Topic: Episode 41 Posted

[Gaming Steve]

This week I provide the second part of my hands-on preview of The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion, talk about some of the changes on the site and podcast after one year, and a new person joins the Gaming Steve forums. You might know him, he goes by the name Will Wright and made a game called The Sims or something.... Enjoy!

Gaming Steve Episode 41 Program

• 00:07:02  Game News:
• Sony sells the Metreon.
• Red 5 Studios and Webzen sign a deal.
• Dungeons & Dragons Online launches.
• World of Warcraft hits 6 million and adds the Spanish language.
• Live Arcade gets five more.
• Microsoft to start $10 Greatest Hits program.
• Oblivion is done, all hail Oblivion.
• What the heck is this Microsoft Origami project?
• Another analysts predicts PS3 delay.
• Rockstar Games serves up ... Table Tennis?
• 00:30:37  SporeTalk: Spore to evolve onto handhelds? And when is a game "leak" really a "leak"?
• 00:38:36  Game Preview: The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion for the Xbox 360 and PC, part two.
• 01:14:15  RetroReview: Planescape: Torment for the PC.
• 01:26:55  “Name That Game!” contest winner from last week, a new clip, and a very cool prize!
• 01:30:32  Show Mail: I answer your text and Oblivion questions.
• 01:58:03  Final Thoughts: What should I do next week for my one year anniversary show? And what to expect from my reports at the Game Developers Conference 2006 and I-Con appearances.

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[TheShark]

Downloading... Can't wait!

Will Wright is on our forums?!

Edit: Just read his posts. Wow, I can't believe that. Well, welcome Will, hope you like it here.
Edit: Contains small Oblivion spoilers, but nothing too big.

[Mr. Wizard]

I am just that fast.

 

I like the new Icon at the bottom of iTunes, and on the homepage.

[TheShark]

As far as reviews go, I'm not too partial to them. I prefer the Retro Reviews. Although, you could maybe give mini-reviews instead of full ones.

[Fink]

Cool, thanks steve, now I can play CoH and listen to somthing

[Edit]

Ack, whats with that new picture, lol

[Krakow Sam]

Cool, thanks steve, now I can play CoH and listen to somthing

[Edit]

Ack, whats with that new picture, lol

Ack? The picture is fantastic. Plus it makes steve look like a huge Nintendo fanboy. Patman will be happy

[Krakow Sam]

I cant listen to this until friday . (I spend most of tommorow on a train to wales and I dont have an MP3 player so my listening is confined to my compy)

[Stryke]

Awesome, i've been waiting eagerly for this one.
And Will Wright is here? I'm glad I joined this place when I did!

[Ralsar]

I really enjoyed the Planescape: Torment retro review in this episode.  It is the best game I have ever played so it's always nice to hear from another person who enjoyed it.  Some of your details were a little off but that's okay.

[Feigro]

Hey steve, right at the start of your preview, when you talk about being able to talk to the guards for directions and such, You mention atleast twice that the imperial city is Small. Can you clarify that? The Imperial City is supposed to be the biggest city in the game, and/or atleast it's supposed to be bigger than Vivec from Morrowind. Which as I recall, wasn't exactly small.

[ferraro]

It is Sennheiser, not Sennheisen.  Created an account to say this - I am a headphone nerd (aside to other people here: yes, high-end sound is actually possible with headphones - most consumer-level headphones are total crap; for instance, Bose, which is considered the best by the average person [thanks to advertising and consumer ignorance], actually makes horrible, extremely-overpriced headphones) and it irked me that you couldn't get the name right.  I also have used headphones only for playing games on my PC for the past several years.

Otherwise, pretty good, looking forward to Oblivion (although you made some mistakes there, too, heh).

[Leetard]

Great show Steve, been listening to you for a month or so, stumbled upon you when looking for info on oblivion and found to love your podcasts and spore information.
I look very much forward to your 1 year episode. Cheers.

[Mangerman]

I am excited, the Oblivion preview almost starts  . The Game News was very interesting especially the info about Red 5 Studios.

[Gaming Steve]

Hey steve, right at the start of your preview, when you talk about being able to talk to the guards for directions and such, You mention atleast twice that the imperial city is Small. Can you clarify that? The Imperial City is supposed to be the biggest city in the game, and/or atleast it's supposed to be bigger than Vivec from Morrowind. Which as I recall, wasn't exactly small.

I might have just been a section of the city that I was in that felt small. Some sections of the cities have more going on than others. There are so many cities in the game and so many of them are so big that almost lost track. This game is really really big, I wouldn't worry about it.

[MadGiraffe]

Oh cool Planescape Torment! I heard a friend of mine rave about that game once. As it was the only game he ever played, but I though it was just one of those Myst/Riven like games with a sight Baldurs Gate twist, but now I'm certainly going to try it!

Btw, I already thought the "Name this Game" sounded familiar, got that game, played a bit, not much(was young still, didn't understand much of it, 13 ish of age, my english sucked big time). My brother played it a lot. Very nice game, ah the memories.