Left 4 Dead 2: The Passing DLC

Based on my review of Left 4 Dead 2, you would be right to assume that I was pretty geeked for the recently released DLC pack dubbed “The Passing.” Now that the wait is over was my excitement justified? Yes.

Podcast +3!

This episode Not Judas makes his podcast debut and talks with Cool-C and Neutrally Chaotic talk about what he’s playing and his favorite games. We also talk about games that deserve a sequel as well as series that need to die. There is talk about Gitaroo Man, Dragon Age: Origins, Earthbound, Morrowind, Oblivion, Modern Warfare 2, Final Fantasy X and DJ Her0 with a few others mixed in.

Podcast +2!

This week, Cool-C and Neutrally Chaotic talk video games, specifically Dragon Age: Origins, Fallout 3, Lost Odyssey, Modern Warfare 2 (again), and DJ Hero as well as other random things in the universe. Also, Cool-C and Neutrally Chaotic talk about which games are MUST likes (or else they can’t be your friends).

Modern Warfare 2: How Many Times Can Duty Call?

The good: the best multiplayer to date including new guns, new perks, and that same addictive leveling up experience from the last game; some cool moments during the campaign; co-op mode is nice icing on the cake; Infinity Ward continues to tweak multiplayer for balance, and expect new content and rebalancing patches in the near future.

The bad: the story in the campaign is stupid, short, and feels contrived (even ignoring the now-infamous airport shoot-em-up scene); multiplayer has a steep learning curve, especially if your team is from the St. Mary’s School for deaf and blind kids; you’ll probably play multiplayer so much that your loved ones will leave you and the only people you can call friends are your clan mates.

The verdict: if you like multiplayer shooters, you should buy. Everyone is going to be playing it until 2012 (which is when the world apparently ends), so you might as well play what your friends are playing, especially since the multiplayer system is superb. However, if you’re not a multiplayer kind of person, this might just be a rent. Play through the (stupid, dumber-than-Tom Clancy-novels) story and the co-op mode and be done with it. Single player lasts only a few hours (honestly, you can beat it in one sitting), so you’ve been warned, single player fans.

Podcast! +1!

The first podcast!