Keith now returns to us after moving and buying a special item that fills his void while Kyle remains the same and still talks over everybody. Heres what we discussed:

• Where the hell has Keith been?
• What we’ve been up to
• Video game music montage
• Josh’s problem with current generation games
• Our E3 “predictions”

If you’d like to submit an answer for the video game music montage then head over here and private message “Josh”.

Music in this episode: MegaMan 3 (OCRemix), Bionic Commando Rearmed (buy it), Rockman X7

 

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Hey folks, sorry but unfortunately episode 25 is delayed like most things in the game industry. We had some issues such as power outages, a wedding etc, but we’ll have a new release after this weekend.

Hang tight and check out some of our other favorite podcasts listed on the site.

Another episode and once more it’s just me and Kyle, Keith was sadly not with us since he is currently in the process of moving. Heres what we discussed:

• What we’ve been up to
• Top 5 video game soundtracks
• VGM challenge announced
• Our view on hype for games
• Kyle’s lack of picking games on his own without reviewers validating his purchase

Thanks for the continued support and iTunes reviews, keep it up. If you’d like to suggest a top 5 topic for us to discuss then please send over an email and we’ll give it a look.

Music in this episode: Castlevania Symphony of the Night, Space Invaders Extreme, Super Smash Bros. Melee, MetalStorm, The Megas

 

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Welcome to episode 23, in this episode it’s just me and Mr Kyle Dumond. Sadly, yes we are short one Mr Keith Harbourt but we made do anyway and Kyle really picked up the ball and ran with it. Heres what we discussed:

• What we’ve been up to
• Josh’s hate for Mass Effect
• Video game music challenge
• Spiffy new LittleBigPlanet videos
• When the hell is Kyle getting a PS3?
• Microsoft’s lack of a dashboard update and removal of failure XBLA titles

Music in this episode: Everyday Shooter, Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater, The Megas

As always, please hook us up with some iTunes reviews and if you’d like to submit an answer for the video game music challenge then head over to our forums.

 

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Once more we gather to record a new episode, but this one is kind of special. This one is our one year anniversary of podcasting under the Playgasm / Critical Strike name! In this episode we discussed:

• What we’ve been up to
• Video game music challenge
• What do we think of our past and future hopes
• Montage of clips from past episodes
• Our announcement of being affiliated with Platform Nation

As always, please give us some iTunes reviews, we’d appreciate the support. Also, no Grand Theft Auto 4 was mentioned on this podcast, you’re welcome.

Special thanks: The Fanboys, Player One Podcast, GamerHusbands, The Megas, Steve519, PSH Radio

Music in this episode: MegaMan: Powered Up, F-Zero, Ghostbusters, Final Fantasy 6, Final Fantasy 7, New Super Mario Brothers, The Last Ninja (remix), StarTropics, Goonies 2, Ultima Online, Castlevania: SOTN, Diablo, MegaMan III, The Megas - Metal Dance

If you’d like to buy The Megas cd then head over here.

 

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That’s right folks. We here at Critical Strike have been invited to join a swell group of other podcasts known as Platform Nation.

Platform Nation is a site dedicated to gamers and podcasts. They have a great community that you can always count on to find someone to play a game with. If you ever want to know what’s going on in the game industry, then you should check out the podcasts that are  affiliated with the site.

Do yourself a favor and check out Critical Strike and the other podcasts over at Platform Nation.

Hello faithful listeners, I’d like to take this time to remind you that we will be recording our one year anniversary show on May 11th. We’d like to have some messages from our fellow podcasters and of course our listeners.

If you’d like to take part in this, then it’s pretty simple. All you need to do is record a short message with some well wishes for us in a mp3 format then just mail it to me at cstrikepodcast[at]gmail[dot]com. Just try to do us a favor and get these to us by May 9th.

Pretty simple? Yeah and it would mean quite a bit to us so please take a few minutes out of your busy schedules and hook us up with some encouraging messages.

Playstation 2:

• SNK Arcade Classics Vol. 1
• Iron Man

Playstation Portable:

• SNK Arcade Classics Vol. 1
• Iron Man

Playstation 3:

• Grand Theft Auto IV
• Iron Man

Xbox 360:

• Grand Theft Auto IV
• Iron Man

Wii:

• Mario Kart Wii
• Iron Man

Nintendo DS:

• Brain Voyage
• River King: Mystic Valley
• Toy Shop
• Iron Man

At long last, we grace the world with our 21st episode! Sorry it’s late, we have some technical problems and we had to convince Kyle to actually put on some clothes.

• What we’ve been up to
• Critical Strike action figures
• Josh’s Xbox 360 woes
• Video game music challenge
• Our gaming confessions
• Our one year anniversary announcement

If you would like to submit a sound clip for the one year anniversary episode then you can do so by mailing it to josh[at]critical-strike[dot]org the deadline for that is May 9th.

Transition music in this episode: Gyruss, Lifeforce

 

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Playstation 2:

• Riding Star
• Shin Megami Tensei: Persona 3 FES

Playstation Portable:

• Chameleon

Playstation 3:

• NBA Ballers: Chosen One
• Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare Game of the Year Edition

Xbox 360:

• NBA Ballers: Chosen One

Wii:

• Battle of the Bands
• Heavenly Guardian
• Target: Terror
• Wild Earth: African Safari

Nintendo DS:

• Pokemon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Darkness
• Pokemon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Time
• Dream Pinball 3D
• Pocket Pets
• River King: Mystic Valley
• The World Ends With You