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Player One Podcast – Episode 177 (03/15/10) – The GDC Afterdinnercast

by Ross Adams in Games697 days ago

The first 10 minutes of this week’s episode are tough listening as the guys start off in a busy restaurant, complete with background birthday party. They soon move to a hotel room though with lower audio quality than usual but less background noise. The show kicks off with some talk about Playstation Move, which Phil christens “PS3mote”. Guest Ethan Einhorn thinks it’s the best of the motion controller solutions but Phil and CJ aren’t so sure. Phil thinks the whole think is just a novelty and certainly not worth the...

The HotSpot 11/10/2009

by Jonathan Downin in Games822 days ago

If you are looking for Modern Warfare 2 discussion, you will have to wait. Since there is a lot to cover on MW2, the GameSpot guys are going to be releasing a special, spoiler-filled podcast completely dedicated to the game on Thursday. Since Lark got his hands on an import copy, Bayonetta is up first this week. He doesn’t provide too much insight outside of what is already known, but there are a few minor details. Some of the guys have seen the Prince of Persia trailer and this leads into a discussion about Jake Gyllenhaal and other game/comic-related...

Giant Bombcast 10-20-2009

by Derek Lavigne in Games843 days ago

After a rowdy and crowded podcast last week, the Bombcast is back to basics. Much of the first segment is taken up by talks of Brutal Legend and Borderlands. While there is praise abound for both, the guys seem to agree that Borderlands is the better game, although not without its flaws. NPD talk takes up much of the news section as a few surprises jump onto the charts this month. Although there seems to be no one shocked that PS3 topped the console charts following the release of the Slim and price drop, the news that The Beatles: Rock Band outsold...

The HotSpot 10/20/2009

by Jonathan Downin in Games843 days ago

Borderlands is proving to be received in a much more positive light than many previously thought. We touched on it in this week’s CastMedium Podcast and may have been a little hasty in our dismissal of the game. Demon’s Souls continues to capture imagination with Brian talking about his strange attraction to the game. Justin got his hands on the PSP version of GTA: Chinatown Wars and it sounds like Rockstar has polished it up nicely. The tentatively forthcoming Sam Raimi directed Warcraft movie is still in the news. Justin voices his...

The HotSpot 10/13/2009

by Jonathan Downin in Games850 days ago

Uncharted 2 is up first this week and is still being praise, but Brutal Legend gets the most time at the beginning of this week’s HotSpot. This is a Tim Schafer game so the writing and story are entertaining the guys to a large extent as expected. The multiplayer also gets the thumbs up here though so it sounds like the game isn’t completely reliant on its narrative. It’s available today so do yourself a favor and pick it up. Guitar Hero Van Halen has started shipping out to those that pre-orded Guitar Hero 5 and it sounds like...

Idle Thumbs 43: Jeff “Gone” Goldblum

by Jonathan Downin in Games875 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, Misc876 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 ...

Giant Bombcast 09-15-09

by Derek Lavigne in Games878 days ago

With the PAX Plague finally in recession things begin to resemble as close to normal as they possibly can down in the Bombshelter. Jeff runs through the multitude of games that he has been playing over the past week, which include the first four missions of Halo 3: ODST (the rest are embargoed) and Need For Speed: Shift. Ryan says he isn’t sold on ODST and things that it seems boring whereas Jeff seems to have the same opinion of Shift as he makes the point that EA may have alienated both the arcade racing fans and fans of sim-racing. Before...

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...

Joystiq Podcast 108 – Red Link edition

by Jonathan Downin in Games882 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...

Giant Bombcast 09-08-09

by Derek Lavigne in Games885 days ago

The first post-PAX Bombcast finds the Bombshelter in need of quarantine with Brad, Vinny, and Jeff all suffering the effects of the PAX Plague.  Ryan, however, feels fine and leads the group into reflections on the expo.  Jeff and Ryan agree that one of their favorite moments was getting a chance to sit down with Jerry and Mike from Penny Arcade for what became more of a discussion than an interview.  Ryan also explains how just getting to that meeting took Shadow Complex-like ingenuity.  The guys quickly run through how much fun they had at...

The Totally Rad Show | Episode 129 – Lawyerdom

by Jonathan Downin in Games, Movies, TV886 days ago

Whether it is because Dan has been on leave for the past week or there is just nothing notable out, there is no movie review this week.  Instead, the guys take the chance to talk about some big movie news including Disney’s acquisition of Marvel and the Jon Favreau signing on to do an adaptation of Cowboys & Aliens.  The movie section ends with talk of the return of Michael jackson’s Captain EO and Star Tours. Guitar Hero 5 takes up all of the game time with a segment that was largely shot at Neversoft.  Alex and Jeff got a chance...

Game Scoop! Podcast, Episode 134

by Jonathan Downin in Games889 days ago

Erik has been playing Guitar Hero 5 and he is enjoying it.  Despite the recent decline in interesting in music games, Guitar Hero 5 has been getting a lot of good buzz.  It sounds like Neversoft have implemented a lot of new feature that make it easy to pick up and play while sprucing up the whole package. The IGN crew received a PR email from Capcom about Dead Rising 2 and what they will be seeing at the Tokyo Game Show.  It sounds like they are teasing a new mulitplayer mode.  Dead Rising was one of the premier launch window 360 titles and...

at1UP: 09/02/2009

by Jonathan Downin in Games891 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...

The HotSpot 09/01/2009

by Jonathan Downin in Games892 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...

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