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TD Gaming Podcast 98: I Was Bad AssTD Gaming Podcast 98: I Was Bad Ass

November 25, 2008| schommer| 0 Comment| 10:54 pm

This week we’re giving our impressions of Wrath of the Lich King, taking a look back at Ikari Warriors for the arcade and NES. This weeks news covers a few cool topics:

7-11 getting into the video game market
World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King Sells 2.8 million copies
Harmonix facing drum pedal lawsuit
Playstation 3 online community matches Xbox 360’s

This week we’re taking a historic look back at SNK Playmore, a company that managed to collapse yet rise from the flames under a new name with their old SNK franchise licenses. Also, we’ll announce the winners for our Bejeweled Twist Contest.

TD Gaming Podcast 96: Nobody Wants To Give Me Their SkinTD Gaming Podcast 96: Nobody Wants To Give Me Their Skin

November 11, 2008| schommer| 0 Comment| 10:37 pm

This week we’re looking at some crazy news articles, looking back at Jungle Hunt and covering our review of the casual game, Bejeweled Twist from Popcap. This weeks news includes:

Activision considering charging for user-generated songs
Little, BigPlanet Content being “moderated”
Grand Theft Auto DLC probably won’t be released this month
Epic weighs in on used games sales

This weeks soapbox tackles the question, “would gamers be interested in non-violent cooperative games?” This weeks podcast ends with a new contest to give away two copies of Bejeweled Twist on the gaming podcast and another two copies in our gaming podcast forums.

TD Gaming Podcast 94: Chicken and Subscription FeeTD Gaming Podcast 94: Chicken and Subscription Fee

October 29, 2008| schommer| 0 Comment| 3:36 pm

Lots of great news in this weeks gaming podcast thanks to the holiday season approaching. We also take a retro style flashback to Space Invaders and talk about our attendance at the popcap launch party for Bejeweled Twist and a very light preview of our initial Guitar Hero World Tour impressions.This weeks news includes:

EA breaking the sequel and sports games mold
Activision/Red Octane feeling the pain of creating plastic instruments
E for All officially canceled
World of Warcraft hits 11 million subscribers

This weeks soapbox segement, we ask the question, does unlimited level creation cause bad press in video games?

TD Gaming Podcast 93: The M.I.T GangTD Gaming Podcast 93: The M.I.T Gang

October 20, 2008| schommer| 0 Comment| 10:08 am

This weeks Gaming Podcast comes out a bit early due to some travel plans and an upcoming trip to Popcap’s Bejeweled Twist launch party. This week in the news we took a look at:

Metal Gear Solid 4 may be coming to Xbox 360
Ubisoft taking a page out of EA’s book
Microsoft bringing the big name games to Xbox Live Arcade
Little Big Planet recalled

We also take a look back at Pitfall! and cover yet another DRM issue on our soapbox, asking the question, is online gaming the DRM of the future? Our history segment does a bit of history on Popcap games.

Our NFS: Carbon and Saints Row contest has ended, the gang names are in, and we’re giving away the games to the winner. Next, we’re going to give away Project Gotham Racing 4.

TD Gaming Podcast 92: Apples to RaisinsTD Gaming Podcast 92: Apples to Raisins

October 14, 2008| schommer| 0 Comment| 9:46 pm

This weeks gaming podcast covers some fun hot news topics and a gaming flashback of ClayFighter. We also cover a bit of the history on Vicarious Visions some game news, including:

128MB Xbox 360 Fall Update [ Today’s update ]
Starcraft 2 Trilogy
Fallout 3’s been pirated on Xbox 360
November Spore Expansion Pack Coming.

We’re also asking the question, is the Sony decision to NOT drop the price of the PlayStation 3 for the holiday a big mistake?

TD Gaming Podcast 91: Freedom of SpeechTD Gaming Podcast 91: Freedom of Speech

October 7, 2008| schommer| 0 Comment| 9:59 pm

This weeks gaming podcast covers a bunch of great topics including a gaming flashback of Populous. We’re going to give your our down and dirty Mega Man 9 review from an older gamers perspective and cover some game news, including:

Gears of War 2 stays off PC to avoid piracy
Nintendo DSi details and features
PSP-3000 Release Date, you gonna buy it?
Age of Conan Server Merges

We discuss developers attempts to combat used games by including special first time buyer incentives including free DLC, updates, maps and features.

TD Gaming Podcast 90: Riddled With Fragmented PatchesTD Gaming Podcast 90: Riddled With Fragmented Patches

September 30, 2008| schommer| 0 Comment| 10:26 pm

This weeks gaming podcast we’re doing a review of Rock Band 2 and it’s drum kit. We are also digging into some juicy news on:

Fable II launches with no on-line co-op mode
EA slapped with class action law suit over Spore DRM
Warhammer Online hits 500K subscribers
Sony PS3, not the most popular console in Japan

This weeks gaming flashback, we’re looking back to Act Raiser for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System (SNES). We also discuss our thoughts of the upcoming Xbox 360 console user interface changes, avatars and the casual gamer look and feel.

TD Gaming Podcast 86: Trouble with Norse MythologyTD Gaming Podcast 86: Trouble with Norse Mythology

September 2, 2008| schommer| 0 Comment| 9:42 pm

This weeks gaming podcast we stroll down memory lane with Gauntlet, ponder Microsoft’s role as a PC game publisher, hit up some news:

Activision Blizzard CEO Bobby Kotick trying to scare off MMO developers
Diablo 3 in content creation mode
Sony may be thinking of charging for PlayStation Network
Starcraft 2, may get a fourth race.

We’ll also take a look at the history of the joystick and pimp our new gaming podcast forums. You can also checkout our new World of Warcraft guild, Fallen Souls.

TD Gaming Podcast 84: A Mount That PoopsTD Gaming Podcast 84: A Mount That Poops

August 19, 2008| schommer| 0 Comment| 10:43 pm

This week we take a walk back in retro gaming history at Super Mario World, covering a bunch of great user questions and chat a bit about our favorite RTS of all time based on a user question. In the news this week:

Xbox 360 Out Sells PS3 in Japan
Rock Band 2 Bundle Delay
Harmonix Says “No” to Exclusive Artist Deals
Diablo 3, Finite Health and Loving It

We also announce the winner of Galactic Civilizations II: Dread Lords – Collectors Edition! This show was packed with content and material, we had to hold off on the Gaming History for this week, but we’ll hit it next week.

TD Gaming Podcast 83: On VacationTD Gaming Podcast 83: On Vacation

August 12, 2008| schommer| 0 Comment| 9:57 pm

This weeks gaming podcast covers a bunch of crazy content, we’re putting out the question, are collectors editions games going a bit too far? Also, a look back at UniRacers, before Rockstar North was known as Rockstar and history on the gameboy and its portable madness.

In the news:

World of Warcraft achievements retroactive!
Asus taking a stab at the Wiimote and Nunchuck for the PC
EA making “For Dummies” games
Microsoft Sets release date for Fable II

Of course, we’re always looking for more user comments and questions. If you’ve got a few minutes rate us in iTunes and digg the podcast. Last week to enter into the Galactic Civilizations II: Dread Lords give away.