Monthly Archives: November 2010

Filmspotting #325: Fair Game / Top 5 Penn Performances

by Jon Cole in Movies439 days ago

Filmspotting tackles Fair Game this week, a thriller starring Naomi Watts and Sean Penn telling the story of Valerie Plame. Right off the bat, it’s very clear that the strongest element of the film is the acting of the two premiere actors and the directing of Doug Liman (who also directed Filmspotting favorite The Bourne Identity). However, since the film is based on Plame’s memoir, Matty takes issue with the one-sided approach to the issue while Adam praises the domestic nature of the conflict. Listener’s Choice transcends the...

Podcast Beyond: Free God of War, Costume Quest

by Jon Cole in Games440 days ago

The biggest game in the industry starts off the show this week, giving the Beyond crew a chance to discuss the huge sales numbers of Black Ops and their brief experiences with the single player game. The guys are clearly much bigger fans of the Mass Effect franchise and are excited to hear about a motion comic that helps bridge the gap between PS3 owners who didn’t get a chance to play Mass Effect before tackling the second game. Playstation Plus comes under debate once again due to some listener thoughts, coming to the new conclusion that...

GWJ Conference Call Episode 213

by Jon Cole in Games440 days ago

Gamers with Jobs starts out with what most gaming podcasts are practically obligated to cover this week, Microsoft Kinect. Being someone exposed to many press events featuring the hardware, Julian is the most impressed with the experience, praising Microsoft’s last minute advancements to polish the accuracy and precision. He also shares his impressions of the Playstation Move, which he thinks is a bit more reminiscient of the Wii and less original. Fallout: New Vegas talk continues into yet another conference call, though they manage to...

Out of the Game, Episode 18

by Jonathan Downin in Games, Misc, TV441 days ago

Another month, another Out of the Game. Shawn kicks things off with another adventure into the communities of older online games. Call of Duty 2 is the vehicle this time around, and he has a few stories to tell about the strange social cultures that have built up around this classic. Next up is The Walking Dead. The guys go in-depth on both the new TV series and the Comic, so if you want to avoid spoiler, you may want to skip on past this lengthy segment (spoilers – 19:04-58:25)– otherwise, the guys have a lot of insight into the depth...

This is Only a Test – Episode 36 – Microsoft Strikes Back – 11/11/2010

by Alex Martin in Games, Tech, TV441 days ago

Colin Campbell and Gary Whitta, both from the defunct Game Theory podcast, join Will and Norm this week for an extra-long podcast that covers games and TV as well as the normal tech news and reviews. They start with the new Nvidia GTX 580 series, which Norm calls the best single-GPU card you can buy, before talking about the new Boxee Box. This latest media-streaming device prompts a discussion about how they watch movies and TV now. Speaking of TV, Will’s exploded recently, so he talks about his new Panasonic plasma 3DTV. Colin’s not...

The Geekbox: Episode 91

by Jonathan Downin in Games, TV442 days ago

Special guest Greg Kasavin, Creative Director for Super Giant Games‘s Bastion, makes this week’s show a winner. Greg is no stranger to games press as he put in almost a decade at Gamespot before going to the development world, so he fits right in. As usual, the crew covers a myriad of topics, but there seems to be a stronger through-line this week. The group spends a lot of time talking about TV and game storytelling conventions, including the use of cliffhangers. The anime-ization of Samus in the latest metroid, and the general trend...

Giant Bombcast 11-09-2010

by Ross Adams in Games444 days ago

The recent Kinect marathon has taken its toll on Ryan Davis so he is sitting out this weeks Bombcast. Jeff takes over hosting duties while Alex Navarro joins the rest of the regular crew to make up the numbers. Brad kicks the game talk off this week with Red Dead Redemption‘s recent zombie themed DLC; Undead Nightmare. Alex wonders if, having not played Red Dead proper, he’d be able to jump in and just play Undead Nightmare. Brad thinks so but isn’t too sure, alot of the game plays on characters and locations from the main game...

ATB XXV: Fable III & Fallout New Vegas | 11/08/2010

by Ross Adams in Games444 days ago

The bulk of this weeks show is a Fallout: New Vegas spoilerfest, you have been warned! Travis Williams and Mike Nelson join Kat for the discussion. They mostly talk about their different experiences and decisions they made during their playthroughs. Obsidian have very much played to their strengths with New Vegas with Mike especially loving the morally ambigious nature of some of the quests and stories.Kat says she doesn’t generally replay RPGs but she is planning to do so with New Vegas as she knows there is plenty she didn’t see...

Game Scoop! Podcast: The Kinexperts Speak

by Peter Barta in Games444 days ago

This week’s Game Scoop features Daemon, Jack, Ryan, and Greg – the self-proclaimed Kinexperts. Appropriately enough, the beginning of the show is dominated by Kinect titles as the guys have reviewed most/all of the currently available games. The basics of Kinect are pretty consistent from reviewer to reviewer – amazing technology, but the logistics of space requirements will make it difficult for a lot of people. Couple that with the mediocre response to many of the launch titles, and Microsoft may have an uphill battle here....

Player One Podcast – Episode 211 (11/08/10) – Kinectified

by Ross Adams in Games444 days ago

Greg Sewart is back this week but only slightly less ill so expect a few coughs in the background this week. As always before getting into the actual game discussion the guys get sidetracked, this weeks opening diversion is about Nintendo Week. The low rent production that appears on the Nintendo Channel has really struck a chord with the Player One crew. Game talk kicks off with CJ talking about Kinect, which he totally hasn’t bought and probably maybe won’t ever. Adult Swim got one in the office and CJ played around with it. He starts...

CastMedium Podcast 059 – 11.09.10

by Jonathan Downin in Games, Tech, TV445 days ago

The week’s cast starts with No Shave November talk. You can check out some details over at Movember.com, donate if you like– or just grow a sweet beard to raise awareness for prostate cancer. Erik and Jon will both be playing some Call of Duty: Black Ops tomorrow, and we spend a bit of time up front discussing the merits of Treyarch and what they may have cooked-up in their latest in the CoD series. Also, Kinect gets a bit more time after a week of pretty positive opinions from around the web. We spend a few minutes on word that Netflix...

Weekend Confirmed Episode 33

by Peter Barta in Games445 days ago

This edition of Weekend Confirmed gets moving with Kinect’s release, court rulings, and much more. Christian Spicer gets things started with some love for the Wii’s GoldenEye remake. Fable 3 also receives plenty of discussion, but the guys waste no time jumping into Kinect games and the initial experiences they’ve had. Garnett seems pleasantly surprised, and has a lot of good things to say about the device. While all four hosts agree that the technology is amazing, it seems pretty clear that the major setbacks will be...

Mobcast 78: Double Fine’s Tim Schafer and Tasha Harris

by Alex Martin in Games445 days ago

This week, Shoe and Brett host Tim Schafer and Tasha Harris of Double Fine. Tasha was the Lead Designer on recent downloadable RPG Costume Quest, and Tim is President of the studio that developed that, Brütal Legend, and Psychonauts. As they have two comedians in, Shoe asks if comedic developers should ever make serious games. It’s a false dichotomy, though — plenty of “serious” games have jokes, and Psychonauts explored some dark themes. Tasha demonstrates that point by pointing to Limbo as the last game that made her laugh....

Filmspotting #324: Girl Who Kicked the Hornet’s Nest / Top 5 Trilogies

by Jon Cole in Movies446 days ago

Hold onto your hats Filmspotting fans, this week’s show is a good one. The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet’s Nest is the subject of this week’s review, the third film in the “Millennium Trilogy“. Unfortunately, the second film in the trilogy seems to have been the interesting rising action, leaving the climax of the series to the very beginning of the Hornet’s Nest with the remainder being devoted to boring court cases that boil down to melodramatic falling action. Listener feedback brings in some thoughts about Hollywood...

Podcast Beyond: LittleBigPlanet 2 Beta Codes

by Jon Cole in Games446 days ago

In an uncharacteristic move by the Beyond crew, the first subject of this week is the Microsoft Kinect. Being one of the main reviewers of the Xbox motion control device, Ryan shares his experiences with it and admits to liking a handful of the games. It seems like everyone agrees that Kinect will probably sell better than the Playstation Move, mostly due to the Microsoft marketing machine and early interest. The Roper Report brings the news of Inafune’s departure from Capcom from the discussion, which leads to some thoughts on Japanese stagnation...

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