Episode 44: The Great Debate

Summary: In this episode… This week we went full-on video games. There were some debates, some thoughts on where the industry should go, talk of upcoming games, and tons of other stuff. There was a weird static sound happening in the background for about 10 minutes in the first part of the episode, but it went away. We still haven’t figured out where it came from. Aside from that, this was probably one of the best episodes so far. In fact, we got so into the show, we didn’t take any breaks, and ended up running 30 minutes longer than normal. Now THAT’S impressive. This week, we talked about: (0:00) Intro It’s been almost a year… Adam went camping Raccoons Our YouTube channel (5:00) GooTube Danica Patrick Asshole Mario What we’ve been playing Sneak King, PocketBike Racer, and Big Bumpin’ (10:00) Burger King’s Cheesy Tots and BK Mocha Joe Cris is focused DC Universe Online DCUO F2P Adam talks about DCUO DCUO vs City of Heroes (15:00) More on DCUO Sonic Generations Haze BOOSH! Adam references Lady Gaga (20:00) Laser Time Podcast GooTube, again Battlefield 3′s first week The build up to Modern Warfare 3 (25:00) Large-scale multiplayer FPS games GooTube… more still Gears of War 3 DLC Halo: Reach DLC We’re broke (30:00) Cris doesn’t visit STAShow.net GTA V trailer GTA: San Andreas Saints Row: The Third Dead World coming? (35:00) We bullshit until StanTheHokieFan can call back (40:00) Stan calls LSU vs Alabama Only The Strong (45:00) TwinPeaks.com PenTweaks.com The Green Bay Packers (50:00) The Winnipeg Jets Our local AA baseball team Cris and Jeff talk about God knows what Someone paid $1725 to get Modern Warfare 3 early (55:00) Is ANY game worth the pandemonium MW3 is causing? Adam has started writing for Examiner.com Will new consoles really benefit us? Have we outgrown the consoles we have? (1:00:00) Graphics, physics, AI Is the market oversaturated? Would new hardware stop that? Should we go back to shipping a game with a console? Adam, Cris and Jeff argue about it (1:05:00) Do pack-in games help sell consoles? Jeff got games from an unauthorized source Cris flip-flops on the issue (1:10:00) If we went back to selling games with hardware, what would be the best way to handle it? Downloadable pack-in games (1:15:00) Added games improve perceived quality We talk about past pack-in offers Adam’s Nelly impression (1:20:00) Pack-in games wrap up What we’ve learned/final thoughts Intro Lowash – Those Aren’t My Pants (STAShow Theme) (www.soundcloud.com/lowash) Outro The Dirty Heads (ft. Rome of Sublime With Rome) – Lay Me Down