castmedium
Join us at our new home: Game Thing Daily and Tech Thing Daily!
iTunes
RSS
Twitter

Author Archives: Ross Adams

1upyours

Required Listening: The best of 1UP Yours year 1

by Ross Adams in Podcasts342 days ago

GiantBomb user ZanzibarBreeze has taken it upon himself to start compiling “best of” compilations for various podcasts. While it is still a vast amount of time to cover he has rather smartly limited himself to a single year of content for each episode of his show This Year. The first two episodes covered ’05 and ’06 of The Hotspot, a show I personally haven’t listened to. Episode 3 has caught my attention however, and many others I’m sure, because it covers ’06 of the near universally loved 1UP Yours. This...

84play

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

by Ross Adams in Games349 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,...

Giant Bombcast

Giant Bombcast 02-08-2011

by Ross Adams in Games365 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...

playeronepodcast-200x200

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

by Ross Adams in Games367 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...

Giant Bombcast

Giant Bombcast 02-01-2011

by Ross Adams in Games372 days ago

A slight worse for wear Ryan returns to the hosting chair this week. Vinny quickly starts the game talk with Dead Rising 2, which he has gone back to once again. This time he has purchased some of the DLC costumes and weapons which make things alot easier. He sounds like he’s going through the game more to check it off his list rather than out of enjoyment. There’s alot of Dead Space talk, with Ryan playing through Dead Space 1 while Jeff and Brad have just finished the sequel. With lots of media surrounding the Dead Space fiction, with...

playeronepodcast-200x200

Player One Podcast – Episode 223 (01/31/11) – Five in the Pocket

by Ross Adams in Games374 days ago

After a somewhat bitter start to the show Greg Sewart kicks off the game talk this week with the Bulletstorm demo, while he found the gameplay to be quite fun he isn’t too keen on the wrappings around it. The low brow, swear filled dialogue isn’t something that appeals to him and makes him not want to play the game in front of anyone because he finds it so dumb. Sony’s announcement of the not-PSP2 (NGP) gets discussed, with CJ dropping the bomb that he’ll buy one ever if it hits $400. Sewart and Phil don’t seem quite...

Active Time Babble

Active Time Babble XXX: Radiant Historia & DC Universe Online

by Ross Adams in Games377 days ago

Manager of PR and Sales for Atlus, Aram Jabbari of Atlus joins Kat and Jeremy for the first segment this week. He’s there to discuss Radiant Historia, a game which is very quickly compared to Chrono Trigger. There are similarities in terms of mechanics and the fact time travel is a central part of the game. Aside from discussing the various aspects of the game Kat also asks Aram some questions she fielded from twitter. There are also some questions about other Atlus properties. Jeremy is replaced by Travis Williams and Mike Nelson for the...

Giant Bombcast

Giant Bombcast 01-25-2011

by Ross Adams in Games379 days ago

Ryan is out with an injury this week so Jeff takes up the hosting duties. Brad and Vinny are a bit mistrusting at first however after being duped into appearing on Jeff’s other podcast. Brad starts off the game talk with Dead Space 2, which he can finally talk about in more detail. Thankfully he doesn’t go into too much detail other than to say it’s an exceptionally made game which isn’t overly different to the first Dead Space. Lots of small tweaks and additions to the gameplay and UI make for an impressive sequel. He also...

playeronepodcast-200x200

Player One Podcast – Episode 222 (01/24/11) – Three Twos, Ten-Four

by Ross Adams in Games381 days ago

The guys hit some news items at the top of the show, starting with the recent information about the 3DS launch. Everyone but Ford is pretty much set on getting the console when it launches, even though they admit there’s no real must have games releasing alongside it. The tech itself and the various features the machine itself offer (3D video and augmented reality for example) seem enough to impress the guys. Steam coming to Ps3 with Portal 2 is also briefly touched upon, with it potentially effecting which platform the Player One crew gets...

Giant Bombcast

Giant Bombcast 01-18-2011

by Ross Adams in Games386 days ago

Vinny is out this week so Alex Navarro steps into the empty chair, the guys also haven’t been playing alot of games so it’s a more news heavy show than usual. Alex played some Raskulls and although he doesn’t seem to feel too strongly about it he had fun with it. Jeff played a significant amount of DC Universe Online and is not a fan, the PS3 version especially isn’t particularly well made in alot of ways. The menus haven’t been streamlined for consoles and the game itself often runs at a less than ideal framerate....

playeronepodcast-200x200

Player One Podcast – Episode 221 (01/17/11) – Still Enjoying Last Year’s Games

by Ross Adams in Games388 days ago

With no big releases to speak of so far this year the Player One guys are mostly focusing on talking about games from the end of last year and beyond. Phil starts off by talking about Raskulls, a game from Halfbrick that incorporates a Mr Driller style of gameplay, so it’s no real surprise he loves it. He does say his Mr Driller experience does mean he gets thrown off by the speedy aspect of Raskulls gameplay. Sewart has been playing Donkey Kong Country Returns and was finding it hard to put it down, he’s really enjoying the variety...

Active Time Babble

Active Time Babble XXIX: Kindom Hearts & The 2011 Preview

by Ross Adams in Games391 days ago

It’s a new year so Kat Bailey decides to try something a little different for this first Active Time Babble of 2011. The first segment of the show is a solo affair with Kat talking about some games she thinks might not get alot of attention. Kingdom Hearts Re:coded and Super Robot Taisen Z2 are the games for this first go round, she also fielded questions from twitter regarding the games so this segment is mostly Kat answering said questions. The idea behind this part of the show is solid and Kat handles it well. Kat is joined by Thierry “Scooter”...

Giant Bombcast

Giant Bombcast 01-11-2011

by Ross Adams in Games393 days ago

Jeff Gertsmann returns this week, with tales of go karting during his break. Before any game talk Vinny and Ryan discuss the movie Predators that they recently watched. Which leads onto a discussion of what Predator society might be like, surely there has be be an Costumer Service Predator? Brad regrets bringing up Tron: Evolution again as he learns it inevitably leads to discussion of Tron: Evolution which the guys agree is a bad game that could easily have been much better. Vinny talks about his varying emotions in relation to Dead Rising 2, he...

playeronepodcast-200x200

Player One Podcast – Episode 220 (01/10/11) – Thrusting and Rubbing

by Ross Adams in Games395 days ago

This weeks episode of the Player One Podcast was filmed in front of a live studio audience. In what may be a regular occurence this weeks episode was live streamed, as such there are a few references to said stream and the chat that went with it. CJ kicks off the game talk with Assassins Creed Brotherhood, although he has played a bit of Assassins Creed 2 it didn’t grab him so he skipped over it. Brotherhood however has grabbed him, it reminds him of the original Crackdown with it’s many hidden things around the enviroment. He also...

CastMedium Podcast Awards 2010: Ross’s picks

by Ross Adams in Features405 days ago

3)  The Sound Test A combination of two of my favourite things, Ray Barnholt and video game music. Every two weeks Ray would lovingly craft a playlist of game music that was always a dream to listen to. Often incredibly eclectic each weeks musical selection could contain anything from the newest triple A title to an obscure game never released outside of Japan. Sadly when Ray was let go of 1UP The Sound Test went with him, we can only hope that when he finds his feet the show can return in some form. Until then the 16 archived episodes are a must...

  • CastMedium Podcast

    Episode 092 - PTW ahoy!
    Games, tech, and the usual, for the last time. Hello Podcast Thing Weekly.

    Alternative content

    New episodes every Thursday!
    iTunes | Zune | rss

  • Recent Comments

  • Tweets