Phoenix Down is hosted by Drew Leachman and Matt Quinn. Each segment focuses on an older game the duo decides upon with another member of the ZTGD crew or special guest. They play through and discuss the mechanics and how well it holds up today. It is the ultimate in backlog elimination.
The boys take some downtime to discuss movies, TV shows, books and games.
Hosts:
Drew Leachman
Matt Quinn
Updated on March 5th, at 14:14: We've updated the list with Real Racing 3.
Shooter
Top pick: Sky Gamblers: Storm Raiders [download]
A deep and exciting World War II flight sim with plenty of dogfighting action.
Phoenix HD [download]
Silverfish [download]
Silverfish Max [download]
Into the Dead [download]
Neon Shadow [download]
Galaxy on Fire 2 [download]
Call of Du...
In Spike Jonzes new movie Her, Joaquin Phoenix is an introverted writer on the verge of divorce who falls in love with his computers intelligent operating system. Exactly how far-fetched or credible you think that is probably depends on how invested you are in technology. It was after all, inspired by the real-life web application Cleverbot, which lets visitors engage in conversations with an AI program; and in a lot of ways the movie is a study of our growing reliance on devices as mediators in our social lives and love affairs. From Siri to Tinder, our smartphones and tablets are simultaneously humansing themselves while mechanising our relationships with other humans. How long before we fall for the devices themselves?
Matthew Milewski writes: "Making its way to western shores after nearly four years, Danganronpa: Trigger Happy Havoc is simultaneously a familiar and fresh experience. Playing Danganronpa oftentimes feels like developer Spike Chunsoft took a lot of the best ideas from Japanese games of the last decade and threw them in a blender, with games like Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney and Persona 4 being the most obvious examples. Its easy to end it there, but Danganronpa is successful at combining its various influences into a game with unique ideas on its mind. Danganronpa is simultaneously dark, cute, and surprisingly relatable, making it one of the best times youre likely to have all year."
The last week of February has quite a few games to get excited for, including titles for both next-gen, last-gen, and PC. There are more than a few indies dropping this week too:
Fractured Soul | PC | Endgame Studios | February 25th, 2014 | $9.99
This 3DS eShop downloadable gets updated for PC gamers, but read our review of the original 3DS version before buying.
Magus - PS3 | Aksys | February 25th, 2014 | $29.99
This game is a mystery to me, but it's developed by the publisher of Virtue's Last Reward, Aksys, so it aims to put down roots with a prisoner blessed with magical abilities. PlayStation LifeStyle posted their review, but things don't look good at all.
Castlevania: Lords of Shadow 2 | Xbox 360, PS3, PC | Konami | February 25th, 2014 | $59.99
Konami and Mercury Steam hope to ease Dracula's pain with another whip-filled adventure. We've played Lords of Shadow 2. Click here for our review.
Tales of Symphonia Chronicles | PS3 | Bandai Namco | February 25th, 2014 | $39.99
This new Tales of collection gives the classic Tales of Symphonia an HD uplift. Click here for our review of the original on GameCube. PlayStation LifeStyle have a review of Chronicles here.
Plants Vs Zombies: Garden Warfare | Xbox 360, Xbox One | February 25th, 2014 | $29.99 | $39.99
We've got green thumbs! Check out our 5/5 review of Garden Warfare.
Thief | Xbox 360, Xbox One, PS3, PS4, PC | Square Enix | February 25th, 2014 | $59.99
Nick Tan gave his thorough review of Eidos Montreal's stealth-action game on Monday.
Fall of the New Age | Playrix | PC | February 26th, 2014 | $6.99
Professor Layton and the Azran Legacy | Nintendo | 3DS | February 28th, 2014 | $29.99
Nintendo have another puzzler for 3DS fans before the hotly anticipated Professor Layton Vs Phoenix Wright cross over arrives. Read our full review of Azran Legacy now.
Major Mayhem | Rocket Jump | PC, Mac, Linux | February 24th, 2014
Procyon | Deadly Red Cube | PC - February 26th, 2014
MelodyÄ‚Ë€â„Ës Escape | Icetesy SPRL | PC - February 26th, 2014
The Yawhg | Damian Sommer | PC | February 27th, 2014
Shadowrun: Dragonfall | Harebrained Schemes | PC | February 27th, 2014
Resident Evil 4 HD PC | Capcom | PC | February 27th, 2014 | $19.99
We're taking this HD update to Resident Evil 4 on PC for a spin. Paul Tamburro wrote our review to find out just how Ultimate this edition of RE4 really is..
ChuckÄ‚Ë€â„Ës Challenge 3D | Niffler Ltd. | PC | February 28th, 2014
Port Royale 3 Gold Edition | Kalypso | PS3 | February 25th, 2014 | $29.99
I was on the Phoenix Project podcast, an affiliate podcast over at The Married Gamers. We talked about Xbox One, Playstation and my recent Xbox One video.
. "Apple will have an incredibly positive economic impact for Arizona and its decision to locate here speaks volumes about the friendly, pro-business climate we have been creating these past four years."
In offering its veto request, Apple joins other opponents of SB1062 including business organizations like The Arizona Hispanic Chamber of Commerce, Arizona Technology Council, Greater Phoenix Economic Council, and the Tucson Hispanic Chamber of Commerce. Others speaking out against the bill include major hotel chains, tourism groups, and ATamp;T.
Brewer has yet to take an official position on the bill, though she's like to make a decision on whether it becomes a law or not sometime this week.
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Updated on March 5th, at 14:14: We've updated the list with Real Racing 3.
Shooter
Top pick: Sky Gamblers: Storm Raiders [download]
A deep and exciting World War II flight sim with plenty of dogfighting action.
Phoenix HD [download]
Silverfish [download]
Silverfish Max [download]
Into the Dead [download]
Neon Shadow [download]
Galaxy on Fire 2 [download]
Call of Du...
