Today, through the magic of space-wizardry, we had a very special appearance from Destructoid news editor, Conrad Zimmerman, to give us his thoughts on Insanely Twisted Shadow Planet. Jim Sterling's gave the game a six, so we find out what Conrad thought.
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Finally, starting this Friday, every Friday episode of The Destructoid Show will be LIVE, at 3:30 PM Pacific time. That's 6:30 Eastern. We'll be done before Mash Tactics, we promise. We're going to have so much fun.
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Yeah, I know. The problem is, the people who work in our studio don't wanna stay after work on a Friday. There's no other way to do it that doesn't interfere with Mash Tactics.
Great show! Seems to be posted earlier than usual, so I actually got to watch it tonight! :D
Evo2k was awesome. American Technology /'nuff said.
As for D3, anyone who played battle.net before knows that any character has to log in online to play, even if it's a solo game. It was always internet persistent. The actual 100% offline single-player game requiring internet is just stupid, though.
As for the auction house... do the people complaining not realize that D2 items have been up on eBay for YEARS? I actually sold a few items my self on blizzard games, so I don't mind this. My only concern is that traditional trading economy might dwindle into a minority because of how easily accessible purchasable items are. Trading was probably the best online aspect (ever since PvP turned to shit a year after LoD was released).
Chainsawing zombies as a hot chick? Awesome!
Conrad Zimmerstash's backlog is absolutely worth watching! I've never played MML2, so I'll live it vicariously through the show.
Damnit, I have classes at around 3:30 too. I will never experience the awesomeness of Max and Tara talking to random strangers live while Youtube users ask to see Tara's boobs. D:
That's it, you have to change the time. I'm at work still too.
Great show again though. I can't wait to not watch live on Friday because I'm at work, and then every other Friday after that. I mean every Friday after that. Wait no, it's every other Friday after this Friday, right?
I'm a fan of backlog, mostly because of Conrad's dislike or frustration of the games he's playing. He interacts more with the chat audience, too. Good to see him on!
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Seriously though, Evo was great. I'm sad it had to end.
Evo2k was awesome. American Technology /'nuff said.
As for D3, anyone who played battle.net before knows that any character has to log in online to play, even if it's a solo game. It was always internet persistent. The actual 100% offline single-player game requiring internet is just stupid, though.
As for the auction house... do the people complaining not realize that D2 items have been up on eBay for YEARS? I actually sold a few items my self on blizzard games, so I don't mind this. My only concern is that traditional trading economy might dwindle into a minority because of how easily accessible purchasable items are. Trading was probably the best online aspect (ever since PvP turned to shit a year after LoD was released).
Chainsawing zombies as a hot chick? Awesome!
Conrad Zimmerstash's backlog is absolutely worth watching! I've never played MML2, so I'll live it vicariously through the show.
Great show! <3
Great show again though. I can't wait to not watch live on Friday because I'm at work, and then every other Friday after that. I mean every Friday after that. Wait no, it's every other Friday after this Friday, right?