"A group of friends are gathered by a set of lockers when one of them turns and asks to share a joke. An entertaining story is told with a hint of satire and the odd pop culture reference before the actual "joke" part comes into full view. The punch line is delivered and everyone gets it immediately; their laughter-filled echoes are heard throughout the hall. Before they can catch their breath, a mutual friend, who happened to be listening from the opposite end, walks over and also asks to share a joke they've been saving (or so they say). Not a minute into it, the group turns silent, not out of respect, but out of dismissal over the near-identical nature of the story. Come time for the punch line and they all force out a chuckle so as not to make the situation any more awkward than it already is. Even if the delivery was different, there's nothing funny about hearing the same creative joke from someone who not only didn't come up with it, but did an inferior job of piecing it together." -- Wiiloveit.com
Pocket Gamer: Throwback visual design continues to be a hallmark of this generation. From VVVVVV to Wizorb, independent developers have used archaic graphics to elicit warm glows of nostalgia.
At times, Johnny Kung Fu goes further back than the 8- or 16-bit days, right back to LCD games like those on the Game & Watch. Unfortunately, it doesn't get the look quite right. Moreover, the mechanics accompanying these sections are archaic, and the moments when it attempts anything modern feel just as decrepit.
At first, Johnny Kung Fu appears to have potential, with its mix of retro electronic-gaming-inspired gameplay and the kung fu combat levels. Unfortunately, it takes less than 15 minutes to realize it squanders this potential by doing absolutely nothing with it.
SBG: "In this super-sized episode, the crew says goodbye to the Wii with impressions of The Last Story, says goodbye to GameCube-compatible systems with a look at the console’s best and says goodbye to the summer with Andrew’s return to the panel. But that’s not all! (Not by a long shot.) Other topics: the surprisingly-great Growlanser: Wayfarer of Time, the waning appeal of Mass Effect 3 DLC, the frustrating Record of Agarest War 2, the evanescent Johnny Kung Fu, the ever-confusing Kingdom Hearts: Dream Drop Distance and more.
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Hosts: Jeff DeSolla, Chris Dominowski, Chris Ingersoll, Andrew Passafiume, Graham Russell, Henry Skey, Shawn Vermette.
Music: Podcast theme by Tom Casper.
