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Lot of angst in the episode.

I don't think anyone expected much out of CJ, but it felt a bit insulting of him to not at least finish Gargoyle's Quest. Not a long game, and while there is a difficulty hump in the beginning, the game gets easier progressively.

Need Ford around to get a decent discussion on Gears 3 with Stewy :(
 
This week's conversation about region locking was a bit weird. How could you forget about importing Giana Sisters DS Phil? There are still a lot of games in English that don't make their way across the pond. A few recent examples are Inazuma Eleven (DS) and four out of the five last entries in the Shin Megami Tensei series (DS/3DS/PS2).
 
archnemesis said:
This week's conversation about region locking was a bit weird. How could you forget about importing Giana Sisters DS Phil? There are still a lot of games in English that don't make their way across the pond. A few recent examples are Inazuma Eleven (DS) and four out of the five last entries in the Shin Megami Tensei series (DS/3DS/PS2).
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I do love me some Giana Sisters, of course, but in recent years that and the odd Taiko no Tatsujin game have been the only games that I've imported. Heck, Giana Sisters was the last game that I imported, and that was two years ago.

Like I said on the show, the ability to play imports simply isn't a selling point for me these days. The vast--vast--majority of games that I'm interested in make it out over here. I also don't have time for RPGs these days, so I'm not terribly concerned about the two (well, five) examples that you give (along with, oh, say, Xenoblade Chronicles). I'm sure they're all great games, of course, but I know that I would never play them.
 
This week it sounded like everyone was sippin on their haterade, seemed like no one even wanted to do a show. But nonetheless it was still good and lol at CJ not finishing the gameclub game, whats new ;)
 
Sometimes I import games that I know are coming out here, but I don't want to wait for them...

Hakuna Matata
EyePet
Motorstorm Apocalypse

I'm impatient when it comes to shitty-to-mediocre games!
 
One quick thing about the latest episode I wanted to mention is that you can play the Ratchet demo single player. Just start a game as a host, set it so only your friends can join and instead of waiting for anyone to join the game just go ahead and start it. Just don't be boring and pick Ratchet as your character, Qwark and Nefarious a funnier.

But speaking of this, I wonder why you guys never seem to play games with each other in coop. Is recording the podcast all the time you bear to spend with one another? :p
 
Massa said:
But speaking of this, I wonder why you guys never seem to play games with each other in coop. Is recording the podcast all the time you bear to spend with one another? :p
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Wives, kids, jobs, and time zones make it tough enough to schedule two hours each week to make the podcast. Trying to find coordinating times for another hour or two of gaming is generally more trouble than it's worth.
 
Whimsical Phil said:
Wives, kids, jobs, and time zones make it tough enough to schedule two hours each week to make the podcast. Trying to find coordinating times for another hour or two of gaming is generally more trouble than it's worth.
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Only one of you has kids...for now. You can't play that card yet.
 
Have you ever had a pregnant wife? :)

One of the other issues is we don't always play the same games. Gears of War 3, for example, would be a great co-op game for us. Unfortunately Phil and CJ really aren't all that interested in it.

I hope we all end up playing All 4 One, though.
 
A Human Becoming said:
Only one of you has kids...for now. You can't play that card yet.
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Like Greg implied, the kid starts eating up your time months before it pops out.

Speaking of, we should be finding out the gender tomorrow.
 
Whimsical Phil said:
Like Greg implied, the kid starts eating up your time months before it pops out.

Speaking of, we should be finding out the gender tomorrow.
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Don't...not knowing is half the fun!
Babies are totally neutral when it comes to colors and clothes for at least the first 6 months of their lives.
The wait is worth it...trust me!
 
Whimsical Phil said:
Like Greg implied, the kid starts eating up your time months before it pops out.

Speaking of, we should be finding out the gender tomorrow.
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Regardless of if its a boy or a girl Phil, please call it Stormageddon.
 
DJmizuhara said:
Don't...not knowing is half the fun!
Babies are totally neutral when it comes to colors and clothes for at least the first 6 months of their lives.
The wait is worth it...trust me!
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Although we have no intention of turning the kid's room all pink or blue, we're still keen on finding out what it is. We've already picked up some sweet Star Wars, Ghostbusters, and Back to the Future shirts for the kid, which--in our household--are unisex outfits.

Semi-related note: I totally finished the BTTF games tonight, so Greg and I can talk about them (finally) when we record tomorrow.

Worthintendo said:
Regardless of if its a boy or a girl Phil, please call it Stormageddon.
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Oh, I'm sure the child will be referred to as such quite often, even if the name isn't on his/her birth certificate.

I also tried my damnedest, but I couldn't talk the wife into using the middle name "Guybrush" if it's a boy.
 
Whimsical Phil said:
I also tried my damnedest, but I couldn't talk the wife into using the middle name "Guybrush" if it's a boy.
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Worst thing about the other half being a gamer I guess, you can't sneak game related names past her, shes too cluey on them.
 
The only game I ever imported (because EGM told me to.. "it's never coming out in North America!")

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Although I guess this kinda counts, as well

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"iPhone--lead sku." Haha.

Great episode. I may actually drop the money on Burnout Crash based on the discussion. I hated the demo for all the reasons CJ and Phil pointed out. If the actual game picks up the pace, energy, and excitement, I could dig it. (though waiting for it to be on the iPad does seem like the most logical decision)
 
Listening to the Gears 3 talk...

Was very painful....

The game is not brown...

The berserker is not that hard...

The game is not broish enough, because they call the lambent glowies....

Complaining about a sequel being a... well... sequel...

I'm very disappointed at steward...

Le sigh...
 
I wasn't so much complaining that it was a sequel. I accept that nothing was going to change too much. I was complaining that, after a strong start, the game makes a disappointing run back to the bog-standard experience and setting.

The the 'zerker is extremely frustrating in four-player co-op. Not so much with fewer human players. I think I said that during the show :)
 
Lord-Audie said:
Listening to the Gears 3 talk...

Was very painful....

The game is not brown...

The berserker is not that hard...

The game is not broish enough, because they call the lambent glowies....

Complaining about a sequel being a... well... sequel...

I'm very disappointed at steward...

Le sigh...
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I guess I kind of would go into this expecting it - the hosts usually let the games defeat them instead of vice versa.
 
stewy said:
I wasn't so much complaining that it was a sequel. I accept that nothing was going to change too much. I was complaining that, after a strong start, the game makes a disappointing run back to the bog-standard experience and setting.

The the 'zerker is extremely frustrating in four-player co-op. Not so much with fewer human players. I think I said that during the show :)
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I'm going to quote Mitch Hedberg to show how I feel.

Replace the bolded with shooter and proper variations due to context.

Mitch Hedberg said:
As a comedian, I always get into situations where I'm auditioning for movies and sitcoms, you know? As a comedian, they want you to do other things besides comedy. They say "alright you're a comedian, can you write? Write us a script. Act in this sitcom." They want me to do shit that's related to comedy, but it's not comedy, man. It's not fair, you know? It's as though if I was a cook, and I worked my ass off to become a really good cook, and they said "alright you're a cook... can you farm?"
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I think that would be applicable if I was complaining that Gears of War isn't enough of an RTS for my tastes. But I'm not saying that. I'm saying I want more creativity within the confines of the game's genre - specifically set pieces and mechanics. GoW3 flirts with this. That's what makes it more disappointing when it reverts back to "arena with waist high cover, transition corridor, arena with waist high cover" all the time.
 
stewy said:
I think that would be applicable if I was complaining that Gears of War isn't enough of an RTS for my tastes. But I'm not saying that. I'm saying I want more creativity within the confines of the game's genre - specifically set pieces and mechanics. GoW3 flirts with this. That's what makes it more disappointing when it reverts back to "arena with waist high cover, transition corridor, arena with waist high cover" all the time.
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Fair Enough. Even thou you said RTS ;)

Changing the topic now that I'm Listening to the end of the podcast.

What is the banner and color of the house of Theobald?

What is the saying of the house of Theobald?

How much is the dowry to enter the house of Theobald?
 
Are you guys and the lunchcast still frenemies? Is it considered OK to listen to their podcast, I mean, as a supplement, to the main course that is the Player One Podcast?
 
Glassboy said:
Are you guys and the lunchcast still frenemies? Is it considered OK to listen to their podcast, I mean, as a supplement, to the main course that is the Player One Podcast?
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Totally cool!
 
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