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The Oddcast – Episode 50 – 1/18/2011

by Alex Martin in Games, Misc, Movies386 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,...

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1UP.com – The Oddcast – 12/20/2010

by Alex Martin in Misc415 days ago

This is no ordinary episode of the Oddcast. Instead, frequent contributor Tole Cover presents a dance mega-mix of their best bits. His blog post lists the samples (from Auld Lang Syne to Jay Z) and explains why he’s done this. He’s been working on it since August, and must really love the podcast to have put this level of work into a 20-minute-plus mix. And if you think this is a good idea, keep an eye on the ongoing My Brother, My Brother and Me mix-tape project. Happy holidays from the 1UP Oddcast crew! Special remix by @tole_cover. Runtime...

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The Oddcast: 12/13/2010

by Alex Martin in Games, Movies423 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...

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The Oddcast: 11/24/2010

by Alex Martin in Games441 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...

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The Oddcast – 11/15/2010

by Alex Martin in Games449 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...

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The Oddcast – 11/05/2010

by Alex Martin in Games460 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,...

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The Oddcast – 11/02/2010

by Alex Martin in Games464 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...

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The Oddcast – 10/22/2010

by Alex Martin in Games, Movies474 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...

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The Oddcast: 10/04/2010

by Alex Martin in Games491 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...

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The Oddcast: 09/27/2010

by Alex Martin in Games499 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...

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The Oddcast: 09/20/2010

by Alex Martin in Games507 days ago

Sam’s missing this week, but Chris, Sharkey, and Tina start with their highlights of the Tokyo Game Show. Chris is looking forward to Fire Pro Wrestling, and Tina is confused but excited by Atlus’s action RPG Catherine. A lowlight was Team Ico’s questionable reasoning behind changing the Last Guardian’s hero’s gender. If Fumito Ueda’s reasoning that girls can’t wear pants or grip things wasn’t sexist, some of the comments on1UP’s story were. The PlayStation Move is out, to nobody’s excitement,...

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The Oddcast: 09/13/2010

by Alex Martin in Games514 days ago

Alice Liang steps in for Chris Plante for the first Oddcast since the Penny Arcade Expo. Naturally, the show starts with their experience of kilts, capes, and cosplay in Seattle, and the STDs their Nintendo DSes caught there. The Tokyo Game Show starts this Thursday, and they specualte about its attractions and reminisce about TGSes and Tokyo whiskey-bars past. After twenty minutes, they get to the odd news of the week. This include’s Walmart accidentally announcing MAG 2, the survival of Kinect’s object-scanning capability, and Microsoft...

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The Oddcast: 09/01/2010

by Alex Martin in Games525 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...

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The Oddcast: 08/20/2010

by Alex Martin in Games536 days ago

Matt Leone is in for Sam Kennedy to discuss this week’s odd news with the rest of the regular crew. Rare is to update Xbox Avatars to more human-like proportions, so people playing Kinect will be less confused. Italian advocacy group Unico National has asked Take-Two to not to release Mafia II. Realtime Worlds is facing financial difficulties, but has rehired some staff. The National Youth Rights Association is preparing to fight for the future of video games with a dossier of socially, artistically, and politically valuable games. Halo Reach...

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The Oddcast: 08/11/2010

by Alex Martin in Games547 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...

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