Robert Ashley is on this week and even though he is a regular on a few podcasts at this point, he would be a strong permenant 4th chair addition to Listen UP.

John shares a great story about a Sims 3 experience this week.  Although there is a strong stigma against the Sims franchize within the the gaming sphere, it really offers something that is unique and puts creativity into the player’s hands.

The big topic this week is music in games.  The guys approach this topic from a lot of different angles and there are a lot of interesting points made.

Covered topics and games: Call of Juarez 2, Men of War, Sims 3, Blueberry Garden, Trine, Sacred 2, Burnout Paradise: Big Surf Island, Rolando 2, music in games, no LAN support in StarCraft 2, PS2 emulation on PS3 patent

Summary/description: We put together a special episode for the holiday weekend with Robert Ashley joining David, John, and Garnett. They talk The Sims 3, Call of Juarez, Blueberry Garden, Men of War, and more in Whatcha Been Playin’. At the break Listen UP debuts a track off the upcoming release for Robert’s band, I Come to Shanghai available Monday from their site. In the second half the conversation starts with music in games and whether today’s soundtracks measure up to those from earlier eras before hitting some hopes that backward compatibility may yet return to the PS3.

Runtime – 2:32:10

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