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TD Gaming Podcast
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The TD Gaming Podcast is a his & her podcast on recent gaming news, opinionated game reviews, game deals and site news. Gamers talking about gaming from both perspectives.
Each episode will start with This Month In Gaming, in which we discuss a historical game release that occurred in the month of the episodes recording. We'll end on History of Gaming which discusses a historical game, company or innovation from the archives of gaming industry.
Stay tuned each week for a new episode!
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TD Gaming Podcast Episodes - | Gaming Podcast 165: Static Electricity | 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 do you think about the PS3 Motion controller? A dup? A success? Unknown? | Get at Short URL | Download Gaming Podcast 165: Static Electricity | Play in Popup.
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| Gaming Podcast 164: Baby Seals | This week we've refrained from beating baby seals to do a gaming podcast. Whatever that means, we're busting through some great community feedback, cranking through the history of Boulder Dash, mashing through the game history on G.O.D - Gathering of Developers while hitting up the game news of the week:
* Portal 2 has been announced
* Ubisoft's new DRM fails (big surprise)
* Ubisoft's DRM cracked
* Steam Coming to the Mac
* Microsoft looking for a 360 motherboard designer
This weeks question of the week, what world environment would you like to see your favorite game sequel take place in? | Get at Short URL | Download Gaming Podcast 164: Baby Seals | Play in Popup.
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| Gaming Podcast 163: Arcade, Beer and Ribs | This weeks gaming podcast is epic, as per the usual, we had some really thought out community comments about DRM, game history on Krull and a bit of history on D. Gottleib & Co. This weeks news includes:
* First Generation PS3s are failing
* The Nintendo Wii being picked on again
* Warcraft Authenticator Hacked
* StarCraft II will be released the first half of this year
* D&D online passes the 1 million user mark
And, our question of the week, would you give up your job to be a video game tester? | Get at Short URL | Download Gaming Podcast 163: Arcade, Beer and Ribs | Play in Popup.
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| Gaming Podcast 162: Dramatic Pause Fail | This weeks gaming podcast, Settlers of Catan developed by Teuber or Teubler or ...whatever! We're flashing back to mr. Teuber as well and covering some cool gaming news. The news covers a few hot topics of the week, we've included:
* Pachter predicts project natal will retail for $50
* Sony trying to make money off of used game sales, too
* John Carmack getting life time achievement award
* Rumor: Nintendo DS 2 may have a rumble feature
* Sony thinks 3rd party publishers leaving Nintendo
* Ubisoft tries their hand at DRM | Get at Short URL | Download Gaming Podcast 162: Dramatic Pause Fail | Play in Popup.
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| Gaming Podcast 161: Gayma Via | This weeks gaming podcast is a his and her podcast as Don is out sick. Oddly, the episode is shorter than normal, apparently we just didn't have enough to rant about this week. We did cover some community responses, covered some game history and busted through some news articles including:
* PS3 heading for shortages?
* Get the first three Command and Conquer games for free
* StarCraft 2 enters closed beta this month
* EA not releasing NCAA 2010
* Xbox Live coming to a phone near you
* EA trying to make money off of used games
This week's question of the week, would it bother you if EA started charging fees to play used games? | Get at Short URL | Download Gaming Podcast 161: Gayma Via | Play in Popup.
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| Gaming Podcast 160: Latchkey Kid | This weeks gaming podcast includes community feedback, game flashbacks to FX Fighter for the PC and gaming history about Hideo Kojima. The gaming news of the week includes, but is not limited to:
* Madden NFL heading to Facebook
* Sony Thinking of Charging for PSN
* Web Access To WoW Auction House
* Profits are up for Square Enix
* Learn to do Karate on the Wii
This week's question of the week is pretty simple: What's "the best" video game to movie that you've seen? | Get at Short URL | Download Gaming Podcast 160: Latchkey Kid | Play in Popup.
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| Gaming Podcast 159: Mega Dork | This weeks gaming podcast, we're flashing back to Trade Wars and the Teleplay Modem while learning a bit about our communities ideas about video gaming in prison. We're checking out a few news tidbits for the week:
* PlayStation 3 has been hacked
* Microsoft plagued by another class action lawsuit
* Nintendo giving their opinion of the iPad
* Gamestop COO wants to educate customers about DLC
* Metal Gear Solid Head developer not happy with delay | Get at Short URL | Download Gaming Podcast 159: Mega Dork | Play in Popup.
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| Gaming Podcast 158: Staving Your Face | This week we're missing Don but we're making up for it with pure awesome. Well, we're taking a flashback look at Buck Bumble and the history of Argonaut Games. We're busting through some community feedback and covering a few news tidbits:
Tiger's Scandal doesn't hurt sales
Flash Exploit hacks WoW accounts
Onlive Gaming service in closed beta
Sims 3 tops global PC charts for 2009
Scottish prisoners learning via the Nintendo DS
This week's question of the week is simple: Will DS products change the life of those in prison? | Get at Short URL | Download Gaming Podcast 158: Staving Your Face | Play in Popup.
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| Gaming Podcast 157: Don's Angry Rant | 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. | Get at Short URL | Download Gaming Podcast 157: Don's Angry Rant | Play in Popup.
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| Gaming Podcast 155: Ms. Pac-Man's For Girls | This week we're bringing the energy, talking about General Computer Corporation, Ms. Pac-Man and reading off some good listener questions (including our facebook questions). We're hitting up the news with the following stories:
* Microsoft Working on new motion control
* EA shutting down game servers
* Activision making DJ hero 2
* Sega not making hard core titles for the Wii
* EA cutting game prices?
This week's question of the week, are we going to spend more money on episodic content than a single-boxed game? | Get at Short URL | Download Gaming Podcast 155: Ms. Pac-Man's For Girls | Play in Popup.
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| Gaming Podcast 154: 2010 Predictions | This gaming podcast closes out the year of 2009, we're going to put in our predictions for the year, we're going to hear a few comments from listeners and flash back to a game that has yet to be (but is old enough to flash back): Duke Nukem Forever. You'll also, finally, get the first impressions of Assassin's Creed 2 and some game news including:
* Duke Nukem Not Done
* PSP 4000 Advertisement was a mistake
* Sony to combine international shipping and video game distribution
* Square Enix Doesn't separate gamers into categories
We'll also ask for your predictions on next years gaming excitement. What are your predictions, in the game industry, for "twenty ten"? | Get at Short URL | Download Gaming Podcast 154: 2010 Predictions | Play in Popup.
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| Gaming Podcast 153: Shadow Man | This weeks gaming podcast flashes back to Drakkhan, touches on the history of Infocom and battles some gaming news in a time when gaming news is light. We're reading some community comments and tackling these difficult headlines:
* Natal suffering from lag?
* Another PSP model in the works?
* Blizzard is not anti-console
* Carl Icahn Buys more than 11% stock in Take Two
* Blu Ray 3D specification finalized
This week's question of the week, what occurred in 2009 that "wowed" you, made you happy, built your excitement or just generally rocked your face off? | Get at Short URL | Download Gaming Podcast 153: Shadow Man | Play in Popup.
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| Gaming Podcast 152: Down Under | This week's gaming podcast is slightly light on news because nobody wants to inform the market about gaming updates, they don't want to damage the holiday sales season. We might not be eating Vegemite sandwiches but there is no doubt Men at Work would love this episode. We're flashing back to California Games, we're hitting up some gaming history on artist and graphic designer Paul Jaquays. We're reading some listener comments while handling these news tidbits:
* Aussies Ask To Voice Option On R18+ Rating
* Wii Remote Colors
* Game Sales Down, Layoff Ax Begins Swinging
* Will EA Stand by Tiger?
This week's question of the week, what do you think of Tiger Woods and his role with Electronic Arts? Will they keep him on the cover? | Get at Short URL | Download Gaming Podcast 152: Down Under | Play in Popup.
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| Gaming Podcast 151: Ugly Baby | This week we're touching on a couple key gaming podcast style stories. We didn't get through the gaming history this week because we had a lot of content to cover. We did, however, hit up the gaming flashback with M.U.L.E and learn about Tony Hawk's ugly baby. This weeks gaming podcast includes:
* Namco Bandai Licenses RealD's Stereoscopic Gaming API
* Pachter predicts another 360 price cut
* Tony Hawk Fights back
* Wii is being called this generation winner
This week's question of the week: Are you ready for a next-generation console yet? | Get at Short URL | Download Gaming Podcast 151: Ugly Baby | Play in Popup.
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| Gaming Podcast 150: FPS Clan | This week's gaming podcast brings back the old game Lemmings in our flashback while covering the history of DMA Designs. We're also going to explain to you why we'd never make an FPS clan. This weeks news includes:
* Xbox Live iPhone App
* Microsoft thinking about bringing Natal to TVs
* Santa Claus coming to PlayStation Home
* Puzzle Quest 2 Coming in the Spring
* Valve and Steam don't mix
* Blizzard: Don't bother cloning WoW
This week's question of the week, would you rather have the "Swiss army knife" of gaming hand-held systems that does it all, but features must be turned off to conserve battery life or a more focused hand-held platform that does just what's needed with no additional bells and whistles? | Get at Short URL | Download Gaming Podcast 150: FPS Clan | Play in Popup.
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| Gaming Podcast 149: Soloing as a Couple | 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? | Get at Short URL | Download Gaming Podcast 149: Soloing as a Couple | Play in Popup.
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| Gaming Podcast 148: Games I Don't Like Playing | 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"? | Get at Short URL | Download Gaming Podcast 148: Games I Don't Like Playing | Play in Popup.
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| Gaming Podcast 147: Drama | This week we're talking about some gaming news, TV and media, flashing back to Marble Madness and looking at the historical development career of one Mark Cerny. Here are this weeks news links:
* Gearbox Mad at Valve
* Iphone developer accused of Stealing
* Little Big Planet sequel would be counterproductive
* EA buys Playfish
* EA posts $391 Million in losses
Not only do we hate Halloween, but we're asking another question of the week: what game are you looking forward to for the holidays? | Get at Short URL | Download Gaming Podcast 147: Drama | Play in Popup.
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| Gaming Podcast 146: There is No Cake | We're looking back at Bubble Bobble and the history of Valve Corporation. In gaming podcast news, we're kicking in a few hot stories with some great opinionated comments. Unfortunately, we had no community comments this week. This weeks news includes:
* Nintendo's Profits are dropping
* 3G Coming to Next Nintendo Handheld?
* Assassin's Creed II Preorders better than original Assassin's Creed
* Final Fantasy XIII Experience System Explained
* Konami Plans to Report Big Losses, Financially
* PSPGo's Day-1 Sales Mediocre
This week's question of the week: How do you consume your television or movie media? Netflix, streaming, tiro, buy, theatre, hulu, etc. | Get at Short URL | Download Gaming Podcast 146: There is No Cake | Play in Popup.
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| Gaming Podcast 145: Best of Both Worlds | This week we're flashing back to Metroid II for the Game Boy, something new and different from the normal arcade/console/pc flashbacks. We're also tackling a good deal of community comments and hitting up the news wire:
* Netflix coming to PS3.
* Analysts think DJ Hero demand is below expectations
* iPhone developers next victims of piracy
* Nintendo releasing new bigger DSi in Japan
* Players of Chinese MMO must play character of the same gender
We didn't get to cover history this week because we had lots of back-and-forth arguing about Netflix and the PS3 and rants upon DJ Hero and its "obvious" low-demand. This weeks question of the week, are there any good sim games left that are simple? | Get at Short URL | Download Gaming Podcast 145: Best of Both Worlds | Play in Popup.
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| Gaming Podcast 144: Specificity | This week we're delving into the news with focused specificity. Okay, we just wanted to use the word. We're traveling back to the days of Might and Magic and covering the history of New World Computing. For news, we're tackling a couple top stories including:
* Microsoft Locking out unauthorized memory units
* Next Gen consoles not actually consoles
* Rumor: New Mario Game
* Rock Band now on iPhone/iPod Touch
* PS3 top selling console for September
We've got some great community questions, great suggestions for board games converted to video games and have a new question, will you buy into Project Natal and Sony's PS3 solution to console transitions with the "wand?" | Get at Short URL | Download Gaming Podcast 144: Specificity | Play in Popup.
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| Gaming Podcast 143: Short and Sweet | This week is a hybrid of a "greatest hits" episode and a short news brief, we've got a couple stories, community comments and Don added a blooper "greatest hits" reel to the end of the episode, so enjoy! The news includes:
* Sony adding two new Spaces to Home
* Unreal engine the "unofficial engine" of Natal
This week, we're still busting a question of the week as well and it's a thinker... if you had one novel to implement into a game (which has never been done), what novel would it be? | Get at Short URL | Download Gaming Podcast 143: Short and Sweet | Play in Popup.
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| Gaming Podcast 142: Hatecast | This episode brings the hate, sarcasm and skepticism in all that is gaming news. We're also super charged with a gaming flashback on Autoduel and the history of Origin Systems, Inc. But, what really brings it all together is the news of the week:
* Nintendo Wii getting exclusive titles
* Microsoft implementing video capture on the 360?
* Rockstar challenging MySpace Music artists
* Ars Technica hates on the PSP Go
* Valve Spending $25 million on Ads
This week's question of the week is quite simple: any board games that need to be re-created as a video game? | Get at Short URL | Download Gaming Podcast 142: Hatecast | Play in Popup.
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| Gaming Podcast 141: iPhone vs. Consoles? | This week, we're looking at Unreal Tournament and looking back at Digital Extremes. We're hitting up a few of this weeks top news articles including:
* Apple cutting into console sales?
* Tokyo Game Show Attendance down
* Xbox 360 hardware not maxed out
* Project Natal will configure virtual play area
Oddly enough, there wasn't too much exciting news to talk about even given TGS. Slow week, but we had some great community comments and a new question of the week: what game do you recall playing that you felt maxed out the platform it released on? | Get at Short URL | Download Gaming Podcast 141: iPhone vs. Consoles? | Play in Popup.
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| Gaming Podcast 140: Cookie Cutter | This week we're pulling a 2-person shift while Don is away being sick and tired. We substituted his astute comments with extra epic insight... okay, we just did as best as we could without him. We flash back to Venture, we do an audio review of Zuma's Revenge and we kicked it free style with some news:
* Halo: ODST Reviews are in
* Turbine working on an MMO for the console
* Price Cuts boost sales, initially, but not over the long term
* Infinity Ward Responds to Gearbox ... sort of
* Red Octane considering Natal controls
This week's question of the week, can big companies still innovate with new games? | Get at Short URL | Download Gaming Podcast 140: Cookie Cutter | Play in Popup.
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| Gaming Podcast 139: Pirate or Privateer? | 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 about women's rights (or lack of) in the life of a privateer. We'll talk a bit about the history of the Amstrad CPC 464 and cover some news:
* Nintendo Wii Rumor: Price Rollback
* Wii Sales Down 50 Percent
* Bethesda Sues Interplay Over Fallout License
* Bungie Says Natal Won't Be Implemented To Be Gimmicky
The community questions were great, gave us lots of nice ideas for a future gaming cave! This week we're riding on the community listener,Onyersix who wrote a good question of the week: "What was the scariest moment you ever experienced playing video games? We're talking the type of shock that makes you need to go and put on a new pair of pants!"
Hey, did you notice our new microphone quality, Jennifer and I have upgraded our studio setup (by about $1,000!), hopefully you'll notice the more dynamic vocal qualities. | Get at Short URL | Download Gaming Podcast 139: Pirate or Privateer? | Play in Popup.
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| Gaming Podcast 138: Boomshakalaka | This weeks gaming podcast covers the history of NBA Jam and takes a look back at The Bitmap Brothers. All while juggling some cool news stories and cooler community comments. This week's comments talk a bit about what generations are the best, in the eyes of our listeners, and why. This weeks news includes:
* Apple approves Commodore 64 emulator
* Sony PS3 has Patch issues
* Tales of Vesperia Coming to PS3
* PlayStation 3 Slim off to a good start
* Video Games Are Evil, Says Guy Who Made a Lot of Money Creating Video Games
* OnLive Enters Beta
This weeks question of the week, what would you have in your ultimate gamer cave? | Get at Short URL | Download Gaming Podcast 138: Boomshakalaka | Play in Popup.
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| Gaming Podcast 137: Beaterator | This week's gaming podcast covers a bunch of topics you'd expect to hear in a gaming podcast. What? Yeah, we're flashing back to Master of Orion and taking a little look into the background of Stephen Barcia all while covering a bit of news and community comments. This weeks news includes:
* Microsoft Having Trouble With Halo:ODST
* FCC Wants Universal Game Rating System
* Microsoft announces price drop on Xbox 360
* More Big Name Games coming to the iPhone/iPod Touch
* PlayStation 2 God of War games coming to PS3
* Nintendo DSi Games to hit shelves this fall
This week's question of the week is pretty simple: what, in your opinion, is the best generation of consoles from the earliest until today's consoles? | Get at Short URL | Download Gaming Podcast 137: Beaterator | Play in Popup.
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| Gaming Podcast 136: The Wumpus Episode | This week's gaming podcast is all about energy, excitement and enough Warcraft news to make you want to throw up in your own mouth. However, we sugar coat it with lots of other news, great community comments and we're flashing back to Age of Empires while taking a little time to remember the man behind the Wumpus. This weeks news includes:
* 38 Studios Appoints New CEO
* Blizzard Working on LAN support for StarCraft 2
* Guitar Hero 5 DLC not compatible with World Tour
* Most World of Warcraft Rumors were true
* Nintendo and Sony battling it out in the handheld space
* Sony Announces PS3 Slim
This week we're asking the question, what key selling points are needed to sell someone on an Xbox 360 considering the fact that they'd love exclusive FPS titles for the console. | Get at Short URL | Download Gaming Podcast 136: The Wumpus Episode | Play in Popup.
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| Gaming Podcast 135: Raging On World of Warcraft | This week we're reporting some news but we're really raging on some World of Warcraft expansion rumors that raise the heat in the studio. Is it going to be worth it? Does it matter if you finished the last expansion? What exactly do you consider an expansion? So many questions. The news includes:
* Quake Live Getting Subscription Option
* More WoW Expansion Rumors
* Xbox 360 has a 54.2 percent failure rate
* Blizzard Not Gouging For Star Craft 2 Expansions
* Chromehounds Losing Online Play
* Earthworm Jim Coming to Everything
This weeks gaming flashback is a little adventure game known as Advanced Dungeons & Dragons Cartridge and our question of the week is simple: Will the World of Warcraft expansion get you to re-buy into the WoW experience? | Get at Short URL | Download Gaming Podcast 135: Raging On World of Warcraft | Play in Popup.
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| Gaming Podcast 134: Do You Want Me To Feel It? | 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. This weeks news includes:
* Walmart Pushing New Madden Game
* Bestbuy takes on Gamestop
* Halo 2 and Halo 3: ODST possibly coming to Games on Demand
* Nintendo not happy with E3 briefing
* Nintendo Even baffled by Vitality Sensor
* WoW Rumor: Two new playable classes in next expansion
This weeks community feedback was epically cool, we're continuing the questions this week by asking: What game would you invent using the Wii balance board and vitality sensor? Do you have some ideas to solve Nintendo's problem? | Get at Short URL | Download Gaming Podcast 134: Do You Want Me To Feel It? | Play in Popup.
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| Gaming Podcast 133: Some People Have Tiny Swords | This weeks episode covers a lot of cool community comments including some new writers. We're also covering a little flashback on the game Faxanadu and, eventually, learning how to pronounce it. We'll hit up some gaming history on Jordan Weisman and hit on some cool game news including:
* Pearl Jam to release album in stores and on Rock Band
* Microsoft Says Next generation is defined by software and services, not hardware
* TellTale Games Developer says iPhone more powerful than Wii
* The Skies may be crimson all over again
* The SIMS 3 gets its first expansion
* Turbine delays Free-to-play update until Sept
This weeks question of the week is easy, is there a genre of game that you believe hasn't been invented yet? If you don't know...get creative! | Get at Short URL | Download Gaming Podcast 133: Some People Have Tiny Swords | Play in Popup.
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| Gaming Podcast 132:I Like To Hit You With My Sack | This week we?ve got Doug aboard with the cast as well, he?s a regular on the Everyday Drinkers Podcast. We?re chatting about some of the recent game news, hitting the community comments hard and tackling some of lifes meaningful questions. This week?s gaming flashback includes Baseball Stars for the Nintendo Entertainment system and, in our gaming history? who is Jane Jensen?
* DJ Jazzy Jeff in DJ Hero
* Dexter Coming to iPhone
* German Gamers Stand Up For Their Killer Gaming Rights
* Amazon blames sales loss on video games
* Little Big Planet gets Marvel Comic DLC
This week?s question of the week is simple: Do video game delays effect your buying decisions? | Get at Short URL | Download Gaming Podcast 132:I Like To Hit You With My Sack | Play in Popup.
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| Gaming Podcast 131: An Inner Ear Problem | 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 Xbox Live Update features
* Microsoft Limiting Indie Games on Xbox Live
* The Best selling Wii games of 2009 are not from 2009
* Dante's Inferno not coming to the PC
This weeks question, we're wondering what your break point is for purchasing a console or a video game, is there a magic number where you finally break down to buy it? | Get at Short URL | Download Gaming Podcast 131: An Inner Ear Problem | Play in Popup.
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| Gaming Podcast 130: Proselytizing | This week's gaming podcast covers some news, history and a classic gaming flashback. We'll be taking next week off, so this week is extra packed with content... okay, well, it's normal. We're looking at Breakout as our flashback and the MB Microvision in our gaming history. This weeks news includes:
* Twittercraft - Twitter while in World of Warcraft
* iPhone Gaming Prices
* Starcraft 2 will have no LAN multi-player support
* Tecmo Koei Concerned with Motion Control Technology
* Rumor: Rockstar confirms two new GTA IV Episodes
* Violence and Combat is old, time for acting
This week we've got two questions for ya, what console/hand-held system do you bring on vacations and do you go out and buy any games before you head on vacation? | Get at Short URL | Download Gaming Podcast 130: Proselytizing | Play in Popup.
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| Gaming Podcast 129: My Walkman | This week is full of crazy energy. We seem to have gone 100% Sony on news chatter but we level that out with some great community feedback about our question of the week. We hit a little Burgertime action in our gaming flashback and bust through some Data East company history.
* Analyst says Sony Motion Control beats MS Natal
* Sony dropping the PS3 price?
* EA heading for a takeover?
* Sony backing Home
* Sony making a PSP Phone?
* Sony Exclusives not anything great
This week we?re asking the question, what is your favorite end-boss in a video game from todays games to the past classics? | Get at Short URL | Download Gaming Podcast 129: My Walkman | Play in Popup.
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| Gaming Podcast 128: Produca | This weeks gaming podcast tackles the history of Full Throttle and the history of the SCUMM script system created for Maniac Mansion. We're also hitting up some game news, talking a bit more about games that have changed our lives and taking to heart some great user comments.
* Activision and Sony battling it out
* Lord of the Rings Online, Userbase Growing
* Bad Wording by Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer makes People Think New 360 Coming
* Konami Women Demoted For Being a Mother
* Licensed iPhone Commadore 64 Emulated Rejected by Apple
This weeks question of the week is of the user-submitted style! Krud asks, "If you could only play four games (w/o new DLC for the foreseeable future), what four would you choose?" | Get at Short URL | Download Gaming Podcast 128: Produca | Play in Popup.
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| Gaming Podcast 127: I Like The Open Hand Action | This weeks gaming podcast includes a lot of fun, we're a bit silly and having a good time. We flash back to Maniac Mansion and cover some history on LucasFilm Games also known as LucusArts. We're diving head-long into some great community submissions for the best and worst controllers of all time. This weeks news includes:
* Rumor: Microsoft Making a New Xbox 360
* Halo ODST will have a $60 price tag
* Sony Making an app store??
* Nintendo's Walk Through System Debuting with New Super Mario Bros. Wii
* ESRB wants to rate iPhone/iPod Touch games
This week Don has doubled up, first we've got a poll for you to answer! What's do you prefer: Star Wars Games or Final Fantasy Games? Question of the Week: What is the best game you have ever played and, if you want to answer the next part you can also let us know why you believe it's changed your life! | Get at Short URL | Download Gaming Podcast 127: I Like The Open Hand Action | Play in Popup.
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| Gaming Podcast 126: Wii-niss Envy | This week we're finishing our E3 reactions along with our reaction to the recent iPhone/iPod Touch news and their new gaming initiative. Our gaming flashback flies back to After Burner and our game history is all about Yu Suzuki a huge SEGA developer. The news this week includes:
* Some of the big announcements from Sony's E3 Press Conference
* Some of the big announcements from Nintendo's E3 Conference
* Microsoft envisions 10 year lifespan for Xbox 360
* Activision Disappointed by no price cuts at E3
* Michael Pachter thinks the motion control from Sony and Microsoft won't topple the Wii
* iPhone/iPod Touch 3.0 Firmware enhances gaming features
Don's question of the week, what is your favorite controller and what game controller do you hate the most? Thanks for the GREAT responses to last weeks question, so many creative answers. | Get at Short URL | Download Gaming Podcast 126: Wii-niss Envy | Play in Popup.
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| Gaming Podcast 125: Holograms | This week we're tackling a very small bit of E3 news because our recording occurs on Monday night. We did, however, get a bit of Microsoft E3 news and do not worry, we found lots of other great topics to discuss this week. We also tackle some great user write-ins and other crazy stuff.
* Another PSP Coming: PSP Go
* Atari Says Good bye to Infogrames
* Set Top Boxes another avenue for games
* Starcraft 2 Coming This Year
* Microsoft experimenting with Digital Downloads
* Some Big Announcements from the Microsoft E3 Presentation
This weeks history: The Bard's Tale and we're taking a look at what Satoru Iwata has done for Nintendo and the shoes he had to replace. The question of the week is crazy this time around, if you played the Video Gamer class in an RPG, what attributes and abilities would you have? | Get at Short URL | Download Gaming Podcast 125: Holograms | Play in Popup.
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| Gaming Podcast 124: Waggle Controls | 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
We also hit up some listener comments, learn a bit about nanites, checkout some gaming history on Track & Field all while popping out a new weekly question: Will you buy a video game compilation that includes updated old games with new functionality like "Waggle" controls? | Get at Short URL | Download Gaming Podcast 124: Waggle Controls | Play in Popup.
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| Gaming Podcast 123: Sega Super Master? | This weekend was rough and, as a result, this gaming podcast has an epic number of bloopers. A death in the family had us running all over the place and heading to family events. However, we pushed through and put out an episode which includes some history on Altered Beast and a look back at Eugene Jarvis.
This weeks news includes:
* Micheal Pachter Gives E3 Highlight Predictions
* Guitar Hero 5 Details Announced
* Take-Two Suing Apogee over Duke Nukem Forever Outcome
* Champion Online delayed
* Wal-Mart Enters Used Game Business
This weeks Question of the Week is a trivia question from Don dealing with these nanites and such... you'll have to listen to get the context! | Get at Short URL | Download Gaming Podcast 123: Sega Super Master? | Play in Popup.
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| Gaming Podcast 122: There You Are Perry! | This week we're one person down, but we're carrying the torch anyway. This gaming podcast covers the latest news, hits up a flashback of Qix and digs into the history of Taito. We've got some great comment this week from ipod gaming to console generation predictions. This weeks news includes:
* Longest Pre-Order Wait Ever
* Microsoft will acquire BigPark Gaming Company
* Blizzard Getting Ready to Beta Test Starcraft II
* Cheat Codes Not only for Video games
* PlayStation Network Coming To Devices Near You
We're also going to hold a little contest to give away to copies of Plants vs. Zombies from popcap. Listen to the gaming podcast for the details! We want to thank all the folks who wrote in and cheftafoya for some of the news articles.
Question of the week? Are you going to sign up for hte Starcraft II beta on hype alone...? | Get at Short URL | Download Gaming Podcast 122: There You Are Perry! | Play in Popup.
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| TD Gaming Podcast 121: Plants vs. Zombies | This week's gaming podcast we're looking back at Elevator Action and we give our audio review of Plants v.s. Zombies, which you can find on CasualGamerChick as well.We tackle the question of the week, lots of great game points on games you just couldn't finish but wanted to and, game news:
* No New Game Consoles Until 2013
* Bioware Talks More About Mass Effect on the iPhone
* Resident Evil 5 in 3D on the PC
* Blizzard Sends Cease and Desist to iPhone Apps
* Pickmin 3 on the way?
This weeks "Question of the Week," when will we see the next generation of consoles released and, will the iPhone overtake other hand-held gaming platforms? | Get at Short URL | Download TD Gaming Podcast 121: Plants vs. Zombies | Play in Popup.
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| Gaming Podcast 120: Bringing The Fiddle | This week we read off some of our Audience Survey Dislikes and requests while plowing through some great community comments. We self-analyze Don to see if he?s really a freak based on some community feedback while tackling some news:
* Nintendo Making Users Pay for Wii Hacks
* Champions Online Coming July 14th
* Guild Wars Reaches 6 Million Units Sold
* Texas Trying to Entice Game Developers
We?re also taking a flashback peak at Return to Pirate Island and a bit of history on Scott Adams, the interactive fiction game developer (not the Dilbert guy). This week?s question is a reverse take on last weeks, thanks to Jonah Falcon: What games did you give up on, due to difficulty, despite wanting to see how it ended? | Get at Short URL | Download Gaming Podcast 120: Bringing The Fiddle | Play in Popup.
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| Gaming Podcast 119: Love Stick | This week we're learning a bit about Donkey Kong Junior as well as listening to Don convince Derrick that the second stage in Donkey Kong was in Donkey Kong Junior. We're also looking back to Billy Mitchell, a Guinness Book World Record holder for video games. This week, news was a bit light but we managed to cover:
* Xbox 360 Most Satisfying Console in Japan?
* User Generated Content for City of Heroes MMO
* Game Sales Different on the DS
* Sony Responds to Crashing Sales with Management Shift
* Retired NFL Players to sue EA and Madden
We also tackle the incoming comments answering our question of the week about TSR and Wizards of the Coast. This week, we're asking people if Don is wierd for replaying video games right after he beats them. Does anyone else do that? | Get at Short URL | Download Gaming Podcast 119: Love Stick | Play in Popup.
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| Gaming Podcast 118: Jump The Shark | The gaming podcast of the week, the best gaming podcast on the planet! No, just kidding. This week we're taking a look back at Starfox, we're reading off some great community questions, covering history on Dave Arneson and hitting up some news:
* Will Wright Leaves Electronic Arts
* Nintendo Wii Bringing Video Download
* Nintendo Wii Manufacturing Costs down 45% since launch
* RockStar connecting Flash games and the Nintendo DS
* Dave Arneson Dies at Age 61
* Electronic Arts Want Their Brass Knuckles Back
Thanks for the great responses this week, as always, we're also asking a question of the week: Is anyone else angry that Wizards of the Coast came out of nowhere to buy TSR, Inc back in the day? | Get at Short URL | Download Gaming Podcast 118: Jump The Shark | Play in Popup.
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| Gaming Podcast 117: Grinding My Neighbors Pug? | This week we're taking a stroll down memory lane of Deus Ex, hitting up some information about Warren Spector and crashing through some good game news including:
* New Guitar Hero Game a "best of" compilation.
* Latest DLC for Fallout 3, not working so well.
* New Linux based gaming console.
* PS3 Outsells Nintendo Wii in Japan.
* Sony Gets Snippy about DSi.
* Rumor: Mortal Kombat Devs Leaving Midway.
Of course, we forgot our Question of the Week, so let's ask it now: How many bad/buggy patches and content updates would you accept before you give up on the developer? Ton's of great comments this week, hopefully you'll remember to answer the question we forgot to ask in the show.
Also, check out the show if you've got a PS2 and want two volumes of Popcap's casual games, as we're looking to give them away. | Get at Short URL | Download Gaming Podcast 117: Grinding My Neighbors Pug? | Play in Popup.
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| Gaming Podcast 116: We Can't Get To The Cloud! | This week's gaming podcast covers a wide variety of news, we also argue a bit about the Wow restrictions on taking donations and cash (again) and touch on some gaming history involving The Sims and the history of Infocom. For news, we've tackled
* EA Leaves SecuRom out of Sims 3
* Sony Enticing Independent Developers to be Exclusive to PlayStation Network
* Steam Makes DRM Obsolete
* Blizzard Rolling Out New Game Franchise?
* OnLive to Kill off Consoles as we know them?
* PS3 Rumors and Price Drops
This weeks question, is the Nintendo Wii killing off gaming as we know it? | Get at Short URL | Download Gaming Podcast 116: We Can't Get To The Cloud! | Play in Popup.
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| Gaming Podcast 115: Poo Poo'ed It | 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:
* Wii Supply finally meeting demand
* Nintendo Wins Lawsuit
* Wii Fit outsells Halo 3
* World of Goo Creator, Ron Carmel, Poo Poos DRM
* Blizzard has changed the UI add on development policy
* Bioshock Coming to the iPhone??
Also, listen in for your chance to win Peggle for Xbox Live Arcade with a simple question. We forgot to ask the question of the day on the show, so, here it is: Should Blizzard halt income made from addon develoment? | Get at Short URL | Download Gaming Podcast 115: Poo Poo'ed It | Play in Popup.
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| Gaming Podcast 114: The Paz Cast | We're flashing back to a holographic arcade title, Time Traveler from SEGA and take a reflective walk down memory lane with Apogee and touch on ROTT. We've got a light set of community comments and some good game news including:
* Microsoft Settles Law Suit
* Capcom charging for Resident Evil 5 features
* Blizzard Holding Creative Writing Contest
* Metal Gear Solid Touch
* Sony May have to cut the Price of the PS3
* Lionhead Studios Planning more DLC for Fable 2
If you're looking to enter the World fo Warcraft writing contest, check it out here. Thanks for the write-in's and, as always, we look forward to hearing more. Question of the week: Would you buy a game that sold you half of other titles in content and made you pay for the rest later in DLC form? | Get at Short URL | Download Gaming Podcast 114: The Paz Cast | Play in Popup.
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| Gaming Podcast 113: How Do You Say Gyro? | 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 worth $59.99 on the Wii
* Wii Motion Plus Delay Rumor
* Associated Press is reporting Circuit City officially done
* Killzone 2 Gets Patched for Multiplayer
* Wii New Play Control Lineup
We're also reviewing the downloadable content for GTA IV known as "Lost and the Damned." Learn why Derrick is afraid of Motorcycles. | Get at Short URL | Download Gaming Podcast 113: How Do You Say Gyro? | Play in Popup.
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| Gaming Podcast 112: Ubiquitous, Is That a Word? | This week we're flashing back to Zaxxon and into a bit of a reflective history on the NES Satellite accessory. We reflect upon how bad Don sucks at Mass Effect and get tips from the community. We're also checking in on some news this week including:
* Microsoft Xbox 360 Outsells PS3 and Wii in Japan
* Nintendo DSi not competing with cell phones or iPods
* PlayStation 3 hard to develop for on purpose
* EA admits they need to try harder
* Killzone 2 sells 750k after launch
* Street Fighter: The Legend of Chun-Li KO'ed at theaters
* Tabula Rasa MMO Shutting Down After 1.5 years
* Xbox Live Bans Gay Gamers
We're also asking a few questions of the week, you can answer them all, one or none (but we'll give you sad face)! What's your favorite video game accessory since you started gaming, what actor can make a video game movie a success? | Get at Short URL | Download Gaming Podcast 112: Ubiquitous, Is That a Word? | Play in Popup.
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| Gaming Podcast 111: Squeaky Wheel Gets The Kick | This week we're flashing back to Star Wars, an arcade classic from 1983. We're looking back at the history and forward progress of ArenaNet, co-founded by some Blizzard folks. In the news, we're looking at:
* John Riccitiello, EA's CEO says the recession is a blessing
* Xbox Live Players Getting Attacked
* Video Games increase 13% In Down Economy
* Microsoft funding "Games for Learning"
* Consumers prefer to buy games at Retail stores
* Tony Hawk Incorporating Skate Boarding peripheral
We also learned that Don's got some issues with not sucking at Mass Effect. | Get at Short URL | Download Gaming Podcast 111: Squeaky Wheel Gets The Kick | Play in Popup.
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| TD Gaming Podcast 110: Early Release | It's almost a two gaming podcast week as we're releasing this episode "wicked early" -- sorry, we're from New England. Derrick's heading off to Germany on business and we'd hate to miss a week because of the trip, so here you go. This week we flash back to Pac-Man, cover some gaming history on Disney Interactive Studio and plow through some game news:
* Ex-Ensemble Studios Folks Form New Studio
* NCSoft Profits Down
* Activision Threatening to sue EA
* Microsoft Opening Retail Chain
* Square Enix to Buy Eidos
* Midway files chapter 11 bankruptcy protection
This week we're asking the listeners the question, do you believe Microsoft will be successful opening a retail chain? We also handle a few user comments including one regarding Don's rapping career or lack of a career. | Get at Short URL | Download TD Gaming Podcast 110: Early Release | Play in Popup.
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| TD Gaming Podcast 109: One Time At Plastic Band Camp... | This weeks gaming podcast includes a bit about a popular gaming podcast: Link. We also touch on Mercs, in our gaming flashback and tackle a bunch of news articles:
* EA Committed to taking risks in 2009
* Bethesda working on iPhone Game
* Fallout 3 DLC Pushed back a month
* Intel will design the PS4 GPU
* Online game hacking new threat
* Guitar Hero World Tour and Rock Band Summer Camps
This week we're answering a few listener questions, tackling the question about what you drink when pulling an all-nighter game-a-thon and asking a few new questions such as, do you like horror films and/or horror games?
We also review Pudge, for the iphone/ipod touch. | Get at Short URL | Download TD Gaming Podcast 109: One Time At Plastic Band Camp... | Play in Popup.
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| TD Gaming Podcast 108: My Head Cold | This weeks episode covers some cool industry news and takes a look back at SEGA's Hang On. This weeks history lesson involves the Bartle Test, created by Richard Bartle and his MUD. This weeks news:
* Launch Day Xbox 360s No longer covered
* EA Acquires game rights to Bourne Series
* Nintendo Stocks Fall on fear of Nintendo Wii slow down
* DJ Hero in 2009
* 2008's biggest game title: Mario Kart
* March 10th, we're gonna see Punch-Out Wii
* E3 as big as ever
* EA price cuts on last years titles
* New Exclusive PS3 RTS: Under Siege
Also, don't forget to take our survey! I apologize now for the bit of a head cold. | Get at Short URL | Download TD Gaming Podcast 108: My Head Cold | Play in Popup.
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| TD Gaming Podcast 107: It's All About Thrusting | This weeks episode is a bit unique, we've changed up a bit of our format to see what people think of the fresh new style. If you like it or dislike it, please let us know. This week we flashback to the 1986 title Thrust on the BBC Micro and cover the history of Solid Snake. News for the week:
* Voice Actor 'Michael Hollick' won't be the focus of GTA IV DLC
* PS3 Not Getting Fallout 3 update
* GameStop putting people in fat suits to prove a point
* Guitar Hero World Tour Kicks Rock Bands Butt In Sales
* Electronic Arts gives "Safe" signal to Casual Games and Burnout Developers
* Halo Wars Goes Gold
* Mortal Kombat Game In The Works
* Windows 7 - Performs pretty sweet in gaming | Get at Short URL | Download TD Gaming Podcast 107: It's All About Thrusting | Play in Popup.
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| TD Gaming Podcast 105: The Sound of Music | This week we had a huge gaming podcast but we managed to get it all down to 60 minutes of content but it wasn't easy. We're digging through some old history, Yoshi's Story is our gaming flashback and we covered gaming history on The Biography of Yoshi. This weeks news includes:
* No new Rock Band in 2009
* FTC looking for consumer response to DRM
* Microsoft says there won't be an Xbox 360 equipped with a Blue Ray player
* Nintendo filing a patent to make game certain games easier
This weeks soap box segment, we're looking at game audio and which music made the game experience, what game music we best remember. What's the theme music you remember best? | Get at Short URL | Download TD Gaming Podcast 105: The Sound of Music | Play in Popup.
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| TD Gaming Podcast 104: Happy New Year | The gaming podcast crew takes a look back at Ultima Online and a bit of history on Kirby, that crazy pink mascot. This weeks gaming news includes:
* PS2 the most played console of 2008
* Best Buy Vending machines
* GamerDNA and Massively look back at the MMO year in review
* Capcom concerned about Western Developers
This weeks soap box we're talking about gaming in the workplace, wouldn't you want a Rock Band tournament? Also, ton of user comments this week -- keep them coming! | Get at Short URL | Download TD Gaming Podcast 104: Happy New Year | Play in Popup.
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| TD Gaming Podcast 103: Last of 2008 | Welcome to the last gaming podcast of 2008! This week we're flashing back to Nobunaga's Ambition, a classic turn based Japanese strategy game. We'll take a look back at the history of FASA and hit up some gaming news, including:
* Analyst predicts a Wii Zelda launch in 2009
* Sony's Virtual Goods in Home Selling Well (says Sony)
* Sony wants to become the next Tivo?
* Wii console resale price falling to $250
This weeks soap box segment, we ask if the video game release cycle is too fast or too slow. | Get at Short URL | Download TD Gaming Podcast 103: Last of 2008 | Play in Popup.
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| TD Gaming Podcast 102: Happy Holidays | 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. | Get at Short URL | Download TD Gaming Podcast 102: Happy Holidays | Play in Popup.
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| TD Gaming Podcast 101: A Case of Hubris | 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. | Get at Short URL | Download TD Gaming Podcast 101: A Case of Hubris | Play in Popup.
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| TD Gaming Podcast 100: Katastroephic | 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. | Get at Short URL | Download TD Gaming Podcast 100: Katastroephic | Play in Popup.
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| TD Gaming Podcast 98: I Was Bad Ass | 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 and 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. | Get at Short URL | Download TD Gaming Podcast 98: I Was Bad Ass | Play in Popup.
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| TD Gaming Podcast 97: A Third Level Coke Dealer | In this episode we've got a lot of MMO-style content and news. Although we're not reviewing Wrath of the Lich King yet, we've got other subscription based news.
This weeks gaming flashback is Defender and this weeks news includes, Ubisoft getting closer to obtaining and MMO, Microsoft giving away Xbox live points in a sweepstakes for the new Xbox live experience, Wii vs 360 vs PS3 install base and GTA may go subscription based
This week we're taking a look back at William Higinbotham, the man who created the first video game by accident but wants to be known for his nuclear nonproliferation work. This weeks podcast continues the contest to give away two copies of Bejeweled Twist on the gaming podcast and another two copies in our gaming podcast forums. | Get at Short URL | Download TD Gaming Podcast 97: A Third Level Coke Dealer | Play in Popup.
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| TD Gaming Podcast 96: Nobody Wants To Give Me Their Skin | 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 Big Planet Content being "moderated," Grand Theft Auto DLC probably won't be released this month and 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. | Get at Short URL | Download TD Gaming Podcast 96: Nobody Wants To Give Me Their Skin | Play in Popup.
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| TD Gaming Podcast 94: Chicken and Subscription Fee | 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 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 and World of Warcraft hits 11 million subscribers
This weeks soapbox segment, we ask the question, does unlimited level creation cause bad press in video games? | Get at Short URL | Download TD Gaming Podcast 94: Chicken and Subscription Fee | Play in Popup.
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| TD Gaming Podcast 93: The M.I.T Gang | 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 and 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. | Get at Short URL | Download TD Gaming Podcast 93: The M.I.T Gang | Play in Popup.
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| TD Gaming Podcast 91: Freedom of Speech | 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 and 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. | Get at Short URL | Download TD Gaming Podcast 91: Freedom of Speech | Play in Popup.
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| TD Gaming Podcast 88: We Love Carebear Servers | This weeks gaming podcast covers a bunch of hot topics along with a bit of gaming history. We take a flashback look at Tapper, a great arcade classic and we'll hit up some popular news articles, Microsoft Not Happy About 360 Defects Article, Spore DRM, Torrenting is doing the right thing? Also up in the news, Are RockBand 2 instruments really quieter than the original and Blizzard Allows PVE to PVP paid server transfers
This weeks history covers the Havok physics engine and we stand upon our soap box and talk about the rumor Starcraft 2 will arrive after Diablo 3 hits the store shelves. | Get at Short URL | Download TD Gaming Podcast 88: We Love Carebear Servers | Play in Popup.
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| TD Gaming Podcast 87: One Star Review | This weeks gaming podcast is packed with content, our emotional rant on the latest news and we take a look back at Rygar and its infamous stupid pause system.
This weeks news covers: Xbox Red Ring of Death Woes Explained, EA Considering Licensing the Spore Engine, New Buffy the Vampire Slayer MMO Planned and Wii getting a storage solution that is "better than a hard drive"
This weeks soap box, we explain our emotional disappointment with Spore's DRM news and its 1-star amazon vote. Also, lots of great listener comments, touch on our own personal podcast history and another great contest! This time we're handing out eight copies of Peggle Nights! Winners will get the title the day it releases, but can win before it's out. | Get at Short URL | Download TD Gaming Podcast 87: One Star Review | Play in Popup.
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| TD Gaming Podcast 85: GTA IV Rant | This weeks gaming podcast we cover a little history on Joust and a bit about Stieg Hedlund, a popular game designer, artist and writer. This weeks news coverage involves an Xbox 360 Controller Revamped D-Pad, Square Enix to issue a patch for Final Fantasy XI and Valve releases updates for Team Fortress 2 to Xbox Live.
This week Don and Derrick give their final impressions on Grand Theft Auto IV, both finally beating it. There are two conflicting opinions, more like the last few RPG-style GTA's or more shoot 'em up, keep it the same. What do you think? | Get at Short URL | Download TD Gaming Podcast 85: GTA IV Rant | Play in Popup.
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| TD Gaming Podcast 84: A Mount That Poops | 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 we're looking at Xbox 360's outselling PS3 in Japan, Rock Band 2 Bundle Delay, Harmonix and their ideas about Exclusive Artist Deals and Diablo 3's non-potion system.
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. | Get at Short URL | Download TD Gaming Podcast 84: A Mount That Poops | Play in Popup.
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| TD Gaming Podcast 83: On Vacation | 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 and Microsoft Sets release date for Fable II
Last week to enter into the Galactic Civilizations II: Dread Lords give away. | Get at Short URL | Download TD Gaming Podcast 83: On Vacation | Play in Popup.
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| TD Gaming Podcast 82: Standing Cows and Bovines | This week we're talking about pre-owned video games and ask the question, do you buy new or do you buy used? Do you sell your games? We answer some listener comments and hit on a few hot topics.
Another Call of Duty set for release in 2009 (1up), Xbox 360 version of Final Fantasy XIII isn't even started yet, Blizzcon Pay-Per-View and PlayStation Game, Fat Princess, is the new focus of game haters
We've also got a bit of history on The Golden Age of Arcade Games and we take a gaming flashback to Mario Brothers, the original non-super version. | Get at Short URL | Download TD Gaming Podcast 82: Standing Cows and Bovines | Play in Popup.
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| TD Gaming Podcast 81: Killer lolcats | This weeks gaming podcast we contemplate the question "how do you buy video games?" Do you use news magazines, online reviews, screenshots, previews or do you have your own method of deciding what games are cool. We also do a bit of a flashback on Q*Bert.
This week our news includes, Miyamoto talks of franchise developments, Nintendo admits to storage issues, Bungie working on a trio of games and Will Wright Plays to Fans at Comic-Con! | Get at Short URL | Download TD Gaming Podcast 81: Killer lolcats | Play in Popup.
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| TD Gaming Podcast 79: I'm Often Wrong | This weeks gaming podcast we're all over the rhythm matching games along with great gaming news and a bit of our early E3 coverage. We continue our RPG history and we also look back on Dragon Fire, and old Atari 2600 game.
This weeks podcasting news involves, Konami suing Harmonix, Rock Band 2's Set List and new features, Activision Blizzard is now official and Sony Not Going to Reduce the PS3 Cost*
Jennifer wonders if the market is becoming flooded with music matching games and we've got to handle a big listener question: What holiday game would sell a console in 2008?
*Sony has recently cut prices on the 80GB PlayStation 3 | Get at Short URL | Download TD Gaming Podcast 79: I'm Often Wrong | Play in Popup.
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| TD Gaming Podcast 71: I Was Wrong | Grand Theft Auto IV makes Guinness World Records, 2008 will be the year of the Lich King, Microsoft reaches 10 million and forgets their not the first, and Nintendo swallows a 21-million dollar lawsuit.
We take a look back at the history of Manfred Albrecht Freiherr von Richthofen aka The Red Baron and the PC game from Dynamix. We walk down memory lane with the Intellivision home console, the first console to have DLC.
Jennifer admits she's wrong to a statement she made about Rock Band months ago. | Get at Short URL | Download TD Gaming Podcast 71: I Was Wrong | Play in Popup.
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| TD Gaming Podcast 45: Acts of God | Microsoft focusing on family friendly gaming, The Xbox 360 justifies their NPD figures and wins hardware sales, a device to lose calories while you're at the computer and one more Microsoft story: Xbox 360's Halo 3 rebates.
This month in gaming we're looking back at an old NES title with a boy and a tank. We flash back to the NES Advantage, was it really an advantage at all?
And, console product warranties, are they good enough? We've got a story about a dusty console being blamed as an act of god. | Get at Short URL | Download TD Gaming Podcast 45: Acts of God | Play in Popup.
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| TD Gaming Podcast 33: Motion Sensing Games | PS3 is harder to developer for than the 360, so? MTV invests in gaming, Wii production isn't getting any better and EA prioritizes gaming on the 360.
A new contest starts, we're giving the winner the choice of up to 15 different games. Contest ends August 31st (midnight).
This month in gaming is a PC RTS game and we'll give you the scoop on Bungie and their Macintosh background.
We also ask the question, what makes Wii a hit? Motion sensing games or the motion technology itself? Because In2Games has something to show the PS2 gamer in all of us. | Get at Short URL | Download TD Gaming Podcast 33: Motion Sensing Games | Play in Popup.
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| TD Gaming Podcast 30: Will Wii Win Console War? | HD-DVD price cut for the Microsoft add-on device, EA admits to not taking the Wii seriously, David Jaffe leaves Sony to work with Sony at his new company and we learn that Sony has a patent for a PSP plug-in for the PS2/PS3 controller.
This week we ask the question, can Wii win the seventh generation of consoles wars? We take a look at some figures posted by 1up.com and see the Xbox 360 isn't doing as well as it could be by now, does Sony have a chance to take the lead?
Historic look back at Interplay and their slow decent into darkness along with an August NES title from 1987.
And... does Kirby really rule all? | Get at Short URL | Download TD Gaming Podcast 30: Will Wii Win Console War? | Play in Popup.
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| Episode 26: Favorite Game Controllers | Microsoft takes aim at Nintendo's casual market share, Civilization Revolutions for all but Wii, Sports gaming at 30 FPS and the costly Black Pack for Rainbow Six...or not.
We also take a historic look at the accomplishments of Blood and the failure of the Robotic Operating Buddy.
Husband and wife give their verbal review of Popcap's Venice game from a casual perspective.
Don't forget, a soapbox segment on video game controllers from the past and present. | Get at Short URL | Download Episode 26: Favorite Game Controllers | Play in Popup.
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| Episode 25: Video Game Violence | Spore Misinformation spreading, Intel working on anti-cheat hardware, Manhunt 2 gets the AO slap and Austin Powers goes FREE on Xbox Live.
A look back at Sonic and we delve into the life of Blizzard Entertainment and what they've accomplished.
Soapbox rant, does video game violence sell games and did Manhunt cross that line?
A listener asks, will Sony's bluray lawsuit hurt Blockbuster if Sony loses to Target Technologies? | Get at Short URL | Download Episode 25: Video Game Violence | Play in Popup.
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| Episode 24: Wii vs. The Industry | The Wii is as powerful as the Xbox or something. Madden '08 for the Wii doesn't have Wii friends codes and Sony considering a price drop?
Sega doubts Nintendo can hold onto the top position, it is a fad that will fade in 4+ years, does that matter?
What's your opinion? Is the games industry against change? Is the Wii causing studios to dis-respect the Wii because its different?
Six-generation home consoles and the history that it made. And, this month in gaming is an ID software title! | Get at Short URL | Download Episode 24: Wii vs. The Industry | Play in Popup.
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| Episode 23: Graphics and Fun | Ubisoft hands us a release date for the anticipated Assassins' Creed, Electronics Arts goes casual, a LEGO MMO and Microsoft is thinking about your family.
Do graphics make great games or is it about the fun? We debate.
A historic look at Battletoads and its rank as one of the most difficult video games of all time. We also flash back to the fifth-generation of video games and the rise of Sony's PlayStation.
Don't miss our reactions to Forza Motorsport 2! | Get at Short URL | Download Episode 23: Graphics and Fun | Play in Popup.
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| Episode 22: Hardcore Casual Gaming | Ubisoft admits to overporting the Wii console, Xbox 360 already re-hacked and will Halo 3 oil that GTA IV release date?
New York tries to create a game bill to earn jail time to retailers selling video games to "minors." Shouldn't parents be able to handle children's gaming habits?
This month in gaming, we take a look back at Metal Gear. We'll hit up the fourth generation of home consoles and review up a new generation of Mario Party.
You like casual gaming on a console or hand-held? We'll debate where casual games belong! | Get at Short URL | Download Episode 22: Hardcore Casual Gaming | Play in Popup.
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| Episode 21: Exclusively Gaming | Oh yes, we're talking Starcraft 2! It's about time and Blizzard is ready to bring it back. We also touch on the PSP transformation into a phone in the UK, Nintendo pre-E3 wrap-up and Sony's little Blu-Ray troubles.
This weeks debate, are exclusive third party titles important to a console or are they a thing of the past?
This month in gaming, Kings Quest I! A PCJr exclusive? And we end with a bit of history on the third-generation of home video game consoles. This includes Nintendo's rise from the ashes of '83, Sony and Atari's attempt to battle against them and the portables that changed the industry forever. | Get at Short URL | Download Episode 21: Exclusively Gaming | Play in Popup.
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| Episode 20: Miyamoto vs. Bungie | Game designers face off, Miyamoto can make halo if he wanted, Bungie can make a plumber game. Happy 40th to video games, Microsoft cracking down on the Halo 3 beta issues and while also laying down the ban hammer.
This weeks debate, is the PlayStation 3 a failure or is it just going to take time? Gaming history is Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (NES) while we delve into the details of the second-generation of video game history. | Get at Short URL | Download Episode 20: Miyamoto vs. Bungie | Play in Popup.
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| Episode 19: Is The Wii A Novelty? | Crackdown downloadable content buggy? The PSN expansion plans - more LIVE like?
Condemned sequel to be called Bloodshot, you a fan of Condemned? Microsoft Vista rolls out Live Anywhere but we're still waiting for games. Why isn't Halo 2 a bundle with Vista?
Also, we'll cover Castlevania (NES) in This Month In Gaming and start the history of the console generations.
This weeks debate: is the wii a novelty or a real console? | Get at Short URL | Download Episode 19: Is The Wii A Novelty? | Play in Popup.
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| Episode 15: America's Army Wants You! | You remember Super Metroid? Did you know it's one of the best games of all time?
The US Army wants you to play video games and win your chance to enlist. Sony's decided to drop the 20GB PS3 model in favor of the high-end system.
You browse the Net on your Nintendo Wii. The Wii browser is now in full bloom, does anyone care?
Acclaim ready to launch a Dance MMO. Micro-transaction based MMO takes a unique genre by storm.
TechDiversions review of Super Paper Mario for the Wii and some history about Activision. | Get at Short URL | Download Episode 15: America's Army Wants You! | Play in Popup.
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| Episode 05: Up, Up, Down, Down | We talk about DDR coming to the Nintendo Wii, Burning Crusades available for digital download, Blu-Ray's rise, reviews for PopCap's Bookworm Adventure and Wario Ware. Plus, learn a bit of history and unlock the "Contra Code." | Get at Short URL | Download Episode 05: Up, Up, Down, Down | Play in Popup.
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