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Gaming Steve Episode 28 - 11.22.2005
This week's episode is a "super special episode" as I cover the worldwide launch of the Xbox 360 at Best Buy in Midtown Manhattan. If you think you're a hardcore gamer wait until you meet these guys. They waited in the freezing cold and rain, many for upwards of 20+ hours, just so that they could buy an Xbox 360 12:01 AM Tuesday morning. Check it out:
Gaming Steve Episode 28 Program
- 00:02:50 Talking with the guys waiting in line.
- 00:16:15 Chatting it up with the Best Buy Geek Squad.
- 00:20:18 The pre-sale employee "psych up" meeting.
- 00:21:35 The doors open, and the madness begins.
- 00:29:23 Wrap up of the big event, time to get some sleep.
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Man you rock thaks for the podcast YOU ROCK!
Posted by Brian at November 22, 2005 12:25 PMYa, i enjoy all your podcasts! keep doing the good stuff! although i wont be buying the 360 :P
Posted by Ark at November 22, 2005 12:31 PMI kinda feel sorry for that first dude. Well, except he has an XBox 360 and I don't...lol
All that time, and he only gets one game...
Man, MS should give that dude a bunch of games for his dedication. That is nuts.
Posted by Barista at November 22, 2005 12:43 PMGreat coverage Steve, I think this mobile podcast was well done. Listened to it before I had to take off to class. Hopefully more on site podcasts will happen, it sounded great by the way, no loud distracting background noise or anything. Keep it up, have a great thanksgiving.
Posted by robotplague at November 22, 2005 01:18 PMAhaha!
Awesome!
Posted by PatMan33 at November 22, 2005 02:46 PMGreat podcast again, Steve. Thanks for posting this so quickly.
Posted by SurfMurph at November 22, 2005 06:42 PM"any system that comes out, other than nintendo, I will get HAHAHAHAHAHA"
Fools, they need to know their roots.
Posted by theguy at November 22, 2005 08:14 PMWell Steve couple shows back you had a roundtable discussion regarding the games for the xbox 360 in particular Perfect Dark Zero where yourself talked about the game not being great well after playing Perfect Dark Zero for several hours all i can say is WOW i don't know what game you played but this is one of the best FPS released this year.Gamespot gave it a 9.0 and they are very tough on reviews well just wanted to give my input back to some xbox 360:)
Posted by Game Over at November 22, 2005 11:12 PMGlad to hear that you like the game, I will give it another try and see how they improved it since I played it last month.
Posted by Gaming Steve at November 22, 2005 11:20 PMHey Gaming Steve, great show!
I just was wondering how many different intros do you have ("...the man who ran over frogger!')?
Chiller was definitely one of the grossest games ever. It was around 1986, I was still in college, and I went into an arcade and saw Chiller. I was immediately horrified by the concept, but the graphics were so bad that the game didn't make me ill. Yes, I played it. I know you described this already, but you shoot that half-buried woman in the cemetary and first she looses her clothes and then you can shoot the hands, arms, head, and torso completely off--each time leave a blood splat and a stump with bones potruding. I think this is the closest thing video games have ever come to "snuff film," unless you count GTA.
I think compared to Exidy's Crossbow, this was a step back in gameplay because of the few screens and limited goals of secret items and blood. The Sheriff game was a little better, but boy did it jump on racial stereotypes!
Right around that same time, Commodore 64 had The Forbidden Forest and Beyond the Forbidden Forest. Both of those tried to achieve hideous death scenes by being stabbed, eaten, stung, melted, and crushed. It didn't stand up to Chiller, though.
If Chiller were made with today's graphics and sounds, I doubt any major publisher (except Take Two) would even consider it.
Posted by Robb at November 23, 2005 04:27 PMPoor Peter...that is really hardcore...I salute you brother!
Posted by Jason at November 24, 2005 09:33 AM#3 here.
Steve, it was nice meeting you and all the press. I had a blast. Well worth all the hours I waited.
David a.k.a. WetWork
Posted by David Carbone at November 27, 2005 02:21 AM