We start off going over the big releases. Followed by all the GTA news we could gather. Daniel compares Choose Your Own Adventure books to GTA. Some guy thinks he knows more about good games than Daniel and Bucky. XBox’s are the new Patch Adams. There are a slew of great games coming to the Nintendo DS! Daniel is over Spore, and all their lies and propaganda. Gamestop is the reason why Daniel will never be a millionaire. Diablo 3 Is Offical, not really but…maybe. We created a new bit for the podcast…listener email, thanks to TimTom for the first question.

links:

• Team Fortress 2 Free Weekend : http://www.steamgames.com/goldrush
• Meet the Scout : http://www.steampowered.com/v/index.php?area=game&AppId=5032&cc=US
• Fewer Mechanics, Better Game : http://www.gamasutra.com/view/feature/3621/fewer_mechanics_better_game.php?page=1
• Mummy’s Tomb (Choose Your Own Adventure, No. 24) : http://www.amazon.com/gp/redirect.html?ie=UTF8&location=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.amazon.com%2FMummys-Tomb-Choose-Your-Adventure%2Fdp%2F0553152947%3Fie%3DUTF8%26s%3Dbooks%26qid%3D1209695741%26sr%ZD8-1&tag=danroo-20&linkCode=ur2&camp=1789&creative=9325
• Game Theory: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Game_theory
• Tim Tom : http://suckit/

 

 Fatslob or Need More Monkey Island [53:22m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

Episode 4 is, as they say, in the can. I think we figured out most of our audio issues this time, I personally think the sound is an order of magnitude better than previous episodes, and hopefully it will continue to improve.

We have our first sponsor, thanks to Pudding by Ataraxis Software. Go check out the promotional site, and sign up for a free trial.

In this episode we talk about Bungie going out on it’s own, but not straying far from home. Michael asks to mooch a game that Daniel hasn’t even acquired yet. Bucky tells us we can get over our Wii Slippage by ordering the free remote sleeves from Nintendo, especially since the Wii has the most abundant game Christmas lineup.

We all are getting discouraged with the numerous SKUs per console and can’t wait for the 6-axis Dual Shock controller from Sony. Michael rants about another Mech game, which destroys a perfect transition about missing release dates. We talk about Team Fortress 2 some more, and unfortunately at the time of recording we didn’t yet play Portal, although we are extremely excited about it. Finally we want better niche reviews, so we are asking you the listener to send us your suggestions, and if it is an audio file we will tag it and include it in the feed, for the world to hear.

links

• Pudding: http://projectpudding.com
• Free Wii Remote Glove: http://www.nintendo.com/consumer/jacket/jacketrequest.jsp
• Team Ninja Interview: http://www.gamasutra.com/php-bin/news_index.php?story=15699

Amazingly enough we managed to retain all the audio tracks this time. Which is good because we were using close range microphones, so we wouldn’t have been able to publish the episode without them!

 

 Bungies the Chick [59:29m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

Episode 1 is done and in the feed. We covered a wide range of topics, but it seems like I probably named this episode incorrectly…it should have been called “I want to take it back to the XBOX 360″.

Please let us know what you think about the length, content and format (or lack there of). You may contact us by email at daniel [at] 2ndplayer.net, michael [at] 2ndplayer.net, or bucky [at] 2ndplayer.net.

I want to give a big thanks to the random YouTube video that I used for the intro and outro, if you are a band and would like a plug please contact me (Daniel) and we can talk.

 

 2PP Episode 1: Simply Knonw As (mp3) [62:55m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download
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