Welcome to the early edition of the gaming podcast, because I’m going to be in Germany this week we had to record a bit early and post the podcast for listening. Hopefully this won’t screw up too many people’s schedules with a day-early release! This week we’re flashing back to Sid Meier’s Pirates and learning […]
Gaming Podcast 139: Pirate or Privateer?
September 14th, 2009 · 4 Comments
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Gaming Podcast 134: Do You Want Me To Feel It?
August 11th, 2009 · 13 Comments
This weeks gaming flashback? Scorched Earth, a great artillery style title. We’re also taking a historic look back at the game innovations developed by Don Daglow. Of course it’s not a full news week without some actual news! This weeks news includes: Walmart Pushing New Madden Game Bestbuy takes on Gamestop Halo 2 and Halo […]
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Gaming Podcast 131: An Inner Ear Problem
July 21st, 2009 · 5 Comments
We’re back! This week we’re hitting some fun news articles and kicking it back with a little gaming flashback about Columns. We also break the news about our brand new console that we purchased last week before vacation and touch on KOEI in our gaming history. This weeks news includes: Portable Xbox Device Coming? Summer […]
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Gaming Podcast 124: Waggle Controls
May 26th, 2009 · 2 Comments
This week’s Memorial Day podcast has very few stories but we managed to pack it full of content including the long awaited Punch-Out Wii review! The news includes: Mass Effect 2 Information Leaked Nintendo Releasing All Three Metroid Games on one disc Nintendo’s CEO Satoru Iwata Says, No Sense In Complaining About Used Game Sales […]
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Gaming Podcast 115: Poo Poo’ed It
March 24th, 2009 · 1 Comment
This week we’re working with our skeleton crew, Don was stuck at work so we’re flying duelies. Speaking of duelies, we’re flashing back to Rise of the Triad and covering some gaming history on Ralph Baer, a very important person in the gaming industry. This week, in the news, we’re a bit Wii centric with: […]
Tags: Episode · Nintendo · Podcast · popcap · Show Notes · Wii
Gaming Podcast 113: How Do You Say Gyro?
March 10th, 2009 · No Comments
This week we’re overwhelmed with awesome listener comments, including new ones from folks we’ve never heard from on the show. We’re also taking a flashback look at the original Diablo and some of the sequels that followed it. This weeks gaming news includes: 6,200 Reasons to buy iphone/touch games MTV Thinks Rock Band Beatles is […]
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The Beatle’s Change Wii Price Point, Rock Band Style
March 8th, 2009 · 1 Comment
By now everyone is used to paying more for Rock Band than meets the eye. The game disc is usually packed in several bundles for guitars, drums and, of course, stand alone. With The Beatles: Rock Band, MTV Games plans to release one product SKU, a game only disc. That game only disc, on the […]
Tags: Editorial · Industry News · rock band · Wii
id Software Interested in Nintendo’s Wii
February 25th, 2009 · No Comments
Nintendo is seeing some great successes with their console — duh. What is the best way to provide evidence that Nintendo has a hit with their new little white console? Perhaps the bright blue eyes of id Software? Originally, it was said that id Software wasn’t really interested in developing games for the Wii, perhaps […]
Tags: Editorial · id software · Industry News · Nintendo · Wii
Do HD Graphics Matter To Gamers?
January 19th, 2009 · 9 Comments
The question of the day, “Do HD graphics matter to gamers?” If you’re currently rolling with a PS3 or Xbox 360 and you’ve got HDMI and or sweet component cables you’re probably saying, “duh, of course they do.” What about everyone else, those Wii consoles for instance, there are so many of those. What about […]
Tags: Editorial · Microsoft · Nintendo · Sony
Nielsen Ratings, PS3 Played Less Than Classic Xbox?
January 5th, 2009 · 2 Comments
In a WTF moment, Neilsen Ratings shows more gamers are playing the classic Microsoft Xbox console than the PlayStation 3. While 9.7% of gamers are playing the Xbox 7.3% are playing the PlayStation 3 but Sony isn’t out of the picture by a long shot, having 31.7% of gamers playing the PlayStation 2! Only 13.4% […]
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