The MaldenCast 522

The Short Battery Life Edition

This week, we get our hands on the 3DS. We build it up, tear it down and let you know how we really feel about the first major hardware release in over four years.

Sure, we talk about other things too.

iPhone pick of the week: Lane Splitter

Wanna help Japan in a gamer related way?  Play For Japan (@PlayForJPN)

All this and more! Do you like ‘ums’ AND ‘uhs’? You came to the right place!

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The MaldenCast 521

The Ski Patrol Edition

This week the gang carves their way through the powdery slopes of video game land.

Ian shreds the double black diamond of text adventures, on his way toward the 3DS launch.

Chad emerges from the lodge with a hot toddy and tales of faulty motorcycles.

Mike negotiates the moguls of Dragon Age, Swarm, Full House Poker and the fresh powder of WWE All-stars.

And Steve is a miserable pile of secrets. (sorry the metaphor was already wearing thin.)

iPhone pick of the week: Disc Drivin’ And the runners up: Surveillant , Robot Wants Kitty and Forget Me Not.

Wanna help Japan in a gamer related way?  Play For Japan (@PlayForJPN)

All this and more! Do you like ‘ums’ AND ‘uhs’? You came to the right place!

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The MaldenCast 520

IT’S THE LIBYANS Edition

This week, Peter rejoins the gang to talk about anime and his comic.
Ian talks about Libya and his Grandma (We suspect there’s a connection).
Steve talks Arnold and Nerd Bait.
And Mike, talks about feeding the needy and laments the earthquake in New Zealand. Because he CARES harder than you do.

Games Discussed: Dead Space 2, Battlefield 3, Captain Commando (!?), Jurassic Park and Dead Island.

iPhone pick of the week: Tiny Wings

All this and more! Do you like ‘ums’ AND ‘uhs’? You came to the right place!

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The MaldenCast 519

The Super High Energy Edition

We found this episode lying around on the Malden HQ floor.
We slobber all over the greatest show on TV: Community.
Steve is Hard Corps. Ian is _____? And Mike is in (Dead) Space.

All this and more! Do you like ‘ums’ AND ‘uhs’? You came to the right place!

iPhone pick of the week: Cover Orange

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The MaldenCast Episode 518

The ‘Don’t Call It A Comeback’ Edition

We’re back! And we’re rusty. BUT we plan on doing this regularly again.

This episode Steve goes to Sundance, Ian goes skiing and Mike is obviously hiding something.

We talk about the coming handheld war: 3DS vs. PSP2 (NGP(WTFBBQ))

Also we talk about Bulletstorm, Crysis 2 and we get all old man about the state of online multiplayer.

All this and more! Do you like ‘ums’ ‘uhs’? You came to the right place!

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Infinity Blade Review

The sun is struggling, held at bay by voluminous clouds. Yet, it succeeds in illuminating a breath-taking landscape in which a sepia-toned castle, perched upon mossy cliffs, looms in the distance. A lone, armor clad figure stands on a rocky precipice. Although there is a longing to explore this gorgeous world, it is not this hero’s fate.

‘Tis The Season For Free Apps!

The Appvent Calendar is back this year and how! This year it kicks off with the delightful ‘Time Geeks: Find All!’. The game is a hidden object game rendered in pixel art. It has a neat sense of humor and Game Center support if that’s important to you. After playing the first level it would be easy to recommend this as a must buy but it’s free for today only so go get it!

Also, prolific App Store publisher Gameloft is doing a similar promotion through Twitter. Their first free offer? ‘Driver‘, the awesome  PS One game. I haven’t been able to confirm if the movie making mode, which made the original a classic, is in this port. Check it out though, it’s FREE!

So follow Gameloft on Twitter and Check the Appvent Calendar daily so you can lavish yourself with daily gifts, for nothing!

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Now, For Something Completely Different

Mega Man Legends 3!

In the wake of the 3DS press conference (February 26 2011/$299 in Japan), Capcom let slip news of a new installment in the Mega Man Legends series. If you played the previous games, you know they were serviceable Zelda clones. Not the tight platforming and twitch gameplay you expect from a Mega Man game but the game served up oodles of personality.

The chance to revisit the world and art style of those previous games makes this announcement pretty exciting. Also check out the video below to see how Keiji Inafune plans to approach this game differently.