- Gaming Podcast 131: An Inner Ear Problem

Gaming Podcast 131: An Inner Ear ProblemGaming Podcast 131: An Inner Ear Problem

July 21, 2009| schommer| 0 Comment| 9:08 pm

We’re back! This week we’re hitting some fun news articles and kicking it back with a little gaming flashback about Columns. We also break the news about our brand new console that we purchased last week before vacation and touch on KOEI in our gaming history. This weeks news includes:

Portable Xbox Device Coming?
Summer Xbox Live Update features
Microsoft Limiting Indie Games on Xbox Live
The Best selling Wii games of 2009 are not from 2009
Dante’s Inferno not coming to the PC

This weeks question, we’re wondering what your break point is for purchasing a console or a video game, is there a magic number where you finally break down to buy it?

Gaming Podcast: Monster MashGaming Podcast: Monster Mash

July 14, 2009| schommer| 0 Comment| 11:52 pm

podcast-200x200 This week we’re on vacation but Don is not, so he took the time to build out a cool mashup of some of the podcasts most memorable “moments.” Of course, most of them are the strangest bloopers and oddities that we had a couple lol’s re-listening to them. Consider this the greatest moments in the last sixty episodes wrapped up in a 4-minute time period. Holy crap.

Gaming Podcast 130: ProselytizingGaming Podcast 130: Proselytizing

July 7, 2009| schommer| 0 Comment| 9:03 pm

This week’s gaming podcast covers some news, history and a classic gaming flashback. We’ll be taking next week off, so this week is extra packed with content… okay, well, it’s normal. We’re looking at Breakout as our flashback and the MB Microvision in our gaming history. This weeks news includes:

Twittercraft – Twitter while in World of Warcraft
iPhone Gaming Prices
Starcraft 2 will have no LAN multi-player support
Tecmo Koei Concerned with Motion Control Technology
Rumor: Rockstar confirms two new GTA IV Episodes
Violence and Combat is old, time for acting

This week we’ve got two questions for ya, what console/hand-held system do you bring on vacations and do you go out and buy any games before you head on vacation?

Gaming Podcast 129: My WalkmanGaming Podcast 129: My Walkman

June 30, 2009| schommer| 0 Comment| 7:35 pm

This week is full of crazy energy. We seem to have gone 100% Sony on news chatter but we level that out with some great community feedback about our question of the week. We hit a little Burgertime action in our gaming flashback and bust through some Data East company history.

Analyst says Sony Motion Control beats MS Natal
Sony dropping the PS3 price?
EA heading for a takeover?
Sony backing Home
Sony making a PSP Phone?
Sony Exclusives not anything great

This week we’re asking the question, what is your favorite end-boss in a video game from todays games to the past classics?

Gaming Podcast 128: ProducaGaming Podcast 128: Produca

June 23, 2009| schommer| 0 Comment| 5:24 pm

This weeks gaming podcast tackles the history of Full Throttle and the history of the SCUMM script system created for Maniac Mansion. We’re also hitting up some game news, talking a bit more about games that have changed our lives and taking to heart some great user comments.

Activision and Sony battling it out
Lord of the Rings Online, Userbase Growing
Bad Wording by Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer makes People Think New 360 Coming
Konami Women Demoted For Being a Mother
Licensed iPhone Commadore 64 Emulated Rejected by Apple

This weeks question of the week is of the user-submitted style! Krud asks, “If you could only play four games (w/o new DLC for the foreseeable future), what four would you choose?”

Gaming Podcast 127: I Like The Open Hand ActionGaming Podcast 127: I Like The Open Hand Action

June 16, 2009| schommer| 0 Comment| 6:07 pm

This weeks gaming podcast includes a lot of fun, we’re a bit silly and having a good time. We flash back to Maniac Mansion and cover some history on LucasFilm Games also known as LucusArts. We’re diving head-long into some great community submissions for the best and worst controllers of all time. This weeks news includes:

Rumor: Microsoft Making a New Xbox 360
Halo ODST will have a $60 price tag
Sony Making an app store??
Nintendo’s Walk Through System Debuting with New Super Mario Bros. Wii
ESRB wants to rate iPhone/iPod Touch games

This week Don has doubled up, first we’ve got a poll for you to answer! What’s do you prefer: Star Wars Games or Final Fantasy Games? Question of the Week: What is the best game you have ever played and, if you want to answer the next part you can also let us know why you believe it’s changed your life!

Milo and Mijo: Project Natal SpoofMilo and Mijo: Project Natal Spoof

June 13, 2009| schommer| 0 Comment| 10:14 am

It contains a bit of “rough language,” you have been warned 🙂 Checkout their other shows at ScrewAttack, this is a play on Project Natal’s Milo concept demo in which animated “Milo” interacts with a real human.

Gaming Podcast 126: Wii-niss EnvyGaming Podcast 126: Wii-niss Envy

June 9, 2009| schommer| 0 Comment| 9:11 pm

This week we’re finishing our E3 reactions along with our reaction to the recent iPhone/iPod Touch news and their new gaming initiative. Our gaming flashback flies back to After Burner and our game history is all about Yu Suzuki a huge SEGA developer. The news this week includes:

Some of the big announcements from Sony’s E3 Press Conference
Some of the big announcements from Nintendo’s E3 Conference
Microsoft envisions 10 year lifespan for Xbox 360
Activision Disappointed by no price cuts at E3
Michael Pachter thinks the motion control from Sony and Microsoft won’t topple the Wii
iPhone/iPod Touch 3.0 Firmware enhances gaming features

Don’s question of the week, what is your favorite controller and what game controller do you hate the most? Thanks for the GREAT responses to last weeks question, so many creative answers.

Gaming Podcast 125: HologramsGaming Podcast 125: Holograms

June 2, 2009| schommer| 0 Comment| 8:29 pm

This week we’re tackling a very small bit of E3 news because our recording occurs on Monday night. We did, however, get a bit of Microsoft E3 news and do not worry, we found lots of other great topics to discuss this week. We also tackle some great user write-ins and other crazy stuff.

Another PSP Coming: PSP Go
Atari Says Good bye to Infogrames
Set Top Boxes another avenue for games
StarCraft 2 Coming This Year
Microsoft experimenting with Digital Downloads
Some Big Announcements from the Microsoft E3 Presentation

This weeks history: The Bard’s Tale and we’re taking a look at what Satoru Iwata has done for Nintendo and the shoes he had to replace. The question of the week is crazy this time around, if you played the Video Gamer class in an RPG, what attributes and abilities would you have?

Gaming Podcast 124: Waggle ControlsGaming Podcast 124: Waggle Controls

May 26, 2009| schommer| 0 Comment| 8:46 pm

This week’s Memorial Day podcast has very few stories but we managed to pack it full of content including the long awaited Punch-Out Wii review! The news includes:

Mass Effect 2 Information Leaked
Nintendo Releasing All Three Metroid Games on one disc
Nintendo’s CEO Satoru Iwata Says, No Sense In Complaining About Used Game Sales

We also hit up some listener comments, learn a bit about nanites, checkout some gaming history on Track & Field all while popping out a new weekly question: Will you buy a video game compilation that includes updated old games with new functionality like “Waggle” controls?