Tomb Raider The Video Game

Hi folks. Jonathan Slater aka JonFromSeattle here. I picked up a copy of the new Tomb Raider video game on Friday after work. Crystal Dynamics and Square Enix partnered together to make a fantastic re-boot of the Tomb Raider franchise. She's younger, bold, brash when it comes to telling it how it is, ​and will do whatever it takes to make sure she and her companions survive. So what's the back story on this game? You're a young archaeologist on a ship looking for the lost treasures and land of the fabled Himeko. It's been said that Himeko was a young shaman capable of controlling the elements, and everything that the sun's rays shined upon would be hers. Sam, a good friend of Lara's is the direct descendant of Himeko, and the rightful heir to her treasures. The crew is being filmed as part of a new reality t.v. series. Upon taking Lara's advice to head into a storm just to the south of Japan, in a Bermuda like triangle - their ship is tossed about and Lara nearly drowns. After coming to shore and trying to re-group with her cast mates, Sam has gone missing. Most of the party goes to find Sam, and the stuck up lead archaeologist goes with you to find Roth - one of the other missing crew mates. Upon entering your first tomb the lead archaeologist practically hands you over to the crazies on the island, but you fight your way out of their make-shift camp learning the controls of Lara and what she's capable of in doing so. 

​  The graphics of this game are just splendid. I could stare at the sunset for hours. The open world atmosphere of this game will have you searching for hidden tombs with treasures inside (of course), as well as hidden documents on the island, and GPS caches. You can upgrade your equipment through cache bundle finds which you use your torch to burn bundles and pry crates open. Lara's first weapons are a bow and her pistol. You'll later upgrade to using the pick axe and a machine gun. You can hunt for food which will give you XP in the game as well. As for puzzles, yes puzzles are back in this game and they will question you as being a brash or patient gamer. Don't give up hope when you think there isn't a solution. There is a solution to everything of course. 

​  Multi-player? I haven't tried it myself, and rarely play multi-player games on my xbox due to people just cussing you out over Xbox Live when you're looking to just play a game with some random folks or even your friends online. But G4TV said the MP was lack luster at best, and just didn't feel right. The combat controls were lacking, and the switch up style of variances were missing from this. They should have taken a cue lesson from Halo 4. I've been told that if you like the MP in Uncharted, then you're pretty much just playing that. I'm not an Achievement whore, but for anyone who is - playing MP will get you some nice achievements of course. 

​For the single player aspect of this game I give this a 9.5/10 Some of the location beacons in this game are quite difficult to find, but that's what makes the game even more interesting. Finding what hasn't been found before. -.5 because of the MP. Go out and get this game folks. It's worth the 60. Use our affiliate Amazon for your order. ​​http://tiny.cc/geekioamazon It costs you nothing extra, and it helps share a little love back to us so we can get that fancy recording equipment we need to make this podcast network even better than it already is. We can't do this alone, but with your help we can  be even better. 

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Geek I/O! Episode 6: A Giant Boomerang and a Floppy Sword (repost)

This week on Geek I/O, we hung out with the king geek of prop-making and fitness, Mr. Bill Doran (punishedprops.com)!  He makes stuff so awesome, we don't mind his shameless self-promotion (in fact we encourage it).

We discussed the origin of the name "Punished Props", winning chili cook-offs, Fat Tuesday, FitBit, Slater playing secret Microsoft games (shhhh), XBL is cheap on Amazon, Marlissa sells shiny stuff, the Ouya goes on sale soon, training with Master Yoda for only $10000, Super Mario Ghostbusters, a cancer-killing virus, an asteroid misses Australia, hackers post a zombie alert on the emergency broadcast system, and the Blue Ribbion Bacon Festival featuring 10,000 pounds of bacon!  Plus!  Vintage hard core porn (not really)!

In this week's rant and review, we watched Super Mario Brothers.  Where is Luigi's mustache?  How is it that King Koopa is democratically elected?  Can Bill Doran make some of those sweet jump boots?  Who are you calling biscuit head?

Join us on Geek I/O!  It's cozier than Big Bertha's cleavage.

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Music brought to you by I Fight Dragons, help the world support them at ifightdragons.com, purchase their CD KABOOM! on Amazon.

Music during the show is by Andrew Allen, you can purchase the CD Smooth Federation on Amazon.

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Geek IO Watches #2: Super Mario Brothers

This month, we watch and rip apart the AWESOME movie from 1993 Super Mario Brothers, in celebration of Video Game month on Geek I/O! We also offcially introduce our offical movie watcher Dale Campbell to the gang!

Check out our forums for show notes. 

Music brought to you by I Fight Dragons, help the world support them at ifightdragons.com, purchase their CD KABOOM! on Amazon.

Music during the show is by Andrew Allen, you can purchase the CD Smooth Federation on Amazon.

Email us at [email protected], subscribe on iTunes, or find us on Stitcher (use code tadpooltech and hellp us out a bit).

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Geek I/O Episode 4: Lumpy Space Princess says Sit Down North Korea! (repost)

This week on Geek I/O, we massively confused and weirded out Beau Hindman of Massively.com.  Despite that, he appeared to have a good time and said he wanted to be on the show again.  I'm not sure what that says about us...or him.

This week we discussed doing things with fireworks that is probably illegal, dual booting your chrome book, diaper cakes, regularity, jail breaking iPods, getting fit, J.J. Abrams and Star Wars, Netflix looking to the future, cell phone unlocking is illegal again,  jets with frickin' laser beams, and an overprotective (or is he lazy?) dad.  Plus!  The fast food joints with the best bacon.

On this week's Rant and Review, we watched Iron Sky, a movie about Nazis from the dark side of the moon.  Yep.  What happens to your clothes in a space vacuum?  What's the best Nazi pickup line?  Which country didn't arm their secret space ship?  What is Skype like in the future?  Tune in and find out.

This is Geek I/O!  Won't you come "Black to the Moon" with us?

Check out our forums for show notes. 

Music brought to you by I Fight Dragons, help the world support them at ifightdragons.com, purchase their CD KABOOM! on Amazon.

Music during the show is by Andrew Allen, you can purchase the CD Smooth Federation on Amazon.

Email us at [email protected], subscribe on iTunes, or find us on Stitcher (use code tadpooltech and hellp us out a bit).

This episode brought to you by SQUARESPACE.  Want a quick, easy, professional or fun website or blog? Want an amazing host for your podcast? Try Squarespace free for 15 days (no credit card needed), then take 10% off of your first order!

Geek IO is also brought to you by Tweaked Audio! 7 colors, 7 types, ultra durable AND sound AMAZING! Both with and without microphones as well, so you can sound awesome on your iPhone, Galaxy S3, Nexus 4 or pretty much ANYTHING else! Use the code "GEEK" at checkout to get 1/3 off AND free shipping!

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Geek IO! Episode 5: “Splittin’ trannies in the name of the king”

This week on Geek I/O, we got 6 kinds of crazy with Ghomus aka Andy from the AIE podcast, a man with a podcasting rig you should be jealous of.

We discussed classic geek movies and TV shows, power outages at the sports ball championship, Joseph Gordon-Levitt's Bruce Willis cheek prosthetic, homemade battery packs, WINE on Android, bacteria that poop gold, the bang-your-Facebook-friends app, Apple and the human ATM, a new webcomic about table top gaming, printing organs (real-life GeneCo?!), and the Xbox 720's always on connection.  Plus!  The Superb Owl bacon game!

In this week's Rant and review, we suffered through In the "Name of the King: A Dragon Seige Tale"  (or "Farmer Boomerang, Axy McPigwalker, and Chunky Legolas in the Walking Trope Adventure") from the always-terrible Uwe Boll.  In this equal opportunity kingdom, good vs evil collide in a terribly acted (despite great actors), written, edited, filmed, and scored movie.  Were there any redeeming qualities?  Tun in and find out!

This is Geek I/O, where we waste two hours of our lives to watch a terrible movie for you!  You're welcome!

Check out our forums for show notes. 

Music brought to you by I Fight Dragons, help the world support them at ifightdragons.com, purchase their CD KABOOM! on Amazon.

Music during the show is by Andrew Allen, you can purchase the CD Smooth Federation on Amazon.

Email us at [email protected], subscribe on iTunes, or find us on Stitcher (use code tadpooltech and hellp us out a bit).

This episode brought to you by SQUARESPACE.  Want a quick, easy, professional or fun website or blog? Want an amazing host for your podcast? Try Squarespace free for 15 days (no credit card needed), then take 10% off of your first order!

Geek IO is also brought to you by Tweaked Audio! 7 colors, 7 types, ultra durable AND sound AMAZING! Both with and without microphones as well, so you can sound awesome on your iPhone, Galaxy S3, Nexus 4 or pretty much ANYTHING else! Use the code "GEEK" at checkout to get 1/3 off AND free shipping!

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(repost 2) Geek I/O Episode 4: Lumpy Space Princess says Sit Down North Korea!

This week on Geek I/O, we massively confused and weirded out Beau Hindman of Massively.com.  Despite that, he appeared to have a good time and said he wanted to be on the show again.  I'm not sure what that says about us...or him.

This week we discussed doing things with fireworks that is probably illegal, dual booting your chrome book, diaper cakes, regularity, jail breaking iPods, getting fit, J.J. Abrams and Star Wars, Netflix looking to the future, cell phone unlocking is illegal again,  jets with frickin' laser beams, and an overprotective (or is he lazy?) dad.  Plus!  The fast food joints with the best bacon.

On this week's Rant and Review, we watched Iron Sky, a movie about Nazis from the dark side of the moon.  Yep.  What happens to your clothes in a space vacuum?  What's the best Nazi pickup line?  Which country didn't arm their secret space ship?  What is Skype like in the future?  Tune in and find out.

This is Geek I/O!  Won't you come "Black to the Moon" with us?

Check out our forums for show notes. 

Music brought to you by I Fight Dragons, help the world support them at ifightdragons.com, purchase their CD KABOOM! on Amazon.

Music during the show is by Andrew Allen, you can purchase the CD Smooth Federation on Amazon.

Email us at [email protected], subscribe on iTunes, or find us on Stitcher (use code tadpooltech and hellp us out a bit).

This episode brought to you by SQUARESPACE.  Want a quick, easy, professional or fun website or blog? Want an amazing host for your podcast? Try Squarespace free for 15 days (no credit card needed), then take 10% off of your first order!

Geek IO is also brought to you by Tweaked Audio! 7 colors, 7 types, ultra durable AND sound AMAZING! Both with and without microphones as well, so you can sound awesome on your iPhone, Galaxy S3, Nexus 4 or pretty much ANYTHING else! Use the code "GEEK" at checkout to get 1/3 off AND free shipping!

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Geek I/O episode 3: Geek IO! Episode 3: “CJ’s bathroom musical time adventures!” or “ You can’t stop the nut shot” or “Trannies in the Outback!”

This week on Geek I/O, we had a last minute guest switcheroo.  Rising from the Australian outback, cape flapping in the wind, came our hero:  Last-Minute-Guest Man!  You may know him as mild-mannered cold foods manager and podcast geek Dale Campbell of the Ruff Cuts and Downunder Colorado podcasts.  Marlissa Doss also dropped in to class up the joint a bit.

This week we discussed Bradley Cooper not being the sexiest man alive, YouTube on the Wii, Flipboard Fail, FitBit vs BodyBugg, a little bit of WoW, the They Might be Giants app, a working Iron Man gauntlet with frickin' lasers, vintage astronaut food, and shocking crabs for science.  Plus!  50 shades of bacon!

In this week's rant and review, we cut apart, break down, and over medicate Repo! The Genetic Opera.  In the show we give our overall review, but for a full, play by play review of the movie, check out the video of us dweebs watching Repo! and making our dumb commentary Mystery Science 3000 style.  It's almost as good as Zydrate.

Check out our forums for show notes. 

Music brought to you by I Fight Dragons, help the world support them at ifightdragons.com, purchase their CD KABOOM! on Amazon.

Music during the show is by Andrew Allen, you can purchase the CD Smooth Federation on Amazon.

Email us at [email protected], subscribe on iTunes, or find us on Stitcher (use code tadpooltech and hellp us out a bit).

This episode brought to you by SQUARESPACE.  Want a quick, easy, professional or fun website or blog? Want an amazing host for your podcast? Try Squarespace free for 15 days (no credit card needed), then take 10% off of your first order!

Geek IO is also brought to you by Tweaked Audio! 7 colors, 7 types, ultra durable AND sound AMAZING! Both with and without microphones as well, so you can sound awesome on your iPhone, Galaxy S3, Nexus 4 or pretty much ANYTHING else! Use the code "GEEK" at checkout to get 1/3 off AND free shipping!

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Geek I/O Special 1: Geek I/O Watches: Repo, the Genetic Opera!

So, we decided last week on the show to watch Repo for this week's Rants & Reviews, so CJ had a radical idea: let's watch it all together and snark all over it! This was a great idea! We have a ton of fun with it, and you can listen to it here, or watch our reactions (Budlong's were great!) over at our youtube channel!

Geek I/O! Episode 2: "Put some sugar on my dinked dongle!"

This week we are joined by David Banach (that's pronounced like panache with a "B", but I prefere Ban-och! The conqueror!) who teaches us about pagan music.  CJ even wrote him a rad rhyming intro:

He Brought some beat up Pagan music, to a secondhand CAST
Didn't know how to play them, but he knew that was past
That one mp3, played great with his hands, didn't take long, to understand
Just one mp3, volume pumped way up high
Thought it was a one way ticket, not sure exactly why
So he started rockin', ain't never gonna stop
Gotta keep on rockin', someday gonna make it to the top

And be a juke box hero, got stars in his eyes, he's a MAGICK juke box hero
Magick Juke box hero with a pentacle in his eyes, You'll be sure!

After that happened, we talked about famous people playing The Doctor, XBox turns your wall into a TV, a Steam Box! a real Steam Box (with Linux!), people trying to sneak dumb things on planes, the bacon TV show comes to air, bacon jerky, the biggest thing ever found in space, and a Norwegian Mars space colony!  I'll say it again...get your ass to Mars!

In this week's rant and review, we watch the series premiere of Lost Girl.  Is it trying too hard not to be Canadian?  Is it really a good idea to make friends with a succubus you just met

Check out our forums for show notes. 

Music brought to you by I Fight Dragons, help the world support them at ifightdragons.com, purchase their CD KABOOM! on Amazon.

Music during the show is by Andrew Allen, you can purchase the CD Smooth Federation on Amazon.

Email us at [email protected], subscribe on iTunes, or find us on Stitcher (use code tadpooltech and hellp us out a bit).

This episode brought to you by SQUARESPACE.  Want a quick, easy, professional or fun website or blog? Want an amazing host for your podcast? Try Squarespace free for 15 days (no credit card needed), then take 10% off of your first order!

Geek IO is also brought to you by Tweaked Audio! 7 colors, 7 types, ultra durable AND sound AMAZING! Both with and without microphones as well, so you can sound awesome on your iPhone, Galaxy S3, Nexus 4 or pretty much ANYTHING else! Use the code "GEEK" at checkout to get 1/3 off AND free shipping!

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(Repost) Geek IO episode 1: Castles Made of Hot Tubs are not Super Fruity Gay!

This week on the VERY FIRST episode of Geek I/O, we were joined by two very lovely guests...very lovely indeed. The so-talented-you-can’t-stand Ali Spagnola, and our favorite lady geek southern belle, Marlissa Doss!  Ali teaches us about all the delicate nuances of this thing called a power hour, and Marlissa explains to us why James Bond sucks!

We discuss the many things we did while we were away enjoying the holidays, and all the shiny loot we pillaged from the scurvy sea dogs...or got for Christmas.  Either way.

We (we being CJ) decided that in lieu of a normal Rant and Review, we would rant and review the entire frickin' year of 2012.  Oh yeah.  Were there enough comic book movies to satisfy?  How was Apple's first year without Jobs?  Windows 8...yeah...Windows 8.  Did the Mayans let us down?  Remember landing a rover on mars?  A dude skydiving from space?  Yeah, that happened.  What were our favorite shiny gadgets?  Our favorite episodes of Tadpool Tech?  Come hear our best (and worst) of 2012!

Tadpool Tech may have been put to pasture, but Geek I/O shall rise from the ashes!  Join us, won't you, for this and more mythical creature references!

Check out our forums for show notes. 

Music brought to you by I Fight Dragons, help the world support them at ifightdragons.com, purchase their CD KABOOM! on Amazon.

Music during the show is by Andrew Allen, you can purchase the CD Smooth Federation on Amazon.

Email us at [email protected], subscribe on iTunes, or find us on Stitcher (use code tadpooltech and hellp us out a bit).

This episode brought to you by SQUARESPACE.  Want a quick, easy, professional or fun website or blog? Want an amazing host for your podcast? Try Squarespace free for 15 days (no credit card needed), then take 10% off of your first order!

Geek IO is also brought to you by Tweaked Audio! 7 colors, 7 types, ultra durable AND sound AMAZING! Both with and without microphones as well, so you can sound awesome on your iPhone, Galaxy S3, Nexus 4 or pretty much ANYTHING else! Use the code "GEEK" at checkout to get 1/3 off AND free shipping!

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Tadpool Tech is now Geek I/O!

Hello everyone!'

I know you all loved Tadpool Tech, so did we! But, there are times when things must make a change, and this is a new year, and we are a new cast! Geek I/O! "Put Geek in, and Geek out!" We have a new site, www.geek-io.com, a new email, [email protected], and some new love! 

 

Do you subscribe on iTunes? We'll run everything on the old Tadpool Tech link for a while, but will eventually transfer everything over to the new feed, which will be submitted before the first official episode of Geek I/O on Jan 9th (doing a 2012 review with Ali Spagnola AND Marlissa Doss, LIVE!) for right now, go ahead and use the old TT stuff (amazon, etc.) until we get everything switched over, which should be before the 9th of Jan.

Tadpool Tech! Episode 55: “We're Crazy and Very Nice”

This week we doubled up on our guestitude for a geeky end of the year fun time.  We are joined by the precious Mary Lang and pedantic Kirby Bartley-Sloan from the 20MB Dr. Who Podcast.  So, grab your companion and your sonic screwdriver, because things are about to get geeky.

We discuss Dr. Who (go figure), Ingress, public domain books for your Kindle, Instagram hullabaloo, humble indie bundle time again, Lindsey Stirling smashing pots, a Canadian invisibility cloak, Google makes finding porn a little harder (that's what she said), and a song about bacon!  Plus!  The gang takes a few minutes to get a little serious and reflect on the Sandy Hook Elementary tragedy.  Hugs, love, and happy thoughts to all effected by that terrible event.  Don't worry about things getting too serious though.  We get things lightened back up with a reading of 50 Shades of Gray by George Takei.  Yeah, you read that right.

In this week's Rant and Review, we watch 2000's Battle Royale.  Did The Hunger Games totally rip it off?  What will you learn from the "How to fight to the death" instructional video?  Will math help you win the Battle Royale?  What does the creepy painting mean?  Can anything stop Japanese Johnny Depp?

Join us in this fight to the death!  Podcast to the death?  I dunno.  Come at me, bro!

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Tadpool Tech! Episode 54: “In a Castle Made of Money, Touching Butt”

This week on Tadpool Tech, were are joined by the jack-off champion of the world, Adam Jones.  He's this guy from the Sound the Alarm Podcast.  It's a pretty rad show...or maybe it's terrible.  I forget.  You should definitely check it out though.

This week we discuss indie games, Ready Player One, the new iPod Touch, free broadband internet from FreedomPop, a move toward less vague patents, a Serenity lego set you can buy, space colony designs from the 70's, the brontosaurus doesn't exist, the iOS Pokedex, new XBOX apps, and the quickly approaching extinction of ninjas.  Plus!  China gets a doomsday vacation!

In this week's Rant and Review, we watched Indie Game: The Movie.  This documentary follows the developers of the games Braid, Super Meat Boy, and Fez as they work intensely hard to deliver their vision of a video game to the world.  Will their hard work pay off?  Will they lose their minds in the process?  Can you survive on Doritos and insulin?  Are they mad geniuses or brilliant artists?  Both?

Join us in the maddness, won't you?  The princess is in another castle made of money.

 

ELP US OUT! CHECK OUT OUR KICKSTARTER! WE ARE LOOKING TO START UP NEW PODCASTS!

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Music brought to you by I Fight Dragons, help the world support them at ifightdragons.com, purchase their CD KABOOM! on Amazon.

Music during the show is by Andrew Allen, you can purchase the CD Smooth Federation on Amazon.

Email us at [email protected], subscribe on iTunes, or find us on Stitcher (use code tadpooltech and hellp us out a bit).

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TADPOOL TECH! EPISODE 53: "THE HAMMER IS MY PENIS"

This week on Tadpool Tech, we are joined by the illustrious Alludra of "Battle Pets with Alludra and Kephas" and the AIE podcast.  She took time out of her busy schedule to hang out with us dorks and get yelled at by the soundboard.  Crazy, goofy, fun times were had.

We discussed World of Warcraft (go figure), scary zombie games, a sad farewell to City of Heroes, a petition to the White House for the U.S. to build a Death Star, RedBox Instant is coming...eventually, a robot swims across the ocean, Amazon's kid-friendly-all-you-can-eat buffet, Netflix scores Disney, 3D printing moon rocks, and a gingerbread Millenium Falcon.  Plus!  U.S. plans to blow up the moon!

In this week's Rant and Review, we took a look at "Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog" because the status is not quo.  Will Jarred A's obsession with Dr. Horrible color his review?  Why shouldn't you bounce the wonderflonium?  Why is Penny so boring?  Why is Neil Patrick Harris so awesome?  What would you do if you got a call from Joss Whedon?  Is the only doom that's looming is you loving us to death?  Take a sec to catch your breath.

Will you join us in our bid to join the Evil League of Evil?  We do the weird stuff!

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Tadpool Tech! Episode 52: "Every Time you Pet your Snake, your DSL Dies"

This week Tadpool Tech turns one year old!  It's been a wild and crazy ride, we've come a long way, and we're looking forward where this next year will take us.  In celebration of our one year anniversary, we had a very distinguished (or something like that) guest of honor.  The man who inspired us to start this podcast, Mr. Scott Johnson.  Many thousand thanks to you, sir, for taking time out of your very busy schedule to hang out with us nerds.

We discuss dead bodies in rivers, CJ and Rachel's new shiny, bad movie adaptations of novels, a tiny new Wii, NASA's plans to build a warp drive, a prequel to Hitchcock's Psycho that somehow takes place after the original, Joesph Gordin-Levitt is Batman, Apple's maps manager gets pink slipped, and Google's Ingress.  Plus!  Scott Johnson pets his snake!

On this week's Rant and Review, we watch "The Wild and Wonderful Whites of West Virginia" at the suggestion of Mr. Scott Johnson.  Are their antics funny or sad?  Do they remind CJ a little too much of his family?  Do they remind Jarred a little too much of his family?  Is Jesco White Charlie Sheen with a beard?  What would you do at your rehab party?  Can a man survive being shot in the face twice with a shotgun?

All this and more on the one year anniversary show of Tadpool Tech!  Join us, won't you?  Just don't listen to the first episode.  Please.  Don't ever listen to episode one.

ELP US OUT! CHECK OUT OUR KICKSTARTER! WE ARE LOOKING TO START UP NEW PODCASTS!

Check out our forums for show notes. 

Music brought to you by I Fight Dragons, help the world support them at ifightdragons.com, purchase their CD KABOOM! on Amazon.

Music during the show is by Andrew Allen, you can purchase the CD Smooth Federation on Amazon.

Email us at [email protected], subscribe on iTunes, or find us on Stitcher (use code tadpooltech and hellp us out a bit).

This episode brought to you by SQUARESPACE.  Want a quick, easy, professional or fun website or blog? Want an amazing host for your podcast? Try Squarespace free for 15 days (no credit card needed), then take 10% off of your first order by using tadpooltech11 AND Amazon, you can shop for ANYTHING on Amazon.com by clicking the banner on our site!

 

 

 

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Psychonauts Review by Raul

  Psychonauts is an action adventure third person plat-former. Created by Double Fine, it was released in April of 2005 for Xbox, playstation, and Windows.  It received very high reviews; unfortunately the sales did not reflect the greatness of this entertaining, unique, and fun game. Psychonauts is about a summer camp for kids’ psychic powers, which is used to train them on how to use their psychic powers. The game is centered on a boy named Razputin (Raz for short) who runs away from his acrobatic circus family to begin his training to be a psychic secret agent. 

  Raz joins other kids whom also share in having special psychic powers, at whispering Rock Psychic Summer Camp.  Raz is tasked with completing all the summer camps’ psychic training and earn merit badges which allow him to use his psychic powers.  So how do you train at a summer camp for psychics?  You astral project yourself into the camp counselors’ minds and enter a completely unique zone.  The first part of the game is getting your basic psychic powers which are used to find clues to an unraveling mystery of strange dreams and missing kids.  Psychic powers include psi blast, levitation, invisibility, and many others which are either unlocked by completing training levels, found merit badges, or by increasing your psi level.  Psychonauts is a one of the most unique games I have ever played.  Each mind you enter is completely different from each other (no two are the same).

  The minds you enter range between a war zone, to a groovy dance party, to being a giant rampaging Godzilla style monster. Combat can be customized by setting the psi power to one of three hot keys.  Set an enemy on fire from a distance, or get up close and hit them with a psychic punch.  Every npc in this game is fully voiced and has their own personality to interact with.  The music sets the tone of each zone perfectly.

  If you want a game that offers something different in a sea of sequels, or a just want to have some fun with a retro game, pick up Psychonauts on Steam for Windows and Macs at the low cost of only $10, and at the Xbox 360 marketplace for just 800 msp. This game is also available on the Playstation 2, so check your local bargain bins.