Monthly Archives: February 2011

Ross’s Podcast Recommendation #3: 8-4 Play

by Ross Adams in Games336 days ago

8-4 Play may seem like a fairly conventional gaming podcast, and a lot of the time it is, but it has a unique spin to it; Japan. It’s rare that we get a glimpse into the Japanese side of gaming from people who actually live there. Often on gaming podcasts you will only hear 2nd hand information about gaming in Japan or very occasionally someone who has lived or is living in Japan will guest on a podcast and give their perspective. With the 8-4 team being based in Japan this is not the case for 8-4 Play. Don’t let that scare you off though,...

CastMedium Podcast 072 – Media Consumption Corner #1

by Jonathan Downin in Games, Misc, Movies, TV338 days ago

It is our first all Media Consumption Corner episode this week. We skip the news (except for a few words about Pauls Miller’s exit from Engadget), and go straight into stuff we have been– you know, consuming over the past month or so. Here’s the breakdown by medium: Games: Dead Space 2, Dead Space iOS TV: Buffy/Angel, When We Left Earth Movies: Exit Through the Gift Shop, King’s Speech, I’m Still Here Books: House of Suns We are back to a regular focused show next week, so check back for that. Also, be sure to let us...

Jon’s Podcast Recommendation #2: The Totally Rad Show

by Jon Cole in Games, Movies, Podcasts, TV338 days ago

When I first heard that The Totally Rad Show was going to be changing format from a weekly video show to a bite-sized daily segments, it seemed clear that this was primarily a move to serve sponsors and garner more “clicks”. After finally giving it a chance a couple weeks later, I was proven dead wrong and earned a new appreciation for one of Revision3′s longest running podcasts. Basically, our hosts Jeff Cannata, Daniel Trachtenburg, and Alex Albrecht take us on a daily ride into a single movie, video game, television show, comic...

Jonathan’s Podcast Recommendation #1: Tell ‘Em Steve-Dave

by Jonathan Downin in Podcasts340 days ago

As most of you are probably aware, we are no longer doing recaps. To kick-off our more freeform content I thought I would take the chance to talk about some of the podcasts that I enjoy that didn’t fall into our previous hard focus of game, tech and movie podcasts, or simply weren’t in our regular lineup. We will be doing some personal recommendations throughout this week and we will have something new next week. Variety is the plan around here for a while. Here’s my first reccomendation to check out if you haven’t before. Tell...

CastMedium Podcast 071 – MWC talk

by Jonathan Downin in Games, Site345 days ago

This week’s podcast starts with a little talk about our recent decision to make some changes around here. We don’t get into it too much, but if the post didn’t quite cover it for you, there may a bit more information in here for you. The topic this week is Mobile World Congress 2011, so it is a pretty tech-heavy show. We hit HP, Nokia and Sony’s big announcements. The world of phones and tablets looks to be heating up in a big way this year. WebOS is back in a big way and Windows Phone 7 is getting a strong partner in Nokia....

The state and future of CastMedium [Please read]

by Jonathan Downin in Site346 days ago

This is a difficult post to write. I started CastMedium back in November of 2009 with the hopes of creating a place where podcast fans could feel catered to as a whole. The podcast community is strong and large, but often segregated into communities devoted to singular shows. And while I can’t say that it has been a resounding success thus far, it has been surprising and interesting. One of the things that surprised me the most about the impact of CM over the years is the recognition from the podcasting community. It still blows my mind any...

GWJ Conference Call Episode 226

by Jon Cole in Games351 days ago

This week’s Shawn/Sean show kicks things off with Shawn’s continuing experiences with Dead Space 2. He admires the pacing and narrative style of the game, giving you these areas to explore that flesh out the world in different ways but are also mostly optional. He also gives us a brief update on Magicka, which he’s continued to play despite the bugs due to a longer campaign than he expected and deep gameplay mechanics. Sean shares a couple stories about playing LittleBigPlanet 2 with his son, though his propensity to quit out for...

CastMedium Podcast 070 – Multiplayer talk

by Jonathan Downin in Games351 days ago

Our new format continues this week after some great listener input about last week’s show. Media Consumption Corner is completely out this week and we will be doing one big episode with nothing but our picks sometime soon. There was no 1 big news item to hit this week, so we made the jump into less topical territory and went with the topic of multiplayer gaming. We cover everything from trends of multiplayer games to our own personal preferences and how they have changed over time. As always, let us know what you think in the comments. Follow...

Behind the Screened Door 02-07-2011

by Jon Cole in Movies, TV352 days ago

This week’s Screened-cast starts things off with discussion about this year’s Super Bowl. The pre-show butchering of the National Anthem, Frank Caliendo, crazy sports commentator shenanigans, and a jingoistic America F-yeah! montage join the terrible Black Eyed Peas halftime show add up to a bizarre peripheral Super Bowl experience, but the game itself and a handful of solid commercials seemed to make the whole thing worthwhile to the guys. Rorie reviewed The Roommate this week, which seems to be a boiled down, college-age version of...

Giant Bombcast 02-08-2011

by Ross Adams in Games352 days ago

It takes almost a full 30 minutes before this weeks Bombcast gets on topic, the guys first discuss the superbowl or at least the parts surrounding the super bowl. Vinny manages to segway into the game talk as his brother was visiting and they played a bunch of games together. They played Bionic Commando: Rearmed 2, Jeff also played and neither of them are particularly high on the game. Vinny didn’t like that he was constantly running into parts of levels he couldn’t access until he had a new power-up or weapon. While Jeff praises the...

Engadget Podcast 231 – 02.05.2011

by Jon Cole in Tech353 days ago

Chris Ziegler joins the show this week to start off the conversation with his experience with the new Android Market, which allows you to buy apps via the web on your PC and push the purchases onto your phone over the air. While that’s certainly a welcome change, the guys talk about problems with app discovery that could have been better addressed with this service. Google also showed off the Motorola Xoom in a little more detail than at CES, highlighting apps that were designed specifically for Honeycomb in particular. The Motorola Atrix...

Interactive Distractions – Ep 165 – Open or Closed Crashers

by Nikko Kusanagi in Games353 days ago

Normal crew this week, with the addition of a Podcast Crasher. Distractions up first… Some Super Meat Boy, more Dead Space 2 talk and Castlevania makes it’s reentry into the podcast. News… a sequel to a game they all loved and a company does something really cool to fix a problem that Microsoft refuses to. Past the intermission… Open vs Closed platforms… what are the pros and cons and which do they prefer? New releases nothing really but Jack, some good emails and voicemails… and next week’s topic is revealed … and that ends off...

Game Scoop!: Two Worlds 2, Bionic Commando 2 Reviewed

by Jon Cole in Games354 days ago

Arthur Gies and greenhorn editor Colin Moriarty join the show this week, kicking off things with Arthur’s impressions of Two Worlds 2. The game’s most notable quality is the magic customization system, but the game as a whole doesn’t impress and will likely not appeal to anyone outside the normal fantasy RPG fanbase. Daemon reviewed Bionic Commando Rearmed 2, which was perfectly fine but didn’t really improve on the formula of the first game at all. Nintendo unveiled some sales numbers from 2010 and it’s no big surprise...

Tekzilla 188 – Intel SandyBridge Recall!

by Jon Cole in Tech354 days ago

The latest episode of Tekzilla starts off with a veritable smorgasbord of topics, ranging from MacWorld gadgets, iPod warranties, and the situation in Egypt. The biggest piece of news by far is the recall of Intel’s new Sandy Bridge chipset, which is caused primarily by rogue SATA 3.0 ports. PC Perspective’s Ryan Shrout joins the show to fill us in on the details, which revolves around the fact that the problem is on the motherboards and that mobo manufacturers will be responsible for contact with consumers. Veronica got a chance to...

Player One Podcast – Episode 224 (02/07/11) – Chuckle Canucks

by Ross Adams in Games354 days ago

A Halo: Combat Evolved HD remake is the first thing discussed in this weeks episode, Ford is intrigued by it…if it’s a 10 dollar downloadable. The guys wonder how much they’ll actually change, while HD graphics are a certainty there’s no indication whether level design or anything in that vein will be touched. The Gregs and Phil tried the demo for Bionic Commando: Rearmed 2 and Sewart starts off pretty negatively, he found it to be fairly plodding and boring. Phil has some issues that aren’t strictly related to the...

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