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Duke Nukem Forever First Access Club Code March 16, 2011

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Here’s what you been waiting for all day! This code will grant it’s user First Access Club status for Duke Nukem Forever, with the promise of early access to the demo when it’s avalible. Instructions on how to input the code are in the announcement article. Whoever can redeem it first gets it.

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I please ask that whoever does redeem the code successfully first please post a comment that they were able to get it so I can take it down. When you do that I recommend not posting under your email address to protect your anonymity.

Podcasting March 16, 2011

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I’ve been thinking about creating a simple podcast for this site for a few weeks now.  I have the hardware and the software to do it already and have for some time, and I knew in advance that the site’s backend tools will support audio playback.  The only thing that had up until this point been holding me back was the fact I don’t know RSS or how to build an iTunes compatable RSS feed so it can be listed for iPod/Pad/Phone playback, and if you can’t have that, then what’s the point of calling it a podcast?

So last night, diskreader117 and I recorded our first podcast.  It turned out pretty good with some minor audio background errors that were forgivable (and entirely the fault of other people who were interrupting it).  File size was a tiny 15mb file, and it was a hair under 30 minutes in length.

The problem is that while my site does support podcasting through various formats, my hosting provider does not.  Even though I’m sitting on 3GB of storage space, WordPress does not allow any audio files to be uploaded for podcast purposes unless you buy at least 2GB more.  Their reasoning is completely lost on me.

So unless a bunch of money decides to fall out of the sky, or I have a change of heart, unfortunatly I’m not going to be able to host a podcast on this site.  I’m very sorry to everyone, it’s something I wanted to do, but the decision is out of my hands.

Batman: Arkham City Gameplay Trailer March 16, 2011

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The first gameplay trailer for Batman: Arkham City, the sequel to Batman: Arkham Asylum, has been released.  This new trailer intercuts in-game cutscenes with actual gameplay footage played over a licenced song and it is just fantastic.

New characters making their first video debuts for the game include Catwoman and Two-Face.  Of course you also get to see snippets of Harley Quinn, The Joker and Dr. Hugo Strange.

The gameplay looks almost identical to how the first game played, however there is the added bonus of the larger percentage of outdoor enviroments than there were in the first game.  From what I’m seeing in the trailer, Batman’s glide is more important than ever.

I combed through the trailer a few times and didn’t catch any snippets of the Riddler even though he has been confirmed to make an appearance in the game.  That dissapointed me because I have heard musings that there as a Riddler teaser trailer shown to the press during PAX.  If that does surface I’ll be sure to post that up too.

Batman: Arkham City is coming October 18th, 2011 for the PC, Xbox 360 and PS3.

Prey 2 Teaser Trailer Revealed March 16, 2011

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In this live action teaser trailer for the recently announced Prey 2, you see what could very well be what was going on inside the airplane that crash landed into the Sphere in the very first game, and just how normal things were before everything went to hell.

Prey 2 is being developed by Human Head Studios and published by Bethesda.  It is likely to show at this year’s E3.  Prey 2 is coming in 2012 for Xbox 360, PC  and PS3.