Sophist Radio Episode 48: Mo Jizz Mo Problems

This week the guys merge together and roll out like some sort of video-game-podcasting machine. In keeping with traditional Sophist Radio tropes, the guys kick things off with a discussion of the music career of the band Bush before moving on to the video games they've been playing. It is a nice mix of old and new games this week; or in the case of Duke Nukem Forever a new-old-game? Aaron and Harold share their thoughts on inFamous and inFamous 2, respectively, and James relates his adventures in Crysis 2. The crew then does its best to sum up gaming's SuperBowl: E3.

A Piece of Gaming History Even Before Release

I feel a strange urge to own weird relics from gaming's history. I would have bought a copy of E.T. for the Atari 2600 -- the game that caused the industry to crash -- but I didn't end up making the purchase because my Atari was still at my parent's house. I will probably seek it out at some point, just like I will most likely end up with a copy of Zero Wing (originator of the oft-quoted engrish phrase "All your base are belong to us.") now that I have a Sega RetroGen that will play PAL Genesis games.

So, it should come as no surprise to you that, despite my complete lack of interest in first-person shooters, '90s snark, and bro-attitudes, I will very likely be picking up Duke Nukem Forever upon release, good ratings or bad. I won't rush to the store, but it will very likely be in my collection sometime down the road. Why? Because it is already a piece of video game history.