The Barrel Rollers Gaming Podcast: 2009

With out Nick, we don't mention the Wii once. Good thing? You listen. This week, I brought back Tyler and our friend Nate to help talk about our experience with new and old games.

We talk about Fat Princess, a new strategy game for the PS3 that has 16x16 online. Choose a class and dominate.

Batman Arkham Asylum has some of the most fluid combat we have every seen and I'm calling it for Game of the Year.

Madden 2010 has had a lot of improvements since 09 especially dealing with franchise mode.

And Rock Band 2 kicks the living shit out of Guitar Hero and find out why.

Download Episode 24

August 30, 2009

Episode 23: The Day the World Ends, Nick Sells His Wii For a 360

Microsoft Confirms No More 360PRO
http://kotaku.com/5346532/microsoft-confirms-xbox-360-price-drop-denies-slim-360-rumors

Microsoft Responds to Failure Rate
http://kotaku.com/5343630/microsoft-responds-to-xbox-failure-rate-claim

PS3 Hardware Sales Up 30%
http://news.vgchartz.com/news.php?id=4917

PS3 Slim Already On Sale in the US
http://www.gamespot.com/news/6216290.html

PS3 Motion Control Works Single Handedly
http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/25/ps3-motion-controllers-launch-titles-will-work-single-wandedly/

Nintendo Patents Football Controller
http://kotaku.com/5344854/nintendos-nutso-football-controller-patent

Stream Netflix and Hulu on Your Wii
http://kotaku.com/5345605/stream-hulu-netflix-to-your-wii

Kurt Cobain in Gh5
http://kotaku.com/5343723/video-of-kurt-cobain-matt-bellamy-in-guitar-hero-5

Lack of Lan Not Bothering Starcraft
http://kotaku.com/5343640/blizzard-lack-of-starcraft-lan-is-no-big-deal

First US Gaming Clinic Opens
http://www.gamespot.com/news/6216124.html

Project Natal in Rock Band 3
http://xbox360.ign.com/articles/101/1016978p1.html

Now Legal to Sell Games to Minors in The UK
http://kotaku.com/5344941/its-now-legal-to-sell-adult-games-to-minors-in-the-uk

Download Episode 23

August 23, 2009

Episode 22: Cody is a 35 year old, fat, and depressed gamer

PS3 Slim
http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/18/ps3-slim-sized-up-smaller-deeper-no-linux-or-ps2-compatibilit/

PS3 Slim has no Backwards Compatibility
http://kotaku.com/5340337/sony-explain-why-the-ps3-slim-has-no-backwards-compatibility

PS3 Slim before September
http://kotaku.com/5342450/sony-gamestop-indicate-ps3-slim-available-in-us-before-september

360 Pro gone Elite Price Drop
http://kotaku.com/5335673/elite-360-dropping-in-price-rip-pro-model

Elite no longer has an HDMI Cable
http://kotaku.com/5339432/elite-360-no-longer-ships-with-hd-cables

Vitatlity Sensor Explained
http://kotaku.com/5333730/iwata-explains-the-pitch-for-an-early-wii-vitality-sensor-game

54.2% Failure Rate for 360
http://www.joystiq.com/2009/08/17/game-informer-xbox-360-at-54-2-percent-failure-rate/

CEO of Activision says Gamers prefer sequels IPs
http://kotaku.com/5341272/kotick-most-gamers-prefer-sequels-to-new-ip

Gamestop profits down 36%
http://www.gamespot.com/news/6215801.html

WoW Cataclysm expansion announced
http://www.wow.com/2009/08/21/world-of-warcraft-cataclysm-announced/

WoW Magazine
http://kotaku.com/5341406/world-of-warcraft-the-magazine

Average Gamer is 35 and fat
http://games.slashdot.org/story/09/08/19/1516215/Average-Gamer-Is-35-Fat-and-Bummed?from=rss

1000 songs on RB
http://kotaku.com/5341132/1000-rock-band-songs-by-the-end-of-the-year

Rock Band 3 maybe
http://kotaku.com/5342081/harmonix-workin-on-rock-band-3

GH5 DLC wont work on GH4
http://kotaku.com/5343301/guitar-hero-5-dlc-incompatible-with-world-tour

Download Episode 22

August 17, 2009

Episode 21: Unveil "The BRA" (The Barrel Rollers Adventures)

XBOX360 and PS3 Cut
http://www.gamespot.com/news/6215347.html

PS3 New Hardware
http://games.slashdot.org/story/09/08/08/1517241/Sony-Producing-New-PS3-Hardware-Slim-Appears-Likely?from=rss

360 is most played console
http://digg.com/d310SHN

Starcraft 2 Lan
http://kotaku.com/5338532/starcraft-ii-lan-petition-hits-100k

Nintendo bootable from SD
http://gizmodo.com/5335639/nintendo-opens-sdhc-to-bootable-dlc

Spore Hero
http://www.gamespot.com/news/6215413.html

Boycott Against Activision
http://digg.com/d310Izg

Consoles Ruining DLC
http://games.slashdot.org/story/09/08/16/1630252/Are-Game-Consoles-Ruining-DLC?from=rss

Pre-order GH5
http://www.gamespot.com/xbox360/puzzle/guitarhero5/news.html?sid=6215102&om_act=convert&om_clk=newsfeatures&tag=newsfeatures;title;2

Download Episode 21

August 9, 2009

Episode 20: Getting Their Feet Wet

PS3 Price Cuts
http://gizmodo.com/5327314/ps3-is-now-70-percent-cheaper-to-make-could-mean-price-cuts

Next Gen about Software
http://games.slashdot.org/story/09/07/31/0449201/Next-Console-Generation-Defined-By-Software-Not-Hardware?from=rss

Complete GH5 Setlist
http://kotaku.com/5326223/the-complete-guitar-hero-5-trackist

GH Van Halan
http://www.gamespot.com/news/6214825.html

XBOX Games On Demand
http://www.gamespot.com/news/6214487.html

Console Modder faces 10 years
http://www.gamespot.com/news/blogs/sidebar/909182374/26987952/console-modder-faces-up-to-10-years-in-prison.html

Valve characters signs
http://kotaku.com/5332698/valve-studying-sign-language-for-deaf-half+life-character

Safe Video games
http://kotaku.com/5332402/the-real-video-game-danger-theyre-too-safe

Homes With Consoles
http://kotaku.com/5332734/so-how-many-homes-have-a-games-console

Best Buy new games at used prices
http://www.gamespot.com/news/6214997.html?om_act=convert&om_clk=topstory&tag=topstory;title

Top 10 Wii games
http://kotaku.com/5331417/the-ten-most-avidly+played-wii-games-in-america-as-of-august-1

Download Episode 20

August 1, 2009

Episode 19: The Bullshit Episode

Download Episode 19

July 25, 2009

Episode 18: Men Are Not Meant to Be Sexy Woman

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R8ZVZRsy8N8&feature=player_embedded

Is it that woman are'nt interested in video games or is that there aren't games that appeal to them? go girls have a vendetta to games?

Why are women attracted to casual games (usual puzzle games)?

Do woman feel like gaming makes them unsocial and feel like they have no life?

Do special colors for consoles and controllers draw women in more or it just doesn't matter?

Are woman discouraged from games because of the way many video game heroine's are made "sexy" to appeal to men?

Do you feel game companies are specifically targeting men for their games?

Do consoles as the DS and Wii appeal more to women than the 360, PSP, and PS3?

Do think companies should stop making games for men and games for women and just make games for people?

Famous Girl's in gaming
Samus
Zelda
Laura Croft
Peach
People from Final Fantasy

RBN:
What exactly was your role in creating the Rock Band Network?
- QA Tester

With the opening of the new Rock Band Network, can you explain the process from how the tracks are created to how they get put on the Rock Band Store?
- Very simply, you get the master tracks to songs you own the rights to, you chart the songs out in a MIDI editor (Reaper), you package it all up and submit it to the creators.rockband.com site for others to give feedback, once you think it's ready, you can set it to be peer reviewed, once you pass peer review, it gets put up on the store. (Details taken from http://creators.rockband.com/)

Some sources say that bands will need a copy of "Reaper Digital Audio Workstation" which is around $225 while others say Harmonix will be providing the tools to create the music charts. Which one of these is correct?
- Stay tuned, more info will be out shortly.

It has been mentioned that only the most popular songs will be hang picked by the Harmonix Staff to be available for the Wii and PS3 copies of Rock Band. Do you think this will discourage bands from putting their music on because it might not be as readily access as they want?
- I don't see why it would, we've got quite a few users playing RB2 on their 360s. Also - wouldn't you think your band was good enough to get to be a popular song? :)

With iTunes giving 70% of the revenue to bands for bought songs, what will make bands want to put their content on the RBN while it only returns 30%?
- iTunes App Store gives 70% of their revenue to developers. From what I've heard, the Music Store has different profit margins for artists. I couldn't find any quick numbers online to support this, but check it out. Also, if I were a band, I'd want my songs up on RBN so I could help get my music out there. The music genre in games is yet another place to discover music, wouldn't you want your band to have a presence there?

How picky will the process of choosing songs to upload to RBN be? Is RBN going to have thousands and thousands of songs in no time, or are only the best of the best going to be allowed to sell in-store?
- The process will be 'picky' for all the right reasons. We want to keep a high quality of authored content coming in the store, but it won't be there to filter out specific genres, artists, etc. As for the amount of content on the store: we're ready to handle as much content as the authors out there are ready to throw at us. Get going!

Beatles:

What exactly was your role in creating The Beatles Rock Band?
- QA Tester, and I came in at the tail end of the project.

Has the game changed a lot since it was originally conceived? If so, how?
- Since I only joined towards the end of the project, I can't really discuss the growth of the game, as I didn't really experience it.

I know that originally the game was supposed to be its own game, called "The Beatles" or "The Beatles Game" or something like that. What made them finally decide to include it as part of the Rock Band series?
- Speaking for myself and not on behalf of Harmonix, it seems like it was a decision to continue brand-awareness for our series

Do you know when the full setlist will finally be revealed?
- At the very latest, 09.09.09 :)

How does the Wii version of the game look compared to the PS3 and Xbox 360 versions of the game? Was anything taken out of the Wii version to compensate for its lack of power compared with the other two consoles? Is there much (or any) slowdown in the Wii version of the game?
- Wii owners will be incredibly pleased with how the game looks on their console. Easily our best looking Wii title to date!

Any plans to release any songs from The Beatles' solo careers on DLC?
- I'm fairly certain the only DLC that's been announced thus far is the full Abbey Road album and the All You Need Is Love track.

Do you know how Harmonix was finally able to get the rights to the Beatles' catalog? I know that Activision was looking into it for some time; how did Harmonix eventually obtain them?
- I can't speak for Activision, but from my experience we have some amazing guys and girls working at our company.

Do you have a favorite Beatles song/album?
- I'm looking forward quite a few songs on the Abbey Road DLC. :)

Download Episode 18

July 18, 2009

Episode 17: Magazines Losing Readership Thanks to People Like Us

Video Game Magazines

No More No More Heroes
http://kotaku.com/5313452/no-more-no-more-heroes-for-the-wii

COD MW2 Prestige Package
http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/13/modern-warfare-2s-prestige-edition-includes-fully-functioning/

PS EYE to have facial recognition
http://kotaku.com/5316484/playstation-camera-to-support-facial-recognition

Worst Month in 9 years
http://games.slashdot.org/story/09/07/17/1316233/US-Videogame-Sales-Have-Biggest-Drop-In-9-Years?from=rss

Next XBOX360 update
http://www.gamespot.com/news/6213542.html

Video Game Archive
http://www.gamespot.com/news/6213449.html

Rock Band Indie
http://www.gamespot.com/news/6213533.html?tag=latestheadlines;title;1

Download Episode 17

July 14, 2009

Episode 16: Everyone Get On the Steam Boat (unless you have a mac)

Lucas Arts On Steam

http://store.steampowered.com/news/2644/

Gaming in a Recession

http://www.pcworld.com/article/167919/gaming_and_used_sales_boom_during_recession_says_nielsen.html

Online Gaming Up

http://kotaku.com/5312898/online-gaming-up-22-percent-as-console-revenue-down-23-percent

PSP2 coming

http://kotaku.com/5309010/psp2-in-development-as-powerful-as-xbox

Sony Not Afraid of Activision

http://www.gamespot.com/news/6213105.html

Amount of iPhone Games

http://kotaku.com/5309054/so-how-many-iphone-games-are-there

Rock Band Its Own Console

http://kotaku.com/5309643/harmonix-music-games-could-be-console-free

Travis Touchdown in Smash Bros.

http://kotaku.com/5310759/no-more-heroes-designer-wants-travis-touchdown-in-next-smash-bros

COD Modern Warfare 2

http://www.gamespot.com/news/6213177.html

We Don't Understand the Vitality Sensor

http://gizmodo.com/5311649/nintendo-on-the-wii-vitality-sensor-you-just-dont-understand

How NATAL Will Ruin Halo

http://video.ign.com/dor/articles/960019/ign-originals/videos/halo_spc_natal_070909.html?download=false

Warner Bros. Owns Midway

http://kotaku.com/5312018/warner-bros-now-owns-midway-mortal-kombat

First Amendment on Video Games:

http://games.slashdot.org/story/09/07/09/164259/Video-Games-the-First-Amendment-and-Obscenity?from=rss

Scribblenauts as Explained by the ESRB:

http://kotaku.com/5311425/scribblenauts-as-hilariously-explained-by-the-esrb=

Is Voilence Required Top Make a Good Video Game

http://news.cnet.com/8301-13506_3-10281445-17.html?part=rss

Game Creates Its Own Content:

http://games.slashdot.org/story/09/07/08/1419242/Experimental-Video-Game-Evolves-Its-Own-Content?from=rss

Download Episode 16

July 6, 2009

Episode 15:The LAN Party was cancelled due to a Blizzard

Blizzard Confirms No LAN for Starcraft 2
http://games.slashdot.org/story/09/07/01/1628259/Blizzard-Confirms-No-LAN-Support-For-emStarcraft-2em?from=rss

PS3 Slim
http://college-gamers.blogspot.com/2009/07/sony-ps3-rumored-to-change-now-lot-of.html

PS2 Emulation
http://college-gamers.blogspot.com/2009/06/ps2-games-on-ps3-again.html

PS3 Gets Screwed
http://kotaku.com/5307410/valve-ps3-orange-box-players-got-the-stepchild-version

Ads on Xbox Interface
http://kotaku.com/5305928/microsoft-comments-on-360-dash-advertisements

Open Source MMOFPS
http://games.slashdot.org/story/09/07/05/000206/emArenaLiveem-an-Open-Source-MMOFPS?from=rss

Midway Being Bought
http://www.gamespot.com/news/6212886.html

Download Illegal Games Legally
http://kotaku.com/5308386/my-pirate-my-friend

Zelda Timeline
http://www.gametrailers.com/video/zelda-retrospective-the-legend/15194

Download Episode 15

June 28, 2009

My ideal Conduit control setup

So after playing around with the control sensitivity in "The Conduit", I've finally settled on a setup that I really like for the Conduit's almost PC-accurate controls. I left the button layout the same because it works just fine, but I did some pretty intense sensitivity adjustments until it felt just right. Here are my settings:

Turning Speed: 54

Cursor Sensitivity: 30

Horizontal View: 81

Vertical View: 86

Wii remote gesture sensitivity: 25

Nunchuck sensitivity: 50

Run Speed (single player): 80

Dead Zone:

134 (wide) X 156 (tall)

Anything not mentioned here I just left on the default.

This control setup provides quick, responsive controls that makes it very easy to hit enemies on all sides of you, while also allowing you to line up shots exactly where you want them. But whatever works for you...

--Nick

June 27, 2009

Episode 14: First Person Shooters? Wii Con Du It!

Digital Distribution
http://college-gamers.blogspot.com/2009/06/digital-distribution.html

No New XBOX360
http://www.gamespot.com/news/blogs/rumor-control/909119209/26925005/microsoft-ceo-confirms-new-xbox-360-in-10.html

Wii Colors
http://kotaku.com/5299135/new-wii-wii-remote-colors-in-the-flesh

Netflix on the Wii
http://www.gamespot.com/news/blogs/rumor-control/909119209/26932567/wii-getting-netflix-streaming.html

Aussie Filter
http://www.theage.com.au/digital-life/games/web-filters-to-censor-video-games-20090625-cxrx.html

Dev out on NATAL
http://kotaku.com/5303077/thq-has-natal-dev-kits-but-no-sony-wand-dev-kits

The Conduit
http://college-gamers.blogspot.com/2009/06/conduit.html

Download Episode 14

June 19, 2009

Episode 13: Oliver Twist on My TV

Madden 10 for Wii totally revamped:
http://wii.ign.com/dor/objects/14270634/madden-nfl-2010/videos/madden10_wii_spc_mechanics.html

Activision Threatens
http://kotaku.com/5296566/activision-threatens-to-stop-supporting-sony-consoles

Demo play
http://www.gamespot.com/news/6211987.html

ESRB on iPhone
http://college-gamers.blogspot.com/2009/06/esrb-on-iphone.html

New XBOX360
http://college-gamers.blogspot.com/2009/06/new-xbox-360.html

-http://www.gamespot.com/news/blogs/rumor-control/909119209/26925005/microsoft-ceo-confirms-new-xbox-360-in-10.html

Download Episode 13

June 13, 2009

Episode 12: E3 Hangover

MOTION CONTROL SMACKDOWN:

http://xbox360.ign.com/articles/994/994094p1.html

Doom on iphone:

http://wireless.ign.com/articles/993/993878p1.html

New Zelda Wii:

http://wii.ign.com/articles/992/992063p1.html

High Voltage Software's "The Grinder":

http://wii.ign.com/articles/990/990872p1.html

Scribblenauts for the DS
http://scribblenauts.com/

Nick's Blog
http://insidenicksbrain.blogspot.com/

Download Episode 12

June 6, 2009

June 1, 2009

Complete Bullshit

This is my cymbal from my guitar hero world tour drums set. If you can't see what is wrong, I will tell you. The rubber part you actually hit with the sticks is peeling off from the plastic part that connects it to the whole kit. This is definitely a problem because I'm out of warranty which means I either buy a whole new drum set or maybe pray that Red Octane can fix it ( I doubt for free). Now its understandable for them not to think in the long term (Nobody does these days) but the fact that they only give you a 90 day warranty is complete bullshit but the fact that they advertised this drum set by bringing Chad Smith of the Red Hot Chili Peppers in and "test it" having him say how durable it is. That is false advertising, and instead of calling them up asking them to fix my cymbal, I'm going to ask them to fix it for free or I'm not buying anything from Guitar Hero ever again.

May 25, 2009

Episode 10: Wii-Free

Episode 10 Rundown: Wii-Free Episode
Games Cody has been playing
-Team Fortress 2
-Mirror's Edge demo
-Halo Wars demo
-Halo 1
-Fable 2
-Kung Fu Panda
-Lego Indiana Jones
-Guitar Hero Metallica demo

Games Nick has been playing
-Rock Band 2
-Twilight Princess
-Guitar Hero Aerosmith
-Guitar Hero Metallica
-Punch out!

Sony Paper

Top ten game design mistakes:

http://www.gamesradar.com/f/the-10-most-common-game-design-mistakes/a-20090522125215378009

California video games:

http://www.gamespot.com/news/6210028.html?om_act=convert&om_clk=morenews&tag=morenews;title;1

More americans game then go to the movies:

http://www.gamespot.com/news/6210103.html?om_act=convert&om_clk=newstop&tag=newstop;title;11

OnLive not at e3:

http://www.gamespot.com/news/6210128.html

Pepsi Rock Songs:

http://www.gamespot.com/news/blogs/sidebar/909182374/26887856/pepsi-pops-for-free-rock-band-songs.html

Wal-mart enters used games:

http://games.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=09/05/19/0414246&from=rss

Download Episode 10

Email To Us About Our Abuse Towards the PS3

Note: This was copy and pasted from an email. All spelling and grammar mistakes were made by the sender.

Greeting Barrel Rollers,

I write to you for your blatantly bias views on the Sony's Blu-Ray playing, George Foreman Grillish, juggernaut of a console, the Playstation 3. Now before you think “FANBOY OMGZ CLOSE NAO!!!” I would just like to state, that the last generation of consoles I owned, the Nintendo Gamecube, Mircosoft Xbox, and the Sony Playsation 2. I was pleased with all three of them despite having their ups and downs, but they ultimately helped me make my decision of what I wanted to purchase as my first “Next Generation Console”. The console I picked was the Playstation 3.

As I write I've had my PS3 for only half a year and so far I have no complaints other than the fact that I waited too long and therefore I didn't get an older model, one with the old Emotion Chip/Disc Drive that aloud it to play PS2 games, or the 4 usb ports,or the built in memory card reader that could read basically any kinda of card, or the shiny reflective face of the ON/OFF/Eject tray thing. Sure that model was $200 dollars more and I wouldn't pay more than I already have for my PS3 but it's just little things I wish I could have kept but, Sony tossed those versions because they screwed up hard on how much a single PS3 was costing to make. Sony was dumb about that as we all know despite what any Fanboy would say.

Anyways, GAMES. Games games games games. Sony didn't deliver upon it's release, except maybe for Four launch titles, Heavenly Sword, Motorstorm, Resistance, and Uncharted. Four games... that was it... and then? Nothing. Sure usually consoles have that track record of having a lack of good games in the beginning, but Sony kinda forgot about that and from there the PS3 was kinda just sitting there collecting dust with a very basic firmware and an empty PSN Store. Ok if your a gamer we all know the story blah blah blah and I'll spare you the details, but I just want to get that out.t.

The announcement for Metal Gear Solid 4: Gun's of the Patriots, as a PS3 exclusive was like Jesus coming back on earth for all the Sony Fanboys. I will admit, I too squealed like a little girl knowing that the last chapter in the Metal Gear series was coming and it certainly helped influence me into buy the PS3. I won't go into a big review on MGS 4, after all I am trying to avoid tangents (cough cough Cody). MGS 4 delivered and definitely help shine some light on the potential of the PS3, its a great game and is definitely a series that should be played through for its game play, graphics, story and online awesomeness.

Since Metal Gear, the PS3 HAS GAMES NOW! YAY, which is where it should have been two years ago :D. I wont go through an entire list but, the two most noticeable games in my opinion are LittleBigPlanet and Killzone 2. LittleBigPlanet revolutionized the platformer with it's entire physics engine andlevel creator. When an entire game is built by an ingame level designer that is easy to use and levels can be released online through the game and can play with people or friends you know it's something that you can't ignore. Killzone 2.... Killzone 2 is either on par or better looking than Crysis. If I get flamed for that you can't blame me. I would call Killzone 2 to be the most beautiful game I ever put my eyes on. To conclude, Sony DOES have a bunch of killer app games that does the system in justice. Even if it does not have the quantity of games like the Xbox 360 (The xbox has been out longer) it certainly has far more better quality games than the Wii (face it, majority of third party games for the Wii aren't that great.).

So, what about the software and hardware features the PS3 houses in it's sleek George Foreman Grill design? The Xross Menu Bar (aka the XMB) is by far the greatest menu I have ever seen in a console. Sure the the New Xbox Experience (aka the NXE) is shiny and much nicer to look at than the “Blades” the Xbox used to have but, the way the XMB works is far more convent and minimal. You can enjoy your background too and what not. The possibility to create your own icons and changing wallpaper is a plus too, something the Xbox won't let you do which is unfortunate. Another thing I would like to point out is that Sony gave a thumbs up on partitioning the hardrive and installing another OS like Linux or whatever! This itself is a sexy idea and just something that adds to the table. Is it practical, you ask? I don't have the answer I've never done it but I plan on it. PS3's can take laptop hdd too so, if the 80gb ain't big enough buy a 500gb one and your set. The PS3's XMB is constantly being updated too which is nice because the PS3 won't be hopelessly out of date and will able catch up on said missing features. (i.e. voice chat with friends while playing different games not only just in a chatroom hint, hint, nudge, nudge...)

For hardware, the PS3 likes just about anything that can be plugged into a usb port. Printers, Mice, Keyboards, crappy 1997 PC controller pad, you name it, it can probably handle it. Bluetooth is another nice feature, personally I don't find it all that necessary but it's a nice feature for your bluetooth headset, keyboards, mice whatever. I wont get into blu-ray because...face it..we know what it does.

The Sixaxis in PS3 controllers. It was a completely thrown in decision after Nintendo revealed motion control, theirs no doubt about it. While early attempts with the Sixaxis have been just laughable when it comes to full motion control, the way it's been utilized lately is (here it comes) almost perfect! More and more games for the PS3 have been using the motion controls as another button. For example, in Resistance 1 and 2, catching on fire is naturally bad, rather than pound a separate button while in a firefight, you can just shake the controller, it also was a way to melee which was kinda cool too. A new game Ragdoll Kung Fu: Fist of Plastic, Free for this week because Sprint was so kind to pay for my $10 game, forces you to flip over the controller to meditate, and regain health, it also has you shake the controller to create energy balls (yes you can do Kamehameha Wave). My point is, that the idea of adding motion controller to a “gaming controller (not a wiimote)” actually works if used properly.

Ok so Nintendo has Mii's, Mircrosoft has Avatars and Sony has...well I guess they really don't have a name...um...well either way you can create people in Sony's Playstation Home. If you really don't know what Playstation Home is (im calling it Home now) it's basically a virtual world that is MMOish in that you can walk around, talk to people, play minigames, and start game launches. It's a cool technology that keeps growing. Third Party developers have gotten in on it and its definitely expanding into something that is just really cool and new. Sure one of it's main purposes is advertisement but thats ok because it's hard to walk into any game now a days and not find advertisement. If you want clothe and such they usually cost about 50 cents which really isn't bad at all if you plan to use Home regularly like I do. So far I've only bought a snowman head and combined it with my echochrome costume that I unlocked in the bowling ally and now I am a legit walking Snowman. Talking to other gamers and doing things within Home is just a fun time waster and it's cool to talk to people about different topics. By creating fake Japanese Accounts and European Accounts you can enter their Homes, (which look completely different) and talk to the people there. I managed to talk to a Russian guy and French lady in the JPN Home and we talked about world politics and such. I have to say after that conversation with them I felt Home has potential regardless of what other people think. Some people see it as stupid or just a gimmick but I have to say I'm rather surprised how much content is poured into it.
Last but not Least.... This entire fricken' paper, was made to defend the PS3 from your constant bashing of the poor mishapped George Foreman Grill when neither of you have one. I'm not gonna scream in your face and say the exclusives on the PS3 are better or say that the Xbox sucks or anything like that.( I like the 360 D:) I just don't think it's fair to bash the PS3 the way you do. Sure it has it's problems but you basically ignore and refuse to look at the positive of what the PS3 is offering right now. I felt my 400 dollars I spent on my 80gb PS3 was completely worth it and I have not regretted it once.
-Tyler

May 16, 2009

Episode 9: The Next Generation

Episode 9: Show Notes
Software
CoD Modern Warfare 2:
http://www.gamespot.com/news/6209480.html

Bioshock 2

Fable 3:
http://kotaku.com/5252393/about-that-possible-fable-3-tease

Red Steel 2 Trailers:
http://wii.ign.com/articles/979/979641p1.html

Contra:
http://kotaku.com/5245136/konami-gives-birth-to-contra-on-the-wii

Rare Wants GoldenEye on VC:
http://kotaku.com/5253011/goldeneye-designer-would-like-to-see-it-on-virtual-console

New Nintendo Game:
http://news.vgchartz.com/news.php?id=3422

2 New from High Voltage:
http://kotaku.com/5237030/high-voltage-new-wii-exclusives-can-handle--tens-of-on+screen-enemies

Hardware
New WiiMote Charging:
http://kotaku.com/5238282/new-inductive-wii-remote-charger-supports-motion-plus

Next-Gen Not Until 2013:
http://www.gamespot.com/news/6209105.html

New PSP:
http://news.cnet.com/report-sony-will-unveil-new-psp-at-e3/?tag=newsEditorsPicksArea.0

Wii Motion Plus:
http://www.gamespot.com/news/6208024.html

Enemey Crab:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2g1fr5vk72M

No ps3 Price Cut:
http://kotaku.com/5243223/thq-ceo-sees-no-playstation-3-price-cut-at-e3

PS3 Motion Controls:
http://news.vgchartz.com/news.php?id=3534

Microsoft Motion Controls Confirmed:
http://www.gamespot.com/news/6209568.html

Predictions For Next Gen Consoles
Cody
1. Nintnedo - Wii HD, Controllers will stay the same, Consoles will be based on new hardware.
2. Microsoft - No DLC, No graphics (maybe 3d), 1g RAM, Steam will be on
3. Sony - Nothing

Nick
1. Nintnedo - More Power, Will be HD, 1 major new feature (e.i. camera)
2. Microsoft - Push Graphics, Camera, New Controller (Track Pad)
3. Sony - New Feautres, Prices will come done

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May 10, 2009

Cody's Guitars

All My (Cody's) Guitars

May 9, 2009

Episode 8: The "And Then" Episode

Episode 8 - Show Notes
Thank You Sam:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6aA1G5eew-Q

Guitar Hero Smash Hits:

http://wii.ign.com/articles/979/979817p1.html

Guitar Hero Mobile:

http://media.wireless.ign.com/media/142/14279525/vids_1.html

Guitar Hero On Tour:

http://media.ds.ign.com/media/143/14322258/vids_1.html

Guitar Hero Van Halen:

http://kotaku.com/5244090/guitar-hero-van-halen-hits-later-this-year
http://www.gamespot.com/news/6209273.html

Guitar Hero TV:

http://kotaku.com/5244926/get-ready-for-sigh-guitar-hero-tv-shows-concert-tours

Guitar Hero 2009:

http://www.gamespot.com/news/6209282.html

DJ Hero:

http://kotaku.com/5243790/dj-hero-peripheral-revealed

http://kotaku.com/5243549/dj-hero-guitar-hero-5-band-hero-hit-this-fall

Scratch vs DJ:

http://www.gamespot.com/news/6208073.html
http://kotaku.com/5245578/judge-orders-7-studios-to-hand-over-scratch-dj-source-code

Scratch Turntable:

http://kotaku.com/5245089/scratch-turntable-vs-dj-hero-turntable

Lego Rock Band:

http://kotaku.com/5223206/new-lego-rock-band-details-reveal-giant-robot-battles

Beatles Rock Band:

http://kotaku.com/5221506/retail-listings-confirm-the-beatles-rock-band-3+part-harmonies
http://uk.gamespot.com/news/blogs/london-calling/909183773/26851259/beatles-rock-band-uk-pricing-announced.html
http://kotaku.com/5240592/the-beatles-rock-band-gets-the-beatles-guitars

Music Video:

http://vimeo.com/4533047

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April 25, 2009

Episode 7: Just One More Level

Episode 7 - Show Notes
News
-Gaming Addiction: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/04/19/AR2009041902350.html
-30 most influential games: http://www.thegamereviews.com/articlenav-1298-page-1.html
-Cost of Ownership: http://i.gizmodo.com/5211540/the-true-cost-of-console-ownership-in-2009
-Bioshock Movie Puts on hold: http://kotaku.com/5226922/universal-puts-bioshock-movie-on-hold-citing-budget-concerns

Sony
-PSP piracy: http://games.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=09/04/22/2320245&from=rss

360
-360 Bundle: http://www.gamespot.com/news/6208189.html
-Fable 2 Achievements: http://xboxlive.ign.com/articles/975/975988p1.html

Wii
-The Conduit: http://wii.ign.com/articles/975/975971p1.html
-Wii Video Channel: http://i.gizmodo.com/5224987/wii-video-channel-coming-to-japan-wants-your-blood
-5 most wanted VC game: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30254492
-15 Game stupid game types the Wii invented: http://www.gamesradar.com/f/the-15-stupidest-game-types-wii-invented/a-200904179578770084
-Wii Ware on Amazon: http://kotaku.com/5222453/amazon-now-selling-wiiware-games-too
-Wii Supports SDHC: http://i.gizmodo.com/5183849/wii-to-support-sdhc-not-a-hard-drive
-Nintendo Punishes HBC: http://games.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=09/04/25/033259&from=rss

Links
-How not to play rock band: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5E4QfmKTCCo&feature

Plugs
The Ben and Travis Show: http://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewPodcast?id=306156926
Twitter: http://twitter.com/thebeast33
Blog: http://thebrpodcast.blogspot.com/

Email: thebrpodcast@gmail.com
Youtube Channel: http://www.youtube.com/user/darkknightdetec6

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April 14, 2009

Episode 6: Beware Of The Techies

Episode 6

On this episode, Cody and Matt get down and dirty in the tech topics of Mac vs PC, American Internet Infrastructure, Video Compression, History of Computers and much more while still talking about how it applies to gaming.

Guy dies from wii fit: http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/article2348477.ece

Wii surpasses 50 million: http://wii.ign.com/articles/966/966287p1.html

Gaming can improve vision: http://games.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=09/03/29/2058239&from=rss

Onlive: http://www.onlive.com/
http://kotaku.com/5181300/onlive-makes-pc-upgrades-extinct-lets-you-play-crysis-on-your-vt

Matt Pat's site
http://mattpatenaude.com/
http://13bold.com

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March 30, 2009

Episode 5: 8-Bit Beatdown

Episode 5 Rundown
Atari
-Adventure
-Centipede
-Asteroids
-Gravitron

NES GAMES
-Super Mario 1- 3
-Duck Hunt
-R.O.B.
-CONTRA
-Zelda
-Kirby's Adventure
-Punch Out
-River City Ransom
-Donkey Kong (1, Jr, 3)
-Balloon fight
-Excitebike
-Ice Climber
-Tetris
-Dr. Mario/ Wario Woods

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March 21, 2009

Episode 4: If Life Were Like House of the Dead

Episode 4 Rundown
-Showname- If life were like house of the dead then...

Wii
-Gamestop finally had Wii's: http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/20/wii-shortage-finally-nearing-its-end-says-gamestop-exec/
-House of the Dead sets world record: http://news.cnet.com/8301-13846_3-10198183-62.html?tag=mncol;txt

News
-New Medical Disorder Linked To Gaming: http://idle.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=09/02/26/1630245&from=rss
-NPD numbers: http://arstechnica.com/gaming/news/2009/03/npd-feb.ars
-iphone/ipod touch for gaming?

PS3
-Sony charges for bandwidth: http://games.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=09/03/21/021244&from=rss

Xbox360
-re5

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March 12, 2009

Episode 3: Sony's Peices of S*** That Don't Do Anything You Want Them To Do

We takes our frustration out on the ps3 as a grill, we cover some Nintendo stuff, Cody's conversion to a 360, and Activision is "Hero"- Happy
Episode 3 Rundown
Into inspiration - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8AyVh1_vWYQ&feature=channel_page

Sony Makes it hard
-http://games.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=09/03/01/1522259&

PUNCH OUT!!! gets release date May 18th--what other classic franchises should Nintendo revive?

KID ICARUS

EARTHBOUND

CONTRA

DOUBLE DRAGON

BALLOON FIGHT
Jet Force Gemini
Donkey Kong 64

MADWORLD gets positive reviews

RE - umbrella chronicles sequel -http://wii.ign.com/articles/961/961342p1.html

Cody's 360 and rock band experience

-Halo?? (PC still FPS king)

-Fable 2!!

Online Gaming
-http://arstechnica.com/gaming/news/2009/03/npd-group-online-gaming-rising-wii-beats-out-ps3.ars

Activision Speculation

-http://www.gamespot.com/news/blogs/rumor-control/909119209/26803315/activision-rocking-out-van-halen-band-hero-guitar-hero-5-in-09.html

-http://www.gamespot.com/news/6203959.html

-http://www.gamespot.com/news/6205927.html

-http://ps3.ign.com/articles/961/961336p1.html

xbox motion sensing - http://www.gamespot.com/news/blogs/rumor-control/909119209/26790816/microsoft-motion-sensing-deal-confirmed.html?tag=latestheadlines;title;2

RE5 coming

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February 16, 2009

Episode 2: p0wN Teh n00bs

In this episode, I discuss what i think Nintendo should do with all their money. Then Nick and I talk about hardcore games for the Wii, one's already out, and one's coming out this year.

Spoiler Alert: We are giddy for The Conduit

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February 8, 2009

Episode 1: The Show Where Slippy's Gender is the only thing we can't tell you.

In our first episode, we discuss piracy, violence, and popularity of the wii. Then Nick just goes irate on Activision and Red Octane while he converts religions and go over the best game for the gamecube on the Wii. Hopeful next week we can get more people.

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October 28, 2009

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