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Monthly Archives: November 2009

GWJ Conference Call Episode 161

by Jonathan Downin in Games819 days ago

Shawn Andrich is back in the driver seat this week for an RPG-heavy show. Dragon Age has had a monopoly on the guys’ game time, and Michael Zenke is sitting-in to contribute his views on the game. Bioware’s marketing leading up to the games release instilled some doubts about the game, but everyone agrees that it is everything that they hoped it would be. Also, all story spoilers are being avoided here, so listen freely. Although Dragon Age was released on consoles and PC, the PC version is the center of attention here. Shawn’s...

Command Prompt Episode 68

by Jonathan Downin in Games819 days ago

Steve Butts is in San Francisco this week, so he is in studio with Jeff and guest, Mark Bozon, to discuss the juggernaut that is Modern Warfare 2. There have been a lot of issues flying around the PC release, and none of them are missed here, but the guys seem surprisingly okay with the situation. Mark also spends some time discussing why he gave the PC version the same score of 9.5 as the console versions. Steve has been playing League of Legends and while the verdict on the actual game is good, the community surrounding the game almost ruins his...

Giant Bombcast 11-10-2009

by Derek Lavigne in Games819 days ago

As it turns out, Vinny’s assignment last week was actually getting married (Congrats Vinny!). Not surprisingly, the game playing talk is largely taken up by Modern Warfare 2 this week with Jeff and Brad both spending large amounts of time on it after the latter found the game early in Chinatown. Ryan also gets in his recommendation in for Rabbids Go Home and Vinny shares an anecdote about stepping off a plane with his new wife and immediately going home to try and play Dragon Age: Origins. News this week kicks off with the unfortunate news...

at1UP: 11/10/2009

by Jonathan Downin in Games, Misc820 days ago

The at1UP crew are not fans of the military-based first person shooters, so don’t expect any Modern Warfare 2 coverage here. The 1UP community has arranged a week long homecoming community event, so Mike and co. share some details about it. It’s a little hokey, but it sounds like good-spirited fun. Mike, Jade and Travis may not be FPS fans, but they are RPG fans, so they are discussing Dragon Age. Travis joined this week’s Retronauts, with special guest Dr. Greg Zeschuk, so he has a few things to say about the game. Mike and Travis...

TWiT 220: Buffet Neutrality

by Jon Cole in Tech820 days ago

Unsurprisingly, this week’s TWiT starts with talk about the Verizon Droid.  Leo notices that a lot of his friends in the tech community seem to be interested, which says a lot for the phone.  Mark Milian talks about how the iPhone is often praised as a good pocket personal computer, but Verizon’s network undeniably guarantees that the Droid will be a good phone at square one. Comcast is now in the business of throttling bandwidth and Frank Barnako can’t help but protest.  Since throttling is effectively false advertisement, it negates...

The HotSpot 11/10/2009

by Jonathan Downin in Games820 days ago

If you are looking for Modern Warfare 2 discussion, you will have to wait. Since there is a lot to cover on MW2, the GameSpot guys are going to be releasing a special, spoiler-filled podcast completely dedicated to the game on Thursday. Since Lark got his hands on an import copy, Bayonetta is up first this week. He doesn’t provide too much insight outside of what is already known, but there are a few minor details. Some of the guys have seen the Prince of Persia trailer and this leads into a discussion about Jake Gyllenhaal and other game/comic-related...

CO-OP – Episode 304: 3D or not 3D

by Jonathan Downin in Games820 days ago

The Ballad of Gay Tony starts this week’s episode. Tyler Barber is standing-in and giving his perspective on the latest and last GTAIV expansion. It looks like there are enough new things in the game to make it worth checking out, but this feels like one of those times when CO-OP may be a little too positive. Torchlight is up next and Arthur Gies joins Matt to discuss this Diablo-successor. They hit on the genre refinements that the game introduces, and express their surprise at the variety of the environments. This is a game that has been...

The Totally Rad Show – Episode 138: Funky Fly

by Jonathan Downin in Games, Movies820 days ago

It’s a duo of sci-fi flicks with “the” in the title this week. Neither movie really won the guys over with The Box meandering through its 2nd act, and The Fourth Kind trying too hard to be taken seriously. The Box is probably the one more worth checking out though. In the spirit of summer, the guys picked up some kites, Star Wars kites to be exact. They finally get them put together, but the attempts at getting them in the air are markedly less successful. Let’s hope for a follow-up segment in the future so we can see those...

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Mobcast Episode 28

by Jon Cole in Games821 days ago

The sweet sounds of a new opening theme song flow into your ear canals at the top of this week’s Mobcast, finally brought to a resolution after the whole submission flush fiasco.  The first topic for this week is 3D gaming, which seems to get unanimous praise amidst cautious optimism due to the high price point of entry. A conversation about gaming pet peeves brings up some real game design issues that seem to plague the industry for no good reason.  Guest Jay Frechette talks about lazy backtracking and monster closets, which are issues that...

Good Grief: 11/09/2009

by Jonathan Downin in Games821 days ago

It’s the last episode of Good Grief. With its erratic schedule, it’s not too surprising. After the downer of the issues surrounding Modern Warfare 2, the group moves onto Tom Morello and his explosion onto the gaming scene with some leaked Halo Reach screens. Sam shares some thoughts about thee PS3 implementation of Netflix and it seems to work fine. Tina is enjoying Ratchet & Clank, which Sharkey somehow deems bottom-of-the-barrel for game mechanics. In recession gaming, the group is talking about Miami Shark, a game that allows...

CastMedium Podcast

CastMedium Podcast 011 – 11.09.09

by Jonathan Downin in Games, Tech821 days ago

This week’s CM Podcast starts out with some serious Idle Thumbs love. Some similar affection is shown to Jeff Green’s appearance on 4 Guys 1UP. Dragon Age is out, and although none of us have played it, we still have a few things to say about this epic RPG. Jon talked about Torchlight last week, and Erik is the latest to be sucked in. The release of Modern Warfare 2 is upon us and we hit try to hit on some of the big talking points related to the recent issues surrounding the game. In tech, we touch on the DSi XL after missing it last...

Twitter lists and other updates

by Jonathan Downin in Site821 days ago

One of the most trafficked features on CastMedium has been the Twitter SuperList. We introduced this list early this year and it has been a great help to those who want to follow their favorite podcasters via the social messaging service. Well, Twitter has finally come around to the idea of lists, and we wanted to take advantage of this. We are now utilizing the built in feature to make it even easier for you to follow all of the hosts of a given podcast. The number of lists is limited to 20, so we can only provide them for the biggest podcasts...

Drunken Gamers Radio 11-07-09

by Derek Lavigne in Games821 days ago

Another early episode of DGR this week brings us a very inebriated Moe, who honestly makes this episode fairly difficult to listen to. As usual a drunk dial and mailbag segment starts off the show. A couple of emails challenge the DGR crew’s apprehension to Forza 3 having a second disc that needs to be installed, which they proceed to defend. Reviews this week contain a pair of download only games with Silent Swords for the iPhone and Pinball Pulse for DSiWare. Hilden feels that Silent Swords is interesting, but some mechanics could have been...

Player One Podcast: Episode 159 – CJ is Missing!

by Jonathan Downin in Games821 days ago

The Player One guys are back, minus 1 Chris Johnston, and plus 1 new theme song. After a close race in votes for the new theme song, the ultimate winner won by a mere 3 votes. Modern Warfare 2 kicks things off, and the guys step into spoiler territory again, so get ready to hit that mute button or skip ahead. The return of EGM is slated for December 1st, but details are still sparse. Greg Ford has been playing the Left 4 Dead 2 demo, but says that although it is fun, he won’t be buying it. Phil is thoroughly enjoying the latest Ratchet &...

Engadget Podcast 170 – 11.08.2009

by Jonathan Downin in Tech822 days ago

According to the Engadget guys, the DROID is one of the first phones since the iPhone to gain some awareness among the general public. Josh offers an anecdote about the make-up people at Jimmy Fallon asking about the device. Maybe that iDon’t campaign isn’t so bad after all. Nilay also takes some time to lay down the law about the unequivocal absence of multitouch in the DROID. The DROID Eris is a decent phone, but is still just a Hero. The Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10 is not coming off too well. Despite its Snapdragon 1Ghz processor, it...

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