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Gaming Podcast 194: Too Much Coffee Causes Genital HangnailsGaming Podcast 194: Too Much Coffee Causes Genital Hangnails

October 19, 2010| schommer| 0 Comment| 12:59 pm

The longest title recorded on the books, let’s hope it fits! 🙂 This week we covered the gaming history for Adventures of Lolo and a bit about HAL Labratory all in honor of a new game we recently purchased to play with our kids: Kirby’s Epic Yarn. So far so good, our son is enjoying 2-player mode with us. This week we did an on-the-spot mini-review breakdown of Kirby’s Epic Yarn while hitting up some gaming news including:

STEAM SURPASSES 30 MILLION ACCOUNTS
Epic thinks Nintendo 3ds is not on par with iPhone 3GS
Kinect Director puts foot in his mouth
Microsoft uses Angry Bird icon without permission
Blizzard is suing Starcraft hackers

Of course, a special thanks for Herr Alien and all his news posts this week, we got a bunch of them into the show. This week’s question o’ the week, what musician/group would you like to see featured in a video game and what genre would fit them?

Gaming Podcast 193: Hammer of RighteousnessGaming Podcast 193: Hammer of Righteousness

October 12, 2010| schommer| 0 Comment| 3:36 pm

This week’s gaming podcast is a bit short on news and lacks a gaming history segment but we still managed to bust out a 1-hour show, so who knows how we pulled that off. The news is light, perhaps because of the US semi-holiday known as Columbus Day or because no company wants to rattle the news waves while they’re working on finalizing holiday launch titles. In any case, we’ve got Chrono Trigger as our flash back and this as our news:

Microsoft closing Massive
McDonalds and Zenga team up
Ubisoft releases Project Legacy on Facebook

The question of the week, what actor do you want to see do a voice-acting role in a video game?

Gaming Podcast 192: Daddy Juice MakerGaming Podcast 192: Daddy Juice Maker

October 6, 2010| schommer| 0 Comment| 2:54 pm

This week we’re busting out some game news for our gaming podcast, as the usual. We’ve got some good community feedback that we’re tackling while also flashing back to The Guardian Legend and a bit of history on Hudson Soft. This weeks podcast news roundup includes:

Bungie Punishes Halo Reach Gamers… 15,000 of Them
Nintendogs blamed for dog mauling a 9 year old
OnLive Service Now Free But Games Are Not
Iwata claims 3DS game prices “not far off” from DS prices

This weeks question ‘o the week: What do you think of in-game exploits both physical exploits and software? Should gamers be punished for such a thing?

Gaming Podcast 191: Puppy Mill of GamesGaming Podcast 191: Puppy Mill of Games

September 28, 2010| schommer| 0 Comment| 8:17 pm

This week we’ve got all three hosts back to get down to business. This was a full show with lots of content from news, to flashbacks and listener game ideas. We didn’t get a history segment this week, we just had two much information to cover. Here is the news for the week:

Activision CEO thinks EA is a failure
Another version of You Don’t Know Jack is coming
Atari creating the new Atari Go initiative
Direct 3D 10/11 support coming to Linux
Microsoft admits PC Gaming could use some attention

This weeks gaming podcast question of the week: What do you think will spur on PC game developers, is it Microsoft’s concept of “showing developers there is a market” or do they need more inspiration?

Gaming Podcast 190: Down With The SicknessGaming Podcast 190: Down With The Sickness

September 21, 2010| schommer| 0 Comment| 6:14 pm

We’re pretty beat up this week, sickness is running wild so Don and Derrick blow through some news items while Jennifer remains offline being ill. We’ve shortened the episode so that we can cover everything we have with enthusiasm before falling over in an ill stupor. The news includes three items:

Intel wants you to spend more money to get more power
Digital sales of pc games are outselling retail versions
THQ moves into social gaming

The gaming flashback this week is DuckTales for the NES. This weeks Question of the Week, put on your game designer hat and tell us what you think would be a great game design. Would it be more social network gaming, casual gaming or something more complex?

Gaming Podcast 189: Fort GayGaming Podcast 189: Fort Gay

September 14, 2010| schommer| 0 Comment| 4:59 pm

So this week we’re busting out a new flashback of an old game: Ironsword: Wizards and Warriors II. We’re covering a bit about some gaming history and a few key news articles of the week including:

Microsoft bans user because of town name
John Romero doing casual games consulting
Sony fighting jailbreaking too
Apple taking a leap into social gaming with iOS 4.1

This weeks question of the week, what do you think is the top selling video game genre of all time, not just the last few years.

Gaming Podcast 188: How Old Am I?Gaming Podcast 188: How Old Am I?

September 7, 2010| schommer| 0 Comment| 3:07 pm

This week we almost forgot about the episode due to Labor Day! We thought we had a day off, but alas, no! Here is the news of the week, community comments and a complete gaming history and flashback. Today’s industry news included:

People protesting New Metal of Honor Game
Gamestop will not sell Metal of Honor in Military stores
Sony’s next console will still use physical media
Duke Nukem Forever May Get released

This week we’re starting our first round of questions for episode 200, a trivia quiz for Derrick and Don. Please send your trivia questions to Jennifer (e-mail in show).

Gaming Podcast 187: Poor WalmartGaming Podcast 187: Poor Walmart

August 31, 2010| schommer| 0 Comment| 8:11 pm

This weeks podcast covers some news, as the usual, a gaming flashback about Mach Rider on the NES and the cassette loader from the old NES days (in Japan). Aside from community comments, we’ve also got this news lineup:

Nintendo Drops DSi and DSi XL prices
Acclaim has died
Sony changing their mobile target audience
Best Buy and Target getting into the used games business
Xbox Live subscription increasing

This weeks question of the week, are storylines important in video games (more so than graphics) and, what game do you believe will go down as the best storyline based game in your opinion.

Gaming Podcast 186: Fu DogsGaming Podcast 186: Fu Dogs

August 17, 2010| schommer| 0 Comment| 7:03 pm

Find out why you couldn’t shoot your sword again in Deadly Towers in this episode of the gaming podcast. This week we’re getting some community feedback on what they think should go in a collectors edition game pack. For news this week, we’re tackling:

ID software not convinced PC gaming is dying
Dance Dance Revolution (DDR) Will Support Move
Developers concerned about Valve DOTA patent filing
Sony takes a shot at Apple iPod/iPhone gaming

This weeks Question of the Week: Would a full destructible game environment effect the game industry, breed new experiences and create new genre’s of games? Or just be yet another feature.

Gaming Podcast 185: Eat, Drink and PlayGaming Podcast 185: Eat, Drink and Play

August 10, 2010| schommer| 0 Comment| 4:26 pm

This week we’re recording a gaming podcast! Oh wait, that’s like every week. We’re reading some comments, handling some history and news and busting through the news which includes:

Assassin’s Creed Collectors Edition (CE) to cost $40 more
Sony PlayStation Plus subscribers may get access to Killzone 3 beta (speculation)
Players may be able to create videos in Call of Duty: Black Ops
Gran Turismo 5 is still not complete

This weeks question of the week, what would you put in a collectors edition box set?