Maniac and diskreader Discuss PAX East 2012 April 20, 2012

Maniac and diskreader both give their final thoughts about 2012’s PAX East in Boston.  Maniac from the perspective of a journalist and diskreader from the perspective of a paid attendee.

What did they see?  What did they think?  Are they going back?  Watch the video to find out.

Maniac and Twitch Discuss Xenoblade April 17, 2012

Maniac’s guest Twitch knows classic role playing games like the back of his hand.  While he enjoys modern western RPGs, he grew up playing classic RPGs from Japan, and he has plenty of knowledge and opinions about all of them.  This week with the release of Xenoblade on the Nintendo Wii, Twitch decided to give Maniac a little history lesson on Japanese RPGs and the Xeno-Series.

Maniac and Twitch Discuss Mass Effect 3’s Patch April 16, 2012

People have been having issues with Mass Effect 3 since launch.  Now, Bioware has patched it.  So why is Twitch still crying?  Maniac wants to find out why.

Comic Jumper Captain Smiley Statue Unboxing April 13, 2012

Continuing the post-pax coverage I noticed that there was some popularity to showing off some of the goodies I got at the event.  I’ve wanted a statue of Captain Smiley since first playing Comic Jumper: The Adventures of Captain Smiley.

Twisted Pixel was at PAX East this year showing off Ms. Splosion Man on iPad (which you can read my preview of here) and I decided now was the best time to put down the cash for this.  In fact, the guys at Twisted Pixel were willing to sign it for me free of charge.

Take a look at this high quality gaming collectible!

You can get one of these for yourself on Twisted Pixel’s website.

PAX East 2012 Swag Bag Unboxing April 7, 2012

Maniac got his hands on the official PAX East 2012 swag bag today.  He had been seeing several people walking around with bags since Friday but had been unable to find one for himself until today, and the PAX organizers promise there will be more for people attending on Sunday.

So lets open up this bag and see what’s inside shall we?

Chainsaw – It’s Brad (Live Acoustic) April 7, 2012

Twisted Pixel’s in-house music man Chainsaw performed “It’s Brad” (from their Xbox Live Arcade exclusive game Comic Jumper: The Adventures of Captain Smiley) live and acoustically at PAX 2012.  Give it a watch!

If you want to give the original version of the song a listen, it’s free to download on Twisted Pixel’s official website.  You can also hear it in Comic Jumper: The Adventures of Captain Smiley on Xbox Live Arcade.

iPad 3 Unboxing and Initial Setup With Maniac’s Sister April 3, 2012

Hey gang, for those of you interested in the third generation iPad, we’ve got you covered!

This is the iPad 32GB with 4G LTE Cellular support.  With help from Maniac’s sister, we crack this thing open and run it through the initial iTunes setup process.  We also compare this to an original model iPad in size, shape, weight, speed and picture quality.

Now, we did skip a few steps for purposes of time in the setup process.  Maniac recommends if you previously owned an iPad to load your previous backup into it (otherwise it won’t transfer your Contacts, Calendar, Photos, Notes or e-mail to the new device).

My Date With the Calendar Man – Day 7: April Fool’s Day April 2, 2012

April Fools!

I hope everyone enjoyed the video I posted yesterday!  I figured with so many people enjoying a good April Fool’s Joke I should do my own.  Hope everyone liked my sattire!

But that’s not all that I did on April Fools Day, I also paid a visit to our friend Julian Day, The Calendar Man, at his cell in Arkham City.  Lets see what he has to say today!

The next time he’ll talk to us will be on Mother’s Day!