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Gaming Podcast 169: The Zerg RushGaming Podcast 169: The Zerg Rush

April 20, 2010| schommer| 0 Comment| 4:32 pm

This week we’re busting out the Gaming Podcast love with some gaming news, community comments and we’re flashing back to Tag Team M.U.S.C.L.E for the NES and looking through the history of Greg Costikyan. For those interested in Herr Alien’s link, here is the article about Modern Warfars woes. Also, the Will It Blend iPad video. This weeks gaming news:

Move will appeal to the hardcore gamers as well
Starcraft II gets AO raiding in Korea
Not looking good for Activision‘s lawsuit
Nolan Bushnell returns to Atari

Thanks for all the feedback and answers to the questions last week. This weeks, we’re asking a tough question… what game exists in the market today that rivals the overall play time seen by games like Minesweeper and Solitaire?

Gaming Podcast 168: Sixteen Dollar IncrementsGaming Podcast 168: Sixteen Dollar Increments

April 13, 2010| schommer| 0 Comment| 8:37 pm

We’re back this week, and we’re busting through some news articles dealing with Electronic Arts, Activision, Warhammer and more. Community comments, feedback, flashback and game history. The news articles include:

Metal Gear Solid creator Hideo Kojima thinks consoles are dying
Warhammer Online overcharging players
EA picking up exclusive publishing rights to Ex-Infinity Ward Developer‘s new studio
Activision Ex-Infinity Ward Developer’s drama will delay Modern Warfare 3

Gaming flashback is R-Type, game history is Irem and the question of the week: Will the iPad steal market share from the Sony PSP and Nintendo DS product lines? Or mobile gaming in general?

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.

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?

Gaming Podcast 162: Dramatic Pause FailGaming Podcast 162: Dramatic Pause Fail

February 23, 2010| schommer| 0 Comment| 7:57 pm

This weeks gaming podcast, Settlers of Catan developed by Teuber or Teubler or …whatever! We’re flashing back to mr. Teuber as well and covering some cool gaming news. The news covers a few hot topics of the week, we’ve included:

Pachter predicts project natal will retail for $50
Sony trying to make money off of used game sales, too
John Carmack getting life time achievement award
Rumor: Nintendo DS 2 may have a rumble feature
Sony thinks 3rd party publishers leaving Nintendo
Ubisoft tries their hand at DRM

The question of the week! What type of DRM is universally acceptable?

Gaming Podcast 159: Mega DorkGaming Podcast 159: Mega Dork

February 2, 2010| schommer| 0 Comment| 9:56 pm

This weeks gaming podcast, we’re flashing back to Trade Wars and the Teleplay Modem while learning a bit about our communities ideas about video gaming in prison. We’re checking out a few news tidbits for the week:

PlayStation 3 has been hacked
Microsoft plagued by another class action lawsuit
Nintendo giving their opinion of the iPad
Gamestop COO wants to educate customers about DLC
Metal Gear Solid Head developer not happy with delay

This week we’re asking the question: Is it acceptable for older people to play games and when did this become socially acceptable for adults to be gamers?

Gaming Podcast 158: Staving Your FaceGaming Podcast 158: Staving Your Face

January 26, 2010| schommer| 0 Comment| 10:06 pm

This week we’re missing Don but we’re making up for it with pure awesome. Well, we’re taking a flashback look at Buck Bumble and the history of Argonaut Games. We’re busting through some community feedback and covering a few news tidbits:

Tiger’s Scandal doesn’t hurt sales
Flash Exploit hacks WoW accounts
Onlive Gaming service in closed beta
Sims 3 tops global PC charts for 2009
Scottish prisoners learning via the Nintendo DS

This week’s question of the week is simple: Will DS products change the life of those in prison?

Gaming Podcast 157: Don’s Angry RantGaming Podcast 157: Don’s Angry Rant

January 19, 2010| schommer| 0 Comment| 9:02 pm

This weeks gaming podcast brings us some recent news articles while also focusing the history and flashbacks on play-by-mail games. We’re looking at Diplomacy and discussing this weeks comments. The week in news includes:

Analyst predicts Nintendo “DS2” will be out in 2011
Beatles Rock Band lack luster sales
Nintendo Wii finally gets Netflix
ESRB Rating Awareness
Games Fueling Social Change

Don’s with us in studio this week and goes on a tear about iPhone Monopoly, requiring many censor beeps. We’re asking a new question of the week: ESRB – What is your ratio to TV/Movies for electronic entertainment?