Comments on: BostonGeek Podcast: Episode 71

By: Big Remy

Big Remy — Mon, 26 Mar 2007 14:05:02 +0000

BostonGeek needs to have a Game and Beer convention somewhere.

By: Big Remy

Big Remy — Mon, 26 Mar 2007 14:00:00 +0000

If the Google phone has quantum teleportation I will definitely buy one.

By: Dave

Dave — Fri, 23 Mar 2007 14:00:56 +0000

(also, thanks for the maniac mansion link, Greg)

By: Dave

Dave — Fri, 23 Mar 2007 14:00:29 +0000

Okay, I’m starting to dig the Amie St., but their id3 tags are for shit. Some are missing genre, some have a different genre for each track on an album, some are missing track numbers, one was missing the album name.

By: Greg

Greg — Fri, 23 Mar 2007 01:16:23 +0000

Whoops! Sorry – I pasted in my old link without checking it. Here’s a current link.

http://new.bigbluecup.com/games.php?action=detail&id=401

By: Maggie

Maggie — Fri, 23 Mar 2007 00:59:27 +0000

The Lucas fan games site is no more. Anyone got an archive lying around? I’d love to give it a go.

By: Greg

Greg — Thu, 22 Mar 2007 19:18:06 +0000

Wow. I had so many comments to make that I had to listen a second time while I wasn’t in my car so I could type them out.

I haven’t heard much yet about the Penny Arcade game – I haven’t even watched the trailer yet. But I do know that Gabe and Tycho are some damn funny guys. But don’t assume that because they write their strip in a 3-panel format, that’s all they’re capable of. Also, don’t assume that any game they make would rely entirely on humor. Yes – that’s what their webcomic is, but it’s short-form. The game would need more than just humor, although I can only assume that humor would play a large role.

Speaking of humor in games, have you ever played Psychonauts? That game was nonstop funny. Only game that’s ever made me laugh out loud, although I do really appreciate Maniac Mansion too. (you can download the remake free at http://people.freenet.de/lucasfangames/maniac/games_eng.htm) And about all games being one-dimensional, have you ever played Beyond Good and Evil? Great conspiracy-theory type plot, great characters, and incredibly varied gameplay with fighting, driving, stealth, puzzles, and minigames.

Releasing the game on multiple platforms shouldn’t be too tough. For Xbox, if they use XNA, they can get onto XBLA fairly easily. I know nothing about the PS3’s online download system, but I can only assume that they do or will have a similar system. And the PC is obviously the easiest of all.

And I did use a studfinder on that wall. It’s just that the shelves were 12″ deep, and the studs are 16″ apart, so we could only attach one end of the shelf to a stud. After patching the hole, we’ve devised another shelf scheme that involves attaching them to the back wall rather than the sides. This time, only studs.

By: Dave

Dave — Thu, 22 Mar 2007 15:19:13 +0000

Oh, and I’m with Colin in completely not understanding how Tycho and Gabe making good gag strips somehow equals Tycho and Gabe can’t make a good game.

Also, example of game that was just funny all the time? Maniac Mansion. God I fucking loved that game.

By: Ivan

Ivan — Thu, 22 Mar 2007 15:08:37 +0000

When I mean fix I mean make better

By: Dave

Dave — Thu, 22 Mar 2007 14:58:17 +0000

Okay, I figured I should at least give them a shot after bitching about them so much…there’s some really, really good music on Amie, for dirt cheap. I ended up going for the “find a couple bands I like, then look at what people who rec’d them also liked” approach to browsing, and it’s worked out pretty well. Almost burned through my initial $10 I added to my account.

By: Ivan

Ivan — Thu, 22 Mar 2007 14:52:47 +0000

OMG.

Is there anything beer can’t fix?

Great show! LMAO!!

MORE BEER!

By: Dave

Dave — Thu, 22 Mar 2007 13:47:20 +0000

Just to clarify…the listening experience at Amie is actually really good. Long samples, you can listen to whole albums or individual tracks, the player is really well done. Haven’t played with the playlist/radio stuff yet, but it looks interesting, at least.

Which, now that I think of it, makes it all the more maddening that they make browsing by artist impossible.

By: Dave

Dave — Thu, 22 Mar 2007 13:44:42 +0000

I’ve tried a couple times to like Amie St, but the interface is just bad. As far as I can tell, there’s no way to browse by artist, just by track. It’s maddening. I love emusic (which also features drm-free mp3s from indie labels), and while their interface is a little kludgy, it’s paradise compared to Amie.

By: Maggie

Maggie — Tue, 20 Mar 2007 20:50:32 +0000

LMFAO! Funny ass episode. *snort* Nuclear Wessels! *still laughing*

I hope Greg’s bathroom woes pass as quickly as… errrr… well, quickly. It’s not quite the same without the GGC.