Blown Speakers 21/07/08

This week on Blown Speakers we wrap up the news of E3, discuss Shaun White's drug abuse and we find out that Sean hates movies, all that and more on this week's edition of Blown Speakers.

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Werehog?...what?

So this is a screen from Sonic Unleashed. It is coming out for the Wii, 360, PS3 and PS2. As we all know, Sonic games aren't what they use to be since they went 3D. I think this has to be the worst idea the sonic team has come up with.

The idea with Sonic Unleashed is that Dr. Eggman has used the chaos emeralds on Sonic to give him a curse. During the evening he becomes more like a hedgehog (Werehog?) where he runs around on all fours, knocking down a bunch of enemies and fighting them. This aspect is basically a beat 'em up. The worst part though is that for some reason; the werehog's arms are really stretchy when he is attacking...what?!

Besides that ridiculously stupid aspect, I hear the daytime section of the game is great. It has Sonic running around real world place (like Greece) in 3D and 2D going at extreme speeds, 300 mph is max I hear.

So why would the sonic team come up with such a good game and then ruin it with this stupid aspect. They must be thinking this will add something fresh to the Sonic franchise. Thing is, I can't remember the last time I thought something new with Sonic was good (ex: Sonic Riders). Maybe by doing this, they'll be able to appeal to the hip kids of today? I dunno.

Blown Speakers July 14th 2008

Here is the first Gotta Jet Podcast also known as "Blown Speakers". This week we cover E3 and the Microsoft Press Conference, hope you enjoy it.

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E3'08, My hopes and dreams

Here is my list of games that I hope will be at E3 that we know about and what games I wish would be there.

• Banjo Kazooie Three (360) - I have loved all the Banjo Kazooie games and now with the third one finally announced I'm looking forward to actually seeing more footage as well as some on foot action.
• Rock Band 2 (360) - I'm mainly excited to see the track list and how it will work with the previous title especially with the announcement that all previous downloaded songs (and potentially the original songs from the first one) will work .
• Half-Life Episode 3 (360/PC) - After the conclusion of Episode 2 and the realization that the portal gun will make an appearance will appear in Episode 3 (well the plot of two seems to lead to that conclusion) I'm very excited to see the conclusion as well as if it's packed in with any other games (including potentially Portal 2, or Counter Strike)
• Resident Evil 5 (360) - After a single trailer and my love of the series I really can't wait to see more gameplay information and footage.
• Bioshock 2 (360?) - I find this extremely likely to be announced especially considering that Take Two made the first one so I expect the next one will be announced at this E3.
• Dead Rising 2 (360?) - Capcom has made it quite clear that Dead Rising will have a sequel the real question is when and I figure this E3 will be the one.
• Red Dead Revolver 2 (PS3?/360?) - I almost forgot about how excited I am for this game, although there is no actual evidence it exists besides a trailer for a "Western Themed Game" by the developers of Red Dead Revolver I am very exciting for any quality western game of which Red Dead Revolver one was one of the best.
• Alan Wake (360) - I have no idea what this game will even look like but it's been announced for around 3 years now and I'm still excited for it for a number of reasons, first off it has a dark scary feel to it and a plot that seems very promising and secondly it's made by Remedy who gets props from me for creating one of the greatest games of all time, Max Payne.
• Sadness (Wii) - So this game is one based off of terror and from the brief trailer it looks amazing, in reports the game has been stated to be the scariest game ever and reacts to what it knows will scare you, I am very excited to hear more.

Those are my predications and my hopes for new footage or announcements so we shall see when E3 comes around.

Most anticipated games at E3'08

I thought I would share the games I'm looking forward to most that are going to be shown, or that I hope are going to be shown, at this year's Electronic Entertainment Expo.

• Viva Pinata 2 (360) - I very much enjoyed the first one and with a sequal, let's hope it only gets better.
• Chrono Trigger DS (DS) - I never played the original but I have heard all the hype this game has gotten so it seems worth while to check out.
• Animal Crossing Wii (Wii) - This games hasn't been confirmed at all, but I'm assuming it might, and I hope it does.
• Rock Band 2 (360) - I loved the first, and with this being the first game to have cross game DLC, I cant wait to see what new stuff will be added.
• Prince of Persia (360) - I loved the Sands of Time trilogy and this one just looks insain.
• Soul Calibur IV (360) - I'm a huge fan of this series and though the addition of Star Wars characters makes me cringe, I'm still looking forward to it.
• Mirror's Edge (360) - This game looks very interesting and super cool. With the latest trailor out, it just seems that much better. I'm quite intrigued with this whole "change the way we look at first person" aspect.
  

So those are mine, they're in no specific order but I know sooner or later I will be picking these up, some as soon as September. Chris is to be posting his list up in the next few days.