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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 148: Games I Don’t Like PlayingGaming Podcast 148: Games I Don’t Like Playing

November 17, 2009| schommer| 0 Comment| 4:23 pm

This weeks gaming podcast covers a few top news stories that inspire tons of discussion, we tackle some user feedback and comments, answers of the week and flashback to Archon: The Light and the Dark. We’re also going to review Netflix for the PlayStation 3 for those thinking of ordering the disc from Netflix. This weeks news includes:

Home No Longer a priority
Activision looking for more ways to monetize Call of Duty
October Game sales were down and Casual gamers are to blame
Super Mario Galaxy 2 harder than the first

This week’s question of the week: what was the best game you played that after playing it, you thought to yourself, “That was good. I’m never playing it again”?

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 146: There is No CakeGaming Podcast 146: There is No Cake

November 3, 2009| schommer| 0 Comment| 9:52 pm

We’re looking back at Bubble Bobble and the history of Valve Corporation. In gaming podcast news, we’re kicking in a few hot stories with some great opinionated comments. Unfortunately, we had no community comments this week. This weeks news includes:

Nintendo‘s Profits are dropping
3G Coming to Next Nintendo Handheld?
Assassin’s Creed II Preorders better than original Assassin’s Creed
Final Fantasy XIII Experience System Explained
Konami Plans to Report Big Losses, Financially
PSPGo’s Day-1 Sales Mediocre

This week’s question of the week: How do you consume your television or movie media? Netflix, streaming, tiro, buy, theatre, hulu, etc.

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 144: SpecificityGaming Podcast 144: Specificity

October 20, 2009| schommer| 0 Comment| 2:07 pm

This week we’re delving into the news with focused specificity. Okay, we just wanted to use the word. We’re traveling back to the days of Might and Magic and covering the history of New World Computing. For news, we’re tackling a couple top stories including:

Microsoft Locking out unauthorized memory units
Next Gen consoles not actually consoles
Rumor: New Mario Game
Rock Band now on iPhone/iPod Touch
PS3 top selling console for September

We’ve got some great community questions, great suggestions for board games converted to video games and have a new question, will you buy into Project Natal and Sony’s PS3 solution to console transitions with the “wand?”

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?