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Episode 7 – The Bioshock and Felicia Day Podcast

By Cokomon • Feb 23rd, 2010 • Category: Podcast

Mick discusses the evolution of gaming in GENETOS, Jordon and James return to Rapture with Bioshock 2 and Richard goes back to 2001 with New Play Control Pikmin.  Also, the gaming industry is saved, again.
Song Credits:
Pikmin – Title Theme – Super Smash Bros Brawl



Episode 6 – First Person Hugging

By Cokomon • Feb 8th, 2010 • Category: Podcast

Mick talks shmups, James bounces around the Killzone, Richard explores Mass Effect 2 and Carrie opens fire on the FPS genre.
Song Credits:
The Concept Of Love – Hideki Naganuma – Jet Set Radio Future



Episode 5 – Top 3 Games of 2009

By Cokomon • Jan 28th, 2010 • Category: Podcast

Richard, James, Mick and Tia tackle their top 3 games of 2009.  In addition, everyone tries to lend hand to a company in need of help, Square-Enix.
Song Credits:
Wind Garden – Super Mario Galaxy



Episode 4 – A Podcast That Will Pierce The Heavens

By Cokomon • Jan 12th, 2010 • Category: Podcast

Mick covers a few Xbox Indy Games (Arkedo Series – 03 PIXEL!, Leave Home and Jewelry Master Twinkle), Jordon and Richard talk Borderlands and James goes to some Uncharted territory.  Finally everyone tries their darnedest to save the Star Fox series.
Song Credits:
Korobushka (Tetris) – Ryu*



Episode 3 – Bursting With Games

By Cokomon • Dec 30th, 2009 • Category: Podcast

There has not been much game news, but Jordon, Mick and Richard have plenty to discuss about what they’ve been playing.  James explores his feelings for Dead Space.
Song Credits:
Donkey Kong Country ‘Christmas Cave’ – deim0s



Episode 2 – Mick’s Revenge

By Cokomon • Dec 15th, 2009 • Category: Podcast

In today’s episode, Mick reviews Legend of Zelda: Spirit Tracks, Richard gets nerdy about Venture Bros and Star Wars, Carrie is helping children with Child’s Play and Gift of the Yeti and James discusses his feelings.
Song Credits:
Level Music – Panzer Dragoon, Sega Saturn



Episode 1 – The BRUCast

By Cokomon • Dec 6th, 2009 • Category: Podcast

Welcome to the first episode of the BRUCast.  This a new podcast being brought to you personally by Team BRU.  We promise that it will be updated more regularly than this site, and provide the gaming news you can use.  The show will feature reviews, topics about saving the games industry, comedy sketches and character [...]



Sam Raimi to direct WoW movie

By Cokomon • Jul 22nd, 2009 • Category: Entertainment, Movies, Video Games

According to the New York Times, Sam Raimi is set to direct a film based on World of Warcraft.  Or at least based on the Warcraft franchise, since there were other games in the series besides WoW.
The success of the Lord of the Rings and Harry Potter movies has caused Warner Brothers to look for [...]



It’s time for An-ime-niacs!

By Cokomon • Jan 31st, 2009 • Category: Anime, Featured

One week ago, Asura and I decided to take a nice Sunday drive up to Tacoma, taking the back roads of Dupont for a nice drive around the bay. After some good lunch and window shopping around the area, we decided it was time to head back to Olympia. However, there was one [...]



Final Fantasy XIII battle system dissected

By Cokomon • Jan 29th, 2009 • Category: Video Games

Technology website Ars Technica has an interesting breakdown of the recent Final Fantasy XIII trailer, examining the battle footage and picking out the peices.  According to observations, the new battle system eschews the MMO combat from FFXII in favor of the fast paced, ATB system from FFX-2.  In addition, some of the features shown in [...]