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Tag Archives: E3 09

Listen UP: 06/03/2009

by Jonathan Downin in Games1080 days ago

The 1UP guys have seen and gotten their hands on plenty more games and they are back to talk about them. Left 4 Dead 2 caught many by surprise, and not necessarily in a good way.  David had a chance to talk to someone from Valve and he was filled in on way they went the sequel route instead of just doing DLC.  The word is that so many of the core mechanics of how the game works were modified and improved that it just didn’t make any sense as DLC. The PSP Go gets some rare positive opinions from David and Mark MacDonald.  Although priced...

Joystiq Podcast E309 – Carl’s Jr. edition

by Jonathan Downin in Games1080 days ago

As seems to be the trend recently, the Joystiq guys are here with their impressions of the media briefing in a much shorter than usual, 20 minute podcast.  Maybe this is a good way to do it; shorter impressions during the show with a comprehensive wrap-up one the festivities are over. Project Natal is coming off surprisingly well in the press and Chris even mentions that Milo somehow escapes the uncanny valley syndrome.  Alan Wake and Left 4 Dead have proven to be equally baffling, as has the PSP Go at $249. Covered topics and games: Project Natal,...

CO-OP | Episode 114 – E3 Special 02, Nintendo + Sony

by Jonathan Downin in Games1080 days ago

The CO-OP crew has cranked out another show and in this one they are talking about the Sony and Nintendo conferences.  Sony fares well here, but again the general thought is that Microsoft just outdid everyone.  Also, the PSP go continues to make people feel like it is overpriced and not exactly what we wanted. Covered topics and games: Metroid: Other M, Super Mario Galaxy 2, New Super Mario Bros.Wii, Uncharted 2, Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker, PSP Go, PS3 motion controller, Mod Nation Racers, The Last Guardian, Assassin’s Creed 2, Final...

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Mobcast Episode 005

by Jonathan Downin in Games1080 days ago

5 guys, 5 topics.  1 of those guys is James Mielke and he is great guy to have on.  He offers a lot of fresh takes here and he also reveals that he will be leaving 1UP to go to the development side of gaming soon. While there are technically 5 topics as always, the discussion really does devolve into a general E3 impressions discussion.  Beatles Rock Band has gone over pretty well with everyone and it looks like one that is a must-buy for any Beatles. Nintendo gets destroyed here with Mielke leading the charge of apathy.  It’s strange...

Giant Bombcast E3 2009 Day One

by Jonathan Downin in Games1080 days ago

The Giant Bomb guys always manage to hit so many more games than most other outlets.  How do they do it? Nintendo has definitely had a better show than they had last year.  Almost everyone was upset after last year, but the response has been much more positive this time around.  The guys are pretty happy about the announcement of New Super Mario Bros.Wii and more Mario Galaxy is never a bad thing. Microsoft gets another victory here with the Bombcast.  Although many have said that the leaks hurt Sony, but Jeff argues that if the PSP Go had been...

The HotSpot 06/02/2009

by Jonathan Downin in Games1081 days ago

There are a ton of announcements and games touched upon here, but nothing gets too much time.  That is not to say the guys are skimp on the information, they just seem to do very well about being concise.  There is a full list of games and topics below which we will be including in each post from here on out. Near the end the group discusses who they think had the best briefing and the consensus is Microsoft by a small margin.  Sony also get some high praise for all the great games and motion controller stuff they showed. Covered topics and games:...

CO-OP | Episode 113 – CO-OP @ E3 2009: Microsoft

by Jonathan Downin in Games1081 days ago

The CO-OP guys are here with there first E3 special covering the Microsoft press conference.  If you didn’t get a chance to catch it yourself, all of the big announcements and games are covered here. It has been iterated more than a few times at this point, but when not 1, but 2 Halo games are shown and neither of them are the highlight of the show you know it was a success.  The crew share their opinions of Modern Warfare 2, Shadow Complex, Left 4 Dead 2, Splinter Cell: Conviction, Forza Motorsport 3, Halo: ODST, Final Fantasy XIII and...

Giant Bombcast E3 2009 Day Zero

by Jonathan Downin in Games1081 days ago

No one else has spent too much time talking about it, but Crackdown 2 was quickly announced at Microsoft’s conference.  This is great news to many that found this gem when trying to get an early taste of Halo 3 back in 2007.  Another announcement that came out of left field was that for Left 4 Dead 2.  It seems weird for a company like Valve who regularly updates their games with new content to go this route, but it’s more Left 4 Dead, so who can complain?  Also, Metal Gear! On the Project Natal front, Ryan is fairly apprehensive...

The HotSpot 06/01/2009

by Jonathan Downin in Games1082 days ago

As with the 1UP guys, the crew here is pretty positive on Microsoft and the announcements they had at their press conference earlier today.  It sounds like although everyone is very positive on Project Natal, the Milo presentation from Lionhead is creeping a few people out.  It is understandable, but it seems more a promise of potential than people are realizing. The EA and Ubisoft announcements get some time, but there is not too much in-depth discussion going on.  Tune in to hear another take on today’s announcements. Tor Thorsen, Tom...

Listen UP: 06/01/2009

by Jonathan Downin in Games1082 days ago

The 1UP crew is here with their first impressions from E3 including opinions on the Microsoft, EA and Ubisoft press conferences. Everyone was fairly pleased with the Microsoft conference.  Splinter Cell and Alan Wake were the biggest winners with the guys with surprisingly little real excitement at the Project Natal stuff.  If it works, Project Natal looks to possibly revolutionize the way we interface with our TVs and consoles.  Molyneux really blew it out with Milo.  In addition to all that, the 360 is getting Facebook, Twitter, 1080p movies...

Joystiq Podcast E309 – Do It Live edition

by Jonathan Downin in Games1082 days ago

Since the ‘stiq crew didn’t get a chance to put out their regular podcast last Friday, they managed to put a quick one together just after arriving in LA yesterday.  It is a lean one at a mere 21 minutes. The guys are throwing out some quick predictions and the consensus seems to be that Microsoft will be going largely casual this year with their press conference announcements.  This is contrary to a lot of what we have heard from other outlets, but we will know in just a few short hours. Well, we all made it safely to E3, and in the...

E3 coverage link dump

by Jonathan Downin in Games1083 days ago

Okay, E3 kicks off tomorrow with the Microsoft press conference and there is going to be a lot of coverage going on, so we thought it would be helpful to provide a central place where you can find a lot of the content.  Link dump below: E3 total coverage: 1UP (http://www.1up.com/do/pubs?did=65) GameSpot (http://e3.gamespot.com/) GameTrailers (http://www.gametrailers.com/e3/) Giant Bomb (http://www.giantbomb.com) IGN (http://e3.ign.com/) Joystiq (http://www.joystiq.com/e3-2009/) Live coverage: GameSpot (http://e3.gamespot.com/live.html?tag=content_nav;live) Rev3...

Invisible Walls – Episode 59

by Jonathan Downin in Games1084 days ago

The Invisible Walls crew is back and talking Sony predictions with special guest Shane Bettenhausen in this final show before E3. A lot of the big games get touched upon including Assassin’s Creed 2, Modern Warfare 2, DJ Hero, Tony Hawk Ride and many others.  From there the guys move onto talk about Sony and the general tone is that Sony really needs a price drop.  They make a good point in saying that Sony has “won” the past few E3 and it didn’t help them too much so it’s time to do something substantial. As far...

Listen UP: 05/29/2009

by Jonathan Downin in Games1084 days ago

There is a lot going on in this epic Listen UP, but be warned, Garnett is playing devil’s advocate a little too hard in the first half and Travis Moses almost renders some parts of the last half unintelligible. Starting out the conversation up front is more Infamous and Prototype talk.  Garnett still can’t stop sharing his opinion on the two games, but the buzz about Prototype is sounding quite positive indeed with even Brad sharing some good impressions. The guys are letting the predictions fly fast and loose ranging from Wii HD not...

Giant Bombcast 05-29-2009

by Jonathan Downin in Games1085 days ago

The Giant Bomb guys are doing their massive pre-E3 show and they cover the whole show and their schedules day by day. Starting with Microsoft, the big prediction is that there will be a Metal Gear Solid announcement at the show.  We all can assume it will be MGS 4, but the 360 just may get the new game being teased as well.  The Zune HD will surely get some time, but the magnitude of what going on with that is hard to know at this point. The guys don’t have much of an idea what will happen at the Nintendo conference.  They guess that Nintendo...

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