The Videogame Roundtable has recorded its 500th episode, finally. This is the third attempt. The first was only partially recorded, while the next one was not recorded at all. Appended to this podcast is the partially recorded podcast which had former co-host Jordan Lund. The news includes: Phil Spencer ‘excited‘ at the idea of more […]
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Episode 667: Milestone 500
November 9th, 2022 · No Comments
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Rhythm Gaming Saturation Point?
November 18th, 2008 · No Comments
Rhythm Gaming is all the rage, or is it? Turns out Guitar Hero: World Tour didn’t meet or exceed the figures they hit with Guitar Hero III. Where GH3 brought in $115 million in the first week, GHWT brought in $67 million in the same time frame. Why? There are plenty of factors that could […]
Tags: Accessories · Activision · Casual Games · Editorial · Nintendo · playstation 3 · rock band · Sony · Wii · Xbox 360
Blu-ray Doesn’t Validate Your Console, Sony
November 2nd, 2008 · 34 Comments
Is Blu-ray dead? Tech Sites around the Net are calling it a “death spiral” and we’re now looking at the downfall of the winning high definition format. Many non-PS3 Blu-ray players are still in the USD $200.00 range, a bit high for mass market adopters, and people aren’t planning to run out and buy a […]
Tags: Accessories · blu-ray · Editorial · Xbox 360
Broken RockBand 2 Drum Pads, Best Buy Retarded
October 31st, 2008 · 4 Comments
We purchased Rock Band 2 and the Drum Kit on the week of launch, having played on the drums for about a month we’ve already broke them. This time, however, it’s not the foot pedal, but the blue and yellow drum heads, now having smashed little holes in the center. It’s not abuse when the […]
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Storage Solutions for Fall Update
October 14th, 2008 · 1 Comment
Are you one of those that have a diskless (or low flash disk) based Xbox 360? We’ve been wondering, ourselves, what Microsoft was going to do to “fix” the fact that the upcoming Fall Update is going to require 128MB of disk space. It seems they’re going to hand you either a 512MB memory card […]
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Xbox 360 Fall Update Too Big For Diskless Users
October 12th, 2008 · 4 Comments
If you’ve got an Xbox 360 arcade edition or an older console without a hard disk, you’ll want to clear up at least 128MB of your flash card before powering on your console after the fall update hits. Wait, you’re flash disk isn’t 128MB in size? Oh oh. Latest reports are stating that consumers that […]
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Guitar Hero World Tour Day One DLC
October 9th, 2008 · No Comments
How can Guitar Hero compete with Rock Band given Rock Band’s got early drumming and vocal adopters? By promising awesome content and enforcing that fact that they too, have downloadable content (DLC). Not only do they have DLC, but they’ll have DLC on launch day. Of course, they could have tossed some fluffy songs out […]
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Guitar Hero World Tour Bundle Mayhem
October 7th, 2008 · No Comments
You’re looking to pickup a copy of Guitar Hero World Tour, but you’re currently unsure which bundle does what and how much each will cost. That has now been made clear and gamers can go about their holiday shopping business later this month (Oct. 26th) to pickup the bundle of their choosing. USD $190 for […]
Tags: Accessories · Activision · Guitar Hero · Industry News · playstation 3 · Wii · Xbox 360
First Impressions: Rock Band 2 Drum Kit
September 22nd, 2008 · 3 Comments
Many Rock Band fans are considering the new Rock Band 2 drum kit, but are on the fence as to making the buy on the product. Some people want to feel it out first, see if it holds up better than the last one and is worth the buy more than just for the lowered […]
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Toy’s R Us Find’s Wii Profitable
September 11th, 2008 · No Comments
The success of the Nintendo console, the Wii, has proven to change the industry in many new and creative ways including reinvigorating slow product sales at Toys R Us. “The company went from a loss of $42 million at the same time last year to a profit of $13 million for the three months ended […]
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