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GWJ Conference Call Episode 204

by Jon Cole in Games618 days ago

Duke Nukem Forever talk appropriately opens up the GWJ PAX special, though nobody seems to be interested in it despite the widespread excitement. Bastion was a much bigger hit, with Shawn evangelizing the interesting narrative style and Julian shedding some light on some of the game’s more unique mechanics. On the other hand, the collective impressions of Little Big Planet 2 are split down the middle, with Elysium noting the well-implemented grappling hook but going as far as to name it his game of show. The fighting game renaissance continues...

GWJ Conference Call Episode 203

by Jon Cole in Games625 days ago

The GWJ crew has been a little excited about Mafia II up until now, so the opening of the show is even more disappointing as a result. Everyone but Lara has been playing it and they all seem to agree that the gameplay is sorely lacking with respect to the style and cutscenes, resorting to repetitive shootouts and overly mundane tasks. Shawn steers the conversation towards the far more positive, sharing his impressions on the co-op campaign of Lara Croft and the Guardian of Light. In the game’s five hours or so, he didn’t think it dipped...

GWJ Conference Call Episode 201

by Jon Cole in Games639 days ago

This week’s Gamers with Jobs is essentially a continuation of last week’s 200th episode, starting off as usual with games the guys have been playing. It’ll come to no GWJ fan’s surprise that Rob has been playing League of Legends and the rest of the guys have been playing more Starcraft II, the latter of which the guys briefly hit on once again. The first new game the guys discuss is the Mafia 2 demo, which Sands praises for solid controls and a seemingly engaging story. Shawn also talks about how impressive the game looks...

GWJ Conference Call Episode 199

by Jon Cole in Games653 days ago

The World of Warcraft speaking embargo drops on this episode of the Conference Call, starting things off with Cataclysm beta talk. It’s quickly established that this game is more of a sequel than an expansion, as far as new features and structure is concerned. Before too long, they hold back a little, saying that it’s likely they’ll be talking about WoW for months to come. Staying on the Blizzard train, the biggest game of the week is clearly Starcraft II. Julian brings up the well-worn topic of having a multiple Starcraft campaigns...

GWJ Conference Call Episode 197

by Jon Cole in Games668 days ago

At the top of the show, Allen and Shawn talk a bit about their time playing RUSE due to its free weekend on Steam. Despite the game’s great gameplay and solid interface, the guys take issue with Ubisoft’s DRM and sadly can’t absolutely recommend it. Deathspank is probably the biggest game to release this past week and the guys chime in with their thoughts. While they seemed to enjoy the humor that Ron Gilbert probably helped contribute to the game as well as the unique camera perspective, some of the gameplay mechanics like...

GWJ Conference Call Episode 195

by Jon Cole in Games681 days ago

This week’s show opens up with a question about the future of gaming for handicapped individuals and quickly transitions into talk about Singularity. Andrich and Sands liken it to a Bioshock-inspired FPS, except made by Raven Studios. Sean goes on to say that the game does an excellent job keeping you excited to see what’s around each upcoming corner. Shawn has also played Prince of Persia: The Forgotten Sands, which he fears might have been overlooked. He reports that it offers a fair amount of new things on top of the basic...

GWJ Conference Call Episode 194

by Jon Cole in Games688 days ago

Allen joins a fairly normal podcast today, starting things off with his impressions of OnLive. Rabbit brings up the idea that a $200 price point is essentially the price ceiling for new consoles, which tangentially pokes at the foundation of OnLive with its combined monthly subscription and cost of games. Risk: Factions has seemingly come out of nowhere and impresses everyone who got a chance to play it, offering some new features that integrate well into the standard Risk rule set. Sean breaks out yet another shocker that blew him away, Tranformers:...

Drunken Gamers Radio: 06.20.2010

by Jon Cole in Games696 days ago

Sean Sands from Gamers with Jobs makes his biyearly pilgrimage to the DGR studios this week, starting things off with Drunk Dials as usual. Listener mail reawakens Moe’s John’s undying love for Jeremy Parish, praises the new Mailbag theme, and dives into the wonders of 3D gaming. Hilden gives his impressions of Gundemonium, a shmup collection available on PSN. The games certainly aren’t for people who just want to dip their feet into shmups, due to the fact that they’re all pattern-based bullethell games. Ultimately,...

GWJ Conference Call Episode 192

by Jon Cole in Games702 days ago

Gamers with Jobs invites our very own Jonathan Downin to the show for his inaugural episode as both producer and podcaster, starting things off by giving him the floor to talk about games he’s been playing. Alan Wake has been a popular choice among the GWJ crew, allowing Rabbit another chance to harp on about its excellent thriller elements. Shawn talks a little bit about his time with Alpha Protocol, which he describes as an “uneven experience” due to inconsistencies between the reality of the world and the game mechanics. Jonathan gets...

GWJ Conference Call Episode 190

by Jon Cole in Games716 days ago

Every so often, the Gamers with Jobs get together for Rabbitcon, a meetup designed to facilitate the eating of many ribs and the playing of many games. As is custom, they take advantage of this strange physical contact to play a lot more board games than usual, which incidentally opens up this week’s podcast. The most talked about game seems to be an adaptation of Battlestar Galactica, though they talk about quite a few other ones along the way including an Old West-style scenario and D&D 4th edition. Rabbit finally finished building...

GWJ Conference Call Episode 189

by Jonathan Downin in Games724 days ago

Red Dead Redemption continues to be the center of attention with the GWJ crew getting right into it. Shawn is pretty high on the game, which should come as no surprise to anyone who heard him talk about it on this week’s CastMedium Podcast, but Sean is not finding the draw at 4 hours in. Sean argues that it is too much of a GTA game, and that makes it feel a little stale. Shawn finished Alan Wake and goes into some detail here. He again touts the game as a fun experience for couples. Alan also finished it and he chimes in with his thoughts...

GWJ Conference Call Episode 187

by Jonathan Downin in Games737 days ago

This week’s show starts with the guys talking about their latest community multiplayer game night with Tribes Next. It sounds like it was a good time and the next game up on the list is Counterstrike Source. 100 Rogues gets some more coverage and Sean picked up a new Xbox 360 Elite after his original console red ringed. He took this opportunity to go back to Halo: ODST since he missed it upon release and he is enjoying it. Julian is still working on his MAME cabinet and picked up an $80, 8 pound track ball. The bulk of the show is taken...

GWJ Conference Call Episode 185

by Jonathan Downin in Games751 days ago

Shawn is back and immediately laments his absence last week in wake of Rob’s negative opinion of Splinter Cell. Shawn has been enjoying the game a lot and argues that Rob’s opinions on games prove to be as specific as always. The guys also discuss some smaller PC strategy game before Cory goes into his impressions of Halo: Reach after seeing it last week. For more in-depth commentary, see his pieces on Joystiq. The main topic of discussion this week is classic multiplayer games. Everyone runs down their favorites and many classics are...

GWJ Conference Call Episode 184

by Jonathan Downin in Games759 days ago

Shawn is out again this week so Cory is back in the host seat. Rob starts the game talk with Splinter Cell Conviction and while he enjoyed his time with it, he just wasn’t pulled-in by the experience. Lara talks about her time with Final Fantasy XIII, which was 5 minutes, and she will not be going back to it. Julian has been gaming on his iPad a lot and he talks about a few games including the iPad version of Sam & Max: The Penal Zone. While it sounds like it is a bit buggy, he says that it is still a great experience. The main attraction...

GWJ Conference Call Episode 177

by Jonathan Downin in Games807 days ago

Sean “Elysium” Sands is back and he has quite a backlog of games to cover, but he pears it down to just a few. He has been putting some time into Star Trek Online, and after not completely feeling it at first, he has come around to enjoying the game. Elysium also touches on Everquest 2 and Titan Quest before the group moves on to Heavy Rain. Shawn and Julian praise the game for its use of contextual and subtle control prompts within scenes. The topic of the week is tension in games and there are many different ideas explored here. Having...

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