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by Alex Martin in Games, Misc, Movies387 days ago

Starting the episode in medias res, Alice, Chris, Sam, and Tina laugh at Jerry Rice and Nitus’ Dog Football for Wii. The latest trailer for Catherine is almost as bizarre, but for sexier reasons. Next, they move on to a Nintendo-heavy news segment. Nintendo CEO, Satoru Iwata, admitted the 3DS is probably safe for young children. Indie developer The Behemoth is holding a Castle Crashers tournament with a gold-plated Xbox 360 as the grand prize. Nobody’s surprised at Nintendo’s plans to repackage old games for the 3DS. Finally,...

The Oddcast: 12/13/2010

by Alex Martin in Games, Movies424 days ago

In this episode — recorded before Saturday’s Spike Video Game Awards — Chris, Sam, Tina, Alice, and her Otamatone start with last week’s odd news. But only after tales of last year’s VGAs, and last month’s 1Up staff trip to New York City. The first topic they analyse is Activision’s insistence, despite terrible sales of Tony Hawk Shred, that the pro skater is still relevant. Kratos’ cameo in the next Mortal Kombat reminds Chris of how excited he is for the fighter. And Japanese horror game Ikenie...

The Oddcast: 11/24/2010

by Alex Martin in Games442 days ago

Scott Weber fills in for Chris Plante in this short Thanksgiving podcast. It starts with news of Mark Wahlberg being cast as Nathan Drake in the Uncharted movie. Tina asks why everyone seems to prefer Nathan Fillion for the role. In China, buys you ten minutes on the world’s second-largest LED screen. A Chinese gamer recently used that time to play an unspecified MMO in front of shoppers. Also from China, the i-dong is a Kinect-like device with an unfortunate name. They describe Double Fine’s next game — Stacking — before...

The Oddcast – 11/15/2010

by Alex Martin in Games450 days ago

Naughty Bear — a game Tina was initially excited for — and Wet — a filmic shooter — are getting sequels despite their lukewarm critical receptions. Gran Turismo 5 should be able to stick to its new release date: next Wednesday (24th). They’re not excited by THQ’s plans to make game discs cheaper, but release lots of premium DLC. After getting side-tracked by complaints about Black Ops’ multiplayer, they finish the week’s odd news, including Spanish street-names, Bobby Kotick’s side of the Brütal...

The Oddcast – 11/05/2010

by Alex Martin in Games461 days ago

After stories about annoying baristas and free Nerf ammo, the Oddcast crew discuss 1UP’slatest cover story of how gaming history could have been different. Before the oft-delayed Gran Turismo 5 has even made it to retail, Polyphony are talking about Gran Turismo 6. They’re puzzled at the lack of Pokémon on Amazon Japan’s list of best-selling games of the last decade. Talk of a Shadow Complex sequel is a bit of a non-story. And Assassin’s Creed: Brotherhood will feature a cameo from Metal Gear Solid’s Raiden. Next,...

The Oddcast – 11/02/2010

by Alex Martin in Games465 days ago

One billion hours are spent on Xbox Live every month. That’s the news that kicks off the Oddcast, once the baseball chat is out of the way. Take Two and Capcom both had some high-profile departures this week — CEO Ben Feder left the GTA publisher to “travel in Asia with his family”, while Keiji Inafune departed the publisher of his Onimusha and Dead Rising creations to make games elsewhere. News of increased PlayStation 3 sales coincides with the return of a certain über-troll to 1UP’s boards. The latest bad-parent-also-plays-games...

The Oddcast – 10/22/2010

by Alex Martin in Games, Movies475 days ago

After wishing the departed Sharkey well, the surviving crew plus Alice Liang get to the week’s game news. Remakes of Space Channel 5 Part 2, Sega Bass Fishing, God of War 1 and 2, and Konami’s X-Men arcade game prompt Chris to ask why people are excited at this recycling. THQ have opened their new Montreal Studio, with Assassin’s Creed creative director Patrice Desilets at the helm. Level 5 and Capcom are co-developing a Professor Layton-Phoenix Wright cross-over for the 3DS. They wonder what EA are getting from their acquisition...

The Oddcast: 10/04/2010

by Alex Martin in Games492 days ago

1UP’s Oddcast starts with news of Gears of War 3′s delay. It’s coming out next fall for business reasons. The 3DS also got a later-than-expected release date in Japan — February 2011. Ninjatown 2 might be as absent from games devices as the Taliban from Medal of Honor multiplayer. Sharkey’s not happy EA placated people taken in by a journalist’s manufactured controversy. Chris joins the shenanigans-calling fun as Microsoft have denied Kinect needs an internal processor. God’s Toothpick is the subject of...

The Oddcast: 09/27/2010

by Alex Martin in Games500 days ago

Chris has been eaten by bedbugs, so Matt Leone steps in. He, Sam, Sharkey, and Tina start with the surprising news of a Michael Jackson MMO coming in 2011. Meanwhile, in Chinatown, PS3 controllers are exploding. Less surprisingly, Halo: Reach didn’t sell well in Japan. THQ CEO Brian Farrell thinks smaller, cheaper games are the future, and EA Sports Head Peter Moore doesn’t think 3D is the future. Netlfix has made it to Canadian consoles. Lastly, Batman: Arkham City may feature vehicles and co-operative play. Next, they recommend a...

The Oddcast: 09/01/2010

by Alex Martin in Games526 days ago

Very lately or very punctually — depending on your viewpoint — it’s the Oddcast. (With profanity and eating noises from the start.) Sam is back from Germany and Holland, where he visited Cologne’s Gamescom and Amsterdam’s Amsterdam. He briefly reports on Ratchet and Clank: All 4 One before telling of the results of drinking at conventions. The Least Popular Character Tournament rages on, and they commentate on the results. In odd news, Valve talked about their cancelled fairy game and what was so bad about it. Microsoft...

The Oddcast: 08/11/2010

by Alex Martin in Games548 days ago

This week, the Oddcast substitutes one Scott for another — Weber is in for Sharkey. In odd news, Activision will be combating the used-games market… somehow. EA are fighting internal competition (and the used-games market) by releasing both their NBA games — Elite and Jam — together on PS3 and 360. Blizzard are battling obscenity by deleting StarCraft 2 maps. Just as I run out of synonyms for “fight”, they touch upon Privates — the free sex-ed shooter. Tina also mentions Five Minutes to Kill Yourself Wedding...

The Oddcast: 08/04/2010

by Alex Martin in Games555 days ago

The crew start this Oddcast lamenting the strange way Battlefield 3 was announced this week (although it was actually announced previously). Metalocalypse: Dethgame, based on the cult cartoon series, has been cancelled. APB developer, Realtime Worlds, has unveiled Project: MyWorld, their answer to Google Earth. New Line Cinema have shifted gears on their Gears of War movie, lowering its budget and fitting in a love interest. After the news, they talk about Cut It and Redder — two free games. The former is Crayon Physics creator Petri Purho’s...

The Oddcast: 07/26/2010

by Alex Martin in Games564 days ago

Matt Leone steps in for Chris Grant to read the week’s weird news, talk about free games, and answer bizarre emails. In the news, the Wall Street Journal made unfounded claims about StarCraft 2′s development costs. Women (might) buy more virtual goods than men. 11 states will support California’s anti-first amendment policies, which Sharkey has a quick, coherent rant against. The UK government cancelled proposed tax breaks for developers (last month), and Epic are letting gamers choose whether a character lives or dies in...

1UP.com – The Oddcast – 07/16/2010

by Alex Martin in Games572 days ago

Oddly, Namco-Bandai are ushering in the 2012 apocalypse with a 3D Pac Man cartoon. The ESRB inadvertently shared pro-privacy campaigners’ email addresses. GameStop have admitted they don’t like selling used games. Warner Bros. have registered more Batman URLs than Giant Bomb ever will. Sean Murray (Hello Games) said he released his game Joe Danger on PSN because XBLA is “a slaughterhouse” for indies. They fantasize about what the cancelled Shaolin Monks sequel could have been and discuss Japanese 360 sales and Call...

The Oddcast: 07/09/2010

by Alex Martin in Games580 days ago

The regular crew are back to discuss some of the week’s weird happenings. First of these is the backlash to Frank Cifaldi’s dispassionate review of the Monkey Island 2 Special Edition, which made it clear that the original game was a classic but the remake did it a disservice. NASA has released Moonbase Alpha, a free MMO, in preparation for a bigger project it hopes will get young people excited about space exploration. Monster Hunter Frontier has got Japanese people excited about the Xbox 360 slim, which saw an 800% increase in sales...

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