Merry Christmas and Congrats to GeekBeerz

I hope that everyone had a wonderful Christmas, and plenty of games to keep you entertained for the next month :). Also, Congrats to GeekBeerz for making it into the new year, meaning that this was basically our first year of success! Lasting 1.0 to 4.0 theme updates, 6 podcast episodes, and still goin! And we have a very special surprise coming in early 2012, as of now you guys can call it:




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So Merry Christmas to all, now shut up and go play your games.

GeekBeerz vs Ju-on part 1 video now on youtube!

Hey guys, I finally put this video online! Craig is hilarious in this! It was hard to connect my camcorder due to my laptop's picky security, but I was finally able to do it. Here is the vid:


This will also be on youtube, we're hoping to get some comments soon. Part 2 and 3 will come on eventually, I have the actual video footage and Geoff has the audio so we'll have to plan a day to put it all together soon. until next time...

Pokemon's newly Announced game: Pokemon + Nobunaga's Ambition!

I expected the next game to be Gray version, Sherman expected the remakes of Ruby and Sapphire. But we got this..... uh....... wha!? A pokemon game with completley new gameplay and possibly a quest based story that's actually legit? Here's the teaser:


Apparently this takes place in a time long long before the events of red, blue, and yellow versions. If that's true then i have one question: Why is mewtwo there? wasn't he made in a lab during red, blue, and yellow era??? I guess a Psychic type could travel back in time or something.

So what does everyone think? Is this a good step for Gamefreak?

EDIT: Here's an english trailer with Youtube's new feature FREAKING SNOW!!!

Adventure/ RPG WINNERS!!!! a GBAwards exclusive

FIRST PLACE: Uncharted 3: Drakes Deception [PS3], Batman: Arkham City [PS3, 360, PC], AND Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim [PS3, 360, PC]

Wow! a three way tie!!!! Now what should we call this? Batman: Skyrim's Deception??? these three majestic games made it into first place together by being most favored of all ten games within the genre of this year. While none of us on GeekBeerz have gotten to fully experience Uncharted 3 yet, we have certainly played batman and Skyrim and they are AWESOME! Go get one of these three games now!!!


SECOND PLACE: Assassin's Creed: Revelations [PS3, 360, PC]

While sadly being considered the lowest rated game in the assassin franchise, it's still a very high rated game and one that many still quite consider pleasing. It is time for everyone to know the ending of Ezio once and for all! And hopefully they will now make Assassin's creed 3 and release it in 2013-14.


THIRD PLACE: Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword [Wii]

It won the best Wii game of 2011 award, and got close to winning the highest award on this one, but still managed to make it to third place. This is most likely one of the greatest Zelda games ever made. And indeed the best game to get for the Wii.


FOURTH PLACE: Dark Souls [PS3, 360]

Admit it, this is absolutely the hardest game to ever be made. But it's gameplay and large world maps make this a favorable game to waste 60 hours on.


FIFTH PLACE: Ratchet and Clank: All 4 one [PS3]

Ratchet and clank is already cool, but making this new game member a four player experience just makes the whole game a complete package.

Very good games in these two genres. No wonder why three tied, They are all just way too awesome to be lesser than the other. [more about these on the GBAwards page]

FPS WINNERS!!!!! a GBAwards exclusive

FIRST PLACE: Crysis 2 [PS3, 360, PC]

The first successful sandbox was highly praised when first released on the PC, and it's sequel is just as magnificent and even console owners got to share the beauty. It should also win an award for best graphics ever. I know I know, graphics don't make a game, but they can sometimes make the experience and damn! this one makes a goooood experience.


SECOND PLACE: Resistance 3 [PS3]

The first in the title was a great game for being one of the first to ever come out for the PS3, the second game wasn't as appreciated as one would hope, the PSP spinoff sucked, but now we have the third and final one in the trilogy. This one, without sounding prideful, IS the best of the trilogy. And the best part is that they now introduced a survival horror aspect to it! that alone costs 60 bucks in my book.


THIRD PLACE: Gears of War 3 [360]

I already spilled the beans as to why this game rocks when it won the best 360 game award, so I won't say too much more other than that anyone who owns any 360 0f any kind should conisder getting this.



FOURTH PLACE: Killzone 3 [PS3]

Sony had two specific games that were third entrees to their licenses this year, one of them was Killzone 3. Again, this third one is the best of the now trilogy of killzone. This one easily dominates for it's better story and better feel of war. Also, this game has that feel of "metal against metal" unlike the last two games which have had "metal against pillows" feel.


FIFTH PLACE: Call of Duty MW3 [PS3, 360, Wii, DS, PC]

Many people have mixed feelings about the call of duty games now. Those opinions might eventually destroy the future of call of duty for good, but not Infinity ward's final modern warfare installment. While the ending of the game wasn't as amazing as many would have wanted, but given that this entree has given us the best look for a world war III universe it deserves to at least be on the top five.


There you go, until next time. [see more about these games on the GBAwards page]

Puzzle Winners!!!!!!! a GBAwards exclusive

FIRST PLACE: Portal 2 [PS3, 360, PC]

Whenever you think of a puzzle game, or somebody asks you if you know of one, only one specific game comes to mind: PORTAL! In this case it's the newly released sequel, which again was appropriately made by Valve. With more character and more detail into the test chambers themselves, Portal 2 is easily a win for 2011!


SECOND PLACE: Catherine [PS3, 360, PC]

While bizzare and strange to some, Catherine was still a good game amongst all other puzzlers. And the idea of surviving a mysterious nightmare every night in order to survive the next day is one that not many can ignore.

THIRD PLACE: N/A

FOURTH PLACE: Tetris remake [PS3]

We all knew what to expect from this game, which is basically the same recycled stuff from previous titles. Sure now there's more pizazz, but it still doesn't help with this now stale franchise. However, it still managed to get itself surprising noticed.

FIFTH PLACE: N/A

I know it's sad that puzzle games weren't big this year, possibly becuase they knew Valve would dominate. Hopefully next year we'll get more, and more worth our money. [see more about these contestants on the GBAwards page]

Skyrim modders add multiplayer

People find new ways to surprise me everyday, but this by far takes the cake. A new mod has been created for Skyrim that adds multiplayer functionality, complete with a friends list and a chat box. At this point, it's in its alpha stages. The character models it uses for other people are just the basic prisoner model and animations don't work yet. You can download the mod here, but be warned, the mod requires A LOT of tampering with the source files of the game. Here's a video of how it looks now.



Let's see how Bethesda reacts to this with their next game.