Episode 8 is full of nextgen goodness. In the Tech Top Three, we discuss the non-news reported concerning the PS3 launch and pricing, Nintendo’s patent docs, and the Xbox 360 launch. During the Gaming Table, we talk about some of our favorite Xbox games: Burnout 3 and Hitman. As well, we discuss an online version of the great game Carcassonne.
Episode 8 (26.6 MB , 57:13)
Show Notes:
- CNN makes corrections (Engadget)
- Nintendo patent (Addict3d)
- Lot’s o’ Xbox 360 (Google News)
- Burnout 3: Takedown (Gamespot)
- Hitman 2: Silent Assassin (Gamespot)
- Online Carcassonne (games.asobrain.com)
Any comments or suggestions?
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damn you two, i’m a week behind once again. and the wow, it calls to me. it tells me “why listen to a recording of your friends babbling about games? you should be playing me!”
1:07: ramble, ramble, ramble…
1:44: Damn the mainstream media and their subservience to MS’ marketing campaign. Oh, wait…
2:23: Stay strong! Demand the real thing! No shitty sissy-360 buying for you!
4:43: Did you guys hear about the xbox alert service some guy started?
5:23: Maintain! Fight the man, Colin!
6:38: Carl, you put fucking glowing lights into your pc case. You _know_ you’re jealous of the chrome.
12:19: They hate us. They just want to taunt us.
If you are talking about xbox.clambert.org, yea. He is a CS student at NU.
13:04: Yeah, I bet those thousand dollar blu-ray dvd players will see lots of buyers when regular dvdplayers are doing cheesy hd-upscaling for $40.
14:36: I think you’re seriously underestimating the MS-hatin’ factor. Also, Sony fscking _pwns_ Japan. And as J points out, it’s always about the games. And if you want to play RPGs on the outgoing gen of systems, you have to own a PS2.
15:35: If by strong lead, you mean “came out first”, then sure. And remember, a big selling point on the xbox was the better hardware specs, and Sony’s got ‘em on that this time around.
16:25: Bullshit alert! Carl is talking totally out of his ass!
17:00: Do not for a second doubt that the PS3 will completely dominate the Japanese market. Actually, no, you go ahead and doubt it. It will make laughing at the PS3 crushing of the 360 all the funnier.
Ahem:
http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=20987
Now screw you guys.
Yes, Colin has explained this was for a single quarter. I always thought you couldn’t claim a profit without negating previous red… but apparently not.
Okay, so in January of this year they announced a single quarter of profitability. How exactly does this negate our pointing out the gigantic losses ($397M in the same quarter the previous year alone) they’ve incurred overall? Shit, at that rate (quarterly profit of $84M), they’d need over a year of sales at the same rate just to make up for the loss in a single fucking quarter.
18:32: yeah, because it would be really hard to port, say, nesticle, to the revolution.
19:02: Yeah, that should be hard. Especially with all those core systems out there.
23:12: Did you just say gameplay? You know that’s basically all Nintendo cares about at this point, right?
25:57: It’s cruel, really, how they teased you along. Like the hot chick in high school, getting you to do her physics homework all year long, and all you got to do was smell her perfume a little closer than when you’d manage to get wedged behind her in the lunch line.
27:06: Yeah, the others all went to the employees. You know that’s where the launch consoles all went, right?
28:04: Fuck walmart.
30:27: You’re just jealous you didn’t get in on the profiteering, Carl.
31:30: That is spectacular. You can hear the jealousy in your voice. Almost see it. If this were a comic, your voice bubble would be all green and bubbly.
33:50: I’m with you, Colin. Hot weather at Christmas would really wig me out.
44:50: mmm…crash mode
49:43: So wait, does psychopath mean you’re more crazy or less crazy than mass murderer? I’m confused…
50:31: I’m loving this “oh, but we’ll get support for that in a live update” faith the 360 owners seem to have. Let’s just say that, much like the “we’ll be shipping every week” line, I’ll believe that when I see it.
51:43: Yeah, the spectator ability is really nice. As is the fact that it has some of the expansions.
52:11: Also, I r0xx0r.
53:04: No, you suck cock at talking shit, too, bitch-boy.
53:31: Another nice thing is the “table” background, and the fact that it scales backward as it goes. And as I type this, Colin gets to it. What resolution did you have it on, and on what size screen? I had it on 16×12 on my 19″ CRT, and it was nice and shiny.
56:09: I wish J would listen to this so he can give you the rigamarole about non-binding contracts and the like. Plus, I think the two-party-consent law would a apply in this case.
Anyway, yay! I’m now back to being just 2 episodes behind.