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at1UP: 10/27/2009

by Jonathan Downin in Games, Misc, TV934 days ago

Sam is jumping in to join the regular crew this week. Things kick off with discussion about the new Castlevania the Adventure Rebirth. It seems like it is going to be a throw-back to the classic SNES entries in the series. Sam touches on Lego Universe for a bit and it sounds like it could turn out to be a cool, creative MMO experience. Rachet and Clank gets some time before Travis talks about his experience with Eufloria, which was also featured on this week’s CO-OP. Left 4 Dead 2 is the game featured on tonight’s 1UP game night, so...

at1UP: 10/20/2009

by Jonathan Downin in Games, Movies941 days ago

It’s a long episode this week. Scooter is on talking about Borderlands since he reviewed it earlier in the week. It’s safe to say that he is enjoying the game a whole lot considering his B+ score. Jade talks about her semi-frustrating experience with Cooking Mama 3 and shares a love for the cuteness that is A Boy and His Blob. 1UP has added 2 more blog/columns to the site. Chiptuned and Add to Queue are centered around music in games and movies respectively. It nice to see 1UP offering more coverage on things in the periphery of gaming. In...

at1UP: 10/06/2009

by Jonathan Downin in Games, Misc955 days ago

It’s a big crew this week with Justin Haywald and Ray Barnholt sitting in. Justin is quickly becoming the most exposed person at 1UP with him appearing in so many podcasts recently. The Rocket Knight 1UP cover story starts things off, but the focus quickly moves to Ray who picked up a PSPgo and attempts to argue its merits. It doesn’t seem like anyone else is leaning towards buying one other than Ray though. Sharkey’s recent Top 5 Insane Sony Ads sparks some reminiscing about how Sony used to be on the cutting edge. Epic Mickey’s...

at1UP: 09/30/2009

by Jon Cole in Games960 days ago

at1UP returns to it’s normal length this week, starting off the conversation with a couple stories from Jade talking about the Tokyo Game Show.  She drives the show in a direction a little different from than the bulk of TGS podcasts last week, because she talks about some of the landmarks around Tokyo, like Disneyland and the Studio Ghibli Museum. Uncharted 2 gets a bit of talk thanks to the recent episode of Game Night, hosted by Scooter Nguyen, Alice Liang, and Matt Leone.  Apparently, they played through the game with an unlockable skin...

at1UP: 09/22/2009

by Jonathan Downin in Games969 days ago

This is an extra long and extra fun episode of at1UP. Scooter and Tina join the skeleton crew of Mike and Travis and it’s a great mix. The latest 1UP cover story is focused on No More Heroes 2. Scooter had a chance to interview Developer Suda 51 about the game a procured some nice swag which Tina will be giving away in an upcoming contest. Dead Space Extraction, which is tonight’s 1UP Game Night game, starts a hilarious discussion about franchises that could have good on-rails entries. A lot of topics are covered this week, but as usual,...

at1UP: 09/08/2009

by Jonathan Downin in Games983 days ago

At1UP starts with all PAX talk.  Mike and Jade attended this year’s expo and they have plenty of stories to tell.  It sounds like most of the fan experiences were great outside of some 1UP/Tina haters.  1UP seems to be the only big site that is interested in meeting fans and making their readers/listeners feel like a part of the community with the kind of presence they had at PAX, so way to go 1UP. With the focus being on the PAX experience, there really isn’t too much actual game talk here, but that shouldn’t be a surprise...

at1UP: 09/02/2009

by Jonathan Downin in Games989 days ago

It’s an issue packed show this week with PAX plans starting the discussion.  The crew has also put together another 1UP cover story on DeathSpank.  If you haven’t heard of the game, you are not alone.  There are chicken’s with teeth in the art though, so go check it out. The controversy of Kurt Cobain takes center stage with Shirk’s cocktail napkin rant this week.  While he seems to not being digging the fact that he is in the game, everyone else doesn’t really mind.  The main problem seems to be that his model...

at1UP: 08/26/2009

by Jonathan Downin in Games, Misc996 days ago

A new feature that covers wanted sequels starts out this week’s episode.  The feature is somewhat interesting, but the real draw is the box art that Mike and co. whipped up for the picks.  There are some classic, and some not so classic, series represented there, so check it out and see if they cover the games on your wish list. Metroid: Prime Trilogy is out and Jade is talking about her love for the series and giving a few impressions of the new reworked Wii editions.  With the release of Batman Arkham Asylum, the comic-loving crew took...

at1UP: 08/18/2009

by Jonathan Downin in Games, Misc1004 days ago

Weirdly enough, one of the least game focused podcasts is one of the first to be out in time to talk about the newly announced PS3 Slim.  While everyone welcomes the smaller design and price drop, Mike is the only one with plans to purchase it.  Sony better hope that this isn’t how it will be received on the mass market level. Justin Haywald is on again this week to talk some more about Professor Layton and happy with the new “hamster training” aspect of the game– maybe you just have to play it to appreciate it.  Mike...

at1UP: 08/11/2009

by Jonathan Downin in Games1011 days ago

This week’s 1UP cover story is Uncharted 2 and the 1st installment is titled “10 Things You Don’t Know“.  It’s cool to see that even with the demise of so many gaming magazines that the idea of a cover story is living on, complete with some nice art. It is the Gameboy’s 20th anniversary and 1UP is celebrating it with a feature that chronicles its long history.  It is a full 6 page affair, so you should be able to get your Gameboy fix there. Mike saw G.I. Joe over the weekend and enjoyed it due to his low expectations,...

at1UP: 08/04/2009

by Jonathan Downin in Games1018 days ago

It’s “Shirk Week” this week at 1UP.  In honor of Discovery’s Shark Week, Mike Cruz and Co. are pitting sharks’ vicious rule of the ocean against Matt Shirk’s semi-informed views on random topics.  This match-up really makes no sense (since it is not a competition of any sort, and we made it up), but you can follow the progress on the at1UP blog page over at 1UP. It wouldn’t be an episode of at1UP without some Zombie discussion.  This week the crew discusses a 1UP user-pitched zombie MMO.  With zombies’...

at1UP: 07/29/2009

by Jonathan Downin in Games1024 days ago

The first big piece of news this week is the new 1UP front page.  It looks like 1UP is trying to showcase new additions to the site and provide a more time-line like content showcase that is akin to a blog in some ways.  It’s definitely a step in the right direction so congrats to the people who worked on this. Zombie coffee shops anyone?  Who knows what it means, but come up with a good name for one, shoot it off to the at1UP crew and you could find yourself walking down the street in an almost new Fallout 3 T-shirt. The whole aftershow...

at1UP: 07/21/2009

by Jonathan Downin in Games, Misc1032 days ago

Yes, that’s me.  Mike asked me to join in on the podcast this week and I was more than happy to oblige.  I talk a bit about CastMedium and also touch on the podcast space in general. After my ramblings, the group moves on to more pressing issues such as the zombie/nazi epic, Dead Snow.  If only the characters involved knew the zombies wanted gold from the beginning. Mike had a bad run-in with Taco Bell on Sunday and he is happy to share the sequence of events here. This was my first guest appearance, so be sure to let me know what you think...

at1UP: 07/14/2009

by Jonathan Downin in Games, Misc1038 days ago

There is a lot going on in this week’s at1UP.  Fortunately, the at1UP crew takes it upon themselves to detail the contents of the show leaving us with not much to do, just the way it should be. Travis is talking about the neuroscience of zombies this week and seems to be supporting an extremely controversial view that zombies have some brain function.  Science, shmience.  Zombies are dead– or undead.  What is this “partial brain activity” nonsense? On a side note, Mike Cruz was kind enough to invite me to be on the show...

at1UP: 07/08/2009

by Jonathan Downin in Games1045 days ago

The at1UP crew has been out for a couple of weeks and everyone has a few tales to tell about the adventures. The is a new 1-page comic paper from DC out called Wednesday Comics and Mike sounds pretty excited about it.  It seems like a fresh approach.  Mike has a picture of him reading the first issue on the at1UP blog. Nelson Laut is in talking about his new video series on Game Videos called Clip Chat wherein he takes good comments from the boards and inserts them into a video about the topic.  They come out on Fridays so check them out and...

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