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The Geekbox

The Geekbox: Episode 61

by Jon Cole in Games, Movies, TV766 days ago

At the top of this week’s show, Karen talks a little bit about a podcast she’s recently started listening to, Jordan Jesse Go, and the strange debacle with Penny Arcade’s Mike and Jerry that earned a lot of frustration in the podcasting community.  On a completely unrelated note, Ryan talks a little bit about his recent viewing of Clash of the Titans, which he essentially boils down to a series of ridiculous setpieces designed to be chopped up for a sweet trailer. The recent trailers for The Losers and The A-Team inspires a little...

The Geekbox

The Geekbox: Episode 59

by Jon Cole in Games, TV779 days ago

This week’s Geekbox starts off with the sad news that Ryan Higgins’s store got broken into on the one year anniversary of his apartment burning down, so unfortunately this guy doesn’t attract great luck.  After a couple scuffles over Dunkin Donuts and fluffernutters, Ryan Scott and Karen talk about their time at PAX East, which they say felt a little inferior compared to the Seattle version though still proved to be a lot of fun. In terms of panels, Karen said she most enjoyed the Journalists vs. Developers discussion, which leads...

The Geekbox

The Geekbox: Episode 58

by Jon Cole in Games, Movies, TV785 days ago

The Geekbox welcomes Karen Chu back from a four-week hiatus, starting off conversation with her experiences at South By Southwest Interactive.  Having hosted a panel, she has a somewhat unique opinion about the big picture topics talked about in Austin, so things kick off interestingly.  On a similar note, Ryan talks a little bit about his future PAX East panel, joining up with Anthony Gallegos and the guys over at Game Scoop! Strangely enough, games discussion begins with Higgins’s time playing MLB 2010: The Show, which he’s been...

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The Geekbox: Episode 54

by Jon Cole in Games, Movies, TV814 days ago

With the UGO redesign over and his vacation complete, Mike Cruz finally returns to the Geekbox to talk about… Old Spice commercials and green screening.  Fortunately, Burn Notice talk comes up next and Fitch deals some dirt on a potential steamy relationship with Michael Westen and a relatively new character. Ryan Scott has been playing P.B. Winterbottom, a highly stylized puzzle game that is built upon time-shifting mechanics reminiscent of Braid.  Running on Xbox Live for only 800 points, Ryan thinks the game is worth far more than that...

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The Geekbox: Episode 52

by Jon Cole in Games, TV827 days ago

The Geekbox starts off with plenty of television talk, with Lost’s return, Burn Notice’s continuation, and Smallville’s newfound freshness.  If you’re particularly wary of spoilers and haven’t checked out the season premiere of Lost, skip 7:30 – 38:00. Higgins has been playing some more Star Trek Online and it seems like Fitch might give it a go, after the idea of playing as a Ferengi piqued his interest.  Bioshock 2′s release captured Karen’s attention, driving her to go to a launch party.  Unfortunately, nobody else...

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The Geekbox: Episode 51

by Jon Cole in Games, TV834 days ago

The Geekbox comes early this week and Ryan Scott pledges that he’ll post the show every Tuesday to preempt each week’s episode of Lost.  Appropriately, the guys talk about a lot of television, covering the great return to form of Burn Notice and the four minute preview of the season premiere of Lost. For once, the Geekbox crew is on the edge of games coverage, with Karen playing a little bit of Mass Effect 2.  Unfortunately, she hasn’t had much time to play the game, but she seems mostly interested in the plot and apprehensive about the...

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The Geekbox: Episode 50

by Jon Cole in Games, TV841 days ago

Patrick Joynt joins the Geekbox crew this week and clearly wants to talk some Avatar.  Unfortunately, there’s not much new to hear from the regulars, with Patrick and Karen mustering a small defense for the visual effects and characterization. For those of you who are weary of Burn Notice spoilers, have no fear!  Patrick and Karen didn’t get a chance to check out the latest episode, so both Ryans and Fitch try to talk around the plot.  In other television news, Lost premiers next week, so Ryan Scott tosses out some major questions that he’d...

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The Geekbox: Episode 49

by Jon Cole in Games, TV845 days ago

This week’s Geekbox gets to the meat right off the bat, pumping up the games conversation more than usual.  Higgins hunted down a nearby Del Taco for a Star Trek Online shuttle craft code and also threw $240 at a lifetime subscription, so you’re sure to hear more about the game in the coming weeks.  Karen got a chance to check out the game, expressing a little bit of frustration with the space combat, which could be attributed to her inability to drive. Karen has also been “playing” Wii Sports Active, which scratches her...

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The Geekbox: Episode 48

by Jon Cole in Games, Movies, TV854 days ago

After a little bit of light talk about television, Ryan Higgins talks about his recent experiences with Demon’s Souls.  He’s been encountering the odd game design choices that people often complain about and it’s particularly interesting to hear a take on the game from someone who doesn’t play a wide variety of games.  Ultimately, he’s been enjoying the game, despite the lack of instruction of basic game mechanics. Fitch has been playing Bayonetta and makes a fairly original comparison to God Hand, which had a similar over-the-top style...

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The Geekbox: Episode 45

by Jon Cole in Games874 days ago

The Geekbox starts it off on a fairly “light” note this week, following up on the discussion of racism in Disney movies brought up last week.  Luckily, they move away from this touchy subject to talk about the new Games on Demand service offered by Games for Windows Live on PC.  Ryan Scott asks why someone would use the service with respect to the vastly superior Steam platform, but Karen rebuts with the somewhat obvious note that GFWL offers achievements and Microsoft is likely building the pipes for a later, expanded delivery system that’s...

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The Geekbox: Episode 44

by Jon Cole in Games, Movies, TV882 days ago

The Geekbox is all over the map this week, with very little talk about video games in particular.  Karen gets into it the most with her discussion of Umloud 2009, which was a charity event for Child’s Play that took place in the past week.  Later on in the show, Mega Man 10 is briefly touched upon with a fair amount of cynicism due to Mega Man 9’s difficulty and the contrived artwork that continues in its sequel. Doctor Who and the Venture Bros. are mainstay television topics of the show and are discussed at length.  Fitch got a chance to...

Mobcast

Mobcast Episode 30

by Jon Cole in Games907 days ago

This week’s Mobcast welcomes the Legendary Thread reunion, teased on last week’s Geekbox.  The podcast begins with the origins of World of Warcraft as told by Blizzard’s Sam Didier, Cory Stockton, and Greg Street, who continue to cut in throughout the podcast with inside stories. As may be expected, the crew can’t help but discuss how they got initially addicted to WoW and how they eventually tried to get put the game down.  Demian talks about how he’s been going cold turkey for two months after five years of addiction, only to pick...

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