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Bill is Down with the Sickness this week (literally), so we reprise the Brakke/Cackowski-Schnell Hour of Power (TM) for this installment of Jumping the Shark. This week we run with the, now-confirmed, rumor attaching J.J. Abrams to Star Wars, discussing in exacting detail why Brandon hates Star Trek, except for the Abrams movie, and why I think Abrams is a great fit for Star Wars and a lousy one for Trek. Then Brandon gets in deep with Devil May Cry and why, even though it’s a good game, it takes the easy way out when it comes to mocking the good ole U.S.A.
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Thanks for the kind words on my Penny Arcade skills Brandon. I have found that much like Ascension, if you can banish your starting cards it is usually a good idea, especially if you want to focus on red or green getting rid of the other starting cards helps a lot.
Anything I have learned about the game has come from playing people at quartertothree. There is a small league going there, anyone who wants to play in a slightly organized setting should check it out, the February league should be starting soon.
I’m curious how front-and-center the politics of Devil May Cry are. My own views seem to align closely with Brandon and the rest of the cast, but that doesn’t mean I’m anxious to have an Occupy Purgatory manifesto inserted into my demon-slashing escapism.
There are ways to do it well. Deep Space Nine was a good — and shockingly prescient — example. In Supernatural, though, it always feels opportunistic and out of place. How about you guys think up a better plot than Sam mooning over his inert ex-girlfriend first?
By the way, I enthusiastically support the idea of No High Scores doing an alterna-E3 where the staff converges on Bill’s house for a big gaming and podcasting marathon. He could show everybody Tomorrow and Risk Factions, Matt could bring Last Night on Earth so Barnes could complain about it, and Brandon and Todd could do a multiplayer match of X-Com so Bill would get excited to play it.
I’ve also heard that if you book him far enough in advance, you can have Billy Baroo stalk in, drink half a bottle of scotch, smash the rest on the floor, and stride back out with one fist held triumphantly in the air.
You know, I don’t think I’ve ever actually seen Baroo drink.
You haven’t been reserving him ahead of time. If you’re good at something, never do it for free.