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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

Playstation 3:

• Gran Turismo 5 Prologue

Wii:

• Dream Pinball 3D
• Okami
• Summer Sports: Paradise Island

Nintendo DS:

• MLB 2K8 Fantasy All-Stars
• Cory in the House
• High School Music 2: Work This Out!
• Rondo of Swords

Sorry we missed the release last weekend, we weren’t feeling too good so we obviously didn’t think it’d be wise to put out a show. Now we’re back with a new release. Here’s what we discussed:

• What we’ve been up to
• Video game music montage winner announced
• Grand Theft Auto 4 expectations, worries, Kyle’s dislike for the series
• Some upcoming games we’re looking forward to
• Neat little things we can do with our consoles and hand-helds

As always, thank you for listening. Please give us some iTunes reviews and enjoy the episode.

Transition music: LocoRoco, Crisis Core: Final Fantasy 7

 

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Playstation 2:

• Naruto Ultimate Ninja 3

Playstation Portable:

• Crisis Core: Final Fantasy VII
• Warriors Orochi

Playstation 3:

• Dark Sector
• Viking: Battle for Asgard

Xbox 360:

• Dark Sector
• Viking: Battle for Asgard
• Universe at War: Earth Assault

Wii:

• MiniCopter: Adventure Flight
• Obscure: The Aftermath
• Octomania, Opoona
• Summer Sports: Paradise Island

Nintendo DS:

• Backyard Baseball ‘09
• Harvest Moon DS Cute
• Ninja Gaiden Dragon Sword
• Plushees

Once more we return to the world in full affect of fail! The difference? We’re bringing down someone else with us this time, Thrillhouse17 from PSH Radio joined us to discuss:

• What we’ve been up to
• Top 5 underrated games
• Video game music montage
• Microsoft passing on Blu-Ray for the Xbox 360
• Street Fighter 2 Turbo HD Remix and Bionic Commando Re-Armed given the ok from Microsoft to exceed Xbox Live Arcade size limit
• Are we for or against developers slapping a new coat of paint on classic games and releasing them on Xbox Live Arcade or Playstation Network

To submit your answer head over to our forums, register and private message Josh with your answers! Please give us some iTunes reviews or we will have to start putting Kyle back out on the street.

Transition music in this episode: Jet Set Radio Future, Bust a Groove, Sonic CD

Update 3/18/08: The video game music montage has been fixed within the episode. If you downloaded it on 3/17/08 you can redownload the episode to fix yours.

 

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Playstation 2:

• Metal Gear Solid: The Essential Collection
• Samurai Warriors 2: Xtreme Legends
• Sega Superstars Tennis
• SingStar ’90s

Playstation 3:

• Hot Shots Golf: Out of Bounds
• Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six Vegas 2
• Sega Superstars Tennis

Xbox 360:

• Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six Vegas 2
• Sega Superstars Tennis

Wii:

• Worms: A Space Oddity
• Pro Evolution Soccer 2008
• Sega Superstars Tennis
• Target Terror

Nintendo DS:

• Diary Girl
• Fantasy Aquariam
• Go Pets: Vacation Island
• Lost in Blue 3
• Sega Superstars Tennis