Summer of Arcade is upon us! We chew the fat on the five great titles that are part of Summer of Arcade, as well as a bunch of other stuff:
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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Bunch of jibber jabber this show. Chris and John go over some news, talk about the games we’re playing, and answer a bunch of your questions about testing & game development, including: How much programming experience do you need to be a game tester, the best schools for game careers and more.
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E3 2009! We discuss the avalanche of announcements from the Microsoft Press Briefing
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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One last show Chris and John recorded before E3. We anticipate awesome announcements at E3, and talk about easter eggs on games we’ve worked on. E3 show is going up shortly.
- 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.
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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We come in for an early morning show in a new studio. Chris talks about the new Banjo DLC, and we ramble about lots of other games, including Resident Evil 5, Lost & Damned, Peggle and Trivial Pursuit. Leave a comment this week and we’ll shout you out on the show next week.
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We welcome Chris Chamberlain, Test Lead @ Microsoft Game Studios as our third host. Chris has worked on many of Rare’s games, most recently Banjo Kazooie – Nuts & Bolts.
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This week:
- Terri Ramsey sits in with us, and talks about being a Group Administrator @ Microsoft Game Studios
- Games we’re playing: Street Fighter IV, Fallout 3, Tales of Vesperia, Rock Band 2, Final Fantasy IV DS
- Games we’re not playing yet: Star Ocean 4, HAWX, GTAIV Lost & Damned, FEAR 2
- 2nd Tips & Tricks interview with Kevin Bowen & John Mogensen of the Halo Wars Test Team. They discuss methods for defeating the “Profit Rush”
Corrections:
- We simplified the name differences in Street Fighter IV in Japan. Balrog = Bison, Bison = Vega, Vega = Balrog
Next week:
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It’s only Justin and John this week. We bid farewell to our trusty geezer, Jeff Kafer. Who not only was a great co-host, but also an audio engineer. His prowess on the boards made it easy for Justin and I to not think about what a lot of hard work it is to edit the show–which is why it has taken us so long to get this one up. I have completely edited this podcast twice, thanks to Audacity deciding to eat the first one. So bear with us!
- A fond farewell to Jeff Kafer
- The games we’re currently playing: Mirror’s Edge, Burnout Paradise, Tales of Vesperia, Halo Wars, Final Fantasy IV DS
- Interview with Greg Murphy, Design Director @ Microsoft Game Studios
- Tips & Tricks interview with Kevin Bowen & John Mogensen of the Halo Wars Test Team.
- We forgot to record a proper outro! But there is music!
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