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Mobcast

Mobcast 90: Dead Space 2 and other scary games

by Alex Martin in Games371 days ago

Jay Frechette (Visceral Games) and Matt Chandronait (Area 5 and Rebel FM) are the guests for this horror-themed Mobcast. They’re joined by Bitmob’s Brett Bates and Rus McLaughlin. First off, they talk about the successes and failures of horror games. Players need to be immersed in a game to be scared by it, which is why Visceral minimized the heads-up display in Dead Space, and implied that their menu screens were actually in Isaac’s world. On the other hand, Alan Wake’s collectibles were a constant reminder that the game...

Mobcast

Mobcast 63: Fun With Reviews, Game Endings, and More

by Alex Martin in Games565 days ago

Robert Ashley (A Life Well Wasted), and Andrew Fitch (1UP) join the Aaron Thomas-Greg Ford hosting team this week. Robert and Greg are leaving California soon, so might be off the airwaves for a while. Robert, out of the games press for a while, asks how reviewing games affects their enjoyment of them. This segues into Fitch’s topic, asking for a unique voice in the games press. A Life Well Wasted approaches games culture from a unique angle, and Ben “Yahtzee” Croshaw (Zero Punctuation) has his unique review style, but they can’t...

Giant Bombcast

Giant Bombcast 07-13-2010

by Derek Lavigne in Games578 days ago

Noticeably absent from this week’s Bombcast is one Brad Shoemaker, who is apparently suffering from food poisoning (get well soon Brad!). But in his stead, we get the Eastern Bloc-loving Dave Snider who always adds a great dynamic to the show. The surprisingly popular Singularity starts things off this week, with Jeff and Vinny doling out praise for some unique mechanics.  Jeff spent much of the weekend watching EVO and trying to keep track of all the fighting game nonsense going on.  Ryan and Jeff also touch on their experiences with APB,...

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Giant Bombcast 03-02-2010

by Derek Lavigne in Games711 days ago

This week’s Bombcast starts off with a late addition segment focusing on the recent Infinity Ward/Activision controversy. All of the guys have their unique perspectives but seem to agree that Activision holds all the legal rights and that IW may have tried to go rogue unsuccessfully. They also feel, barring litigation, that there will be a new studio very soon from the former IW heads. Ryan starts off the actual podcast by discussing his trip to Liverpool with Vinny to see Blur, which he says looks and feels much better than it did the last...

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CO-OP — Episode 314: Reflections 2009 Part 1

by Derek Lavigne in Games754 days ago

It may be well into the new year, but the guys at Area5 haven’t forgotten about 2009 just yet. This week they lapse from their normal formula and head back to the format of the very first episode of CO-OP, a bunch of friends sitting around talking about their favorite games of the year. After a quick stop on games with twitter integration, open world games become the first focus of conversation. David Ellis of 1up cites Infamous as one of his favorites, while Kat Bailey recounts her first experience with Red Faction: Guerrilla.  Two heavy...

Player One Podcast

Player One Podcast – Episode 169 (01/18/10) – A Cross Between Other Podcasts and Zelda

by Ross Adams in Games754 days ago

Not alot of games covered this week as the guys have been pretty busy, as a result the games talked about get more airtime than usual. Greg Ford just finished Arkham Asylum and despite disliking the end boss battle he reiterates his feelings that is was definitely one of the best games of last year. Phil tried out the demo for the new Lunar game on PSP, the discussion of this is somewhat scattershot though with perhaps more information about the cast of Power Rangers than the game itself. As a fan of the series though Phil enjoyed the demo and looks...

Player One Podcast

Player One Podcast – Episode 168 (01/11/10) – I say we let him go

by Ross Adams in Games761 days ago

Last weeks best of the decade show bleeds over into this weeks episode as listeners tweet in their personal picks. With CES taking place this past week 3D tech is on everyones mind, the guys aren’t convinced it will take off in the home but are at least intrigued. The backlash toward Microsoft game room surprised everyone as they think it sounds like a pretty cool idea. More lists take up the second part of the show, this time the crew are listing off their Top 5 games of 2009. Aside from Phil’s inclusion of Pokemon Rumble there’s...

The Geekbox

The Geekbox: Episode 47

by Jon Cole in Games, Movies, TV763 days ago

With Justin Haywald joining a slightly thinned Geekbox crew, Zelda: Spirit Tracks kicks off the episode.  Justin vents some of his frustration with the navigation of the game, namely riding the trains, which he determines is somehow worse than sailing in Phantom Hourglass.  He also says that the game is pretty difficult, ranking among the Oracle pair on the Game Boy Color. After some discussion of the upcoming A-Team movie, Justin brings up the recent Kick-Ass trailer, which is a cardinal sin among the Ryans.  Mark Millar has clearly done and...

CastMedium Podcast

CastMedium Podcast 018 – 01.04.10

by Jonathan Downin in Games, Movies, Tech768 days ago

We are back with our 1st podcast of 2010, but things start a little rocky with us being hit by another audio software crash. It’s listenable, and gets better in the 2nd half, so stick with it. The discussion starts with more Podcast Awards talk, and we find ourselves talking about 4 Guys 1UP again– hey, it won runner-up for best new podcast of ’09 for a reason. Bayonetta is the only new release this week, and we don’t care. Back catalog stuff takes center stage again this week with some frustration with Uncharted 2, love...

Giant Bombcast 11-24-2009

by Derek Lavigne in Games809 days ago

The usual crew kicks off this festive week with their respective plans for Thanksgiving as well as some stomach-wrenching recipe ideas. A fairly long (and semi-spoiler-filled) discussion on Vinny and Jeff’s fun experiences with Assassin’s Creed II somehow leads into Jeff’s anger about Tony Hawk RIDE and plastic peripherals in general. Brad fully intended on playing Batman: Arkham Asylum over the weekend, but ended up playing a long string of smaller games which he slightly regrets, but does share about his time with Zelda: Spirit...

Giant Bombcast 10-13-2009

by Derek Lavigne in Games851 days ago

This week’s Bombcast is crashed by Capcom’s Adam Boyes and freelancer John Vignocchi who bring along with them some champagne which makes for a crowded, at times even nonsensical show. Most of the first part of the show is taken up by John telling various stories that may or may not come back to haunt him later. Adam stays quiet for most of the time but doesn’t hesitate to crack open the alcohol. Getting into what they have been playing, Brad’s time has been eaten up solely by Uncharted 2 which, like many people, he feels...

Out of the Game, Ep. 14

by Jonathan Downin in Games, Misc858 days ago

Jeff, Shawn, N’Gai and Robert are back together as what seems to be the regular Out of the Game crew now. Uncharted 2 reviews start off the discussion with Shawn especially disheartened by the ever-present problem of people getting worked up over and focusing on scores. Anthony’s GameSpy review exemplifies the core problem here, but Shawn also points out a post over at GameThirst. Jeff’s game, MySim Agents, was released and 1UP happened to give it one of the worst scores from the press. Jeff has a few things to say and even calls...

The Geekbox: Episode 32

by Jonathan Downin in Games, Misc, Movies870 days ago

It is almost a full crew this week with Fitch being only being not sitting in since he is out at the Tokyo Game Show. This episode starts out with some TV talk about how Lost’s Michael Emerson Emmy win for playing the character on the show. Apparently he comes off as just being Ben in real life which is somewhat disconcerting if you know the character. Mike has been getting deep into Dexter which our own Jon Cole is a big fan of. X-men and Syfy talk lead into a discussion about Batman: Arkham Asylum. Spoilers start at the 36:00 mark so be...

Idle Thumbs 43: Jeff “Gone” Goldblum

by Jonathan Downin in Games876 days ago

Activision CEO, Bobby Kotick, has stirred up a storm with his recent comments during a conference call about using “skepticism, pessimism, and fear” to increase the productivity of developers.  He also stated that his goal is to “take all the fun out of making video games.”  This has obviously not gone over well in the press and the guys share a few thoughts on the situation here. Details about Modern Warfare 2 have been coming out after the recent Infinity Ward event for the game.  The guys make note that although IW...

Out of the Game, Ep. 13

by Jonathan Downin in Games, Misc877 days ago

The Beatles: Rock Band receives yet more talk at the beginning of this episode.  With the whole crew being huge music fans you can easily guess that it has gone over extremely well.  That is not to say that there isn’t a lot of thoughtful discussion going on here though with Shawn going into a pontification about how these types of games can/do affect brain development. Leading out from the the Beatles the group touches on the Kurt Cobain/Guitar Hero 5 situation and this evolves into a discussion about revisionist history in games and other ...

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