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TD Gaming Podcast 102: Happy HolidaysTD Gaming Podcast 102: Happy Holidays

December 23, 2008| schommer| 0 Comment| 11:22 am

This week we’re cooking up some final holiday treats in the form of gaming history, news, retro flashbacks and general commentary. We’re looking back at the Need for Speed franchise, a little gaming history on Black Box Studios and covering some news stories:

EA to offer games on Steam
Little Big Planet Gets Metal Gear Solid Downloadable Content
EA Lays off 1,000
Microsoft releases interesting stats on their Xbox Live Arcade Service

This weeks soap box covers a little holiday cheer, what games did you love as a child, which game got you the most excited, what’s your best memory and most prized achievements in gaming. What game was a total turn off?

Wish wish everyone a happy holiday no matter what you celebrate, when you celebrate and how you celebrate. Party hard. Drive Safe. Enjoy.

Podcast Crew.

TD Gaming Podcast 101: A Case of HubrisTD Gaming Podcast 101: A Case of Hubris

December 17, 2008| schommer| 0 Comment| 4:07 pm

This weeks gaming podcast rains on a lot of parades, talking about the Sony PS3 and its issues in the market, Microsoft’s scratch disk conspiracy and ugly sales figures for some games. This weeks news includes:

Sony takes a battering in the press (again)
Microsoft knew of the 360 scratched disks all along
Penny Arcade Slams Home
Little Big Planet misses top 20 in November

This weeks gaming history and flashback cover some religious games. This week we look into the history of Wisdom Tree and Konami’s game Noah’s Ark from 1992. The show is a bit late this week because we were without power from Thursday night until late Monday night, four days without power is humbling.

We’re also asking folks what would be on their holiday wish list if you could have any game or gadget of your dreams. Maybe a hot RPG, or sweet new console, retro-remakes or something entirely different!

Gaming Podcast DelaysGaming Podcast Delays

December 15, 2008| schommer| 0 Comment| 11:47 am

Thanks to the New Hampshire’s “State of Emergency” it looks as if we’ll have to delay the podcast a bit this week. We have had no electricity in four days and continue to have to deal with lack of power in our day-to-day life.

Once power is restored and we’re back online we’ll schedule a time to record the show. Until then, we’re offline until the electric company gets to our area. Hopefully we’ll be on the power grid today so we can record in our normal schedule but that’s more of a dream than an ETA.

TD Gaming Podcast 100: KatastroephicTD Gaming Podcast 100: Katastroephic

December 9, 2008| schommer| 0 Comment| 10:26 pm

This weeks gaming podcast flashes back to Yo! Noid, for the NES and a bit of gaming history on Accolade while touching on some hot news topics:

Nintendo considering changing accelerometer chips
Nintendo brings Club Nintendo to North America
Playstation Home arriving December 17th
GTA IV patch coming to a PC near you

This week’s soap box we’re asking you if you believe social networking and new media techniques will help or hinder the gaming industry.

TD Gaming Podcast 99: When Black Friday ComesTD Gaming Podcast 99: When Black Friday Comes

December 3, 2008| schommer| 0 Comment| 10:41 am

The TD Gaming Podcast brings you the news and some economic questions about the gaming industry. We’re also taking a look back at Cannon Fodder and the developer Sensible Software. This weeks gaming news includes:

Midway’s upcoming secret game effort
Gears of War 2 patch from Epic
The New Xbox Experience (NXE)
Sumner Redstone sells Midway for 100k

Our gaming podcast crew reflects on the game industry, the economy and the insane day we call Black Friday here in the United States.

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 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 89: Epic Amount of FunTD Gaming Podcast 89: Epic Amount of Fun

September 23, 2008| schommer| 0 Comment| 7:48 pm

This weeks gaming podcast covers some cool news, some cool haiku’s and takes a look back at Paperboy and the history of the Apple Bandai Pippin. This weeks gaming news includes:

LA Noir No Longer a PS3 exclusive
Little Big Planet Goes Gold
Age of Conan: An In Depth Look
Activision Cracking Down On Pirates

We also ask the question, is Rare’s skill set out of date? Doug does his late talk like a pirate day impression.