So after a lot of talk about just waiting for digital download, I went and got a Blu-ray Disc Player. It apparently converts normal DVDs up to a higher quality. Well I’ll find out soon enough. So now we have a DVD player/burner and VHS all in one, and then a Blu-ray player. Everything runs off of HDMI cables. Watching movies on the big screen is about to get a whole lot sweeter in this house. I’ll let everyone out there in HD-land know how it looks as soon as I get it hooked up and try out a Blu-ray disc and a DVD on it.

From Xbox to Xbox 360, from there to the PC, Wii and DS, this week’s cheap game has made the rounds. Despite its rather pronounced presence, it’s still good, still cheap, and still worth a look.

The game is Geometry Wars: Retro Evolved for the PC. Developed originally as a mini-game within Project Gotham Racing 2 for the Xbox, chances are good that you’ve played at least one iteration of this highly popular game. However, you may not be aware that it is available on the PC, and for less money than anywhere else.

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Here’s a compilation of the quirky TF2 class upgrade comics Sokkratez and I made for Downloadable Suicide.

Heavy Upgrade
Soldier Upgrade
Spy Upgrade
Sniper Upgrade
Medic & Pyro Upgrade
Engineer Upgrade
Scout Upgrade
Demoman Upgrade

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This week’s cheap game combines a classic puzzle concept and independent flavor. Also, it’s free!

The game this week is a puzzle game by the name of Tripline. It was independently developed and distributed by one Joakim Sandberg. You may have seen him recently on the 1UP Show during a segment about his most recent game, Noitu Love 2. If you didn’t, you should probably go check that out; it’s a very nice interview and Noitu Love 2 looks incredible. We’ll leave talk of that for another time.

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So as Sokkratez knows, I have spent many a hour now watching and rewatching the episodes of a show called Kenny vs. Spenny. A show about 2 friends who grew up together but somehow have completely different morals, codes, ethics, blah blah blah. One is devious and one tends to attempt to take the high road. I remember seeing commercials for the shows premiere here and just thinking to myself man that doesn’t look like a show I’d like. Years later after trying not to ever come into a room where it was being watched, I gave it a try at a friend’s pad one night. I gotta say the show is really hilarious, and I loved just how evil Kenny is, he’s my kind of guy at times. Kenny seems to make the shows with his evil genius plans for Spenny domination in their sometimes twisted ideas for competitions, but the show wouldn’t be what it is without someone like Spenny either, it isn’t as fun to see a person with no self respect try to do what he does, its fun to see Kenny slowly chipping away at Spenny. So as I was saying I watched the show at a friend’s house and am now completely addicted. I got seasons 1-3 immediately from him and I just keep watching them over n over each night when there’s nothing good on television. I can’t wait to see the rest of season 4’s competitions with these two crazy canadians.

I felt it appropriate to share this here. If you remember back to yestermonth, I recommended that you guys check out Gish in one of my cheap gaming features. There is a sequel on the way, and today we have been blessed with some wireframe mesh physics footage of Gish 2. Enjoy, and check out Gish if you haven’t yet.

[Their audio is a bit loud, you may want to adjust your volume accordingly]