Burnout Crash is awesome. If you like Burnout Crash. Watch my full video review!

(Holy smokes, the old Burnout games are out of print and quite pricey for a new copy!)

The location for the 2012 GI Joe Collectors’ Convention will be New Orleans, Louisiana. The con will take place starting June 21st through June 24th. Hotel information will be coming soon, but at least you can start planning where you won’t be during those days. The June/July convention time slot is usually saved for Botcon, the official Transformers Collectors’ Convention, both run by Fun Publications. The significance of this should not be lost. The GI Joe movie sequel, GI Joe: Retaliation, premieres one week after the date of this convention.

Our first proper interview (I suppose the Evangelion one doesn’t count), and it’s one of our favorites! Taken on Day 1 of the show, we checked out the Gloops booth in the mobile games section. There are a lot of undiscovered gems in that area, but we’re hoping this one is just going to become a “gem”.

The Gloops rollout should be happening in the US in 2012, so we’ll keep our eyes peeled and check out any of the products they bring over as they’re released.

Captain Genius said “We should have done a Halloween show!” but what he didn’t realize is he was saying this in the middle of October so we had plenty of time to make one. And here it is!

We talk some regular news for the first half and then dish out Halloweens Cool Beans! Also, Smurfs.

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Supreme Commander 2 is the sequel to Supreme Commander, which is the spiritual successor to Gas Powered Games’ creator Chris Taylor’s classic Total Annihilation. Square-Enix partnered with the developers in order to publish it, making it one of the company’s first forays into real-time-strategy. Like its predecessor, and its predecessor before it, Supreme Commander 2 focuses on RTS action with large amounts of units. And when I say large, I don’t mean swarming your opponent with 20 or 30 infantry. No sir, I mean hitting people up with hundreds of units, land, air, sea, and infantry in an coordinated assault on the enemy. You take control of one of three factions, the UED, Illuminate, or the Cybran. Each faction has its own unique units and characteristics, and the single player campaign will put you in control of all three of them. Various patches have address many of the game’s shortcomings, and new maps and units have been added via downloadable content. Although many critics argue that it’s system isn’t as complex as the original, its deep RTS gameplay will still keep you enthralled for sure.

A new cinematic trailer for the upcoming Diablo 3 game was featured at this weekend’s Blizzcon 2011. In it, we’re treated to a very pretty get gritty look at the mysterious Black Soulstone that will apparently be playing a large part in the upcoming game, which is now in beta.

The recent passing of Steve Jobs has left us to reflect on how he and his business ventures have affected our lives and the rest of the world. For us retro gamers (at least our age), that means looking back on the Apple ][, Apple //e, and that line of PCs that literally made “computer” a household name. Sean and Vinnk recall a time when “Apple” was still synonymous with “gaming” — before the iPhone, before the Macintosh, and (in some cases) before Nintendo. Also, a history of Apple’s rise to dominance, Steve Jobs’ gig at Atari, and why the original iPod came with free copies of Breakout.

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