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2010

by Alex Martin in Games, Tech427 days ago

After discussing the philosophy behind Will’s “clever internet t-shirt“, and Gary’s attempts at growing a beard, the crew gets into some tech talk. Gary’s spent another week with his new TV and reports on the minutiae of setting it up, aranging cables, breaking it in, and reinforcing his weak TV cabinet. Meanwhile, Norm has spent enough time with the Samsung Galaxy Tab to recommend you not buy it. Will’s also experienced some audio bugs with Windows Phone 7, and thinks it’s far behind iOS4 as a mobile...

Podcast Beyond: God of War

by Jon Cole in Games476 days ago

The week’s explicit Podcast Beyond starts off with the Roper Report, as always. Since we’re in the thick of release season, news is dominated by announcements and leaks of upcoming downloadable titles on PSN. Sales numbers also hit the scene this week, with Medal of Honor cashing in on the hype with 1.5 million units sold and the PlayStation Move selling around 300,000 units. Pick of the Week is split between Vanquish and Fallout: New Vegas, with much of the debate rising from the bug-ridden initial release of Bethesda’s latest....

Game Scoop! Podcast: BioShocker

by Jon Cole in Games545 days ago

Game Scoop! kicks off with a bit of excitement about Bioshock Infinite, quickly proceeding into the monthly NPD numbers. The most notable news is the reemergence of the Xbox 360 as best-selling console, beating out both the Nintendo Wii and Nintendo DS for the first time in about three years. On the software side, NCAA Football took the top two spots with Crackdown 2 following them up. Arc Rise Fantasia also managed to squeeze in, giving Anthony a chance to talk about his score (6.5), praise the battle system, and promote it as a serious JRPG on...

Weekend Confirmed Episode 17

by Jonathan Downin in Games567 days ago

DeathSpank starts the show and the guys have some middling impressions of the game. Also, everyone has gotten back in World of Warcraft with the Cataclysm beta now underway. After a few extremely negative comments about APB, Garnett talks about his lack of enthusiasm for Singularity. The free Valve release, Alien Swarm, gets a unanimous vote for Cannataford this week. The middle segment has the guys again approaching the topic of games as value propositions. Garnett also explains how he wasnts to take a different approach to games coverage in moving...

Game Scoop! Podcast: Red Dead Consideration

by Jon Cole in Games587 days ago

Game Scoop! reports in with a short show this week, welcoming a rare appearance of Anthony Gallegos as well. NPDs start things off and Red Dead Redemption unsurprisingly leads the charge. Anthony makes a point that the performance of RDR is exemplary because it doesn’t have a number in the title, thus making a direct comparison to its Rockstar peer Grand Theft Auto 4 a little useless. The latest PS3 firmware update has introduced several news features to the console, including new photo display features and Move support. Most importantly...

Game Scoop! Podcast, Episode 163

by Jon Cole in Games635 days ago

Game Scoop! starts off covering the NPD’s, which are quite uninteresting on multiple levels. News that the PS2 will no longer continue to be tracked by the NPD group isn’t particularly surprising for anyone and the predictability continues with the newfound success of Splinter Cell: Conviction. EA’s new Online Pass program has been faced with lots of controversy, which is reflected by the complete divergence between Daemon and Greg in favor and Charles and Hilary in opposition. Daemon makes the apt comparison to the Cerberus...

Weekend Confirmed Episode 8

by Alex Martin in Games637 days ago

Comedian Christian Spicer joins regular Confirmers of Weekends Garnett, Jeff, and Brian. (Billy has moved on to a new job at EGM.) This week Jeff’s been playing action RPG Nier, which is “more fun than it is good”. He and Garnett did not like Lost Planet 2 and the changes that were meant to address the first game’s flaws. Christian has mixed thoughts on ModNation Racers for the PSP, which isn’t optimized for the PSP’s analogue nub. Games they more whole-heartedly endorse include Skate 3, Super Street Fighter 4,...

The HotSpot 04/20/2010

by Jonathan Downin in Games661 days ago

Kick-Ass starts the show this week. Although it’s not really game related, the guys enjoyed the movie a lot and want to recommend it. Capcom held their anual Captivate event last week in Hawaii and the biggest reveal was Marvel vs. Capcom 3. It will be in 3D, much like Street Fighter 4, and is said to feature more than 30 playable characters. The group talks a bit more about Splinter Cell and everyone is pretty high on the game. In news, word of a “taboo” new Kojima game kicks things off before the NPDs get some time. Software...

Game Scoop! Podcast, Episode 159

by Jon Cole in Games663 days ago

This week’s Game Scoop! was recorded on Saturday, so expect a little bit more hilarity than usual. Things start off in a fairly familiar manner, covering the past month’s NPDs and the dominance of God of War III and Pokemon SoulSilver/HeartGold among the software ranks. The DSi XL came out strong, bolstering the DS numbers and breaking ahead of the Sony PSP. Daemon managed to dig up a tweet from Ochre, a musician who apparently leaked the existence of LittleBigPlanet 2 by saying he worked on the game’s soundtrack. With this...

The HotSpot 03/16/2010

by Jonathan Downin in Games696 days ago

Command & Conquer 4: Tiberium Twilight came out today and Kevin shares his luke-warm reception of the game. He says that the game is particularly good in multiplayer with its persistant leveling system, but the single player campaign fails to adequately wrap-up the Kane storyline. Kevin has also been playing Dragon Age: Awakening which he deems as lacking the magic of Origins. The Perfect Dark XBLA remake also gets some time. PlayStation Move is the focus this week and the guys have a lot to say about Sony’s take on the motion controller....

The HotSpot 02/16/2010

by Jonathan Downin in Games723 days ago

Aliens Vs. Predator is out and it sounds like it is very faithful to Rebellion’s earlier Aliens vs. Predator games, but this is not necessarily a good thing. Perfect Dark for XBLA was announced at x10 and it garners some excitement here. Fable III is passed over rather quickly with Halo Reach, Alan Wake and Dead Rising 2 getting bigger chunks of time for discussion. NPDs and recent comments from Activision and Ubisoft have the guys pondering the state of the industry. Activision is closing and paring down some of their studios resulting...

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...

The HotSpot 01/26/2010

by Jonathan Downin in Games744 days ago

Mass Effect 2 is easily the biggest release this week, but if you in the mood for some lighter fare and have a Wii, No More Heroes 2 may be up your alley. Just be ready for some misogyny in the mix. The guys are also talking about the official delay of the PS3 Motion Controller and they feel like it and Project Natal seem like they would be better off releasing in 2011. The HotSpot crew are the last to touch on the NPD’s top 10 best selling game of all time which we talked about on this week’s CastMedium Podcast. This leads into some...

CastMedium Podcast 021 – 01.25.10

by Jonathan Downin in Games, Movies, Tech746 days ago

This week’s episode kicks off with Casey Hudson’s many appearances on podcasts last week. We then move on to the NPD Group’s top 10 best selling games of all time. Wii Play– disqualified. Mass Effect 2′s Cerberus Network strikes us as a good way to combat used game sales in a way that is inoffensive and fair to consumers. Get ready for a lengthy 20 minute discussion of the tablet that is expected to be announced at the Apple event on Wednesday, January 27th at 10am PST. Jon and I try to contain our excitement as Erik...

The HotSpot 01/19/2010

by Jonathan Downin in Games752 days ago

We get a truncated episode this week since the guys missed their usual recording time due to the holiday on Monday. This actually feels like the perfect length for The HotSpot though, so hopefully this a trend that will continue. Chris Watters makes his requisite cameo appearance up front here to share his thoughts on Dark Void. It has had a somewhat troubled development, and it seems shows in the final product. NPDs get a bit of time as usual, but there are no big insights here– spoiler alert, Nintendo controls the charts again. It could...

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