Rated NA 82: Omega Explosion!! With Mike Gamble

Rated NA 82: Omega Explosion!! with Mike Gamble

From the icy wastes of Canada Rated NA 82 is joined by special guest Mike Gamble of Bioware to talk production, Mass Effect, and the brand spanking new Omega DLC.  We also discuss our Thanksgiving holidays and this year’s door buster madness!   Oh yeah, we do quick reviews of Halo 4, ACIII (ship combat), The Walking Dead: Episode Five, Borderlands 2 DLC, and our buddy Steve’s new film Lincoln!  This episode is filled with more idiocy and explosions than ever before!! EXPLOSIONS!1!!

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The Walking Dead: No Time Left – The Nerd Appropriate Review

The Walking Dead: No Time Left – The Nerd Appropriate Review

Games rarely surprise me these days. It’s not that I’ve become bitter and jaded, quite the opposite really, I still love games, but I’ve been playing a lot of the SAME games of late. Telltale’s The Walking Dead did what no other title could accomplish this year , it genuienly surprised me in the best way possible.

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Walking Dead: No Time Left – The End Is Nigh! (video)

Walking Dead: No Time Left – The End Is Nigh! (video)

Tomorrow, Telltale unleashes the season finale of The Walking Dead, and things are looking grim.  If you haven’t had the opportunity to check out The Walking Dead, you’re missing one of the most innovative and terrifying games in recent years.  On more than one occasion I found myself shouting at the screen while I struggled to hang onto my damp controller.  The tension is palpable and constant, and like the comic book and television series, no one is safe.  No one.

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Girl… You’re Giving Me GERSBERMS! When Memes Come To Life

Girl… You’re Giving Me GERSBERMS! When Memes Come to Life

Memes… From deformed frescoes to awkward teens clutching a pile of author R.L. Stein’s classic works, one can’t help but crack up at the idiocy of it all. Chris Hardwick and Mike Phirman (known as Hard’n Phirm) bring the world famous “Gersberms” meme to life and are joined by Paramore’s Hayley Williams, “The Big Bang Theory”‘s Melissa Rauch, The Muppets’ Swedish Chef and Mr. R.L. Stein himself for some internet gold

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New Mass Effect? Five Things We’d Love To See

New Mass Effect? Five Things We’d Love to See

Hmmmm…. “We’re in early stages of designing a completely new Mass Effect game. What would you want to see in it?”  This afternoon Mass Effect Executive producer Casey Hudson sent out a tweet that got the imaginations of Mass Effect fans working overtime.  While this is something we’ve discussed at length on our podcast Rated NA, we’re elated to hear that Bioware is hard at work on a next-gen Mass Effect title.  After a bit of stewing here is what we’d love to see.

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