CastMedium Podcast 077 – Back to the news

by Jonathan Downin in Games, Tech408 days ago

We missed hitting the news like we used to so it is back to it this week. Here are the topics we hit: Games Battlefield Play4Free Skyrim screens Updated Xbox disc format Mass Effect 2 Arrival DLC Xbox Live Rewards “Gamer IQ” Sweepstakes - http://rewards.xbox.com/gamer-iq/ Tech New York Times paywall Jon’s Android experience Amazon App Store for Android Follow us: @castmedium Jonathan Downin - @jonathandownin - Game Thing Daily Jon Cole - @jonathanacole Ross Adams - @randomlyrossy Alex Martin - @ADewiM Runtime - 40:07 Links...

Engadget exodus ends with encouragement (updated)

by Jon Cole in News410 days ago

As an Engadget faithful and podcast junkie, news that Paul Miller, Joshua Topolsky, and Nilay Patel were leaving the site left me a bit distressed. In one fell sweep, the Engadget Podcast was no more. In a move to try to preserve some connection with the personalities at my favorite tech website, I began to listen to the Engadget Mobile Podcast hosted by frequent flagship guest Chris Ziegler. Much to my surprise and continued dismay, Chris announced on his latest show that he was also leaving the site in favor of greener pastures. Luckily, these...

Required Listening: Bethesda Podcast Oblivion Special

by Jon Cole in Games412 days ago

Up until this point, The Bethesda Podcast has been fairly reigned in, with the longest episode featuring the conversational John Carmack. The latest episode changes this trend, bringing out all the stops for an Oblivion 5th Anniversary podcast. Similar to the format of some Irrational Podcasts, the first half of the show is dedicated to the most memorable moments of development as spoken from the mouths of the developers themselves. This gives a ton of insight into the thinking behind some of the most entertaining quests, including the origins of...

CastMedium Podcast 076 – iPad talk

by Jonathan Downin in Uncategorized415 days ago

It’s all about the iPad this week since Jon finally decided to take the plunge into the world of large screen iOS land. Jon hits his general impressions of his new iPad and then we go directly into games and close-out with a short app section. Here’s a fat list of the games/apps we cover: Galaxy on Fire 2 Sword & Sworcery Aralon HD Fling iPad joystick accessories Infinity Field Robokill Battleheart iPacross NFS Hot Pursuit Flipboard Terra Follow us: @castmedium Jonathan Downin - @jonathandownin - Game Thing Daily Jon Cole...

CastMedium Podcast 075 – Homefront Talk

by Jonathan Downin in Games422 days ago

It’s time to talk about games– well, a game that is. It’s all about Homefront this week. That’s right, all 3 of us played through it and are here to share our opinions on the experience. We spend 40+ minutes talking about the story, the gameplay and multiplayer. It’s not all great, but there are some surprising things about Homefront that you will miss if you write it off without playing it. Also, don’t miss this informative article about podcasting. It covers the gamut from preparation and motivation to editing...

Idle Thumbs GDC 2011

by Jon Cole in Games428 days ago

It’s been made pretty clear over the last year that the CastMedium staff members are big fans of (The) Idle Thumbs (Podcast), despite the fact that their feed has remained dormant for almost six months. Fortunately, that fact has recently been dashed by a couple of “Conf Grenades” that the guys released during this year’s Game Developers Conference. Since these podcasts have managed to fly under some of our radars despite nearly rabid fandom, we thought it might be useful to bring them to the attention of both Idle Thumbs...

CastMedium Podcast 074 – Media Consumption Corner #2

by Jonathan Downin in Games, Movies, Tech428 days ago

We are back this week with another Media Consumption Corner episode. We hit the Engadget departures and then get on to the consumables. Here’s a fat list of the stuff we have been consuming: Games: Dead Space 2 Pokemon Black Might and Magic: Clash of Heroes Dragon Age (1 & 2) Tech: Death of the Zune iPad 2 (Real Racing 2 HD) Movies: OldBoy King’s Speech True Grit Yes Man Also, I put up a video showing some games on iPad vs. iPad 2 over at Game Thing Daily, so check that out if you want a quick look at how the two iPads handle...

Required Listening: The best of 1UP Yours year 1

by Ross Adams in Podcasts441 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...

CastMedium Podcast 073 – Macbook Pro/iPad 2 talk

by Jonathan Downin in Tech443 days ago

We have been pretty tech-heavy recently, and that trend continues this week. Apple took it upon themselves to dominate the post-CES tech space with a sizable update to their MacBook Pro line and a move to outclass the forthcoming tablet competition. It was high time that I upgrade my machine so I picked up a 2.2 quad core i7 15″ with 1680×1050 (yeah, we messed up the resolution in the podcast) screen upgrade. It’s a fine machine and we touch on the upgrades in the recent Sandy Bridge iteration. The big news is the iPad 2. It seems...

Talking Points #1 – Mobile games in a traditional gaming context

by Jonathan Downin in Games444 days ago

We offered some personal podcast recommendations last week, and this week we are starting a new series of posts. The Talking Points series of posts will focus on finding interesting conversation points from podcasts, pointing you towards them, and furthering the discussion in the comments. This week I am ripping straight from the inspiration of this idea, Jon’s twitter post from last week regarding a discussion on Rebel FM featuring Ryan O’Donnell arguing the merits of iOS games in the gaming space. Arthur is staunch in his stance...

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

by Ross Adams in Games448 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, TV450 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, TV450 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 Podcasts452 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, Site457 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....

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