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Player One Podcast – Episode 217 (12/20/10) – Twas the Episode Before Christmas

by Ross Adams in Games514 days ago

It’s a very special holiday edition of Player One this week complete with a musical intro that’s not to be missed. Once it’s into the actual show the guys get a tad sidetracked discussing old cartoons much like last weeks zinger. Sewart jumps to another tangent by recommending the awesome UK tv show Top Gear which is up on Netflix.ca. He starts off the actual game talk too with Gran Turismo 5. He recently played with some of the Player One community and is having alot of fun with it, it’s getting some support to improve the...

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Active Time Babble XXVII: Elder Scrolls V & World of WarCraft: Cataclysm | 12/16/2010

by Ross Adams in Games, Podcasts517 days ago

Scooter and Kat kick things off by discussing the big RPG announcements from the Spike VGA’s. Mass Effect 3 is first up, although there’s a slight diversion to discuss the last ME2 DLC; Lair of the Shadow Broker. They speculate whether the teased battle on Earth will be the main story element of the game or perhaps just the opening akin to the opening setpiece of Mass Effect 2. Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim was the other RPG annouced, Kat and Scooter discuss the enviroment variety and difference from Oblivion. Skyrim will apparently use a...

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Giant Bombcast 12-14-2010

by Ross Adams in Games, Podcasts521 days ago

The regular crew are joined by Popcap’s own Jeff Green for this weeks Bombcast. Some general conversation kicks off the show as usual, some of which of course focuses on Jeff Greens move from EA to Popcap. The free Doritos games released on XBLA this week start the game talk, Harm’s Way gets quickly written off but the Wipeout inspired Crash Course gets heaps of praise. Vinny and Ryan played some Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit together, with Ryan playing a whole lot more on his own. They love the game, they note that the autolog social...

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Player One Podcast – Episode 216 (12/13/10) – Wonka Tails

by Ross Adams in Games, Podcasts521 days ago

Greg Sewart is back this week and jumps right into the hosting chair. It’s a pretty packed show this week and as a result there’s no listener tweets, although there is an extended zinger at the end of the show. After some bragging from Ford about how easy it was to crush the other guys scores on Marvel Pinball it’s onto some proper game talk. Ford wants to follow-up his Epic Mickey talk from last week, he missed out a fairly integral game mechanic due to distraction from Phils very impressive Mickey Mouse impression. Paint and...

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Player One Podcast – Episode 215 (12/07/10) – Epic Meh-ckey

by Ross Adams in Games526 days ago

It’s a three man show again this week with Greg Sewart still out recovering from illness. Tweets fill the first half of the show, with subjects ranging from World of Warcraft to whether certain games would review differently if not part of a popular franchise. Ford played Disney Epic Mickey and for the most part isn’t particularly impressed. While he’s somewhat taken by the art style he was immediately put off by the terrible controls and camera system. The guys comment that on  a system with games like Mario Galaxy you really...

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Giant Bombcast 12-07-2010

by Ross Adams in Games527 days ago

Things kick off in a oddly morbid fashion this week with a discussion of meat based meals leading to stories of animal butchering and other related farm activities. With that out of the way it’s onto Assassin’s Creed: Brotherhood, which Vinny has now finished. This leads into a debate about save systems, with Vinny commenting that Brotherhood telling him he’s lose unsaved progress wasn’t especially helpful since it didn’t give him the option to save or told him when it last saved. After briefly talking about their purchase...

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Giant Bombcast 11-30-2010

by Ross Adams in Games535 days ago

As  you might expect from the Bombcast it’s game talk mixed with tales of Thanksgiving mixed with game talk on this weeks episode. Vinny kicks things off with Assassin’s Creed: Brotherhood by explaining he might have been mistaken about his 23 hours played from last weeks show, due to a weird way the game tracks playtime. It certainly has him hooked, as he lists off several games he had planned to play but never got to thanks to Brotherhood. He also never got round to joining Brad who was busy finishing Borderlands. He now recognises...

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Player One Podcast – Episode 214 (11/29/10) – Kong of Duty

by Ross Adams in Games535 days ago

No Greg Sewart again this week, he’s bed-ridden with pneumonia! After the guys have finished wishing Greg a speedy recovery (get well soon Greg!) it’s onto listener tweets. Questions asked/answered include food eaten over thanksgiving, what Black Friday deals the crew got and what they’d changed about video game history. There’s not alot of game talk this week but it kicks off with Cave Story (and a quick plug for CastMedium) which has been released for DSiWare this week. Phil doesn’t really say anything about the game...

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Giant Bombcast 11-23-2010

by Ross Adams in Games542 days ago

This weeks Bombcast gets off to an explicit start, with the discussion of Assassin’s Creed: Brotherhood leading to Vinny dropping the “C word” for the second time in the shows history. Vinny has managed to play 23 hours of Brotherhood and hasn’t even hit content that Ryan got to after 5 hours. Needless to say he’s taking things slow, exploring the world and doing many side tasks. Jeff also played the game and in contrast to Vinny he played it for a day and finished it, he doesn’t talk too much about the singleplayer...

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Player One Podcast – Episode 213 (11/22/10) – Pac-Man Fever

by Ross Adams in Games543 days ago

Greg Ford is MIA this week so it’s a 3 man show, Greg Sewart is still suffering through his illness so expect a few coughs throughout. Once Phil explains how he was hunted by the law over the last week it’s onto the actual show. Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit is up first, Sewart and CJ played it together and seperately. They praise the social network aspect of the game which really encourages players to try and best their friends scores, although CJ wishes it had integration into the dashboard in some way. Playing on PSN with random people...

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Active Time Babble XXVI: Radiant Historia, DC Universe and Costume Quest | 11/18/2010

by Ross Adams in Games547 days ago

It’s a packed episode this week with three segments and four games between them. Kicking things off Jeremy joins Kat to talk about Tactics Ogre and Radiant Historia. He goes in depth on both games various battle systems and relations to the stories. As you might expect from a discussion about a couple of hardcore JRPGs there’s alot to taken in here. For the second segment Kat is joined by resident comic expert Mike Cruz aswell as the not quite an expert but still knowledgeable Scooter. They are there to talk about DC Universe Online,...

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Giant Bombcast 11-16-2010

by Ross Adams in Games549 days ago

Brad was in Korea last week, to cover various Starcraft 2 tournaments and get a first hand look at the culture surrounding the series. As a result the first half hour or so of this weeks Bombcast is filled with Starcraft 2 talk, alot of which you probably won’t understand (who is Boxer exactly?). Once that’s dealt with though it’s down to some game talk. Vinny managed to finish two games over the weekend, namely Black Ops and The Force Unleashed 2. He starts off with his thoughts on TFU2, while he had fun with it he doesn’t...

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Player One Podcast – Episode 212 (11/15/10) – On the Sly

by Ross Adams in Games550 days ago

At first it looked like Greg Sewart wouldn’t be on this weeks show but he made it, screaming children and all. While they wait for Sewart to help out with the kids the remaining 3 hosts hit some tweets from listeners. Kicking off with some Game of the Year talk, CJ tries to go with Rock Band 3 but Phil and Ford call him out for picking a game that’s not new enough to be a candidate in their eyes. The guys discuss some games from earlier in the year that they think could be up for consideration, such as Alan Wake and Red Dead Redemption. The...

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Giant Bombcast 11-09-2010

by Ross Adams in Games556 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...

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

by Ross Adams in Games556 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...

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