Monthly Archives: May 2010

Engadget Podcast 195 – 05.07.2010

by Jon Cole in Tech629 days ago

Michael Gartenberg joins the Engadget podcast once again, stepping in for the usually present Paul Miller. As the primary contributer to the “Entelligence” column on Engadget and father of a couple teenagers, Michael is able to offer a little bit of insight into the Kin One and Kin Two phones that were recently released by Microsoft. Michael ultimately ends up offering a defense of the device, forgiving some of the smaller details in favor of the broad concept of the phone. Josh and Nilay won’t have it, though, criticizing the...

Active Time Babble XIV: Etrian Odyssey III & 3D Dot Game Heroes | 05/07/2010

by Ross Adams in Games629 days ago

After a brief hiatus ATB is back and it’s an Atlus heavy episode this week with the majority of the games discussed coming from the developer/publisher. RPG news kicks off with the story that Square-Enix has trademarked the name Four Heroes of Light, which one can assume will be the western release of Final Fantasy Gaiden: Four Warriors of Light. The story leads to a discussion of why some games won’t be coming out on the DS, namely R4 cards and the rampant piracy of games that wouldn’t sell big numbers to begin with. What is meant...

Joystiq Podcast 137 – An Unknown Terror edition

by Jonathan Downin in Games629 days ago

Alan Wake is proving to be a big hit among the Joystiq guys. Chris says that is his favorite game of the year so far and that he thinks it is better than Mass Effect 2. On top of all of that, he also says that he hasn’t felt this way about a game since Portal– high praise indeed. On the opposite end of the spectrum, Justin was playing Nier for review, but quit due to the “offensive” game design– don’t miss his video about the game. Metro 2033 gets some kind words from Ludwig and Justin touches on last week’s...

Weekend Confirmed Episode 7

by Alex Martin in Games630 days ago

Garnett joins his regular co-hosts, Jeff, Brian, and Billy to talk about the games they’ve been playing this week. Microsoft has lifted the Alan Wake embargo, so they start by heaping praise on it while avoiding spoilers. The writing, characterization, and episodic design all sound excellent and the biggest fault they can find with it is the poor facial animation. They’ve also been enjoying Halo Reach and 3D Dot Game Heroes’ old-school appeal, as well as sports games 2010 FIFA World Cup South Africa and Skate 3. Brian’s...

This is Only a Test – Episode 10 – What’s the Right Price for a Kin? – 5/6/2010

by Alex Martin in Tech630 days ago

The Tested two have been using the Alienware M11x, Sonos S5 music streaming boxes, Psyko’s surround-sound headphones, and the iPad 3G. Some of these have reviews on the site, some don’t, but Will and Norm give their honest impressions here. Moving on to tech news, they discuss the unappealing data plan for Microsoft’s Kin“smart-dumb” phones — $30 a month for data (not including calls and texts) doesn’t look like great value for a phone that lacks many of the features of its peers. They also chat about...

The Oddcast: 05/06/2010

by Jonathan Downin in Games631 days ago

Tina starts the cast with talk of her visit to Pixar and the recent user blog on 1UP that called for her to be fired. Halo Reach gets a little time before the group moves on to word that Gears of War will run at only 30fps. Word that total DS sales have already surpassed lifetime GameBoy sales in about a quarter of the time kicks-off the news. James Silva has “sold out,” with his next game going straight to XBLA– in 2012. And, there are even more updates to the Respawn/Activision situation. In Recession Gaming, the group talks...

Podcast Beyond, Episode 135

by Jonathan Downin in Games631 days ago

The boys are back with a topic-packed show. The Roper Report starts the show with a few smaller news topics before Greg gets into his opinion of ModNation Racers. He loved the game and felt like it offered a polished cart racing experience so check out his 9.0 review for his full commentary. After touching on the week’s releases, the group gets into a big discussion about E3, what Sony needs to do to “win” the show, and the state of the PSP. There’s a lot here, and it all stems from a similar feature that went up on IGN...

The Geekbox: Episode 64

by Jon Cole in Games, Movies, TV631 days ago

This week’s Geekbox explicably starts off sans-Karen (she got stuck on the train) but inexplicably begins with talk about a Nintendo-themed early nineties animated show called Captain N: The Game Master. Luckily, it doesn’t take too long for Karen to arrive and tell her tales about the suicide rate in San Francisco and the inconveniences of such an event. The iPad is one of the biggest topics this week and there’s much debate about the usefulness of such a device, with Higgins leading the charge. Karen makes the argument that...

GWJ Conference Call Episode 186

by Jonathan Downin in Games632 days ago

Shawn kicks things off with his surprisingly positive impressions of Nier. Although it has received universally bad impressions, Shawn seems to be able to get past the frustrating factors and find some fun in the game. After touching on the pricing of Super Street Fighter IV, Tecmo Bowl maintains its streak of failing to entertain, even on a nostalgia level. There is no specific topic of the week this week so everyone brings their own mini topic. The standout here is Rabbit’s plans for building a MAME cabinet. Shawn also has a lot of things...

/Filmcast Ep. 98 – A Nightmare on Elm Street

by Jon Cole in Movies632 days ago

This week’s /Filmcast comes in a little bit shorter than usual, cutting a bit from the usually lengthy first segment. Devindra briefly hits on some of the films he saw at the Columbia University Film Festival before transitioning to Adam’s recent viewing of The Abyss. The film gets a ton of high praise from everyone on the show, though they all agree that the Director’s Cut is indisputably more worthy of viewing. Bill Cordon has been confirmed as the director for Twilight: Breaking Dawn and he wrote a letter to Twilight fans...

TWiT 246: Two And A Half Journalists

by Jon Cole in Tech632 days ago

Things start off in a fairly predictable manner, hitting on the iPhone 4th gen scandal news that precipitated earlier in the week. However, that issue is clearly not the biggest story, as Leo pointedly wants to “get it out of the way” at the beginning. HP’s acquisition of Palm is the biggest shift in technology, marking the possibility of yet another major player into the mobile space. Due to HP’s pedigree, however, there’s much speculation as to their tablet strategies wielding WebOS (especially in light of the...

at1UP: 05/04/2010

by Ross Adams in Games, Misc, Movies632 days ago

It’s clearly to many that at1UP is the flagship podcast of 1UP.com however what is considered to many as the flagship show, 4 Guys 1UP, is currently in an odd limbo. Jeremy Parish has stepped down as host, Mike and the gang fill us in on the details of what to expect on that feed for the next few weeks. It sounds like there will be alot of testing the waters with 3 distinct hosts and formats. 1UPs game night will feature Halo: Reach this week, the guys briefly hit on their thoughts of the beta so far. Mike also briefly talks about his experience...

The HotSpot 05/04/2010

by Jonathan Downin in Games633 days ago

The HotSpot guys seem to be feeling rather rambunctious today so get a ready for a lot of bleeping during this episode. Halo Reach starts the discussion and everyone seems to be enjoying their time with the beta. Tom has the most to say about it before moving on to 3D Dot Game Heroes. In news, the Bungie/Activision deal is easily the biggest talking point this week, and the guys have mixed emotions about the situation. They do point out that Bungie must be pretty sure of their concept if they have a 10 year plan for the franchize when Halo hasn’t...

Giant Bombcast 05-04-2010

by Derek Lavigne in Games633 days ago

This week’s Bombcast starts off with Vinny discussing the end of his time with Splinter Cell: Conviction and Jeff making a bold proclamation, that headshots are ruining video games. Vinny has also been playing Wheelman for some odd reason, which leads to an amusing conversation about how Vin Diesel’s time has passed. Jeff hasn’t been playing a whole lot he can talk about aside from Picross 3D, which he says changes the game up a lot, but is a must play. Brad has been splitting his time between wandering in the woods with Alan Wake...

The Totally Rad Show – Episode 163: Lavatar

by Ross Adams in Games, Movies633 days ago

The original A Nightmare on Elm Street is held very high among the TRS guys, Dan and Jeff especially. The remake however won’t be looked back on by them in the same way, they have many issues with it. Jeff’s main gripe is that the film lacks the originals playfulness, it’s a fairly monotone affair. Alex cites the lack of any clever or original scares as one of his issues, overall the guys aren’t impressed. Jeff is very excited by a recently released picture of Chris Hemsworth as Thor from the upcoming movie based on the Marvel...

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