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Gaming Podcast 155: Ms. Pac-Man’s For GirlsGaming Podcast 155: Ms. Pac-Man’s For Girls

January 5, 2010| schommer| 0 Comment| 9:30 pm

This week we’re bringing the energy, talking about General Computer Corporation, Ms. Pac-Man and reading off some good listener questions (including our facebook questions). We’re hitting up the news with the following stories:

Microsoft Working on new motion control
EA shutting down game servers
Activision making DJ hero 2
Sega not making hard core titles for the Wii
EA cutting game prices?

This week’s question of the week, are we going to spend more money on episodic content than a single-boxed game?

Gaming Podcast 154: 2010 PredictionsGaming Podcast 154: 2010 Predictions

December 29, 2009| schommer| 0 Comment| 3:26 pm

This gaming podcast closes out the year of 2009, we’re going to put in our predictions for the year, we’re going to hear a few comments from listeners and flash back to a game that has yet to be (but is old enough to flash back): Duke Nukem Forever. You’ll also, finally, get the first impressions of Assassin’s Creed 2 and some game news including:

Duke Nukem Not Done
PSP 4000 Advertisement was a mistake
Sony to combine international shipping and video game distribution
Square Enix Doesn’t separate gamers into categories

We’ll also ask for your predictions on next years gaming excitement. What are your predictions, in the game industry, for “twenty ten”?

Gaming Podcast 153: Shadow ManGaming Podcast 153: Shadow Man

December 23, 2009| schommer| 0 Comment| 1:08 pm

This weeks gaming podcast flashes back to Drakkhan, touches on the history of Infocom and battles some gaming news in a time when gaming news is light. We’re reading some community comments and tackling these difficult headlines:

Natal suffering from lag?
Another PSP model in the works?
Blizzard is not anti-console
Carl Icahn Buys more than 11% stock in Take Two
Blu Ray 3D specification finalized

This week’s question of the week, what occurred in 2009 that “wowed” you, made you happy, built your excitement or just generally rocked your face off?

Gaming Podcast 152: Down UnderGaming Podcast 152: Down Under

December 15, 2009| schommer| 0 Comment| 4:14 pm

This week’s gaming podcast is slightly light on news because nobody wants to inform the market about gaming updates, they don’t want to damage the holiday sales season. We might not be eating Vegemite sandwiches but there is no doubt Men at Work would love this episode. We’re flashing back to California Games, we’re hitting up some gaming history on artist and graphic designer Paul Jaquays. We’re reading some listener comments while handling these news tidbits:

Aussies Ask To Voice Option On R18+ Rating
Wii Remote Colors
Game Sales Down, Layoff Ax Begins Swinging
Will EA Stand by Tiger?

This week’s question of the week, what do you think of Tiger Woods and his role with Electronic Arts? Will they keep him on the cover?

Gaming Podcast 151: Ugly BabyGaming Podcast 151: Ugly Baby

December 8, 2009| schommer| 0 Comment| 6:19 pm

This week we’re touching on a couple key gaming podcast style stories. We didn’t get through the gaming history this week because we had a lot of content to cover. We did, however, hit up the gaming flashback with M.U.L.E and learn about Tony Hawk’s ugly baby. This weeks gaming podcast includes:

Namco Bandai Licenses RealD’s Stereoscopic Gaming API
Pachter predicts another 360 price cut
Tony Hawk Fights back
Wii is being called this generation winner

This week’s question of the week: Are you ready for a next-generation console yet?

Gaming Podcast 150: FPS ClanGaming Podcast 150: FPS Clan

December 1, 2009| schommer| 0 Comment| 10:03 pm

This week’s gaming podcast brings back the old game Lemmings in our flashback while covering the history of DMA Designs. We’re also going to explain to you why we’d never make an FPS clan. This weeks news includes:

Xbox Live iPhone App
Microsoft thinking about bringing Natal to TVs
Santa Claus coming to PlayStation Home
Puzzle Quest 2 Coming in the Spring
Valve and Steam don’t mix
Blizzard: Don’t bother cloning WoW

This week’s question of the week, would you rather have the “Swiss army knife” of gaming hand-held systems that does it all, but features must be turned off to conserve battery life or a more focused hand-held platform that does just what’s needed with no additional bells and whistles?

Gaming Podcast 149: Soloing as a CoupleGaming Podcast 149: Soloing as a Couple

November 24, 2009| schommer| 0 Comment| 10:13 pm

This week’s gaming podcast, we’re missing Don as he’s too busy having a new child. We’re rolling as a duo and cranking through the history of Super Mario Bros. and reviewing the New Super Mario Bros. Wii all while handing some great community questions and busting through some key stories this week:

No Diablo 3 in 2010
Android may not be a gaming platform
Sony making big moves with the PS3
Microsoft facing possible class action lawsuit
ArenaNet’s Founder Starts a New MMO company
Nintendo Losing Vice President of Consumer Affairs

This week’s question of the week: Is there a game that you didn’t really enjoy, or almost couldn’t stand, but felt obligated to finish just on principle?

Gaming Podcast 148: Games I Don’t Like PlayingGaming Podcast 148: Games I Don’t Like Playing

November 17, 2009| schommer| 0 Comment| 4:23 pm

This weeks gaming podcast covers a few top news stories that inspire tons of discussion, we tackle some user feedback and comments, answers of the week and flashback to Archon: The Light and the Dark. We’re also going to review Netflix for the PlayStation 3 for those thinking of ordering the disc from Netflix. This weeks news includes:

Home No Longer a priority
Activision looking for more ways to monetize Call of Duty
October Game sales were down and Casual gamers are to blame
Super Mario Galaxy 2 harder than the first

This week’s question of the week: what was the best game you played that after playing it, you thought to yourself, “That was good. I’m never playing it again”?

Gaming Podcast 147: DramaGaming Podcast 147: Drama

November 10, 2009| schommer| 0 Comment| 7:59 pm

This week we’re talking about some gaming news, TV and media, flashing back to Marble Madness and looking at the historical development career of one Mark Cerny. Here are this weeks news links:

Gearbox Mad at Valve
Iphone developer accused of Stealing
Little Big Planet sequel would be counterproductive
EA buys Playfish
EA posts $391 Million in losses

Not only do we hate Halloween, but we’re asking another question of the week: what game are you looking forward to for the holidays?

Gaming Podcast 146: There is No CakeGaming Podcast 146: There is No Cake

November 3, 2009| schommer| 0 Comment| 9:52 pm

We’re looking back at Bubble Bobble and the history of Valve Corporation. In gaming podcast news, we’re kicking in a few hot stories with some great opinionated comments. Unfortunately, we had no community comments this week. This weeks news includes:

Nintendo‘s Profits are dropping
3G Coming to Next Nintendo Handheld?
Assassin’s Creed II Preorders better than original Assassin’s Creed
Final Fantasy XIII Experience System Explained
Konami Plans to Report Big Losses, Financially
PSPGo’s Day-1 Sales Mediocre

This week’s question of the week: How do you consume your television or movie media? Netflix, streaming, tiro, buy, theatre, hulu, etc.