Castle Crashers came out on PSN this week that just passed and well to say the least, its still very awesome. That’s why its taken us awhile to actually post a review, cause well we’ve been playing it.

There have been some changes to the gameplay and different types of games in this version. For one, there is no more All You Can Quaff, that awesome eating contest game in the XBLA version. The PSN version got a doubly awesome game, Volleyball, a 4 vs. 4 player game of well Volleyball, only its played with weapons. Needless to say, it was lots of fun even though it took us some time to actually get the hang of it.

I do have to say that the Castle Crashers on PSN feels much more polished compared to the XBLA version. There doesn’t seem to be an issue with character placement like the XBLA version. Another thing that we noticed, was that there were some tweaks to the actual gameplay, like the fact that you can’t just ride the mini dinosaur/lizard dude and RULE, you can get knocked off of it now. I was expecting to totally own like I did in the XBLA verison, but found myself actually having to tweak my gameplaying style to accommodate the tweaks in the PSN verison. So for all you reluctant players out there that got the XBLA version and not sure if you wanna spend money to get the PSN version, you should! Its been polished and revamped, and to be honest its really refreshing to play it again after so long.

We still had the issue that there wasn’t anyone to play with online when we were looking for a Volleyball game. I guess people just don’t get it, Castle Crashers is an awesome game.

Overall, we loved Castle Crashers again, and totally recommend it. So if you have some money just laying around in your PSN wallet, you should go and spend it on Castle Crashers. I’m sure that there is going to be some DLC soon enough to keep you wanting more from a still awesome game.

Music in video by Project Dolphin – gaming related music.

Gotta love it when an artist does gaming customs, I’m totally in love with WuzOne’s custom.  Great stuff!

As the new NFL season approaches, the makers of Madden NFL 11, EA Sports, has done a simulation of this years football season. I was at first shocked by the results. Some of the year end awards to me seemed a bit far fetched. While New England, Indianapolis and San Diego won their divisions in 2010, while the upstart New York Jets secured a Wild Card berth in the AFC. After years of being tapped as the next up and coming team, the Houston Texans made the playoffs as a Wild Card team with a 9-7 record, grabbing the sixth seed in the AFC.

The Minnesota Vikings tied for the best record in the NFC with Green Bay at 12-4, but due to the Packers’ better divisional record, settled for the fifth seed in the playoffs as a Wild Card team. After seven years without a playoff appearance, the San Francisco 49ers joined the Dallas Cowboys and New Orleans Saints as division winners in the NFC, while the Atlanta Falcons secured the final Wild Card spot in the conference.

NFL 2010 Season Awards (as simulated by Madden NFL 11):
• NFL MVP – Aaron Rodgers, Green Bay Packers
• Offensive Player of the Year – Aaron Rodgers, Green Bay Packers
• Defensive Player of the Year – Terrell Suggs, Baltimore Ravens
• Offensive Rookie of the Year – Jermaine Gresham, Cincinnati Bengals
• Defensive Rookie of the Year – Joe Haden, Cleveland Browns
• Coach of the Year – John Harbaugh, Baltimore Ravens

Top Ten Offensive Performers

Quarterback
Player Team Yards TDs INTs
Aaron Rodgers            GB               4639               36        9
Matt Schaub               HOU            4592               35        16
Peyton Manning         IND             4542              33         8
Tom Brady                   NE               4471               32        14
Drew Brees                  NO               4459              33        12
Tony Romo                 DAL             4357               29        10
Donovan McNabb     WAS            4309               28        13
Philip Rivers                SD               4303              29        12
Eli Manning                NYG            4248               25        14
Joe Flacco                   BAL              4112               25         12

Running Back
Player Team Yards TD
Chris Johnson             TEN           1784             15
Steven Jackson            STL            1631              8
Adrian Peterson          MIN           1608            16
Maurice Jones-Drew  JAX           1459            13
Rashard Mendenhall   PIT           1403             9
Frank Gore                     SF            1380            10
Ray Rice                        BAL           1311              9
LeSean McCoy             PHI           1288             7
Jerome Harrison         CLE           1235             8
Jonathan Stewart        CAR           1192            12

Wide Receiver
Player Team Rec Yards TD

Andre Johnson            HOU               104           1541                 12
Greg Jennings               GB                 102            1438                13
Marques Colston          NO                 107            1372                11
Randy Moss                   NE                  91             1324                15
Miles Austin                  DAL                88             1323               10
Brandon Marshall        MIA               105             1290              11
Roddy White                 ATL                 86             1257               8
Steve Smith                   CAR                 98             1213               7
Anquan Boldin             BAL                  96             1179               8
Santana Moss               WAS                 85             1174               9

Tight End

Player Team Rec Yards TD

Antonio Gates             SD           102         1179         11
Owen Daniels             HOU        93          1093         8
Vernon Davis              SF            83          1032         6
Dallas Clark                IND         90            992         8
Jason Witten               DAL        97            933         4
Jermaine Gresham     CIN        72            930         7
Jermichael Finley       GB          79            916         9
Tony Gonzalez            ATL         81            882        7
Brent Celek                 PHI          79            881        6
Zach Miller                  OAK        75             841        3

Top Defensive Performers

Sacks
Player Team Sacks
Alex Brown                 NO             14.5
Justin Tuck                 NYG          14.5
Terrell Suggs               BAL            14
Jared Allen                  MIN           14
Julius Peppers            CHI            13
Juqua Parker              PHI           12.5
Antwan Odom             CIN           12
Aaron Kampman        JAX          11.5
Greg Ellis                    NYJ            11.5

Interceptions
Player Team INT
Darrelle Revis             NYJ                  7
Jerraud Powers          IND                  7
Bryant McFadden       PIT                  7
Asante Samuel           PHI                   7
Dashon Goldson         SF                    6
Brandon Flowers         KC                  6
Leon Hall                     CIN                 6
Louis Delmas              DET                6
Adrian Wilson              ARI               6
Donte Whitner             BUF              6

Very cool – I can’t wait for this one, I can’t wait to see this balloon be filled up!

I wish I could possess this awesome ability, but not would love it besides me cause I am the only one from the Bifuteki crew that drinks coffee.  Either way, this kitty is adorable, so adorable I would probably feel bad drinking it.

The VANQUISH demo allows players to choose one level from the two levels of difficulty One Button Casual or Normal. Taking on the role of Sam, a United States government agent kitted out with a futuristic ARS battle suit, players are vying for ownership of the planet’s remaining energy resources against Russia on board a huge space station. On entering the third port lobby of the space station, numerous enemy robots are being brought in by dropships. Players have an array of weaponry and upgrades at their disposal, as well as the ability to hijack “Walkers”, or use the suits unique Boost and AR mode to take down the robots. The demo climaxes with the formidable boss, Argus which you will need to use all your skills acquired throughout the demo to defeat.

Yeah I noticed on Friday that the Obey mural was boarded up – it was only a matter of time for it to be done over, this time it was done up by Barry McGee and Josh Lazcano.  Very cool check it out if you can … its in the usual spot.

This is the EA interview about the multiplayer elements in Crysis 2, but as a special bonus I have added another video that gives you more of an in depth background of who you are in the game and the abilities that you use.