Mandate Radio: Ep. 272 (12/12/18) Happy Wednesday everyone! and welcome to Mandate Radio. Pete and Fitz are here with Frank out on business and they get to talking about Red Dead Redemption 2, Dark Souls 3, and Artifact. Then, in rando, the boys tell you about their music profiles using a website called Obscurify.…
Mandate Radio: Ep. 271 (12/5/2018) Them boys is back with another Mandate Radio. They talk Civilization: Gathering Storm, Red Dead Redemption 2, and have a long discussion about Artifact, the new card game from Valve. Then, in rando, the boys talk about holiday season drinking.
It’s time guys. The video you’ve all been not really waiting for but knew would happen. It’s Pete’s Top Ten Games of 2016.
Here’s Fitz’s Top 10 10. Tycho: Dive Tycho: Dive Full Album Youtube 9. The National: High Violet The National Full Album Playlist on Youtube 8. Wild Nothing: Nocturne Wild Nothing Nocture Full Album on Youtube 7. Frank Ocean: Channel Orange Channel Orange Full Album Playlist on Youtube 6: Neon Indian: Era Extrana…
Mandate Radio: Ep. 167 (12/7/2016) It’s Pete and Fitz time again on Mandate Radio! Pete reads a letter prior to the guys discussing work, the future, and delivery men. The guys then talk about Abzu, The Beginner’s Guide, Lisa, and Year Walk as well as some Stanley Parable. In news, Pete talks about his…
Baasvik is back after a mental hiatus to bely you with a review on a hacking game from Blendo Games called Quadrilateral Cowboy. Typical self-deprecation and skits are here. As well as wonderfully thought-out improvised dialogue.
Baasvik is doing some freestyle assassination. By that we mean he acts with as little creative energy as he possibly can. In the end, he still gets his man.
Mandate Radio: Ep. 114 (12/9/2015) Happy Wednesday Everyone! Pete, Frank, and Fitz are here once again to spread the good word of video games! This week, Frank talks about Kings’s Quest, Fitz wonders why Endless Legend doesn’t grab him harder, and Pete has given himself up to Bloodborne. Ohh sweet Pete. Then in…
Mandate Radio: Ep. 113 (12/2/2015) Happy Wednesday Everyone! Pete, Frank, and special guest Fitz are back to talk about all kinds of nonsense, including games! This week, Pete talks about Pillars of Eternity and submits his final thoughts on Fallout 4 (if you want a more in depth examination of what Pete thinks,…
I don’t often revisit games from my younger years. I often avoid them for a reason. It is not unlikely that in all of the years that have gone by I have become influenced by a wider-eyed version of me who found the years of 2007-2010 the most interesting in all of gaming. One of…
Mandate Radio: Ep. 112 (11/25/2015) Happy Wednesday Everyone! Pete and Frank are here to talk about Fibbage, Fallout 4, Drawful, and golden PS4s! Then, in Frank’s Fabulous Finds, Frank shares a light bulb conspiracy, an explanation of that annoying thing rich girls do with their voice, and a set of comics that explain the…
Mandate Radio: Ep. 111 (11/18/2015) Happy Wednesday Everyone! Frank and Pete are joined by Fitz this week as they talk about Fallout 4! Before the boys dig into Fallout, however, Fitz shares his experience with Telltale’s Game of Thrones game, and Pete talks about his time with that newfangled Steam controller. After they…
Mandate Radio: Ep. 110 (11/11/2015) Happy Wednesday Everyone! Frank and Pete are here to talk about games! And shocker, Frank actually played a few this week! Woohoo! This week Frank talks about Banjo Kazooie Nuts and Bolts and You Must Build a Boat. Pete talks about finishing The Witcher III and Until Dawn (yes,…
Mandate Radio: Ep. 109 (11/4/2015) Happy Wednesday Everyone! Pete and Frank talk life, love, and Frank’s udder hands in this weeks Mandate Radio (oh yeah, and about games too). Frank brings tales of mobile game nirvana to the table, talking about Monument Valley and Kiwanuka. Pete, having spend the entire week brewing and stewing…
Mandate Radio: Ep. 106 (10/13/2015) Happy Wednesday Everyone! Pete and Frank are back in the saddle to talk life, games, and all sorts of nonsense! This week, Frank talks Command and Conquer 2: Yuri’s Revenge, FOTONICA, and Star Wars™ Battlefront™. Pete, meanwhile, talks about his struggles turning his old, ragged PC into a…
Mandate Radio: Ep. 105 (10/7/2015) Happy Wednesday Everyone! Frank and Pete are back once again to talk about….whatever comes to mind! Also, video games! This week, Frank unveils his roster of 5′ 400lb monsters and mentions the upcoming Dota2 Frankfurt Major. Pete, as suave as ever, has been playing more Metal Gear Solid V:…
Mandate Radio: Ep. 101 (9/9/2015) Happy Wednesday Everyone! Joe is absent this week, so it’s time for everyone’s favorite sorta-kinda about video games podcast that might get really strange and dark, a Frank and Pete Mandate Radio! This week the guys talk about the age when controllers were wired, the struggles of Frank’s…
Mandate Radio: Ep. 100 (9/2/2015) Happy Wednesday everyone! WE’VE DONE 100 WEEKS OF THIS CRAP AND FRANK IS BACK, BABY!!!! Unable to control himself this week, Joe and Pete are happy to let his mind wander and bounce around for far too long. Eventually, the guys do talk about games. Pete is here to regale…
Mandate Radio: Ep. 97 (8/12/2015) Happy Thursday everyone! Yes yes, I know, the podcast is going up a day late. This is all Frank’s fault, but we hope you find it in your heart to forgive him. He’s terrible, but he’s our terrible. Any-who, the guys are back to talk about all kinds of things…
Mandate Radio: Ep. 96 (8/5/2015) Happy Wednesday everyone! What a wonderful time to be alive! With Joe off on vacation, Pete and Frank are left to their own devices as they quest endlessly for the meaning of life, the value of happiness, and the dankness of memes. Pete and Frank played no games, so…
Mandate Radio: Ep. 95 (7/29/2015) Happy Wednesday everyone! The lads from I3A are here to talk [very briefly] about video games! Frank talks about his time spent watching The International on Valve’s newest and greatest streaming website, Joe talks about flirting with Company of Heroes II, and Pete shares his tales of pass-n-play Rocket…
Mandate Radio: Ep. 94 (7/22/2015) Happy Wednesday everyone! It’s Mandate Radio! Your one and only home for our opinions and Frank’s exhausted ramblings! This week, Frank talks about his lonely times with DotA 2, Joe shares his opinions on Rocket League (he’s getting really really good at it), and Pete talks about Reflex, a…
Mandate Radio: Ep. 93 (7/15/2015) Happy Wednesday everyone! What a wonderful week it is to be alive! The guys are back to talk games’n such with y’all till yer thinkin’ muscle is plum si-gogglin! Frank is here to talk about 2015’s best 2012 game, Steamworld Dig while Pete shares stories about his time with…
Mandate Radio: Ep. 92 (7/8/2015) Happy Wednesday everyone! Frank is back for this super duper episode of Mandate Radio! And, as far fetched as it sounds, HE PLAYED AND FINISHED A GAME!!! Frank talks about Puzzle Bots, an indie point and click puzzle game from our friends at WadJet Eye. Pete talks about his…
Mandate Radio: Ep. 91 (7/1/2015) Happy Wednesday Everyone! and welcome to another edition of Mandate Radio. Frank has gone for his first missed episode but the show must continue indefinitely! So, in Frank’s absence Pete and Joe talk about some games! Then, in news the guys get super political and quite snarky while they…
Mandate Radio: Ep. 90 (6/24/2015) Happy Wednesday everyone! The I3A boyz are back and better than ever! For the first time in a long long looooong time Frank has something to talk about [hint hint: it’s Life is Strange Episode 3: Chaos Theory], Pete and Joe talk Cities Skylines, and Joe recounts the time…
Mandate Radio: Ep. 89 (6/17/2015) Happy Wednesday everyone! They guys are back once again to bring you all kinds of fun game talk. Pete finally gets his chance to talk about the Witcher 3 Wild Hunt as Frank and Joe probe the depths of his mind searching for his true feelings about the game.…
Mandate Radio: Ep. 79 (4/8/2015) Happy Wednesday Everyone! With Pete out of the office Joe and Frank reign supreme! They guys talk about Diablo 3, Space Team, Super Smash Bros for Wii U, and AdVenture Capitalist! Without Pete there is a very [read VERY] brief news section followed by a hot bit of rando…
Mandate Radio: Ep. 77 (3/25/2015) Happy Wednesday everyone! Frank, Pete, and Joe are back once again to fulfill your weekly need for idle banter about games! Joe recounts his laugh out loud experiences from League of Legends, while Pete feels bad for himself (as usual) and talks about how Monster Hunter 4 Ultimate is…
Frank and Anthony are back once again to play more Baldur’s Gate! Many struggles and lost saves were overcome, and as a reward, the guys are forced into a low-rent fight club in a local towns-person’s basement! Hurrah!
Frank and Anthony are here to tackle Baldur’s Gate: The Original Saga, a game that has haunted Frank since childhood. This game has piqued his interest and kicked his butt more times that he can count, but the tag-team powers of F and A cannot be stopped. Special guest appearance by rap legend Ludacris! …
Mandate Radio: Ep. 70 (2/4/2015) Happy Thursday everyone!?!? Yes, the podcast is going up a day late due to Frank’s incompetence and perpetual lack of sleep. Frank sends his sincerest apologies! In this episode Pete, Frank, and Joe are back once again to talk about video games! Joe continues to hold down the Dota…
Mandate Radio: Ep. 69 (1/28/2015) Happy Wednesday Everyone! and welcome back to Mandate Radio! Pete, Frank, and Joe are here to talk video games and Oreos. The guys are talking ‘Small World 2’, ‘Destiny’, ‘Dragon Age: Inquisition’, ‘Middle-Earth: Shadow of Mordor’, and ‘X-Com: The Bureau’. The, in news, the guys talk about the new…
Mandate Radio: Ep. 68 (1/21/2015) Welcome back to Mandate Radio! I3A’s premier video game podcast. Pete and Frank are once again joined by the luxurious Joe Fisher. The guys talk a bunch about games, Naked Gun, and a variety of other topics. Then, the guys do a little news. Finally, the guys do their…
Mandate Radio: Ep. 67 (1/14/2015) The guys are back for more of their premier video game podcast Mandate Radio! Pete and Frank are getting work done as always, but this time they have two very special guests. The guys talk games, 2015, Pete’s jovial attitude, reading periodicals during periods, and new microphones. Then the…
Pete has alot of conversations to take care of. Gets some loyalty missions.
There has always been something magical about choose-your-own adventure books. My first exposure was with the “Give Yourself Goosebumps” series and I remember flipping back pages because I had died in the story. The whole choose-your-own adventure thing had gone by the wayside as media advanced. There was a small niche of video games that…
Christmas time is right around the corner, but that doesn’t mean you can stop being a gamer. Because you can’t. And you never will. But do not worry my friend, all will be well. Now, through the power of Robby Duguay’s crazy electronic compositional skills, you can listen to all your favorite Christmas tunes, as though…
Pete’s back with more Dragon Age, less puzzles, and way more desert!
Turns out building castles is insanely difficult. If you had a chance to check out our Indie Taste Test of ‘Castle’, you probably were thinking castle-building was a task for children. Mere mortals build castles. Why should I build castles? I’m half-god! Well you’re wrong on so many levels. Because castle-building can be next to…
Mandate Radio: Ep. 58 (11/12/2014) Welcome back to Mandate Radio! It’s Wednesday and the guys are here to talk games. Pete talks ‘Event 0’, ‘Castle’, ‘Artisan: Going Home Again’, ‘Hearthlands’, and ‘Coin Crypt’. Joe talks ‘COD: Advanced Warfare’, Pete makes some harsh statements about COD. Frank wants to talk about ‘Organ Trail’, ‘Trivia Crack’,…
With open arms and a cold-heart, I embraced ‘To the Moon‘, which was my first exposure to storyteller Kan Gao, of Freebird Games, and his mystical way of telling heartfelt tales through pixel art. ‘To the Moon’ was a swift and well-designed effort to humanize video game characters, without having them murdering everything in sight on…
As far as weirdest games that I could be playing at any moment in time, ‘Artisan Going Home Again’ ranks among the weirdest. ‘Artisan’ is not inherently weird, but me playing it is probably a peculiar sight. However, regardless of what me playing ‘Artisan’ looks like, there are some really solid elements that make for…
When it came out in 2009, Dominion redefined most of what I knew about board games. I was playing tons of Magic:The Gathering at the time, but was sick of the crazy money sink I would have to put into a draft each week. $15 a week is a ton of money, especially when you’re not…
As far as I’m concerned, being stuck on a rogue spaceship alone seems like a welcome break. Unfortunately, sometimes you’re stuck with a rogue AI that seems to be confused as to why you deserve to live. That’s the exact situation that ‘Event 0’ tries to encapsulate. So here’s 15 minutes of ‘Event 0’ gameplay. We…
I really hate most numbers-based game rating systems. They’re pretty terrible. So for the past year our reviews have been devoid of a “numbered rating scale”. But I began to feel like changing it… so I have. We will now be operating on a star-based rating scale. It’s simple: 1-5 stars for any game we…
I don’t smile all that often. I try to stay somber as much as possible because it’s a fine way to keep people’s expectations low. Unfortunately, ‘Bayonetta 2’ came out and I couldn’t help but smile for 9 hours or so. ‘Bayonetta 2’ was shocking to me, because it was very low on my radar in…
[youtube http://youtu.be/Qejj6grLRjs] Pete sits down for another Indie Taste Test with a roguelike deckbuilding game called ‘Coin Crypt’ to tell you about the game. If you would like your game Taste Tested please email us at press@indiegamesaaa.com. Check out Coin Crypt on Steam.
A long time ago I was writing budget gaming articles for Indie Game Mag. During that time I called out to developers producing anything budget-minded or free to put in the feature. One of those developers was this rapscallion duo of brothers producing something called ‘Race the Sun’. The game was a free game on…
Starting last year I began doing a game-of-the-year list. I continued compiling games throughout 2014 for this year’s list. Something struck me. There was a prominent lack of indie games. Last year 6 out of my 10 games in the top 10 were indie offerings with ‘Guacamelee’, ‘The Stanley Parable’, ‘Runner 2’, ‘Proteus’, ‘Antichamber’, and ‘Gnomoria’.…
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