Gaming Podcast 126: Wii-niss Envy

June 9, 2009| schommer| 0 Comment| 9:11 pm

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This week we’re finishing our E3 reactions along with our reaction to the recent iPhone/iPod Touch news and their new gaming initiative. Our gaming flashback flies back to After Burner and our game history is all about Yu Suzuki a huge SEGA developer. The news this week includes:

Some of the big announcements from Sony’s E3 Press Conference
Some of the big announcements from Nintendo’s E3 Conference
Microsoft envisions 10 year lifespan for Xbox 360
Activision Disappointed by no price cuts at E3
Michael Pachter thinks the motion control from Sony and Microsoft won’t topple the Wii
iPhone/iPod Touch 3.0 Firmware enhances gaming features

Don’s question of the week, what is your favorite controller and what game controller do you hate the most? Thanks for the GREAT responses to last weeks question, so many creative answers.

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Jonah Falcon says:

June 9, 2009 at 9:57 pm

The PSP Go! is a total ripoff:

http://www.gamestooge.com/2009/06/09/pachter-psp-go-is-a-ripoff/

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Jonah Falcon says:

June 9, 2009 at 9:57 pm

The PSP Go! is a total ripoff:

http://www.gamestooge.com/2009/06/09/pachter-psp-go-is-a-ripoff/

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Jonah Falcon says:

June 9, 2009 at 10:15 pm

PS. Hey, Bobby Kotick, you’re charging $120 for Tony Hawk – sound like a total hypocrite.

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Jonah Falcon says:

June 9, 2009 at 10:15 pm

PS. Hey, Bobby Kotick, you’re charging $120 for Tony Hawk – sound like a total hypocrite.

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The news this week includes:

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We also announce the winner of the contest.

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The news includes:

11 members of Congress argue Sony is unfairly hurting Xbox in Japan
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Let us know what you think.

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The Incredible Machine (TiM) is a game designed and developed by Kevin Ryan and produced by Jeff Tunnel (now co-founder of GarageGames and their successful title Marble Blast Ultra on the 360 and co-founder in Dynamix makers of A-10 Tank Killer and The Red Baron). At the time, The Incredible Machine series came out of the shop known as Jeff Tunnel Productions.

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I think everyone has seen a Rube Goldberg device, their are examples in science museums, and entire Myth Busters Episode about them, they appear in many movies (Goonies used one to open the fence to let in Chunk after he does his dance as did Doc Brown in Back to the Future to cook his breakfast and get his dog food).

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