Courtesy of FrozenByte we are giving away a free full copy of the 2.5d platforming adventure Trine on Steam! To enter for your chance win just follow 3 simple steps:

1) Register here on Fall-Damage.com to enable you to enter comments on this post
2) Visit our iTunes Store Listing and rate our podcast (preferably 5 stars!)
3) Leave a comment to this post saying you’ve rated our podcast, and you will be automatically entered into the drawing!

On September 17th we will randomly select an entrant as the winner, and announce that winner in the September 18th podcast!

We’re back with Level 2 of Fall Damage, with your hosts Mixmoff and Aevan. Listen to hear how you can win a free copy of Trine!

Crit or Quit:
Battlefield 1943, Sacred 2, Nation Red, Quantz, Osmos, and Time Gentlemen, Please

Patch Notes:
Starcraft 2 pay to play? Left2Dead DLC, Website news, This week’s release calendar

Level Builder
This week we break down “character creation” and discuss what games have done it well, which have done it poorly, and what developers can do to improve them in the future.

End Game:
Mixmoff and Aevan give their picks for what retro games should get remade on modern consoles.

Fall Damage: Level 2 – The Phat Loot Show

Braid is 66% Off at Steam!

If you’re in the mood for a good bargain, head over to Steam and check out Braid. 

It’s on sale this weekend, and this weekend only, for just $4.99.  That’s a whole 66% off the original price, folks…and you can’t beat that with a crowbar.

Gearbox released the first episode in their Borderlands-based web series on YouTube today. It’s getting harder to contain my excitement for this game!

A few short days after the leaked Japan launch date for Final Fantasy XIII, Square-Enix held its premiere party to give the official word. Japan will get its collective mitts on the next belt-laden RPG on December 17th, with early word of a US launch to follow between March and May 2010.

Square-Enix reps also announced that game’s theme song will be performed by Sayuri Sugawara. Which sounds like the best imaginable reason to post a J-pop video here!

Tonight we bring you the premiere episode of Fall Damage, with your hosts Mixmoff and Aevan.

Crit or Quit:
Shadow Complex, Last Remnant, Trine, WET, Tomb Raider: Underworld

Patch Notes:
Playstation Firmware 3.0, GTA Ballad of Gay Tony trailer, This week’s release calendar

Level Builder
This week we break down “morality systems” and discuss what games have done it well, which have done it poorly, and what developers can do to improve them in the future.

Boss Battle:
Mixmoff and Aevan battle it out whether or not you should be excited about Left4Dead 2!

Fall Damage: Level 1 – The Launch

It was 8:31am on a Tuesday as I pulled into the parking lot of the Target department store conveniently located on my way into work. This store has one of those slow-opening automatic doors which always gives me pause, wondering if they’ve changed their store hours. The infrared sensor finally detected my presence and I was allowed entry. As I headed past the Customer Service counter, I glance at the smattering of employees milling about nearby. They seemed to be sizing me up, as if they knew my agenda. This caused me to feel a slight twinge of shame.
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Firmware 3.0 dropped on the Sony Playstation 3 late Monday night, and it has sent a ripple of discord through some of Sony’s most hardline fans. Seemingly without reason Sony has decided to make some drastic visual “improvements” to the previously minimalist XMB, but it’s not all bad news!
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