Joystiq Podcast 160 - Get Marky edition

Just because we're past the torrent of new releases for the year doesn't mean we don't have anything to talk about. You still like Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood, right? Well, we're talking about that! Also, there's a Spoiled Rotten for Fable 3 -- you don't wanna miss out on that, do you?

Thanks to Alan Black for the photoshop of which we are almost certainly not worthy.

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Hosts: Justin McElroy (@justinmcelroy), Ludwig Kietzmann (@ludwigk) and Chris Grant (@chrisgrant)
Music: "Like a Hitman, Like a Dancer" by A.C. Newman
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What are you playing?

Justin: AssCreedBroHood, A Christmas Santa Flight
Luddy: Kirby's Epic Yarn, Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit, Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood
Chris: Who remembers?

News:

Xbox Live Rewards program launches

Uncharted movie to star Mark Wahlberg
David O. Russell talks about his vision for the Uncharted movie

Sony: PlayStation Move reaches 4.1 million in worldwide sales [update]
Kinect's global sales reach 2.5 million with the help of Black Friday

Reader Comments (22)

You motherbastards! You had me fiending last week. I honestly had a nightmare this week that Google had created some games division and bought out Joystiq from AOL. Somehow this meeting took place in my deceased grand parents home. It should be noted that I was devastated and spent an hour yelling at the imaginary Google games CEO about firing/causing my favorite Stiq staff to quit. It should be noted that the only person who stuck with imaginary google was Richard Mitchell. You might want to keep an out on that guy.

I see a little silhouetto of a man

@Repo Man

I see a little silhouette of a DSG.

I see Justin, Ludwig, Griffin, and Dana Carvey, but where's Chris?

I'm still waiting for a Batman: AA spoiled rotten.

@Cobra4455 The ending sucked. No need. Great game though. The Croc fight, Bane, Harley, and final Joker were crap though...

@The Wicker Man
You played it on hard, huh? It's kinda cheap on the higher difficulties with the henchmen...

@The Wicker Man hahaha. I just think the core gameplay was so damn good. Zsaz and Scarecrow felt "right" as boss fights. I went from feeling like a predatorial-ninja-bat and being completely immersed in my grim task to feeling like I had reached then end of a "level" In the end the whole of the game is so damn good it outweighs the few bad moments.

Dead Space Girl!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

@Grey

Took me a minute, well hidden.

@Grey
I thought I was cured! It's back! I'm seeing it all over the place again!

Chris takes the mantle away from luddy this week by blending into the photoshop the most perfectly

@juv8f9dafdasl
*stab*

@AltairtheAssassinwhokillstuff Now when you killed him did you make your eagle sound and raise your hand? Either way I am a huge fan or your work. It is art. With peoples...blood and pain....art nonetheless...

thx for playing my voicemail guys, i feel pretty damn cool now. The iPad is ok, hope i didnt come off like a dickhead.

@Soc ...i sure hope dickheads cant come off :/

What happened to the beginning of the podcast?

great show! has justin and chris ever envisioned themselves playing those very parts in Wayne's World?

I don't get Luddy's love for Mass Effect 2. It's not THAT great. The story is good, but it in no way makes up for the average gameplay. It's a bad, dumbed down shooter with a bad, dumbed down RPG element.

@warmonk While I can agree with the average shooting elements, I am absolutely sick of hearing that ME2 had bad RPG elements. What does RPG stand for? Role Playing Game. Not "Put points into strength and agility". Mass Effect lets you play the role of your character better than any other game there is.

What is that classical song he is playing at the intro?

Yay, my dude spout question!

Joystiq Podcast 160 - Get Marky edition

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