Monthly Archives: September 2010

TWiT 265: Passing The Stone

by Jon Cole in Tech501 days ago

This Week in Tech unintentionally held a sort of TWiT Reunion episode, welcoming many of the show’s founding members for an excellent episode. Conversation kicks off with the big picture question of how big companies manage to hire excellent employees and how that affects the seemingly open people faucet between players like Facebook, Google, and Microsoft. In other news, a recent case on software resale has been ruled on by the Ninth Circuit of Appeals and it’s not looking good for digital content used sales. Furthermore, it’s...

Weekend Confirmed Live From PAX10

by Peter Barta in Games501 days ago

Live from PAX! Shane Bettenhausen joins the crew in this special edition of Weekend Confirmed. This week’s episode starts out with Whatcha Been Playin PAX-edition. Shane mentions Nexuiz before plugging Swarm. Brian tried out Killzone 3 and Jeff gives a decidedly unenthusiastic impression of Duke Nukem Forever. Dragon Age 2 gets a little attention and Garnett is stoked for Star Wars Force Unleashed 2. The remainder of the show is a Q&A with the live audience and ranges pretty wildly in topics. Metroid: Other M and Elemental:...

Filmspotting #316: The American / Top 5 Hitman Movies

by Jon Cole in Movies501 days ago

Adam and Matty tackle George Clooney in this week’s review of The American. Interestingly enough, they probably have the biggest disagreement about a movie in weeks, arguing mostly about Clooney’s performance. Matty insists that the whole film turns on the overplayed facial movements of Clooney and drags unbearably in several spots, while Adam argues that the lead man’s performance is one of his best and the pacing suits the excellent camera work perfectly. They do find a few opinions to share amongst the heightened conversation,...

Engadget Podcast 212 – 09.11.2010

by Jon Cole in Tech501 days ago

Josh, Paul, and Nilay start off this week’s podcast with the somewhat morbid state of Nokia. Stephen Elop of Microsoft’s Business Division usurped OPK as the Finnish company’s CEO, which doesn’t inspire much optimism given the fact that Nokia needs more of a Steve Jobs than a Steve Ballmer. In other depressing mobile news, the guys talk a little bit about the bastardization of Android OS on various recent handsets, most specifically the Samsung Fascinate. For some reason, Verizon decided to force Bing search as the default...

The Oddcast: 09/13/2010

by Alex Martin in Games501 days ago

Alice Liang steps in for Chris Plante for the first Oddcast since the Penny Arcade Expo. Naturally, the show starts with their experience of kilts, capes, and cosplay in Seattle, and the STDs their Nintendo DSes caught there. The Tokyo Game Show starts this Thursday, and they specualte about its attractions and reminisce about TGSes and Tokyo whiskey-bars past. After twenty minutes, they get to the odd news of the week. This include’s Walmart accidentally announcing MAG 2, the survival of Kinect’s object-scanning capability, and Microsoft...

Mobcast 70: Motion-Control Showdown, Bitmob 2.0, and more

by Alex Martin in Games501 days ago

Carlos Rodela of Chemical Bun Productions (stick with it and he’ll explain that name) joins Shoe, Aaron, and Brett for four gamers, five topics. First, a simple question — PlayStation Move or Xbox Kinect? For those uninterested in their gaming applications, controlling Netflix and Last.fm by waving could be interesting with Kinect. Shoe’s interested in Move’s physical presence, and Brett is looking forward to games that mix traditional Xbox controls and body-tracking. Next, they wonder if Wii owners will upgrade to Move....

Podcast Beyond: Free Games

by Jon Cole in Games502 days ago

After a glorious weekend at PAX Prime, Beyond is back to report on the biggest Playstation news of the week. In honor of PAX, Greg starts off the show with some stories about his time there, considering the fact that he spent much of his time as a community envoy rather than a journalist. At about 17:30, the guys get into the show proper, namely with the Roper Report. The 15th Anniversary of the Playstation is obviously one of the most notable news of the week and causes the guys to reminisce a little about their PS past. Otherwise, Duke Nukem Forever...

at1UP: 09/08/2010

by Jonathan Downin in Games, Misc503 days ago

If you are looking for a recap of 1UP’s time at PAX, this is the show to catch. The cast starts with Mike, Alice and Justin going over their road trip to PAX experience. The highlights: Mike snores, the Ford Focus is a fine automobile (aside from stock speakers), and rollaway cots aren’t comfortable. Alice talks about her time at various panels, including a somewhat embarrassing incident at the Rebel FM/Geekbox panel. Mike tried to play Castle Crashers, but was thwarted by a kid, and the group covers music games and their thoughts on...

Rebel FM Episode 75 – 09/10/10

by Alex Martin in Games503 days ago

Indie games were the stars of PAX 2010 for our hosts. Anthony, Arthur, Matt, Tyler, and Ryan (O’Donnell — semi-regular guest from Area 5) talk us through what seems like an entire show floor of games. They rattle through too many games to mention here, explaining the less-familiar ones. Some of the most interesting ideas are Hoard — a strategy game about building a dragon’s gold pile, Bastion — an action RPG with dynamic narration, and Spy Party — a unique multiplayer game that doesn’t focus on action. Duke...

The Geekbox: Episode 82

by Jonathan Downin in Games, Misc, TV503 days ago

This week’s Geekbox feature’s a special guest in Ryan Scott’s wife, April Scott. The crew is back from PAX and the first topic up is Duke Nukem Forever. They recount the long tines, which no one waited in, but have no real interest in the Gearbox acquired title. Portal 2 gets a quick mention before Ryan S. talks about Bastion. He also mentions that they plan to have Creative Direction, Greg Kasavin, on sometime to talk about the game. The bulk of the show is PAX related and it is clear that the whole group enjoyed their time at...

Active Time Babble XXII | 09/09/2010

by Ross Adams in Games504 days ago

It’s the last ATB for a while (maybe) as Kat and a bunch of other 1UP staffers are heading to Japan for TGS and such. There hasn’t been much time to regroup of late as everyone has been jet-setting to various events so it’s catch up time for this episode. Starting with games that were shown at Gamescom, notable Deus Ex: Human Revolution. Scooter and Travis were shown a mission played 3 times, with the player taking a different approach each time. Scooter thinks it’s looking good and is definetly trying to replicate the feel...

Game Scoop! Podcast: Talking About Writing About Games

by Peter Barta in Games505 days ago

This week’s cast begins with the introduction of Jack DeVries as an official staff IGN editor. Daemon and Ryan give the appropriate verbal jabs and compliments before jumping into the content. The first topic of discussion is a mixed review of the new XBox 360 controller, with some praise for the new d-pad, but equal confusion regarding the grey buttons and high price-point. The omniscient debate continues as the guys cover the XBox Live price hike – though somewhat divided, their opinions are pretty tame compared to the community’s...

This is Only a Test – Episode 27 – Before the Big Live Live Show – 9/08/2010

by Alex Martin in Games, Tech505 days ago

Released early, so as not to clash with the live Big Live Live Show: Live show (now archived here), it’s This is Only a Test. First off, Norm talks about his time at the Penny Arcade Expo. He found a legitimate reason to be there, as Microsoft were showing Windows Phone 7. He saw some original games and ports of iPhone titles that now have achievements. He also played Duke Nukem Forever, and some Catan and Tower Defense on Microsoft’s Surface — a $10,000 touch-screen coffee-table. They dismissively breeze through news of the...

GWJ Conference Call Episode 204

by Jon Cole in Games506 days ago

Duke Nukem Forever talk appropriately opens up the GWJ PAX special, though nobody seems to be interested in it despite the widespread excitement. Bastion was a much bigger hit, with Shawn evangelizing the interesting narrative style and Julian shedding some light on some of the game’s more unique mechanics. On the other hand, the collective impressions of Little Big Planet 2 are split down the middle, with Elysium noting the well-implemented grappling hook but going as far as to name it his game of show. The fighting game renaissance continues...

The /Filmcast Ep. 115 – Machete

by Peter Barta in Movies506 days ago

Matt Singer joins The /Filmcast this week and starts the episode with a rousing bash of Clash of the Titans. He also gives a mixed review to The Lost Skeleton Returns Again before Adam prompts a discussion about the Red Riding trilogy. The crew then speaks a bit on the reception of The American, and Devindra makes his case for its subtle but excellent craft. James Cameron had a few things to say about Piranha 3D, which starts the conversation about the future of 3D in cinema and whether or not it will become the norm. M. Night Shyamalan is...

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