S1E1 - Mature Warfare

New Releases, Modern Warfare 2, Six Days in Fallujah, Serious Storytelling in Video Games.

S1E1 - Mature Warfare: Summary

Here our second installment presented for your enjoyment. There are definitely still some kinks we have to work out with the recording and editing, but it's improving one step at a time.

This episode we added a new releases section that we hope you find useful. Mostly we discuss Modern Warfare 2, Six Days in fallujah, and our topic, Serious Storytelling in Video Games.

NEW RELEASES
Borderlands: The Zombie Island of Dr. Ned (X360 DLC)

Last Week
New Super Mario Bros. (Wii) Platformer
Assassin's Creed II (X360) Action Adventure
Left 4 Dead 2 (PC) Horror Shooter
LittleBigPlanet (PSP) Platformer
Assassin's Creed: Bloodlines (PSP) Action Platformer
King's Bounty: Armored Princess (PC) Turn Based Strategy RPG

MODERN WARFARE 2 (PC, X360, PS3)


The Upside

• Same Triple A Mechanics & Production
  
• Fully Realized Single Player, Coop, and Multiplayer Modes
  
• Refined and Expanded Achivements/Leveling Up
• Variable Gameplay
  

The Downside

• Disrespectful Treatment of Subject Matter
  
• Single Player Has Poor Pacing
  
• Plot Makes Little Sense 
• Action Movie Mentality is Disappointing
  

EPISODE LINKS
Six Days in Fallujah
Newsweek Article - http://www.newsweek.com/id/200861/page/1
Kotaku Post - http://kotaku.com/5284266/fallujah-game-still-alive-being-shopped-to-publishers
Fox Interview - http://kotaku.com/5287076/fox-and-friends-finally-addresses-fallujah-game

Modern Warfare 2
Infinity Ward Interview - http://www.gametrailers.com/episode/bonusround/310?ch=1