VGR 2.01 - You can (not) have a second season

It's the premiere of our second season for VGR!  In the studio this week was me, DJ, Trey and Ren at our new 9 to 11 time slot.  We talk about the newly revealed 2DS, upcoming consoles, and Gamescom, as well as review some new games.  Click below to listen or right click to save and listen later.

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VGR Season 2 begins this week

We've just got ourselves scheduled:  VGR is back for another season this fall.  This time, we'll be shifting to a weekly show, from 9pm to 11pm on Thursdays.  Along with lots of video game music, there will be reviews, gaming news, give aways and special guests, so make sure you tune in.

Click the link below to visit WUAG's website, where you can stream the show live:

WUAG.net

Make sure to check our site too for recordings of older episodes with lots of great music.  Just use the search bar and put in "VGR"

GameDocs: Silent Hill HD Collection Review

Near the end of this console generation, gamers have been lucky to be receiving a lot HD ports and collections of games from last generation, including things like Metal Gear, Team ICO games, and God of War.  On the other side of the spectrum is the infamous hack-job that is the Silent Hill HD collection.  Twin Perfect has put together the most in-depth and detail oriented reviews of the HD collection and it's myriad of problems.  If you've got the time, it's a fascinating look into what goes into re-releasing a game, as well as other politics and business practices involved.

Twin Perfect's youtube channel

Are You Afraid of the Dark?

Today IGN got an exclusive look at some footage from Techland's new game Dying Light. Techland is famous for game franchises such as Chrome, Call of Juarez and Dead Island. The game itself looks like an interesting mix of Mirrors Edge and survival horror. The trailer shows the main character using the environment to his advantage by leaping off of buildings, railings and telephone poles to escape the horde. Put the one aspect of this game that intrigues me the most is how radically the game changes from day to night. During the day it appears that the zombies are tame, slow and generally easy to get away from provided you don't get surrounded a la Walking Dead/ Left 4 Dead. However, come nightfall something changes and the slow shuffling zombies become the 28 Days Later/ I am Legend zombies. This presents some interesting dynamics that can take place in the game setup. People that have been itching for a survival horror game will get to experience it along with some free running action. This will also be one of the first zombie games that I can think of that will give the player free roam capabilities and to use the environment to actually escape the zombie hoard and not just for picking up gas cans and setting zombies on fire. At another point in the trailer, the character seems to be wielding some sort of shock blade. While this isn't confirmed I hope this means there will be a scavenging and crafting system present in the game. This wouldn't be surprising since this is the same company that developed Dead Island. Dying Light is expected to release in 2014 for current and next gen.