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Drunken Gamers Radio

Drunken Gamers Radio 08.07.2010

by Derek Lavigne in Games546 days ago

Even though I’m a couple weeks late due to poor living conditions and yes, pure laziness, Happy 5th Anniversary to DGR! Here’s to 5 more years if your livers last that long. Moe is out this week so friend of the show RykerXL fills in quite seamlessly. A shorter than usual show kicks off as always with Drunk Dials and the mailbag. John and Hilden take the time to remind listeners about the Deathsmiles contest they have going on that they have received no entries for so far. A short games segment this week features City Builder for the...

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Giant Bombcast 08-10-2010

by Derek Lavigne in Games548 days ago

After a delayed absence (my fault) coverage of the Giant Bombcast resumes with spiders and strategy! The guys spend much of the beginning of the show cowering from a spider that has made itself welcome in the studio, except for Ryan who takes every opportunity to mock the other three. Starcraft II talk dominate the conversation with Vinny taking a slight deviation back to the original Starcraft. Jeff and Brad spent a very short time with Monday Night Combat and seem mixed thus far but Ryan seems much higher on Civ 5 from the 16 hours he has sunk...

Giant Bombcast

Giant Bombcast 07-13-2010

by Derek Lavigne in Games577 days ago

Noticeably absent from this week’s Bombcast is one Brad Shoemaker, who is apparently suffering from food poisoning (get well soon Brad!). But in his stead, we get the Eastern Bloc-loving Dave Snider who always adds a great dynamic to the show. The surprisingly popular Singularity starts things off this week, with Jeff and Vinny doling out praise for some unique mechanics.  Jeff spent much of the weekend watching EVO and trying to keep track of all the fighting game nonsense going on.  Ryan and Jeff also touch on their experiences with APB,...

Drunken Gamers Radio

Drunken Gamers Radio 07.02.2010

by Derek Lavigne in Games584 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...

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Giant Bombcast 6-22-2010

by Derek Lavigne in Games597 days ago

Now that E3 is over, the Giant Bombcast can get back to it’s regularly scheduled programming…almost. After 9 hours of podcasting last week, the guys wonder amongst themselves why exactly they are still recording and seem to be even more baffled that there is still a lot they have not discussed. That being said, most of the podcast is taken up by events of the last day of E3. Before getting into personal favorites, the guys discuss the positive impacts that X-COM and Super Scribblenauts made on them. Brad and Jeff then proceed to gush...

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Giant Bombcast 06-08-2010

by Derek Lavigne in Games611 days ago

After a few quick drink taste tests, Red Dead Redemption dominates early parts of the conversation with the guys wondering how in the world Vinny spent 49 hours on the game. Jeff andRyan have been playing a lot of Green Day: Rock Band and as good as the game sounds, it still doesn’t do anyone any good if you aren’t a Green Day fan. Brad is almost baffled when asked what games he has been playing and can only manage to force out a couple thoughts on Doom II. Turning back to rhythm games, PowerGig takes up more time than it sounds like...

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Giant Bombcast 06-01-2010

by Derek Lavigne in Games618 days ago

This week’s Bombcast is brought to you by a long Memorial Day weekend. Brad spent a good portion of the weekend playing Doom II on XBLA when he, like Vinny and Ryan, weren’t locked into Red Dead Redemption. Not having picked up on the craze of the other three, Jeff played a lot of kart racers, spending time with ModNation Racers and Blur. He also laments the game that Alpha Protocol could have been. After a little talk of Crackdown 2 from Brad and Vinny, a discussion takes place about whether or not Crackdown was even that good of a...

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Giant Bombcast 05-18-2010

by Derek Lavigne in Games633 days ago

The guys are running a three man show this week with Jeff out of the office on a super-secret project. Aside from some cooking stories, Vinny hasn’t been playing a whole lot outside of a small bit of Damnation of all things, which he says is easily in the running for the worst game he’s ever played. Brad has also been focusing his time and mostly only playing Prince of Persia: The Forgotten Sands which he thinks does a lot to bring the series back to what people expect, but could have been much better. Ryan though has been playing a...

Drunken Gamers Radio

Drunken Gamers Radio 05.09.2010

by Derek Lavigne in Games639 days ago

I apologize for missing the summary of DGR last week but man, this week’s show is something else. The show starts off as usual with Drunk Dials and the mailbag. The first game up for review is Strategery for the iPhone, which seems to be a fast-paced game of Risk. RayStorm HD for the XBLA is up next which sounds like a great remake of a classic shooter, but John doesn’t feel like it is worth the money. Picross 3D for the DS is the third game this week, and the opinion in the DGR studio is that this is a great extension on the proven...

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Giant Bombcast 05-11-2010

by Derek Lavigne in Games640 days ago

This week’s Giant Bombcast has a couple of guests and starts off living up to the name of the show. Alex Navarro and Matt Rorie are there to announce that they have become part of the Whiskey Media family and will be a part of the new movie site Screened. Vinny brings things back to reality by saying how playing Wheelman sucked all the energy out of him, but turns it around by discussing his time with Ryan at Pixar. Jeff recently reviewed Skate 3 and seems to enjoy it, although he feels it may be more for hardcore Skate series fans. Brad runs...

4 Guys 1UP

Formerly 4 Guys 1UP: 05/07/2010

by Derek Lavigne in Games642 days ago

The podcast, name withheld, is hosted this week by Ray Barnholt who usually sticks to retro games, although this week he’s all “beards and big guns” in order to fit the mold of this show. Talk on the gaming front starts off with Scooter and Justin discussing Alan Wake, but differ in their opinions of some of the game’s quirkier features. The guys give their opinions on Picross 3D before moving on to Scooter’s opinions on Fallout: New Vegas which sounds promising. Justin has been playing Lost Planet 2, which most of...

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Giant Bombcast 05-04-2010

by Derek Lavigne in Games647 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...

4 Guys 1UP

Formerly 4 Guys 1UP: 04/30/2010

by Derek Lavigne in Games651 days ago

This week, the podcast former known as…will be known as 1UPchuck. Jeremy takes the helm again but announces this will be his last week and it sounds like we will finally get to see the future of the flagship next week. This week is shaping up to be the Activision episode. First up, the news that Bungie signed a 10 year publishing agreement with Activision sent the games world for a spin and Frank Cifaldi clarifies some of the details. The next Call of Duty game, Black Ops, was also just announced and is the next game from Treyarch and the...

GameSpy Debriefings

The Gamespy Debriefings #122

by Derek Lavigne in Games651 days ago

Welcome to the Eastern European game question podcast. That aside, a good portion of the first is taken up by discussing Monopoly and the very poorly envisioned Monopoly movie being made by Ridley Scott. Also, Ryan Scott found a way to turn said game into a spreadsheet…almost. Upon trying to steer things back to the topic of video games, Anthony makes the mistake of mention playing games with a female, then spends the next five minutes dodging jabs from every direction. The second half of the show is slightly more coherent and topical, with...

Drunken Gamers Radio

Drunken Gamers Radio 04.23.2010

by Derek Lavigne in Games653 days ago

This week’s show starts off with the news that DGR will soon be selling not only the complete 3 year saga of the Shmopera, but 3 posters representing each year as well and boy, are they pretty from the previews they have shown. On to the show as listeners new and old share their anger and drunkenness through voicemails and emails. We Rule starts up the game talk this week and Hilden is completely addicted (are a few of the staff here). Next up is Beat Hazard which uses your own music and John had a good time importing the Shmopera and recommends...

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