PG Reviews: Limbo

July 25th, 2010

PlayDead’s Limbo is the opening act of the 2010 Xbox 360 Summer of Arcade, and boy is it going to be a tough act to follow. 2008’s Braid showed us that side scrollers can still pull weight on modern consoles, and Limbo does the same. It is creative, challenging, and very well designed. Actually, it’s such a unique experience that it’s very difficult to describe. I’ll try to keep this review short.

Limbo is entirely done in black and white. It’s a bold choice that pays off. The atmosphere is fantastic, and I absolutely could not get enough. The game even plays with shadow and light in some of its puzzles. At one point you navigate a slowly tumbling room when all you can see is the small area illuminated by a swinging light. During a less frantic sequence you follow a faintly glowing butterfly into an otherwise pitch-black cave.
Although there is no text or dialogue in the game, the sound effects and very subtle ambient music set a really fantastic mood.

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Beta Opinions

May 23rd, 2010

The Halo: Reach Public Beta is coming to a close. It has been a fantastic two weeks in the world of Halo, and I’ve turned to the members here at the PraetoriaGuard for their opinions of the Beta.

Let’s talk weapons. What is your favorite new gun in the Reach Beta?

Chupa: Plasma Launcher – death cannon – BFG.

Reeses Puffs: I guess I’d have to say… the Needle Rifle? Some days, I just can’t pull off a headshot to save my life. But with this gun, they’re not just unnecessary, it even rewards you with a lovely explosion when you don’t finish your opponent immediately via the skull.

Neanderthal: The pistol. It may not be “new,” but the way it works is perfect – I can see this being extremely powerful when I’ve had enough experience with it.

ChazFox: Definitely the Pro Pipe. There’s nothing more satisfying than taking down a Banshee with an EMP nade. Yes, I’ve done it.

Luftwaffles: Well, there are wide variety on guns that are new, or revamped, in Halo: Reach. IF I had to pick one though, I’d say that the Needle Rifle is one of the coolest guns; filling your enemy full of needles and watching them go “BOOM” is fulfilling, BUT my favourite gun is the DMR.

Crabbo: Plasma Launcher. What is cooler than sending loads of plasma grenades towards your opponent. Can anyone say catch?

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PG Podcast: Episode 8

February 8th, 2010

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Hey look, it’s Season 2 of the PG Podcast! We’re back from our break with a fresh new face. Lrd Van Helsing joins us for the Podcast today and we discuss Reach, more Reach, a bit more of Reach and then we touch on the subject of “Mac Gaming.” Like that’s even a real thing! This podcast clocks in at 29 minutes and 3 seconds and shows off our new theme song in the process!

Like always make sure you subscribe to our podcast on iTunes and our RSS feed but you can download it directly below.

Link: http://upload.praetoriaguard.com/PGPodcast/PG-Podcast-Episode-8-Hi.mp3 (Right-Click: Save As)

Hosts:
Crabbo
ILuftWafflesI
Lrd Van Helsing (Guest)
Eisen Feuer (Guest)

Forza Montage 1.0 (RIP Leppak)

January 22nd, 2010

Acid has created a slight demonstration of the awesomeness that is the PraetoriaGuard in Forza3.

Let the face melting begin!

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December 30th, 2009

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We couldn’t believe it, but the guise of our upcoming fake Halo News station was believable enough to convince people NOT to watch our latest media baby, the seventh installment of the long-standing PraetoriaGuard Live! series.

Inside, we meet face to um… communicative end with Gravemind, we stick it to THE MAN, the PG and Tied the Leader square off in Smackafied vs. Xerxdeej, and we do a terrible job making year-old jokes in the most outdated news segment ever made.  OH, and there’s a montage.  Some would say, the best ever made.

We have it in two streaming flavors at the moment,
Quicktime (open the contained file in QuickTime Player, it’s worth the high quality)
Windows Media Player

Also in honor of PG’s 5th…

Podcast episode 7 with guest Eisen Feuer. The making of Episode 7 is discussed and there’s some reminiscing of PG days gone by.

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Link: http://upload.praetoriaguard.com/PGPodcast/PG-Podcast-Episode-7-Hi.mp3 (Right-Click: Save As)

Hosts:

Crabbo

ILuftWafflesI

IAcidRagnarokI