Monthly Archives: October 2019

BDSM: Big Drunk Satanic Massacre Launches Today

BDSM - Meet Lou

It’s time to descend into Hell, courtesy of Big Way Games: BDSM: Big Drunk Satanic Massacre is now live on PS4, Nintendo Switch, and PC today! It’s a twin-stick, milk-chugging, mind-melting experience, starring the son of Satan, Lou. Humans have overwhelmed Hell, and are trying to use it for corporate greed, and Lou will not let it stand. He’s going to demolish conspirators, humans, other demons, and some seriously badass bosses. It’s satiric action at its best.

“BDSM is all about being fun and funny,” said Big Way CEO, Konstantin Semenov. “Not only do you get to take back hell from greedy human corporations, but you get to hear Lou take down some of those sacred cows of old school shooters.”

Metal Trainer – Ro Panuganti – Music Review

by Jason Parker (Ragachak)

Metal Trainer Review

Not all metal, regardless of genre has to sound grim, depressing and dark. Trust me, I’m a metal connoisseur. Today’s recommended album comes from Ro Panuganti with Materia Collective, and it’s a nine-track banger. Ro Panuganti is known for his Youtube mixes, and this is definitely not his first album. I remember his Metroid one fondly, in particular. Not every track on this album is a heavy metal one, though. I feel like it covers a lot of ground, for example, with “Cerulean” using an electric guitar, but having a cool, mellow sound. It’s not a long album, clocking in at nine tracks, but he does pick some songs that I don’t often see on remix albums and some that are pretty much always there. The focus is on Pokemon Red and Pokemon Blue. With that in mind, a lot of these tracks regardless of choice will bring back fond memories for fans of the franchise, while offering something new and interesting to listen to.

Ro Panuganti discussed the album, saying:

“Metal Trainer was started as a simpler, more traditional rock album that people could enjoy hearing live and playing on the go, or working out,” comments arranger Ro Panuganti. “I quickly got pulled in the nostalgia of those first Pokémon games and realized that I had to keep things more progressive rock and metal to properly capture that epic journey. Some of my proudest arranging happened for ‘Lavender,’ where most of my ideas came when I just had my guitar in a room with no computer.

I played with how that song should go in a story, and eventually wrote some of my proudest, spookiest music yet. I hope that listeners feel that innocent charm of Pokémon’s city anthems, that fire in your belly from wanting to beat the intimidating gym leaders, and those ghostly chills that came from traversing Lavender Town.”

Viridian (Track 3): I’ve never heard Viridian sound quite so sinister, that is until I heard this track. It’s very bass guitar-heavy, and that’s a good thing. What makes Viridian stand out to me, is it feels like something KORN might have produced in the early to mid-90s, before shifting to a more traditional drum and guitar metal sound. The original feel of the song is still there but is hidden behind some grindy guitaring and a tiny bit of smooth piano towards the end of the track. I don’t remember Viridian City being quite so metal, but now I’ve gotta go there.

Pokemon Hospital (Track 9): And here it is, my favorite song on the album, without a doubt. It stood out to me for a few reasons. The doctor-sounding chatter at the beginning made me feel like something serious was going down, that someone’s Pokemon were seriously wounded in battle. Instead of just putting them in a machine, major work was getting done, and that’s both creepy and awesome. The Pokemon Hospital/Pokecenter music always struck me as eerie, due to being so cheerful. Pokemon are injured, and we’re playing borderline pop music! Ro Panuganti’s version starts somber, pairing piano and guitar nicely. It sounds like something I might hear on E.R. or House, particularly in a tragic moment when the heat is really on. It’s slower-paced, and most fascinating of all is that it just ends out of nowhere. It’s like an RKO, it just stops. Not all metal has to be high-speed thrash. This is tragic and slow music, and it needs to be appreciated.

Pokemon Mansion (Track 7): This is the more traditional-sounding metal I was fiending for. Rolling drums, filled with doom and fantastic shredding. The Pokemon Mansion is supposed to be unsettling and dangerous, and this remix matches that nicely. I’ve always enjoyed the stop-and-go staccato style of guitaring, and that’s found here as well. Pokemon Mansion would be at home on any number of 90s-era Thrash Metal albums, and so I wanted to highlight this as one worth listening to. It shifts seamlessly from style to style and keeps the same unsettling themes that the original song had. While every song on this album is fantastic, this is one I keep coming back to. It could easily be a hidden boss fight theme.

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A Knight’s Quest – Launch Trailer

A Knight’s Quest is a new title from Curve Digital and is available today on the Epic Games Store, Switch, and PS4. It will come to the Xbox One on Friday. A clumsy, but well-meaning adventurer named Rusty is about to set out on a quest! A chain of events gets unraveled which threatens to destroy his world. Get ready for a Knight’s Quest!

River City Melee Mach!! Now Available on PC and Console

River City Melee Mach image

River City Melee Mach!! is the latest title from Arc System Works, and River City comes to the PS4, Nintendo Switch and PC (via Steam). River City Melee Mach!! is an update to River City Melee: Battle Royal Special, which is a 2D action fighting game. In it, four players duke it out from a multitude of teams to do battle in an anything-goes battle royale. With a variety of characters and modes, River City Melee Mach!! is available now for 13.99 USD.

River City Melee Mach!! Features:

  • Over 180 playable characters: Choose from a ton of characters, each with their own special moves and skills.
  • More than 250 special attacks: Cancel and combine special moves to set up devastating combos!
  • Tons of items to use in combat: Use countless new weapons to expand your strategy!
  • Interactive Stages: Avoid deadly pitfalls and booby traps to determine the best strategy to survive.
  • Highly customizable: Create an original, unstoppable team for the fight. Customize the items that will appear on the battlefield.

Stranded Sails – Explorers of the Cursed Islands Developer Overview

Merge Games have a new developer video that went live today, showing off Stranded Sails – Explorers of the Cursed Islands. Going live on PS4, Switch, Xbox One and PC on October 17th, today’s video gives a deep dive of the game, to give a better understanding of what life will be like in-game. A free Prologue is now available to newsletter subscribers as well. In addition, the Nintendo Switch and Xbox One editions have a 15% discount on pre-orders.

Fallback Launches This Week on PC

ENDROAD, made up of former Ubisoft and Amplitude devs are proud to release their new title on PC tomorrow, called Fallback. Players will strap on their gas mask, put on their boots and jet pack to become humanity’s last hope for survival. An ecological disaster devastated the world, and after hundreds of years underground, it’s time to revive the Earth’s surface. Brave volunteers will face down their mechanical caretakers-turned-captors and rescue their allies.

Fallback will have procedurally generated 2.5D levels, with an innovative perspective-shifting system. With a sword and jet pack, you’ll do battle against robotic foes who will do their level best to prevent humanity from rising back up. Death is inevitable, but through a customizable skill tree, you’ll get better each time.