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CAGcast #172: A Diabolical Unboxing

by Derek Lavigne in Games975 days ago

This week’s CAGcast kicks off with Cheapy recounting a bit of his trip to NYC that he had forgotten to mention last week including how thankful he was that he went for business class tickets. Cheapy also read a couple of emails that voiced their displeasure for them taking time out the previous week to talk about Howard Stern, to which Cheapy completely dismissed and called it one of the greatest experiences of his life. Both Cheapy and Wombat then discuss some new releases which include the two NHL titles, and go very quickly into NPDs for...

Listen UP: 09/11/2009

by Jonathan Downin in Games979 days ago

Torchlight, a game from the team who brought us the ill-received Hellgate: London is the focus of the discussion at the beginning here.  Although Hellgate: London was not a huge successe for Flagship Studios and they were forced to disband, many of the main team members have gone on to pursue another game in the Diablo-style click and collect RPG genre.  In a surprisingly short time span they have delivered a $20, back-to-basics take on the genre.  Platforms are yet to be announced, but XBLA and PSN are targerts for the game’s release. John...

Joystiq Podcast 108 – Red Link edition

by Jonathan Downin in Games980 days ago

Justin starts off the cast this week with a few impressions of Champions Online.  The guys also have some nice things to say about Section 8 and Chris points out the unique spawning system that has you dropping from space.  They do point out the almost assured sad fact that if you want to play this, you had better pick it up right upon release because Halo ODST and Modern Warfare 2 are going to steal all the players away from this game when they are released. The Beatles: Rock Band gets its requisite time, as does Batman before the recent controversy...

GWJ Conference Call Episode 152

by Jonathan Downin in Games983 days ago

Julian was reeled by the one fruit that rules them all this week so he is eager to get some games on his new iPhone.  Everyone has been playing some amount of Batman and Sean deems it to be 1 of his top 5 games of all time even though he is only 1/4 of the way in.  Julian has also been playing Champions Online and he offers his take that super heroes just aren’t suited for MMOs. The guys are pretty excited about The Beatles: Rock Band and this leads into a discussion about what kind of music and bands/artists they would like to see added...

CAGcast #171: Escape from New York

by Derek Lavigne in Games983 days ago

After a two week hiatus while CheapyD was stateside, he and Wombat are back for another edition of the CAGcast.  The majority of the first part of the show is taken up by Cheapy discussing his time in New York as well as the duo’s guest appearance on the Howard Stern Show, which was won from an eBay charity auction. Cheapy admits being a bit nervous, but that everyone at the show was very friendly, and that this was one of his dreams come true.  The segment on Stern is tacked on to the end of the show. The two discuss the Cheap Ass Gamer...

CO-OP | Episode 212 – Devoted to Mode 7

by Jonathan Downin in Games984 days ago

Batman starts out this episode.  You probably aren’t going to be getting to much information that you don’t already know out of this segment with all of the coverage this game has received, but you may get a better feel for what people have been talking about with all the great footage interspersed. The middle segment has almost become the iPhone segment.  This week is no different with Cesar and Jason talking about Game Loft’s Gangstar: West Coast Hustle.  It is a pure and simple GTA: San Andreas clone, but it is done well. ...

Xbox 360 Fancast 133 — Bro’in Out, eh?

by Jonathan Downin in Games984 days ago

Richard and Dustin are out in Seattle PAX so it’s a 3 man show this week with Xav and Alexander being joined by Xbox Canada’s Community Manager Jake Reardon.  With most of the industry showing games at PAX there is not much game news so this episode is largely dedicated to emails. Batman starts out the past week’s games segment with Alexander trying to explain how to get the 40+ combo achievement and Jake talks a bit about Shadow Complex.  Xbox avatars comes up and Alexander queries the possibility of having an avatar wearing...

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CastMedium Podcast 002 – 09.07.09

by Jonathan Downin in Games, Movies, Tech984 days ago

So far, so good.  2 weeks in a row! Erik picked up Batman so he shares his experiences with the game up front here with us discussing how it is similar to BioShock and Too Human.  We then move onto Wolfenstein and lament the absence of a demo for the game.  The opinions about Sony porting the first 2 God of War games to PS3 aren’t universally positive and Erik understands how those Mobcast guys feel about losing interest in games.  Then Jon and I share some Basterds thoughts and we round out the cast with a little love for Sansa. The CastMedium...

The Geekbox: Episode 30

by Jonathan Downin in Games, Misc988 days ago

It’s a toned-down Geekbox this week with Karen out for her husbands birthday and Ryan Scott sick.  Everyone is predictably playing Batman and enjoying it.  Ryan talks about all the big PAX plans and he has included all the times and places for the proceeding in the post for this week’s episode. Disney’s acquisition of Marvel sparks a lot of conversation, but not too many insights.  There is some worry about what Disney will do with Marvel and the crew throws around the idea of Pixar doing animated Marvel movies.  Ryan Higgins...

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...

Drunken Gamers Radio 8-31-09

by Derek Lavigne in Games989 days ago

Back for another week of debauchery, John, Moe, and Hilden are joined by friend of the show Phil Haymes. The Drunk Dials and mailbag lend their normal hilarity, though they are slightly shorter this week.  A foursome of reviews are brought in with iMech, Dissidia: Final Fantasy, Batman: Arkham Asylum, and the retro review, Robotron: 2084 for the Atari 7800.  Guest Phil Haymes educates the DGR crew on the fact that Dissidia is, in fact, a fighting game and not an RPG, and actually a good one.  Everyone seems to echo the gaming industry’s...

GWJ Conference Call Episode 151

by Jonathan Downin in Games990 days ago

World of Warcraft starts the conversation off this week.  Although the guys are not regular players of the game, the forthcoming expansion has them excited about the idea of starting a new character and leveling through the new character progression.  They site how much Blizzard has learned about making compelling quests over the past 5 years as a reason that the new character progression will be highly improved and worth checking out. Batman takes up a good chunk of time following the WoW talk with the group universally impressed by the game. ...

The HotSpot 09/01/2009

by Jonathan Downin in Games990 days ago

Starting out this weeks cast is a discussion about Kurt Cobain’s inclusions in Guitar Hero 5.  Music games have started to become formulaic, but you will be able to use your Xbox avatars in the new GH, which could be a cool novelty.  Batman also continues to get some talk time before moving onto other big comic news with Disney acquiring Marvel for $4 billion. God of War and God of War II are being remastered for release on PS3.  The new version will be in 720P HD and run at 60 frames per second.  You can get in on this beautified Kratos...

The Totally Rad Show | Episode 128 – Gauge

by Jonathan Downin in Games, Misc, Movies991 days ago

Ang Lee’s Taking Woodstock is the movie this week and none of the guys could get into it.  The pacing sounds to be on the slow side and Alex’s biggest problem was that there doesn’t seem to be any real conflict. For some reason Alex and Dan decided to pick up some laser tag guns and they head out to a park and give them a go.  It’s looks like a fun time, but it doesn’t look “$100 each” fun. Batman: Arkham Asylum‘s combat has the guys really excited.  While Alex has some minor complaints about the...

CastMedium Podcast

CastMedium Podcast 001 – 08.31.09

by Jonathan Downin in Games, Movies, Tech991 days ago

It’s been a long-time coming, but the first episode of the CastMedium Podcast is ready for public consumption.  The podcast is a little different from what you have come to expect from the website, but we still try to stick to our forte of podcast coverage. Since we are game-heavy on the site, that carries over to the podcast as well. We know better than anyone that with so many great podcasts out there, time can be an issue when adding a new one to your line-up.  So in that vein, we are keeping the CM Podcast at a short and sweet 30 minutes...

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