[PlayerOneCJ]

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This week! Voicemails, tweets and whatcha been playingses. In the first segment we cover a lot of ground, from favorite platformers and Sony's new ad campaign to utter disappointment at Best Buy's The Beatles Rock Band demo day. Games discussed during this 149th show include Dissidia: Final Fantasy, Tales of Monkey Island Chapter 2, Batman Arkham Asylum, Uncharter, Shadow Complex, Metroid Prime Trilogy, Warriors Orochi 2 (PSP), Madden 10 and Peggle.

Beware potential spoilers for the first hour or so of Batman Arkham Asylum from 1:03:25-1:13:00.

And that, friends, is this week's episode. Note, although this episode is called Diabolical Boxes, we barely talk about the sequel to ProfessorLayton that came out last week.

Thanks for listening! Don't forget to visit our new web site at www.playeronepodcast.com. You can leave us a voicemail by calling 713-893-8069 or you can send a comment via MP3 to our email address, playeronepodcast@gmail.com. Don't forget to join our forums if you haven't already!

Running time: 1:51:01

This week's links:
PlayStation ads: It Only Does Everything
"Sweet Chip O' Mine" by 486 at 8bitcollective



Direct download: 08_31_09-Episode149.mp3

[I AM JOHN!]

Player One Podcast: It Only Does Everything.*

*Except for talk about Professor Layton.

[Kirbutashi]

The podcast is anti-matchsticks.

[I AM JOHN!]

Kirbutashi, on 31 August 2009 - 12:19 AM, said:

The podcast is anti-matchsticks.

A matchstick puzzle killed Sewart's family, you insensitive fuck.

[levitynyc]

Batman for NES was amazing!

[Kirbutashi]

I AM JOHN!, on 31 August 2009 - 12:24 AM, said:

A matchstick puzzle killed Sewart's family, you insensitive fuck.

I warned Greg, insisting he use a hint coin!

I don't even want to think of the chaos from a puzzle involving liquid and three various-sized pitchers.

[levitynyc]

Greg Ford brings his usual barely anything to the podcast. Can we do a podcast where Ford has the mic problems Phil had last week to see if anyone notices?

Never seen someone on 4 videogame podcasts have less interest in gaming.

[Kirbutashi]

Hope we get some Monkey Island love two weeks from now. Episode 2 definitely features more of the characters you actually care about and keeps up a much nicer pace.

Also hope the crew sticks with Batman long enough to catch some of the really memorable moments.

[thorbahn3]

That Gunpey joke was so wrong I laughed for a good minute.

[mik]

Phil launching into CJ and the Gregs to the tune of Benny and the Jets a half second after I did so myself was my personal highlight of this episode.

[Sunflower4000]

levitynyc, on 30 August 2009 - 11:52 PM, said:

Greg Ford brings his usual barely anything to the podcast.  Can we do a podcast where Ford has the mic problems Phil had last week to see if anyone notices?

Never seen someone on 4 videogame podcasts have less interest in gaming.

That may be the problem. I know I'd burn out quick. The thing is, when Ford is with it and engaged, he is entertaining, and I miss that.

[Chairman Steve]

I love Ford's occasional sarcastic chiming in. The rarity adds to the hilarity.

I just saw that the original Phantasy Star is this week's Virtual Console game. Get a Game Club going on that bad boy! That game has so many bizarre quirks that would make for a hell of an interesting discussion.

[LentFilms]

I'm surprised that no one on this week's podcast talked about the release of the Policenauts fan translation, since it had been mentioned many times in previous episodes.

[fundogmo]

CJ, is the craptastic Best Buy you keep mentioning the one in midtown? When I lived in Atlanta a year ago, I had good memories of doing the walk of shame from Best Buy to Target and then to Gamestop in an attempt to get a new game the week it came out, usually resulting in complete failure.

Actually the Gamestop there had some great employees and didn't smell like 13-year old BO, but apparently nobody pre-ordered a damn thing (myself included), so they rarely had enough new releases to go around.

Could be worse though. I think it was either a Best Buy or a Walmart in Alpharetta where someone was shot during the PS3's launch.

[PlayerOnePhil]

mik, on 31 August 2009 - 07:00 AM, said:

Phil launching into CJ and the Gregs to the tune of Benny and the Jets a half second after I did so myself was my personal highlight of this episode.

I was hoping someone would catch that.

[LiK]

Batman: AA is sooo good. i beat it so i hope to hear more of your impressions next week. too bad Stewy won't be on.

[PlayerOnePhil]

LiK, on 31 August 2009 - 12:02 PM, said:

Batman: AA is sooo good. i beat it so i hope to hear more of your impressions next week. too bad Stewy won't be on.

None of us will be on next week except for CJ. It's his PAXtacular episode.

[gamer812]

Best Buys are weird now. If you don't see the game on the shelves, most of the time they are just locked in a cage behind the registers. I had to ask an employee when I was looking for the new Professor Layton and Metroid Prime Trilogy. Put the game on the damn shelf so that I won't have to nag one of you to get it for me.

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Never seen someone on 4 videogame podcasts have less interest in gaming.

As for Ford, I think he's just intimidated by Phil and the others.

[redrock963]

The discussion about Mega Man covers at the end of the episode made me instantly think of this song.

[url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F03AXK3oDvI"]http://www.youtube.c...h?v=F03AXK3oDvI[/url]

[LiK]

PlayerOnePhil, on 31 August 2009 - 06:28 PM, said:

None of us will be on next week except for CJ. It's his PAXtacular episode.

WAT?? no Stewy OR Phil? worst P1P evar confirmed.

[I AM JOHN!]

PlayerOnePhil, on 31 August 2009 - 06:28 PM, said:

None of us will be on next week except for CJ. It's his PAXtacular episode.

Seriously? No seeing pictures of you guys posted on Giant Bomb and being all like "huh" this year? What a bummer.

[PlayerOneCJ]

LiK, on 31 August 2009 - 10:48 PM, said:

WAT?? no Stewy OR Phil? worst P1P evar confirmed.

Unfortunately they're not gonna be at PAX. Sorry! But a couple other people may join me for a little somethin-somethin. We'll see.

[Kirbutashi]

EGM Nostalgicast incoming!

[BeauRosser]

I'm glad that Bonerjams made a splash. And Phil, you're right, I abbreviated first party games so that I could type out Bonerjams on Twitter.

[Hacker Alias]

It's not bad that he'll be "alone" at all, it IS called The Player One Podcast

[Tommigun]

Phil, you should really give this song by The Megas a try:

Please click the (more info) link in the upper right corner for the lyrics, as the lyrics are really great! This particular song is about the Air Man stage and is my favorite The Megas song.

[SlimX]

fundogmo, on 31 August 2009 - 01:17 PM, said:

Actually the Gamestop there had some great employees and didn't smell like 13-year old BO

[Tommigun]

Fundogmo - What does BO mean?

Oh and Phil, I can gift you the money to the album Get Equipped (by The Megas) if you promise to give it a listen

This post has been edited by Tommigun: 02 September 2009 - 09:49 AM

[PlayerOnePhil]

Tommigun, on 02 September 2009 - 08:46 AM, said:

Fundogmo - What does BO mean?

Body odor.

Tommigun, on 02 September 2009 - 08:46 AM, said:

Oh and Phil, I can gift you the money to the album Get Equipped (by The Megas) if you promise to give it a listen

I did listen to their Airman song. You can, uh, you can save your money.

I guess I'm just burnt out with the countless garage bands that do covers of/write lyrics to game music.

[LiK]

game music that has additional lyrics are always bad, imo. even the official tribute albums for games like SFII are terrible with lyrics and singing.

[SwimOdin]

Just wanted to say CJ is right, it is in the style of the Tim Burton Batmobile.

[PlayerOnePhil]

LiK, on 02 September 2009 - 03:07 PM, said:

game music that has additional lyrics are always bad, imo. even the official tribute albums for games like SFII are terrible with lyrics and singing.

I feel the same way, mostly. The only "game songs" that I've enjoyed are Hyadain's stuff. All of his songs are in Japanese, but there are plenty of links to subtitled versions on YouTube.

LiK, on 31 August 2009 - 12:02 PM, said:

Batman: AA is sooo good. i beat it so i hope to hear more of your impressions next week. too bad Stewy won't be on.

I just finished Arkham Asylum. So friggin' good. It sucks that I gotta wait two weeks before I can talk about it.

It also sucks that CJ and Sewart will never finish the game so they can talk in length about it with me. Well, OK...maybe Sewart will finish it. It'll take him about five months, though.

[PlayerOneCJ]

It's possible I could finish Arkham Asylum. Then again, next week is Beatles week. So yeah. Maybe not.

[Kirbutashi]

Just imagine if CJ devoted half the time he gives to music games to...anything else, really.

[LiK]

Phil, yea, Batman: AA is awesome. one of my fave games this year. btw, did you find all the Riddler stuff? it's worth it.

i plan on playing the PS3 version on Hard soon (i want me trophies!). i guess i'll be able to beat both versions of Batman before CJ finishes it, LOL.

[SickBoy]

Regarding Greg's comments about switching the difficulty on Batman, that's something that every game should have -- the ability to switch difficulties mid-way through.

That stopped me from finishing Dead Space, because I got to a point I'm not sure I could have gotten beyond without dialing back about an hour of gameplay.

If I've overestimated my talent, don't punish me for it... I'm willing to try to grind through a game that's gotten tough, but if it's a situation that appears hopeless, let me Nerf the challenge.

(BTW, still loving Batman, too... wish I had more time to play it, but my days currently are consumed primarily by baby duty and work... without the spare time at night I used to have as recently as a week ago)

[levitynyc]

I found that Dead Space got a lot easier as you progressed.

[SickBoy]

I dunno... I didn't have any problems with it for a long time... had plenty of everything and then I started to realize -- too slowly obviously -- that I was dangerously low on ammunition for pretty much everything, and just hit a wall. I figure an hour-old save is the minimum I'd have to backtrack to resupply and progress even more carefully (I'd already cheated myself some cash).

[PlayerOnePhil]

LiK, on 03 September 2009 - 08:29 AM, said:

Phil, yea, Batman: AA is awesome. one of my fave games this year. btw, did you find all the Riddler stuff? it's worth it.

i plan on playing the PS3 version on Hard soon (i want me trophies!). i guess i'll be able to beat both versions of Batman before CJ finishes it, LOL.

Right now, I'm at almost 85% of the Riddler stuff. I'm definitely going back to look for the rest.

[Kirbutashi]

I can't recall the last time I actually cared enough to stick around and grab a game's collectables (We can ignore Shadow Complex on this one). Getting the bios, interviews, and Riddler reactions are good incentives to keep at it in Batman. Anyone going to go through the challenges? My interest isn't enough to carry me on through those I'm afraid.