There are no news items in this podcast. Instead, it’s just post-E3 discussion. Everything is E3. What the crew liked, what the crew didn’t, and T.J.’s reports from doing the show floor. The episode is almost 2 hours long, so there was a lot to talk about.
Episode 541: E3 Reaction 2019
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Episode 247: Paul Spews BullbleepEpisode 247: Paul Spews Bullbleep
Despite having multiple technical difficulties that were edited out of the podcast, Episode 247 is full of gaming discussion goodness, despite Paul’s constant declaration that companies are full of bullbleep.
This week’s gaming news includes:
- Bioware confirms Mass Effect 3 is Origin-only
- Electronic Arts passed $1B in digital sales in 2011
- The Lund Report for the December 2011 NPD
- Gaikai: Sony or Microsoft won’t have next-gen console
- Thief 4 rumored to have multiplayer
- Videogame industry companies shutting down to protest SOPA
This plus two reader mails and the Question of the Week, “What was the first multiplayer gaming you ever enjoyed?”
Gaming Podcast 128: ProducaGaming Podcast 128: Produca
This weeks gaming podcast tackles the history of Full Throttle and the history of the SCUMM script system created for Maniac Mansion. We’re also hitting up some game news, talking a bit more about games that have changed our lives and taking to heart some great user comments.
Activision and Sony battling it out- Lord of the Rings Online, Userbase Growing
- Bad Wording by Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer makes People Think New 360 Coming
- Konami Women Demoted For Being a Mother
- Licensed iPhone Commadore 64 Emulated Rejected by Apple
This weeks question of the week is of the user-submitted style! Krud asks, “If you could only play four games (w/o new DLC for the foreseeable future), what four would you choose?”
Episode 223: Snake FlingingEpisode 223: Snake Flinging
This week is a strange one, as snakes are flung at horses to turn them into unicorns, and Paul keeps finding videogame soulmates from the reader feedback. This week’s Gaming Flashback is the Amiga classic Shadow of the Beast, while the Gaming History takes a look back at the Apple Pippin.
This week’s news items include:
- Survey: Female gamers enjoy gaming more than sex
- June 2011 NPD sales figures released
- Publishers spend XBLA budgets, expect retail content
- Gamestop thinks next gen consoles will hit in 2014
- Zynga offered $1B for Popcap
- Ubisoft confirms multiplayer pass system to combat used game sales
Finally, the Question of the Week is “What games do you play in bed?” Yes, it’s been a weird week.
