Platform Biased » Podcast http://platformbiased.com ours is better Wed, 21 Jul 2010 08:26:07 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 Show #039 – More Than Meets the Eye http://platformbiased.com/2010/07/21/show-039-more-than-meets-the-eye/ http://platformbiased.com/2010/07/21/show-039-more-than-meets-the-eye/#comments Wed, 21 Jul 2010 08:26:07 +0000 jaynoon http://platformbiased.com/?p=472

Recorded fresh this week!

So after a 2 month drought of new episodes due to crunch mode and E3, we are back with a show that was recorded this week.  Woot!

This show is John and Chris discussing what we’ve been up to (John shipped Crackdown 2, a Title Update, and a demo with achievements!) and Chris has been working on Rare’s Kinect Sports, both for its unveiling at E3 and now on the road to Kinect launch on November 4, 2010.

We then discuss some of the new games that we’ve been playing like Crackdown 2, Transformers: War for Cybertron, Alan Wake, and more. Chris also keeps his Michael Bay bashing to a minimum this time while discussing Transformers games of the past before we move into talking about Summer of Arcade, Destination Arcade, and answer a few new Twitter  and listener questions.

Bex and Porkfry were out of action for this episode (hugz from both), but we are hoping to be back in full force in 2 weeks.

Now Transform and Roll Out!

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Show 38: Telling the future for fun and profit.

This time Chris and Porkfry give you a “Lightning Bonus Round” type show as they guide the ship solo…well…whatever solo is with two hosts opposed to the regular four hosts. John couldn’t make it as he’s occupied with all things Crackdown and Bex was off at one of her fancy parties. We go over what we’re playing, predictions about E3 and a heads up about things that are available for you via XBL.

Score us to see if our E3 predictions were right. Kind of weird huh.

ENJOY!

Think of this as a back episode. We have a new episode we just recorded that will be up by the end of the week.

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In this episode we take you on a wonderful journey through space and time! It’s really difficult for me to explain how it all works but what I can tell you is that, time travel was involved. Here at Platform Biased we have a firm grasp on Continuity. It’s very important to us and not something to be trifled with. So, we devoted an entire show to proving our mastery over Continuity. Give the episode a listen and you’ll see. Just remember…where we’re going we don’t need roads….

XOXO From the Future (or past) Porkfry

P.s. John, Bex, and Chris all say hi also from the future (or past)

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The catch-up continues! I promise we talk lots of about video games this week. Also, geoducks.

-John

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This is a back issue episode. You’ll feel extra smart knowing the answers to all of our questions, and knowing whether the games we talk about are actually any good. We did save you some time by removing any discussion of the Olympics from the final show. =)

Thanks for the patience while we catch up.

-John

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Drink the elixir! Just John & Chris on the show this week, and they spend an inordinate amount of time talking about Final Fantasy Elixir, a not-so-delicious Lychee-flavored beverage.

-John

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We welcome Bex to the show! Bex is an SDET in the GTO, and an expert at music games — most recently having worked on the Lips franchise. Everybody say hi to Bex, and leave comments / questions which we’ll answer in a future show.

-John

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#032 is the show where we talk about our favorite games of 2009. We should have another show up next week if you can believe it! :)

-John

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We’ll be back very soon with a standard show–in the meantime thanks to Greg for his time, insight, and strong support of this show.

-John

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]]> http://platformbiased.com/2010/01/28/031-the-director/feed/ 6 Show #030 – RELAUNCH! http://platformbiased.com/2010/01/15/show-030-relaunch/ http://platformbiased.com/2010/01/15/show-030-relaunch/#comments Fri, 15 Jan 2010 11:27:02 +0000 jaynoon http://platformbiased.com/?p=371 Hey! It’s Platform Biased episode #030! We’re brand new, more frequent, and possibly even weirder.

And now, a word from our new member.

How often do you sit around with your friends and discuss what’s going on in the games industry? What games are you excited about? Why are you excited about them? Once you start talking about those games and you’ve devoured all the information on the web you can find on the specific topic what do you want to do then? Find more information, right?! That’s what we’re going to strive to provide you here at Platform Biased. The name says it all, we are going to be 360-centric. We like the 360 quite a bit, so much so that we happen to work on games for said system! On the flip side to that we’re all gamers, as you can see from the gamer scores…some more than others, but the big E on the eye chart is that we love talking about games, and the industry and all that stuff! So that’s just what we’re going to do.

We’re going to work SUPER hard (baring our current projects taking over a majority of our time) on giving you a look inside the industry from the 360 perspective. That’s going to cover thing like interviews with people we work with here to let you know what kind of stuff they do along with interviews with people who are working on other 360 titles. We’ll work on getting you some inside info…you know…like the stuff that only we know (disclaimer: that wont’ get us fired). All you have to do is Click on the “Listen” down there or subscribe to the Podcast on iTunes and we will selflessly provide you with things to listen to.

Please leave feedback and ask questions and we’ll see what we can do about answering them!

We’re still working out the kinks and we’re planning on having some other changes but I can’t let all of the cats out of the collective bags so just sit tight. For now, here is the “SUPER AWESOME RELAUNCH” Episode of Platform Biased! Jam packed with things that we talk about! IN 3D!

(Note: Podcast is not actually in 3D.)

Word

Porkfry

P.S. Chris and John say “Hi!”

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The last of the older episodes (we have one more “other” episode though before we relaunch).

We welcome Dan Tunnell from Turn 10 to talk about his work on Forza Motorsport 3. Dan gives some great insight into the development of a world-class racing game.

-John & Chris

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On the Show:

Silent Hill Homecoming (wrapup)

Batman Demo (preview)

Shadow Complex

Discussion about 2D Game Nostalgia

Reader Questions:

What do we think of James Cameron’s Avatar (The Movie)?

Is Shadow Complex the best XBLA game yet?

-John & Chris

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On the Show:

Saint’s Row 2

Fallout 3 & Oblivion

Trials HD

Batman Demo (and the movies)

TMNT Arcade

Silent Hill Homecoming

Summer Dash Update

-John

P.S. Porkfry & Chris say hi.

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On the Show:
Seattle Heat Wave!
Chris’ crazy collectin’
Splosion Man
Gears of War 2 – All Fronts DLC
Mailbag!
“Are there too many multiplayer games?”
“Should developers push to get multiplayer into games that are primarily single player?”
“Is a one console future possible with fanboys, competition, and the Big 3?”
“Can the industry survive with so many AAA titles? Is there enough money for them all?”
A pattern of Holiday delays. We talk about stuff we’re still eager for, John mentions Dark Void, which is then delayed days later..

We talk about plenty of stuff other than Splosion Man this week, but John goes on and on about it, so it’s the SPLOSION CAST! CAAAAKE!

#026 - Splosion Cast!

On the Show:

Seattle Heat Wave!

Chris’ crazy collecting

‘Splosion Man

Gears of War 2 – All Fronts DLC

Mailbag!

“Are there too many multiplayer games?”

“Should developers push to get multiplayer into games that are primarily single player?”

“Is a one console future possible with fanboys, competition, and the Big 3?”

“Can the industry survive with so many AAA titles? Is there enough money for them all?”

A pattern of Holiday delays. We talk about stuff we’re still eager for, John mentions Dark Void, which was then delayed days later..

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Summer of Arcade '09

On the Show:

Fighting games vs. Adventure games. LET’S GET IT ON!

King of Fighters XII

Two Monkey Island games?!

Wallace & Gromit

Chris is still playing Fallout 3, specifically Point Lookout, the new DLC

Half Life 2! No, we don’t actually talk about it… But Noonan finished it, and you should too.

Tower Defense games on the iPhone, much to Chris’ chagrin

Defender Chronicles

The Creeps!

Summer of Arcade!

Splosion Man

Marvel VS. Capcom 2

TMNT: Turtles in Time Re-Shelled

Trials HD

Shadow Complex

Battlefield 1943

Games John mentioned, but couldn’t remember the name of:

Strong Bad’s Cool Game for Attractive People (from Homestar Runner)

GripShift

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E3

We Discuss:

The Beatles: Rock Band
Tony Hawk: Ride
Modern Warfare 2
Final Fantasy XIII
Shadow Complex
Joyride
Crackdown 2
Left 4 Dead 2
Splinter Cell: Conviction
Forza Motorsport 3
Halo 3 ODST
Halo: Reach
Alan Wake
Last.fm
Netflix 2.0 & Zune Video
Facebook & Twitter
Metal Gear Solid Rising
Project Natal
Ricochet
Paint Party
Milo

We’ve posted three podcasts in the last two days (!), so if you’re an iTunes subscriber, don’t miss the previous shows. Also, one correction to our E3 coverage on the show. Robey mistakenly identifies Lost Planet 2 as an exclusive to Xbox 360.

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Easter Eggs

  • E3 Anticipation
    • Marvel vs Capcom 2 and other Capcom goodies
    • Tony Hawk Ride
    • Brutal Legend
  • GTAIV: The Ballad of Gay Tony
  • Questions:
    • Do testers give art feedback?
    • Are easter eggs planned? Are they leftover tools or cheats? What are your favorites?

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The lull before E3. This show goes up the day of the Microsoft E3 Press Briefing, and we will have a new podcast about the press briefing up late on Monday.
The Code
Just Chris and John this week. We talk about:
  • http://konamicodesites.com
  • Fable and Fallout DLC
  • Dead Rising 2 and Lost Planet 2 trailers
  • Import Japanese games: Death Smiles, Shikigami No Shiro III, and Otomedius Gorgeous
  • GTA Chinatown Wars
  • Plants vs. Zombies.
  • Then we veer off into movie talk: Wolverine, Star Trek & Transformers.

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Better late than never! We’re back with a show that was recorded a while ago, but just got finished editing. Apologies for our lateness, we’re super busy getting ready for E3. We’re going to put up another show very shortly, and then try to do something interesting for E3.

As promised, shout outs abound for listeners that left comments on the previous podcast post before we recorded the show. We also talk about the growing music game genre, touch on some new game announcements from Japan, and cover some of the more interesting news items from the previous month.

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