This week ICE and Alex The Kidd sit down to discuss the playStation conference that happend on the 7th of September 7th regarding the PlayStaion Neo Announcement.
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This week ICE and Alex The Kidd sit down to discuss the playStation conference that happend on the 7th of September 7th regarding the PlayStaion Neo Announcement.
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On this weekends The Crazy Train, I welcomed on Fredericton’s ‘Dead City Angels’ for a chat about the band, where they came from, what they’ve been up to and where they are going. DCA had just released a three song EP and is planning on going into the studio in the next few months to re-record the EP along with another 7 songs for a killer 10 track album release sometime close to the new year. We debuted some great new tracks from Halifax’s ‘Last Kick’ as well as new music from Fredericton’s ‘Tactus’ who will be joining me on the Crazy Train Oct 9th for a full album listening party, where we’ll go through the tracks one by one and dive deep into the ‘Tactus’ psyche to find out what it’s all about! See band links below!
Next week’s Crazy Train (Saturday Sept. 24th) will be a repeat as I’ll be at the Sobeys on Regent St. for the Annual Fredericton Zombie walk and food drive for the Greener Village Food Bank. The Wasteland Zombies will begin their set around 4:30PM. But! Don’t just come to see us play, make yourself up as the most gruesome zombie you can, or come down to the Sobeys on Regent and get made up as a zombie by one of their many talented make up artists, their prizes to win for different categories, for more info on the zombie walk and the categories, go to the Zombie Walk central webpage: http://fredzombiewalk.com/event.html – The Strange & Bizarre East Coast Side Show will be up to their crazy antics while the Wasteland Zombies perform!
Here’s the play list for Episode #96:
Hour I: Crazy Train – Ozzy| Gasoline – Dead City Angels| Dead City Angels Interview| Clueless – Dead City Angels | Dead City Angels Interview| Goin’ Crazy – Dead City Angels| Trigger – Last Kick *CTrain track Debut!| Wasteland – Last Kick * CTrain Track Debut| Bouncing Betty – Rifium| Conquer Darkness/Shipwrecked – Hard Charger| 4AM – The Wasteland Zombies| With Haste For Damnation – Abysseral Throne| Scimitar – Tactus *CTrain track debut
Hour II: Ora pro Nobis Lucifer – Behemoth| Show Me A Leader – Alter Bridge| Square Hammer – Ghost| Meantime – Helmet| Disobedient – KMFDM| Gateways – Dimmu Borgir| Kingdom – Soulfly| First Kill – Amon Amarth
So yeah, just to remind ya’s, this weekends upcoming Crazy Train will be a repeat and so will the next, October 1st, unless I get ambitious and pre-record an episode, we’ll see…
If you’re in a band, got a new band, got a new single/album? Got a show coming up? No of something or someone i’m not playing and should be? Let me know!! Email: crazytrainchsrATgmail.com!
See ya’s in a few weeks!
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With Fred’s return from his 2 week hiatus, the team went through the deaths in September; the results for both the Backlash event and the prediction game; and a quick mention of CM Punk’s UFC debut last Saturday.
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On today’s episode, we play a crapload of music and try to squeeze in as much talking as possible. Sarah and Jake from Bloody Diamonds show up via phone call and tell us all about the Tough Love EP, their songs, and tell me not to ask hard questions. Also, I tell people about albums they need to pick up, screw up my own ending advice, and otherwise just kind of wing it.
This show was definitely scripted and performed before a live audience.
Playlist:
Rockyard – The Chase
Dorothy – After Midnight
Sleep Machine – Wild For You
The Joy Formidable – Blowing Fire
The Pack AD – Error
Bloody Diamonds – Rose Tattoo / Toxic (Go see them live tonight at The Capital Complex!)
Beneath the Grid Music – Fit For Rivals – The Devil Inside
Hands Off Gretel – One Eyed Girl
Like A Motorcycle – Great Escape
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I had the pleasure of speaking with Patterson Hood of Drive-By Truckers a few days ago. Patterson talks about the band’s early days, the new album, and a bit of politics. Tune in at 7am!
CQ: What sort of government would a colony arcship travelling for 20 years to a distant planet have?
Full list of 19 articles after the jump!
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Project Cars is a game that puts you right in the driver’s seat through a very generic career mode. Slightly Mad Studios brings us Project Cars, a simulator racing game that is the farthest thing away from being fun.
The main attraction is the career mode that turns out to be very bland in all aspects. You start off racing go-karts with a company you sign with at the beginning of your career, as you win races better offers will come from different companies in a new kind of racing. As you progress through the career mode you realize that there is no variety in this game whatsoever: you go into a race to qualify, compete in a sprint race and then the final race of that event, the person with the most points win the event. The only varieties within the game are the cars; the tracks do not change, and lack any setting change. I was hoping to be driving along some nice European mountains, through the inner cities of Japan, but that is not the – it is the same tracks over and over again.
Project Cars is a game that is not worth the time or the headache, it is nothing but a very big bore. With the lack of modes except for the Career mode and lack of tracks Project Cars is not even worth renting.
Project Cars: 3/10
Would not recommend.
Reviewed by Ice at Gamers of The Round Table.
To Rent or Buy the latest Games go to GameAccess.ca Canadas number one game rental service.
We live in a province where nature isn’t very far away, but that can easily lead us to missing the forest for all the trees..
My guest today is Tracy Glynn with the Conservation Council of New Brunswick. She joins me to talk about the upcoming full week of celebration, awareness and fundraising centred around New Brunswick’s abundant forests and the ongoing need to make sure we protect our environment.
The full list of events can be found on their website.
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The place where you live and work can be as much an expression of your personality as it can be an element which influences personality. Fredericton is a pretty great place to consider merging with.
My guest today is Julia Ramirez from #IChooseFred, an event designed to entice students to consider staying in Fredericton for their future career by demonstrating the opportunities available from local businesses. The event is brought about through a coalition between Planet Hatch, Ignite Fredericton and the Knowledge Park. On September 29, following a career fair, students will get a chance to network with representatives of local businesses, government agencies and facilitators to discuss what possibilities of staying in the city can be.
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The very first edition of the Rosie Morning University Sports Roundup with CHSR’s VReds Hockey Analyst Dave Kilfoil and special guest, UNB Athletics Director, Jean Richard.
Stay up to date on university sports every Monday morning at 7:30!
On today’s episode, we absolutely slaughter the kind of music you think we play to hit you over the head with even greater music. Seriously, you want to tune in and check out even more cool, fun stuff that I happened to get my grubby mitts on. We also talk about some shows coming to town (Bloody Diamonds, looking at you!) and some new music just recently released. I mean, how can you lose?
Playlist:
The Pack AD – Yes, I Know
JPNSGRLS – Gap Year
Dorothy – Dark Nights / Wicked Ones
Like A Motorcycle – Southern States
Rockyard – Zero In
Beneath the Grid Music – Fit For Rivals – Gimme the Pain
Kilmore – Younger Years
Zealots Desire – Ascend
Bloody Diamonds – Medicine
A Primitive Evolution – Who’s Your Maker
Sleep Machine – Game Over
Hands Off Gretel – Bad Egg
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Second Interview with Dr. Paul Cosman on “Cancer Understood”.
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This week ICE, Alex the kidd and trainer red sit down to discuss their top 10 games of this generation.
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Dr. Paul Cosman
For the next 8 weeks Dr. Paul Cosman will be joining me on Instant Breakfast every Thursday morning between 8 and 8:30. He is a Naturopathic Consultant from St. John, New Brunswick with a pH doctorate in Natural Medicine.
Our first show will include the following topics:
Bombarding you all with a ton of music, some of it new out as today! Fit For Rivals “Freak Machine” is out now, as is Like A Motorcycle’s “High Hopes”.. not to mention all the great stuff that came out this summer. SO MUCH GOOD STUFF. This amazing music is flying out of the radio to tunnel into your brain.
So yeah, you should probably grab this podcast so I can do all the thinking for your playlist.
Playlist:
JPNSGRLS – Trojan Horse
Brand New – Mene
The Pack AD – Los Angeles
Like A Motorcycle – Nobody Knows
Dorothy – Gun In My Hand
Bloody Diamonds – Sugar & Spice
Beneath the Grid Music – Fit For Rivals – I Am and Agent Orange
Mokomokai – Bloodsucker
Diemonds – Wild At Heart
The Joy Formidable – The Last Thing On My Mind
Kitchen Witch – Like Blood
Tsunami Bomb – Breakaway
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Art plays with our senses, demonstrates a reality not as it is, but as it might be perceived.
During the summer, the Fredericton Arts Alliance brings a pair of artists together in the Barracks to practice their art for all to see. These artists come from a wide variety of disciplines, from painting and sculpture to basket-weaving and writing. As each pair of artists comes in, we’ll be talking to them on the Lunchbox.
My guest today is Rachel Watters, who is demonstrating her experience watercolour painting. This week, she is exploring the difficulties and joys of finding balance in time, energy and inspiration with the demands of a new child. We talked about what watercolours really are (for my benefit), what inspires her painting, and what impact and inspiration she draws from her physical disability.
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Attack on Titan is out in video game form, following the events of the first season of the critically hit anime and manga. Is this the game fans have been waiting for all these years or does it get eaten by a horde of titans? Let’s find out.
Story
Titans have invaded into Shiganshina District and are destroying wall Maria, affecting the main characters Eren, Mikasa, and Armin’s lives forever. With their city destroyed and their parents killed, they decide to join the survey corps to kill and destroy the titans from ever invading again. After five years of training, Eren, Mikasa, and Armin – with the help of their squad – return to fill out their duties to fight the titans and protect the human race. Attack on Titan follows the first season of the show to a tee, with a different kind of art style but still manages to keep the feeling that it is an anime. While the story does follow the first season of the anime it strays away from it in the final chapter and goes into the manga, which could be an issue for those who have only watched the show.
Gameplay
Attack on Titan is a third person, action packed game with a diverse and sometimes complicated battle system. There are two modes in this game: maneuver mode and battle mode. When you approach a titan you hit your R1/R2 button to enter the battle mode and from there you use your right stick to pick which part of the body to attack; some parts are very important because they contain materials which will help you upgrade your equipment. The only way to kill a titan is by hitting them in the back of the neck and in order to do that you must enter battle mode, choose with your right stick where to hit, hit the square button or X button, and when you are close enough to the neck hit the triangle or O button to unleash a more powerful hit. The upgrade system in this game is quite wonderful, more diverse and complex than I ever expected it to be; in between missions you can go to the barracks wherever they may be at the time and upgrade your blades and maneuver gear. You must have the appropriate materials to get these upgrades; you acquire those by cutting off titans certain limbs. You must have enough funds and those are given to you depending on how well you do on the previous mission.
Verdict
Attack on Titan is five chapters long, but you will want to be done by the third chapter. It becomes very repetitive and sometimes overwhelming with the amount of enemies that are on the screen along with the tasks you have to complete. There are side missions to do while you are on the battlefield which can seem very tedious and repetitive because they are the same thing over and over again. This game makes you feel very rushed when you are trying to complete the main objective; some of them are so hard and you have side missions to do at the same time so the game can feel overwhelming. Taking on characters such as Eren, Mikasa, Armin, and Levi is great because they are so diverse with their skills and abilities, but after a while it becomes the same thing. Attack on Titan is certainly worth renting but, not worth sixty dollars.
To Buy or Rent Attack on Titan go to Gameaccess.ca Canadas largest game rental service.
Attack on Titan 5/10
Reviewed by ICE at Gamers of the Round Table
This week, Ice, Alex the kidd and Trainer Red sit down to talk about the holiday season of games coming out and, which ones we will be playing.
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Deus Ex: Mankind Divided Review
Alex the Kidd, Gamers of the Round Table
Deus Ex: Mankind Divided lets the player choose their control scheme. Whether you want to go with their default layout, Human Revolution’s layout, or a generalized First-Person-Shooter control set-up, the player is offered a variety of control loadouts to accommodate individual play styles. The familiar RPG elements make a return, more polished, and with a new “overload” system that requires the player to use “experimental” augments at the cost of damaging your systems, or permanently locking out original choices. This brings a new level of unique customization to the franchise and creates consequences for players who choose to use the new abilities. Mankind Divided improves upon the idea that you can “play your way” throughout the game, whether you want to tackle a mission guns blazing, or you want to infiltrate and never be seen. In the previous installment, players found they were hindered for choosing to play the game with stealth when it came to boss fights; Mankind Divided creates situations where you can attempt to take down any enemy through any means, without making the player feel like they made the wrong choice.
If you haven’t played Human Revolution since 2011, this game gives you the option to watch a compilation video to recap the previous game; narrated by Jensen, the twelve minute video covers all of the major plot point from Human Revolution, and is highly recommended if it has been almost five years since you played as Adam Jensen. Depending on your sound system, you may want to adjust your volume to put more emphasis on voice audio as the music score can drown out the narration (or enable subtitles before playing). The addition of the Deus Ex:
Universe companion app allows players to access behind the scenes content created by the developers and shows their insight into how they came to develop the word and characters of Mankind Divided; the app is free to download, and allows players to scan in game collectables to access the content through their mobile device. This comes as a welcomed addition for players who immerse themselves in the world of Deus Ex, and allows them to experience the creative process behind the game.
The Bad
The Breach feature feels tacked on and out of place; the introduction to the game mode is immersive, yet the actual content feels forced and out of place. While the art direction for Breach can be praised, it comes off as an unnecessary online component. Players can compare their stats using leaderboards, but the game mode becomes quite repetitive, and is little more than a puzzle game. While you can earn praxis kits through Breach, it requires you to hold off from the main game for its benefits to have any weight.
The biggest issue with Mankind Divided is its waypoint system – or lack thereof. Players must always refer to the map to find their objective, and there are several times throughout the game where mission objectives are not indicated on the map at all. Having to look online to find out where to go next takes away from the immersive gameplay; one mission requires the players to locate two individuals, but only shows the location of one without indicating where the other is. While exploring Prague is fun, wasting time looking for your objective is far from it.
Rating
9.5/10 – Deus Ex: Mankind Divided brings players back into the role of Adam Jensen in full force; while a few minor navigational mechanics that could use tuning, the game provides an immersive experience that allows you to handle any situation the way you want. This game not only follows up its predecessor, it stands on its own as an excellent video game. This is the quintessential espionage RPG gamers deserve.
To rent or buy Deus ex, go to Gameaccess.ca one great service for a low monthly fee
Fredericton’s ‘Winter’s Howl’ joined me for a chat on this weekends 95th episode of the Crazy Train.
‘Ruckus’, ‘CuJo’ and ‘Winter’s’ talked about the origins of this new Cross-Over Punk band that’s been on the scene only about a year but has garnered a great following after playing a stint of shows throughout the year.
I’ll be away in Vancouver for the next two weekends, so this weeks upcoming CTrain and the next will be repeats!
Here’s the playlist for Episode #95:
Hour 1: Crazy Train – Ozzy| Moon Light Afterlife – Winter’s Howl| Winter’s Howl Interview| To You From Hell – Winter’s Howl| Hunger – C.U.D. *Crazy Train debut!| The Kiln – No Man’s Throne| The Awakening – 88 Mile Trip| Blood For The Masses – Novichok| Killdozer – D.R.G.| 1969 – Black Tooth Grin| We’re All Cynics & Liars – Orchids Curse| Skyblazer – Shades of Sorrow
Hour II: The Horror Is Legion – Human Compost| The Horror of Yig – GWAR| 5 Minutes Alone – Pantera| Dead Embryonic Cells – Sepultura| Prophecy – Soulfly| You Can’t Bring me Down – Suicidal Tendencies| Surfin’ USA – M.O.D. | Am I Demon – Danzig| Lay Down – Priestess| The Conjuring – Megadeth (partial)
Got new tracks? A new album? Know of a band we should be playing?
Send your info and tracks to: crazytrainchsr@gmail.com
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Radio Kooche Shazde 1-3: Last episode of section 1
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Raddio Kooche Shazde 1-2: This is episode of e section 2.
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