I’m your nerd host, Chris Hardwick
Nerdist is a place where we nerds come together and share the nerdery that we find. It's also my home to various elements of the Nerdist Empire. You might recognize me from TV. You don't realize that's where you know me from, but it is. You think you went to college with me or I look like your cousin's friend, but that is not the case. At one time or another you stumbled upon me on your moving picture box in such cerebral gems as MTV's "Singled Out" and Noam Chomsky's "Shipmates." and so much more...
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I just beat Silent Hill 2 last night and I can’t wait to play through it again for some of the other endings. I beat it on ps2 originally, but I forgot so much about it. I love that game.
The sirens from those first 3 games still give me chills.
Should I play Journey before listening to this? I’ve been too busy catching up with assassin’s creed before the new one comes out to play it yet
While it does suck that Bioshock Infinite is being pushed back, its hardly a blackhole this fall.
I’m excited about Borderlands 2. And I’ve you guys (+Pete Holmes+Steve Agee) talk about the great first game.
@krantus- nope, we give no spoilers away whatsoever, you can totally listen to this episode before playing Journey!
Kumail and Emily, if you love Law and Order you need to watch the EP of Community called “Basic Lupine Urology.”
My favorite survival horror is Deadly Premonition. It is so creepy and has such a unique atmosphere and the sound is excellent.
Just want to say I like the new format. Personally I always found Side Quest to be too short, so this is a definite plus for me!
Great show as always, and thanks for taking the time to record so us poor cubicle monkeys have something to blur out the back-at-work realisation for an extra hour.
I love Kumail less for making fun of Hawkeye’s costume. Its majestic.
Journey is incredible. You didnt talk about the music which I think really completes the game. I enjoyed flow and flower but both seemed to be practice for journey.
Since you like Silent hill 2, try Siren: Blood Curse, its SH2 on crack with 3 dead babys around its neck…..
I kinda wish you guys would record new ad/intros >.>
Just wanted to give a heads up. Amazon doesn’t always give better rates on video game trade-ins than Gamestop. I recently traded in a bunch of games to Gamestop (because they were giving a large bonus). Even without the bonus, there was only one of my games that Amazon gave more for (and that was only 25 cents more!). After the bonuses, it was no contest.
Do an episode about Dark Souls. I know it came out last year but not nearly enough people played that game.
http://www.arcade-museum.com/game_detail.php?game_id=8242
The arcade Journey game was pretty friggin badass in the day. It had a cassette player inside the cabinet that played Journey songs at certain points of the game. Way better than Revolution X.
From Chicago, LOVE the Davis theater. Went there for A-Team and got a twilight commemorative cup. Awesome place, love the drop.
I think the makers of Silent Hill 2 were looking at a map of the uk when naming their protagonist, I’m from a city called Sunderland.
Excellent show, once again.
Finally someone who knows about games is on the show!
I hope Kufail and co don’t bore her to death too.
hahah kufail, I just made that up… I should have a show on Nerdist!!
I kid, I kid,
grrrreeaat work as always.
xoxC_H
You should definitely give Diablo 3 a try!
First you guy’s convinced me to give Mass Effect another try. Now after hearing about Journey, I kind of want a PS3. This show is going to be very dangerous for my wallet….
Loving the show, the Bioshock delay sucks but I’m all for delays if the games turn out better.
Still plenty to look forward to this year though, Halo 4 in November!
Hearing you guys talk about how intensely scary Silent Hill was, I couldn’t help but post my very first Nerdist comment.
Being a guy who admittedly has never been particularly frightened when playing Horror games, I had always distanced myself from the genre. That is, until I discovered “Amnesia: The Dark Descent”.
No other horror game has ever made me jump so much as Amnesia. If you’ve never heard of Amnesia, I’d advise you to look it up on Youtube to get a sense of what it’s about.
You have no weapon. All you have is a torch. And your being pursued by a single monster.
I would love to hear Kumail would have to say about this game. It would be really interesting.
I love the Davis Theater! It’s the best place to go when you’re a little drunk and want to go see a movie.
love the podcast! also love the call for a dark souls show in the comments. i get a wierd type of upset when people who love video games don’t try this game; best since zelda ocarina of time IMO. you should play the game and then podcast bout it… love the show either way, but dark souls…seriously
Where are the photos we were promised?
I really want to see the movie screen.
22 minutes, and the topic of comment isn’t Journey. I was going to listen to this for a little while then walk my dog.
An online game you can play and not verbally interact at all. I haven’t downloaded this yet.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Endless_Forest
Cloud looks gorgeous.
Ico was cute. I want to see her do a remix of Killer 7