http://bigredpotion.thegamereviews.com Refreshing discussion of what matters in gaming Thu, 19 Nov 2009 18:29:10 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Yeah, you guys have had to deal with a lot of delays recently, and for that I apologize. Unfortunately things seem to be coming down on Joe and me at the moment - he had some family things to deal with this weekend and wasn't able to appear on the show. As for me, I'm still ... http://bigredpotion.thegamereviews.com/?p=1015 Axel & Pixel has the right ingredients. It's an indie game released on the Xbox Live Arcade Marketplace, a platform which helped Braid achieve commercial and critical success. Like the mind-bending Braid, it has an unusual take on a gaming staple, in its case the point-and-click genre. Like And Yet ... http://bigredpotion.thegamereviews.com/?p=1002 Every now and then, a game will catch you so off guard that you won't know what to make of it. To that effect, Darkest of Days is one of the most bewildering first-person shooter experiences that I've ever had. The plot setup is ace, with a soldier from Custer's ... http://bigredpotion.thegamereviews.com/?p=910 Sorry guys, but I'm afraid there isn't going to be a Big Red Potion episode this week - you'll have to find your aimless, video game-related rambling somewhere else until next Monday. Last week's BRP went up on Friday rather than the usual Monday, and this was because Joe had to step in to do ... http://bigredpotion.thegamereviews.com/?p=989 With the release of the latest GTA episode, Sinan & Joe have lassoed the Digital Cowboys, Alex Shaw and Tony Atkins, onto the show to discuss The Ballad of Gay Tony, the maturity of the Grand Theft Auto series, and how the media continues to point at Rockstar's epic as ... http://bigredpotion.thegamereviews.com/?p=969 As Halloween approaches, there's a real horror show of a Big Red Potion waiting for your listening enjoyment. Joe and Sinan welcome back regular podcast monster Eddie Inzauto, and Eddie's brought along his GamerNode pal Jason Fanelli to talk horror games. Specifically, this week's show takes a look at a quote ... http://bigredpotion.thegamereviews.com/?p=956 Since I was unable to join Joe, Jeff and Xan on last week's fine episode of Big Red Potion which was all about Uncharted 2, I thought I would share a few, can't-sleep-and-it's-now-early-morning-already thoughts. Hope you enjoy. Is there such a thing as too much action in an action game? ... http://bigredpotion.thegamereviews.com/?p=941 This week's adventurous episode is all about Uncharted 2: Among Thieves, as Joe welcomes everyday superstars Xantiriad and Jeffrey Matulef to talk about the ins and outs of Nathan Drake's biggest journey. Unfortunately, Joe's abandoning of Sinan in an ancient temple has left him unable to make this week's show. ... http://bigredpotion.thegamereviews.com/?p=932 This post marks the return of Surplus, the official outtake reel of Big Red Potion. With it comes an explanation for the very confusing title above, as well as boob talk and a bout of marble-mouthed sputtering. [podcast]BRPSurplusTheOnlyPodcastOutThereCurrentlyTalkingAboutUnrealTournament.MP3[/podcast] http://bigredpotion.thegamereviews.com/?p=860 Sinan and Joe welcome back returning guests Adam Standing, Senior Editor at Game People, and everyone's favourite Paul Rooney - who has some exciting news for us during the show. But this week there's five peeps in the pod because Sho & Joe were also lucky enough to be joined by ... http://bigredpotion.thegamereviews.com/?p=912