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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?

Gaming Podcast 156: Voice Dictation FailGaming Podcast 156: Voice Dictation Fail

January 12, 2010| schommer| 0 Comment| 9:22 pm

This week’s gaming podcast paints its face with your blood. Okay, not quite, but we’re definitely hitting up some news, reading community comments and looking back at Sinistar and the history of the Power Pad. This weeks news includes:

Metroid Prime Trilogy Dead
2K Boston Once Again Irrational Games
Microsoft focusing on unique experience for Natal
Fable 3 to be unveiled soon

We’re also asking the question, are you looking forward to a LEGO mmo?

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 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?