A good news filled episode of The Bender is here for you this week. Well, good news if you exclude pretty much anything having to do with Activision. Other than the devil talk, we touch on that games as art silly debate briefly, talk of the greatness that is Crytek, the good things the ECA does do (they aren’t all bad), and so much more. Enjoy!
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We have been gaming on: Rock Band 2 (Xbox 360/PS3), Red Faction (Xbox 360), The Conduit (Wii), TMNT Turtles in Time (XBLA), Elder Scrolls Oblivion (Xbox 360), Duke Nukem 3D (XBLA)
The Bender on All Games Radio? Hell yeah!
“Games as Art” or “Destructoid’s Anthony Burch vs. David Jaffe” Talk
NEWS:
First-Hand Rumor Regarding Potential Tony Hawk: Ride Delay
Double Fine, Activision Settle Brutal Legend Lawsuit.
Call of Duty 4 Coming to Wii, to be Ported by Treyarch
Retired Army Lieutenant Colonel Suggests “Detox” for Game Players…in which our very own Mr James Walker gladly accepts
List of Xbox 360 “Games on Demand” coming August 11th.
Crytek Threatens to Leave Germany if Violent Games are Banned
Protesters Planning to Protest Army’s Video Game Recruitment Center… Again
ECA Wants YOU to Tell Congress that Net Neutrality is Good
Guitar Hero: Van Halen gets full track list, release date
Bobby Kotick is STILL The Devil…
QUICKIES
Six Days in Fallujah Dev Sees Layoffs
StarCraft II Delayed. The World Goes Dark
Microsoft has the AUDACITY to License a Song Used in a PS3 Game! That cute song from LittleBigPlanet? Yeah, it’s used in an Xbox 360 ad. Surely it is the END OF DAYS!
I consider myself a huge Jet Grind Radio fan and even I have not completely finished the game. I’m holding out for the XBLA release. It’s also because I’m too lazy too hook the Dreamcast back up, but…yeah…