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Armless Octocast Episode 68 Part Deux

Posted on by Taylor Bliss in Podcast | Leave a comment

podcast logoPart deux?” You ask yourself as you slip on your earbuds and press play for the next episode of the Armless Octocast. Why yes, we did in fact record an episode last week, but someone (no names now), was unable to capture their audio. So we’re calling this Episode 68 Part Deux, although it’s really 69. But who’s counting, right? Besides, there are more interesting things to talk about like zombie games and intercourse with mermaids.

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Hosts: Mike Wall, Taylor Bliss, Erron Kelly, Dave Voyles

Music: Paul Weinstein - Chipocrite

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Radiant Silvergun Review: Shooting up the Competition

Posted on by Dave Voyles in Reviews, XBLA, XBLA Reviews | 2 Comments

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At Armless Octopus, we’re no strangers to a good shmup. What I believe turns most people off from the genre are two factors: 1) the absurd difficulty, and 2) how similar each title in the genre is. I mean it’s really just a ship shooting directly at things on screen, right? Wrong. Radiant Silvergun takes a few of the standard conventions you’ve come to expect from the genre and adds a twist. Originally released in 1998 in Japan for both the Sega Saturn and in what was then a thriving Japanese arcade scene, Radiant Silvergun has managed to stand the test of time.

That’s not to say that the steep difficulty curve gamers faced back then isn’t still present in this release, because it most certainly is. While enemies relentlessly fire upon your lightly armored vessel, you come to expect that you will die, and quite a bit at that. Your time is not spent in vain however, thanks to Radiant Silvergun’s persistent upgrade system, which carries over the experience and levels that you acquire with each progressive Story Mode playthrough. This comes as both the title’s greatest strength, but also its greatest weakness.

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