FraggsCast Episode 5: One, Two Freddy's Coming For You [ 1:13:09 ] Play Now | Play in Popup | Download (100)In this episode, Jace, Eric and Aaron talk about which games coming out by the end of 2011 we’re most looking forward to and which horror movie characters we’d like to see added to Mortal Kombat.
Show Notes:
Hey kids, you want some Half Life Episode 3? Too bad! You’ll take your Counter Strike and like it!
IN OUR HANDS
Jace – Team Fortress 2, More Terraria with the 1.0.6 update, WoW (ashamed) L4D2 vs with Aaron.
Aaron – Mirror’s Edge, Iron Man, Saint’s Row 2
Eric – Red Dead (triple XP weekend), Red Faction Armageddon Path of War DLC, lots of WP7 games (minesweeper, sudoku, ilomilo), and of course more War for Cybertron
MAIN TOPIC
The end of the year is coming and a bunch of awesome games are coming out. What is your most anticipated games between now and the end of the year?
Jace - Skyrim, Batman Arkham City, I was excited about Deus Ex but I’ve been hearing iffy things about it. Torchlight 2, I’ll get to play it multiplayer with my wife! Oh, and the 20 free games I’m getting on my 3DS. Hell yeah, retro paradise!
Aaron - Batman: Arkham City, Battlefield 3, Gears of War 3, Assassin’s Creed: Revelations, Card Hunter
Eric - Uncharted 3, Gears of War 3, Battlefield 3, Rage
NEWS
There’s a minecraft convention coming up. It’s called MineCon Costs $100 to go there in Los Vegas. I hope there will be Minecraft LARPing. (source: http://minecon.mojang.com/)
Steam trading has arrived in beta. You can trade your unused extra copies of games for TF2 hats. A new era of commerce is dawning and our economic woes will be solved. (source: http://www.teamfortress.com/post.php?id=6040 )
Valve has announced CounterStrike Global Offensive, making Half-Life fans even more cyncal than anyone ever thought possible. (source: Counter-Strike: Global Offensive Announcement In Position… and http://kotaku.com/5830426/real-details-on-the-new-counter+strike-from-pros-whove-played-it )
You can sign up for the Gotham City Imposters beta to play as a crappy looking Batman or Joker facsimile with a gun. (source: http://fraggs.net/news/gotham-city-impostors-beta-sign-ups-open-now/ )
Freddy Krueger is now in Mortal Kombat. How awesome is this? What horror characters would you like to see in a fighting game? ( source: http://fraggs.net/news/freddy-krueger-klassic-sub-zero-and-retro-cyber-sub-zero-skins-available-now/ )
HOUSEKEEPING
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Eric – @ninjeestarr
Musical Notes -
Open and Closing music is by TheEternal and is used with permission. You can learn more about his music at http://www.theeternalmusic.com/ and purchase them on iTunes.
Break Music -
New Nightmare on Elm St. (Freddy Krueger) REMIX – Produced by Hastyle Pro. 2009
Nightmare On Elm Street (NES) remix by pianosketcher
