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The Geekbox: Episode 31

by Jonathan Downin in Games, Misc975 days ago

Almost all of the regular crew is back this week with the exception of Mike Cruz and the addition of Olly Quinn.  Talk of last week’s PAX GFW reuinion panel starts of the cast with Karen sharing that it was hard for her not to get a little misty as Jeff remarked that he would love to go back into games journalism, but only with the Brodeo guys.  This leads into a discussion about how journalism is now the go-to way to gain entrance into game development as QA once was. The crew then goes on to discuss the state of media in general and why...

The Geekbox: Brodeo Reunion 2009

by Jonathan Downin in Games, Misc982 days ago

This week’s show is a special non-Geekbox episode.  Ryan’s old digs, GFW Radio (The Brodeo) came back for a 1 time live podcast at PAX.  If you are not familiar with the show, it was the PC podcast for 1UP and was one of most beloved and personality-filled podcasts around.  Listening to this will give you a good feel for what the show was like and the back catalog is still available if you want more. Although Anthony Gallegos of Rebel FM came on near the end of GFW Radio’s run, the main cast was Jeff Green of The EA Podcast,...

The Geekbox: Episode 30

by Jonathan Downin in Games, Misc989 days ago

It’s a toned-down Geekbox this week with Karen out for her husbands birthday and Ryan Scott sick.  Everyone is predictably playing Batman and enjoying it.  Ryan talks about all the big PAX plans and he has included all the times and places for the proceeding in the post for this week’s episode. Disney’s acquisition of Marvel sparks a lot of conversation, but not too many insights.  There is some worry about what Disney will do with Marvel and the crew throws around the idea of Pixar doing animated Marvel movies.  Ryan Higgins...

The GameSpy Debriefings #95

by Jonathan Downin in Games995 days ago

It’s a 4 person crew with Green Pixel’s Dana Jongewaard joining in on the festivities this week.  Some old GFW Radio throw-backs come up over this episode including the infamous Yaddle and Anthony situation. Ryan continues to share his excitement about the upcoming World of Warcraft expansion and while Will doesn’t care about WoW, he is quite interested in Diablo III. Will steps out in the middle of the podcast and Ryan takes the opportunity  to talk about the forthcoming XBLA release The Misadventures of PB Winterbottom.  This...

The Geekbox: Episode 29

by Jonathan Downin in Games, Misc995 days ago

As you would probably expect, a big chunk of this week’s Geekbox is all about Blizzcon.  With the crew usually spending a lot of time on movies and comics, it’s nice to hear a lot of game-centric talk every once in a while. Ryan Higgins starts this one out talking about his lees than ideal DirectTV PPV Blizzcon experience.  Fortunately, Karen and Ryan were actually at the event so they share their first-hand takes.  It sounds like everyone enjoyed the StarCraft tournaments with the sportscast-style live play-by-play commentary. ...

The Geekbox: Episode 28

by Jonathan Downin in Games, Misc, Movies1002 days ago

Jade Kraus and Justin Haywald of 1UP are on this week in place of Mike Cruz and Karen Chu.  Jade and Justin had a chance to interview Yoshitaka Amano, of Final Fantasy fame, last weekend and are sharing their experience which leads into discussion about cosplay.  With a podcast called The Geekbox, it is not surprising that some of the crew have a bit of personal experience with cosplay. With the closing of GRIN game studios the group is talking about some comments from a developer, Eric Kozlowsky, about game critics and how they are not servicing...

The GameSpy Debriefings #94

by Jonathan Downin in Games1002 days ago

Welcome to the Rebel FM Debriefing.  This episode might as well be Rebel FM with guest Ryan Scott.  This is especially true near the end with Anthony sharing his QuakeCon experience. Ryan does start out this one with some Batman: Arkham Asylum impressions and he is enjoying it like everyone else.  Shadow Complex gets some more positive impressions here as well.  Moving onto the new Kojima produced Castlevania the guys point out the reverence Japanese developers get in relation to their western counterparts. After some brief words on the new...

The Geekbox: Episode 27

by Jonathan Downin in Games, Misc, Movies1009 days ago

G.I. Joe starts this one out with a luke-warm reception.  This leads into a discussion on ’80s cartoons and Mike flexes some serious ’80s nerd knowledge by recalling TigerSharks and SilverHawks. The topic of internet advertisements come up with Ryan mentioning the Evony ads that have been appearing on geekbox.net.  You may have seen them on CastMedium as well and they are egregiously sexualized for no apparent reason.  PopCap recently did a parody of these ads that features a “sexy” zombie lady. After Karen gives Civilization...

The GameSpy Debriefings #93

by Jonathan Downin in Games1010 days ago

It’s a day of podcast additions.  The GameSpy Debriefings will now be a regular on CastMedium.  With regular hosts Ryan Scott and Anthony Gallegos, it is almost like a small throwback to the late GFW/LAN Party days.  Anthony is a little more reined-in here, so those of you that find Rebel FM a little over-the-top may find what you are looking for here. After touching on the requisite WoW topics, including rumored new races in a forthcoming expansion pack, Anthony talks a bit about Trials HD.  This Motorcycle handling series has been around...

The Geekbox: Episode 26

by Jonathan Downin in Games, Misc1017 days ago

First up this week is a welcome to Mike Cruz as the new regular “special guest” of the podcast and an introduction to Ryan Higgin’s friends who have a band called “God of Shamisen.”  They are a rock group with a member who plays the traditional Japanese instrument, the shamisen, as the core of the group. MMOs get a whole lot of discussion time with Ryan Higgins talking about the new World of Warcraft patch that came out yesterday.  They then move onto the Matrix Online, which nobody played, and Karen shares some of...

The Geekbox: Episode 25

by Jonathan Downin in Games, Misc1023 days ago

The whole first part of this week’s Geekbox is interspersed with Karen’s fascination with a rather racy take on Alice in Wonderland extended fiction in comic form.  The world of comics is a crazy one, and this illustrates exactly why. Comic-Con gets the crew interested, but there is less actual comic book news coming out of the show every year.  The conversation quickly moves onto TV and then movies.  It sounds like Bruno entertained and Fitch has the best story to tell about his experience taking dates to both Bruno and Borat a few...

The Geekbox: Episode 24

by Jonathan Downin in Games, Misc1030 days ago

It is a bit of a subdued episode this week without Karen and Greg to mix it up, but Jade Kraus and Justin Haywald from 1UP are on to round out the group.  As usual, Burn Notice starts off the discussion, but Jade and Justin are not followers, so things aren’t too lively. Justin hints at the fact that he has been playing the sequel to Professor Layton and the series sounds to only be getting better.  The first game got a lot of press coverage and was pushed pretty hard by Nintendo, but not everyone has played it.  Now may be a great time...

The Geekbox: Episode 23

by Jonathan Downin in Games1038 days ago

All episodes of The Geekbox should start out with Fitch spilling details about a date, just as he does here.  It sounds like we may be in for a string a somewhat successful Fitch Hitch stories.  His first dinner date was successful and he is getting ready for date #2 in which he will be going to the girl’s house.  The anticipation is thick. Comic book and movie news is a big topic this week.  The casting of Ryan Renolds as Green Lantern has comic book fans excited, but generally not in a good way. Karen and Ryan Scott gave the first Tales...

The Geekbox: Episode 22

by Jonathan Downin in Games, Misc1044 days ago

The difficult job market stories continue with Karen talking about the recent lay-offs at her company PlayFirst.  It sounds like they handled it in the best way possible and Karen was spared in the process.  It’s interesting to hear the juxtaposition of the against the 1UP layoffs in January. This is a very Fitch-centric show, just as it should be.  His recent trip to England sounds like it was enjoyable, if not uneventful.  The campaign to get Fitch a date is still on and going strong.  If you or anyone you know is interested in going...

The Geekbox: Episode 21

by Jonathan Downin in Misc, Movies, TV1053 days ago

This week’s episode is a great one.  With Fitch gone, the crew has launched a campaign to get him a date.  If you are an eligible woman over 25 send your submission in to winadatewithfitch at geekbox.net.  This is going to be good. Special guests from the old 1UP days, Tom Edwards and Susie Ochs, are on the show so you can expect a lot of reminiscing.  There are some fun stories here. On a side note, Tom mentions the Korean film Oldboy.  If you haven’t seen it, and aren’t too easily disturbed, this is a movie you must watch. No...

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