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Gaming Podcast 180: Dill Hole of The DayGaming Podcast 180: Dill Hole of The Day

June 29, 2010| schommer| 0 Comment| 1:16 pm

This week’s gaming podcast is full of “awesomenessness.” With great listener comments regarding the next-generation of console technology, a retro look back at Moon Patrol, history of SEGA and the top news articles of the week. It’s like a tasty podcast strudel with frosting! This weeks news includes:

Sony re-releasing old games in HD
New Kings Quest Game Coming
PlayStation 3 update coming
Peter Moore: Gamer’s Appreciate Online Pass

This week’s question of the week, is Steam the winner of the electronic distribution technology? Could Blizzard take them on and become a competitor?

Gaming Podcast 177: Off TopicGaming Podcast 177: Off Topic

June 8, 2010| schommer| 0 Comment| 9:00 pm

This weeks gaming podcast fills the hour of show with a lot of side tangents and off-topic discussions, thanks to some of the listener feedback. You’ll learn how Zynga and Facebook resemble the Mega Powers relationship with Hulk Hogan and Randy “Macho Man” Savage. Some of the news for the week includes:

Zynga partners with 7-11
Nintendo 3DS close to HD console abilities?
Farmville heading to iPhone
Customize guitar instruments in the new Guitar Hero

This week’s question of the week: What will get you into the Guitar Hero series? RPG-style play? Huge song collection? Or, perhaps multiple mics with keyboard play get you back into the genre?

Gaming Podcast 175: Everything Sucks TodayGaming Podcast 175: Everything Sucks Today

June 1, 2010| schommer| 0 Comment| 5:02 pm

Today’s gaming podcast covers some recent gaming news and hits some gaming history on Starcraft and the game designer Brian Reynolds. Hitting some community feedback and checking out a few gaming tattoo’s! Here are a couple of the submitted tattoo’s we were looking at in the show:

This weeks gaming news includes:

Blizzard weighing in on PC DRM
More Project Natal rumors
Treyarch now a Call of Duty studio
People spending more time playing games

This week’s question of the week, what’s your opinion on some really crazy achievement lists? Do they frustrate you?

Gaming Podcast 174: A Helmet of Killer BeesGaming Podcast 174: A Helmet of Killer Bees

May 25, 2010| schommer| 0 Comment| 12:00 pm

This week we’re rolling dualies, Jennifer and Derrick are busting through the top news of the week and reading some gaming podcast community comments while flashing back to 720º. We also managed to do our Gaming History segment this week!

WoW Remote Auction house
Fallout New Vegas getting big changes
Senior vice president of public relations at SCEA weighs in on used game sales
Sony unveiling a premium PlayStation Network?

This week’s question of the week, what would you expect to get out of a USD $70 subscription to a console network like the PSN?

Gaming Podcast 173: Crap StampGaming Podcast 173: Crap Stamp

May 18, 2010| schommer| 0 Comment| 12:50 pm

This week we’re hammering through some top news articles while tackling some community comments and hitting the history hard!

EA attempting to get a piece of the used game sales
Nintendo DS on track to become best selling console
One of the worst Video game decline in history
Farmville to break away from Facebook?
Nintendo has a new enemy

Question of the week, have you seen any video game tattoo’s that have been less dork and more actual awesome? Do you have any?

Gaming Podcast 172: Heaps of MatesGaming Podcast 172: Heaps of Mates

May 11, 2010| schommer| 0 Comment| 8:32 pm

We’re bringing a new gaming podcast to our heaps of mates, the listeners. We’re discussing some good community feedback while hitting a few key news article for this week. This weeks industry gaming news includes:

Codemasters and Playground battling it out
GamesWorkshop Sues WarhammerAliance.com
StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty Hits retail shelves July 27
Nintendo to crack down on piracy with the Nintendo 3DS
Sony confirms Little Big Planet 2

This weeks question, can a user-generated content create a game that extends far behind its own life cycle? Or, do we really rely on the developers to extend it?

Gaming Podcast 171: Hating On ConsolesGaming Podcast 171: Hating On Consoles

May 4, 2010| schommer| 0 Comment| 1:32 pm

This week’s comments and conversations almost followed a common theme: console hating. The cast explains why they’re not really PC gaming anymore and the frustrations with PC gaming but admits the industry is extremely important. This weeks news includes the following stories:

Red Hot Chilli Peppers getting a guitar Hero game?
Next Call of Duty will be Black Ops
Bungie signs deal with Activision
Nintendo to release Black Console

This weeks question of the week is this: Will gamer parents treat their kids differently in terms of what is acceptable in terms of video game selection, play time and other gaming related activities? Is our perspective that much different?

Gaming Podcast Week OffGaming Podcast Week Off

April 6, 2010| schommer| 0 Comment| 4:40 pm

We had to take a week off due to a death in the family. My grandmother passed away from Alzheimer late last week and we had to spend the beginning of the week with the family and the events that come with the passing.

We’ll be back next week in full force. So, here is a 39 second podcast explaining it, hosted by Liam our son.

Gaming Podcast 167: Waiting in LineGaming Podcast 167: Waiting in Line

March 30, 2010| schommer| 0 Comment| 8:48 pm

The gaming podcast this week includes a little reaction on PAX East and a bit of history on Vanguard. For the news, this week, we’re busting through a few key news stories:

Sony taking out “other OS” feature
DSIWare games not transferable to DSi XL
Nintendo announces Nintendo 3DS
Sony thinks 3D belongs on consoles and not hand helds
Major Nelson’s gamer tag was hacked

Derrick explains a bit about his opinion of PAX East and how such an event might not be exactly built for him. We’re also busting through some great community feedback. Special thanks to the community of 2old2play.com, Wombat from Cheap Ass Gamer and Lady J of SFX 360 for the PAX Panel.

This weeks Question of the Week: “Everyone loves shoot em ups. What was your favorite shoot em up? Xevious? Space Invaders? Galaga? Ikaruga?”

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?