For the second day in a row Rockstar has teased images leading to believe there will be a Red Dead Redemption 2 announcement in the next week or so. The first image was released yesterday through Rockstar’s twitter account and today’s image showed up all across there social media platforms .
A random guest has crashed the show! And we have a bunch of brand new music to feature for all of you to hear and enjoy! So, maybe you should all stop listening to whatever it is you’re hearing right now and crank up the ol’ podcast!
Also, congratulations to The Balconies for their release “Rhonda” and Lionsault for winning two awards at the Music New Brunswick event!
Here’s a playlist for you cats:
JPNSGRLS – Gap Year
The Pack AD – Skin Me
THE BALCONIES – Zombie Love / Rhonda
The Joy Formidable – Liana
Kilmore – Rising Sun
Lionsault – Living With The Devil
Dorothy – Whiskey Fever
Beneath the Grid Music – Fit For Rivals – Novocain
Kill Matilda – Sanctuary
Tsunami Bomb – 20 Going On…
Bloody Diamonds – Toxic
Like A Motorcycle – High Hopes
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Two weeks before the Progressive Conservative Party of New Brunswick will pick a new leader, the party lost one of its more outspoken, high-profile members.
Dr. Jim Parrott died last Tuesday, Oct. 5 in Saint John. He died at the age of 74.
Parrott was a pioneer in medicine who later went into politics and never shied away from controversy.
That would eventually cost him his spot in the Tory caucus, but he got it back from former premier David Alward right before the 2014 election, in which he lost.
Party officials have said Parrott would have been at the leadership convention on October 22 in Fredericton to help the party pick a leader for the 2018 provincial election.
Nathan DeLong from St. Thomas University Journalism discusses Parrott’s legacy in this podcast.
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Sometimes, you have access to resources you never imagined, and just need to realize them.
UNB has a lot of resources for students, faculty and staff, but sometimes they can be overlooked. My guests today represent two of the technology services on campus that can make the difference between doing the basics and doing the exceptional. Nancy Wood manages the UNB Media Lab, a center filled with tools for multimedia editing, printing and digital learning. Rebecca Ham manages the UNB Equipment Pool, which provides technology for recording and presenting multimedia, as well as laptops, enabling people to borrow items they need but can’t afford to buy.
The UNB Media Lab is located in Marshall d’Avray Hall room 234, open Monday – Thursday 9:30 am to 12:00 & 1:00 – 7:30 pm and on Friday 9:30 am – 12:00 & 1:00 – 4:00 pm. You can also contact them through Facebook.
The UNB Equipment Pool is located in Marshall d’Avray Hall room 133, open Monday – Thursday from 8:00 am – 8 :00 pm and on Fridays from 8:00 am – 5:00 pm. You can contact them on Facebook as well.
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People pass by us every day,
we only meet a few.
We need to meet a few more.
Music:
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On the show this week:
CQ: Now that the VCR is no longer being made and the headphone port is possibly in its dying days, what other beloved but outdated piece of tech, gadgetry or wired connection will likely get phased out soon?
Full list of 18 articles after the jump!
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God Of War on the PS4 is one of the most anticipated games to come out in the next few years, and is one of PlayStations most beloved franchises. Unfortunately, the lead up to its release will probably not feature a lot of demos, and the release date is still being figured out.
Director of God of War Cory Barlog talks about the game on twitter, he recently told a fan that God of War will not have much, if any demos, saying that demos take away time from developing the game. Cory also stated that the lack of news on the game is so they can focus on developing the game, and stray away from spending time talking about the game. With the development well underway with the game, Barlog can not comment on a release date for the upcoming AAA title.
God of War is set to come out sometime in 2017.
Crash Bandicoot remastered box art and release date possibly leaked. The discovery came from Reddit, it stated that the game will release on February 28th, 2017. This was thought to be a placeholder date , but it was revealed a second retailer had the game listed (Zilliongames) in Brazil who carries the same release date of February 28th, 2017. PlayStation announced the Remastered versions of Crash Bandicoot at E3 2016, it will include Crash 1, 2 and warped.
Today Activision announced that starting today October 13th you can pre-load the beta for the up and coming Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare from 11 A.M. PT. Currently, there is no file size information available at the current time.
TellTales Batman episode 3 release date announced.
The third episode titled New World Order will be available on October 25th available on the PS4, Xbox One and PC.
Please join us next Thursday, October 20, 2016 for part 6 with Dr. Cosman, Cancer Understood, only on CHSR 97.9 Instant Breakfast!!!
This week, ICE, Alex the kidd and trainer red sit down to talk about their experiences with retro gaming and what some of their most enjoyed games were during the golden age of gaming.
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We are back, exclusively via the web.
As usual, this means we have not filtered our language and have very minimally edited this episode.
In case it wasn’t clear enough, this episode may seem vulgar to some sensitive types but is still worth a listen.
Download/Stream the latest episode or Subscribe to our podcast.
Filed under: Show Upload, Web Exclusives 
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Interview with director Thommy Hutson & actress Amanda Wyss: Promoting The Id. Reflections on A Nightmare on Elm Street and briefly, Fast Times at Ridgemont High.
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EA has announced they will host livestreams of Battlefield 1, until it releases on October 21st; EA commented that every map will be showcased during this time, every mode will be played as well. These will be played by members of the Battlefield community team, with special guests. The streams will start taking place on October 12th and go until the 21st, they will stream for two hours starting at 1 PM PT till 3 PM PT.
On Episode #97 of the Crazy Train we had locals ‘Tactus’ in to debut their entire album ‘Bending Light’.
Adrian, Alec, Steve and Ben joined me and we went through the album track by track and got into some talk about the bands gear, their touring and plans for the future.
The album is now available through the band or at the bandcamp website, as well as through Tactus.com (links below), they even have a special edition instrumental version of the album!
On next weeks episode of the Crazy Train I’m planning another Punk/Hardcore episode of the show. CHSR gets in a lot of Punk and Hardcore (plus other genres from the ‘Punk’ tree) and since no one is doing a show to get this music on air, I’ve decided to throw in some episodes here and there!
At the bottom of the page, below the info on where to get ‘Bending Light’ from Tactus, I’ve also included the ‘Upcoming shows’ as I didn’t have time to go through them on Saturday nights show.
Also, please note that since we’re back into UNB V-Reds hockey season, that every so often throughout the Winter the Crazy Train will be reduced to an hour long. It was either this, or get bumped completely, or end up doing the show on Sunday nights. But I thought it’d just be too ridiculous trying to steer listeners to different nights and different times!
Tactus ‘Bending Light’ is available at: http://www.tactusband.com/#/home
Also at: https://tactusband.bandcamp.com/
Upcoming Shows:
Friday Oct 14th & Saturday the 15th @ the Igloo Beverage Room in Moncton:
It’s the Igloo Metal fest with Friday night’s line up:
Saturday the 15th –
So wear your funniest, spookiest, craziest Halloween costume and come out and enjoy the show and good times with entertainment by:
Pre Show – 8:00pm to 9:15pm
Saint John’s Math Class and
Justin Burns
Main event – 9:30pm to 2:00am
Patient Zero
Warpit
Rifum
Dischord
This is a can’t miss show!
19+ Cover $10 per person BYOB
Doors open: 7:30pm
Pre – Show Starts 8:00pm
Main event starts 9:30pm
Coming all the way from Lowell Massachusetts (U.S.A), LOS BUNGALITOS bring their thrashy hardcore to Fredericton to lay waste to the maniac mansion. Hard Charger will be on hand to deal out tinnitus and the almighty cable crusher will be handing out free stunners and power bombs!!!
Doors at 8
Cover $5-$10
19+
BYOB
Los Bungalitos
Hard Charger
Cable Crusher
Check the Panic Room FB page for details!
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I’ll keep this short and sweet before I start rambling about seeing colours and having fever dreams. On today’s episode, I play a bunch of new tracks from bands, revisit albums that came out this summer, and go all the way back to the land of 2004 to enjoy Definitive Act.
Also, purple monkey dishwasher.
Playlist:
JPNSGRLS – A Comprehensive List Of Things I Love
miesha & the spanks – Stranger
Sleep Machine – Good To Be Bad
The Joy Formidable – Radio of Lips
The Pack AD – Los Angeles
Diemonds – Over It
Verse The Sun – Contagion
the black frame spectacle – Patient Zero
Beneath the Grid Music – Skies Collide – Hollow Hearts
Stitched Up Heart – It’s So Easy / Monster
Tsunami Bomb – Negative One To Ten / 5150
Like A Motorcycle – Into The Night
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How Can We Change?
My guest today is Thomas Morgan Jones, the Artistic Director at Theatre New Brunswick. The brand new season of theatre kicks off next week with the production A Sunday Affair, which Jones co-wrote. He joins me to talk about the theme for the new season (“How Can We Change”), how that reflects in the multitudes of things TNB is active with, how the new production came to be, and how it changed into a traveling play done in both English and French presentations.
A Sunday Affair is on-stage at The Open Space Theatre, 55 Whiting Road, from Oct 13-23. It then hits the road, visiting a number of locations across the province, both in French and English. Find out more at tnb.nb.ca.
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After a few posts for the past little while it has been teased that Beyond Good & Evil 2 was coming. Ubisoft has officially announced today that it is in development, the announcement was made through the Beyond Good & Evil facebook page.
“If you’ve been waiting for news about BG&E … Well, here you go! We are delighted to confirm that Michel Ancel is currently working with the Ubisoft Montpellier studio on a new Beyond Good & Evil game.”
Beyond Good & Evil 2 was first announced back in 2008, but in 2016 question were beginning to arise whether the game was still in development; Yves Guillemot did confirm at E3 2016 that it was being developed, but it was hard because the series creator Michel Ancel was working on two games.
Rest assured though Beyond Good & Evil 2 is in development.
Batman: The Telltale Series – Episode 1 and 2
Trainer_Red, Gamers of the Round Table
Today my review on Telltales Batman is based on how well the amazing storytelling company worked with the Dark Knight’s lore, as well as evidence from what I’ve played so far (there are only two episodes out currently). Telltale certainly knows Batman better than I do and have done the Batman name justice so far.
Story: The story takes place during an election campaign where District Attorney Harvey Dent is running against Mayor Hill in order to improve Gotham City; luckily for Dent he is being supported by his good friend Bruce Wayne. But when Falcone shows up at the Wayne mansion during a meet and greet, the good name of the Wayne family starts to take a turn for the worse. In all honesty this game delves into lore I’ve never even heard of, including what Bruce’s parents – Martha and Thomas – were actually like personality wise.
Gameplay: As per usual Telltale style, the game revolves around the choices you make in conversation and alters the story based on your choices. The action scenes using quick time events requires players be paying close attention to a game that at times can feel like a visual novel, and the planning for when Batman has to clear a room is done so seamlessly that it’s near perfect.
Conclusion: TellTale certainly has a good grasp of the Batman universe and certainly delivers suspense, making me and many others excited to see what they have in store for the future episodes of this game.
Score: While the game is currently unfinished, what I’ve played so far is amazing and I’ve only run into a few issues (odd times where quick time events don’t respond despite a button being pressed correctly), but overall I feel I must give Batman episodes 1 & 2 a 9.5/10.
Bethesdas Skyrim and Fallout 4 will be getting mod support after all, but will be limited. Bethesdas website statement also adds and states the following, “that both games will receive PlayStation 4 Pro enhancements as well. Skyrim Special Edition will run in native 4K on the upgraded system (screenshots below), while Fallout 4 will boast better lighting and graphics features.”
This is definitely a surprise because last month it was announced that there would be no mod support for these titles on the PS4 due to issues with sony. This was the quote from Bethesda last month
“After months of discussion with Sony, we regret to say that while we have long been ready to offer mod support on PlayStation 4, Sony has informed us they will not approve user mods the way they should work: where users can do anything they want for either Fallout 4 or Skyrim Special Edition,”
Mod support will be available first on Skyrim special edition then Fallout 4 on the PlayStation 4. Skyrim special edition is releasing on October 28th when everything runs smoothly, Bethesda will then focus their attention on Fallout 4.
Gravity Rush 2 delayed, Even with the production of the highly anticipated sequel running smoothly it has been delayed, the game will now release on January 20th in the UK and U.S.
On the PlayStation blog, Keiichiro Toyama (director) says the delay is happening because of how busy the holiday schedule is, with the release of big games like Final Fantasy, Watch Dogs 2 releasing in the same timeframe.
Do not feel like your getting ripped off, Toyama announced because of the delay, a plan paid DLC will now be free when released.
BattleField 1 is flying in close with guns blazing, The World War 1 is set to release on October 21st on the ps4 and Xbox One and PC.
Battlefield 1 was revealed to the gaming community back in May, there was speculation before the reveal that Battlefield would take place during World War 1. It was not until the reveal that this was confirmed , it was like a breath of fresh air when it came to the first person genre. We have never seen a World War 1 game done to this scale before and it’s very exciting to see this kind of game come out in this day and age.
Dice went that extra mile to capture that reality of the first World War, from the trench warfare to the extremely dirty and muddy battlefields. Many new weapons came into play during this time period such as infantry rifles (German Mauser, British Lee-Enfield, French Lebel, French Berthier). It was not just about the guns that made advancements, the grenade, the mortar and the machine gun took big roles on the battlefield in the four years that the war took place.
During the campaign of Battlefield 1, you will take on the role of six different characters who have their own personal stories and experiences during the war. This explains why there are only six campaign missions, which is really unfortunate in this case because it makes me feel like they copped out on the campaign and for me, that is the highlight of the Battlefield franchise. During the campaign, however, I am hoping to see some classic battles like Vimy Ridge and Passchendaele.
For most people, it’s all about the multiplayer playing different modes alongside your friends online, fighting against other teams with people all across the world leveling up with each kill you get, working with your team to come out with the victory to unlock better weapons and gear etc. The multiplayer in Battlefield seems to be the main focus DICE and EA which is unfortunate because, people who buy it for the single player are getting the short end of the stick.
Hoping this game will shine a little bit of light on the education aspect for the younger generation, for those who do not know much or anything about the first world war. It may not give a huge history lesson, but it will give some insight of how rough the conditions were, the advancement of weapons, chemical warfare and trench warfare.
BattleField 1 is hitting store Shelves on October 21st on the PS4, Xbox One, and PC.
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