March, 2010 -

Gaming Podcast 167: Waiting in LineGaming Podcast 167: Waiting in Line

March 30, 2010| schommer| 0 Comment| 8:48 pm

The gaming podcast this week includes a little reaction on PAX East and a bit of history on Vanguard. For the news, this week, we’re busting through a few key news stories:

Sony taking out “other OS” feature
DSIWare games not transferable to DSi XL
Nintendo announces Nintendo 3DS
Sony thinks 3D belongs on consoles and not hand helds
Major Nelson’s gamer tag was hacked

Derrick explains a bit about his opinion of PAX East and how such an event might not be exactly built for him. We’re also busting through some great community feedback. Special thanks to the community of 2old2play.com, Wombat from Cheap Ass Gamer and Lady J of SFX 360 for the PAX Panel.

This weeks Question of the Week: “Everyone loves shoot em ups. What was your favorite shoot em up? Xevious? Space Invaders? Galaga? Ikaruga?”

Gaming Podcast 166: Derrick’s Childhood ScarsGaming Podcast 166: Derrick’s Childhood Scars

March 23, 2010| schommer| 0 Comment| 8:45 pm

This week’s gaming podcast we’re reminding Derrick of all his horrific gaming memories. We’re flashing back to the 1986 game, Jackal for the arcade and the Nintendo Entertainment System. We’re taking a look at one of the men behind Bioware: Dr Ray Muzyka. This weeks game news includes:

Command and Conquer using always on internet DRM?
Michael Atkinson steps down
Pikmin 3 Coming
EA to test a demo strategy

This week’s Question of The Week: What game has totally been ruined for you?

Gaming Podcast 165: Static ElectricityGaming Podcast 165: Static Electricity

March 16, 2010| schommer| 0 Comment| 9:19 pm

This weeks gaming podcast, we’re flashing back to Bikini Karate Babes. We’re looking at the history of David Crane, or trying to get through it while getting distracted by a bunch of banter. The gaming news this week includes:

Sony’s Motion controller due out this fall
Pandemic and Ensemble Studios take blame for closures
Sony losing another exclusive developer, possibly (rumor)
More DS 2 rumors surface

This weeks question of the week is pretty simple: What game from your childhood do you recall loving the most–life changing. Don’t go watch any video’s, take it from your memory.

Bikini Karate Babes – Gaming FlashbackBikini Karate Babes – Gaming Flashback

March 15, 2010| schommer| 0 Comment| 3:00 pm

There are some gaming flashbacks I look to do and I’ve got to go back and watch the video. Sometimes, however, they’re games I’ve never played and hit up youtube to see what I can find. This video review (or introduction rather) to Bikini Karate Babe’s really describes all the action. Unfortunately, many folks that read this may not speak German.

That’s okay! The video is worth a thousand words. Things to note, the guys say something to the fact that the video trailer (shown in the beginning) is “EXACTLY” like the game (being completely sarcastic). Anyone want to confess to being a Bikini Karate Babe addict?

Gaming Podcast 164: Baby SealsGaming Podcast 164: Baby Seals

March 9, 2010| schommer| 0 Comment| 9:44 pm

This week we’ve refrained from beating baby seals to do a gaming podcast. Whatever that means, we’re busting through some great community feedback, cranking through the history of Boulder Dash, mashing through the game history on G.O.D – Gathering of Developers while hitting up the game news of the week:

Portal 2 has been announced
Ubisoft’s new DRM fails (big surprise)
Ubisoft’s DRM cracked
Steam Coming to the Mac
Microsoft looking for a 360 motherboard designer

This weeks question of the week, what world environment would you like to see your favorite game sequel take place in?

Gaming Podcast 163: Arcade, Beer and RibsGaming Podcast 163: Arcade, Beer and Ribs

March 2, 2010| schommer| 0 Comment| 6:52 pm

This weeks gaming podcast is epic, as per the usual, we had some really thought out community comments about DRM, game history on Krull and a bit of history on D. Gottleib & Co. This weeks news includes:

First Generation PS3s are failing
The Nintendo Wii being picked on again
Warcraft Authenticator Hacked
StarCraft II will be released the first half of this year
D&D online passes the 1 million user mark

And, our question of the week, would you give up your job to be a video game tester?