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Rumor: EA Buying Popcap?Rumor: EA Buying Popcap?

June 23, 2011| Jonah Falcon| 0 Comment| 8:08 am

Tech Cruch is reporting that Electronic Arts is about to acquire casual games giant Popcap Games for a cool $1 billion, which would exceed EA’s market cap by over 13%. If true, this would be EA’s definitive entry into the casual games market, a field they broke into 7 years ago.

Despite consuming a significant chunk of EA’s reserves. buying Popcap would bring them IPs such as Bejeweled, Plants Vs. Zombies, Peggle, Zuma and Bookworm.

We’ll keep an eye on this deal as it happens.

Gaming Podcast 219: ColecoVision RulesGaming Podcast 219: ColecoVision Rules

June 21, 2011| Jonah Falcon| 0 Comment| 10:52 pm

Paul crows about Nintendo’s dominance over the ColecoVision and Dreamcast, while Jonah and Jordan reminisce about this week’s Gaming Flashback, Electronic Arts’ Barnstorming for the Atari 2600.

The news also includes the following topics:

Duke Nukem Forever review fiasco
Harrison: Apple will be the games industry in 10 years
Tretton: No need for PS4, PS3 now hitting its stride
Slimmer PS3 coming?

This week’s Gaming History looks at the husband-and-wife developing team Freefall Associates, while the Question of the Week is: How much weight do you give the score of a review? Let us know what you think.

Gaming Podcast 202: Eggnog BathGaming Podcast 202: Eggnog Bath

December 21, 2010| schommer| 0 Comment| 9:57 pm

This week we’re creating our last gaming podcast before Christmas, no holiday break for us! We’re reading some of our community comments and taking a look back at both Pac-Land and the history of Atari post-2600 release. This weeks news includes:

Blizzard’s Next-Gen MMO Codenamed “Titan”
EA CEO John Riccitiello Blasts Activision, Treyarch
PS3 Price Cut Coming?
4 of 10 Internet Users Playing Casual Games

This week’s question of the week is really simply, have a good holiday. Unless you want to answer the question, “where do you roast your chestnuts for the holidays?”

Gaming Podcast 183: Da Two YutsGaming Podcast 183: Da Two Yuts

July 27, 2010| schommer| 0 Comment| 7:57 pm

This week’s gaming podcast has all three personalities doing their thing. We’re finishing up our historic look back at Sega while answering a couple comments and hammering out the news. No flashback this week, we just ran out of time. This weeks news includes:

Nintendo 3DS games to cost more
EA partners with Live gamer
Stardock’s Impulse now offering Bethesda titles
Wall Street Journal starting rumors

This weeks question of the week revolves around a bit of journalistic integrity and who do you trust when reading game news articles on the Internet? Folks like the Wall Street Journal or more focused gaming blogs like Kotaku, 1up, Gamespot and others?

Gaming Podcast 168: Sixteen Dollar IncrementsGaming Podcast 168: Sixteen Dollar Increments

April 13, 2010| schommer| 0 Comment| 8:37 pm

We’re back this week, and we’re busting through some news articles dealing with Electronic Arts, Activision, Warhammer and more. Community comments, feedback, flashback and game history. The news articles include:

Metal Gear Solid creator Hideo Kojima thinks consoles are dying
Warhammer Online overcharging players
EA picking up exclusive publishing rights to Ex-Infinity Ward Developer‘s new studio
Activision Ex-Infinity Ward Developer’s drama will delay Modern Warfare 3

Gaming flashback is R-Type, game history is Irem and the question of the week: Will the iPad steal market share from the Sony PSP and Nintendo DS product lines? Or mobile gaming in general?

Gaming Podcast 166: Derrick’s Childhood ScarsGaming Podcast 166: Derrick’s Childhood Scars

March 23, 2010| schommer| 0 Comment| 8:45 pm

This week’s gaming podcast we’re reminding Derrick of all his horrific gaming memories. We’re flashing back to the 1986 game, Jackal for the arcade and the Nintendo Entertainment System. We’re taking a look at one of the men behind Bioware: Dr Ray Muzyka. This weeks game news includes:

Command and Conquer using always on internet DRM?
Michael Atkinson steps down
Pikmin 3 Coming
EA to test a demo strategy

This week’s Question of The Week: What game has totally been ruined for you?

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 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 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 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?