This episode ublincd is joined by Justin from the award-winning Digitized Ramblings of An 8-bit Animal to watch King of Fighters movie .

This episode, Kamille of 8mm Agony and ublincd watch Mutant Vampire Zombie in the Hood.

Today’s video looks at the Genesis port of Kaneko’s DJ Boy

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Today’s video takes a look at F-Zero from Nintendo for the Super NES.

Today’s video takes a look at Pocky & Rocky for the Super NES from Natsume

Today’s video takes a look at the Genesis port of Capcom’s Ghouls N’ Ghosts

This week, the BSG talk about Video Game Awards, new trailers coming out, and 3rd party developers not making games for Wii U.

Today video takes a look at the Super NES port of Blackthorne from Interplay

This episode, Martin returns to talk about LO. A movie about diving into hell for a girl.

Today’s video takes a look at the three 16-Bit Castlevania titles from Konami.

This episode, Shareef Jackson from ShareefJackson.com and I try to understand Gingerdead Man 3: Saturday Night Clever. What could make a bake good turn so bad.

Today’s video takes a look at the Sega CD.

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Today’s video looks at ToeJam And Earl In Panic On Funkotron from Sega For The Genesis.

 I was introduced to this week’s Shaper from a screenshot of one of the best re-creations of a character I’d seen in SoundShapes. Sure there were a couple of Mario doppelgangers around but a faithful re-creation of a character from a staple of the Anime genre was new and kind of mind boggling. It was this level that brought me into the world of community member DUSTINISGOOD.

Playing through some of his levels gave the feeling that he not only understood the unwritten language of what makes a good platformer but also that he likes to torment his players with rhythmic death symphonies. I decided that I was up to the challenge and failed miserably ( insert sad face ).

Some of the levels I played were:

“Breakdown” – I loved the color palettes he used in this level, I’ve seen them used before but for some reason they stood out to me in this one. The section in which the bouncy cubes were implemented added both a level of depth to the level’s music but also to the complexity of the platforming. Breakdown is hard and can be unforgiving in spots if you aren’t paying attention and learning what it is trying to show you but if you can dodge enough lava bullets and swinging wrecking balls you will find yourself on the leader board. Good luck, though, because at the time of this article there are fewer than fifteen folks there already.

“Termite” – Is a very cool symmetrical 1SL level that is deceptively hard. The laser robots play guardian as you try to get to the goal and do not make it easy. The level plays like a virtual game of “hide and seek” and can be quick if you want to get a low time but much more daunting if you looking to capture all the notes on this level.

“Cowboy BeBop” – Is a masterpiece, end of story. I am still dumbfounded and amazed that DUSTIN made this level in this type of a game. I’m amazed at the artistry and imagination it takes to re-create almost down to the pixel a picture of such an iconic character. BeBop is less a platformer right now than a proof of concept, as it is still in beta, but nonetheless extremely impressive and beautiful. I believe this level opens up the scope and boundaries of what people believed was possible in the Sound Shapes engine.

Dustin took some time to talk to The Spawn Point and tell us about his process.

TSP: Give a little background on yourself and why you decided to play Sound Shapes.

DUSTINISGOOD: My background as a gamer started when I was very young. Atari was an excellent way to pass the cold winters of New Hampshire where I grew up. I liked Pong enough, and Asteroids was fun, but Pitfall was the game that introduced me to platforming and what really blew my mind. When Nintendo came out and I played Super Mario Brothers for the first time, I became a platformer for life. Mega Man, Zelda II, Super Monkey Ball, Bit. Trip. Runner. – these games define me as a person. Obviously, Sound Shapes is just the next step for me. Sound Shapes also appeals to me as a musician. I learned to play the drums in High School and also sang in the choir. (I grew my hair out too… I thought I would be the next Eddy Vedder). In college, I played drums in a few bands and got into raving, had a sweet set of turntables and beat-making equipment. I could spend all day just mixing beats. That is what makes Sound Shapes so great, it really goes beyond gaming and into the world of making art. How lucky are we all to have a single thing that provides us with an excellent artistic outlet with a readymade gallery and audience. Coupled with some seriously awesome platforming? I couldn’t be happier! Today I live in Denver, Colorado and work as the head horticulturalist, facility manager, and master cultivator for a medium-sized medical apothecary, and I also consult for the hi-tech indoor farming industry. I used to work as a sports photographer and that satiated my creative streak nicely, but since I switched careers in 2009, I have been missing art. I love my work, but it doesn’t provide me with that creative outlet that I crave, and Sound Shapes fills that void perfectly.

 TSP: How do you plan out your levels? (Music first or art?)

DUSTIN: To plan out my levels, I break it down into a few steps. First, I make a gameplay style choice. Will the level be a speedy platformer, a super hard death-a-thon, an artistic display, or epic story. The next step is to lay down the music. For “Cowboy Bebop” for example, I tried to replicate the baseline to the theme music for the anime series that it is based on. Like jool2306′s level “Seasons”, you couldn’t recreate the music of “Seasons of Vivaldi” after placing a bunch of gameplay elements, the music must come first. After the basic elements of the music are in place, it is time to consider your color palette. For each frame you basically have 4 colors to work with and one will always be background and one will always be on top. That limiting fact makes for an interesting creative challenge that I love to see how each Sound Shaper overcomes in their own way. The next step depends on that original gameplay style choice. If I am going for platforming speed or challenge, I work on those elements next. If it’s more about story telling or art I will come up with thematic elements next. Finally, it is all about polish. I replay the level over and over and fix any bugs, fine tune the gameplay, and box in the frames so that gamers don’t end up lost in what I call “the netherworld”. I am ashamed to admit that I will add in music “coins” after the fact, for the purpose of coin collection gameplay, but I will try to make them add to the music or at least be unobtrusive, but it does make the sound potentially more garbled.

TSP: Do you make your levels on the PS3 or Vita?

DUSTIN: I play and make levels on my PS3. I am very tempted to buy a Vita though, because my girlfriend does not tolerate me playing video games while she is around, so I end up doing most of my Sound Shaping after she falls asleep. I may be able to get away with playing Vita while she is up but that is iffy! PS: (I don’t mean to make my girlfriend out to be a tyrant, she is actually quite lovely!)

TSP: What are your favorite levels that you’ve made and why?

DUSTIN: My favorite published level that I have made is “BREAKDOWN.” (Not to be confused with the level “Breakdown” by Anoy337 which is also one of my favorites). This level has only 6 completed play-throughs and most of those took over 10 minutes. My score of 4:50.61 is first, but I know it could be beaten by at least a minute. I am just waiting for someone to step up and crush it. (I have posted much faster times in the level creator mode!) Get to it before Milkmaniac does, because his scores are mostly unbeatable!

“BREAKDOWN” is my favorite published level because of the pure gameplay of it. Every frame has a way to blast through super fast but it is not readily apparent the first time you play. Little tricks like waiting for the monster to come to you then running underneath or placing yourself in just the right spot to be shot right past the obstacles is the only way to fully appreciate the platforming of this level. It was originally named “Timing is Everything,” but I renamed it after watching most of my friends breakdown completely while playing it. As far as I know, it hasn’t made anyone cry yet though!

TSP: What is the favorite level you’ve played and why?

DUSTIN: Choosing one favorite level is nearly impossible for me! There are so many reasons to love this game and everyone puts their own thumbprint on it when creating levels. So here is a list of some of the levels that I really love:

As far as I can tell, Daftbomb is the most prolific Sound Shaper. His levels are always super polished, have great music and flawless gameplay. “+” and “3″ are my two favorite of his, though, because of the challenge. Both of those levels took me several hours to beat with a score that satisfied me, and I still go back to them again and again just for fun.

“Diamond Elephunk” by TheBeejAbides was the first user-created level that I played, (mostly because of the “Big Lebowski” reference in his username) and it is still one of the best! Beej’s platforming is so much fun throughout his levels and his storytelling is very fluid and entertaining, and no one can beat “Seizure square dance” or “Totemly awesome” without becoming a master platformer.

yodalex is another superb Sound Shaper. I tend to like his/her levels all equally as they are all very similar. Pure platforming, no story line, nothing un-essential, super clean.  Just you and the speed run… Go!

Now it is time to talk about jool2306. I can’t heap enough praise on this creator. His levels are amazing! He has a great, cartoony art style, difficult and fluid gameplay, a true knack for picking the best elements of his favorite levels and adapting them to his own uses, and the ability to make me feel sad or make me laugh out loud completely unexpectedly and without warning, all with just the simple set of tools that Sound Shapes provides. It is most impressive! His epic, episodic, egg themed levels are hilarious and everyone should play them. “Without you” and “Seasons” can drown you in melancholy and sadness in a very satisfying way. However, his best levels in my opinion are his 1SLs (one stage levels). “Pizzzza” is so hard that I have played it probably 100 times and have yet to make that final jump onto the finishing “slice”, and “Devil symphony” was a wholly zen experience for me. This simple level with the awesome title screen art is ridiculously hard. I stood, inches from the TV for over an hour trying again and again to inch closer to the finish. I screamed, I jumped up and down, I almost chucked the controller through the TV, and I finally got it after I got myself into a trance-like calm where it was just instinct, nothing else. I don’t think I have ever had a gaming experience that intense before.

Some of my other favorites include: “Lets go” by gassst, “Gezawesome vol. 1″ and “The wheel of music – 1SL” by gezouten, “Pear tree & fish” by AntiHumor and “Beat it” by Milkmaniac.

TSP: Any tips or tricks that you’ve learned?

DUSTIN: The biggest advice that I can give to anyone is to backup your levels; make copies, save to the cloud, upload your unfinished levels and just mark them as unfinished, or something. “Cowboy Bebop” is an unfinished level. I am still working on it as we speak. Soon I will reload it with a bunch more “scenes” and a remixed soundtrack. The reason that I uploaded it unfinished is because I really didn’t want to lose it like I did with the “Breaking Bad”-themed level that I made a few months ago. I spent at least 50+ hours making it and it was my best! Of course, you have to take my word for that because my PS3 froze up while the save icon was lit up, and I was forced to restart, and I lost the whole thing. After speaking to Jon Mak of Queasy games, I sent him the corrupted data, but unfortunately it wasn’t able to be retrieved. I greatly appreciate Jon Mak’s patient help and correspondence, but it was still a huge bummer. The whole thing could have been avoided if I had only made copies.

TSP: What would you like see added to the game in future updates that would make your creations even better?

DUSTIN: I have a ton of ideas about DLC that I would be psyched to see. Here are a few:

Have an option to put any object in the foreground (interactive) or background (passive). That would be a great way to easily create depth.

Have an option to choose from a color wheel and change the color of an object without changing its interactive properties.

Have an enemy that eats other objects in the frame.

Have the option to give the player a “ground pound” sort of action and blocks that can be smashed.

Have an adjustable curved line tool, where you place a line and then grab it from somewhere in the middle and pull it into a curve. Making curved lines is so hard in Sound Shapes, and I believe that a curved line tool would really help bridge the gap between creating rudimentary digital art and more traditional techniques such as painting or calligraphy.

I want to say thank you to all of the amazing Sound Shapers out there who have provided me with countless hours of entertainment. To Kahlief Adams for giving me this opportunity to share my views of this amazing community that we are so lucky to be a part of. To all of the people who have reached out to me through PSN and continue to share their thoughts, opinions and stories with me, and to everyone at Queasy Games for making the best indie game of all time!

Huge thanks to DUSTINISGOOD for participating in this week’s article. The end of the year is quickly approaching and so is the end of our #SoundShapers series.  It has been a wild and amazing ride, I thank all of the Shapers who have been a part of it and Queasy Games for being so awesome. Stay tuned and check back here next week for our next Shaper.

Related articles

• The Sound Shapers – Anoy337 (thespawnpointblog.com)
• The Sound Shapers – Jool2306 (thespawnpointblog.com)

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Agent Jackson and JP Fairfield spend the end of the year talking about handling the end of the year during the end of the year, On the corporate side, Jackson sheds tears about his unloved database manual while JP gives the lowdown on how her company forces people to fill out evaluations on time On the geeky side, Jackson finds out what a Craisin is while JP represents that hot apple cider life

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Today’s video takes a look at the Genesis port of Sega’s Altered Beast.

Today’s video takes a look at Rocket Knight Adventures from Konami for the Genesis.

Today’s video takes a look at Axelay from Konami for the Super NES.

Today’s video takes a look at Eternal Champions from Sega for the Genesis.

Today’s video takes a look at Super Baseball Simulator 1.000 from Culture Brain for the SNES.

This episode, JP Fairfield from Nerdgasm Noire Network and ublincd review another Uwe Bowell Classic, BLOODRAYNE. Enjoy.

Today’s video takes a look at SNK’s Neo Geo console.

Topics:  Special guest, Tatiana G. King, joins us for some epic nerdery!  She is known for her pinpoint tech commentary and as a Co-Host on WeNerdHard.  The “Grand Duchess of Tech” joins us to discuss her love of gadgets, favorite shows, her super secret plan for world domination and what she’s up to next!   Later in the show, we discuss video games as art, Microsoft opens new video game studio, Steam gaming in your living room, X-Mas Songs for Nerds, Is Nerd an universal language, Ebay be scamming, and The Hawkeye Initiative

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• MOMA says video games are art
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• Nerd is a universal language
• Think of Selling on Ebay?  Think Again
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Today’s video takes a look at the Sega Genesis port of Midway’s Super High Impact from Arena Entertainment.

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Agent Jackson and JP Fairfield back it up, archive it, and serve it to Gangnam style. But first, we go over a ton of feedback talking about food cleansing, HR firing you and calling a cab, women republican groups outside of work, and The Secret Diary of Desmond Pfieffer, On the corporate side, Jackson keeps his own personal flash drive backup for offline work  while JP never works outside of the office or her home. Four cubicle breaks are cocked and loaded! On the geeky side, Jackson is a complete fail at using bookmarks while JP educates all about Twilight

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Today’s video takes a look at the Sega Genesis port of Seibu Kaihatsu’s Dynamite Duke.

Today’s video takes a look at Skyblazer for the Super Nintendo from Sony Imagesoft.

Today’s video takes a look at Dynamite Headdy for the Sega Genesis from Treasure.

This week, the BSG talk about the new xbox, Wii mini, Black Friday Sales, Splash Damage New IP and Bungie’s Destiny

Today’s video looks at the Super Nintendo version of WWF Super Wrestlemania from LJN.

This episode, Maria from Nerdgasm Noire Network and ublincd watch Lost Cause. A french movie about time traveling ghost.

Today’s video takes a look at Lightening Force: Quest For The Darkstar for the Sega Genesis from TechnoSoft.

This episode, De Ana from Nerdgasm Noire Network and ublincd go over To and From New York. A movie about the soft core side of human trafficking and escorts.

Today’s video takes a look at Knights Of The Round for the SNES from Capcom.

Unless you have been hiding under a rock, there has been an influx of articles about the lack of women in the gaming industry. It started on twitter when Luke Crane, the games project specialist at Kickstarter, asked on twitter: “Why are there so few lady game creators?”

It started a twitter conversation using the hashtag #1reasonwhy where women in the video game industry gave honest and open accounts of the microaggressions and outright sexism they experience in the community. The hashtag #1reasonmentor has spawned from that discussion giving women the opportunity to find mentors in the video game community.

I, for one, am at a crossroads where I’m excited that this conversation but a little dismayed. This topic concerning women and the video game industry has been brought up so many times with the same conclusions. Where is the point that women and allies can stop trying to convince the industry there is a big problem.

I told myself that I wasn’t going to talk about this anymore. I told myself that I wouldn’t bother trying to convince others how rampant sexism is in the gaming industry.

I told myself I stop being interested in programming only because of disinterest. I told myself that my interest in a career in the gaming industry was a passing fantasy.

I never bother exploring possibility that part of the problem was a lack of a safe, open, and engaging community outside of my personal friends. I didn’t want to admit to myself that my need for safety determined my career. I didn’t want to think about my need to avoid all of the issues the #1reasonwhy hashtag laid out. I may not have been fully aware of what define sexism and misogyny at that time but damn I didn’t feel it.

I wonder would I still feel the same way if I stuck to being a programmer. I wonder why if it’s the reason why I’m so slow to start gaming again. I say “wonder” cause even now a part of me don’t want to fully admit it.

I convinced myself that I suck at programming, that I hate it, & I’m more suited to other things. The fact that despite having look at piece of code in the last 10 years and having ability to interpret it easily I still feel inadequate.

It’s not easy being a woman in a tech industry especially in any area that has been “known” as male dominated. You are relegated as a “niche”, “a novelty” or “something pretty to look at”. It’s never about what you can do but how you look or how you received your special magic golden ticket to the big boys table.

No matter how strong-will you are having to prove yourself over and over again takes a toll. The mere act of trying to ignore the snide looks when walking into your “Intro to C++” class. The crumbling wall of calm you try to instill in your soul when hearing sexist comments while you’re trying to play a MMO.

We keep talking about the symptoms. Women feel the symptoms. We all know there is sexism in gaming industry. I refuse to debate anymore. I refuse to entertain devil’s advocates. I refuse to continue proving the symptoms and making the march toward personal remedies.

Cause honestly, I’m tired of talking about it.

Topics:  The Hobbit, Syfy’s new Robot Punching Show, Women and Gaming, and our discussion of the book, The Casual Vacancy

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Today’s video looks at the US launch of the Super Nintendo Entertainment System.

The outstanding thing about the Sound Shapes community is that levels will bubble up through various means. Between chatter amongst the heavy hitters on PSN or the different filters on the Sound Shapes community website there are dozens of ways for players to find great content. While digging through my “following” list I saw that many of folk’s favorite levels were from this week’s shaper Anoy337.

Some of his stand-out levels that I have played include:

“Fatal Progress” – Levels like this are special because they take the usual platforming conventions and flip them on their heads. Usually you try to avoid things that can kill you, but in FP you embrace death by jumping into the red hearts on every screen. It also makes the save points (usually a good thing) into a total annoyance to run into. Hitting some of them will have you re-spawn in a part of the level that takes you away from your goal. It makes this level really challenging and almost Vita-chucking. The payoff is well worth it if you can keep pushing.

“Breakdown” – Breakdown sets you up to believe that it won’t be a pain in the arse, but you soon see that it’s devious, treacherous and beautiful. You can see that going into making this level Anoy had a plan, and it was to push players to think before you leap. Besides the actual plaforming, there are a couple of screens that are really gorgeous to look at.

“Bonus Round_01” – So far this is my favorite Anoy level. It plays like a side-scrolling version of the classic game “Mousetrap”. I really appreciate craftsmanship and this one-screen level is chock full of it. What makes it cool is that you have to open gates all around the screen through quick movement, precision jumping, and sequencing. It’s extremely well thought out and is challenging and fun to play.

After playing his levels I had to ask him some questions about his method.

TSP: Give a little background on yourself and why you decided to play Sound Shapes.

Anoy337: Hi all, my name is Lee and I’m a tattoo artist by profession. I’m mostly drawing on people but pretty much whatever spare time I have usually gets donated to video games. Among the many I enjoy is the gem that is Sound Shapes. The ability to use such an amazing platform to freely create your own “songs” is what won my heart.

TSP: How do you plan out your levels? (Music first or art?)

Anoy: To be honest I try not to have a standard approach to making the song but rather choosing my underlying concept first and then approaching it in whichever way is more practical for concept of song. Sometimes however I take a more loose approach and sort of try to let the song just make itself, if that makes any sense.

TSP: Do you make your levels on the PS3 or Vita?

Anoy: I use my lovely little lady, the PS Vita. Sometimes I play on my PS3 but I have made all my levels on my PS Vita thus far. I prefer the touch screen over cursor.

TSP: What are your favorite levels that you’ve made and why?

Anoy: Well this is a tricky one because I have lost many a level before doing online backups and some of them are amongst my favourites. My top published level would have to be “FATAL PROGRESS”. I could maybe have done more with the music but I love how it can make you fear save points if you play it too long, which is usually evident when you play a normal level afterwards. Also I felt making the only thing that could kill you in the level a heart seems to help you embrace death easier.

TSP: What is the favorite level you’ve played and why?

Anoy: There are so many amazing songs and creators out there it would be unfair to choose only one. A stage I enjoyed very much recently though was the “Shape Invaders Song” by Gasssst. It had some innovative game play ideas and a really nice style also. But with guys like Daftbomb, Beejabides, TT, Jool, Gezouten, Earlee and all the many other amazing Sound Shapers working hard, it’s guaranteed another winner song will be uploaded probably while you are reading this interview. Thanks again for making this possible Queasy Games and Sony.

TSP: Any tips or tricks that you’ve learned?

Anoy: Mmmmmmmmm…don’t use elevators the other way around, no matter how tempted. I recently learned that shapes isn’t enough for a good level; sound is also very important. Think about the player objectively when making your song and know who you’re trying to make the song for, even if it’s just for yourself. Most importantly don’t over complicate panels and try to spread out the songs; I struggle a lot with this one.

TSP: What would you like see added to the game in future updates that would make your creations even better?

Anoy: I heard something about a curve pack which was my only wish at first, but recently when getting into the sound side I find that a volume adjustment on individual game objects seems like something that could be very useful. I’m not too sure however on how the programming behind it would work so it might not even be possible. Other than that, maybe some weapons to fight back against the reds in Sound Shapes 2.

Anoy also gave us some shout outs:
I would like to thank Kahlief ‘kahjah’ and The Spawn Point Blog for this opportunity. You guys are doing an awesome job. Thanks also to all Sound Shapers for working hard at making dope levels and a very special thanks to all the queasies @Queasygames for making this amazing medium its truly the canvas of our time. You guys rule.

Thanks again to Anoy337 for sharing his great work with the community and taking time to chat with us at The Spawn Point Blog. We hope that you all are enjoying the #SoundShapers series and Sound Shapes. Check back here next week to see our interview with DUSTINISGOOD.

Related articles

• The Sound Shapers – Jool2306 (thespawnpointblog.com)
• The Sound Shapers – Gasssst (thespawnpointblog.com)
• The Sound Shapers-TheBeejAbides (thespawnpointblog.com)

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Agent Jackson and JP Fairfield celebrate their one year anniversary by returning back to the topic of their first show – bosses! But first in the intro, we share our thanks for each and every one of you that listens to us weekly!  On the corporate side, Jackson wants to lay off people by text message #YOLO  while JP enforces the nap rule. Three cubicle breaks are cocked and loaded! On the geeky side, Jackson shades the worst teacher he ever had while JP flaunts getting cash money from her school for getting good grades

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Today’s video looks at James “Buster” Douglas Knockout Boxing for the Sega Genesis.

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Today’s video takes a look at the Sega Genesis port of Flashback: The Quest For Identity from Delphine Software.

Today’s video discusses the Sega’s Genesis console, and the beginning of their rivalry with Nintendo.

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Agent Jackson, JP Fairfield and special gust +Justin LaGrande  aka 8bitanimal are running game on fools, all day, errday. But first we talk about our appearances on Now In Session with Monika and Bruce as well as Black Tribbles, the phone sex voice, and the nonos of sexting . We also read feedback about political groups at work, elections vs reelections, and the unfortunate cancellation of 666 Park Ave and Last Resort.  On the corporate side, Jackson is a total minesweeper god, JP destroys the idea of stupid icebreakers and gold outings, and Justin does “research” with his consoles at work. On the geeky side, Jackson prefers cell phone and tablet gaming over consoles, JP’s grandma gets the best of her during card games, Justin stands up for Mega Man 2,  and we all talk about the video game movie that we’d watch if we had a gun put to our head. Apparently Justin only thinks the crappy ones qualify.

Music: The Alkaholiks – Coast II Coast – “2014″ and “Daaaamn”,
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A lot of gamers, myself included, have typically frowned upon the explosion of “HD” editions of previously released games. They usually come off as lazy and serve no real purpose other than cashing in on a game that may have been popular in the previous console generation. Every now and then, though, a publisher uses this method of recycling older games to introduce a series to another generation of gamers to a series in preparation of a new game in the series. The latter is indeed the case with the release of the Zone of the Enders HD Collection. Hideo Kojima’s other franchise from the last console generation is poised for a comeback with a new game in the series currently in development, and this HD collection does a good job of giving gamers just that.