Archive for February, 2007

EAR Episode 45: Put Down the Haterade

Posted in Episodes on February 23rd, 2007

In what appears to be our longest and funniest episode ever, mayhem takes place in the studio as siblings and stories about siblings take over the hosts’ lives.

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  • Gamestop cold-calling people to return games
  • Aqua Teen Hunger Force the game, Boston bans it
  • Jade Empire is on Steam (save $4!)..uh, neat
  • JRPG Blue Dragon gets downloadable content
  • Gears of War coming to PC
  • “Everybody Votes!”
  • You Don’t Know Jack is coming to the web
  • Okami creators form a new creative team
  • A zombie game you pay to watch? AWESOME!

EAR Interview: Casey Hudson

Posted in Interviews, Comics on February 15th, 2007

Bioware. Mass Effect. We’ve got the guy who tells people there what to do with it: Casey Hudson.

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EAR Interview: Jonathan Hickman

Posted in Interviews, Comics on February 15th, 2007

Jonathan Hickman gives us the beef on his comic, Nightly News.

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EAR Episode 44: Ghost Ride the Whip!

Posted in Episodes on February 13th, 2007

The horror. The horror. We’ve got more scares than a Hillary Duff movie. Shownotes listed below.

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  • Activision enhances their monopoly on Guitar Hero type games
  • Obvious: Guitar Hero for the Wii
  • Zelda’s Wii sales reach 1 meeeeeelion
  • MSN Games to offer ad incentives for casual game development
  • Microsoft’s Xbox Live Group Manager goes to PopCap Games to be a head honcho
  • Microsoft starts achievement promotion
  • Sony exec will pay anyone $1200 for a PS3. We all become millionaires.
  • Metal Gear Solid? A movie? Yes. Uwe Boll starts drooling.
  • Square-Enix producer: In my country we do MMORPG for PC and Xbox 360. PS3 maybe not so much.
  • Half-Life Episode 2 and all it’s add-ons pushed back to Duke Nukem Forever release. No, just Fall 2007.

EAR Episode 43: The Moon Rules Number One

Posted in Episodes on February 7th, 2007

Cold weather doesn’t stop us…well, it has once, but read on for the shownotes. The moon rules.

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  • “Special” PS3/PSP bundles for UK gamers
  • Nintendo may be learning lessons from lack Gamecube titles
  • Electronic Arts wnat to be #1 3rd party for Wii. Devoted to releasing Madden twice a year.
  • Achievement points for 360 become standardized.
  • Xbox Live titles to be released weekly in February
  • EA’s LoTR RPG AWOL
  • Lots and lots of new games for old consoles and almost dead handhelds
  • PS3 ad in an Xbox 360 game? Yep

EAR Episode 42: Fun with Censorship

Posted in Episodes on February 7th, 2007

In a moment of weakness, Nat completly forgot about posting this episode. All is not lost. EvAv member, Brock “Spigot” Wager (Manliest name ever according to Jeffool) joins the show to fill in for Justin. He brings a northerly Canadian air to our esteemed service. Going to try something new this week which means less work for you. Shownotes are listed below.

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  • Penny Arcade is pretty much Mecca for gamers.
  • Sony pimps their own game with screenies of someone else’s
  • Sony follow up on their word that PS3 is too cheap and raises price in Canada
  • Microsoft is cutting shipping estimates for Xbox 360. Halo 3 may change all that.
  • Bethesda give next to no info about Fallout 3. Gamers salivate.