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Gamescom: Podcast Beyond

by Jon Cole in Games540 days ago

After promising that there’d be no episode this week, Greg and the gang deliver… episode 149.5? The news from Gamescom is too extensive to hold off, so the conversation begins with the announcement of Resistance 3. Of course, Colin is quite excited about Insomniac’s upcoming title given his love for the previous two games, so he provides some insight into where it might fit into the series continuity. Ryan briefly hits on Ratchet and Clank: All for One, rounding out an unprecedented two-game Insomniac catalog for 2011. The announcement...

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Mobcast 54: CO-OP on Co-op

by Alex Martin in Games634 days ago

Ryan O’Donnell and Cesar Quintero of Area 5 media, producers of CO-OP, are hosted by Bitmobbers Demian and Brett. Appropriately, the theme for this episode is co-operative gaming and Demian starts with his topic — games the panel only plays co-operatively. Some games are just better when you have friends there with you, like Phantasy Star Online, which Ryan seems to think is the same offline as on, but is transformed when your friends are there to check out your loot. Ryan has a cool idea — more games should have two-part weapons...

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The Idle Thumbs Podcast Episode 3: “Your Buddy, Space Marine” or “The Capper”

by Jonathan Downin in Games710 days ago

Are the guys going weekly again? We can only hope. The recent situation at Infinity Ward is the obvious big topic this week and it starts the podcast. The guys then move on to talk about the recently formed Indie Fund, an angel investment group put together by indie developers for indie developers. As Chris was following the Activision debacle, Jake followed the Portal ARG. This all began with a mysterious update to Portal through Steam that has lead people to a BBS using Morse Code that revealed some mysterious Apature Science images and the number...

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Game Scoop! Podcast, Episode 152

by Jonathan Downin in Games727 days ago

While many podcasts have focused on Microsoft’s X10 event, Game Scoop! starts with NPDs this week. Mass Effect 2 had very strong initial sales, but other games seem to have lost out to BioWare’s latest– except for Just Dance. X10 does get some coverage with the guys talking about Dead Rising 2 and Alan Wake. Perfect Dark has also been confirmed for XBLA and Daemon is especially interested in the update. Left 4 Dead DLC is touched upon before the group moves onto another edition of Knockin’ Boots. Emails run long this week...

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Mobcast Episode 39

by Jon Cole in Games737 days ago

This week’s Mobcast is fairly low-key, with a mostly Bitmob crew joined by Raychul Moore.  Shoe’s topic is a slightly retooled version of a previous topic, asking the mobbers to think up one tiny thing they’d like to change about games with no strings attached.  Clearly Mass Effect 2 is on everyone’s minds, as many of the slight changes have to do with the original game, including the poor inventory management system and imperfect conversation skipping methods. Brett’s topic is the role of scripted events in the future...

GWJ Conference Call Episode 156

by Jonathan Downin in Games857 days ago

The guys have been getting into some older games recently with the release of a patch for Sins of a Solar Empire and the new Left 4 Dead campaign. Left 4 Dead is still holding some attention, but Sean still can’t get into it due to his aversion to coop games. The Forza 3 demo is continuing to impress and secures another purchase in Julian. If you are a fan of the Idle Thumbs podcast, this will be a fun listen. Shawn Andrich brought on Chris Remo to discuss his disgust with Bioware over the latest Mass Effect 2 trailer featuring Subject 0....

Rebel FM Episode 34 – 10/01/09

by Jonathan Downin in Games861 days ago

Crime Craft starts this one out and it’s not pretty. Left 4 Dead Crash Course gets a middling response, with the opinion being that this was more of bone to throw to those complaining about the lack of support for L4D than anything else. The Beatles: Rock Band has Tyler excited, but Anthony and Arthur have barely touched it since its release. Arthur really wants to talk about Uncharted 2, but Anthony calls for waiting until next week to get in-depth on the game so Tyler can play it and join in on the conversation. They do get into it a little...

Xbox 360 Fancast 129 — Boing Boing Ratta Tatta

by Jonathan Downin in Games914 days ago

As the guys mention right up front, it seems like it is almost impossible for all 4 guys to be on at the same time these days.  Richard is attempting to build his own joystick for fighters so no one can ever say he is not a real gamer/geek. There have been images circulating around the internet showing an Xbox 360 Arcade box that is missing the Xbox 360 Pro listing and only shows the Arcade and Elite versions.  This has led to speculation that Microsoft may be trimming the lineup to just these 2 packages.  This would make a good counter to Sony’s...

Listen UP: 05/08/2009

by Jonathan Downin in Games1008 days ago

We a get a rather huge show this week with Garnett and at the G4 offices in LA with Shane back to share his wisdom.  There are so many games talked about on this one so rather than pick a few out, we are just going to give you a big fat list, we’re lazy like that.  Games talked about: Plants vs. Zombies, Patapon 2, Excitebots, Left 4 Dead, Fight Night Round 4, Tiger Woods Wii, Final Fantasy XII, Split Second, Blur A big middle part of the show gets into E3 predictions and you get a definite feeling the some know more than they can say. ...

The Geekbox: Episode 14

by Jonathan Downin in Games, Misc1014 days ago

Mike Cruz and Jade Krause from at1UP are on this week.  Movie talk starts out this week’s Geekbox and the crew is all over the place.  X-men, Wolverine, Fast & Furious and many others get some time.  A lot of tastes are represented here with Fitch loving him some Vin Deisel.  He makes the point that he lacks charisma to such an extent that he becomes charismatic– he could be right. Ryan Higgins has been playing some Left 4 Dead and he is loving it with the new survival pack.  Jade makes a great point that Left 4 Dead’s...

Rebel FM Episode 16

by Jonathan Downin in Games1016 days ago

The Rebel FM guys are back with another podcast right on the heels of their last one.  In the wake of Philip Kollar leaving things got a little slow and unorganized, but this seem to be right back on track with the 3-man team making for a very easy listening and fun podcast. Anthony talks a little about MAG up front this week and it sounds like it is turning into something that could be fun.  The huge 256 player battles sound like they might as well be smaller 32 player matches since there is not much large-scale interaction, but Zipper has a...

GWJ Conference Call Episode 133

by Jonathan Downin in Games1018 days ago

Left 4 Dead’s survival mode is recently out and the consensus here is that is pretty insanely hard, maybe too hard.  The guys lament the fact that there were no new scenarios included in this DLC, but come around to the fact that it is free, so how much can you really complain. The Hunter crops back up into the conversation this week and the guys, for the most part, are still pretty enamored with it. Jason Kapalka, of PopCap, is the big draw this week.  PopCap has almost single-handedly brought the idea of casual gaming into the gaming landscape...

Rebel FM Episode 15

by Jonathan Downin in Games1021 days ago

The free update for Left 4 Dead has come out and the guys are talking about it.  Tyler is pretty new to the game so he is excited about it and has quite a bit to share. Arthur has been playing through Chronicles of Riddick and is enjoying it to some extent.  It sounds like the the shooting doesn’t feel too good, but the atmosphere and characterization is top notch. The topic this week is centered around parents and experiences growing up playing games.  It’s easy to forget that many people had very different childhoods from your own...

Listen UP: 04/27/2009

by Jonathan Downin in Games1022 days ago

The guys are hitting a lot games on this one.  Sterling McGarvey, of GameSpy and GameSpy Debriefings podcast, is a great guest with a lot of input.  He brings a lot of energy to the show and is a good counterpart to David.  The problem is Patrick Klepek doesn’t have much to say about many of the games discussed this week. Bionic Commando sounds like it may not live up to the hopes that many have for it.  Although the guys aren’t going into too much detail since the review is still a few weeks away, it’s pretty obvious how they...

Command Prompt Podcast, Episode 44

by Jonathan Downin in Games1025 days ago

This is Charles Onyett’s last podcast.  He is moving to the Xbox team so he may be appearing on the Three Red Lights podcast. The guys are talking about the recent announcement of Fallout: New Vegas.  This is not a sequel of to Fallout 3, but it takes place during the same time period so it is more of a side-story.  It is being made by Obsidian Entertainment which is comprised of some of the original Fallout team. Valve has released a free downloadable content pack for Left 4 Dead.  It makes the two maps that were not available in verses...

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