Infinity Ward. Portal 2. PS3 failures. Things in the games industry.  Also: Ray hates Dantes Inferno, Sean struggles with Espgaluda 2 and Bullet Witch. 02h10m10s – 75mb

Games Discussed: Just Cause 2, Modern Warfare 2, Espgaluda 2, Bullet Witch, Dante’s Inferno, Toy Soldiers, Portal 2

Intro: $tunt$ – Flying Lotus / Break: Nosaj Thing – Coat of Arms (Boreta Remix)/  Outro: Keenhouse -Deep in the Forest

This week: videogames. Fable 2 finally makes its way into Sean’s 360, Ray attempts to wrangle another white whale with Bulletwitch.  In the second half we discuss Nintendo’s Media Summit and how they’re doing everything…right? 02h02m05s – 72mb

Games Discussed: Bioshock 2, Zen Bound, Fable 2, Bullet Witch, Bejeweled 2, Super Mario Galaxy 2, Sin and Punishment 2, Ghostwire, X-Scape, Metroid: Other M

Intro: $tunt$ – Flying Lotus / Break: Snap! – Rhythm Is A Dancer (Mux Mool edit) Outro: Newcleus – Auto Man

Short ‘cast this week.  No real topic of discussion, plus thanks to the magic of technology we lost about 23 minutes of solid discussion.  Gaming’s starting to wear thin on the nerves a bit his week; indie love abound though. 01h00m58s – 35mb

Games Discussed: Bioshock, Bioshock 2, Star Guard, GeoSpark, Zen Bondage, Death by Cube, Resident Evil 5

Intro: $tunt$ – Flying Lotus / Outro: Flying Lotus – Computerface//Pure Being

Long one this week, we discuss Dante’s Inferno vs God of War vs Bayonetta vs Everyone, Ray’s experience with Modern Warfare 2’s campaign on Veteran, and in the second half we go over the announcements that came out of Microsoft’s X10 conference this past week.  As usual by podcast’s end we are angry. 02h33m56s – 92mb

Games Discussed: Dante’s Inferno, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2, Dead Rising 2, Crackdown 2, Fable III, Alan Wake, Halo: Reach, Toy Soldiers, Scrap Metal, the internet

Intro: $tunt$ – Flying Lotus /Break: Mux Mool – Merlinfist /Outro: Fear of Tigers – Layers

Games, there exist too many of them. Also we rant a little bit about hype cycles and the culture of fear amongst developers/publishers. 01h53m17s – 65mb

Games Discussed: Mass Effect, Mass Effect 2, Battlefield: Bad Company 2 (Demo), Darksiders, Chime, Prinny: Can I Really Be the Hero?, Darius Burst, Aliens vs Predator MP (Demo)

Intro: $tunt$ – Flying Lotus /Break : Machine Drum – Wishbone Be Broken /Outro: Faunts – M4 (Part II)

The end. Final boss. We discuss shmup-related genres and where the genre will go in the future. 01h10m07s – 42mb

Games Discussed: DoDonPachi, Dangun Feveron, Darius Gaiden, Mars Matrix, Guwange, Under Defeat, Thunderforce Series, Ketsui, Ikaruga, Border Down too many to list!

Intro: $tunt$ – Flying Lotus / Outro: 198x – Shmup Tribute

The dark middle chapter of our shmup trilogy. We span the history of the genre from the origin of the bullet hell shooter in the mid 90s to the more artistic and highly polished entries of the past few years. 44m24s – 26mb

Games Discussed: DoDonPachi, Dangun Feveron, Darius Gaiden, Mars Matrix, Guwange, Under Defeat, Thunderforce Series, Ketsui, Ikaruga, Border Down too many to list!

Intro: $tunt$ – Flying Lotus / Outro: Go Sato – Repeated Tragedy

This week, SHMUPS. SHOOTERS. SHOOT ‘EM UPS. We give this oft-neglected and ignored genre of gaming it’s due.  This podcast will be done in three installments over the course of this week.  In the first part, Ray and Sean begin with the first half of a verbal history of the genre, discussing landmark titles both personally and in the genre itself. DESTROY THEM ALL.  01h39m02s – 53mb

Games Discussed: Gradius, R-Type, Darius, Xevious, Space Invaders, Raystorm, Blazing Lazers, Tiger Heli, too many to list!

Intro: $tunt$ – Flying Lotus / Outro: Manabu Namiki -  Morning Haze

This week, more Darksiders, more Bayonetta, more rambling. Somewhere in all of this we discuss more ‘East vs West’ nonsense, upcoming releases, and a handful of Indie games. 01h35m36s – 61mb

Games Discussed: Bayonetta, Darksiders: Wrath of War, Earth Defense Force 2017, vvvvvv, Decimation X, Bacterio, Abaddon, Bioshock 2, Mass Effect 2, Zangeki no Reginlev

Intro: $tunt$ – Flying Lotus /  Outro: Daft Punk – Tron Legacy Theme (John Roman Remix)

The year is 2010.  The world is considerably less futuristic than Hollywood led us to believe.  Aside from that, we get some new recording equipment, and do the podcast in REVERSE ORDER.  First a rambling chat on the similarities, disparities, and uniqueities (not a word) between the year’s first two big (and only) releases: Bayonetta and Darksiders.  Then we sleepily ramble through our ‘what (else) we’ve been playing segment’. It was late. 01h23m55s – 60mb

Games Discussed: Bayonetta, Darksiders: Wrath of War, Assassin’s Creed II, Devil May Cry, God of War, Dante’s Inferno, Star Guard, Mushihimesama-Futari, Earth Defense Force 2017

Intro: $tunt$ – Flying Lotus / Break 1: Danger – 11h30(DatA Remix) / Outro: Manabu Namiki & Kimihiro Abe – Sea of Frozen Crystals

god please let this be region free.

THE BEST OF 2009! Seriously there’s too many things in this podcast to list.  We talk about the best, the worst, and other randomized shit from ‘09 in this podcast.  See you next year! Oh, and the reason I keep clearing my throat like a coal miner is because I’m sick. 02h09m07s – 735mb

Games Discussed: SO. MANY.

Intro: $tunt$ – Flying Lotus / Break 1: Doctor Octoroc – Carol of the Belmonts/ Break 2: Doctor Octoroc – Little Drummer Nemo / Outro: Doctor Octoroc – Super Jingle Bros.

This one’s a rambler.  Postponing the ‘Best of 09′ show we pontificate and generally bullshit about shmups, Microsoft’s terrible DRM, and what 2010 holds in store for us.  Also Sean complains at length at Left 4 Dead 2’s (lack of) value and Ray is lost in shmup-zone.  Lots of good indie titles out there kids. 02h02m36s – 73mb

Games Discussed: Left 4 Dead 2, flOwer, leave home, Exception, Lethal Application, Mushihime-sama Futari, a slew of 2010 releases

Intro: $tunt$ – Flying Lotus / Break 1:SebastiAn – Greel/ Outro: Mr. Flash – Champion (Instrumental)

Assassin’s Creed 2 is the game Uncharted 2 should’ve been, and a big surprise from the indie scene with ‘Igneous’; also Gearbox might need to reign in the DLC train for the time being. Ray finally gets to play and talk about Mushihime-sama Futari for the 360. In short, the game is excellent. Also we rant about DLC, shmups, online gaming, and other tangents.- 01h45m17s – 57mb

Games Discussed: Assassin’s Creed 2, Borderlands: The Zombie Island of Dr. Ned, Igneous, 1 vs 100, Mushihime-sama Futari, Tetris Evolution, City Rain, Qix ++

Intro: $tunt$ – Flying Lotus / Break 1:Symbolone – Last Scene (Daytona Mirage) / Outro: La Roux: In For the Kill (Last Japan Skream Re-Edit)

c/o animaitor on shmups.system11.org

great game from some guys at digipen institute.  PC requirements are a little high but this is easily one of the best looking indie games I’ve ever seen.  plus its free!  here’s hoping these guys flesh this idea out in the future.

http://www.igneousgame.com/

Sean bought a game with no job; excellent financial planning. Ray, essentially unable to play console games for the time being, drowns himself in indie games on the ‘net.  Plus we wax philosophical on where new areas of gaming are starting to emerge and what kind of influence they’ll have on the industry in the future.- 01h45m17s – 63mb

Games Discussed: Assassin’s Creed 2, Tap Tap Revenge, Osmos, rComplex, Madness Madness Madness, The Electric Box, Halo: Combat Evolved, Gratuitous Space Battles

Intro: $tunt$ – Flying Lotus / Break 1:Bassnectar – Land of the Lupes / Break 2 &  Outro: Danger – 00:01 / Insanity: Mark Luz

We talk about Modern Warfare 2. Everyone else is doing it, why not us? Oh and we’ve played some other games, we guess. Oh and we kind of rag on Nintendo’s business practices as of late.- 01h25m43s – 51mb

DISCLAIMER: THIS PODCAST HAS BEEN EDITED TO REMOVE CHUNKS OF AUDIO FROM THE 2ND SEGMENT (around minute 48) THAT WERE DISTORTED IN THE INITIAL RECORDING.  THERE’S SOME GOOD STUFF IN THERE THAT WAS CUT, SO IF YOU WANT TO SUBJECT YOUR EARS TO IT, PLEASE SEE THE POST BELOW.

Games Discussed: Borderlands, Castlevania: Symphony of the Night, Bejeweled Blitz, Bejeweled 2, New Super Mario Bros. Wii, Call of Duty 4 Modern Warfare, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2, music games in general

Intro: $tunt$ – Flying Lotus / Break 1: Huoratron – $$ Troopers / Break 2: DJ Fresh – X Project (intro) / Outro: DJ Fresh – X Project

We talk about Modern Warfare 2.  Everyone else is doing it, why not us?  Oh and we’ve played some other games, we guess. Oh and we kind of rag on Nintendo’s business practices as of late.- 01h37m16s – 58mb

DISCLAIMER: THIS PODCAST CONTAINS NUMEROUS RECORDING ERRORS IN THE 2ND SEGMENT (around minute 48, there is a disclaimer warning you) IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO HEAR THE EDITED VERSION OF THE PODCAST, PLEASE SEE THE ABOVE POST.

Games Discussed: Borderlands, Castlevania: Symphony of the Night, Bejeweled Blitz, Bejeweled 2, New Super Mario Bros. Wii, Call of Duty 4 Modern Warfare, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2, music games in general

Intro: $tunt$ – Flying Lotus / Break 1: Huoratron – $$ Troopers / Break 2: DJ Fresh – X Project (intro) / Outro: DJ Fresh – X Project

This week a guest. And girls. And games. And girls who play games.  Sean nearly breaks his hand playing Mirror’s Edge and Ray’s obsession with Tetris perhaps has no limits.  You can visit Heather’s website at: www.heathersummers.com (18+ only please, NSFW).- 01h43m22s – 62mb

Games Discussed: Batman: Arkham Asylum (again), Mirror’s Edge, Too Human, Tekken 6, Tetris Friends, Clayfighter, Halo 3/ODST

Intro: $tunt$ – Flying Lotus / Break 1: Mitchell Stein & Brian Luzietti – King of the Circus / Break 2: J Dilla – Track 25 (3 Beat Tapes) / Outro: Alcorus – Shine

No topic this week! But we try a somewhat prototype format change (which we will discuss on our next podcast most likely).  More Borderlands. More Batman. Play indie games, support indie developers.  And then a solid 40 minutes on Tekken 6 (we like it). In news?  Total blah. Might be the last time we do the segment. Enjoy! – 01h51m33s – 63mb

Games Discussed: Borderlands, Small Worlds, SWAP!, Left 4 Dead 2, Batman: Arkham Asylum, Tekken 6, Halo: Reach, Ridge Racer 6

Intro: $tunt$ – Flying Lotus / Break 1: Nosaj Thing – Light 2  / Outro: Hiroshi Okubo – Eat ‘Em Up!

Sean sinks into unemployment central by replacing his career goals with virtual ones buried deep in loot whoring games. Ray is astounded by Batman and gives it his Game of the Year endorsement.  Are games too hard? Should games be made more accessible to the masses? We discuss this and other related tangents this week.  In news? Who cares. – 01h41m50s – 61mb

Games Discussed: Batman: Arkham Asylum, Borderlands, Torchlight, Too Human, Peggle, 3D Dot Game Heroes

Intro: $tunt$ – Flying Lotus / Break 1: Kool G Rap & Prinz – We G’s / Break 2: Bag Raiders – Nil by Mouth (Knightlife Remix) /  Outro: Charles Fox – Short Circuit 2 Ending

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Self-appointed #1 Most Unemployed Gaming Podcast ever! Broadcasting straight from whereabouts unknown (not Sean’s office having lost his job) we ramble a lot this week on games. No real topic of discussion, just trying out a slightly different format maybe.  News contains some GREAT info for Ray.- 01h57m00s – 70mb

Games Discussed: Batman: Arkham Asylum, Demon’s Souls, AaaaAAAAaah: A Reckless Disregard for Gravity, Uncharted 2, Borderlands, Bayonetta, Towerbloxx Deluxe, Street Fighter IV, Farmville, Civilization Network

Intro: $tunt$ – Flying Lotus / Break 1: Joker – Snake Eater / Outro: Ronald Jenkees – Disorganized Fun

Sean finally plays Batman and adores it; Ray keeps some things to himself about Demon’s Souls but has a wealth of info about some great indie games.  The past, present, and future of game ‘journalism” is our topic this week. We’d like to think we ended on a high note and stayed away from needless bashing and destructive negativity (lots of quote/unquotes and name dropping though).  News this week was practically non-existent.- 02h03m29s – 71mb

Games Discussed: Batman: Arkham Asylum, Demon’s Souls, Machinarium, Nation Red, Axel & Pixel, Hokuto Musou

Intro: $tunt$ – Flying Lotus / Break 1: Hudson Mohwake – Gluetooth / Break 2: Kona Triangle – Pinchbeck / Outro: John Du Prez – Shredder’s Suite

Uncharted 2 looks amazing.  Red Faction: Guerrilla has no staying power. Ray finds even more to love about indie gaming and then we yell about the future — namely motion control and how it fits into the scope of the coming years.  In news, more evidence that Microsoft is slowly losing its grip on being Sony’s superior and finally a Konami remake that doesn’t piss us off.- 02h06m52s – 72mb

Games/Things Discussed: Red Faction: Guerrilla, Uncharted 2 (MP Demo), Jump!, Lucidity, Rocket Knight, Wii Motion Plus, Milo/Natal, PS3 ‘Wand’

Intro: $tunt$ – Flying Lotus / Break 1: Burial & Four Tet – Moth / Break 2: Hudson Mohawke – Rising /  Outro: Ganymed – Death to the Alien  -  Up To Heaven

It only took Konami three horrific remakes to do one that doesn’t completely piss on the property.

Credit goes to: Game Videos.

Is Japan’s games industry really dying? What can developers in the homeland of videogames do to save their dwindling market and what exactly divides East games from West games? After a full week with ODST we both seem to have reached the same opinion albeit via different routes and in News we discuss the double TGS whammy announcement of Cave going region-free and Super Street Fighter IV. Also Sean completely flubs the actual podcast number when introducing the show. Fun!- 02h09m55s – 77mb

Games Discussed: Halo 3: ODST, Crackdown 1 &  2, TowerBloxx, Quantum Theory, Gears of War 2, Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots, Demon Soul’s, Dead Rising 1 & 2

Intro: $tunt$ – Flying Lotus / Outro: Cyclotron – Harmonic 313

…but how well will it retain the hyperviolence of the series?

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Seriously though this is pretty cool. Submit some ratings and reviews if you guys are so inclined, we’d be honored.

http://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/511754

“Personally when I looked around [at] all the different games at the TGS floor,” Capcom’s Ben Judd translated Inafune, “I said ‘Man, Japan is over. We’re done. Our game industry is finished.’”

Interesting to me as I think the shift in the global consciousness of gaming has been slow to realize the dominion of Western game developers has steadily been growing since around the turn of the century.

Read the rest at Destructoid.

This week we cover the international semi-sensation of Halo 3: ODST, share a few remarks on the differences between East and West game design (which is next week’s topic) and rant over the stupidty and sheer offensive nature of retailer pre-order “exclusives.  In news, discussion about the future of the Dreamcast legacy on former Sega competitor platforms, and why Sony needs to play it cool right now before they get ahead of themselves. – 02h02m52s – 72mb

Games Discussed: Eliss, Ninety-Nine Knights, Ninja Gaiden II Sigma, Zombie Apocalypse, Halo 3: ODST, Rotorscope: Story of Endless Energy, Half-Minute Hero.

Intro: $tunt$ – Flying Lotus / Outro: Private Psychedelic Reel – The Chemical Brothers

On the first regular season podcast we delve into a discussion on the shmup community and the Call of Duty series.  In news we handpick some articles and announcements that we feel the larger news outlets ignore.  Miraculously sandwiched in-between all that we spend a good hour and some change on the current state of achievements/trophies; their importance in the industry, what we like, don’t like, and the direction(s) we think console manufacturers and developers should take them in the future. – 02h27m07s – 89mb

Games Discussed: Raiden IV, Call of Duty: World at War, Mass Effect, Ridge Racer 6, Gears of War 2, Bionic Commando, The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion and more.

Intro: $tunt$ – Flying Lotus / Outro: Boards of Canada – Dayvan Cowboy