PALGN writes: "You hear the stories all the time, woman throws Wii Remote into the television and it breaks, child throws a controller on the floor and it breaks. These are stories we used to scoff at here at PALGN, until we picked up Top Spin 3, which should come packaged with another controller. Let's rewind a bit, Top Spin 3 is the third game in the previously Xbox exclusive franchise, the previous two games in the series were pretty solid, but for Top Spin 3, 2K Sports has thrown all the previous gameplay mechanics out the window and started again. So we've established the game is frustrating, but is it any good?"
OPM: Thousands of Brits will be inspired to pick up a racket this week on the back of Andy Murray’s success at Wimbledon – but in this heat, and given our hand-eye co-co-ordination, we’ll be sticking to the virtual type. Looking to fill your week with some ace-smashing antics? Then join us in revisiting PlayStation’s finest tennis efforts…
Gamepyre writes: "When Virtua Tennis 2009 first came out I was very excited about the game; I was so excited that I actually went and got it on release day.
Virtua Tennis 3 has been one of my favorite PSP games, and I could not wait to see what the 2009 Xbox 360 version of the game brought to the table. After playing the game, I was very disappointed in Virtua Tennis 2009; not because it was a bad game per say, but because it wasn't anything new from the previous release."
Another week and another episode of Distributed Failure is here for your listening pleasure. This week's "What They've Been Playing" features discussion on Top Spin 3, Call of Juarez: Bound in Blood, Fight Night Round 4, Battlefield 1943, Final Fantasy IV: The After Years, and much more! They follow that up with some gaming news including the latest update on EGM, the addition of prizes to 1 vs. 100, and the announcement of a new Mechwarrior game.