Nude Clan: A Video Game Podcast

This week, we discuss the formation of Steam, Valve Corporations greatest accomplishment. We discuss the programs ups and downs, and talk about our history of computer gaming, and how Steam changed it all. Enjoy!

This week, the clan discusses Heavy Rain. Enjoy! Heavy Rain is an interactive drama action-adventure video game developed by Quantic Dream in 2010. Heavy Rain is a noir thriller, with four different characters the player takes control of, each of these characters are involved with the case of a serial killer who uses rain water to drown his victims. The players decisions and actions made during th...

This week, we discuss our favorite moments of this years E3 conference. Kaleb Craig also covers a little back history on the expo's history. Enjoy!!   A brief history of E3. 1995: The first E3 saw the unveiling of Nintendo's virtual boy system, and the entrance of Sony to the gaming industry with the PlayStation. in its first year E3 had 50,000 attendees. 1996: E3 saw the beginning of the Nintendo...

Join Kaleb, Cameron, Kaleb, and Dylan as they discuss the original Doom game. Enjoy! Doom How do you begin to do a review on a game as iconic and game changing as doom? Who developed Doom? ID software John Carmack and John Romero, game designer Tom Hall, and artist Adrian Carmack. The company was also heavily involved in the creation of the first-person shooter genre. Wolfenstein 3D is often consi...

This week, the clan discusses video games that are either hated by critics and audience members, that we love to play. We discuss which ones we hold dear, and discuss ones that we know are bad, but are so good.... We also talk about the games we've beaten this week, Joe having the only one with Final Fantasy X-2. The clan touches on a bit of news, including the announcement of VR porn at this year...

This week, the guys talk DMC, and have a new VR idea they're ready to bring to market. Enjoy! DMC: Devil may cry is a hack and slash action game developed by Ninja Theory and published by Capcom. DMC is technically the fifth game in the series, but is a reboot and is set in an alternate universe. Capcom called for a reimagining of the series and capcom chose Ninja Theory to make the game. Capcom w...

This week, we discuss the history of Rhythm games, such as Guitar Hero, and Rocksmith. We dive into the origins, dating back to the Magnavox, and discuss the eventual downfall of the genre. We discuss a glass filled story behind Kaleb Craig's acquiring of a PS3, and discuss Joe's hike. Enjoy the episode guys!

Diablo II Kaleb Schweiss Diablo II is an action based, hack +-and slash rpg by Blizzard north. The game was published in 2000 for Windows and Mac. The game's design was done by David Brevik and Erich Schaefer, who acted as a project lead for the game. Diablo II built on the success of the first game in the series, and was one of the most popular game of 2000. The continuation of it's fanatsy theme...

This week, we announce that Kaleb and Kaleb's next game will be DMC: Devil May Cry. We move on to discuss a video submitted by Cynyr featuring the showdown between a Fallout character, and a Skyrim character. Here's the link:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XBlhXKjSy6M  We then move on to discuss our experiences with multiplayer gaming, and move on to discuss what kind of multiplayer games we pre...

This time on Nude Clan, Cameron and Kaleb Craig review the 2015 game "Dying Light". The game was praised for its music and replayablility, with good gameplay, design, and serviceable story to boot. Zombies and Parkour, oh my!                                   Cameron            Kaleb Story                        7                       8 Gameplay                  7                      9 Design  ...

History of Video Games 2: Attack of the Clones   The first generation of videogame consoles were all related by the following characteristics: Discrete transistor-based digital game logic gate. (an idealized or physical device implementing a Boolean function ; that is, it performs a logical operation on one or more logical inputs, and produces a single logical output) Games were native components...

This week, the guys review the new and noteworthy Far Cry Primal. This time, all four members of Nude Clan team up to bring you all the girth you could possibly want. We give a standardly sloppy retelling of the games light story, where you play as Takkar of the Wenja tribe. You essentially gather your people together again, after they were scattered across the land by Ull, the leader of the Udam...

This week, we go full hog. We discuss our stance on achievements, trophies, and gamerscore. We talk about the elements that we like, and dislike about these systems. We then reveal Kaleb Craig as the top dog in these categories, and discuss why him and Schweiss are a cut above the rest. We also answer an excellent question from Pixel on the forums regarding whether or not video games are art. This...

This week, we review the infamous Super Mario Bros. film from 1993. We discuss the overarching plot, wherein King Koopa transverses between realities to kidnap Princess Daisy. Daisy has a piece of a meteorite on a necklace she's had her whole life, and this piece connects to a meteorite that slammed into earth 65 billion years ago. The brothers then rescue her, and yada yada... We discuss the well...

This week, we discuss our history with Moba's! We've each extensively played League of Legends, Joe and Craig have hit up Dota in the past, and none of us have delved into the other mainstream titles. We then move on to discuss the toxic nature of the League of Legends community. We answer a question around what makes a great villain in video games, and round things out with some PHAT. Enjoy!

This week, we review Bungies juggernaut. No, not Halo...the other one. Destiny! We discuss the rocky back history, from the firing of Michael Salvatori, legendary Halo composer, and the last minute scrapping of the story in Destiny. We dive into the cost of the game. Bungie layed the foundation for later additions to the Destiny series. This cuts the otherworldly budget down to size. Kaleb and Cam...

This week, we have a special episode. We dive into the beginnings of video games with Joe's History of Video games, prelude to the first generation of consoles. We discuss the first video game Space War, a cathode ray tube of awesome. This game was the first interactive electronic video game. We discuss the evolution of this form of entertainment, which led to it's eventual mainstream success. We...

This week, we review Game Dev Tycoon. The game was released by Greenheart Games on December 10th. The game begins with the player in their over expensive garage, building games. We begin by discussing the games storyline. It includes actual trends within gaming history, allowing the player to predict the marketplace and develop a successful game. We discuss the function of hiring employees, and tr...

This week, we invite Dylan, and Drew on to discuss some Pokemon. We each go around and tell our history with the series; ranging from the video games, movies, and all the way down to the Pokemon manga. We touch base on the legacy of the Pokemon series, which is the third highest selling video game franchise in history. Once we tell our alcoholics anonymous-esque history with the series, we move on...

This week, we review Joe and Cameron's pick, Fable. We power through the quick storyline within Fable, and discuss the bloodline lore, and the overarching dread that the realm of Albion. We talk about the duality of Maze's situation with the Hero, and discuss the various moral choices that Fable presents to you. We move on to discuss the gameplay of Fable. Fable features a morality engine, where y...

This week, we discuss our experiences with MMORPG's. The two Kaleb's have the most saturated background with the genre, exploring titles such as Guild Wars 2, Final Fantasy XIV, Runescape, and The Elder Scrolls Online. Joe has extensive history with Final Fantasy XIV and Final Fantasy XI. Cameron has only played Runescape, but had a strong interest in Elder Scrolls Online, until he saw the gamepla...

This week, we discuss the cult hit Ico. Schweiss and Craig both played the game on the PS3 HD remaster disc, which includes Shadow of the Colossus. We go into detail about the games sparse, yet interesting storyline. We also touch on the interesting, yet difficult at times gameplay elements of the game, praising the puzzles, but docking points for the precision based stances the game takes. Then c...

This week, the guys give their two cents about video game formats. They discuss the pros and cons of both the digital and physical copies of video games, and other forms of media. We weigh in on the positive aspect regarding digital, and praise it for the space saving aspects, and the ability to download game from anywhere. We praise physical on it's visual aspects. We enjoy seeing the shelf of ga...

This week, we start off the episode reading a rebuttal to last weeks episode on Piracy. This rebuttal was submitted to the Clan via our website, from Intercept. We disagree with some of the rhetoric, but appreciate the rebuttal. It's all about the conversation! We then move into the main event. Reviewing Diablo 1. We discuss each element of the game, from it's simplistic and satisfying story, to i...

This week, the guys weigh in on their stances on the hot, and often divided, discussion of piration in gaming. We talk about the way piration damages the economy, and how if everyone were to do it, there would be no games. We delve into some statistics, proving the loss of revenue, and jobs that is caused as a result. We move on to discuss Joe and Kalebs progress in Diablo, and find out why Joe ha...