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Gaming Podcast 161: Gayma ViaGaming Podcast 161: Gayma Via

February 16, 2010| schommer| 0 Comment| 8:52 pm

This weeks gaming podcast is a his and her podcast as Don is out sick. Oddly, the episode is shorter than normal, apparently we just didn’t have enough to rant about this week. We did cover some community responses, covered some game history and busted through some news articles including:

PS3 heading for shortages?
Get the first three Command and Conquer games for free
StarCraft 2 enters closed beta this month
EA not releasing NCAA 2010
Xbox Live coming to a phone near you
EA trying to make money off of used games

This week’s question of the week, would it bother you if EA started charging fees to play used games?

Gaming Podcast 160: Latchkey KidGaming Podcast 160: Latchkey Kid

February 9, 2010| schommer| 0 Comment| 9:48 pm

This weeks gaming podcast includes community feedback, game flashbacks to FX Fighter for the PC and gaming history about Hideo Kojima. The gaming news of the week includes, but is not limited to:

Madden NFL heading to Facebook
Sony Thinking of Charging for PSN
Web Access To WoW Auction House
Profits are up for Square Enix
Learn to do Karate on the Wii

This week’s question of the week is pretty simple: What’s “the best” video game to movie that you’ve seen?

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 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 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?