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Player One Podcast: Episode 164 (12/14/09) – This Old Parlour

by Ross Adams in Games788 days ago

Greg Ford has gone from a short appearance to no appearance, so it’s a three man show this week. Things kick off with voicemails and tweets. After asking for embarrassing podcast related stories the last couple of weeks the voicemails are certainly interesting. There’s some discussion of “shmups” which evidently is a made-up word that Phil has some strong feelings about. Phil talks some more about Spirit Tracks, and he really enjoyed it. The design seems to be an improvement over Phantom Hourglass, however the train gameplay...

Player One Podcast: Episode 163 (12/07/09) – Middle West

by Ross Adams in Games795 days ago

Greg Ford doesn’t stick around for long this week, but before he leaves, Greg Sewart wants to finally discuss the finer points of Modern Warfare 2′s story. Neither think the story is great, but agree that it has some excellent set-pieces, they are also both enjoying the spec ops exclusive levels. With Ford gone the rest of the gang move onto tweets and voicemails, a good range of topics this week, from the new Medal of Honor reboot to the recent EGM announcements. As the show moves into the second segment CJ is excited to finally talk...

Player One Podcast: Episode 162 – Finishing Bowser’s Castle

by Ross Adams in Games801 days ago

This week’s especially funny cast starts off with the crew telling tales of their post-thanksgiving sales pick-ups. There aren’t many, but everyone is loving the Steam sale that was on over the weekend. Some listener tweets are up next, topics range from embarrassing podcast moments to Sega Saturn game recommendations. Some very brief Modern Warfare 2 talk kicks off what you been playing, after taking up at least 20 minutes during each the last few episodes the guys feel they’ve overdone it a bit. Greg Ford has been playing the...

Player One Podcast: Episode 161 – Showgirls

by Ross Adams in Games809 days ago

The show kicks off with some voicemails, a couple of listeners took Phil’s Ratchet and Clank spoilers seriously last week and weren’t too happy. There’s more discussion of the infamous airport scene from Modern Warfare 2, Greg Sewart thinks it just doesn’t make sense and isn’t executed well. To cement his point, Sewart pulls out a surprisingly appropriate comparison to the movie Showgirls which also contained a disturbing scene that he doesn’t think it “earned”. Ford has finally played some of Modern...

Player One Podcast: Episode 160 – The bleeps, the sweeps, and the creeps

by Jonathan Downin in Games817 days ago

Things start off on a light-hearted note with the guys joking about possible forthcoming entries into the music game with peripheral genre. Theremin Hero anyone? It is no surprise that the Player One guys  are extremely excited about New Super Mario Bros.Wii, and they get into it here. Natal rumors have sparked a resurgence in discussion surrounding the device, and the topic of what types of genres could benefit from this kind of control scheme leads the talk. As always, Phil capitalizes on the opportunity to bring up Milo and get into proper Peter...

Player One Podcast: Episode 158 – Castro the Friendly Ghost

by Jonathan Downin in Games830 days ago

First up is some sad news about a recent loss within the gaming community. Once the guys move on to game talk, Modern Warfare starts the conversation in relation to violence in games. We will all have to wait and see how Infinity Ward handles this in the game before making final judgments, but the guys offer some good, insightful discussion here. The DSi XL gets a fairly cool reaction here, much as it has everywhere else. The bottom line is, this is not for us. After a long absence, the Game Club segment makes a return with the Halloween inspired...

Player One Podcast: Episode 157 – That’s Evolution!

by Jonathan Downin in Games838 days ago

Tweets start this week’s cast with topics ranging from the Modern Warfare 2 private server issue to good entry FPSs for the uninitiated. Phil does a good job of dismissing the MW2 to issue and fields a questions about his current state of unemployment. CJ chimes-in to share another story in his ongoing battle with Best Buy. Phil announces that he is going to pick up Tekken 6, much to everyone’s bafflement. Fighting games are a dying breed, and Tekken 6 is probably going to have an uphill battle upon release. Greg Sewart is still loving...

Player One Podcast: Episode 156 – Watching Your Six

by Jonathan Downin in Games845 days ago

It’s the 3 year anniversary of the Player One Podcast and the guys are celebrating by… doing a normal show. They were hoping to have a new theme song, but they have extended their submission contest so you still have a chance to win 2 games if you can compose something worthy enough. As usual, Tweets start the episode with the first question asking about what kind of cars the guys drive. They all have cars that have served some serious time, and there are some fun stories from the old EGM days. The group also discusses some of their...

Player One Podcast: Episode 155 – Now With Two Balls

by Jonathan Downin in Games851 days ago

Things start on the PSP again this week with a voicemail thanking the guys for giving the PSPgo a fair shake last week. They take this opportunity to talk about some of their favorite games that are available for the system. It is somewhat surprising when you hear so many games mentioned and realize that the PSP library is actually strong. Epic Mickey has the guys interested as they head into reader questions. There are a few interesting topics this week with the guys talking about purchases that they have regretted over the years and CJ trying...

Player One Podcast: Episode 154 – Bursting with hyperbole

by Jonathan Downin in Games859 days ago

CJ picked up a PSPgo and he is sharing his opinions about it here. He isn’t completely convinced that it was a good purchase and starts out his grievances with complaints about the size of the system. While playing Motorstorm he found that it caused his hand to cramp while attempting to hold down the R-trigger. The lack of organizational features in the PSP menu system seem to leave a lot to be desired as well. Pinball seems to be making a comeback with the release of Pinball Hall of Fame: The Williams Collection. The guys seem to be enjoying...

Player One Podcast | Episode 153 – Pinball Wizards

by Jonathan Downin in Games866 days ago

Halo ODST starts this one off with the guys questioning why people have a problem with the length when a game like Guitaroo Man was full priced and was even shorter. Value has been a big issue surrounding ODST and the increasingly prevailing opinion seems to be that it is worth its $60 price tag. A demo for Brutal Legend is out and the combat and writing get some love here while the new XBLA brawler, The Warriors, gets a big thumbs down from Phil. He is enjoying Katamari Forever though and it sounds like if you are not tired of the Katamari gameplay,...

Player One Podcast | Episode 151 – Lucy in the Sky with Alien Nazi Batman Zombies

by Jonathan Downin in Games880 days ago

Even though the guys have been trying to get The Beatles: Rock Band talk banned from the show due to CJ’s inability to stop talking about it, the game commands a large chunk of time at the beginning of this one.  This is going to be a hard package to follow-up for both Activision and Harmonix. It’s the calm before the storm of fall game releases and the POP guys are taking the chance to go back and play some older games.  MadWorld gets some discussion before the group moves on to Uncharted.  While somewhat flawed, the consensus is...

Player One Podcast | Episode 150 – Odds, Ends, Bits n’ Bobs from PAX 2009

by Jonathan Downin in Games886 days ago

It’s a special episode of the Player One Podcast this week, not only because it is the big 150, but CJ took PAX as an opportunity to record a show with a lot of different guests.  As you can guess, being a former EGMer, he brings on mostly current and former 1UPers, but there is lot of good stuff here. First up are Patrick Klepek, David Ellis and Andrew Pfister talking about some of the games they saw at the show and touching on the 10 year anniversary of the Dreamcast.  Next is a short talk with listener from the boards followed by the...

Player One Podcast | Episode 148 – Complex Issues

by Jonathan Downin in Games901 days ago

PlayStation 3 Slim talk starts this one out with a little but of discussion about the PSP Go.  They have a lot of nice things to say about the value of the system, but feel like it may be hitting an area where it’s still not cheap enough for the casually interested and the hardcore probably already own one.  Sales through the holidays will be interesting.  The new 3.0 firmware leads into the topic of ads in console dashboards. The Orson Scott Card/Shadow Complex issue is discussed heavily here.  Rather than taking the staunch stance which...

Player One Podcast | Episode 147 – Jet Jaguar-style

by Jonathan Downin in Games908 days ago

It’s a fairly tame week for the Player One guys with not too much news to cover and Greg Sewart being inexplicably absent.  Greg Ford is still managing to make time for the show and he is representing the sports games this week.  The Bigs 2 sounds like it captures a lot of the magic of the first game while introducing some new mechanics.  Even if you are not into sports games, it seems like The Bigs series has a lot to offer. Phil is talking about a DSi Ware title that is more of an animation tool than game named Flipnote Studio.  He even...

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