Monthly Archives: March 2009

Episode 127 (03/30/09) – Throw Zelda from the Train

By Chris Johnston | Published: March 30, 2009

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (89.3MB) It’s a live episode straight from San Francisco with regulars CJ, Phil and Greg Ford plus Shane Bettenhausen and another mystery guest who pops in halfway through. This week we chat about GDC, Nintendo and what we’ve been playing, which includes Punch-Out, Excitebots, Batman Arkham Asylum, Terminator [...]

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Game Club #18 – Ys: Book I & II

By Phil Theobald | Published: March 28, 2009

Ys, the ideal utopia. Once a country so peaceful and prosperous, a country where children were as free as the wind. A country where harmony blew through the hearts of all men. Ys, a kingdom ruled by the wisdom and charity of its six powerful priests. An empire watched over and blessed by the enchanting [...]

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Episode 126 (03/23/09) – Grow some gonads

By Chris Johnston | Published: March 22, 2009

This week! Format change! We switch things up a bit and do feedback (including playing a voicemail line call–GASP!), news and the tried-and-true What’cha Been Playing segment. Games we talk about include Resident Evil 5, Killzone 2, Street Fighter IV, Gears of War 2, Metal Gear Solid Touch, Henry Hatsworth in the Puzzling Adventure, Phantasy [...]

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sigh…

By Greg Sewart | Published: March 18, 2009

  UPDATE: Been over a week now. My repair request is still in line to be processed.

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Episode 125 (03/16/09) – All According to Keikaku

By Chris Johnston | Published: March 16, 2009

In this episode! Games! Games! Games! But not really much talk of Resident Evil 5 and Killzone 2 (sorry). No, instead we’ve got Peggle, Gradius ReBirth, Street Fighter IV, GTA IV Lost and the Damned, Kameo, Major League Baseball 2K9, Phantasy Star Portable and more! Thanks for listening! Don’t forget to visit our new web [...]

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Delay on Episode 125

By Chris Johnston | Published: March 15, 2009

Quick update here on a Sunday night. There’ll be a slight delay on episode 125. I’ll be uploading it tomorrow night instead. Sorry, was traveling this weekend and haven’t had a chance to edit this week’s show.

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I See You Shiver

By Phil Theobald | Published: March 14, 2009

Over the years, I have developed an odd relationship with the Rare-produced, Nintendo-published NES game, Anticipation. As longtime listeners of the show know, that game was the catalyst that led to me going on an angry, youthful rant against my mother in January, 1989. This story was chronicled way back in episode 41 (skip forward [...]

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Episode 124 (03/09/09) – Horshack Test

By Chris Johnston | Published: March 8, 2009

It’s a long episode this week, but hopefully you’ll find it entertaining. Kenneth “Slim” Miller joins the lineup of CJ, Phil and Greg Sewart this week to talk about Street Fighter, arcades, Watchmen and video games. More specifically, we discuss game tapes like Street Fighter IV, Bomberman Live, House of the Dead Overkill, Peggle DS, [...]

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The New (Laggy) Xbox Experience

By Chris Johnston | Published: March 8, 2009

Maybe you’ve noticed in the past month or so that the New Xbox Experience has been hit with a case of lag. It can be pretty bad, and I’ve found that it’s most noticeable right when you power-up the system and either try to bring up your friends list (say, so you could join them [...]

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Playing with Power

By Phil Theobald | Published: March 7, 2009

[NOTE: Since CJ has been slowly republishing previous posts from his personal blog here, I figured that I would do the same. I'll occasionally be posting some of the more interesting entries from my now not-really-used 1UP blog.] Despite having plenty of competition in the form of the Sega Genesis, the name Nintendo was pretty [...]

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