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Mobcast Episode 34

by Jon Cole in Games878 days ago

This week’s Mobcast is a Gamespot reunion of sorts, bringing our host Aaron Thomas to the table along with 2K’s Greg Kasavin, Giant Bomb’s Brad Shoemaker, and soon-to-be-Stardock’s Jason Ocampo. That’s right, towards the end of the show Jason confirms that he’ll be moving to Michigan to take the new job, we wish him plenty of luck. The first topic asks what impact social games will have on the gaming sphere, especially with companies like EA and Activision putting major stakes in the race. Brad seems skeptical, because social networking...

Mobcast Episode 33

by Jon Cole in Games886 days ago

John Davison joins the Mobcast, hitting it off by lending some insight into Jason Wilson’s question of whether or not we’re actually having fun while playing games. Modern Warfare 2 and Assassin’s Creed 2 have provoked some conversation about mature storylines, graphical fidelity, and other technical aspects, but the guys try to tackle why talk strays so often from the simple idea of fun. Game of the Year comes up next, with John pondering the validity of some choices due to an inherent concern for credibility. Aaron also brings up how...

Mobcast Episode 32

by Jon Cole in Games893 days ago

Bobito Max Chill (Robert Ashley) joins the Bitmob crew for this week’s Mobcast. Things kick off with the community topic, which asks how the guys deal with hecklers in online competitive games. Most of the guys seem pretty cynical about the community of games like Modern Warfare 2, which is probably well deserved. Dan’s topic tackles gaming and relationships, which often seem to work against each other. Ultimately, the guys conclude that giving their girlfriends space to still be included in their experience is the best way to go. The...

Mobcast Episode 30

by Jon Cole in Games907 days ago

This week’s Mobcast welcomes the Legendary Thread reunion, teased on last week’s Geekbox. The podcast begins with the origins of World of Warcraft as told by Blizzard’s Sam Didier, Cory Stockton, and Greg Street, who continue to cut in throughout the podcast with inside stories. As may be expected, the crew can’t help but discuss how they got initially addicted to WoW and how they eventually tried to get put the game down. Demian talks about how he’s been going cold turkey for two months after five years of addiction, only to pick...

Mobcast Episode 29

by Jon Cole in Games914 days ago

This week’s Mobcast will be a familiar one to long time listeners, but a great way for newcomers to hop into the action. Some of the Bitmob staff pick their favorite moments from the past 28 episodes, bringing back the soothing sounds of CastMedium favorites like Jeff Gerstmann and Robert Ashley to your ready and willing ears. Aaron Thomas stitches the clips together and subsequently can best recount the full list of featured guests: On this “Best Of” Mobcast, Dan Hsu, Demian Linn, Michael Donahoe, Greg Ford, Jason Wilson,...

Mobcast Episode 28

by Jon Cole in Games921 days ago

The sweet sounds of a new opening theme song flow into your ear canals at the top of this week’s Mobcast, finally brought to a resolution after the whole submission flush fiasco. The first topic for this week is 3D gaming, which seems to get unanimous praise amidst cautious optimism due to the high price point of entry. A conversation about gaming pet peeves brings up some real game design issues that seem to plague the industry for no good reason. Guest Jay Frechette talks about lazy backtracking and monster closets, which are issues that...

Mobcast Episode 27

by Jon Cole in Games928 days ago

This week’s Mobcast takes the idea of a themed show from last week’s cast and continues it with the role-playing game genre. Jason Wilson brings three industry figures to the table: Aram Jabbari, Chris Avellone, and Brenda Brathwaite. The discussion starts with a focus on what essentially sets Western and Eastern RPGs apart. Since Aram works at Atlus, he brings up how some aspects of communication simply can’t be conserved in the localization process of some Japanese games. Brenda talks about the role of death in RPGs and the transition...

Mobcast Episode 26

by Jon Cole in Games935 days ago

This week’s episode of the Mobcast brings a magnifying glass to the survival-horror genre of games. Raychul Moore and Ethan Einhorn join the cast, forming a three-man cast with Dan Hsu due to the unfortunate Skype issues of Konami’s Tomm Hulett. The most prominent topic discussed is Raychul’s – the do’s and don’ts of survival-horror games. Her list injects a bit of personal preference, evidenced by her praise for the Fatal Frame series and dismissal of more modern titles like Dead Space. Despite some potentially divisive suggestions,...

Mobcast Episode 25

by Jonathan Downin in Games942 days ago

The Mobcast is on a roll and is getting stronger with every episode. Aaron Thomas seems to be taking over the main host role and he is great in the position. He is a perfect fit and gives a personality to the Mobcast that it has been a little light on until now. Multiplayer games and their appeal, or lack thereof, are covered in the first topic this week. Jason and Aaron are the members of the group who are not into multiplayer games and it’s nice to have this view represented. The next topic is things each person hates in a game they love....

Mobcast 24

by Jonathan Downin in Games949 days ago

The Mobcast crew is back with all new audio equipment and they are sounding great. The show is infinitely more listenable and the sound quality is now inline with the content quality. Jason Ocampo, who mysteriously vanished from IGN and Command Prompt a few months ago, is on this week, but don’t expect any details on what happened. His topic is up first this week and covers unnecessary multiplayer modes being bolted onto games. Pre-order bonuses have the guys upset before the topic of ultra-violence and gore in games is discussed. Demian brings...

Mobcast Episode 23

by Jonathan Downin in Games956 days ago

The Mobcast crew is back on Skype this week after sounding much better last week, but Dan assures us that they have superior podcast equipment en route. The first topic this week is next generation consoles and the interest, or lack thereof, in those coming sooner rather than later. Almost everyone agrees that the current consoles still seem to have a lot of life left in them and can last at least a few more years. Matt is the only person that voices a contrary opinion siting that he often plays multiplatform games on PC to squeeze the best graphics...

Mobcast Episode 22

by Jonathan Downin in Games963 days ago

Get ready for an awesome episode of the Mobcast. Dan Hsu is back and has teamed-up with the Giant Bomb guys to bring us a better sounding and highly enjoyable show. Tokyo Game Show stories start this one off with the highlights being Aaron Thomas’ snoring that drove Brad to throw him out of their shared hotel room, and Jeff’s ordeal of trying to get a realistic-looking AK47 through airport security. This segues nicely into a discussion about the oversaturation and redundancy of games coverage due to the amount and proximity of game shows...

Mobcast Episode 021

by Jonathan Downin in Games970 days ago

Dan Hsu? Hello? The cast on the Mobcast continues to be random so with no Dan Hsu or Greg Ford, Aaron Thomas hosts this week. The topics are a little inconsistent, but some funny stories arise. The first topic centers around interesting interviews the group has done over the years. Michael interviewed Maggie Q and Aaron interviewed Shaq, both of which turned out a lot better than either expected. This moves into a quick discussion about sports game/EA haters. MMOs that require actual twitch-based skill is glanced over quickly before the group...

Mobcast Episode 020

by Jonathan Downin in Games977 days ago

Greg Ford again takes the reins this week with Dan still out for unknown reasons. Also, community member Lance Darnell is invited on and has a lot to add to the conversation, with Michael Donahoe carrying the more casual tourch which he firmly picked up last week. The ridiculousness of the Batman world record title is discussed before the guys go onto discuss the their most anticipated titles of the holiday season. All the big titles get a mention, but the excitement level for Halo ODST is rather low, and this seems to be an industry-wide sort...

Mobcast Episode 019

by Jonathan Downin in Games984 days ago

For those of you that were gaming 10 years ago this will be a cool episode of the Mobcast. 9/9/99 was touted by EGM as the biggest entertainment launch of all time with the release of the Dreamcast. The guys have brought former Sega PR and Dreamcast launch team member, Heather Hawkins, on this week to talk about the Dreamcast and reminisce about what the games industry was like 10 years ago. There were a lot of things that went wrong for Sega’s last system, but it still remains a fond memory for many. Some of the games that get mentioned...

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