We're back. No, this episode wasn't lost to the ages. It was, however, subject to technical problems, necessitating a re-edit and then it killed Rob T.'s computer.

No, literally. His computer totally died. Like, "dead" dead. Deceased. Out o' here. Afterlife, kids.

Still, we survived and although this should have been in your earholes in mid-May (just after the release of Brink), we're bringing it to you now. So sit back and listen to the boys (with a sober Dustin this time around) talk about even more Mortal Kombat, Outland, XBLA Indies (including Sequence), the Gears of War 3 multiplayer beta, Dustin's Halo addiction, pre-E3 predictions, and the best stories in video games. Also, Ear Caresses from Mindjack!

Enjoy!

Music:

"Sleepyhead" - Passion Pit
"Helplessness Blues" - Fleet Foxes
"The New Ride The Lightning" - Mixtapes

Full show notes available on the website or in the podcast's lyrics page.

This episode was recorded on Friday, April 22nd, so when Rob T. makes the throwaway comments about nobody caring about PSN being down toward the end of the show... yeah, this was before the world found out about everyone's personal information being compromised. Heh. Who knew?

However, you can enjoy the Fearsome Foursome talking about Mindjack, Mortal Kombat, Pokemon Black & White, Ghost Recon: Shadow Wars, Sword & Sworcery, The Dishwasher: Vampire Smile, the Gears of War 3 beta, and Might and Magic: Clash of Heroes.

Also, we do a little word association, talk about badass dolphins and the depth and nuance of the Mortal Kombat storyline, and Scott goes old school by breaking out his Super Metroid thesis. Good times.

Enjoy!

Music:

"Keep This" - Make Do and Mend
"George's Waltz" - Shigeru Umebayashi
"Watermark" - The Weakerthans
"Run The Heart" - Sleigh Bells

If you look out the window to your right, you'll see a herd of wild video game podcasters in their natural habitat. Be very quiet and try not to spook them -- this is two podcasts in as many weeks and I don't think they've noticed yet! Aren't they majestic creatures?

So sit back and observe quietly from the safety of our nature documentary jeep-type conveyance as the usual foursome of Rob T., Rob R., Sage and Scott mix some post-PAX East wrap-up with what they've been playing lately -- Mindjack, Crysis 2, Superbrothers: Sword & Sworcery EP, Metroid: Other M, Dead Space 2, Duke Nukem Forever, L.A. Noire, The 3rd Birthday, God of War III, Trenched, Mortal Kombat, The Darkness 2, Ms. 'Splosion Man, The Gunstringer and Costume Quest.
How do they manage to fit so much discussion into just an hour and a half, you ask? Simple, they're not doing a proper "second segment" this week. It's just one big CFD! Playlist for you all. So have fun and don't forget to Mindjack. Mindjack everybody. Mindjack.

Enjoy!

Music:

"Your Girlfriends Hate Me" - Reggie and the Full Effect
"Last Call" - The Loved Ones
"Linoleum" - Streetlight Manifesto

First, apologies. We planned to do more than one PAX East podcast, but our recording of Saturday night (which would have featured special guest, BallsRog) was delayed due to excessive alcohol. How much you ask? How about enough to get Rob T. and Scott to do a night-ending karaoke duet in the hotel bar of Weezer's "Say It Ain't So" -- is that enough for ya? Sadly, this epic moment was not recorded for posterity. This podcast from the previous night, however, thankfully was.

So, join the Robs, Dustin and an unusually witty Scott as they talk about Skulls of the Shogun, Outland, Insanely Twisted Shadow Planet, Snapshot and some Nintendo 3DS stuff.

Along the way we discuss cosplay nightmares, learn that all submarines are boys and find out that every game can be compared to Nintendogs. We also learn that Rob R. is solely to blame for the downloadable game price creep, get some vegan baking tips from Scott and have a special guest appearance by the loud people in the room next door.

Enjoy!

Music:

"Change on Me" and "Resilient Bastard by Shellshag" - RVIVR

Huh? We did *what* last night? Oh, man... we can barely remember anything after that sixth (seventh? eighth?) drink. Wait, are you serious? We forgot a whole podcast? And it should have been up over a month ago? Okay, that's it. No more drinking for us this year.

So, while you're nursing that hangover and regretting the way you spent the final hours of 2010, why not enjoy it with the soothing tones of Rob T., Sage, Scott and special guest Greg Miller from IGN? Yeah, that sounds nice, doesn't it? Just don't put the volume up too loud.

The boys talk about Angry Birds, Sonic 4, Kirby's Epic Yarn, Red Dead Redemption's Undead Nightmare, Blood Stone, GoldenEye, PlayStation Move, Game Dev Story and Super Meat Boy. Then in the second segment, they reminisce about their earliest gaming memories. Along the way, they digress into Sage's rocks, The Walking Dead and zombie fatigue, and tender coming-of-age stories involving spiked balls.

Happy New Year, everyone!

Enjoy!


Music:

"Hyperdrive" - Devin Townsend
"Good For Great" - Matt and Kim
"My Great Gatsby" - Two Cow Garage

Welcome back to the second installment of Crush! Frag! Destroy!'s InterReviews -- a supplementary podcast that will accompany selected reviews on the site. For those of you unfamiliar with the format (or who didn't catch our first InterReview for Super Mario Galaxy 2), InterReviews is styled similarly to GQ celebrity interviews, where rather than a journalist asking an interviewee questions, we get a couple of people to sit down and talk back and forth, asking each other questions in a more informal style. Kind of like a Games Club, but smaller in scope and more focused.

Today's InterReview, however, is a break with the traditional format in two ways. First off, the supplement usually comes with a written transcript of the chat, for those who don't want to download and listen to it. Seeing as this one ran a wee bit longer than expected (just over an hour, as opposed to the 25 minutes of the first installment), that would make transcribing the whole thing a huge pain. And on a related second note,  instead of having a pair of CFD! editors, we also have a special guest for this episode: Area 5's Matt Chandronait.

So kick back, pour yourself a frosty glass of egg nog and enjoy the Robs and Matt as they discuss the adventures of Monkey, Trip and company in this InterReview for Enslaved: Odyssey To The West. You can read Rob Rich's review here and you can find the mp3 here. And if you enjoyed the music, be sure to pick up the Enslaved soundtrack by Nitin Sawhney at Amazon.com.

Welcome to Episode 1 of CFD! After Hours (or Episode 11 of Team DeathChat for those non-sexy people out there). Pour a glass of wine for yourself and that somebody special next to you, snuggle close to the fire and enjoy the Quiet Storm of Scott, Sage, Two Guys What Are Called Rob and the first appearance of a somewhat inebriated Dustin.

Recorded on the eve of the launch of Halo: Reach (and while running a webcam experiment to make the recording a bit more... intimate), the boys got together for an impromptu podcasting session and chat about Monkey Island 2 SE, Epic Win for iPhone, NHL 11, various BioWare DLC, Kane & Lynch 2, Limbo, Skulls of the Shogun, Killzone 3 and other stuff.

Meanwhile Dustin distracts the boys with Iron Man glamour shots, we bear witness to the birth of D(i)LC, Sage and Rob namedrop industry people they met/hung out with and give their top 3 PAX moments.

Yep, this sure is a podcast.

Enjoy!

Music:

"Sexual Healing" - Marvin Gaye
"Taking Chase as the Serpent Slithers" - Rx Bandits
"Demons" - The Lawrence Arms

CFD!'s Team DeathChat

Episode 10 - The PAX-Tacular (Recorded 9/4/2010)

We're going to cut to the chase this week. No long show notes. No timecodes (it's a short one, so you don't really need them). No comprehensive listing of what all goes on during the episode. Just 47 minutes of Rob, Sage and a bunch of special guests (Aaron and Sarah Cherney from Sunken Treasures Games, Matt Chandronait from Area 5 and Greg Miller from IGN) talking about what they saw on the second day of PAX Prime 2010, live from the show floor in Seattle, Washington.

Enjoy it while you recover from Post-PAX Pox, or just pretend like you were actually there and relive your fake memories.

But either way, enjoy!

Music:

"Penny Arcade Theme" - MC Frontalot
"The Beat of the End of the World" - Virus Attack!
"Fuck You!" - Cee Lo Green

It may have taken a bit to get it up (like Mark Wahlberg's prosthetic penis in Boogie Nights), but Team DeathChat returns with an epic show edging on the three hour mark. Why three hours, you ask? Do you think a measley two hours could contain all the awesome that is three of the usual four TDC cast (sans Scott) alongside George "GeorgieBoysAXE" Fagundes and Stephanie "Tigresa" Palermo from Press Pause Radio and Spawn Kill, respectively? Yeah, we didn't think so either.

In the first segment, we dish about StarCraft II, Dead Space, Dark Void, Scott Pilgrim vs. The World, some old-school SNES titles, Madden NFL 11, Assassin's Creed 2, Monday Night Combat, Risk: Factions, DeathSpank and a flood of Xbox Live Indie and iPhone games. We told you it was epic (like Mark Wahlberg's prosthetic penis).

In the second segment, we discuss the elusive beast that is "Games Journalism," talk about AJ Glasser's recent GamePro article about pressbox unprofessionalism and get a bit disillusioned with professionals who are "journalists" first and "gamers" second... or third... or fourth.

Along the way Rob T. gets tired and hoarse and craves the sweet release of death, Stephanie calls everybody punk bitches for being scared by games, we talk about people hating on Scott Pilgrim and movie adaptations in general, Rob R. gets way too excited over virtual pottery and we end on some retail horror stories.

Better go to the bathroom first, kids, because it's going to be a long, rough ride (like Mark Wahlberg's prosthetic penis).


Music:

"The Math Song" - The Darkest of the Hillside Thickets
"Take On Me" - Team Dresch
"Reptilia" - The Strokes

Welcome to the first of CFD!'s InterReviews - a new supplemental review feature where we sit down a couple of our editors and have them talk about a recently reviewed game. In the inaugural edition, Sage Knox and Scott Thompson discuss Super Mario Galaxy 2. Enjoy!