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El Juego 18: The Warren

jackbogdan — Sat, 24 Jul 2010 22:13:15 +0000

Words: Snout, Sadistic, Strut

Title: The Warren

Your boss is an evil woman with the power to destroy morale faster than you can blink. It’s time to fight back! Recruit your rag tag squad of officemates for an all out assault! As a class based, top down RPG, The Warren explores both sides of the equation. Choose to fight establishment by selecting meeting places, developing secret codes, and formulating & executing plans during office hours, all while keeping off the radar of the higher ups! Or join the (wo)man, by weeding out the uprising using techniques like blocking out email, calling last minute meetings, etc!

Very special thanks to our guest Adam “Atomic” Saltsman, developer of Flixel, Canabalt, the upcoming Gravity Hook HD, and many many more!

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Hosts: Jack Bogdan- www.twitter.com/jackbogdan & Alex Griendling- www.twitter.com/gravitybomb

Special Guest: Adam Saltsman- www.twitter.com/ADAMATOMIC

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CTP 64: Great, Fantastic

jackbogdan — Thu, 22 Jul 2010 00:29:31 +0000

We kick things off with our review of Puzzle Quest 2, followed by great analysis of this week’s news, concluding with fantastic trailers for Alice, Darkspore & James Bond: Bloodstone!

If you’d like to enter to win a copy of Guitar Hero for the PS3, or a retro Atari 2600 game with a personal message, please email fans@crunchtimepodcast.com and leave a review on our iTunes feed! We also appreciate questions! It’s just our way of saying thanks for watching

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Hosts: Jack Bogdan- www.twitter.com/jackbogdan & Alex Griendling- www.twitter.com/gravitybomb

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Dragon Age 2 Hits March 2011

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El Juego Classico: Did I Ever Tell You About The Time…

jackbogdan — Wed, 21 Jul 2010 00:11:41 +0000

Words: Unabashed, Misinform, Montage

Title: Did I Ever Tell You About The Time…

You just can’t seem to shake the habit of embellishing your stories! Unfortunately for you, today you play them. Take a trip down memory lane and play supercharged, often insane shells of your favorite games of yore.

El Juego Classico is a pre-historic version of El Juego de Palabras. Prior to breaking it off into it’s own show, El Juego used to be a weekly segment on Crunch Time. This is one of those earlier runs in all it’s technically deficient glory. You can find new episodes of El Juego at www.crunchtimepodcast.com

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Host: Jack Bogdan- www.twitter.com/jackbogdan

Special Guest: Kyle Orland- www.twitter.com/kyleorl

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CTP 63: There Be Monsters

jackbogdan — Wed, 14 Jul 2010 10:43:54 +0000

We turn back the clocks in our Singularity review, dissect some early demo gameplay for Kane & Lynch 2, and discuss the following news stories, all while fighting our first software crashes in quite a while! I have to say, we did pretty well, given the circumstances.

DUH- Extended 3D Might Cause Eye Strain

You Got Zombies In My Old West

Kinect Doesn’t Come With Any Games?

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Gore Verbinski Confirms Bioshock Movie is Still Happening, Insists It Will Be Hard R | /Film

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CTP 62: Bitchin’ Orders

jackbogdan — Thu, 08 Jul 2010 06:05:29 +0000

We are up early and ready to go with this week’s Crunch Time! Gear up and roll out, with our Transformers: War for Cybertron review, in addition to 9 scrumptious news stories.

Activision Wants “More Value” For Call Of Duty Xbox Live Players

After Nearly Four Years, The PS3 Finally Turns A Profit

Download some of Ilomilo’s soundtrack for free (or just enjoy the new trailer) | Joystiq

Gears of War Maker Calls iPhone, iPad & Android ‘The Consoles of the Future’

Project Offset team disbanded at Intel; Offset Software founders form new startup | Joystiq

Sony Hears You On Those Ico, Shadow of the Colossus HD Remakes

StarCraft 2 getting 3D support post-launch | Joystiq

The Super Smash Bros. Secret That Took 7 Years To Unlock

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CTP 61: Risky Business

jackbogdan — Wed, 30 Jun 2010 02:47:43 +0000

Risk Factions invades our review segment, bringing along its iPhone brigade, including Spider: The Secret of Bryce Manor, Angry Birds, Carcassonne, Kometen & Puzzle Quest! Also look for late breaking E3 trailers for Halo: Reach’s Firefight mode & Motorstorm Apocalypse.

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El Juego 17: The Bystander Effect

jackbogdan — Thu, 24 Jun 2010 22:22:05 +0000

Words: Observer, Concrete, Punish

Title: The Bystander Effect

Exploring the idea of group think and reaction to events such as the Kitty Genovese case, you are presented with a potential emergency. AI and player controlled character reactions impact your own response, but to what degree? Track reactions through a crowd, and get to the bottom of the crime, or do nothing and face the potential consequences.

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CTP Special: E3 2010, Day 2

jackbogdan — Thu, 17 Jun 2010 08:30:26 +0000

E3 Day 2 ushers in hands on coverage of the latest titles from the show floor! WIth impressions of games like Fable 3, Super Meat Boy & Goldeneye 007, we’ve got something for everyone!

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CTP Special: E3 2010, Day 1

jackbogdan — Wed, 16 Jun 2010 17:09:41 +0000

Crunch Time reports the latest from the world’s biggest gaming convention! Day 1 brings us Nintendo’s & Sony’s E3 press conferences, in addition to hands on reactions to the latest titles on the show floor!

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CTP Special: E3 2010, Day 0

jackbogdan — Tue, 15 Jun 2010 05:58:42 +0000

Crunch Time reports the latest from the world’s biggest gaming convention! Day 1 brings us Microsoft’s, EA’s & Ubisoft’s E3 press conferences, with tons of announcements and brand new footage!

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Playstation Gangbangs the 3rd Dimension

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CTP 60: E3 2010 Pregame

jackbogdan — Mon, 14 Jun 2010 23:17:58 +0000

E3 2010 is about to jump into overdrive! Here’s a little coverage pre-show, with our reviews of both Joe Danger & Earthworm Jim HD!

Rock Band Keyboard Elton John Billy Joel

Portal 2 Teleports to 2011

Motorstorm Gives Preview of 2012

Jurassic Park Sitcom Coming Soon

1.21 Jiggawats of Pure Awesome

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El Juego 16: Collapse

jackbogdan — Wed, 09 Jun 2010 15:00:31 +0000

Words: Tension, Moaning, Raise

Title: Collapse

As a rescue team, your job is to help those injured in major events get to safety. A Co-Op experience, one player controls the rope and has to react to structural deficiencies and the chaos around them. The other player must be lowered into a situation to rescue an individual, then communicate through tugging the rope (vibrations), in addition to a proximity voice chat, to climb out of the rubble. Occupational hazards on both ends, paired with a lack of solid communication and visibility, really help sell the concept of tension. Work quickly or risk becoming victims yourselves!

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Hosts: Jack Bogdan- www.twitter.com/jackbogdan & Alex Griendling- www.twitter.com/gravitybomb

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Red Dead Redemption Co Op

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CTP 59: The Force Inside Us

jackbogdan — Mon, 07 Jun 2010 01:00:17 +0000

Pre E3 Week brings the heat with 9 new trailers, 5 great stories, and our review of both Blur and Osmos!

inFamous 2, now famous

Lord of the Rings Online going Free to Play

Video Games Live coming to a TV near you

GoldenEye…for England James

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Insomniac Games Going Multiplatform With EA Partners

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CTP 58: Play us Off, Mario

jackbogdan — Sun, 30 May 2010 21:34:42 +0000

We’re in the mood for news! Mario Galaxy 2 kicks off today’s show, and we go to work on the following stories:

Fox Finds Hitman 2 Director

Mass Effect Movie Incoming

J Allard & Robbie Bach leave Microsoft

“Project Natal” To Cost $150

Google Pac-Man Made Permanent

Treyarch: ’100-Percent Call of Duty Studio’

Wield Your Axe In Guitar Hero 5

ROCK BAND 3: KEYBOARD!

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El Juego 15: Breast Police

jackbogdan — Wed, 26 May 2010 08:53:15 +0000

Words: Milk, Arrested, Escape

Title: Breast Police

There is absolutely no reason that an actual game concept should have escaped from the breast fueled buddy cop dramedy that was Police Breasts, but I managed to actually come up with something I would want to play!

Fighting breast cancer, in a real time strategy game! A tumor is producing cancer cells, your task is to surround it with differing white cell production sites, which combat certain levels of the cancer. The farther away the cancer cells gets from the initial source, the different phases they transfer through. Push the disease back, using heavier duty white blood cell conversions, until the tumor is gone. Use special attacks such as chemotherapy, and other cancer treatments as they become available! The game is intended as not only a fun strategy game, but also a basis for actionable education.

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Hosts: Jack Bogdan- www.twitter.com/jackbogdan & Alex Griendling- www.twitter.com/gravitybomb

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CTP 57: The Wild Jest

jackbogdan — Mon, 24 May 2010 00:14:04 +0000

Alex’s HD has been replaced, his hairdoo has been rebooted and we rangle up our thoughts on Rockstar Games’ “Red Dead Redemption”. 3 new trailers make their way into the fold as well: Little Big Planet 2, Call of Duty:Black Ops & Bulletstorm.

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El Juego Classico: Maligno, A Steampunk Musical

jackbogdan — Wed, 19 May 2010 19:07:45 +0000

Words: Pauper, Succulent, Splice

Title: Maligno, A Steampunk Musical

As a mad scientist trying to take over the world, Industrial Era London has become your playground. Build your notoriety and take down superheroes of the day (prominent members of parliament in costume). With a unique dynamic musical system, NPC’s break out in song as you walk down the street, and sing the chorus as you perform common actions. The soundtrack is alive around you! Find the ringleader of these crime fighting heroes and prepare for the next major city to fall under the wrath of Maligno!

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Hosts: Jack Bogdan- www.twitter.com/jackbogdan & Brendan Kelly- www.twitter.com/brendandk

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El Juego 14: Se-Dated

jackbogdan — Sun, 16 May 2010 23:36:53 +0000

Words: Catcall, Daring, Sing

Title: Se-Dated

Alex’s hard drive committed suicide this week, and as such there’s no full Crunch Time episode to entertain you all! In its stead, I’ve invited Brendan back for another fun El Juego!

As a drunk bar patron, you’re reached the stage where you no longer comprehend reality. Discover where you are and what surrounds you using tools in your environment to find the exit and call a cab home. Get out faster, or pick up a date for bonus points!

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Hosts: Jack Bogdan- www.twitter.com/jackbogdan & Brendan Kelly- www.twitter.com/brendandk

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El Juego 13: In Me You Trust

jackbogdan — Wed, 12 May 2010 17:00:56 +0000

Words: Marker, Broke, Working

Title: In Me You Trust

Special guest, head of Activision’s social media initiative Dan Amrich joins us today for an absolute blast of an El Juego!

As a young con artist, you’ve always skirted the law. Upon realizing nobody in your town was all too bright, you begin an enterprising counterfeiting scheme. Initially only hitting smaller local venues, you exponentially grow to an international crime lord, peddling your faux bills. Take over the global monetary system and show off your funny money!

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Special Guest: Dan Amrich- www.twitter.com/oneofswords

www.oneofswords.com

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CTP 56: Still in Beta

jackbogdan — Mon, 10 May 2010 04:54:28 +0000

Alex returns, and we celebrate by playing awesome new games IN BETA. The nature of our coverage seems to have influenced even our recording, as our planned StarCraft 2 coverage decided it didn’t want to hear Alex’s opinion (AKA, no audio). We’ll be covering StarCraft 2 next week!

UNTIL THEN: Enjoy our thoughts on the Halo Reach Multiplayer Beta and trailers from such games as Call of Duty Black Ops, Medal of Honor, Dead Space 2, Singularity, Enslaved & Ilomilo!

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CTP 55.5: So Passé

jackbogdan — Sun, 02 May 2010 17:30:13 +0000

As Alex sails towards his native Kentucky, we take this time to talk about Left 4 Dead 2′s first DLC, “The Passing”. Featuring the first cross game interaction between the main cast of characters, does this 7 dollar pack scale walls to new heights? Or is it shot off the roof? Find out!

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El Juego 12: The Greater Good

jackbogdan — Wed, 28 Apr 2010 17:00:18 +0000

Words: Tea, Enthusiastic, Erase

Title: The Greater Good

Unfortunately due to events that transpired earlier in the week, Dan Amrich was unable to join us, but look for him on again in the future!

As a time traveler, you make it your mission to correct the global problems currently facing the planet. By finding the links from past events, you travel to famous periods and locales in history, to put an end to such issues as global warming, genocide, extremism, water shortages, hunger, etc. As you change the past to effect the future, you soon realize that you can’t solve them all, and some problems you cause might be worse than the ones you’ve solved.

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Halo 3 available on Games on Demand, load times may be affected [update] — Joystiq

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CTP 55: Cat Mounted Statues

jackbogdan — Mon, 26 Apr 2010 06:31:18 +0000

Wonderful show for you this week, with special animal guest Rocko the cat, and Megan the alien. We recreate a scene from Signs AND bring you all the gaming news that your human brains can handle.

Check out our coverage of the following:

Halo, Halo, Halo!

Consoles, the next TV Network?

James Bond Racer

Metroid Other M + Sin & Punishment Star Successor Delayed

Voxel Based Point Cloud Rendering

Starcraft 2 Beta Update

Ubisoft Shelving Game Manuals

Alan Wake – Bright Falls Live Action Trailer

Halo Reach – Carnage Carnivale ViDoc

Super Mario Galaxy 2 Cloud Suit Trailer

Kevin Butler’s ModNation Racers Commercial

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Hands-on: Halo: Reach Multiplayer Beta — Joystiq

Interview: Bungie’s Lars Bakken on Halo: Reach and the franchise — Joystiq

Halo: Reach to stretch across 3 retail editions [update] — Joystiq

NYT: PS3 to stream live Major League Baseball games — Joystiq

Rumor: Xbox Live TV channel pitched to Microsoft by ex-News Corp head — Joystiq

Is This The Name Of The Bizarre New James Bond Racer? – James Bond: Bloodstone – Kotaku

Metroid: Other M, Sin & Punishment: Star Successor delayed — Joystiq

New Graphics Tech Promises Speed, Hyperrealism | Gadget Lab | Wired.com

GameStop Has Your StarCraft II Beta Invite – starcraft ii – Kotaku

StarCraft II Beta Gets Map Editor This Week, Mac Version Next Week – starcraft ii – Kotaku

Ubisoft getting greener by ditching paper manuals — Joystiq

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El Juego 11: Proposition, Rosy, Preach

jackbogdan — Wed, 21 Apr 2010 17:34:46 +0000

This week we have special guest Matthew LoPresti, designer at Powerhead Games, developers of the new hit Glow Artisan for DSiWare!

You’ve done horrible things. As a committer of the 7 cardinal sins, you seek redemption at your church. In confessional you relive the horrors of your past, and gain purpose to correct them, but at what cost? Suffer your sins and attempt to rectify them on your path to redemption.

Title: Path To Redemption

Words: Proposition, Rosy, Preach

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