Thursday, December 29, 2011

100th POST IS A MINION CONVERSATION!

BETWEEN FIRST MINION CLAYTON AND SECOND MINION BRIAN!



http://penny-arcade.com/resources/just-wow1.html
[12/29/2011 10:53:00 PM] brian ellis: You see this?
[12/29/2011 11:03:23 PM] clayton donaldson: a couple days ago
[12/29/2011 11:03:32 PM] clayton donaldson: it gets worse
[12/29/2011 11:04:09 PM] clayton donaldson: http://www.escapistmagazine.com/news/view/114993-UPDATE-Ocean-Marketings-Former-Client-Disowns-Shady-PR-Firm
[12/29/2011 11:04:21 PM] clayton donaldson: the dudes professional life is basically ruined
[12/29/2011 11:04:35 PM] clayton donaldson: i had fun with that story today =p
[12/29/2011 11:07:13 PM] clayton donaldson: pricks like that prevent up comers from finding work in that area
[12/29/2011 11:07:17 PM] clayton donaldson: im glad hes gone
[12/29/2011 11:17:16 PM] clayton donaldson: what do you think?
[12/29/2011 11:20:19 PM] clayton donaldson: ?
[12/29/2011 11:20:20 PM] clayton donaldson: ?
[12/29/2011 11:20:21 PM] clayton donaldson: ?
[12/29/2011 11:25:48 PM] brian ellis: Oh. He's a moron
[12/29/2011 11:26:20 PM] clayton donaldson: sad to think hes in a similar field to me huh?
[12/29/2011 11:26:27 PM] clayton donaldson: i mean
[12/29/2011 11:26:34 PM] clayton donaldson: its rrrreally easy to get in
[12/29/2011 11:26:41 PM] clayton donaldson: and even easier to fuck up
[12/29/2011 11:27:02 PM] clayton donaldson: but what hes doing...wow... the arrogance.
[12/29/2011 11:30:05 PM] brian ellis: I knoww.. its one thing to be an ass to your customers, your just a douche guy, but to say things like that to the guy that fucking runs PA and PAX.... seriously?
[12/29/2011 11:30:18 PM] brian ellis: So much arrogance.
[12/29/2011 11:31:17 PM] clayton donaldson: he should have known who he was talking to, and he should have treated customers better. that singular problem keeps popping up in the industry lately....sigh
[12/29/2011 11:31:41 PM] brian ellis: Its only going to get worse, Im afraid.
[12/29/2011 11:31:50 PM] clayton donaldson: maybe...maybe not
[12/29/2011 11:31:52 PM] brian ellis: Our generation is awful...
[12/29/2011 11:31:57 PM] clayton donaldson: lol
[12/29/2011 11:32:00 PM] clayton donaldson: not all of them
[12/29/2011 11:32:03 PM] brian ellis: True.
[12/29/2011 11:32:05 PM] brian ellis: There is me
[12/29/2011 11:32:06 PM] brian ellis: -cough-
[12/29/2011 11:32:08 PM] clayton donaldson: i think the hulk thing proved that
[12/29/2011 11:32:10 PM] clayton donaldson: lol

Monday, December 26, 2011

HULK TALKS COLOR THEORY


A FEW MONTHS AGO, BEFORE HULK WAS HULK... HULK WORKED ON SOME STRANGE STUFF FOR ORGANIZATIONS HULK ISN'T REALLY ALLOWED TO GO INTO GREAT DETAIL ABOUT!


.... THE RESEARCH AND THEORIES HULK CAME UP WITH HOWEVER HAVE FAR LESS NDA'S INVOLVED SO HULK WILL JUST REPLACE WORDS WITH OTHER WORDS TO HELP PEOPLE GET THE IDEA BEHIND THE ARTICLE!


HULK WORKED ON THIS "THING" FOR A "GROUP" FOR ABOUT A YEAR BEFORE THE HULK PERSONA WAS BORN! HULK WAS OUT CELEBRATING ABOUT A SEMESTER BEING OVER AND RANTING WITH FRIENDS AND FAMILY ABOUT GOOD AND BAD DESIGN!


ONE OF THEM SAID " HEY HULK! YOUR MEAN AND GREEN AND LIKE YELLING AT PEOPLE! CAN YOU LOOK AT OUR "THING" AND MAKE IT SO NEW GUYS IN THE GROUP USING THIS " THING" DON'T GET CONFUSED WHEN INTERFACING WITH SAID " THING"


HULK SAID, " THAT SOUNDS A LOT LIKE USABILITY! AND HULK WOULD LOVE TO."


HULK WON'T MINCE WORDS.... BACK THEN THE "THING" WAS RATHER MESSY! YET IT WAS BEING USED BY A MASSIVE AMOUNT OF PEOPLE!

HULK PLANS TO WRITE SEVERAL ARTICLES ABOUT THE STUFF HULK WAS SEEING, AND COLOR THEORY WILL BE THE FIRST!


HULK WILL START THINGS OUT WITH A QUESTION! WHAT DOES EACH COLOR MEAN TO YOU WHEN YOU VIEW IT?

DO YOU HAVE MEMORIES INVOLVED?

PEOPLE INVOLVED?

EDUCATION INVOLVED?


COLOR THEORY IS THE EXAMINATION OF WHAT COLORS MEAN TO PEOPLE! AND TO THE WORLD IT CAN MEAN EVERYTHING! WHETHER ITS A GAME , A MARKETING PROJECT, OR A SCHOOL LAYOUT COLOR THEORY IN SOME FORM CAN BE SEEN IN MANY ASPECTS OF THE WORLD YOU LIVE IN AND IS ONE OF THE EASIEST WAYS TO GUIDE AN AUDIENCE!

ONE OF THE BIGGEST PROBLEMS HOWEVER, IS THAT NOT EVERYONE REACTS THE SAME WAY! AND SOME ORGANIZATIONS CAME UP WITH THEIR OWN ASSUMPTIONS OF WHAT COLORS MEAN AND IF THEY ARE APPROPRIATE!


LETS START OUT WITH SOME BASICS! PSYCHOLOGISTS DISCOVERED AGES AGO THAT A ROOM COVERED IN RED CAN MAKE A PERSON ANGRY IF THEY HAVE BEEN SITTING IN IT FOR A LONG TIME! WHILE THE COLOR BLUE CAN MAKE SOMEONE MORE TRANQUIL OR EVEN HAPPY!


FOR PEOPLE IN THE PRIVATE SECTOR AND THE MILITARY THE COLOR RED USUALLY MEANS NORMAL! EVEN THOUGH ITS ASSOCIATED WITH STOP, BLOOD, DANGER, AND WARNING!



HULK AT FIRST THOUGHT IT WAS BECAUSE THE MILITARY IS THE BUYER FOR MOST OF THESE INSTANCES , THAT THE MILITARY IS JUST A LITTLE BIT KOO KOO, AND BEHIND DUE TO THEIR OWN INABILITIES TO CONFORM TO NEW SITUATIONS INSTANTANEOUSLY! ( DOESN'T THIS GO AGAINST THEIR TRAINING?)


HULK FOUND OUT THE FIRST PART WAS TRUE BUT IN DIFFERENT SUBJECTS, WHILE THE SECOND PART WAS BASICALLY SPELLED OUT BY HIGHER LEVEL STAFF! " THE MILITARY ALWAYS WANTS TO SEE THINGS SIMILAR TO WHAT THEY ALREADY HAVE, AND HATES ANYTHING NEW"

AND YET THE "GROUP" STILL WANTED A PROGRAM THAT WOULDN'T CONFUSE THE NEW GUYS WHILE WORKING WITH EGOTISTICAL SOMEWHAT BORING MILITARY BUYERS..... THIS IS PROBABLY THE FIRST INSTANCE WHERE HULK'S RAGE WAS BORN!

HULK STARTED DIGGING THROUGH THEIR ENTIRE SYSTEM AND TIME AFTER TIME HULK WAS SEEING WORDS BEING COLORED IN AS IF THEY HAD IMPORTANCE, DANGER, OR CAUTION AROUND THEM YET THEY NEVER DID! MORE SO YOU WOULD NEED A SECOND PAGE OF NOTES TO UNDERSTAND WHY CERTAIN THINGS WERE BEING COLORED IN TO BEGIN WITH!

IT WAS A FREAKING NIGHTMARE!



SO LETS GO OVER HOW PROPER COLOR IS USED!



HULK LIKES TO THINK COLOR THEORY HAS 2 MAIN METHODS OF USE!

THE FIRST IS REQUIRING PREEXISTING SYMBOLOGY! SO THINGS LIKE ROYALTY WOULD BE PURPLE AND THINGS LIKE THE OCEAN WOULD BE SHADES OF BLUE! EVEN THOUGH ITS NOT NECESSARILY THE CASE!

FOR INSTANCE ROYALTY WOULD ALSO WEAR A SEA OF OTHER COLORS! NOT JUST THE PURPLE! BUT SINCE PURPLE WAS ONE OF THE MOST EXPENSIVE TO PRODUCE AND ONLY ROYALTY WOULD BE LIKELY TO EVER BUY SUCH A DYE, THE TWO WERE IMMEDIATELY CONNECTED TOGETHER! AND THE OCEAN ACTUALLY IS CLEAR, BUT SINCE THEIR ARE SO MANY CRAZY THINGS FLOATING AROUND IT WE TEND TO SEE BLUE, GREEN, AND SOME OTHER CRAZY COLORS.... BUT MOSTLY BLUE SO WE ASSOCIATED IT WITH BLUE!

( SAME GOES FOR THE SKY.... DID YOU KNOW IT'S TECHNICALLY ON FIRE?.....HAS HULK TALKED ABOUT THIS BEFORE?...HMMM)


THIS METHOD OF MAKING CONNECTIONS IS FINE... IF NOT A LITTLE BORING! IT MAKES GREAT FOR REALISM! INTERPRETATION! OR ASSOCIATING PARTS OF OUR WORLD WITH OTHER PARTS OF OUR WORLD, AND FOR UNDERSTANDING WHY THE COLOR GREEN USUALLY MAKES PEOPLE FEEL SAFE OR RATHER NORMAL!

HULK HOWEVER LIKES THINGS A LITTLE WILD!

IF THE SYMBOLOGY METHOD WAS THE ORIGIN OF COLOR THEORY, THEN THIS SECOND FORM WHERE WE EXPLORE HOW COLOR AFFECT OUR EMOTIONS WOULD BE THE EVOLVED STATE!

THAT OPENING OF FRACTALE FOR INSTANCE HAD ALL KINDS OF COLOR BEING THROWN AT YOU IN VERY SPECIFIC FORMS AND FUNCTIONS! IN SHORT THE CREATOR WASN'T TRYING TO MAKE YOU FEEL ANYTHING FULLY BUT AT THE SAME TIME WAS TRYING TO OVERLOAD YOUR SENSES! THEY WERE TRYING TO OPEN YOUR MIND A LITTLE BEFORE WATCHING EACH EPISODE OF THE VERY SHORT VERY! VERY AWESOME SERIES! OR AT THE VERY LEAST TRY TO PLACE YOU IN THE RIGHT MOOD FOR WATCHING THE EPISODE! FURTHERMORE WE SEE SOMETHING ELSE!

THE WAY IT ENDS WHERE EACH COLOR COMES INTO FOCUS TO DEFINE ONE PERSON GIVES A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF POWER TO THAT PERSON BEING DEFINED! AS IF ALL THAT WILD AND CRAZY ***** WAS ALL AT THE CORE OF THIS ONE INDIVIDUAL!

HULK WENT A LITTLE DEEP WITH THAT ONE....

HULK IS SURE THE 1980'S HIPPIES FELT SOMETHING SIMILAR WITH A LITTLE " ASSISTANCE" IT HAS CERTAINLY BECOME A PART OF POPULAR CULTURE...


HULK WOULD LOVE TO ONE DAY HAVE THAT CRAZY PROGRAM HULK WORKED ON REACH THIS SECOND STATE OF COLOR THEORY! SO FAR HOWEVER ONLY GAMES LIKE FLOWER, BASTION, AND ANIME LIKE FRACTALE HAVE EVER REACHED THIS KIND OF STATE OF COLOR THEORY WHERE WHAT HULK WAS FEELING DID NOT NECESSARILY REFLECT SOMETHING THAT HAS ALREADY BEEN DECIDED BY THE OUTSIDE WORLD! JUST LIKE WHAT THE SYMBOLOGY ROUTE MOSTLY LIVES OFF OF....


THE END RESULT FOR THE "PROGRAM" IS THAT MOST OF HULK'S SUGGESTION WERE ACCEPTED AS TRUTH...HULK DID ABOUT 8 MONTHS OF RESEARCH ON VARIOUS SUBJECTS FOR THEM, BUT BEFORE HULK COULD REALLY BEGIN SERIOUS WORK ON THIS STUFF.... THIS HAPPENED! IRONIC HOW A COMPANY ACCEPTED HULK, BUT ENDED UP HAVING TO SAY NO TO HULK!

OH WELL... AT LEAST HULK HAS HIS DEGREE AND ALL THIS DELIGHTFUL RESEARCH!



Friday, December 23, 2011

THE NOT SO SPECIAL CHRISTMAS SPECIAL!

HULK HAS BEEN HAVING NOTHING BUT ISSUES SINCE THE PODCAST STARTED THIS WEEK.....


HULK, CLAYTON, AND THE MINIONS WISH EVERYONE A VERY MERRY CHRISTMAS! HAPPY HOLIDAYS! OR WHATEVER IT IS YOU PROFESS TO CELEBRATE <3







DOWNLOAD HERE!


THIS WEEK'S MUSIC IS FROM DOT HACK AND GOSICK



Friday, December 16, 2011

THE HULKGAMECRIT PODCAST! SOPA EDITION!


THIS WEEK CLAYTON CHATS WITH NICHOLAS, STILL GRAY, AND PENGUIN ABOUT A WHOLE SLEW OF THINGS! .....MOST IMPORTANTLY IS SOPA!


DISCUSSION POINTS!

GOTTA RIDE THAT CHOCOBO!
AMAZING MUSIC!
PRINNIE RIDER BEING BORN!
NINTENDO ROCKING IT!
EA BEING A GREEDY ******** MORON!
HOMEFRONT FACES HOME PENALTIES!
THE 14 YEAR BAN!
MIYAMOTO RETIRING!
PRINNIE STOLE CLAYTONS JOKE!
NINTENDO SAYING MIYAMOTO ISNT REALLY RETIRING!
NINTENDO HOLDING MIYAMOTO CAPTIVE!
VITA IS BULL******
PENGIS!
WHATS WRONG WITH YOU?
GRADUATION!
THIS IS AN INTERVENTION!
GAMESTOP!
GAME INDUSTRY PRACTICES!
MEDIA!
MEDIA PROTECTION!
HULK PROTECTION!
OUTRAGEOUS CHANGES TO THE INTERNET AND SOCIETY!
CEOS THAT CREATED THE INTERNET DO NOT COUNT AS EXPERTS!
CLAYTON FEARING FOR HULK'S FUTURE!





THIS WEEK'S MUSIC IS FROM FATE ZERO AND AND BASTION! GO BUY IT ALREADY!

WHATS WRONG WITH YOU?





HULK THOUGHT IT SUMMED UP THINGS NICELY!

STILL GRAY FINDS THE CRAZIEST ****!



CHECK OUT GAMERANX!

Wednesday, December 14, 2011

THE DRAGONS OF SKYRIM




HULK IS GOING TO DO SOMETHING A LITTLE WEIRD TODAY!

INSTEAD OF SMASHING SKYRIM LIKE MANY HAVE ALREADY, HULK CHOOSES TO TALK ABOUT THE PROBLEMS WITH SKYRIM , AND GO INTO FURTHER DETAIL ABOUT HOW THOSE PROBLEMS COULD HAVE BEEN ADDRESSED!


HULK WILL START WITH DRAGONS!

HULK'S FIRST LESSON FOR ADORABLE DESIGNERS OF SKYRIM IS TO FIRST MAKE SURE THIS GLITCH IS FUNNY!

SECOND LESSON WOULD BE TO MAKE SURE THE DRAGONS ARE FLYING THE RIGHT WAY!

THIRD LESSON WOULD BE TO MAKE SURE THIS FUNNY GLITCH ACTUALLY ENDS WITH A ZOMBIE DRAGON MINION!


NOW FOR THE REST OF THE LESSONS... HULK IS GOING TO HAVE TO GO INTO A LITTLE STORY TIME.




AS CLAYTON MENTIONED WHILE CHATTING WITH KASAVIN, CLAYTON WAS ON A MAGICAL ADVENTURE OF BRINGING NPC WIFE TO HER NEW HOMETOWN! ON HIS WAY TO HER HOME CLAYTON BEGAN HEARING ♫ DOVAHKIIN DOVAHKIIIN DO DA DA DA DA DA♪ EXCEPT THEIR WAS NO DRAGON FLYING HIGH IN THE SKY! THE DRAGON WAS FOUND WALKING UP THE BLOODY BRIDGE!

HULK LATER TOOK A PICTURE OF THE SPOT WHERE CLAYTON HAD TO FIGHT SUCH A RIDICULOUS BATTLE FOR POSTERITY! CLAYTON ALSO MENTIONED HOW HE WAS INSIDE, ON SOME RANDOM QUEST TO SAVE A BRIDE ( OR KILL HER, HE DOESN'T REALLY REMEMBER FULLY RIGHT NOW)

WHEN A GIANT ******** DRAGON SOMEHOW GOT INTO THE ROOM AND BURNED EVERYONE TO DEATH!

HOW WERE THESE DRAGONS ABLE TO WALK IN VERY NARROW BRIDGES OR SOMEHOW ENTER HOUSES WITHOUT DESTROYING THE HOUSES? HULK BLAMES BETHESDA ON THAT ONE!

MORE SO WE NOW SEE INSTANCES WHERE THEIR UPDATES ACTUALLY MADE THINGS WORSE!

BUT HULK NOT GOING TO TALK ABOUT THAT IN THIS ARTICLE, NO... HULK DECIDED TO STICK STRICTLY ON THE DRAGONS ENTERING HOUSES AND WALK UP FRONT DOORS ISSUE!


THE EASIEST STEP WOULD BE TO JUST MAKE SURE THEY DON'T THAT ANYMORE, BUT SEEING AS BETHESDA HAS AN OBSESSION ( PASSION?) FOR FREEDOM INSTEAD OF CLEAR DIRECTION THAT MAYBE WE SHOULD DO SOMETHING A LITTLE MORE FUN!


ALL HOUSES AND ANCIENT STRUCTURES CARRY SPECIAL PROTECTION!


SINCE DRAGON LORE ON MANY LEVELS STATE THAT DRAGONS ARE AMONG ONE OF THE MOST POWERFUL MAGIC RACES AND THAT MOST FORMS OF MAGIC DON'T WORK ON THEM, LETS USE SOME KIND OF BARRIER IN TOWNS THAT JUSTIFIES WHY EVERY BUILDING IN SKYRIM HAS NEVER BEEN BLOWN UP! EVEN WITH 4 DIFFERENT DRAGONS TRASHING THE COUNTRY SIDE AT ANY MOMENT!

HULK IS NOT SAYING TO STOP DRAGONS FROM ENTERING TOWNS!... THAT WOULD BE SILLY!

(HOW THE MAGIC WORKS AGAINST DRAGONS TO BEGIN WITH SHOULD ALSO BE STUDIED)

BUT HOW ABOUT A SPECIAL BARRIER THAT WEAKENS DRAGONS IN SOME PHYSICAL SENSE LIKE THE LIGHTSHOW DRAGONREND CREATES? AND THE CLOSER A DRAGON GETS TO A SOURCE OF THE BARRIER MAKES THE REPULSION ALL THE MORE REAL?!



ANOTHER INTERESTING IDEA WOULD BE TO EXPAND ON WHAT HAPPENS IN THE INTRO SEQUENCE! HAVE ALL HOMES GET BLASTED APART BY DRAGONS BREATH!

SKYRIM HAD A SLIGHTLY HILARIOUS SCENE AT THE BEGINNING OF THE GAME WHERE YOUR JUMPING FROM RUINED TOWER TO BUILDING ALL MIRRORS EDGE STYLE, BUT THEN THAT METHOD OF GAMEPLAY IS MORE OR LESS NEVER USED AGAIN!



HAVING THE DRAGON BUST DOWN THE CHURCH DOOR AND CREATING A LOVELY ROUND OF CORPSE BRIDE WOULD MAKE HULK FORGIVE THAT MISSION BEING FOREVER TRAPPED IN HULK'S QUEST LIST WITH NO POSSIBLE WAY TO REMOVE IT!


BUT IN IT'S CURRENT FORM HULK IS A BIT DISAPPOINTED!
BETHESDA SHOULD TRY HARDER TO STOP BREAKING HULK'S IMMERSION!
SEND HULK TWEETS ON WHAT YOU ALL THINK!


Friday, December 2, 2011

THE HULKGAMECRIT PODCAST! SCHEME FOR PAX EDITION!

GAME JOURNO AND HULK WERE HAVING A CONVERSATION A FEW WEEKS AGO AND ABOUT PAX AND POSSIBLY DOING SOMETHING AT PAX!

HULK ORIGINALLY WAS A LITTLE BUSY THIS WEEK, BUT THE IDEA OF SCHEMING FOR PAX WAS FAR TOO STRONG!


DISCUSSION POINTS!
GAME JOURNO PAST AND PRESENT!
REFINEMENT!
SMASHING!
HORRIBLE STORIES FROM THE GAME INDUSTRY!
SEXISM!
HULK BLAMES SOPA!
KOJIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIMA!
WHERE THE ******** IS ZOE 3?
LEAPING ON MORSELS!
......FINAL FANTASY........ ( YES HULK SAID HE WASN'T GOING TO TALK ABOUT IT ANYMORE, BUT HULK WANTS TO MAKE THINGS BETTER)









MUSIC THIS WEEK IS FROM FINAL FANTASY 13 AND TENGEN TOPPA GURREN LAGANN!




Thursday, December 1, 2011

HULK PLAYS : HALFLIFE 2 EPISODE 2

IN A MOMENT OF HULK WEAKNESS HULK PLAYS HALFLIFE 2 EPISODE 2 IN SOME VANE ATTEMPT TO FORGET ABOUT HOW HALFLIFE 2 EPISODE 3 AND HALIFE 3 ARE STILL NOT OUT YET!





Watch live video from hulkgamecrit on www.twitch.tv

Wednesday, November 30, 2011

PODCAST ERRORS

DUE TO MINUS BEING CRAZY ALL THE HULK PODCASTS ARE SLIGHTLY OUT OF TUNE WITH HULK WEBSITE!


HULK IS WORKING HARD TO RECTIFY THE ERRORS AND PROMISES TO FIX IT SOON!


A COUPLE OF THE HULK MINIONS HOWEVER HAVE SAID THAT PODCAST 26 IS NOW THE 26TH ITEM, SO TECHNICALLY JUST MOVING THE ARROW IN THE U.I. TO THE 26TH SPOT SHOULD STILL START THE CORRECT PODCAST!


HULK NOT ENTIRELY SURE WHAT HAPPENED..... HULK WILL KEEP FOLLOWERS UPDATED.

Friday, November 18, 2011

THE HULKGAMECRIT PODCAST! VALVE EDITION!

THIS WEEK VALVE'S " BOSS " FOR THE GAMIFICATION PROJECTS TALKS ABOUT HOW EDUCATION CAN BE FIXED WITH GAMES! AND SMASHES THE WAYS CLAYTON, ADRE, RECON, WILL, AND NICHOLAS WERE TAUGHT GROWING UP!


HULK SUPPORTS VALVE'S IDEA WHOLE HEATEDLY! AND REQUESTS THAT EVERYONE SHARES THIS WEEK'S PODCAST WITH THEIR FRIENDS!

LESLIE ( THE " BOSS ") WOULD ALSO LOVE TO GET EMAILS ON THIS EDEAVOR! EMAIL HER AT leslier@valvesoftware.com

DISCUSSION POINTS!

CLAYTON SINGING!

NUCLEAR DETERRENCE!

VALVE HAS A PHYSICS GAME PLAN!

NEW EXPERIENCES FOR TEACHERS!

S.T.E.M. FAILURES!

S.A.T.'S ARE SILLY!

PIRACY SMASHED!

THE PETA TANOOKI SUIT SCANDAL!

HOW GAME DESIGN CAN FIX THE DISCONNECT!

RECON THINKS PROCEDURALLY!

HALFLIFE2 EPISODE3 STILL ISNT HERE!

EA, SONY, AND NINTENDO SUPPORT INTERNET CENSORSHIP!

TELL TALE IS WRITING THEIR OWN REVIEWS!

GLADOS TEACHES SCIENCE THROUGH EXTRA CREDIT! ( AND POSSIBLY ACID BATHS)

DESERT BUS! ( SUPPORT THEM ALREADY)

CHELL FOR CHARITY!

WII SO SO SORRY!

7 MAGICALLY FLOATING SWORDS!





THIS WEEK'S MUSIC IS ALL VALVE RELATED!

AFTER THIS WEEK'S PODCAST CLAYTON AND THE HULK MINIONS WILL BE TAKING A BREAK! HULK ALSO HAS OFFICIALLY RUN OUT OF GUESTS!

IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO BE A GUEST ON THE PODCAST, WOULD LIKE TO WORK WITH OTHER HULK MINIONS ON STUFF, OR NEED ASSISTANCE WITH SOMETHING THEN PLEASE LET HULK KNOW!

HULK WILL BE GRADUATING SOON AND THE LAST 6 MONTHS OF PODCASTS HAVE BEEN A LOT OF FUN! ........ HULK WOULD LIKE TO KEEP THINGS ROLLING!

(ONE OF THE U.B. TEACHERS MANAGES TO POP IN TOWARD THE END) ( THE OTHER WAS STUCK IN TRAFFIC)

Friday, November 11, 2011

THE HULKGAMECRIT PODCAST! KASAVIN EDITION!

KASAVIN POPS IN TO CHAT ABOUT BASTION! SKYRIM! AND HIS HIDDEN VIDEOGAME SLAUGHTERING TENDENCIES! <3

ANDRE, RECON, AND WILL ALSO POPPED IN THIS WEEK!


DISCUSSION POINTS!

THE KID!
STORYLINE AND BALANCE!
OCEANS 2 MET MW3!
THE MW3 BOMBER!
CAPCOM FAILS!
OBLIVION!
SKYRIM!
WHATS WRONG WITH YOU PART3!
PENGIS!
ANDRE GETTING REALLY ANGRY!
SKYRIM WITHDRAWAL!
HOW COULD THIS HAPPEN TO ME?




THIS WEEK'S MUSIC IS FROM BASTION!
YOU CAN PLAY / BUY IT ALL HERE!


AND THIS WEEK'S MUSICAL IS SKYRIM RELATED!

Thursday, November 10, 2011

KASAVIN PLAYS SKYRIM!

Watch live video from Giant Bomb Live! on www.justin.tv


HULK'S SPECIAL GUEST FOR TOMORROW HAS BEEN PLAYING SKYRIM FOR 12 HOURS STRAIGHT!

ENJOY THE LAST FEW HOURS!

Monday, November 7, 2011

CLAYTON'S HOMEWORK RAMBLINGS!

CLAYTON HAD TO WORK ON A VERY LONG PAPER THIS WEEK!

WHILE NOT ENTIRELY GAME DESIGN-ISH HULK THOUGHT FOLLOWERS MIGHT ENJOY THE READ!

Case:

You are the environmental compliance manager for a profitable, small plastics manufacturing companyhere in Maryland. Previous reports indicate that the factory’s emission levels are just within the legal limits. Your office has conducted a new scientific study that predicts the next report will show that the emissions levels have surpassed the legal limit. You have some choices to make. The new technology to control emission levels is expensive and could cost your corporation a lot of money – thus resulting in some job cuts for some of your coworkers. One of your staff members said you should fudge the report until a cheaper alternative is found within the next year.

At first I thought I was misunderstanding the concept, but in a rare double whammy both an Act Utilitarian and a Rule Utilitarian would follow the laws connected to the manufacturing company and by default would have the job cuts happen as a result. While Act Utilitarian's firmly believe that the end result in any scenario should be the only thing people should be concerned with, Rule Utilitarian's believe rules and guidelines by design will result in the greatest happiness. This case scenario has created a type of middle ground where both groups are able to agree amicably even though it's for entirely different reasons.

Act Utilitarian's believe that the right action will create the greatest amount of happiness. They also are just as willing to obey a law as they are to abandon one . In a way I see this as a type of twisted " ends justify the means" type of belief where anything goes if it means keeping a lot of people happy. In this scenario alone however, we would still see the Act Utilitarian acting rather noble. Since we don't know how many people work at the company, who is in the surrounding area, and have no guarantees of costs, our Act Utilitarian would have to run strictly off the idea that his company (while growing in size) is still very small when considering the enormity of the world. Our Act Utilitarian would immediately send out the report , and actively push his company to begin buying the equipment to ensure the rest of the world is not being harmed any further by their daily operations.

Earlier I sounded harsh towards Act Utilitarian's and with good reason, their entire belief is based on size, and while in this situation they would choose a moral high ground in other situations they could just as easily choose something more unethical depending on how many people were involved. Their entire system reminds me of the scales you sometimes see in court houses or even in myths. There is no real individualism or personal character in their beliefs. In all honesty I see them as only siding with the bigger party.

Rule Utilitarian's believe that happiness is at its greatest when laws, rules, and even faiths are followed strictly with absolutely no gray area. Much like we discussed in class people like this tend be heavily religious, and in particular a strict belief in following laws is in the backbone of the Christian faith. To people like this any breaking of a rule or belief is nothing less than a betrayal of them, the society, and most importantly themselves. Even though the company could lose jobs, could cost him his own job, ruin their entire local economy, the rules will be followed no matter what, and we have no choice but to follow them. The guy would also probably push hard to make sure the equipment was in and running the instant those laws were revised.

Again I'm being incredibly harsh on them for ironically similar reasons. Much like the Act Utilitarian's, Rule Utilitarian's will most likely be conforming to society, in a way they have no real individualism, or at least would be willing to stomp on that individualism if a law demanded it. They don't think about their actions in any way, since they leave all the thinking to others that are far more qualified. Someone strictly following these beliefs would most likely never get past the middle class, so most likely people like this would be forever trapped searching for their happiness. Unless of course the middle class is their ultimate happiness, and they can find contempt in the mundane.

While the concepts in theory are great for society they really don't exist in the individuals of the society. Over the last week I actually tried searching for people, or even characters in games and other media that purely followed the concept. Someone that's able to go such lengths for their beliefs would easily be considered a Hero in some aspect, but what's truly ironic about most heroes is that they always have a folly, or rather some instance where they will betray their own beliefs. In the end I found three characters, Emiya Shirou, Emiya Kiritsugu ( both from the fate stay night franchise), and Adam Jenson ( Main Character of Deus Ex Human Revolution) that were able to fit the bill in some aspect, but every one of these individuals have a horribly damaged persona due to near death experiences. I personally find it ironic that the people we consider to be heroes in the present day are always considered to be in every way ordinary, while the ones we create to take on these persona's that believe in doing whatever it takes if it means reaching happiness are purely fictional. Even though many of the characters present in the fate stay night franchise did exist at times, they were always made to look and act human. Emiya Kiritsugu was the only one really used as a type of golden rule.

Kiritsugu's character believed firmly in what can be seen as Act Utilitarianism. His character throughout several books and an anime has always stated " if killing one means happiness, peace, and safety for millions.... then I'll be the one to pull the trigger." This week the creator really pushed the characters identity home actually, to take out one very dangerous individual in a war, he first located the man's building, got all of the innocent bystanders out via fire alarm, and while the target waited at the top of the building for Kiritsugu to enter the building and begin the fight; Kiritsugu had the building blown up. Kiritsugu's character over and over again will do such ridiculous things to guarantee the safety for millions. Other characters in the franchise have stated Kiritsugu would go into a battle zone if it meant ending a war faster and limiting the casualties. By the time the Fate stay night franchise has started , the man has already acknowledged the idea that he is soon going to die. Not from some illness or accident, but purely because of his own beliefs. To make things even worse everyone that knows him personally and confesses to love him has accepted that this is definitely his fate without fear, and even acknowledge that they are mostly going with him.

His son Shirou is even more of a problem, Shirou constantly goes to any length to help others out of a desire to be like his dad " the man that saved millions" while at the same time dealing with unending survivor's guilt that leaves him unable to seek happiness for himself. To him, others peoples happiness means happiness for himself, is another stepping stone to him becoming his father, and ultimately terrifies everyone that knows him personally. Shirou's void less personality actually has 3 possible routes of growth between the games and books. The first path through consultation of his friends leads to Shirou choosing one person over a thousand. A complete reversal of the desires and dreams he shared with his father, the second path through a friends departure leads to a more stabilized existence where Shirou has desires even though he still wishes to help people, and the third path leads to Shirou sacrificing himself to save millions. Becoming the hero he always dreamed and clearly serving as a warning from the creator of the franchise.

The last character Adam Jenson is by far the most entertaining. Adam Jenson was launched through a wall and suffered damage to about 70% of his body, and had it all replaced with advanced robotics. Every choice, opinion, and feeling stated afterword's is up to player to decide. In a way he is a perfect blank slate , He can choose to hate these robotics, hate corporations for placing him in this situation, fall into endless grief over what has happened to his friends, or pick himself up and see just how much further he can actually go. One of the most entertaining side routes has Jensen following all laws of society like a Rule Utilitarian, and constantly this means Jensen is fighting individuals with highly illegal gear and accessories, while Jensen has far weaker weaponry and abilities. Over and over again Jensen's morality and beliefs are being pushed because rich corporations control the world, they make the laws, they break the laws, and enforce the laws on anyone that gets in the way. Towards the end Jensen has only 3 possible choices to finish the game. One method involves destroying all evidence of anything that took place, another involves blaming an innocent party with malicious beliefs, and the third is once again self sacrifice to maintain the broken legal system. Guess which one actually has Jensen following the rules?

All three characters were designed specifically to inspire people, but their own creators firmly believe they cannot exist in such a form, and I think that's the biggest problem I have with the whole philosophy. I believe in balance, every person inside humanity needs to choose for themselves what they in turn believe in. We cannot just blindly follow a popular party or just follow a culture, and expect to find our happiness along the way. Even our media creators go to ridiculous lengths to prove how dangerous and all encompassing such a belief can actually be. Sure one day you could be helping some poor kid across the street, but the very next day you would have to be willing to drop a building with c4 due to your own beliefs, and that is just not going to happen. In the manufacturing scenario mentioned earlier it's probably a really good idea to follow the guidelines , you still need to decide for yourself if those guidelines are just, correct, and worth the sacrifices that are in result. I firmly reject the idea that only one or the other is all that's needed in order to find happiness. Crazy thinking's like that can lead to a lot of people being killed, and there's no true happiness waiting for the masses at the end of that.

FATE STAY NIGHT

FATE ZERO

DEUS EX!


HULK HOPES EVERYONE ENJOYED THE ARTICLE!

WHEN HULK GRADUATES HULK PLANS ON RELEASING MORE THINGS LIKE THIS! ALONGSIDE THE USUAL HULK ARTICLES THAT HULK USED TO DO WEEKLY!

Saturday, November 5, 2011

THE HULKGAMECRIT PODCAST! PART 25!!!!

THIS WEEK CLAYTON CELEBRATES 25 WEEKS OF PODCAST WITH ANDRE, PATRICK, NICHOLAS , AND RECON!

DISCUSSION POINTS!

A STRIVE FOR PROFESSIONALISM!
UNCHARTED3!
SONIC GENERATIONS!
A BETTER JRPG HERO!
ANOTHER HULK FAIL!
PATRICK IS BLAMED AGAIN!
MAGFEST!
THE VITA / MARIO F**** UP!
SKYRIM!
OUR GROWING MARYLAND FEARS!
OUR FUTURE PLANS!
GEARBOX DID SOMETHING REALLY SMASHING!




THIS WEEK'S MUSIC IS FROM STAR OCEAN AND VALKYRIA CHRONICLES!
GO BUY IT IF YOU CAN FIND IT!

CLAYTON WAS SINGING THIS LATER IN THE EVENING.... HULK ASKED, " WHATS WRONG WITH YOU!"

Saturday, October 29, 2011

BATTLEFIELD 3

BELOW IS A CONVERSATION CLAYTON HAD WITH A MINION!


Harrison: beat Battlefield 3
it's probably every bit the game you expect
Sent at 8:56 PM on Saturday
me: so its disappointing :P
Sent at 8:58 PM on Saturday
Harrison's new status message - It's snowing during Halloween. MIND-BLOWN. 9:19 PM
Harrison: weirdness
anyways, the American portions are disappointing
Russian parts though.....wonderful
me: yay it works now :P
Harrison: lol
me: maybe the sections were done by different studios ?
like they pulled an l.a. noir?
Harrison: I don't know. The Russian and USA parts almost feel like different games
me: they certainly seemed to ******* up enough with it already
Harrison: :P
Yeah
The MP still refuses to work for me
must be the video settings
me: wanna be on the podcast next week to talk about it?
Harrison: What time would said podcast be?
me: saturday 4:30 ish im thinking
Harrison: PM? Not sure. I might just share a googledoc with my feedback for you
feedback.comments
feedback/comments*
me: hmm
well we'll figure something out
I could possibly do it friday as well
depends on what the others are doing I guess
Harrison: Yep
Have you tried it yet?
I'd imagine not
me: bf3?
no
not gonna
Harrison: I figured as much
me: my faith was destroyed by their immaturity and idiocy
Harrison: EA did have some....slip-ups
And my god is Origin's implementation inefficient
me: far too ****** many
Harrison: I think Battlelog is okay, if completely unnecessary
However, needing Origin to run it as well just sucks up memory
me: its all garbage
Harrison: Yep
But darnit if the game isn't pretty
me: look at it this way,
a marriage to a ridiulously attractive women, with nothing else going for it..... will likely end in 6 months.
same for bf3
Harrison: Well, if it were only SP, the marriage would be over in 3 days
me: lol
Harrison: Thankfully, the MP is decent enough to last 1 week ;D
me: you know what?
i'm going to copy this conversation and throw it in the hulk blog.
should suffice for a review
Harrison: Go ahead

Friday, October 28, 2011

THE HULKGAMECRIT PODCAST! FINE SWEDISH WATER EDITION!

SAKIMOTO, RECON, FUSSPAWN, AND MANY OTHERS DECIDE TO POP IN FOR THE PODCAST!

THIS WEEK'S DISCUSSION POINTS!

NINTENDO LOST A BILLION DOLLARS!
WHATS WRONG WITH YOU? PART 2!
SAKIMOTO LOSING IT!
SAKIMOTO BRINGING BACK THE SEXY!
SAKIMOTO CRYING!
CLAYTON CRYING!
A NEW HULK MINION!
A NEW HULK MINION CRYING!
EA LOOSES A LOT OF MONEY!
VALVE MAKES A LOT OF MONEY!

AND A GREAT DEAL OF OTHER THINGS THAT MAKE HULK'S HEAD SHAKE IN SHAME DURING EDITING!




THIS WEEK'S MUSIC IS FROM BLUE EXORCIST AND KINGDOMHEARTS!
HULK HOPES YOU HAVE A SPOOKTACULAR HOLIDAY! <3

SIDE NOTES:

HULK LIKES SEEING ENTIRE PLANET GLOWING GREEN IN THE ANALYTICS! RETWEET THE PODCAST!

WHOEVER CAUSED THE INSANE INCREASE IN VIEWS LAST WEEK IS FOREVER IN HULK'S GOOD BOOKS!

RECON FOUND SOMETHING FUNNY!
SAKIMOTO'S SOUNDCLOUD AND WEBSITE!

Thursday, October 27, 2011

A STEP TOO FAR!

A STEP TOO FAR!

( A RANT FROM THE DESK OF HULKGAMECRIT)

CLAYTON ORIGINALLY WAS SUPPOSED TO WRITE THIS ONE.... BUT HULK DECIDED THAT RAGE SHOULD BE SAVED FOR THE PODCAST!

ACTIVISION ANNOUNCED A NEW PROMOTION TOOL FOR MODERN WARFARE3!

WHILE HULK NORMALLY THINKS PRODUCT PROMOTION IN AND OUT OF GAME MAY BE A GREAT WAY TO HELP BIG BUDGET GAME PROJECTS REACH LOW BUDGET PRICES.... TO ACTUALLY RISK THE HEALTH OF YOUR GAMING AUDIENCE IS ABSOLUTELY ********* INSANE!

WHAT'S MORE HULK IS NOT TALKING ABOUT SOME POOR INDIE DEV THAT'S TRYING TO MAKE ENDS MEET!

HULK IS TALKING ABOUT ACTIVISION!

ONE OF THE LARGEST COMPANIES IN THE GAME INDUSTRY!

THE MESSAGE THEIR SAYING IS EVEN MORE DANGEROUS!

KEEP DRINKING PEPSI IN ORDER TO GET BETTER AT A VIDEOGAME!

WE WANT OUR GAMERS TO BE SITTING FOR ENDLESS HOURS STRAIGHT! BUYING OUR SH*T WHILE DRINKING EVEN MORE SH*T, AND THEN SPEND HALF YOUR NIGHT ON THE TOILET DUE TO SAID SH*T!

HULK WOULD LOVE TO MEET THE CORPORATE MORON THAT CAME UP WITH THIS MARKETTING STRATEGY!

HULK IS SURE ACTIVISION WANTS TO KEEP US ALL AS FAT AND STUPID AS HUMANLY POSSIBLE !

IT MIGHT STOP GAMERS FROM NOTICING HOW THEY KEEP DOING THE SAME THING OVER AND OVER AGAIN!

BUT TO ACTUALLY COME UP WITH A CAMPAIGN RUNNING SOLELY ON THOSE VALUES !

USING GAMIFICATION TECHNIQUES TO MAKE A HIGHLY ADDICTIVE SUBSTANCE IS EVEN MORE ADDICTIVE!

AND TO MAKE IT SOO F******* BLATANTLY OBVIOUS THAT A TWITTER HULK WAS ABLE TO MAKE AN ARTICLE OUT OF IT..... IS AN IDIOCY HULK HAS NEVER SEEN BEFORE!

HULK KEEPS BEING TOLD TO STOP BURNING DOWN ALL THE BRIDGES IN THE GAME INDUSTRY!

BUT SOME BRIDGES NEED TO BE BURNED!

ACTIVISION WANTS ALL FANBOYS ( INCLUDING SOME HULK FOLLOWERS) TO DIE!

AND BEFORE FANBOYS DIE THEY WILL NEED EXPENSIVE SURGERY AND LIMB REMOVAL!

THEN OFCOURSE ACTIVISION WILL MAKE A CONTROLLER THAT USES BRAIN WAVES!

SO WE CAN ALL PLAY GAMES ON OUR DEATHBEDS!

AND ON THOSE DEATHBEDS WE'LL STILL SUCK AT GAMES BECAUSE CHEATING OUR WAY THROUGH LIFE WITH DOUBLE XP WONT WORK WHEN WE HAVE TO RELY ON BRAIN POWER AND PERSONAL WILL!

IN SHORT... WE SHOULD ALL GO ON A DIET! AND MAYBE CHECK OUT THE SUBWAY PROMOTION IN LIMITED QUANITIES!

AT LEAST WITH THAT SYSTEM THE GAME WILL STILL BE BALANCED ENOUGH AT LAUNCH AND GUARANTEE A WONDERFUL HIGH FLYING CINEMATIC ADVENTURE FEATURING MANY MANY SCARY MONSTERS / TRIBAL MEN TOWARD THE VERY END THAT CAN BE ONLY KILLED BY A GOLDEN CROSSBOW! UNLESS OF COURSE JAMES BOND GOT IN THE WAY.... SO THEY'RE NOW SILVER!....WHATEVER.

Saturday, October 22, 2011

A BETTER FORTUNE COOKIE


HULK WAS CHILLING WITH SOME CHINESE FOOD AFTER WATCHING AN EXTRA CREDITZ VIDEO WHEN HULK WAS GIVEN A FORTUNE COOKIE!

HERE'S THE FORTUNE INSIDE!








HULK CAN ASSUREDLY SAY HULK IS DOING WELL WITH HIS BUSINESS OF SMASHING! BUT THIS DOES NOT COUNT AS A FORTUNE!


HAVE THE FORTUNE COOKIE INDUSTRIES(?) GIVEN UP ON AN AGE OLD TRADITION? OR PERHAPS JUST LIKE THE GAME INDUSTRY DO THEY NO LONGER FEEL AS IF THEY NEED TO ACTUALLY TRY IN ORDER TO RECEIVE THE SAME RESULTS?

HULK FINDS THIS DISTURBING! WHILE HULK NORMALLY ONLY GOES FOR TASTY TSAO'S CHICKEN HULK EXPECTS SOME KIND OF NOVELTY WITH HIS TAKE OUT EXPERIENCE!

MUCH LIKE JP HAS somewhat IMPLIED IN THE PAST, LAZY DESIGN ( NOT JUST FOR THE GAME INDUSTRY) CAN BREAK THE EXPERIENCE JUST AS MUCH AS EXTREME DESIGN CAN!

HULK CALLS FOR AN AGE OF BALANCE! HULK WANTS TO SEE GAME DEVS SPENDING ENOUGH ATTENTION ON THEIR CRAFT TO MAKE THE GAMING AUDIENCE HAPPY

( HULK ADVISES AIMING A LITTLE PAST THAT.... SO HULK IS ALSO SATISFIED)

WHILE AT THE SAME TIME NOT OVER DOING THINGS AND MAKING US ALL WAIT FOR WHAT FEELS LIKE YEARS OR EVEN DECADES!



THE HULKGAMECRIT PODCAST : PART 23

THIS WEEK HULK CHATS WITH STEPHEN FOGG ABOUT A FLIPPING GOOD TIME!
DOWNLOAD IT HERE

ANDRE , RECON , AND OTHER NICHOLAS ALSO DECIDE TO POP IN AND WRECK THE PLACE!


DISCUSSION POINTS:

ANGRY BIRDS!
WHAT'S WRONG WITH YOU!
ARKHAM CITY!
RAGE!
MORE MOVIE DEALS!
MORE LAY OFFS!
DIGI PEN IS BETTER THEN US!
MICROSOFT 1080!
UNCHARTED 3!
SEXY BACK!
WE ARE THE CHAMPIONS!
SOME REALLY CREEPY STUFF HULK SHOULD HAVE EDITED OUT!
AND A COMPLETE BREAK DOWN OF MODERN SOCIETY THANKS TO CALENDER MAN!



THIS WEEKS MUSIC IS FROM FINAL FANTASY 10 AND ARKHAM CITY!
HULK TRIED TO BE TIME RELATED DUE TO ALL THE CALENDAR PUNS!


Friday, October 14, 2011

THE HULKGAMECRIT PODCAST : PART 22

THIS WEEK CLAYTON CHATS WITH THE TIN MAN AND HOW HE'S DIGITALLY REVITALIZED A STRANGE GENRE! <3

ALSO STARS NICHOLAS AND WILLIAM ( SUCH A TROLL)!

THINGS DISCUSSED THIS WEEK!

FARM-VILLE THE MOVIE : A PIXAR PRODUCTION
THE " HULK" BLADE
MORE BUSINESS TALK!
GRASSHOPPER WANTS TO BE A GRASS HOPPER!
THE VITA IS DYING!
GOODBYE QUICKSTER!
APPLE!
IPADS!
NARRATIVES!
ILLNESS!
WEIRD SOUNDS!
AND LOTS MORE!




THIS WEEKS MUSIC IS FROM VGO AND BASTION!
WHILE VGO IS STILL NOT SITE READY! BASTION SURE AS HELL IS!

Friday, October 7, 2011

THE HULKGAMECRIT PODCAST! PART 21

THIS WEEK CLAYTON CHATS WITH FOLLOWER PAUL THORNTON, AND HANDELABRA STUDIO ABOUT UNCLE SLAM!

DISCUSSION POINTS!

RAGE!

RAGE SUCKS!

PROPER STORYLINE!

GAME PROMOTIONS!

GAME PRICES!

MARKETING!

PS3 SUCKS!

PSN SUCKS!

STEVE JOBS DIED!

DOUBLE FINE CHEERED SOMEONE UP!

AND MANY MANY OTHER STORIES FROM THE GAME INDUSTRY!

HULK ENJOYED THE CONVERSATION!



THIS WEEK'S MUSIC IS FROM FALLOUT3 AND VALKYRIA! GO BUY IT ALREADY!


Friday, September 30, 2011

THE HULKGAMECRIT PODCAST : PART 20

THIS WEEK CLAYTON TALKS TO A WHOLE SLEW OF GUESTS INCLUDING DANIEL DA ROCHA!

ROCHA IS WORKING ON QUBE ! A GAME THAT PROMISES TO PUSH THE 4TH DIMENSION IN MORE WAYS THEN ONE! ( THAT WAS A HULK PUN)


DISCUSSION POINTS THIS WEEK!


SQUAREENIX FAILS!
TWITTER NARATIVES
A BUNCH OF "WHO CARES?" NEWS!
RAGE!
"CHOKE A COLA"
MORE REMAKES!
CABELLA 'S LITERAL WORLD TOUR!
COUGARS!
CLAYTON LOSING HIS MIND!
THE DEATH OF MAGAZINES!
A LOOOONG DISCUSSION ON CUBES, RECTANGLES , AND MANY OTHER SQUARED THINGS HULK SHOULD PROBABLY EDIT OUT !
( SPOILER: HULK DIDN'T <3)




THIS WEEKS MUSIC IS FROM CHRONO CHROSS! AND PORTAL 2!




SIDENOTE: SAKIMOTO'S COLLAPSE INTO RUIN WAS IN PART 4! ....HULK FAIL!

Monday, September 26, 2011

ANNOUNCEMENT TIME!

This is your lovable first minion Clayton here with a very special announcement.


I keep hearing followers say things that our studio was considering a few months ago.

"Let's make more content"


I full heartedly agree, but since a lot of the hulkgamecrit studio members are busy right now, and doing a podcast every week can be .....trying.... i'm going to need some manpower.

If anyone out their would like to assist hulk and the other minions in making lets plays, being a co guest on the podcast, working on the games currently in development, or announce your own special project, then please contact hulk at HULKGAMECRIT@GMAIL.COM


Everyone already in the system need not apply.
I'll just email you when something more concrete has been set up.


Sidenote:

This could also include guest hulk articles.






Saturday, September 24, 2011

HULKGAMECRIT PODCAST : PART 19

THIS WEEK CLAYTON CHATS WITH DAN DIXON! THE CREATOR OF UNIVERSE SANDBOX!

CLAYTON IS ALSO VISITED BY SELF PROCLAIMED CREATOR ANDRE DOUCET!

THIS WEEK THEY DISCUSS


DIGITAL PREGNANCY!
GAMERS BEAT SCIENCE AT SCIENCES OWN GAME!
INAFUNE COMPLAINING!
WHY SEVERAL CAPCOM GAMES FAILED!
GOG IS DOING SOMETHING CRAZY!
SQUAREENIX IS DISAPPOINTING!
ANOTHER REMAKE!
GAMES KEEP GETTING MOVED UP!
A SH*TLOAD OF MATH!






THIS WEEKS MUSIC IS FROM DAN DIXON AND AN ANIME CALLED, "GOSICK"

SIDENOTE:

THEY TALKED ABOUT UNITY 4 DIFFERENT TIMES DURING THE PODCAST IN ITS VARIOUS FORMS!

SEEMS APPROPRIATE A SONG CALLED, " UNITY" SHOULD BE THE CLOSER!

HERE'S SOME MORE INFO ON UNIVERSE SANDBOX! CHECK OUT THE FREE VERSION!


Friday, September 16, 2011

THE HULKGAMECRIT PODCAST : PART 18



CLAYTON TALKS TO DAVID SUSHIL (LEAD PROGRAMMER / DESIGNER AT BAD PILCROW) ABOUT VANESSA ST PIERRE DELACROIX AND HOW SHE HAS NIGHTMARES AND NEEDS A COUNSELOR!


WE ALSO DISCUSS....
THE GROWING HULK ARMY!
VITA FAILS! TGS FAILS!
COMPANIES DOWN LISTED / COMPANIES SHUTDOWN!
HOW TO GET INTO THE INDUSTRY!
AND A WHOLE LOT MORE!





THIS WEEKS MUSIC IS FROM THE GAME! AND ALSO FROM ROCK OF AGES!
GO BUY IT ALREADY!
DON'T FORGET TO TELL ALL YOUR FRIENDS ABOUT HULK AND THE PODCAST! <3






Saturday, September 10, 2011

THE HULKGAMECRIT PODCAST : PART 17

CLAYTON CHATS WITH THE BRILLIANT NICK TALMERS NIEUWOUDT!

LEAD GAME DEVELOPER AT TAITALE STUDIOS!
( CURRENTLY WORKING ON NOVUS AETERNO )

THE LATEST GAMING NEWS IS DISCUSSED!
NEW GENRES ARE BORN!
GAMING FAILS ARE REVEALED!
AND A RARE HULK FAIL!



HULK WOULD LIKE TO THANK NICK FOR SPENDING SOME TIME WITH CLAYTON!

HULK WILL MAKE SURE TO HAVE HIM AND THE STUDIO ON AGAIN SOMETIME!

THIS WEEKS MUSIC IS FROM TEAM FORTRESS 2 AND LUNAR 2!

GO BUY IT IF YOU CAN FIND IT!
( THIS MUSIC IS PRETTY GOOD TOO!)

Sunday, September 4, 2011

PART 16 OF THE HULKGAMECRIT PODCAST!

CLAYTON TALKS ABOUT PAX!

CLAYTON TALKS ABOUT THE GAMES!

CLAYTON HAS SOME INCREDIBLE NEWS!

CLAYTON MET SOME FANS <3





RETWEET THE PODCAST TO EARN A FREE LORD OF THE RINGS ONLINE ITEM!

OR MENTION HULKGAMECRIT AND THE PODCAST IN THE SAME TWEET SO HULK CAN COUNT YOU IN!



THIS WEEKS MUSIC IS FROM BASTION! HULK WOULD SAY BUY THE CD BUT ITS SOLD OUT! HULK THINKS THE DOWNLOAD MIGHT BE BETTER ANYWAY!


OTHER MUSIC IS FROM BORDERLANDS! ALTHOUGH HULK WONDERS WHY ITS MOST ICONIC SOUNDS ARE NOT ON THE CD!

Thursday, September 1, 2011

SWAGA-PALOOZA PART 1

THE BELOW IS JUST A SMALL PITANCE OF THE SWAG HULK RECEIVED AT PAX!

( DONT FORGET! HULK IS GIVING SOME AWAY FOR FREE!)
HULKS LATEST SOUNDTRACK AQUISITIONS!
JUST A SMALL AMOUNT OF THE SWAG HULK HAS!
POSTERS!
MORE POSTERS!
SO MUCH POSTERS!

Monday, August 22, 2011

A STRONGER SYSTEM

A STRONGER SYSTEM!

( A PLEA FOR HELP FROM THE DESK OF HULKGAMECRIT)

HULK NOTICED SOMETHING A LITTLE STRANGE THAT HULK WAS HOPING TO FIND A PROPER ANSWER FOR BY NOW BUT HASN'T!

WHEN HULK'S FOLLOWSHIP GREW ALITTLE WHILE AGO... HULK STARTED A PODCAST! THE PODCAST WAS STARTED FOR THE FOLLOWERS! EACH WEEK HULK WOULD BRING IN DIFFERENT GUESTS TO TALK ABOUT GAMING NEWS AND WHERE THEY FIT INSIDE THIS CRAZY INDUSTRY OF OURS!

TWO OF HULK'S GUESTS ( CHIMMELY AND DOUBLEANNA) REVELEAED SOMETHING HULK FOUND TO BE FASCINATING! THEIR REPECTIVE AREAS ARE BOTH HEAVY INTO TWITTER AND TRY TO COMMUNICATE OFTEN ABOUT WHAT EVERYONE IS UP TO! CHIMMELY'S AREA EVEN SUPPORTS INDIE DEVS! HULK WAS EVEN GIVEN A FEW WORDS OF WISDOM TO BOOT! AFTER THAT PODCAST HULK BEGAN SEARCHING TO SEE IF ANYTHING LIKE THAT EXISTS IN BALTIMORE!

WITH THE INSANE AMOUNT OF STUDIOS INVOLVED WITH THE GAME INDUSTRY YOU'D THINK A SYSTEM WOULD ALREADY EXIST!....RIGHT?

WRONG!

FOR ONE THING.... HARDLY ANY DEVELOPERS ( OF THE THOUSANDS ON TWITTER) ARE ACTUALLY FROM BALTIMORE! OR ANNOUNCE IT FOR THAT MATTER!) ANOTHER UNSIGHTLY PROBLEM IS THAT UNLESS YOUR ALREADY A GAME DEVELOPER AND"IN THE KNOW ", THEN YOUR LIKELY NEVER GOING TO HEAR ABOUT AN EVENT WHERE THEY ARE ALL GETTING TOGETHER TO DO SOMETHING!

STUDENTS IN PARTICULAR FINDS THIS THE MOST FRUSTRATING! HULK CAN THINK OF AT LEAST 15 STUDENTS RIGHT NOW THAT CAN'T FIND WORK, HAVE NO ONE ( EXCEPT HULK) TO NETWORK WITH, AND NEVER HEAR A THING FROM A GAME STUDIO POSITIVE OR NEGATIVE AS TO WHY THEY DIDN'T GET AN INTERVIEW OR INTERNSHIP AT THEIR LOCAL GAME STUDIOS!

SO THESE STUDENTS BEGIN QUESTIONING EVERYTHING THEY 'VE DONE UP TO THIS POINT AND WONDERING WHAT IT IS THEY DID WRONG TO BEGIN WITH!

ALL BECAUSE THEIR WAS NO COMMUNICATION AND THEY HAVE NO ONE INSIDE THE INDUSTRY TO SPEAK WITH! HULK THINKS THIS NEEDS TO STOP RIGHT NOW! AT THE VERY LEAST WE CAN ADOPT A POLICY OF LETTING SOMEONE KNOW " YES" OR "NO" WHEN THEY SEND IN AN APPLICATION! ( EXTRA HULK POINTS IF YOU POINT OUT WHAT YOU LIKED OR DIDN'T LIKE).

SOME OF YOU AT THIS POINT MIGHT BE SAYING " JUST GO WITH THE IGDA".... NORMALLY HULK WOULD FULLY AGREE! HOWEVER THE IGDA MIGHT BE IN A STRANGE PLACE RIGHT NOW.. HULK NOT ENTIRELY SURE! BESIDE THE POINT UNLESS THE IGDA IS SOMEHOW ABLE TO HIRE THESE STUDENTS THEN HULK IS NOT ENTIRELY SURE WHAT THEY CAN DO TO HELP!

THIS PROBLEM IS MORE IN THE HANDS OF THE STUDIOS ANYWAY! AND MAYBE ALSO ALITTLE BLAME IN THE LOCAL COLLEGES AS WELL! HULK THINKS WE NEED SOME KIND OF SYSTEM!

AT THE VERY LEAST A WEBSITE GOING OVER WHAT GAME DEVS IN THE AREA MIGHT BE DOING ON A MONTHLY BASIS, WHAT THE NEXT IGDA MEETING WILL BE GOING OVER NEXT ( AND MAKING SURE NOT TO HAVE THE FIRST MEETING IN MONTHS BE CANCELLED), AND POSSIBLY SOME KIND OF MENTOR-SHIP PROGRAM! HULK IS NOT ASKING FOR ANYTHING TO FANCY! JUST A FEW KIND DEVELOPERS ANSWERING QUESTIONS THAT OUR COLLEGE PROGRAMS MISSED! STUFF THAT WE NEED TO KNOW IN ORDER TO GET HIRED!

IF ANY GAME DEVELOPERS ARE WILLING TO TALK WITH HULK MORE ON THIS ( A JOB WOULD BE BETTER) THEN HULK CAN BE CONTACTED RIGHT HERE!