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Gaming Steve Episode 21 - 09.16.2005
With the fall gaming season right around the corner things are starting to get busy in the world of gaming. So let's jump right into this week's show!
- 00:00:55 Game News:
- Nintendo ringtones? Sweet!
- GameStop-EB merger almost complete.
- World of Warcraft expansion to debut at BlizzCon.
- Rockstar serving decaf in September.
- Age of Empires III demo sets sail.
- Myst V set for bittersweet farewell.
- News Corp. absorbs IGN.
- Key Blizzard departures appear at Red 5 Studios.
- Guild Wars: Sorrow's Furnace stoked.
- Girls of gaming strip down for Playboy (again).
- The first game-movie hybrid UMD to be released.
- Anarchy Online continues to be free.
- EverQuest & EverQuest II expanded.
- WOW patch adds oodles of new content.
- Sims 2 Nightlife ready to party!
- It's Sony turn to recall their AC adapters.
- Retailers react to California games bill.
- ESRB demands publisher audit for hidden game content.
- Michigan "violent gaming" bill signed into law.
- 00:35:56 GameTalk: Welcome to the post-Hot Coffee world.
- 00:57:48 SporeTalk: Spore, the "dark period".
- 00:59:34 Game Review: Rebelstar: Tactical Command for the GameBoy Advance.
- 01:13:15 RetroReview: Chrono Cross for the PlayStation.
- 01:21:15 “Name That Game!” contest winner from last week, a new clip, and a new prize!
- 01:24:24 Final Thoughts on the iPod Nano, the length of the show, and the huge number of upcoming releases.
now if only I had a computer that could run WOW.Sadly I am but a poor college student... :(
Posted by Areku at September 16, 2005 12:43 AMCan't wait to check this out
Posted by Danzik at September 16, 2005 02:38 AMAwesome!
Listening to it right now, the new Blizzard Dept. sounds great... cant wait to see what those guys will slap together.
Great job, steve!
Posted by Stoffer217 at September 16, 2005 05:19 AMThis one was pretty damn good and remember, The Sims arent atomically correct ;)
Posted by Danzik at September 16, 2005 05:53 AMExcellent talk about the whole 'games are evil' thing, almost perfectly represents my opinion on it :)
Posted by Mortomes at September 16, 2005 09:59 AMAh man, if only you could have held out for a couple of more days you could have talked about the Revolution! But I look foward to when you do talk about it.
Posted by robotplague at September 16, 2005 11:32 AMluckily chicago is not in michigan
Posted by dan at September 16, 2005 01:23 PMAnd you win the prize Dan for pointing out the "mistake of the week"!!!
Heh, yeah. I got a few emails on this one already. I was just in Illinois last weekend and there are some anti-game bills brewing there so I must have gotten confused for a second. But it wouldn't be a complete show if I didn't make at least one harmless mistake!
Posted by Gaming Steve at September 16, 2005 01:39 PM:P keep up the good show.
Posted by dan at September 16, 2005 01:57 PMPoliticians, greed and protection rackets ... never thought I would hear something like this in such an innocent little podcast... ;)
Posted by Tarrasque at September 17, 2005 09:09 PMHey Steve,
This was a great podcast dude! Love the show!
Posted by Steven Spielberg at September 17, 2005 11:02 PMAs a Michigan citizen, I am appaled by my state governments actions, but I am not suprised. Michigan is labeled a "liberal" state, but in truth, they are prety much authoritarians who care more about the economic aspect. When Gay marriage was brought up as a seperate issue to be voted on, the Detroit statistics read something like this.
Kerry: 87%
Anti-Gay marriage: 95%
They all want the state to be their mommy.
Posted by Jeremy at September 23, 2005 11:36 PMAt the end of you this one you mentioned that you had been recieving e-mails asking that you make the cast shorter again. I just wanted to voice my support of the longer Podcasts here. Keep up the good work!
Posted by Bill at September 28, 2005 03:12 AM