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Gaming Podcast 117: Grinding My Neighbors Pug?Gaming Podcast 117: Grinding My Neighbors Pug?

April 7, 2009| schommer| 0 Comment| 4:23 pm

This week we’re taking a stroll down memory lane of Deus Ex, hitting up some information about Warren Spector and crashing through some good game news including:

New Guitar Hero Game a “best of” compilation.
Latest DLC for Fallout 3, not working so well.
New Linux based gaming console.
PS3 Outsells Nintendo Wii in Japan.
Sony Gets Snippy about DSi.
Rumor: Mortal Kombat Devs Leaving Midway.

Of course, we forgot our Question of the Week, so let’s ask it now: How many bad/buggy patches and content updates would you accept before you give up on the developer? Ton’s of great comments this week, hopefully you’ll remember to answer the question we forgot to ask in the show.

Also, check out the show if you’ve got a PS2 and want two volumes of Popcap’s casual games, as we’re looking to give them away.

Gaming Podcast 115: Poo Poo’ed ItGaming Podcast 115: Poo Poo’ed It

March 24, 2009| schommer| 0 Comment| 3:39 pm

This week we’re working with our skeleton crew, Don was stuck at work so we’re flying duelies. Speaking of duelies, we’re flashing back to Rise of the Triad and covering some gaming history on Ralph Baer, a very important person in the gaming industry. This week, in the news, we’re a bit Wii centric with:

Wii Supply finally meeting demand
Nintendo Wins Lawsuit
Wii Fit outsells Halo 3
World of Goo Creator, Ron Carmel, Poo Poos DRM
Blizzard has changed the UI add on development policy
Bioshock Coming to the iPhone??

Also, listen in for your chance to win Peggle for Xbox Live Arcade with a simple question. We forgot to ask the question of the day on the show, so, here it is: Should Blizzard halt income made from addon develoment?

Gaming Podcast 114: The Paz CastGaming Podcast 114: The Paz Cast

March 17, 2009| schommer| 0 Comment| 8:28 pm

We’re flashing back to a holographic arcade title, Time Traveler from SEGA and take a reflective walk down memory lane with Apogee and touch on ROTT. We’ve got a light set of community comments and some good game news including:

Microsoft Settles Law Suit
Capcom charging for Resident Evil 5 features
Blizzard Holding Creative Writing Contest
Metal Gear Solid Touch
Sony May have to cut the Price of the PS3
Lionhead Studios Planning more DLC for Fable 2

If you’re looking to enter the World fo Warcraft writing contest, check it out here. Thanks for the write-in’s and, as always, we look forward to hearing more. Question of the week: Would you buy a game that sold you half of other titles in content and made you pay for the rest later in DLC form?

Gaming Podcast 113: How Do You Say Gyro?Gaming Podcast 113: How Do You Say Gyro?

March 10, 2009| schommer| 0 Comment| 9:55 pm

This week we’re overwhelmed with awesome listener comments, including new ones from folks we’ve never heard from on the show. We’re also taking a flashback look at the original Diablo and some of the sequels that followed it. This weeks gaming news includes:

6,200 Reasons to buy iphone/touch games
MTV Thinks Rock Band Beatles is worth $59.99 on the Wii
Wii Motion Plus Delay Rumor
Associated Press is reporting Circuit City officially done
Killzone 2 Gets Patched for Multiplayer
Wii New Play Control Lineup

We’re also reviewing the downloadable content for GTA IV known as “Lost and the Damned.” Learn why Derrick is afraid of Motorcycles.

Gaming Podcast 112: Ubiquitous, Is That a Word?Gaming Podcast 112: Ubiquitous, Is That a Word?

March 3, 2009| schommer| 0 Comment| 10:22 pm

This week we’re flashing back to Zaxxon and into a bit of a reflective history on the NES Satellite accessory. We reflect upon how bad Don sucks at Mass Effect and get tips from the community. We’re also checking in on some news this week including:

Microsoft Xbox 360 Outsells PS3 and Wii in Japan
Nintendo DSi not competing with cell phones or iPods
PlayStation 3 hard to develop for on purpose
EA admits they need to try harder
Killzone 2 sells 750k after launch
Street Fighter: The Legend of Chun-Li KO’ed at theaters
Tabula Rasa MMO Shutting Down After 1.5 years
Xbox Live Bans Gay Gamers

We’re also asking a few questions of the week, you can answer them all, one or none (but we’ll give you sad face)! What’s your favorite video game accessory since you started gaming, what actor can make a video game movie a success?

Gaming Podcast 111: Squeaky Wheel Gets The KickGaming Podcast 111: Squeaky Wheel Gets The Kick

February 24, 2009| schommer| 0 Comment| 10:35 pm

This week we’re flashing back to Star Wars, an arcade classic from 1983. We’re looking back at the history and forward progress of ArenaNet, co-founded by some Blizzard folks. In the news, we’re looking at:

John Riccitiello, EA’s CEO says the recession is a blessing
Xbox Live Players Getting Attacked
Video Games increase 13% In Down Economy
Microsoft funding “Games for Learning”
Consumers prefer to buy games at Retail stores
Tony Hawk Incorporating Skate Boarding peripheral

We also learned that Don’s got some issues with not sucking at Mass Effect.

TD Gaming Podcast 110: Early ReleaseTD Gaming Podcast 110: Early Release

February 15, 2009| schommer| 0 Comment| 12:07 pm

It’s almost a two gaming podcast week as we’re releasing this episode “wicked early” — sorry, we’re from New England. Derrick’s heading off to Germany on business and we’d hate to miss a week because of the trip, so here you go. This week we flash back to Pac-Man, cover some gaming history on Disney Interactive Studio and plow through some game news:

Ex-Ensemble Studios Folks Form New Studio
NCSoft Profits Down
Activision Threatening to sue EA
Microsoft Opening Retail Chain
Square Enix to Buy Eidos
Midway files chapter 11 bankruptcy protection

This week we’re asking the listeners the question, do you believe Microsoft will be successful opening a retail chain? We also handle a few user comments including one regarding Don’s rapping career or lack of a career.

TD Gaming Podcast 109: One Time At Plastic Band Camp…TD Gaming Podcast 109: One Time At Plastic Band Camp…

February 10, 2009| schommer| 0 Comment| 10:24 pm

This weeks gaming podcast includes a bit about a popular gaming podcast: Link. We also touch on Mercs, in our gaming flashback and tackle a bunch of news articles:

EA Committed to taking risks in 2009
Bethesda working on iPhone Game
Fallout 3 DLC Pushed back a month
Intel will design the PS4 GPU
Online game hacking new threat
Guitar Hero World Tour and Rock Band Summer Camps

This week we’re answering a few listener questions, tackling the question about what you drink when pulling an all-nighter game-a-thon and asking a few new questions such as, do you like horror films and/or horror games?

We also review Pudge, for the iphone/ipod touch.

TD Gaming Podcast 108: My Head ColdTD Gaming Podcast 108: My Head Cold

February 3, 2009| schommer| 0 Comment| 11:04 pm

This weeks episode covers some cool industry news and takes a look back at SEGA’s Hang On. This weeks history lesson involves the Bartle Test, created by Richard Bartle and his MUD. This weeks news:

Launch Day Xbox 360s No longer covered
EA Acquires game rights to Bourne Series
Nintendo Stocks Fall on fear of Nintendo Wii slow down
DJ Hero in 2009
2008’s biggest game title: Mario Kart
March 10th, we’re gonna see Punch-Out Wii
E3 as big as ever
EA price cuts on last years titles
New Exclusive PS3 RTS: Under Siege

Also, don’t forget to take our survey! I apologize now for the bit of a head cold.

TD Gaming Podcast 107: It’s All About ThrustingTD Gaming Podcast 107: It’s All About Thrusting

January 27, 2009| schommer| 0 Comment| 6:44 pm

This weeks episode is a bit unique, we’ve changed up a bit of our format to see what people think of the fresh new style. If you like it or dislike it, please let us know. This week we flashback to the 1986 title Thrust on the BBC Micro and cover the history of Solid Snake. News for the week:

Voice Actor ‘Michael Hollick’ won’t be the focus of GTA IV DLC
PS3 Not Getting Fallout 3 update
GameStop putting people in fat suits to prove a point
Guitar Hero World Tour Kicks Rock Bands Butt In Sales
Electronic Arts gives “Safe” signal to Casual Games and Burnout Developers
Halo Wars Goes Gold
Mortal Kombat Game In The Works
Windows 7 – Performs pretty sweet in gaming

Please let us know what you thought of this weeks episode shake-up and, while you’re here, why don’t you take our survey?

The video’s from the show, from Dan: