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Mobcast Episode 49

by Jon Cole in Games669 days ago

This week’s Mobcast keeps it close with a mostly Bitmob crew, welcoming returning guest “girlfriend Raychul” back for another episode. Right off the bat, 3DS conversation stirs some debate, with Raychul making the bold statement that she’s glad Nintendo lead the 3D charge considering they know how to implement new technologies best. Aaron doesn’t take this sitting down, however, arguing that Nintendo knows how to sell hardware but doesn’t know very much at all about using motion controls well on the Wii, for...

Mobcast Episode 48

by Jon Cole in Games676 days ago

Dan Hsu returns to the hosting seat this week, welcoming ex-Crispy Gamer Kyle Orland and ex-Blizzard “tastemaker” Keith Lee into the studio along with Bitmobber Demian Linn. Being a huge Blizzard fan, Demian takes on the first topic, primarily asking Keith how Blizzard so often enjoys massive success. Design and user experience lead the pack of strong attributes that rope in many more users than games that use far more complex interfaces on the surface. Rhythm games seem to have tired out hardcore gamers at this point, especially...

Mobcast Episode 47

by Jon Cole in Games682 days ago

The Mobcast for this week marks yet another podcast in David Ellis’s final crusade before diving deep into the dark side at 343 Industries. First up is Shoe’s topic, asking what life after games journalism might be like, which is particularly interesting given the diverse paths each of the guys took to get into the industry. Very few developers have found widespread success with multiplayer, with much of the attention focused on games like Call of Duty and Halo. Most of the guys agree that most of this failure can be attributed to...

Mobcast Episode 46

by Jon Cole in Games688 days ago

This week’s Mobcast gets back to the show’s conceptual roots, hosted by Aaron Thomas and introducing three guys from all reaches of the industry. The community topic for this week earns the attention of the crew and kicks things off, asking about their impressions of the “one console future”. The question happens to tie into Shanker’s subsequent topic, debating the prominence and influence of 3D browser gaming. As an indie developer with lots of focus on browser games, Shanker dominates the conversation, evangelizing...

Mobcast Episode 45

by Jon Cole in Games697 days ago

With a bulk of the games industry embedded in the GDC trenches last weekend, Shoe manages to nab a couple of ex-EGM veterans and Gaijin Games’ Alex Neuse (of Bit.Trip fame) for this week’s Mobcast. Appropriate to the venue, the show kicks off with impressions of the Playstation Move. They take no time to criticize the hardware’s terrible title, though Alex does shine a little bit of light on the straightforward approach to the name. However, the crew is in full agreement over the distasteful copying of the Wii experience,...

Mobcast Episode 44

by Jon Cole in Games701 days ago

Aaron Thomas made it out to Bizarre Creations to talk to Jeb Talbot and Garreth Wilson about some of the topics on this week’s podcast, leading to somewhat disjointed conversations where Shoe and crew are intermittently interrupted by prerecorded parts of the interview. Otherwise, a Bitmob-staff only cast talks about the recent release of Bad Company 2 and how it compares to Modern Warfare 2. Shoe and Brett have played both, but Shoe has more experience with the Battlefield series as a whole and isn’t quite impressed with the minor...

Mobcast Episode 43

by Jon Cole in Games710 days ago

In a continuation of last week’s lineup of comedians to appear in the Cross Platform Comedy show, Sheila Bryson and Dave Karraker join Dan and Demian for this week’s Mobcast. Fortunately, these two guests bring some more industry rep than the other half of their crew, both working for several gaming PR companies including Crystal Dynamics and Sony. Shoe takes this fact and runs with it, asking each of the crew about their first experience in the gaming industry, which range from Skinemax-caliber PC games to 3DO platformers. After...

Mobcast Episode 42

by Jon Cole in Games716 days ago

This week’s Mobcast brings on gamer comedians Jeff Reitman and Adam McLaughlin along with the oft mentioned “Shoe’s Girlfriend”, Raychul Moore. Dan’s topic opens up the podcast by asking why “comedy” is a genre limited to film and not games. Clearly this is an intricate topic, but Jeff and Adam conclude that the interactive medium isn’t as complementary to comedy as is a passive medium like film. Hype has been both a blessing and a curse for the games industry, bringing some developers to their...

Mobcast Episode 41

by Jon Cole in Games724 days ago

The Mobcast is back to their typical format, bringing on Garnett Lee of Shacknews and Justin Fassino of Machinima.com. Demian’s topic kicks things off, asking the importance, function, and marketing capabilities of beta trials of games. Most everyone can agree that betas serve many masters, but ultimately provide important information concerning multiplayer gameplay, especially in terms of balancing and design. Next up is the subject of X10, which was the reason Garnett and Justin came to San Francisco in the first place. Lost Planet’s...

Mobcast Episode 40

by Jon Cole in Games732 days ago

The Mobcast is a little disjointed this week, with Aaron intermittently playing some prerecorded clips from an interview he did with Bioshock 2’s Mellisa Miller and Hogarth De La Plante. He asked them the same questions asked on the podcast, though, so the transitions aren’t too jarring. Anthony’s topic kicks things off, asking how gaming websites should balance resource intensive, long-form editorial and page-view grabbing top ten lists and the like. Shoe finds that articles written for the nearly singular purpose of traffic are sometimes...

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...

Mobcast Episode 38

by Jon Cole in Games745 days ago

Aaron Thomas delivers a special, retrospective version of the Mobcast this week, delving back into the show’s backlog of topics and sharing them with designer, producer, and public relations supervisor from 2K Games. First off, the guys talk about how bugs and glitches effect a game’s process, except this time on the development side. Sean Bailey offers that bugs really only get through to the final product if the development cycle is cut pretty short, otherwise developers do their best to iron out every issue brought to their attention. The...

Mobcast Episode 37

by Jon Cole in Games751 days ago

Shoe is back from the dead to relieve Aaron Thomas for a week, joined by mostly Bitmob staff and his girlfriend, Raychul Moore. The topics for this week tread some very familiar ground, but it’s nice to get a short reprieve from the guest-heavy episodes for a more traditional Mobcast. The first and likely most interesting topic asks what video game series need to take a break. One of the most ubiquitous answers is the Legend of Zelda franchise, for a handful of reasons. Jason Wilson offers that the sense of exploration and adventure...

Mobcast Episode 36

by Jon Cole in Games759 days ago

Joe Dodson and Kristin Reilly join the Mobcast this week, resulting in yet another mini-Gamespot reunion for fans of the good old days. The first topic of the week asks the crew what they’d consider some of their greatest gaming achievements. Greg Ford chimes in with a common, yet notorious one of completing the Facility level of Goldeneye within a strict time limit. Mature topics in games have been well tread by both the press and gaming community but the Mobcast has a few interesting points to add to the discussion. The topic of strategy...

Mobcast Episode 35

by Jon Cole in Games767 days ago

Bitmob’s own Aaron Thomas and Demian Linn are joined by Matt Chandronait and Anthony Gallegos to usher in the new year, but carry along a little bundle of memories from the last. With such being the case, the guys discuss their biggest surprises and disappointments of 2009, starting off with Aaron who was disappointed by Uncharted 2. The game didn’t necessarily appall him, but the seemingly unanimous hype among the media built up his expectations to a point where the smallest blemishes appeared that much bigger. Matt brings a particularly...

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