Show: Renegade Ops video review

November 17, 2011 in Featured, Games, PS3, Review, Studio 33, Video, Xbox 360

The two stick shooter has had a massive resurgence lately. Such titles seem to shine ever so brightly when you team up with a buddy or two to bring the pain. Leaving their secret underground base at Studio 33 by land, sea and air, the three rambunctious rapscallions Nathan, Josh and Dave look to decimate a diabolical madman and thwart his evil plans. Read the rest of this entry →

Live Show: Episode 61 – Rage against the id machine

October 20, 2011 in Featured, Live Show

On this week’s show Josh, Dave and Nachos take aim at long awaited id Software shooter Rage. With the industry split, the lads attack both the PC and console versions covering all bases and uncompromisingly break it down. The guys then look at the sexy new Syndicate footage, share their thoughts on season passes, COD Elite and the various speed runs to hit the net this week. Read the rest of this entry →

Show: DLC-Live Episode 60 – Assaulting Ops

October 13, 2011 in Featured, Live Show

This week on DLC-Live, Dave and Josh fly Nachos free as he is away causing chaos in Melbourne. The dynamic duo take on a double-header review of both the new arcade shooter Renegade Ops and also the latest Ace Combat game, Assault Horizon. As a bonus, this develops into a discussion on accessible niche games.  Also, as usual, the boys continue their coverage of the FPS titans as Dave breaks down his experiences with the Battlefield 3 beta and Josh talks about his time with the first few single-player levels of Battlefield 3. Read the rest of this entry →

Show: Bastion video review – Live from Studio 33

September 25, 2011 in Featured, Live Show, PC/Mac, PS3, Review, Studio 33, Video, Xbox 360

There’s something to be said for setting the tone with narration. A rumbling baritone can help serenade the player with its dulcet tones and cement the experience. Case and point? Bastion. Logan Cunningham voices your guide and his voracious velvety vocals vivaciously bring your actions to life as you move through this hacky-slashy RPG world. Plummeting to the Bastion from the lofty heights of Studio 33, the people’s champs Josh, Nathan and Dave work their way through the gorgeously coloured wonderland in an attempt to bring it back to its former glory. Read the rest of this entry →

Video: Your weekly round-up at the Trailer Park

September 23, 2011 in Featured, Video

Every weekend while you’re pining away for the next juicy dose of DLC-Live or one of our Studio 33 episodes, we want to let you know that we haven’t stopped thinking about you either. That’s why we’re giving you unfettered access to the Trailer Park, a hodge-podge smattering of the best gaming videos from the week just past. We take the hard work out and toss them all together in a one-stop shop for your viewing pleasure. Just scan on down and get a gander at the weird, wonderful and wackiest things that have cropped up over the last seven days. Enjoy! Read the rest of this entry →

Show: DLC-Live Episode 56 – Nuts on the Line

September 8, 2011 in Featured, Live Show

This week on DLC-Live Josh, Dave and Nathan decide to nut up or shut up and serve up their predictions for game of the year, looking at the best and worst so far, biggest surprises and what’s still to come. Off the back of the Call of Duty XP event in Los Angeles, the lads take a closer look at COD Elite and Tony and Ridley Scott’s involvement before shifting the focus back onto Deus Ex: Human Revolution and the ridiculous cries of racism. Live viewers get the bonus plan with the latest Studio 33 offering, the Warhammer 40K: Kill Team video review. Read the rest of this entry →

Show: DLC-Live Episode 54 – Justiceless

August 25, 2011 in Featured, Live Show

On this week’s DLC-Live Dave and Josh kick it Platfroms style, soldiering on with a man down with Nachos Justice at Gamescom. The boys get the ball rolling with a look at some of the awesome new videos bursting forth from Gamescom with peeks at Borderlands 2, inFamous 2 DLC and the epic new Battlefield 3 – Caspian Border trailer. Then celebrating XBLA’s Winter of Arcade they review the artsy-farty hacky-slashy Bastion and the brilliant new god-sim From Dust as the little bemused villager below searches for the MIA Nachos. Read the rest of this entry →

Show: DLC double taps XBLA… hold the Nachos

August 21, 2011 in Featured, Live Show

While Nachos is over at GamesCon delivering a mighty smackdown to ze Germans , it’s up to myself and Josh to hold down the fort. As we’re just about to turn the corner for the year and enter the “OMFG what game do I play first?” phase of gaming we thought we’d take a look at two unreal little XBLA releases you may have missed, Bastion and From Dust. Click here to join the chatroom for some fun, discussion and real views on the state of play in the gaming world. Note that the live video will be kicking off 8pm Tuesday AEST on our live page. Read the rest of this entry →

DLC-Live Episode 46 – Ugly Static

June 23, 2011 in Featured, Live Show

This week on DLC-Live, Josh, Dave and Nachos play superheroes and do an epic review of Infamous 2. The lads get technical looking at the game’s story, powers, gameplay and controls, plus they return to the first game to talk about whether Infamous 2 was the game that fans really wanted it to be. Nachos instills the show with its first Power Review for Duke Nukem Forever. Kinect also gets some air time as DLC takes a look at the ‘about bloody time’ announcement of an SDK release that should help evolve the potential of the motion controller. Read the rest of this entry →

DLC-Live Episode 36 – Dwarfless and Elvenfree

March 30, 2011 in Featured, Live Show

This week on DLC-Live, Dave, Nachos and Josh go balls deep into BioWare’s latest RPG spectacular with their super in depth review of Dragon Age II, delving into the differences between it and its predecessor, arriving at a split decision that divides the team. Plus the boys go into renovation mode with a new and improved flow, kicking it old school with a trailer and adding news to the mix, with a focus on the exciting developments of a Warhawk sequel, Duke Nukem Forever’s inevitable delay and the HD re-release of two arguably classic Resident Evil games. Read the rest of this entry →