PS3

Daddy, What's a Mixtape?

HIGH RoboDragon!

LOW Unskippable cutscenes in a game meant to be oft-replayed.

WTF A giant tank? Thank god I trained for this!

The Pomeranian Generation

HIGH My first run lasting over 30 years.

LOW The second Hyena mission in Story mode is pure awfulness.

WTF Why are there no omnivores?

Solid but Brings Nothing New to the Table

HIGH Wei Shen's impeccably rendered muscular torso.

LOW Karaoke.

WTF Lucy Liu and Emma Stone's characters have only minutes of screen time.

The Seas are Choppy, but There's Gold to be Found

HIGH The dialogue is frequently brilliant.

LOW Starting a new game because there's no re-spec option.

WTF "Women love a bit of monkey petting."

Montgomery Scott. Kaylee Frye. Lucca. All are capable of fashioning a soup can, a book of matches, and some rocks into a warp drive. From this line of quirky mechanical geniuses comes the Engineer, Team Fortress 2's resident miracle worker.

Bring Tissues

HIGH The intensity and emotion is unbelievably high.

LOW Are you REALLY not gonna let me grab that map, Kenny?

WTF A glitch made Duck invisible for a few conversations. Mood killer!

Too Small to Succeed

HIGH Solid Roguelikes are always welcome.

LOW Why in the world is this not Vita compatible?

WTF Even the water is bean sprouts.

After playing Hitman: Absolution at PAX Prime, I felt a lot more confident about it and decided to put $5 down at Gamestop in order to play the Sniper Challenge demo level.

An Iron Fist... in a Newbie's Face

HIGH Finally starting to master characters and kick some ass.

LOW Losing to the final boss over and over and over again.

WTF Who approved the Easy difficulty level?

In this episode, Brad is freshly back from PAX Prime and gives us the low-down on what he saw there. We then go into a huge, spoiler-ridden discussion of The Walking Dead Episode Three. Don't worry, we tell you before we start talking about it. Stop being paranoid. With Chi Kong "Mr. C" Lui, Brad "Richie" Gallaway, Mike "Potsie" Bracken, Richard "The Fonz" Naik and Dylan "Arnold" Collins.

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