Hwaet! (That’s the first word from Beowulf, for those of you that didn’t study old English).
The game of the movie of the poem. That’s a lot of dilution. But the subject material is so damn cool with its heroic action and mythological baddies that I had been hoping it wouldn’t matter.
That was possibly a little naive. Come, take a seat by the fire, and listen as I tell you the story of Beowulf… The Game. Unlike its titular protagonist, it lacks balls.
-Katharine
good review ..
The “I am Beowulf” line is so bad…At least the game looks on the same level as the movie (which is a low level, only slightly above the ground due to the graphics/cgi). And Grendal seemed just…ugh…not how I remembered him from the book…The only Beowulf remake that did justice really to the book was the book called Grendel that told his side of the story…Anywho, great review! 
Katharine,
You are a babe: you are charming, quite good-looking, and a female; but most of all, you keep it real… -thanks for that!
Awesome footage at the beginning of Beowulf. I needed some humor here today, and watching your imitation of the first several seconds of Beowulf, allowed me to step outside the reality of life on this planet and laugh. Thanks for the review. What a goofy excuse for a game worth spending time with, let alone paying money for.
Anyway, while reviewing Ratchet & Clank did you come across any information that suggests that the PS3 could handle full-blown graphics akin to what Crisis is capable of, maxed? I ask because I am trying to do something nice for my mother’s birthday, and due to your review of Ratchet & Clank, I am going to get her PS3 and with that title.
The PS3 is quite the marvel; isn’t it? I looked into the platform after your review, and found it is truly state-of-the-art with eight processors running in tandem, something I am pretty sure Intel, NVIDIA, and AMD/ATI has not even accomplish yet.
Please, keep up the great work, and if my mom can be introduced to the gaming world, it’ll be partially credited to you.
-Joseph
Another example why video games based on a movie will suxk!
CRAAAAAB BATTLE!!!
lol, that game sucks dont it. Enjoyed hearing it from you though.
Loved the review, especially the bit about the troll. Katharine - do I get the impression you write/script/direct these yourself? I see so many other video podcasts where they’ve shoved a beauty in front of the camera just as a talking head. Play Digital feels different - that’s either praise for your involvement or it’s praise for your acting skills
Thanks for the comments guys.
Joseph - the PS3 is pretty damn great, but no next gen console would be able to match a top of the range PC for playing Crysis with the settings maxed out. That said, it will look better than playing it on an average gaming PC, although the rumours about console versions (on 360 I believe) have been very on and off. Your idea of getting a PS3 for your mother is such a nice one; I hope she likes it. Bear in mind if she’s not into gaming already, she probably won’t be too fussed about hitting a (rather high) plateau on performance capability! It might be worth having a look at what games are available for the PS3 and thinking about how many of those your mum would enjoy - you don’t want to get a console just for one game and Blue-ray! I don’t know about your mum’s tastes, but products such as DS or Wii tend to be marketed to that generation more than the PS3 or Xbox 360 and have more games that would appeal to slightly older, new gamers. Hope this helps, and thanks for the post
Jon - thanks, and, yes, I do write the shows myself. Channelflip is currently a four strong team with Wil, Justin and myself all writing and presenting our own material and Ben filming and editing it all. I think for a startup our size it wouldn’t be financially viable to hire separate actors, and hopefully us presenting it ourselves gives it a bit more integrity and will show viewers that we really do believe in what we are saying.
This looks like total wank to put it bluntly.
I have to admit that I’m not totally au fait on the story of Beowulf but it appears I was wrong in my assumption that its about a dog with poor hygiene.