Comments on: Game Junk Podcast Episode #10: Top 10 Games of 2011

By: milath

milath — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 19:31:21 +0000

Good listening as always, you guys. Truly wish I could partake of Uncle Frank’s Retro Lounge. It sounds kickass.

My top 10 of 2011 based on nothing more than how much fun I had with a title. Mostly.

10. Dark Souls
9. Catherine
8. Mortal Kombat reboot
7. Uncharted 3
6. Deus Ex Human Revolution
5. Arkham City
4. Portal 2
3. Bastion
2. Skyrim
and… 1. Dead Space 2

Top 3 could easily be interchanged from day to day, but I really enjoyed DS2 quite a bit. Everything about that game, from the atmosphere (lighting/sound, etc) to the set pieces to the gameplay to the story was great imo. Also, any game that uses the weird ‘skull light’ technique from Big Trouble in Little China is bad ass. Can’t wait to see where they take Isaac in part 3.

MAkE uS wHoLE…

By: Kasper

Kasper — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 18:07:22 +0000

Perhaps. But then again when people come for the first time, they might stick around, listen to older episodes and also try out Film Junk – gamers and movielovers on the Internet is two demographics that usually overlap. It’s worth a shot.

If you’re not interested in submitting it for N4G due to your busy schedule with work and the new addition to the family, I could give it a shot, I’ve used the service numerous times and each time it has resulted in a small bump up in traffic for a little while, so there is a good amount of click-throughs.

By: Sean

Sean — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 16:05:38 +0000

Yeah I admit we haven’t done anything to promote it at all but it’s so irregular that I think it will be hard to build up a following anyway. Plus there are probably even more video game podcasts out there than movie podcasts.

By: Kasper

Kasper — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 15:51:51 +0000

Perhaps you guys need to promote gamejunk a little. Trying to post new episodes on say n4g.com – a “social” gaming site – would get some new people in each time. It’s basically just submitting a link with a synopsis and an image.

By: Sean

Sean — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 15:23:25 +0000

Would love to but that would be a lot more work for a lot less pay off. Game Junk has way less listeners than FJ.

By: Colin

Colin — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 15:04:02 +0000

Have you guys thought about doing premium Game Junk podcasts?

I’m thinking that a System Shock/System Shock 2, Bioshock/Bioshock 2 retrospective would be an awesome way to amp listeners up for Bioshock Infinite.

By: Kasper

Kasper — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 19:02:07 +0000

If you want to enjoy Timothy Olyphant in a videogame you need to buy either Modern Warfare 3 or Turok.

By: patrik

patrik — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 17:42:12 +0000

Really? I was fucking convinced it was Olyphant the whole time. Well that sucks.

By: Blake from Boston, MA

Blake from Boston, MA — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 15:02:49 +0000

Elias Toufexis voiced Adam from Deux Ex: HR, not Timothy Olyphant.

By: patrik

patrik — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 07:20:55 +0000

Yeah, you can get Diablo 2 and expansion for 20 bones on Blizzard.com. Get on it, Sean. =)

I haven’t played Torchlight but I can safely say it’s not as good as Diablo 2. The mood and atmosphere of Diablo is something to behold.

By: fatbologna

fatbologna — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 02:12:36 +0000

The best solution to the camera in Skyrim is to run around and do everything in third person until you have to fight, then click the right stick and fight or pick shit up in first person. Boom.

By: Kasper

Kasper — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 21:08:07 +0000

Sean, why not just buy it from Blizzard themselves via their onlinestore? At any rate Torchlight is nowhere near as good as either Diablo one nor two.