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Video podcast – episode 054

Monday, June 30th, 2008

This week on the Gamesweasel computer games podcast Matt Cuttle talks about:-

We have 5 copies of Final Fantasy VII: Crisis Core special edition for the PSP to give away by 14 July 2008, full details of how to enter can be found on our competitions page. Thanks for the emails, keep them coming in to gamesweasel@btpodshow.com. Be sure to visit the Gamesweasel blog for articles on the new PS3 DUALSHOCK 3 Sixaxis Controller, Wario Land Shake It, free Guitar Hero III tracks and Nintendo release schedule 2008. Please add us as a friend on Youtube when you watch the review of Enemy Territory Quake Wars and Buzz! Quiz TV review on there!

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Audio podcast – episode 054

Monday, June 30th, 2008

This week on the Gamesweasel gaming mp3 podcast Matt Cuttle talks about:-

If you’d like to win Final Fantasy VII: Crisis Core special edition for the PSP then check out our competitions page before 14 July 2008. Send over your emails – our email address is gamesweasel@btpodshow.com, and be sure to visit the Gamesweasel blog to drop a comment on PS3 trophies , Wario Land Shake It, Guitar Hero III tunes for free and Nintendo release schedule 2008. Want to see the games? As well as watching the video version of this show at Gamesweasel TV you can also see the Youtube Enemy Territory Quake Wars review and Youtube Buzz! Quiz TV review too.

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PSP podcast – episode 054

Monday, June 30th, 2008

This week on the PSP RSS Channel we talk about:-

If you’d like to win Final Fantasy VII: Crisis Core special edition then check out our competitions page before 14 July 2008. Always great to hear from you, our email address is gamesweasel@btpodshow.com . Be sure to visit the Gamesweasel blog for articles on the PS3 ingame XMB , Wario Land Shake It , Free Guitar Hero III tunes and the Nintendo 2008 release schedule .

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Buzz! Quiz TV review

Monday, June 30th, 2008


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Buzz is back which means another pay packet for Jason Donovan as the short-legged, big-headed quizmaster Buzz, more questions to test your knowledge and some new tricks up its sleeve thanks to this being the first version on the PS3.

What this means is they can jam more stuff onto the Blu-Ray disc so now there’s 5,000 questions crammed in there and many categories to choose from. You can play a round with up to four players with a mix of questions, or tailor the game to just ask questions from one category, be it music, sport, style, general knowledge or movies amongst others.

The first thing you’ll notice is the visuals have had a good sprucing up. The studio’s brighter, there’s some cool lighting bouncing about and the characters are all a lot more colourful. Old favourites like the grinning cheerleader, muscle-bound superhero and Liam Gallagher lookalike are there, along with some new ones including a Darth-Vader type and a Madonna caricature. You can now make them do silly dances at any point in the game by pressing the coloured Buzz buttons between questions and rounds.

The game now seems a bit shorter too. I haven’t come across any picture reveal rounds yet but ones you’ve played before like Pie Fight, Pass the Bomb, Fastest Finger and Point Stealer all make a combat. The last round sees your podium climb higher if you have more points and you must answer questions quickly and correctly to stop it falling to the floor and opening into a trap door to boot you out of the game.

The game’s also online so you can post your own content and challenge others with your knowledge. You can also upload new content for yourself. Not quite sure how this works fully as at the time of writing the servers aren’t active.

It’s basically more of the same with a bit of a facelift. Definitely worth a look if you’ve never played it before, complete with wireless controllers.

Buzz!: Quiz TV gets a very good 7 out of 10.

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Enemy Territory Quake Wars review

Monday, June 30th, 2008


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It’s been 6 months since Quake Wars came out on the PC. In essence it was Battlefield with humans fighting Strogg aliens instead of warring factions from around the world – and it wasn’t half bad. Now it’s out on the consoles and since then we’ve had some massive online games come out so does it hold up? Let’s find out in my review of Enemy Territory Quake Wars.

This one’s all about the multiplayer. 16 players can compete in squad-based combat. You load out as a special ops, assault, engineer or medic class and work together to complete tasks and advance on your enemies. If you’ve played Frontlines: Fuel of War you’ll know exactly how this plays.

Of course, you can play this single player too and you’ll be fighting with and against enemy AI which has its highs but also a fair few lows – it certainly doesn’t feel like you’re playing properly with other people. This game’s also super-speedy – everyone runs about like Linford Christie so there’s a handy auto-aim which is a bit too helpful when it comes to lining up your sights. Newcomers will at least get a few kills straight off the bat but the speed of gameplay does remove some of the strategy as everyone charges in at lightning pace.

Vehicles can also be boarded on land, sea and air to get you to places quickly and provide some extra fire power. I also like the dark matter cannon which can annihilate your foes with a beam of energy from space.

If you can’t get enough of your squad-based combat and want to try it with some out-of-this world weapons then this one’s worth a look. If you’ve got a PS3 and a 360, get the latter as it looks a bit better and runs a bit smoother.

Quake Wars gets a good 6 out of 10.

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Battlefield Bad Company sequel

Monday, June 30th, 2008

If you love your Battlefield games then you’ll love the news that DICE have confirmed they already have five more games planned after Bad Company which came out last week. Have we all not had enough of shooting each other yet? Guess not.

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