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Weekend Confirmed Episode 15

by Jonathan Downin in Games686 days ago

It’s just like old times this week with Shane Bettenhausen sitting in the guest seat. Shane kicks-off the game talk with his impressions of Final Fantasy XIII and while he isn’t as hard on it as much of the press has been, he is obviously disappointed in how it turned out. The Nintendo 3DS is up next and everyone is still high on it. iPhone and iPad game talk finishes the first segment. Jeff’s thoughts on Singularity start the second segment and he enjoyed it despite its somewhat serviceable take on the shooter genre with heavy...

Player One Podcast

Player One Podcast – Episode 192 (06/28/10) – Wedgies

by Ross Adams in Games689 days ago

Phil managed to pick up Blur for a rather impressive $10, he isn’t sure if he wants to keep it so he lets CJ and Greg Sewart convince him to do so. They appear to be successful and the plan seems to be to get in a game night with POP forum goers/listeners. Continuing their tradition of talking about games you properly won’t hear about on other podcasts, Cj and Phil picked up the DSiWare game A Kappa’s Trail. They both start off by saying how disappointed they are that the games on the service really don’t get a mention anywhere...

CastMedium Podcast

CastMedium Podcast 041 – 06.29.10

by Jonathan Downin in Games, Movies, Tech690 days ago

So, after a week away due to technical issues, we are back with another week of technical issues. It’s almost like we haven’t already done 40 of these. While the audio is far from pristine, it is listenable. We hit on a lot of podcasts to start the show and then move on to Jon and Erik’s impressions of the Crackdown 2 demo. Jon and I get into the iPhone antenna issue and have a few harsh words for Apple. Toy Story 3 gets some love from Jon and I close-out the show with a few words about Alan Wake after recently finishing it. Also,...

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Giant Bombcast 06-01-2010

by Derek Lavigne in Games716 days ago

This week’s Bombcast is brought to you by a long Memorial Day weekend. Brad spent a good portion of the weekend playing Doom II on XBLA when he, like Vinny and Ryan, weren’t locked into Red Dead Redemption. Not having picked up on the craze of the other three, Jeff played a lot of kart racers, spending time with ModNation Racers and Blur. He also laments the game that Alpha Protocol could have been. After a little talk of Crackdown 2 from Brad and Vinny, a discussion takes place about whether or not Crackdown was even that good of a...

Mobcast

Mobcast 56: Crackdown 2, Multiplayer Memories, and Where to Set the Next Open-World Game

by Alex Martin in Games717 days ago

Destructoid and GamePro freelancer Ben PerLee debuts on the Mobcast, alongside hosts Shoe, Aaron, and Brett. The episode goes up a day late because of Memorial Day. Coincidentally similar to an article on Bitmob from earlier in the week, their first topic is locations for open-world games. The crew suggest settings ranging from pre-colonial North America to the Moon. With Red Dead Redemption still fresh in their minds, they discuss what made the Old West a fun sandbox. Shoe manages to mention Splinter Cell again, as their next topic is multiplayer...

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The Idle Thumbs Podcast Episode 5: His Cyborg Familiar

by Jonathan Downin in Games771 days ago

PAX East gets a rundown from Chris and Jake at the beginning of this one. Chris saw a fair amount of stuff at the show, but Marble Madness was the real draw for the guys– yes, really. Chris has been playing some more StarCraft 2 and he is still enjoying it.  A Kane & Lynch movie is one the way and the group is rightfully baffled by the casting of Jamie Foxx as Lynch– again, yes, really. Chris interviewed Jerry Bruckheimer regarding the film during Wondercon and shares a story about a chance encounter with Nic Cage. The emails section yields quite...

Mobcast

Mobcast Episode 47

by Jon Cole in Games780 days ago

The Mobcast for this week marks yet another podcast in David Ellis’s final crusade before diving deep into the dark side at 343 Industries.  First up is Shoe’s topic, asking what life after games journalism might be like, which is particularly interesting given the diverse paths each of the guys took to get into the industry. Very few developers have found widespread success with multiplayer, with much of the attention focused on games like Call of Duty and Halo.  Most of the guys agree that most of this failure can be attributed to...

Rebel FM

Rebel FM Episode 52 – 02/18/09

by Ross Adams in Games818 days ago

It’s an X10 what you been playing/seeing blowout this week so the vast majority of the show is games talk. Before that though Tyler has been playing some non-X10 games, the first of which is Trials HD. Arthur reviewed Aliens vs Predator and really didn’t like it, it seems to be very low on content and as a result extremely repetitive. Arthur saw Awakening, the upcoming Dragon Age expansion, and it looks to be a worthy follow-up to the main game. Anthony got some hands on with Command & Conquer 4 and while he had fun with it he doesn’t...

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Giant Bombcast 02-16-2010

by Derek Lavigne in Games821 days ago

Bombcast is recording a little late this week due to appointments to see games which means Brad is once again missing. Vinny kicks things off by baffling everyone with his return to Mass Effect 1. Jeff talks about his disappointment with Aliens vs. Predator before shifting into a long discussion about Microsoft’s X10 event. Jeff seems hyped for Game Room and equally so for Crackdown 2 and they also touch on what they saw of Dead Rising 2 and Splinter Cell: Conviction. The segment closes out once again in befuddlement as Drew reveals he has...

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4 Guys 1UP: 02/12/2010

by Jonathan Downin in Games825 days ago

It is an all X10 show this week and Garnett Lee stops by his old stomping ground to discuss some of the games that were on-hand at the event. Fable III, Halo Reach and Crackdown are the big games this week with interviews the their respective developers before the guys dig into their own impressions. Peter Molyneux is as enthusiastic as ever about Fable III and he addresses his “people will be pissed-off” comment. Bungie seems to be focusing on the technical improvements of Halo Reach with a lot of their commentary and recently released...

CO-OP – Episode 216: TGS Special

by Jonathan Downin in Games956 days ago

There is no narrative this week and next week’s show will be shorter with the guys taking a small break to gear up for the busy holiday release schedule and the premier of season 3. Dead Space Extraction starts the show out this week and impressions are positive all around. EA has been billing this as a guided experience, as opposed to an on-rails shooter, and it looks like this distinction is made with good reason. Ryan says he almost feels like this could be a new genre for the Wii. Tokyo Game Show talk takes a huge chunk of the middle section...

Listen UP: 09/28/2009

by Jonathan Downin in Games963 days ago

With this final Tokyo Game Show podcast from 1UP, 1 thing has been made abundantly clear: 1UP gives you hard games coverage and IGN gives you flavor. While the group here agrees that there wasn’t too much big news coming out of TGS this year, that is not going to stop them from talking about every singly game they saw. There are so many games covered here that it is almost impossible to point out anything specific. Look at the list below and if you want to hear about those games, listen to this. Mark MacDonald does take a moment at the end...

Xbox 360 Fancast 125 — Domo Arigato

by Jonathan Downin in Games1040 days ago

For a Xbox Live Arcade release, Battlefield 1943 has dominated game podcasts since its release.  Maybe the issues it had actually plays out well for the game in the long run since it is getting so much coverage. We’re are in the doldrums of summer and the releases are few and far in-between.  The Summer of Arcade is a good initiative by Microsoft to combat the slow release schedule even if only a couple of the games are going to be really good.  As the guys point out, it is weird that The Secret Of Monkey Island: Special Edition isn’t...

Three Red Lights Podcast, Episode 118

by Jonathan Downin in Games1051 days ago

Microsoft’s Kodu has been released.  If you are not familiar with this, it is a software suit that brings game creation to those who are not familiar with coding.  It still takes some dedication and it fairly rudimentary though, so don’t expect to be making the Call of Duty with this thing. The guys are talking a bit about Crackdown 2 in this episode and they reveal that they have an interview with the developer, Rufian Studios, going up today that twill have more information.  Get ready to collect those orbs. Although TRL is usually...

Xbox 360 Fancast 124 — Sweatin’ It

by Jonathan Downin in Games1054 days ago

The guys are talking about a comment made by the legendary Michael Pachter that Twitter, Facebook and last.fm were the biggest announcements for Microsoft at E3.  They don’t seem to be completely on-board with the idea, but Richard does make some points that Microsoft wants to make the Xbox a centralized computing device more than gaming machine, and in that sense, it does make sense. The developer of the Xbox Community game is saying that releasing games in that capacity is not fanancially viable and that it should be used to put out prototypes...

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    Episode 092 - PTW ahoy!
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