Originally released in 1991, Toejam and Earl were the original Hip-Hopping, funky-aliens. A sort of underwhelming game back in the day gets re-released on Xbox live arcade, not just one but two games, ToeJam & Earl and Toejam & Earl in Panic on Funkotron. With some changes made and the re-release on XBLA is it as good as you remember or does this collection deserve to phone home?
This week on the ParaNerds Podcast they speak about Pac-Man Championship Edition (iOS), The Impossible Game, Dog Pile (iOS) L.A. Noire, Resident Evil 2, Oddworld Abe’s Exodus, Lion King 3D, 50/50 and how Kevin likes Hitler (apparently). They also gush about Metal Gear Solid HD Collection along with news (see below) and new releases. Also they both talk about some of the best controllers from 1977 to 1981 and also speak about Video games and Society Part 2.
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People seem to forget that controllers are usually the hit or breaking point of a video game console. From having something as simple as a pause menu to something else like a D-pad. I feel like taking some time to talk about some of the best and worst controllers and comparing them to what was out at the time. We’ll be going by generation and comparing all the controllers of the MAJOR consoles (Sorry Jaguar fans).
With what seems to be a million peripherals on consoles these days it’s hard to forget that these things are not necessarily new. Sure some of them today may seem very innovated and unique but we seem to forget that the following peripherals have been attempted before. Most, if not, all of these products have been tried before and failed or just didn’t have a big enough bang. Either because the technology wasn’t there yet or the market wasn’t ready for such nonsense . Like hipsters wearing clothing from the 70′s all this has been done before. Such as…
With all the problems the PlayStation 3 has been ensuring as of now I thought we can look at the positive things of this generations consoles.
People have been moaning about a lot of different things (myself included) about any lags via online of even the Nintendo’s friend codes. People are unhappy with the storage space on the Nintendo Wii and people are unhappy with some of the prices on Xbox live. The PSP is considered a joke and the Nintendo 3DS does not have a big line up. But some things this generations of consoles do offer, are pretty intuitive and we can’t imagine living without them now such as:
This week on the ParaNerds podcast they speak about Paperboy for IOS, Game Dev Story for IOS, God of War 3, Bayonetta, African Cats, Thor along with new releases and News (see below). The Paranerds also go over the latest Top Ten; the Top Ten Disney Games and Kevin finally got his hands on Mortal Kombat and the two review it.
When a Movie or a TV show tries to make a video game based on the movie or TV show it usually really sucks. I mean look at The Simpsons games for example. The Simpsons have been around forever and there are really only three decent games out of a possible 300. Virtual Bart was OK, Simpsons Hit and Run was alright and The Simpsons Game actually stood out from the rest. The Simpsons based games aren’t good at all but there is one company that manages to knock it out of the park all the time. That company is of course Disney. They have many, many games based on their wonderful selection of characters and TV shows. So we at Paranerds.com present the Top Ten Disney Games.
