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The Geekbox: Episode 91

by Jonathan Downin in Games, TV457 days ago

Special guest Greg Kasavin, Creative Director for Super Giant Games‘s Bastion, makes this week’s show a winner. Greg is no stranger to games press as he put in almost a decade at Gamespot before going to the development world, so he fits right in. As usual, the crew covers a myriad of topics, but there seems to be a stronger through-line this week. The group spends a lot of time talking about TV and game storytelling conventions, including the use of cliffhangers. The anime-ization of Samus in the latest metroid, and the general trend...

The Geekbox: Episode 81

by Jonathan Downin in Games, Misc, TV526 days ago

Karen is back this week and the cast starts with the story that explains her absence last week– prickly pears were involved. The game talk starts with a little Red Dead Redemption, but quickly moves on to Ryan S’s thoughts on Metroid after finishing it. He is with the consensus that the first person gameplay mechanic doesn’t quite fit, and that the story is decidedly “Japanese.” The price hike for Xbox Live Gold has the crew somewhat divided, but Alice is argues that it really isn’t that drastic of a change. Brock...

The Geekbox: Episode 72

by Jonathan Downin in Games, Misc, TV590 days ago

Karen is out this week, so Mr. Karen is in. Final Fantasy starts the cast since Patrick recently finished it. He doesn’t have too many kind words for the game, but Ryan H. pipes in with some defense for the “classic” game progression and mechanics. After a bit of E3 talk, the group moves on to a discussion about comics going digital. Ryan H. doesn’t see the trend as hurting paper book sales, and in fact argues that it is targeting a new consumer in a way that will drive traditional comic sales. Lost talk is back with another...

The Geekbox: Episode 68

by Jon Cole in Games, TV617 days ago

A cast-light episode of the Geekbox results in a games-heavy first segment, leading with a game that Ryan considers his game of the year thus far, Super Mario Galaxy 2. Most everyone in the games press has similar opinions on the game and Ryan seems to follow suit, praising the glorious level design that made the first so popular. Karen manages to dig up one negative point though, highlighting the arbitrary method of progression in the overworld (requiring a certain number of stars to open new galaxies). The other big game of the week is Red...

/Filmcast Ep. 102 – Prince of Persia

by Jon Cole in Movies, TV617 days ago

The /Filmcast returns for a more typical episode this week, starting things off with Dave and Devindra’s impressions of The Drawn Together Movie: The Movie. Overall, they both agree that while the show’s individual episodes were always funny, a feature-length picture is simply too much. Rounding out the first segment is Devindra’s experiences with the season 2 finale of Fringe, which he dramatically declares to be better and more fulfilling than the Lost series finale. The second segment is dominated by the two biggest piece...

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

by Alex Martin in Games619 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...

/Filmcast Ep. 101 – MacGruber

by Jon Cole in Movies, TV623 days ago

Dan Eckman joins the /Filmcast this week, adding a little bit of spicy dissention while also promoting the DVD release of his film, Mystery Team. As always, the show starts off with What We’ve Been Watching, with Dave opening up discussion of the latest episode of Breaking Bad, which was directed by former guest and director Rian Johnson. Everyone agrees that the episode was great despite the fact that it didn’t drive the central plot very much. Most of this success was in fact due to Rian’s injection of much of his style...

The Geekbox: Episode 66

by Jon Cole in Games, TV631 days ago

Roadie Brock joins the regular Geekbox crew this week, opening up the show with a story about love spawned by the Geekbox and the joys of the Gabrielle Anwar scale. In other news, Ryan Higgins got a chance to go to a Pokemon Tournament and shares some of his experiences, despite the fact that he only really got to receive the exclusive event Pokemon that was offered. Talk about the NPDs somehow manages to squeeze into this week’s show, though it leads to a lot of griping about ratings systems and how they seem to be designed to spark controversy...

/Filmcast Ep. 100 – Robin Hood

by Jon Cole in Movies, TV632 days ago

Highly respected and professional director Rian Johnson joins the /Filmcast this week to the blaring sound of a banjo, appropriately marking the hundredth episode of this podcast. He dominates the What We’ve Been Watching segment, first discussing Cowboy Bebop and considering the possible quality of the planned live action adaptation starring Keanu Reeves. He then rains praise upon Exit Through The Gift Shop, a documentary covering the work of British graffiti artist Banksy. The Rian Johnson love-train continues into the next segment,...

The Geekbox: Episode 65

by Jon Cole in Games, Movies, TV639 days ago

Iron Man 2 talk opens up this week’s Geekbox, with Greg Ford and the Ryan’s feeling far more positively about it than Fitch. Fitch wasn’t too sure about the “overly quippy” dialogue, comparing it to Fast and Furious levels of schlock. The other guys don’t agree, though they do regard it a little less than the original Iron Man film. The Mega Man fan movie sparks a little conversation about video game films and more impressive fan movies. Street Fighter: The Movie deservedly earns a little radio time, as...

The Geekbox: Episode 62

by Jon Cole in Games, Movies, TV659 days ago

This week’s “Three Nerdy White Guys” podcast (working title) starts off with some MMO talk, unsurprisingly. Higgins shares some of his opinions on the recently introduced mounts to World of Warcraft and his plans for the Cataclysm release. Games talk wraps up with Ryan’s impressions of 3D Dot Game Heroes, which he describes as Zelda with the serial number filed off. Ultimately, he concludes that the self-referential elements are entertaining though he wishes it wasn’t exclusive to the PS3. Listener mail takes up a...

The Geekbox: Episode 61

by Jon Cole in Games, Movies, TV668 days ago

At the top of this week’s show, Karen talks a little bit about a podcast she’s recently started listening to, Jordan Jesse Go, and the strange debacle with Penny Arcade’s Mike and Jerry that earned a lot of frustration in the podcasting community. On a completely unrelated note, Ryan talks a little bit about his recent viewing of Clash of the Titans, which he essentially boils down to a series of ridiculous setpieces designed to be chopped up for a sweet trailer. The recent trailers for The Losers and The A-Team inspires a little...

The Geekbox: Episode 59

by Jon Cole in Games, TV681 days ago

This week’s Geekbox starts off with the sad news that Ryan Higgins’s store got broken into on the one year anniversary of his apartment burning down, so unfortunately this guy doesn’t attract great luck. After a couple scuffles over Dunkin Donuts and fluffernutters, Ryan Scott and Karen talk about their time at PAX East, which they say felt a little inferior compared to the Seattle version though still proved to be a lot of fun. In terms of panels, Karen said she most enjoyed the Journalists vs. Developers discussion, which leads...

The Geekbox: Episode 58

by Jon Cole in Games, Movies, TV687 days ago

The Geekbox welcomes Karen Chu back from a four-week hiatus, starting off conversation with her experiences at South By Southwest Interactive. Having hosted a panel, she has a somewhat unique opinion about the big picture topics talked about in Austin, so things kick off interestingly. On a similar note, Ryan talks a little bit about his future PAX East panel, joining up with Anthony Gallegos and the guys over at Game Scoop! Strangely enough, games discussion begins with Higgins’s time playing MLB 2010: The Show, which he’s been...

The Geekbox: Episode 57

by Jon Cole in Games, Movies, TV696 days ago

The Geekbox returns to some form of normalcy this week, featuring the normal crew minus Karen Chu. The episode kicks off with some discussion of the latest Ben-centric episode of Lost, Dr. Linus. Higgins has the dissenting opinion, not really liking the episode due to what he says is poor character development. Ryan Scott and Mike agree that the latest episode actually wraps up one of the best character arcs in the whole show, so the argument gets a little heated with such opposing opinions. Alice in Wonderland is the movie of the week and...

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