The VG Confidential Podcast is going to be doing a segment on the Best and Worst Video Game endings in this week's episode. Before we record later today, we want to see what endings you guys either loved, or hated.

Tell us what are your favorite and least favorite endings, and then listen to this week's episode where we will read and debate over what you guys suggest! Plus, you may have a chance to win a prize. More details on that will come later.

As always thanks for reading and responding, and make sure you listen on Thursday!

Trailer Park King is one game you can't help but judge by its cover before playing it.



After looking at the cover shot for Freelance Game's indie title, I fully expected boobs, cheesy dialogue, and perhaps some alcoholic beverages to be strewn throughout the game. Did I expect an entertaining Point and Click Murder Mystery? Hell naw, darlin'... Alright, I promise never to do that again.

Trailer Park King is a Point and Click Adventure in which you play as King, the self proclaimed King of his small Trailer Park, which is apparently occupied only by him and a stable of scantily clad women. But more on that in a bit. The game begins with King taking the girl of his dreams, Zamboni, on a hot date. There, King runs into Zamboni's angry brother Truck. After some tame insults are exchanged,...

I came to you CAGers yesterday for opinions on the issue of sexism and racism in the online gaming community and you guys delivered with some great opinions. As promised, we discussed the issue on the VG Confidential Podcast last night, including responding to some of your comments specifically. Thanks for all of the feedback. You can here the full episode by clicking the link below, and here is a quick sample from the very beginning of the discussion:

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For our VG Confidential Podcast, we are going to be discussing the recent debate over sexism and even sexual harrassment in video games, which was sparked by the comments of a Capcom Reality Show contestant. You can read the full article from Penny Arcade about it here: http://penny-arcade.com/report/edito...fighting-games.

Many gamers are mean to each other in general, and say things that can be very hurtful over the anonymous microphone. It seems this can be amplified to new levels when a known female is present in a lobby. Are offensive comments like this just par for the online gaming course? Or are they taking things too far, especially when a woman is present?

As many of us frequently game online and have no doubt heard similar comments said, whether there was a woman present in the conversation or not, I am sure there are many opinions on the matter.

If you have a stance...

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VG Confidential Episode #23: I’ll Pass

An old friend rejoins the podcast this week as we discuss the games coming to us in March in a PTI style Lightning Round. We also talk about franchises we wish there were new games for, and provide more Games You May Have Missed.
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I will be the first to admit that Gotham City Impostor’s debut trailer E3 was a bit underwhelming. I was confused about how you could make a first person shooter Batman game, for one, and even more confused by how you could make a Batman without ever having the actual Batman make an appearance. This befuddled me so much, in fact that I wrote the game off before giving it it’s fair shake. And I know I wasn’t the only one.

I had almost completely forgotten about the Gotham City Impostors until I saw they had started a public beta for it in November. Being one to never pass up free gaming of any sort, I grabbed a beta key because, quite frankly, what was there to lose? A few hours of my life wasted? I already went through that with Brink, and for a lot more money. Looking back at it now, the Impostors...

Katana Land is a retro 2D platformer that is more than worth its cheap price point.

After looking at the screenshots and synopsis that Katana Land provided on the Indie Games Marketplace, I was strangely confident I had stumbled upon one of those gems that I had hoped to find when I started this feature a month ago. I dropped $1 down on it to see if I was right. After playing through the game a few times, I am more than glad to say that I was.


In the Indie title, you take control of Katana Kid, an inhabitant of the whimsical and mysterious Katana Land. Unfortunately for you and the Kid, Katana Land is about to be destroyed by an evil Demon who has also kidnapped an old dude's Princess. Fortunately, you and Katana Kid have the right ninja skills to keep that from happening.

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I posted an article about it here: http://bgbureau.com/1146/gotham-city-imposters-committing-a-dlc-foul/

But I need to take this to the blog because its a question that deserves to be asked.

For the gist of what's going on, Gotham City Imposters is a downloadable game coming out tomorrow on the PS3 and Xbox 360 for $15. In the game, you unlock weapons, shirts. pants, masks, etc as you rank up. But as revealed today, you can also pay a pretty penny to unlock these items at any time.

Now, if someone wants to pay to unlock something, that's fine. But it's another thing, in my opinion, when the developer tries to charge $4 to unlock a pair of pants for the game. I'm still gonna get the game because I have been anticipating it since playing the beta, but I can fully see why people would want to boycott this sort of thing, and already have started doing so.

What do you think. Is this taking the DLC train a little too far?

I originally posted this at my website www.BGBureau.com and in the forums, but I figured I'd post it here for more to see as well.



We at the Better Gaming Bureau think that Indie Games are criminally overlooked.


The Xbox 360, PS3, PC, and Wii are all ripe with small games from small developers that are ready to provide hours of fun at a small price if someone were to just give them a chance. This is why we are introducing a new feature, Indie Mondays. With Indie Mondays, we take a look at these type games every other week and let you know whether to Buy, Try, or Skip a particular title altogether. We hope this serves as a way to both provide great game suggestions for gamers, and give these Indie developers some of the coverage they deserve. With that being said, let's introduce the first game Indie Mondays took a look at: Little...

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Hey guys! I haven't done one of these updates in a while, but rest assured that I have not abandoned the Endless Backlog Project. If you subscribe to me on Youtube you already know that I have kicked my game completion into high gear. If you don't, then let me update you on what has happened with the EBP since I last updated this blog.

In my update, which I posted exactly a month ago, I had just finished Call of Duty 4, Batman Arkham Asylum, and had been working my way through Forza 3's Season Mode. Since then, I knocked out Stuntman Ignition, which turned out to be much easier than I thought in comparison to its predecessor, and also destroyed fake Blake Griffin in order to become Heavyweight Champion of the world in Fight Night Round 3. Right after that match, I retired from the boxing world with all of my faculties mostly intact. My video commentaries on both of those games can be found below.

I have also decided to do a little Retrospective/Informal Review...

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The BGB crew returns to talk the horror that is Amy, how movies and games utilize color palettes in their projects, the Top selling games of 2011, and how we need to save our porn.

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Cresskill, New Jersey is not the most exciting place in the world to be at any given time, but it is exactly where I found myself last weekend on a visit to the house of my cousin and his girlfriend. After several hours of talking and watching TV, we as a collective found ourselves swimming in boredom, unsurprisingly, with only the Xbox 360 to save us from ourselves.

Now, choosing a game we could all enjoy was not an easy task. My cousin's girlfriend isn't too fond of the usual sports and shooter fare, and we aren't too keen on playing Lego Harry Potter for any significant amount of time, either. We tried to come to some sort of gaming consensus on what would occupy our time when the magical word...

VG Confidential is going to be recording the first episode of 2012 and with the gaming industry as a whole taking a little break over the holidays, the amount of things to talk about is a little lite. With that in mind, what better time than now to go some listener interaction!

If you want us to discuss anything specific this month or have us answer questions, just leave your suggestion or query in the comments here, tweet us @BGamingBureau, or email them to bgbcast@bgbureau.com.

Be sure to look out for the newest episode of VG Confidential later this week and check out old episodes while you wait at www,BGBureau.com.

Hey everybody. It's been a little bit since I made a progress report on the Endless Backlog Project. School and other projects have kept me mum for a while, but with all of that done it is back to the backlog.

The last time I posted, I had been making progress on Forza 3. I haven't finished it yet, but I am on Season 5 and will be done soon. The Season races take forever so I am not really in a rush to get them done ASAP. I'm just doing a few a week at this point and it'll be done when it's done.

I did beat Batman Arkham Asylum, however, so you can cross that one off the list as completed game #3 of (I lost count already). I know I am supposed to document this via video on Youtube, but AA is stuck on my Laptop which wasn't powerful enough to run FRAPS and AA at the same time for recording. Just look at my Live Achievements if you need proof.

That brings me to game #6, which is Call of Duty 4,...

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Barry tries his first hand at hosting as we discuss Skyrim, DCUO, possible Pinball FX tables, and “Last of Us.”


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Better Gaming Bureau members convene to talk about Catwoman’s sexy walk in Arkham City, those Sega Genesis (D)ays, Black Friday hauls, and if we’re ready for the Next Gen.

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