2 Player Productions is a film production company that seems to have a mission. They want to lift the current gaming paradigm out of the Call of Duty bro-fest that Spike TV is so convinced gamers want and establish a mature look at the people involved—as well as the the real struggles and the pure joy—that can come from gaming. With their coverage of big-budget studios like Naughty Dog and Sucker Punch as well as the American chip music scene (featured in their sublime documentary Reformat the Planet) it is becoming apparent that 2 Player Productions is redefining the tone for how games should be presented. Read more

On the debut episode of A Jumps B Shoots, co-hosts Matt Hunter, Rich Lau and Steve Haske welcome Adam Boyce (a gaming enthusiast friend of Steve’s from South Carolina) to talk about some of their favorite games. In ‘Whatcha Playin’?', we discuss how strange is is that the most recent 3D Castlevania, Lords of Shadow, is better than the recent 2D Castlevania (XBLA’s Harmony of Despair);  An examination of controllerless gaming and the ways it’s tearing down the barriers between gamers and would-be non-gamers follows, as well as reviews of the Sega Genesis’ Castlevania: Bloodlines, Legendary Axe for the Turbo Grafix and PS3′s Gran Turismo 5.

Featuring the music of Nick Maynard

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Rival Turf

Castlevania: Bloodlines

Legendary Axe

Gran Turismo 5