Monthly Archives: February 2010

CastMedium Podcast 024 – 02.15.10

by Jonathan Downin in Games, Movies, Tech711 days ago

CO-OP’s move to a live format starts the podcast discussion this week. Erik’s waning interest has not been swayed by the new format, but Jon and I will be sticking around to see what the Area5 guys do with the show. Also, the return of Idle Thumbs is a great thing indeed. X10 stuff kicks-off games this week with an unexplainable amount of time spent on Lost Planet 2. Erik spent some time with the Heavy Rain demo and sends me into an overly serious diatribe about how games approach telling stories. Jon is a couple hours into BioShock...

Engadget Podcast 183: MWC Preview – 02.13.2010

by Jonathan Downin in Tech713 days ago

Mobile World Congress starts on Monday with the Microsoft Press Conference, and that means no Topolsky on the show this week. Nilay attempts to fill the rather large shoes of Joshua, but it just isn’t the same. Engadget recently procured a Dell Mini 5 from China and they share some of their impressions to start things off and the opinions are positive all around. Motorola announced over Twitter than Android 2.1 would be coming to the Droid last week, but that didn’t happen. Nokia also announced that they will be doing something with...

Rebel FM Episode 51 — 02/10/10

by Ross Adams in Games713 days ago

It’s an alcohol fueled episode this week so expect some slurring and a bit more rambling than usual. Anthony played some Heavy Rain, he doesn’t want to spoil anything story related so the discussion is fairly vague, it certainly sounds like it could be as divisive as expected. Most of the guys have played varying amounts of BioShock 2 and the feelings are mixed. Anthony thinks there are enough cool set pieces to make it worth checking out. But overriding feeling is that it just doesn’t and couldn’t live up to the first game....

Game Scoop! Podcast, Episode 152

by Jonathan Downin in Games713 days ago

While many podcasts have focused on Microsoft’s X10 event, Game Scoop! starts with NPDs this week. Mass Effect 2 had very strong initial sales, but other games seem to have lost out to BioWare’s latest– except for Just Dance. X10 does get some coverage with the guys talking about Dead Rising 2 and Alan Wake. Perfect Dark has also been confirmed for XBLA and Daemon is especially interested in the update. Left 4 Dead DLC is touched upon before the group moves onto another edition of Knockin’ Boots. Emails run long this week...

4 Guys 1UP: 02/12/2010

by Jonathan Downin in Games714 days ago

It is an all X10 show this week and Garnett Lee stops by his old stomping ground to discuss some of the games that were on-hand at the event. Fable III, Halo Reach and Crackdown are the big games this week with interviews the their respective developers before the guys dig into their own impressions. Peter Molyneux is as enthusiastic as ever about Fable III and he addresses his “people will be pissed-off” comment. Bungie seems to be focusing on the technical improvements of Halo Reach with a lot of their commentary and recently released...

The GameSpy Debriefings #114

by Jon Cole in Games714 days ago

After briefly touching on Bioshock 2, the GameSpy Debriefings inexplicably starts off with a little bit of talk about Viva Piñata and Anthony’s pragmatic style of play. On the topic of Rare, both Miggels and Anthony share their love for Banjo-Kazooie: Nuts and Bolts and dig up some old qualms that Ryan had with the game’s unreadable text on SDTVs. Fortunately, the conversation swings back to Bioshock 2 and Altano lends a lot of praise to the game’s atmosphere, particularly the sound design. He goes on to say that he was worried...

The Idle Thumbs Podcast 1: THE GREAT GATLING-GUNSBY

by Jon Cole in Games714 days ago

If you’ve somehow missed the word on the virtual street, Idle Thumbs is back, reanimated in the form of the “Idle Thumbs Podcast” starring Chris Remo, Jake Rodkin, and Steve “Hot Scoops” Gaynor. With Steve’s work on Bioshock 2 dominating the last few months of his life, Jake talks very briefly about his recent playthrough of Bioshock and Chris discusses his time with System Shock 2 at length. For more of Chris’s thoughts, check out the most recent Idle Thumbs blog post. Mass Effect 2 has been tightly in focus for the gaming...

CO-OP Live: Testing 1,2…

by Derek Lavigne in Games714 days ago

It’s the very first episode of CO-OP Live and seeing the guys on a set every week is going to take some getting used to. To ease in, they structure this episode much like previous CO-OP episodes but with pre-recorded video and a script to match it up with. Mass Effect 2 is the topic of conversation for this week and with each of the guys playing a different class in the game, it makes for interesting conversation with several different points of view. After a quick stop on some of the ways the previous game influences this one, combat and...

Podcast Beyond, Episode 125

by Jonathan Downin in Games714 days ago

Activision’s Bobby Kotick has been on the chatty side lately and let us know that Activision will be cutting down on music game releases. He also touched on the idea of a subscription-based Call of Duty. Whatever favor Mr. Kotick garnered with his first sentiment, was quickly lost on the guys with his second. LA Noir has been confirmed as a Fall release, but the guys skim over the fact that it will also be coming to Xbox 360. BioShock isn’t grabbing the group, and the extreme similarity to the 1st game is cited as the main reason for...

No Quarter

by Matthew Floratos in Games714 days ago

(Editor’s note: This post was written by the podcast provider) How would you describe Matthew Floratos? He’s like a quasi-lucid one man band who, by the second half of the episode, has turned into a hyper neurotic George Costanza, if that’s at all possible. Perhaps 1UP.com user ‘adammcdorman’ said it best when he commented: “I just listened to the first 15 seconds of your podcast, and I’m hooked on (as creepy as it sounds) your speech pattern… adding to iTunes now.” It’s No Quarter, the...

gdgt weekly 072

by Jon Cole in Tech715 days ago

Beginning the conversation on this week’s episode of gdgt weekly is Google’s software integration of multitouch into Android 2.1. Peter and Ryan agree that multitouch was virtually the only major feature missing from Android’s offerings and Ryan briefly shares some of his experience with an updated Nexus One. Staying on the smartphone topic, Symbian has just gone open source, which may have been a good sign if it came earlier in the OS’s lifecycle but may signal some floundering in its last breaths. Xbox Live support...

/Filmcast Ep. 86 – From Paris with Love

by Jon Cole in Movies, TV715 days ago

As always, the /Filmcast starts with what the guys have been watching, with Devindra kicking things off. He’s been watching The Dark Knight and has surprisingly found himself slightly disappointed in his second viewing, taking notice of the graceless cutting to minimize violent scenes. Adam has been really satisfied with the beginning of the final season of Lost, so look out for spoilers around 10:30 – 24:20. Russ Fischer joins the regular /Filmcast crew for the news and review segments, jumping right into discussion of the Academy Award...

The Geekbox: Episode 52

by Jon Cole in Games, TV715 days ago

The Geekbox starts off with plenty of television talk, with Lost’s return, Burn Notice’s continuation, and Smallville’s newfound freshness. If you’re particularly wary of spoilers and haven’t checked out the season premiere of Lost, skip 7:30 – 38:00. Higgins has been playing some more Star Trek Online and it seems like Fitch might give it a go, after the idea of playing as a Ferengi piqued his interest. Bioshock 2′s release captured Karen’s attention, driving her to go to a launch party. Unfortunately, nobody else...

The Game Informer Show: Episode 16

by Derek Lavigne in Games715 days ago

First on tap this week is a discussion on the recently released Dante’s Inferno. Jeff Marchiafava and Phil Kollar, who both reviewed the game, are sitting in on this segment and spend most of the segment giving more insight into their scoring of the game. Jeff tries to reiterate the seemingly obvious that a 7 does not make the game terrible, although it seems that has been falling on deaf messageboard ears. Andy Reiner speaks up to disagree with the pair and says he has been enjoying the game so far, but Phil gives a few good reasons why the...

Active Time Babble IX: Trek Online & Rougelikes | 02/11/2010

by Ross Adams in Games715 days ago

This weeks shows starts off briefly looking at the recent RPG news, not alot to talk about and most of the time is spent pondering the Fallout New Vegas trailer. Before moving onto the main topic of the show Kat shares her thoughts on Star Trek Online, which she has been putting alot of time into. While she really likes the space combat she is unsure what Cryptic can do to sustain the game. She speculates that maybe it would have been better had the game been given more development time. Shiren The Wanderer was recently released for the Wii and...

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