CastMedium » Games http://www.castmedium.com Thu, 28 Jul 2011 06:13:16 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2 CastMedium Podcast 092 – PTW ahoy! http://www.castmedium.com/2011/07/28/castmedium-podcast-092-ptw-ahoy/ http://www.castmedium.com/2011/07/28/castmedium-podcast-092-ptw-ahoy/#comments Thu, 28 Jul 2011 06:07:58 +0000 Jonathan Downin http://www.castmedium.com/?p=12409 Okay people, this is it, for real. This is the last episode of the CastMedium Podcast. Not too much explanation needed other than we are taking this show into new territory. Game Thing Daily, and the recently launch Tech Thing Daily, are where we are doing our thing now, so it only makes sense to do this thing, there.

We will still be doing a weekly podcast, and it will still be Jon, Erik and myself — just a little different. The CastMedium Podcast is transmogrifying into Podcast Thing Weekly (credit goes to Jon for this bit of genius). We are still not quite sure how and where we will post the show, but the feed will stay the same, so no need to re-subscribe. The new show will appear in your podcast catcher of choice as it always has.

Onto this week’s topics:

  • Bastion
  • From Dust
  • Insanely Twisted Shadow Planet
  • Jon’s PSPgo purchase
  • FemSheps
  • Google+
  • Incoherent OS X Lion ramblings
  • New TWiT digs

We’ll be back, better than ever next week, so stay tuned, we are just getting started!

If you missed the raw podcast chunk from last weeks scrapped show, here’s your chance to catch it. (NSFW)

Also, keep on eye on Jon’s blog over the next few days for a forthcoming review of Insanely Twisted Shadow Planet.

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Games

  • Uncharted 3 Beta (Jon & Erik)
  • Team Fortress 2 (Jon)
  • Dungeon Raid (Jon)
  • Alpha Protocol (Erik)
  • Frozen Synapse (Jonathan)

Movies

  • Dear Zachary (Erik)
  • Splice (Jonathan)

Television

  • Star Trek: The Next Generation (Jon)
  • Deadwood (Erik)
  • Treme (Jonathan)
  • BSG (Jonathan)
  • Curb (Jonathan)

Music

  • Destroyer – Kaputt (Erik)
  • AV Club – Summer Break covers (Erik)

Whatever Else

  • Game of Thrones book dropped on July 12th

Erik and I talked about having extra codes to a certain game on Steam. Listen to the show and if you are interested hit @castmedium or @jonathandownin with a request. First two people get ‘em!

Also, if you aren’t ready GTD, you should be, and even if you are, don’t miss the launch of Tech Thing Daily on Monday!

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We cover the full gamut of recent rumors surrounding the alleged presence of next-gen Xbox development kits, the Wii U, importance of services going forward, Sony’s stance in the hardware game and much more. Jump in and get a taste of what our pre-show conversations are like every week.

Also, Summer jams and struts.

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Trenched just hit XBLA this week, and Ross reviewed it for XBLAfans, so we start off with that. Then it is on to the games of Summer of Arcade: Bastion, Insanely Twisted Shadow Planet, From Dust, Fruit Ninja Kinect and Toy Soldiers: Cold War.

We also hit the announcement of Halo: Anniversary edition and the recent confirmation of Kinect functionality.

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In games it is a mix of throwbacks and new technology. I spend a few contradiction-filled minutes talking about Dream:scape (I really do like it) and then hit some DarkStar One. Then it is on to Jon who has finally made the plunge into OnLive.

Jon kicks off movies with some X-Men: First Class talk, and then I hit a trio of documentaries from HBO. Erik starts TV talk with Game of Thrones (no spoilers) and that leads into some serious Peter Dinklage and The Station Agent love.

It wouldn’t be a MCC episode without some music talk, so, here, enjoy some Nicki Minaj (NSFW):

Also, Erik likes him some Bon Iver.

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We hit the big 3 in our discussion starting with the Wii U. Opinions get a little divided on Nintendo’s forthcoming console/controller, but we can all agree that it’s at least interesting. The PSVita gets its due time and then it is on to talk about Microsoft’s relatively modest showing.

It’s another long one clocking in at 45+ minutes, but just be thankful that Erik was around to keep Jon and I in check because this thing could have easily gone 3 times as long.

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Once we get through the big 3 we hit some smaller topics and get lost in a world where J Allard is behind everything, and nothing we know is real.

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We took a look at good ‘ol Wikipedia and pulled the biggest announcements from each year and spend time hitting the topics in bold:

  • ’95 – PS1 & Saturn
  • ’96 – N64 unveiling, Super Mario 64
  • ’97 – Half-Life, MGS
  • ’98 – Duke, Ocarina
  • ’99 – Dreamcast
  • ’00 – PS2 & MGS2, Xbox & Halo
  • ’01 – GameCube
  • ’02 – Xbox Live, wireless controllers (Wavebird)
  • ’03 – Half-Life 2
  • ’04 – PSP & DS, Unreal Engine 3
  • ’05 – 360 & PS3
  • ’06 – Wii
  • ’07 -
  • ’08 -
  • ’09 – Kinect & Move
  • ’10 – 3DS

We will be doing our E3 predictions show next week, so hit us up on twitter and let us know what you expect, or would like to see come out of E3 2011.

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There is a lot of great stuff in here, but even if you are not going to look into all of the things we mention this time around, do yourself a favor and catch the 2 videos below. They are both music related, but they are both amazing in their own rights. Michael Bolton – Straight out of Compton — Someone make this happen.

TV

  • The Wire
  • Game of Thrones
  • Sherlock
  • Ken Burns – Civil War
  • 24

Games

  • Section 8: Prejudice
  • Defense Grid
  • L.A. Noire
  • Brink
  • League of Evil (iOS)
  • Mortal Kombat

Music

  • Lonely Island – Turtleneck & Chain
  • Lupe Fiasco – Lasers
  • N.W.A. – Straight Outta Compton

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This was one of the most fun episodes we have ever recorded, so give it a listen!

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