Stage Clear 15 - Season Finale

Submitted by Perrin on Sun, 31/05/2009 - 14:31

Eeek, our last episode comes a whole 4 days late. We've been partying it up to celebrate finishing our first season. So much in fact we forgot to record, edit and upload the final episode for you. Still no use crying over spilt chips.

In our season finale we cover moral choices in video games talking about inFamous, Mass Effect and Fallout 3. In bollocks of the week we look at a particularly stupid E3 rumour. In You Shouldn't Play This I defend the new Bionic Commando game and Rob tears apart the new Darkfall MMO. And in reader's comments we get into a fuss about Assassin's Creed.

So that's it. Well sort of. We'll be back next week with an E3 special and we'll be back again for another regular season of the show in roughly 2 months time.

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Welp, I've enjoyed the hell

Submitted by Agent_grey on Tue, 09/06/2009 - 00:02.

Welp, I've enjoyed the hell out of this. Thanks for a free show for 15 weeks. I can only hope for more swearing and verbal abuse in general towards both us as listeners and games in general. Also mix in some praise for the games somewhere along the line to balance it out.

But not the listeners, Never praise them. Or they will get ideas above their stations and we cant have that!

Not only am I playing the

Submitted by chooban on Tue, 02/06/2009 - 11:40.

Not only am I playing the part of a victim of domestic abuse, I'm playing the part of an uncredited victim of domestic abuse. I'd like to think that was intentional but that would mean malice and forethought on the part of Perrin. Oh. Right.

Good show lads, sort the volume. I had to turn that one way up on my mp3 player and then my ears bled when I changed to some music afterwards without turning it back down.

'Better' would imply that is

Submitted by Quit on Mon, 01/06/2009 - 00:31.

'Better' would imply that is was superior to the vast majority.
'Alright' would imply that it was average.

Menty loves Jade Ramond.
That's what that means.

*does hand signal for a penis being inserted into a vagina*

It IS better than the vast

Submitted by Mentazm on Mon, 01/06/2009 - 10:48.

It IS better than the vast majority of games to come out this gen, I don't think you realise how much shit games actually come out. I'd say 90% of games released are below average shitefests. Therefore Assasins Creed, being a reasonably good game with good production values is better than most games.

Assassin's Creed: Better than

Submitted by Perrin on Mon, 01/06/2009 - 23:21.

Assassin's Creed: Better than Army of Two and Kane & Lynch so cut it some slack!

You should work in PR.

It's mathematically

Submitted by Rob on Mon, 01/06/2009 - 13:58.

It's mathematically impossible for 90% of games to be below average. Just sayin' :)

Math is hard

Submitted by Mentazm on Thu, 04/06/2009 - 22:09.

Math is hard

I haven't played it. It looks

Submitted by Quit on Mon, 01/06/2009 - 11:47.

I haven't played it.

It looks alright, but ultimately a bit hollow.
I don't even own an Xbox.

I didn't say AC's one of the

Submitted by Mentazm on Sun, 31/05/2009 - 20:33.

I didn't say AC's one of the BEST, I said it's one of the better. It's above average, and to me that's one of the better games. Have a look at my 360 gamercard - I have played some proper shit, Army of Two, Kane and Lynch, Wheelman, Pimp My Ride, etc, etc. There is no way I'd rate it alongside those games. But I'd never rate it up there with Bioshock/Fallout/Flower/etc/etc.

I'm not sure I'd call "middle

Submitted by Perrin on Sun, 31/05/2009 - 20:39.

I'm not sure I'd call "middle of the road" games the better games. To me you've got the worst games, the best and the shit in the middle which is where it sounds like you place Assassin's Creed. I think "better" is a strange tag.

I don't care what you say,

Submitted by Quit on Sun, 31/05/2009 - 17:27.

I don't care what you say, I'm going to download Stage Clear next week anyway.
See if I don't.