty: Combat Evolved
Halo and Call of Duty, the two powerhouse FPS titles of this holiday season duking it out at full price amidst a sea of discounted games on Black Friday (and surpassing the sales of many of them). It wasn’t always a guaranteed hit, though, and this week we discuss the birth of both franchises including the genesis of the studios that created them.
Gaming History 101 