Monthly Archives: July 2010

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by Jonathan Downin in Games, Movies569 days ago

A day late due to the holiday, but a bit of Transformers talk starts the pre-show. After the opening theme Alan addresses the response to the call for MyCheats freelances, and it sounds like most of them were garbage. Kids these days… The crew touches on Red Dead Redemption and Game Night with Crackdown 2, and then moves on to Tournament of Legends, which involves gladiators. He wasn’t able to give it a try due to the Wii’s inability to connect to wifi, but is intent on getting it to work. The crew then moves on to voicemails where...

GWJ Conference Call Episode 195

by Jon Cole in Games569 days ago

This week’s show opens up with a question about the future of gaming for handicapped individuals and quickly transitions into talk about Singularity. Andrich and Sands liken it to a Bioshock-inspired FPS, except made by Raven Studios. Sean goes on to say that the game does an excellent job keeping you excited to see what’s around each upcoming corner. Shawn has also played Prince of Persia: The Forgotten Sands, which he fears might have been overlooked. He reports that it offers a fair amount of new things on top of the basic...

Giant Bombcast 07-06-2010

by Jonathan Downin in Games569 days ago

The guys are in the new Whiskey Media offices and one of the first things they did was set up the podcasting equipment– such dedication. They spend the first few minutes talking about the new digs before Jeff jumps into talking about Crackdown 2. The guys don’t have too many great things to say about the game, but they certainly don’t think it is awful either. Vinny talks a bit about getting around having to buy Microsoft’s overpriced Xbox 360 wireless adapter though some inventive wireless networking, and then Jeff gets...

Drunken Gamers Radio 07.02.2010

by Derek Lavigne in Games570 days ago

This week’s DGR starts off with an anecdote from Hilden on the perils that fireworks impose on your wallet. The show then moves into the normal opening of Drunk Dials and emails…and I still can’t get over the mailbag theme. Game reviews kick off this week with Slayer Pinball Rocks for the iPhone and iPad, which John loves, although Moe and Hilden have some reservations about game mechanics. Next up is Vampire Rage, an Xbox Community shmup that is given love all around and is only $1. Speaking of shooters, Sin and Punishment: Star...

The Oddcast: 07/06/2010

by Alex Martin in Games570 days ago

There’s been drama in the 1UP offices this week, as employees have been illicitly making international calls and stealing Xboxes. Chris, Sam, Scott, and Tina try to act innocent as they get into weird news of the week. This includes news that APB will advertise over voice-chat, Dead or Alive for the 3DS will feature motion-controlled mammary glands, and NBC is to air a prime-time video games show. Roger Ebert has said that he regrets ever mentioning video games after not being able to define “art”. Chris and Tina are tired of...

CastMedium Podcast 042 – 07.06.10

by Jonathan Downin in Games, Movies, Tech571 days ago

Okay, so we didn’t get all of the technical issues worked out. Jon still sounds pretty rough this week, but that doesn’t stop us from having a good time and hitting a bunch of topics. The pilot episode of Irrational Interviews has us excited about future developer interviews. Crackdown 2 isn’t doing to well in the press, but Jon is still holding out some hope. The May gaming industry sales numbers from NPD yield triumph for Red Dead Redemption and disappointment for Alan Wake. Microsoft’s KIN is dead and we discuss Hulu’s...

Mobcast 60: Annoying Fanboys, Series Reboots, and Gaming on the Cheap

by Alex Martin in Games571 days ago

E3 provided an opportunity for Bitmob’s writers from around the US to meet up. Editor Aaron Thomas hosts writers Mike Minotti, Jasmine Rea, Alejandro Quan-Madrid, and Rob Savillo. The Nintendo 3DS is a piece of radical new hardware, but will it be worth re-buying all the re-made classics it should launch with? The Zelda: Ocarina of Time remake will have a less sadistic water temple, but some announced titles will just be graphically enhanced. Next, they talk about franchises that produce the most annoying fans. Final Fantasy fans always find...

Game Scoop! Podcast: Red Dead Consideration

by Jon Cole in Games573 days ago

Game Scoop! reports in with a short show this week, welcoming a rare appearance of Anthony Gallegos as well. NPDs start things off and Red Dead Redemption unsurprisingly leads the charge. Anthony makes a point that the performance of RDR is exemplary because it doesn’t have a number in the title, thus making a direct comparison to its Rockstar peer Grand Theft Auto 4 a little useless. The latest PS3 firmware update has introduced several news features to the console, including new photo display features and Move support. Most importantly...

Rebel FM Episode 66 – 06/30/10

by Alex Martin in Games573 days ago

Rebel FM is a polarizing podcast, and this week is a perfect example of that. Robert Ashley (A Life Well Wasted), Scott Bromley, and Brian Altano (both IGN) join Anthony and Arthur for a two-hour runaway train of tangents, crude jokes, and relationship advice. They maintain focus initially to talk about the games they’ve been playing, including Transformers: War for Cybertron. It had a few glitches and unhelpful AI, but Arthur still rated it higher than many other reviewers. Anthony’s been playing submarine simulator Naval Assault: the...

Podcast Beyond: PlayStation Plus

by Jon Cole in Games574 days ago

The Roper Report starts off with… firmware! That would be a lot less interesting if the update wasn’t the big 3.4, which introduces new features teased at E3, adds Move support, and Playstation Plus. Hulu Plus comes in on the wings of PS Plus, offering lots of premium Hulu content with a subscription. Nobody really knows what to make of the offering, as it charges a monthly rate of $10 on top of the yearly rate of $50 for PS Plus and is a little nebulous in what content it will specifically offer. Playstation Plus is the topic...

Engadget Podcast 203 – 07.02.2010

by Jon Cole in Tech574 days ago

After several weeks of mobile-centric podcasts, Chris Ziegler finally joins the podcast for yet another phone show. Starting things off is the Droid X, which got a 7 on the new Engadget scorecard scale. From a hardware perspective, Chris was clearly blown away with the performance of the processor and the quality of the camera, though not really impressed by the industrial design. In other Android handset news, Samsung has recently announced their suite of Galaxy S phones on all carriers, which are practically the same phone reskinned several...

/Filmcast Ep. 106 – Knight and Day

by Jon Cole in Movies, TV574 days ago

This week’s /Filmcast starts off with Dave’s impressions of the Party Down Season 2 finale, which seems to have become the series finale. Everyone agrees that it is a good ending to both the season and series despite not wrapping up all of the loose ends. War of the Worlds gets a little bit of talk due to the Tom Cruise quotient in Knight and Day, which turns out being a lot more positive you might expect because the guys blame a lot of the film’s failure on audience backlash to Cruise. News is a little thin this week, dominated...

Weekend Confirmed Episode 15

by Jonathan Downin in Games574 days ago

It’s just like old times this week with Shane Bettenhausen sitting in the guest seat. Shane kicks-off the game talk with his impressions of Final Fantasy XIII and while he isn’t as hard on it as much of the press has been, he is obviously disappointed in how it turned out. The Nintendo 3DS is up next and everyone is still high on it. iPhone and iPad game talk finishes the first segment. Jeff’s thoughts on Singularity start the second segment and he enjoyed it despite its somewhat serviceable take on the shooter genre with heavy...

Introducing Irrational Interviews

by Jonathan Downin in Games575 days ago

Shawn Elliott and the Irrational crew are back with a new podcast series. Their other podcast, Irrational Behavior, is a monthly podcast, and this looks to be on a similar release schedule. This podcast will focus on interviews with game development luminaries. The inaugural episode features fellow Boston area developer, Todd Howard from Bethesda Softworks. Shawn, Ken and Todd spend the time talking about their history and approaches to game design. Ken and Todd have shared their game design ideas over the years and that history provides for some...

The Geekbox: Episode 72

by Jonathan Downin in Games, Misc, TV576 days ago

Karen is out this week, so Mr. Karen is in. Final Fantasy starts the cast since Patrick recently finished it. He doesn’t have too many kind words for the game, but Ryan H. pipes in with some defense for the “classic” game progression and mechanics. After a bit of E3 talk, the group moves on to a discussion about comics going digital. Ryan H. doesn’t see the trend as hurting paper book sales, and in fact argues that it is targeting a new consumer in a way that will drive traditional comic sales. Lost talk is back with another...

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