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On this month's episode of Saturday Morning Retro, Dan and Dave talk about Tork for the original Xbox and Vanquish for the Xbox 360 and in our Triple R segment, Thor for the Xbox 360 and PS3 and Comix Zone for the Genesis.

For years Matthew Ferry has been the success coach to royalty, billionaires, and high octane entrepreneurs. He has helped them navigate self-sabotage in order to live in a place of greater joy and fulfillment. He was also Susan's personal coach for five years and she credits him with helping her step into a new level of achievement.

In this episode, you will learn how to torch negative self-talk, find greater fulfillment, and deal with your own drunk monkey.

Lecture by Swami Tyagananda, given on October 18, 2020, at the Ramakrishna Vedanta Society, Boston, MA.

Lecture by Swami Tyagananda, given on October 11, 2020, at the Ramakrishna Vedanta Society, Boston, MA.

Vegas Film Critic (Jeffrey K Howard) speaks to writer/director George Gallo for his new action-thriller, Vanquish. 

Part 2 of our last episode, we discuss Vanquish, another modern classic by Platinum Games that added new mechanics and language to games, redefined cover shooters and made smoking a main gameplay element. From Cliffy B's inspirations to the bullet hell genre, quick-time events and Splatoon. Rocket slide with us into another fun Art Eater discussion.

In this episode Nurse Paula Young explains the differences among the many different fat reduction procedures being advertised, and who those procedures best benefit.

After a brief stint with the Destiny 2 beta, D.J. rocket slides all over the place in Vanquish and returns to his old face-stomping grounds in Yakuza Kiwami. Meanwhile, Paul plays Crawl while completely sober.

Episode Timeline

00:00 - Intro
03:58 - Splatoon 2
18:52 - Destiny 2
26:00 - Vanquish
33:55 - Yakuza Kiwami
49:21 - Shenmue Kiwami
52:31 - Crawl
63:10 - Outro

Is Dead Cells the new Breath of the Wild and also how much bigger than Jesus is it? Is Arms worth failing about over? How sexy is The Sexy Brutale?

All this AND MORE™!

Games discussed: Arms, Vanquish, Dead Cells, The Sexy Brutale, Dynasty Feud,Illusoria, Fear Effect Sedna, Elder Scrolls Online, The Surge, Horizon Zero Dawn, Disgaea 5, Loderunner, Blasphemous, Monster Hunter XX Switch, Golf Story, Kingdom Hearts III, Final Fantasy VII Remake, Far Cry 5, Last Days of June, Lost Sphear , The Lost Child

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Can The Surge compete with Dark Soul? Is Mirage a worthy successor to Chivalry? Is Destiny 2 going to addict James and annoy Paul? Will Jeremy find his way out of the invisible maze we trapped him in after recording this episode?

All this AND MORE™!

Games discussed: Strafe, Mirage: Arcane Warfare, Quake Champions, Eagle Island, Thumper, Prey, Forza Horizon 3: Hot Wheels,  Minecraft: Switch Edition, HackMUD, The Surge, Hollow Knight, Claybook, RiME, Vanquish, Destiny 2, Arms, Splatoon 2, Life is Strange 2, Nine Parchments, Danger Zone, Lonely Mountains, Far Cry 5, My Friend Pedro, inSynch

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John de Lancie joins us this week to chat about his favorite games like Dishonored, Tales from the Borderlands, Volume, and updates us on his Backlog. Also: Randy sounds like Bob Ross having sex to Jazz music, whilst eating Fig Newtons. Wat.

Episode Timeline

00:00 - Intro
01:40 - PAX Primer
13:25 - Taco Tuesday Update
16:12 - Mark of the Ninja 
22:10 - Dishonored
28:30 - Volume
37:40 - Tales from the Borderlands
45:55 - Vanquish
53:30 - Backlog Attack Winner and Recap!
59:30 - Fig Newtons
74:50 - Outro

Kropotkin starts with tales of being vanquished in Vanquish, charmed in Zelda Ocarina of Time 3D, relaxed in Solar 2 and bored of Ascension.  Hendrix in the meantime chats about his experiences with Pinball FX 2 Captain America table and his ranking up in iRacing. 

BloodShot Robot finishes up the gaming section with yet more tales of his exploits in Witcher 2 and how he continues to mess around with the Razer Hydra.

In news we cover everything from Peter Molyneux being ashamed of Fable 3 to Crysis coming to consoles.  We also have an interview with Stephen Hood of Codemasters about F1 2011 and pull names out of a hat for the E3 swag competition from last week.

Running time: 01:17:28

We kick off proceedings with Alphabox telling us what he has been playing these weeks of absence from the show.  He starts off with the good, Vanquish, then moves on to the mediocre with Red Faction Armageddon and then finishes off with the very bad care of Duke Nukem Forever.

Kropotkin meanwhile chats about his time with Zelda Ocarina of Time 3D and Death Rally on the iPad. Rounding off the game discussion, BloodShot Robot talks about his time with The Witcher 2 and his experience with using the Razer Hyrda Controller.  We wrap up with gaming news and a chance to win some E3 swag.

Running time: 01:25:38

Craig leads the charge with a bunch of Indie Games featuring Cutouts!, Fear the Dronx, Ripple, Tiny Tim's Tremendous Tank, Fluid, Infect ED, and The Shadows in the Underworld.  Sean takes a run at Comic Jumper, Super Meat Boy lives to frustrate, and Sean and Craig get a sugar high from Costume Quest.  Sean and Craig take a look at the Star Wars: The Force Unleashed II demo and Craig makes things explode with his hands in the Fist of the North Star demo.  Everyone offers some wrapup from last episode with more NBA 2K11, Enslaved, and Castlevania: Lords of Shadow talk, Sean shoots it up with Vanquish, Jeremy and Sean swoon for DJ Hero 2, and Jeremy tries to dive back into the wasteland with Fallout: New Vegas.

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Games discussed on this episode!
0:00:00 – Intro
0:05:07 – Cutouts! (Indie)
0:06:30 – Fear the Dronx (Indie)
0:08:07 – Ripple (Indie)
0:10:50 – Tiny Tim’s Tremendous Tank (Indie)
0:13:05 – Fluid (Indie)
0:16:39 – Infect ED (Indie)
0:18:19 – The Shadows in the Underwold (Indie)
0:23:26 – Comic Jumper (XBLA)
0:30:49 – Super Meat Boy (XBLA)
0:42:50 – Costume Quest (XBLA)
0:58:20 – Star Wars: The Force Unleashed II (Demo)
1:03:59 – Fist of the North Star: Ken’s Rage (Demo)
1:07:16 – NBA 2K11
1:09:33 – Enslaved
1:17:13 – Castlevania: Lords of Shadow
1:31:55 – Vanquish
1:35:50 – DJ Hero 2
1:56:21 – Fallout: New Vegas
2:17:28 – End