Joystiq Podcast 119 - Simply2Chaotic edition

The video game release schedule may be winding down, but we're most certainly not, with all the Saboteur, Assassin's Creed 2 and Bayonetta impressions that you crave. Oh, and there's a Blueberry Muffin Tops contest you have to get involved in.

Also, we're in debt to Christopher Schons who made the above totally radical, Dragon Age-inspired artwork. You should go to his site right now and pay him to do things. Here's a bigger version, suitable for framing.

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Hosts: Christopher Grant (@chrisgrant), Justin McElroy (@justinmcelroy) and Ludwig Kietzmann (@LudwigK)

Music: "Gravity (Don't Let Me Go)" by Jon Black, "Red Eye" by Ben Kweller

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See all of this week's links (and what games we played) after the jump.
Whatcha Been Playing?

Justin - The Saboteur
Ludwig - Ghostbuster's Creedonetta
Chris - Assassin's Creed 2

News:

New Medal of Honor promises 'most authentic modern war experience'
Assassin's Creed 2 getting double dose of DLC starting January 2010
Prince of Persia: The Forgotten Sands to continue 'Sands of Time' series
THQ to open new Montreal studio
Games for Windows Live adding Games on Demand beginning Dec. 15

BBMT Contest: http://blueberrymuffintops.malt-o-meal.com/

Reader Comments (40)

Boom first post...thanks twitter

Love that photoshop by the way

photoshop? that shit is REAL!

That picture is amazing. I'm totally hanging it in my office.

That artwork is sweet-ass!

Wow. Original art!?! It opens up a whole new world of fanaticism!

Great blog http://www.joystiq.com/! keep it up

Great artwork. Props to Mr. Schons. Hope to see more of this alongside the hilarious (and creepy) photoshops.

Ok, Love this the artwork, and I am so glad that the podcast is out. I didnt get my fix last week and it was terrible. I know it was a holiday, but I was at least expecting a Dragon Age love fest edition.

Me too!

Puts even the best of shops to shame. Original all the way. Awesome art. Be nice to see a few more by him for future podcasts.

Holy fuckballs, that art is awesome!

Something's missing though: DSG and Bjork as a sexy elf mages...

Nice touch with the BBMTs in Justin's pocket.

"Also, we're in debt to Christopher Schons who made the above totally radical, Dragon Age-inspired artwork. You should go to his site right now and pay him to do things."

Did you guys slip him a little somethin?

Epic. However, I've seen a lot of shawps in my day, and I can say without a doubt that THAT is a shawp.

Also, after commenting God knows how many times on the podcast post, I'm utterly convinced the reason why I haven't been brushed yet is because you guys can't pronounce my name. Racists.

asking to be brushed is a sure way NOT to get brushed!

Shut UP, Wayne...

Dude don't tell Wayne to shut up. Rumor has it he's Batman.

I was severely disappointed last week when there was no Ludwig Kietzmann Dragon Age lovefest podcast. I have yet to listen but i can only hope it will be similar!

Can we all just take a moment to bask in that amazing podcast art? That's just incredible.

We CAN, Ben. The question to ask is, MAY we? Sheesh, 12 years of public education, all for naught.

i was never taught that in school, unless the teacher snooty asshole

Of course you never learned that, you missed out on grammar class.

ah, dammit

moooowwwwww BU BU BU BRUSH WITH FAME... nidilititiyarouuuu.

Paw-yod cast yeeehaw!

love the art great podcast guys.

Amazing art! Chris and Ludwig are easily recognizable, but I love the artistic license he took with Justin's features. This is Brilliance!

I agree with Justin about games that analyze what difficulty you should play right at the start of the game. I did the MW2 thing and it kept telling me regular and I played on Veteran and thought the game was a lot easier than MW1. I didn't have any trouble playing the game.

Thanks for your podcast, it lights up an otherwise dark world

best podcast ever. keep it up!

goddamn I love this podcast!

Hey guys, I hope someone from the Joystiq podcast reads this comment.

I completely agreed with your assessment on Left 4 Dead 2. I absolutely HATED the game. It was so hard that I couldn't even beat a campaign on Normal when I could easily make it through Advanced on L4D1.

I think Valve may have fixed the difficulty in the PC version. A new patch was delivered last night and the game is much easier. Just as an example, here's a game I played today:

2 people didn't talk the entire game
The 1 guy that did talk rushed ahead the whole time
I had a jockey on me and they didnt get it off until it had drained all my health.
We beat Dark Carnival in 37 minutes.

Thank you for bringing back the scream I love so much.

When I heard it again after so long I burst out laughing.
Lets never be apart again.

I know it's not a 'ficial 360 app but you guys should really check out the PlayOn Digital Media Server. It has every video feed you mentioned (hulu, amazon vod, youtube) plus some other great ones like CBS, CNN & ESPN. I started using it about a year ago and it really adds a ton of value to your 360/PS3 console. http://www.playon.tv/playon/

IT'S .. BEAUTIFUL!!

I wouldn't say that. From what they show in the movies when you say that you usually get incinerated.

Wow, you guys really sounded like a bunch of assholes with your rant on pro gaming. I think a lot of people identify more with skilled gamers than a bunch of steroid-filled Neanderthals fighting over a ball.

Glad everyone likes the art! I plan on doing more in the future if I have time.

I rented L4D this weekend and after listening to this podcast I was expecting the game to be extremely difficult, so much so that I suggested to my friends that we should play on easy. Luckily they refused.

Putting my difference of opinion regarding the difficulty aside, I was shock about how the game just felt like an old PC game. I only played the demo for the first game but L4D 2 seems exactly the same apart from added special infected. For the next game I’d like Valve to take this game back to the drawing board and make this game into a zombie survival game instead of the just an FPS were you shoot zombies.

Thats really very interesting pod cast i would say, thanks for sharing this with us, loved reading it. Would like to see more.

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Joystiq Podcast 119 - Simply2Chaotic edition

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