Comments on: Podcast #020 – Better late than never

By: Eric - Tag Monkey454

Eric - Tag Monkey454 — Wed, 27 May 2009 05:22:41 +0000

Being an artist/cartoonist, the question I would like to hear about is, as testers do you have any say in the art direction of a project. With games such as Bioshock, Halo, and Banjo Kazooie that each have there own unique and distinctive art styles, do testers get involved with the art whether it’s a character design that doesn’t seem to fit in very well, or if the environment of a level doesn’t set the right tone for the overall feel of the game. I think this would be an interesting topic to discuss.

Also if you manage to get Graphic Designers, Concept artists, or Environment artists for an interview, that would be sweet.

Keep up the good work and I can’t wait for the next show

By: SegaMasterSystm

SegaMasterSystm — Wed, 27 May 2009 03:40:05 +0000

Id love to hear about easter eggs in games. Are these done on purpose from early development or do you guys stumble on these bugs then they are chosen to be left in? or are they some sort of left over tool testers used. I know the term ”easter egg” is a rather broad one. From small things to in game button combos to larger things like debug menus. I would love to hear your personal stories on cool stuff you’ve discovered while testing specific games. they don’t have to be new games as we all have played and cherished some of the older material as well. I’ve been a passionate Gamer since Kings Quest III and havn’t stopped. Its always nice to hear about other gamers stories…Kinda like those ol’ fishin stories.

By: Chris

Chris — Tue, 26 May 2009 19:37:23 +0000

Yup…right now we are pretty swamped with E3 and are very limited in what we can talk about. We don’t have the planning and editing time during this short crunch, so we generally talk about industry news and what we are playing. We did answer some questions on breaking into the industry in podcast#20 and should have more interviews from inside MGS (we need to get Ken Lobb on here) soon. Once we get some breathing time to figure out Skype, we should have some cool long distance interviews from people outside of MGS as well. I’ve been working with some great guys from the games industry each year through the Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences panels and it would be great to get some of them interviewed and on the podcast. After the June 1st E3 briefing, we should mostly be able to talk about what we are each working on. “Mostly” as in…they “mostly” come at night…”mostly”. ; )
…and Bob; if there are things that you’d like to hear more on in regards to testing or whatnot, feel free to suggest topics, post ideas, or ask questions and we’ll do our best to answer/address them! Right now it’s harder to focus on talking about testing since we can’t talk about the day-to-day stuff we are doing beyond, “Wrote 10 pages of my 50 page test plan for Project X over the last week.”

By: Nat- LetTherebeDrums

Nat- LetTherebeDrums — Sun, 24 May 2009 01:45:46 +0000

Thanks for the shout out guys! And for getting my wifes name right LOL
Looking forward to more excellent shows from you gentlemen. Dont be Podcast teases!

By: Tanja- HighwayStarrr

Tanja- HighwayStarrr — Sat, 23 May 2009 11:32:10 +0000

Great show and thanks for the shoutouts guys!
Even woke up my hubby (Nat – LetThereBeDrums) to tell him LOL
He hasn´t had time to listen to the whole show yet so he didn´t know.

I like that interviews are coming back but it´s more than ok if it´s “just you guys” talking as that´s always entertaining AND informative ;-P

By: Eric - Tag Monkey454

Eric - Tag Monkey454 — Sat, 23 May 2009 06:09:09 +0000

Yeah I’m sure they have got something big coming up on the horizon. that they are going to talk about as soon as they are able to.

P.S. If one of those things happens to be a motion camera, I just hope it lets me use the Dashboard in a Minority Report kind of fashion. That would be killer.

By: JorisTheWise

JorisTheWise — Sat, 23 May 2009 00:59:24 +0000

@Bob: they did say that they are starting again the coming weeks with interviews and such so they will start to give more information , I am sure that at the moment it is a difficult time to give information due to E3 coming, many things will be under lockdown until officially announced there, which is understandable ofcourse.

By: Bob

Bob — Sat, 23 May 2009 00:49:41 +0000

Sorry to rain on the Kudos parade, but this show wasn’t really living up to your mission statement: “provide our listeners with a perspective that isn’t covered too often, that of the professional Test Engineer”

Hopefully awaiting the next show…

By: SegaMasterSystm

SegaMasterSystm — Fri, 22 May 2009 03:38:32 +0000

Hello from WIsconsin. Nice to see a new show guys. Love it.

Whoooo HOTPOCKETS!!!!

By: A Wooly Mammoth

A Wooly Mammoth — Fri, 22 May 2009 03:14:06 +0000

Hey guys, thanks a lot for answering my question, and so in-depth too! (It’s a HE by the way, in the UK too for all its worth ha ha!)

Took the team idea into heavy consideration. I finished a college course on Games Development a year ago which where useful, was poorly run… so it’s good old part-time working and evenings working!

I’m just down the road from the Pure guys Black Rock and the Buzz guys Relentless, might try and bother them in the future haha.

Speaking of twitter I did find you three on twitter, but I can’t help but feel like I’m intruding when calling people out with @ messages =/

By: Assassin Monk

Assassin Monk — Fri, 22 May 2009 02:06:38 +0000

Thaaaaanks and Hello from Portugal!
Great show guys!
Waiting for show n.º 21 now

Take care you all!

By: Chris

Chris — Fri, 22 May 2009 00:11:36 +0000

Here is the AWESOME Japanese Xbox game that I was talking about from FROM Software. Man, this should have been released in the US:

http://www.poetv.com/video.php?vid=5722

LMAO

By: JorisTheWise

JorisTheWise — Thu, 21 May 2009 23:38:49 +0000

I dont think I was the one about the Tooie interview but still, I really like the Banjo games, havent gotten far into B&K N&B but I have really enjoyed it until now and I would love to hear more about the games in the series .
But thank you guys for this great show, time at my work flew by, I wasnt looking forward to this working day but you guys made it fun .

The shows keep on getting better and better, since i often listen to the old shows at my work it is clear that every episode gets better (at my work they only change cd’s once a year so after 1 week you know all the songs and unfortunately, none are in Lips ).

Can’t wait for the next show btw and I really enjoy the fact that the interviews are coming back for that means longer shows .

By: Eric - Tag Monkey454

Eric - Tag Monkey454 — Thu, 21 May 2009 22:56:06 +0000

Great show you guys, it was fun to listen to. I can’t wait to see what you’ve got coming for E3, from all the rumors I hear it sounds like it should be pretty exciting.

By: Forthewyn

Forthewyn — Thu, 21 May 2009 21:17:51 +0000

Hey guys, still love the show.

Just wondering – I realize you guys probably don’t test them given their nature, but do any of you play any of the Community Games?

Some of them are pretty neat.

By: Kristoffer Lygre

Kristoffer Lygre — Thu, 21 May 2009 20:58:31 +0000

I think it was my lucky night, John =) I win more than I lose in Peggle, but not 7/8 games every night. I still enjoy Peggle every now and then, so if you’re up for a rematch just send me an invite if I’m on Live.
The same goes for Left 4 Dead. Don’t mind spending some time with that. I don’t think that the survival mode is that great. I prefer the campaign.
I hope that you guys can do something interesting for E3. Maybe interview someone on the inside about new games or announcements. I will stay tuned. Keep up the good work, guys =)

By: dogsounds

dogsounds — Thu, 21 May 2009 18:17:31 +0000

/Daffy Duck quote mode on

Woohoo! Woohoo! Woohoo! Woohoo! (fades)

/Daffy Duck quote mode off

By: Tanja- HighwayStarrr

Tanja- HighwayStarrr — Thu, 21 May 2009 17:46:52 +0000

Nice to see a new show is up
Will listen to it later.
Thanks guys

By: desi k

desi k — Thu, 21 May 2009 13:33:19 +0000

I too, am a fan of Yellow Submarine.