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Casting Gear 003 – 1UP

by Jonathan Downin in Features792 days ago

Editor’s note: Casting Gear is a series about podcasting and the tools used in the process. In this series, we hope to demystify the podcasting process and show the wide range of tools and methods that different podcasters use to produce a show. In addition to listing the software and hardware used, a brief rundown of the work-flow for the given podcast will be provided. Delving into technical minutiae isn’t the goal here, it is to provide a window into the different approaches that are in practice. The following text, unless otherwise noted,...

at1UP: 12/08/2009

by Jonathan Downin in Games794 days ago

Get ready for the longest at1UP ever. It is a regular show up front with Mike quickly touching on the 1UP Alan Wake cover story. Jade then proceeds to go on a Silent Hill: Shattered Memories tirade, but keep in mind that this is her favorite series. Travis and Mike are talking some more Dragon Age, and the regular show segment closes on iPhone game talk since Travis is now an iPhone owner. The 1st after-show segment has Mike talking to fellow UGO podcasters, Brandon and Hilary, from the Toob Tied. Toob Tied is a TV-based podcast so the duo fit right...

The Geekbox: Episode 42

by Jon Cole in Games, TV799 days ago

Tryptophan talk opens up this week’s podcast, quickly (and gratefully) transitioning to some discussion of the Blu-Ray versions of Star Trek and Pixar’s UP.  Mike commits a grave offense by considering a standard Blu-Ray player over a PS3, but Higgins seems to empathize. Dragon Age: Origins seems to have captured Karen’s attention, despite the seemingly generic premise.  Mike is clearly continuing to have fun with the game, after the great start he mentioned on the last episode of CastMedium’s podcast.  Ryan Scott had...

at1UP: 12/01/2009

by Jonathan Downin in Games, Misc801 days ago

PAX East is the first topic up this week, and unfortunately at1UP is not in the running for potential 1UP podcast panels. The 1UP Game of the Year community poll is approaching and the group discusses that before giving their current personal picks of Batman, Dragon Age and Prof. Layton 2 by Mike, Travis and Jade respectively. Jade is excited about the cat-infused Sukeban Shachou Rena– just check out the video below. Things turn a little more serious with Zynga’s recent exploits taking center stage. The AOL rebranding is certainly aesthetically...

at1UP: 11/24/2009

by Jonathan Downin in Games, Movies808 days ago

Ray Barnholt is in this week and he starts the cast off with a few impressions of his recently procured DSi XL. The whole group seems to feel like the screen size is nice and there is no word of the device being too big overall. Filling the 1UP Game Night slot this week is Tony Hawk Ride. The crew is obviously not too up on this latest entry in the series as they are cautiously optimistic about it, and Jade misses the price point by $30. They have set themselves up for disappointment here. Mike held a little get-together featuring New Super Mario...

at1UP: 11/17/2009

by Jonathan Downin in Games815 days ago

The podcast kicks off with the crew talking about this year’s 1UP Holiday Buyers Guide. It is broken-down by system and there are a ton of recommendations in there. Mike and Jade have been playing Assassin’s Creed 2: Discovery for DS and Harvest Moon: Animal Parade respectively, and Travis is still neck-deep in Dragon Age. Mike’s disappointment with Fast Forward kicks-off the TV talk which ends the regular show. In the after-show segment, Mikes invites Kat Bailey and Jeremy Parish in to talk about their podcasts and explain...

The Geekbox: Episode 39

by Jon Cole in Games, Misc, TV820 days ago

The EA acquisition of Playfish and the proliferation of casual games starts off The Geekbox after a brief callback to strip club discussion from last week.  They also talk about the EA layoffs, specifically at Mythic Entertainment which which were likely in response to the poor performance of Warhammer Online. Television continues to be a staple on The Geekbox, with a continuation of the Venture Bros talk from last week.  Venture Bros and Space Ghost are compared for their validity as “stoner” shows, with the bulk of the crew saying the latter...

at1UP: 11/10/2009

by Jonathan Downin in Games, Misc822 days ago

The at1UP crew are not fans of the military-based first person shooters, so don’t expect any Modern Warfare 2 coverage here. The 1UP community has arranged a week long homecoming community event, so Mike and co. share some details about it. It’s a little hokey, but it sounds like good-spirited fun. Mike, Jade and Travis may not be FPS fans, but they are RPG fans, so they are discussing Dragon Age. Travis joined this week’s Retronauts, with special guest Dr. Greg Zeschuk, so he has a few things to say about the game. Mike and Travis...

at1UP: 11/02/2009

by Jonathan Downin in Games, Misc829 days ago

Halloween stories, or the lack thereof, start things off this week with Mike being the only one who chose to don a costume, as a hobo. There are various improvements coming to 1UP, including revamped my1UP and user review sections. Travis says to look for those soon, hopefully by the end of them week. Travis has been playing Torchlight and shares about his loot-filled experience with the game. Mike has gone deep into the player creator in WWE SMackdown vs. Raw, and Jade vents about the difficulty of A Boy and His Blob. Conflicted feeling about DJ...

at1UP: 10/27/2009

by Jonathan Downin in Games, Misc, TV836 days ago

Sam is jumping in to join the regular crew this week. Things kick off with discussion about the new Castlevania the Adventure Rebirth. It seems like it is going to be a throw-back to the classic SNES entries in the series. Sam touches on Lego Universe for a bit and it sounds like it could turn out to be a cool, creative MMO experience. Rachet and Clank gets some time before Travis talks about his experience with Eufloria, which was also featured on this week’s CO-OP. Left 4 Dead 2 is the game featured on tonight’s 1UP game night, so...

The Geekbox: Episode 36

by Jonathan Downin in Games, Misc, TV842 days ago

Anthony Gallegos is on this week, and so continues the constant cross-pollination of fellow Hammersuit personalities. Ryan Higgins begins with his experience at Star Wars: In Concert. After a bit of movie talk, the group moves onto Borderlands where Anthony reveals that he will probably be giving it a 4/5 star review on GameSpy. This leads into a more general MMO discussion and Anthony sharing some EverQuest memories. TV talk starts with the lamenting of the death of wrestler and Mario TV show star, Lou Albano. Venture Borthers gets some love and...

at1UP: 10/20/2009

by Jonathan Downin in Games, Movies843 days ago

It’s a long episode this week. Scooter is on talking about Borderlands since he reviewed it earlier in the week. It’s safe to say that he is enjoying the game a whole lot considering his B+ score. Jade talks about her semi-frustrating experience with Cooking Mama 3 and shares a love for the cuteness that is A Boy and His Blob. 1UP has added 2 more blog/columns to the site. Chiptuned and Add to Queue are centered around music in games and movies respectively. It nice to see 1UP offering more coverage on things in the periphery of gaming. In...

The Geekbox: Episode 35

by Jonathan Downin in Games, Misc848 days ago

Karen is back on this week and she is following up last week’s discussion about Orson Scott Card with her own personal decision to boycott the Dragon Quest games after Fitch related that the original creator is a Japanese Nationalist. Ideologies of Japanese Nationalism include justification of Japan’s WWII actions and denial surrounding the Korean and Chinese occupations. Comics talk takes up a chunk of time before group the covers the topic of outlets receiving huge swag, and if that influences coverage. This is spawned out of the fact...

at1UP: 10/06/2009

by Jonathan Downin in Games, Misc857 days ago

It’s a big crew this week with Justin Haywald and Ray Barnholt sitting in. Justin is quickly becoming the most exposed person at 1UP with him appearing in so many podcasts recently. The Rocket Knight 1UP cover story starts things off, but the focus quickly moves to Ray who picked up a PSPgo and attempts to argue its merits. It doesn’t seem like anyone else is leaning towards buying one other than Ray though. Sharkey’s recent Top 5 Insane Sony Ads sparks some reminiscing about how Sony used to be on the cutting edge. Epic Mickey’s...

The Geekbox: Episode 33

by Jon Cole in Games862 days ago

The Geekbox seemingly starts off as a mirror to this week’s at1UP, with Andrew Fitch returning from Japan to talk about his experiences there.  He went with Justin Haywald and Jade Kraus to Disneyland Tokyo, so there’s a bit of familiar dialogue.  Karen talks about Japanese versions of Subway and TGI Fridays, leaving her convinced that east Asians do American food best.  They delve a little bit into the more seedy elements of Japan, so if you’re interested in hearing about Nigerian pimps, make sure you to listen in. Ryan Scott...

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