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CastMedium Podcast 013 – 11.30.09

by Jonathan Downin in Games, Movies, Tech800 days ago

After missing a week, we are back with a special episode. Yesterday marked the 1 year anniversary of the site, and to commemorate the occasion we brought on at1UP‘s Mike Cruz as our special guest. He has been one of our biggest supporters, so it was great to have him on the show. Also, we decided to go a little longer this week, but we will be back to 30 minutes next week. With the longer runtime, we hit a lot of topics. The latest episodes of 4 Guys 1UP and A Life Well Wasted kick things off in the podcast section. Everyone has a few things...

CastMedium turns 1

by Jonathan Downin in Site802 days ago

November 29th marks the 1 year anniversary of the launch of the site that you are reading right now. CastMedium has come a long way since its inception, but it is surprising how close it is to the original concept as well. The site was born out of an idea of offering recaps of podcast episodes that would provide context for the discussion within. To this day, that is still the cornerstone of what CastMedium is about. There have been many significant moments for the site over this past year, and most of them are due to the games-related podcasting...

The Geekbox: Episode 41

by Jon Cole in Games, Movies802 days ago

The Geekbox crew is down to three this week, but doesn’t disappoint with a good bit of focused games discussion.  Fitch starts off by asking if The Ballad of Gay Tony and Grand Theft Auto 4 in general are relevant to the current games space with Assassin’s Creed 2 and Uncharted 2 quickly becoming the high watermarks for 3rd person action games. Ryan Scott continues the conversation from The Gamespy Debriefings about Star Trek Online, because there have been a lot of negative responses to his preview.  Ryan Higgins has participated in the beta...

The GameSpy Debriefings #104

by Jon Cole in Games802 days ago

Arthur Gies joins the Gamespy Debriefings talking about Left 4 Dead 2 and Lego: Indiana Jones 2 at the top of the show.  Ryan gets a chance to talk about Star Trek Online, which doesn’t sound too promising.  The ground combat of the game, in particular, is apparently very similar to Cryptic’s previous game, Champions Online.  The space combat is a bit better and the guys discuss some of the chronology and history of Star Trek. After a brief spinoff into EVE online, the guys get into listener emails.  Podcast monetization, Twilight: New Moon,...

Casting Gear 002 – Pixel Revolt Podcast

by Derek Lavigne in Features803 days ago

Editor’s note: We said that this would be a Thursday feature, and that is still the goal, but here is this week’s special Friday edition of Casting Gear. The following text, unless otherwise noted, is written in-full by Derek Lavigne of Pixel Revolt. Casting Gear is a series about podcasting and the tools used in the process. In this series, we hope to demystify the podcasting process and show the wide range of tools and methods that different podcasters use to produce a show. In addition to listing the software and hardware used, a...

The Rebel FM Juneteenth Special!

by Ross Adams in Games803 days ago

It’s a “Juneteenth” holiday special this week, which essentially means a slightly shorter podcast than usual. Tyler starts off what you’ve been playing with what he hasn’t been playing, as his Xbox 360′s disc drive has scratched his Assassins Creed 2 disc to the point that it’s unreadable. He has been playing a lot of games that are part of the IGF. Tyler has moved on from Captain Forever, to the follow-up Captain Successor. He is enjoying it, but he feels Captain Forever (which is now free) is probably the...

4 Guys 1UP

4 Guys 1UP: 11/26/2009

by Jonathan Downin in Games803 days ago

This week’s 4 Guys 1UP is a departure from the normal format and contains no game discussion. Instead, the whole podcast is devoted to the history of 1UP, from it’s inception up until now. While the group shares many personal here, it is not all just reminiscing about the old days. Sam gets pretty in-depth on some technical issues involved in getting the site off the ground, and what it has taken to continue improving and expanding on the site. When it came to naming the site, “1UP” almost didn’t make it. There are...

/Filmcast Ep. 77 – Precious

by Jon Cole in Movies805 days ago

This week’s /Filmcast kicks off with Dave’s viewing of the recently released Fight Club Blu-Ray, which turns out to be a podcast favorite.  They talk about some of the deeper ideas behind the film and how the cult following almost counteracts some of the core message.  Jen Yamato joins the show and shines some light on the recent Planet 51 and Twilight: New Moon, as well. In the news segment, Dave talks about the new screenwriters to work on the movie adaptation of Uncharted, a team who previously worked on Sahara, A Sound of Thunder, and...

The Oddcast: 11/25/2009

by Jonathan Downin in Games805 days ago

1UP, along with every other big gaming outlet, is in the midst of working through their game of the year awards, and the crew provides some insight into the process here. Sharkey talks about getting Left 4 Dead content into your Left 4 Dead 2, and Ken Kutaragi gets the brunt of more than a few jokes. The bizarre, and somewhat obnoxious, Dante’s Inferno marketing is still in full force, and everyone is tired of it. The 2nd part of the show is an interview with EA 2D’s Ethan Levy, the producer of Dragon Age Journeys. Covered games and...

A Life Well Wasted – Episode Five: Help

by Jonathan Downin in Games, Misc805 days ago

It has been over 2 months since the last episode, but as always, it was well worth it. The first focus this week is the Desert Bus for Hope group that plays the Penn & Teller derived game for charity. The second segment features an interview with Matthew Shafeek about his decision to give up games for 1 year, and the impact this had on his life. He talks about a metaphor that he came across that relates life to a 4 burner stove, with the burners representing family, friends, health and career, and to be successful in life, you have to turn down...

The HotSpot 11/24/2009

by Jonathan Downin in Games805 days ago

Okay, mentally prepare yourself for this news– Tony Hawk Ride is terrible. That’s right, Kevin has been playing the game and he pulls no punches here, or in his review. Sophia is full of energy this week and shares her love for Modern Warfare and talks about shooters in general. It was a busy week of news with EA leading the headlines with their announcement of substantial layoffs. The Saboteur developer was hit the hardest with an almost complete shuttering of the studio, but the EA will not be retiring the Pandemic name. Sony is making...

TWiT 222: 3 Dollah Coffee Pot

by Jon Cole in Tech806 days ago

This Week in Tech is down to a barebones cast, but that doesn’t mean there’s any shortage of news.  The first point of discussion is the class-action lawsuit against Facebook and Zynga, due to their delivery of deceptive, scammy advertisement.  Advertising is an oft discussed issue on TWiT, so it shouldn’t be surprising that nobody has anything nice to say about Zynga. Both Leo and Becky are positive about the California ban on power-consumptive televisions, but John isn’t sold.  Despite his typical antagonism, he manages to uncover some...

Giant Bombcast 11-24-2009

by Derek Lavigne in Games806 days ago

The usual crew kicks off this festive week with their respective plans for Thanksgiving as well as some stomach-wrenching recipe ideas. A fairly long (and semi-spoiler-filled) discussion on Vinny and Jeff’s fun experiences with Assassin’s Creed II somehow leads into Jeff’s anger about Tony Hawk RIDE and plastic peripherals in general. Brad fully intended on playing Batman: Arkham Asylum over the weekend, but ended up playing a long string of smaller games which he slightly regrets, but does share about his time with Zelda: Spirit...

at1UP: 11/24/2009

by Jonathan Downin in Games, Movies806 days ago

Ray Barnholt is in this week and he starts the cast off with a few impressions of his recently procured DSi XL. The whole group seems to feel like the screen size is nice and there is no word of the device being too big overall. Filling the 1UP Game Night slot this week is Tony Hawk Ride. The crew is obviously not too up on this latest entry in the series as they are cautiously optimistic about it, and Jade misses the price point by $30. They have set themselves up for disappointment here. Mike held a little get-together featuring New Super Mario...

Drunken Gamers Radio 11-22-09

by Derek Lavigne in Games806 days ago

This week’s DGR is a duet with Moe out in San Diego on business. The show starts off with Drunk Dials, including a question about how secret they keep their drunken audio escapades at their day jobs.  This leads to a hilarious story from John about the time his boss found a rather embarrassing picture of him. The mailbag bring stories of hardware crashes and confused PSPgo customers. The reviews segment starts off with the sequel to DGR’s game of the year from last year, Left 4 Dead 2. John agrees with the sentiment that the game is...

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