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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 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 145: Best of Both WorldsGaming Podcast 145: Best of Both Worlds

October 27, 2009| schommer| 0 Comment| 10:12 pm

This week we’re flashing back to Metroid II for the Game Boy, something new and different from the normal arcade/console/pc flashbacks. We’re also tackling a good deal of community comments and hitting up the news wire:

Netflix coming to PS3.
Analysts think DJ Hero demand is below expectations
iPhone developers next victims of piracy
Nintendo releasing new bigger DSi in Japan
Players of Chinese MMO must play character of the same gender

We didn’t get to cover history this week because we had lots of back-and-forth arguing about Netflix and the PS3 and rants upon DJ Hero and its “obvious” low-demand. This weeks question of the week, are there any good sim games left that are simple?

Gaming Podcast 143: Short and SweetGaming Podcast 143: Short and Sweet

October 14, 2009| schommer| 0 Comment| 1:40 am

This week is a hybrid of a “greatest hits” episode and a short news brief, we’ve got a couple stories, community comments and Don added a blooper “greatest hits” reel to the end of the episode, so enjoy! The news includes:

Sony adding two new Spaces to Home
Unreal engine the “unofficial engine” of Natal

This week, we’re still busting a question of the week as well and it’s a thinker… if you had one novel to implement into a game (which has never been done), what novel would it be?

Gaming Podcast 142: HatecastGaming Podcast 142: Hatecast

October 6, 2009| schommer| 0 Comment| 8:02 pm

This episode brings the hate, sarcasm and skepticism in all that is gaming news. We’re also super charged with a gaming flashback on Autoduel and the history of Origin Systems, Inc. But, what really brings it all together is the news of the week:

Nintendo Wii getting exclusive titles
Microsoft implementing video capture on the 360?
Rockstar challenging MySpace Music artists
Ars Technica hates on the PSP Go
Valve Spending $25 million on Ads

This week’s question of the week is quite simple: any board games that need to be re-created as a video game?

Gaming Podcast 141: iPhone vs. Consoles?Gaming Podcast 141: iPhone vs. Consoles?

September 29, 2009| schommer| 0 Comment| 9:41 pm

This week, we’re looking at Unreal Tournament and looking back at Digital Extremes. We’re hitting up a few of this weeks top news articles including:

Apple cutting into console sales?
Tokyo Game Show Attendance down
Xbox 360 hardware not maxed out
Project Natal will configure virtual play area

Oddly enough, there wasn’t too much exciting news to talk about even given TGS. Slow week, but we had some great community comments and a new question of the week: what game do you recall playing that you felt maxed out the platform it released on?

Gaming Podcast 140: Cookie CutterGaming Podcast 140: Cookie Cutter

September 22, 2009| schommer| 0 Comment| 8:32 pm

This week we’re pulling a 2-person shift while Don is away being sick and tired. We substituted his astute comments with extra epic insight… okay, we just did as best as we could without him. We flash back to Venture, we do an audio review of Zuma’s Revenge and we kicked it free style with some news:

Halo: ODST Reviews are in
Turbine working on an MMO for the console
Price Cuts boost sales, initially, but not over the long term
Infinity Ward Responds to Gearbox … sort of
Red Octane considering Natal controls

This week’s question of the week, can big companies still innovate with new games?

Gaming Podcast 138: BoomshakalakaGaming Podcast 138: Boomshakalaka

September 8, 2009| schommer| 0 Comment| 7:54 pm

This weeks gaming podcast covers the history of NBA Jam and takes a look back at The Bitmap Brothers. All while juggling some cool news stories and cooler community comments. This week’s comments talk a bit about what generations are the best, in the eyes of our listeners, and why. This weeks news includes:

Apple approves Commodore 64 emulator
Sony PS3 has Patch issues
Tales of Vesperia Coming to PS3
PlayStation 3 Slim off to a good start
Video Games Are Evil, Says Guy Who Made a Lot of Money Creating Video Games
OnLive Enters Beta

This weeks question of the week, what would you have in your ultimate gamer cave?

Gaming Podcast 137: BeateratorGaming Podcast 137: Beaterator

September 1, 2009| schommer| 0 Comment| 8:30 pm

This week’s gaming podcast covers a bunch of topics you’d expect to hear in a gaming podcast. What? Yeah, we’re flashing back to Master of Orion and taking a little look into the background of Stephen Barcia all while covering a bit of news and community comments. This weeks news includes:

Microsoft Having Trouble With Halo:ODST
FCC Wants Universal Game Rating System
Microsoft announces price drop on Xbox 360
More Big Name Games coming to the iPhone/iPod Touch
PlayStation 2 God of War games coming to PS3
Nintendo DSi Games to hit shelves this fall

This week’s question of the week is pretty simple: what, in your opinion, is the best generation of consoles from the earliest until today’s consoles?

Gaming Podcast 136: The Wumpus EpisodeGaming Podcast 136: The Wumpus Episode

August 25, 2009| schommer| 0 Comment| 8:22 pm

This week’s gaming podcast is all about energy, excitement and enough Warcraft news to make you want to throw up in your own mouth. However, we sugar coat it with lots of other news, great community comments and we’re flashing back to Age of Empires while taking a little time to remember the man behind the Wumpus. This weeks news includes:

38 Studios Appoints New CEO
Blizzard Working on LAN support for StarCraft 2
Guitar Hero 5 DLC not compatible with World Tour
Most World of Warcraft Rumors were true
Nintendo and Sony battling it out in the handheld space
Sony Announces PS3 Slim

This week we’re asking the question, what key selling points are needed to sell someone on an Xbox 360 considering the fact that they’d love exclusive FPS titles for the console.