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Gaming Podcast 184: Just like Johnny DeppGaming Podcast 184: Just like Johnny Depp

August 3, 2010| schommer| 0 Comment| 8:10 pm

Gaming Podcast, we get some impressions about gaming reviews and media from our listeners while tackling the gaming flashback 10-Yard Fight for the arcade and NES. We ran out of time on our four stories and didn’t get our gaming history in yet.

iPhone Jailbreaking is Fair Use
Kinect launches as Casual Gaming Device
Next-Generation Blu-Ray 20x Better
EA’s Bright Light Creates Create
Lost Planet 2 Tanks

This weeks question of the week, what do you think of blaming video game failures on the economy?

Gaming Podcast 181: Bag of FailGaming Podcast 181: Bag of Fail

July 6, 2010| schommer| 0 Comment| 11:10 pm

This weeks gaming podcast, we’re going through a bit of Sega content, Sonic The Hedgehog CD and the second tier of Sega history. We’ll hit some listener feedback about Steam and Blizzards RealID as well as some meaty news topics including:

Starcraft 2 will have a 3D option
After four years, Sony is finally making a profit on the PS3
Activision comments on Xbox Live
Gamers want physical media over digital media
Now you really can drink like a Murloc

This weeks question of the week, what video game genre’s could really benefit from 3D gaming that may not have been considered yet?

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 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 165: Static ElectricityGaming Podcast 165: Static Electricity

March 16, 2010| schommer| 0 Comment| 9:19 pm

This weeks gaming podcast, we’re flashing back to Bikini Karate Babes. We’re looking at the history of David Crane, or trying to get through it while getting distracted by a bunch of banter. The gaming news this week includes:

Sony’s Motion controller due out this fall
Pandemic and Ensemble Studios take blame for closures
Sony losing another exclusive developer, possibly (rumor)
More DS 2 rumors surface

This weeks question of the week is pretty simple: What game from your childhood do you recall loving the most–life changing. Don’t go watch any video’s, take it from your memory.

Gaming Podcast 157: Don’s Angry RantGaming Podcast 157: Don’s Angry Rant

January 19, 2010| schommer| 0 Comment| 9:02 pm

This weeks gaming podcast brings us some recent news articles while also focusing the history and flashbacks on play-by-mail games. We’re looking at Diplomacy and discussing this weeks comments. The week in news includes:

Analyst predicts Nintendo “DS2” will be out in 2011
Beatles Rock Band lack luster sales
Nintendo Wii finally gets Netflix
ESRB Rating Awareness
Games Fueling Social Change

Don’s with us in studio this week and goes on a tear about iPhone Monopoly, requiring many censor beeps. We’re asking a new question of the week: ESRB – What is your ratio to TV/Movies for electronic entertainment?

Gaming Podcast 156: Voice Dictation FailGaming Podcast 156: Voice Dictation Fail

January 12, 2010| schommer| 0 Comment| 9:22 pm

This week’s gaming podcast paints its face with your blood. Okay, not quite, but we’re definitely hitting up some news, reading community comments and looking back at Sinistar and the history of the Power Pad. This weeks news includes:

Metroid Prime Trilogy Dead
2K Boston Once Again Irrational Games
Microsoft focusing on unique experience for Natal
Fable 3 to be unveiled soon

We’re also asking the question, are you looking forward to a LEGO mmo?

Gaming Podcast 149: Soloing as a CoupleGaming Podcast 149: Soloing as a Couple

November 24, 2009| schommer| 0 Comment| 10:13 pm

This week’s gaming podcast, we’re missing Don as he’s too busy having a new child. We’re rolling as a duo and cranking through the history of Super Mario Bros. and reviewing the New Super Mario Bros. Wii all while handing some great community questions and busting through some key stories this week:

No Diablo 3 in 2010
Android may not be a gaming platform
Sony making big moves with the PS3
Microsoft facing possible class action lawsuit
ArenaNet’s Founder Starts a New MMO company
Nintendo Losing Vice President of Consumer Affairs

This week’s question of the week: Is there a game that you didn’t really enjoy, or almost couldn’t stand, but felt obligated to finish just on principle?

Gaming Podcast 148: Games I Don’t Like PlayingGaming Podcast 148: Games I Don’t Like Playing

November 17, 2009| schommer| 0 Comment| 4:23 pm

This weeks gaming podcast covers a few top news stories that inspire tons of discussion, we tackle some user feedback and comments, answers of the week and flashback to Archon: The Light and the Dark. We’re also going to review Netflix for the PlayStation 3 for those thinking of ordering the disc from Netflix. This weeks news includes:

Home No Longer a priority
Activision looking for more ways to monetize Call of Duty
October Game sales were down and Casual gamers are to blame
Super Mario Galaxy 2 harder than the first

This week’s question of the week: what was the best game you played that after playing it, you thought to yourself, “That was good. I’m never playing it again”?