Games, Dammit!
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Games, Dammit! Episode 31 - Closure | 4/5/2013
Recorded during the week of the annual Game Developers Conference, join us as we say goodbye to 1UP.com. Get ready for three-hours of podcast magic filled with memories and stories from some of your favorite 1UP editors. We thank you for all for your support through the years.
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Games, Dammit! Episode 30 - It Came From Outer Space |...
This week we put together a show that ties into our site's cover story theme, "It Came From Outer Space." Join host Jose Otero along with guests Bob Mackey, Marty Sliva, IGN's Ryan McCaffery for games discussion. And check out a special interview segment with Marcus Lindblom, one of the localizers behind a beloved Super Nintendo game called Earthbound.
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Games, Dammit! Episode ??? - 1UP and Friends, Part Duex...
This week on our yet unnamed podcast, we talk about Dead Space 3 and Fire Emblem: Awakening with lots of special guests. Tune in for the vocal contributions of Jose Otero, Mitch Dyer, Jeremy Parish, Destin Leguire, Bob Mackey, and Marty Sliva.
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Games, Dammit! Episode ?? - 1UP and Friends | 1/23/2013
We haven't settled on a new name for this podcast yet, but we have a great show for you this week. First up, a very special 1UP Direct, as we discuss this morning's Nintendo news with Richard George from IGN's Nintendo channel. After that, Gamespy's Dan Stapleton sits down with me for a special interview with Jake Solomon, the lead designer of XCOM: Enemy Unknown.
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Games, Dammit! Episode 27 - Lift Off | 11/30/2012
This week, Games, Dammit! talks all about the Wii U. In our first segment, Wired's Chris Kohler joins 1UP's Jose Otero to talk about the launch and a feature Chris recently wrote called, "Ten Things I Hate About Wii U." Afterwards, Bob Mackey and Marty Sliva chime in with their impressions of the games currently available for the system.
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Games, Dammit! Episode 26 - Angels Attack | 11/17/2012
This week, 1UP takes a break from talking about strictly video games to bring you a one-of-a-kind discussion about the biggest anime ever made in Japan. That's right, this episode is all about Evangelion, as the third rebuild of the series makes it ways to Japanese theaters. 1UP's Jose Otero, Jeremy Parish, and Bob Mackey are joined by Christian Nutt, features editor for Gamasutra.com, as they deep dive into a discussion about EVA, what it brought to video games, and ponder some of the...
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Games, Dammit! Episode 25 - King of the Hill | 11/09/2012
After a one month hiatus, Games, Dammit! returns with a bunch of special guests. In the first segment, host Jose Otero is joined in the studio by a pair of editor-in-chiefs. IGN's Casey Lynch and GamesBeat's Dan Hsu come in to reminisce about the Halo series and share impressions of Halo 4. In the second segment, IGN's Anthony Gallegos and 1UP's Bob Mackey join us for a Dishonored interview with Harvey Smith and Raphael Colantonio, co-creative directors at Arkane Studios.
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Games, Dammit! Episode 19 - The Metal Gear 25th...
1UP decided to pull out all the stops for our Metal Gear 25th anniversary episode. GamesRadar's Sterling McGarvey and 8-4 Play's Mark MacDonald join Jose Otero and Jeremy Parish for a spirited discussion of the Metal Gear series. Also, as part of this 90-minute salute, you'll also hear contributions from our dedicated listeners and other special guests.
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Games, Dammit! Metal Gear 25th Anniversary PSA |...
1UP wants to record an extra special tribute episode to the Metal Gear series. Join Jose Otero and Bob Mackey and find out what you can do to help.
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Games, Dammit! E3 2012 Minisode Vol. 2 - The Nintendo...
1UP's Jeremy Parish, Jose Otero, Marty Sliva, and Bob Mackey get together after a busy day at E3 2012 to talk about a lot of games. Tune in and listen to impressions of the Nintendo media briefing, Wii U, Project P-100, Resident Evil 6, Hitman Absolution, Silent Hill Book of Memories and Halo 4.
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Games, Dammit! E3 2012 Minisode Vol. 1 - The Press...
The first volume of 1UP's guerrilla podcast initiative at E3 2012. Join Jeremy Parish, Marty Sliva, and Jose Otero for a media briefings round up like no other.
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Games, Dammit! Episode 18 - 2012 Pre-E3 Extravaganza,...
E3 2012 is nearly here, and we close out our series and predictions series with a look at Sony's lineup, the challenges they must overcome, and our imperious demands.
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Games, Dammit! Episode 17 - 2012 Pre-E3 Extravaganza,...
Polygon.com's Matt Leone joins Jose Otero, Bob Mackey, and Marty Sliva for the most off-topic pre-E3 Microsoft predictions podcast ever.
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Games, Dammit! Episode 16 - 2012 Pre-E3 Extravaganza,...
1UP pal Kat Bailey joins Jeremy, Bob, and Marty to recap the trials and travails of Nintendo's recent past while looking ahead to our hopes and expectations for the company's E3 showing. Also, Mario and stuff.
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Games, Dammit! Episode 15 - The Vic Ireland Holiday...
Gaijinworks' Victor Ireland joins Jeremy, Bob, and Christian Nutt to discuss the thinking behind and challenges ahead of his company's RPG localization Kickstarter venture.
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Games, Dammit! Episode 14 - Remakes, Re-releases, and...
Remakes, re-releases, and re-imaginings -- which is the best way to spend your new money on old things? On this episode of Games, Dammit, Bob Mackey, Jose Otero, and Marty Sliva discuss the many methods of moving old experiences to new formats, and the possible problems that can crop up along the way.
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Games, Dammit! Episode 13 - What Do Creators Owe Us |...
J13 really is an unlucky number as this 13th episode was rendered completely obsolete before it was published. Neat! Please enjoy guest Dan Stapleton on this totally moot discussion about what creators owe us vis-a-vis the Mass Effect 3 ending debate.
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Games, Dammit! Episode 12: Mass Effect 3 Spoilerfest |...
Jeremy and Thierry kidnap IGN's Sam Claiborn and drag him beyond the Omega-4 Relay to extract his pulpy Mass Effect 3 knowledge. No plot thread is left unspoiled. Seriously, this episode is 100% spoilers. We're not kidding.
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Games, Dammit! Episode 11: Kingdoms of Amalur | 2/10/2012
Jeremy, Thierry, and Jose share their thoughts on Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning. There's also talk of football, which is weird given that Reckoning was bankrolled by a baseball star, but whatevs.
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Games, Dammit! Episode 10: The Old Republic | 02/06/2012
Kept you waiting, huh? We're back in action with this long-delayed episode. IGN's Stephanie Lee joins Jeremy Parish, Thierry Nguyen, and Ryan Winterhalter to talk about BioWare's new(-ish) Star Wars MMO.
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Games, Dammit! Episode 9: Can Portable Gaming Survive? |...
In this era of social games and cheap iOS apps, do dedicated portable systems like Vita and 3DS stand a fighting chance? Jeremy, Jose, and Matt discuss.
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Games, Dammit! Episode 8: What Up, 2012 | 01/06/2012
Jeremy, Bob, and Jose reconvene in the studio to field listener write-ins about the year ahead. Eventually, Thierry wanders in and every shares their own aspirations for 2012. It's an episode brimming with expectation! And stuff.
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Games, Dammit! Episode 7: The End of 2011 | 12/23/2011
With 2011 about to be yanked off life support, your friendly neighborhood 1UP crew gathers to reflect on the year's rad haps. And the bad ones, too. Thanks for listening, and we'll see you (or talk at you) in the new year.
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Games, Dammit! Episode 6: Holidays are Dumb | 12/21/2011
In this mercifully brief episode, Jeremy Parish, Matt Leone, and Thierry Nguyen go free-form to discuss holiday gaming memories and realize they have none. Well, except for a really heartbreaking one belonging to Matt.
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1UP.com - Games, Dammit! Episode 5: Lots of Game Music |...
Game music! What's up with that? Jeremy Parish, Bob Mackey, and Marty Sliva do their best Seinfeld routines while discussing the past, present, and future (OK, just the past and present) of the medium. Genre. Whatever. P.S., if you hate hearing music in podcasts, you should probably just hit "delete" now.
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1UP.com - Games, Dammit! Episode 3: Is Creativity Dead?...
In light of this year's glut of sequels and three-peats, Jeremy Parish wonders aloud if creativity in game design is dead. Then Thierry Nguyen and Ryan Winterhalter tell him why he's dumb for an hour.
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1UP.com - Games, Dammit! Episode 3: Skyward Sword |...
Jeremy Parish, Jose Otero, and Bob Mackey discuss their mixed feelings on the latest Legend of Zelda, the role and expectations of reviewers and readers, Nintendo's challenges, and the madness of iterative sequels.
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1UP.com - Games, Dammit! Episode 2: Assassin's Creed...
Jeremy Parish, Thierry Nguyen, and Marty Sliva shatter the Internet chat paradigm by talking about the good and bad of Assassin's Creed instead of Skyrim. Daring! Specific talk about Revelations is balanced by general franchise contemplation.
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1UP.com - Games, Dammit! Episode 1: Skyrim - 11/11/2011
Our Friday podcast gets a reset with this week's episode. Jeremy Parish, Thierry Nguyen, and Ryan Winterhalter dive into the mechanics, lore, and history of Skyrim and The Elder Scrolls.
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1UP.com - Games, Dammit! - 10/21/2011
Ryan Winterhalter kicks Matt out of his usual seat to regale Thierry and Jose with tales of The Old Republic. Meanwhile, Jeremy's back from NYCC but keeps talking about food instead of Skyrim like he promised.
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1UP.com - Games, Dammit! - 10/14/2011
Jose Otero slips into the hosting chair this week and is joined by Bob Mackey, Matt Leone, and Mike Nelson. Get ready for 90 minutes of games and news discussions ranging from Forza 4 to Ghost Trick, and bid farewell to a 1UP veteran.
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1UP.com - Games, Dammit! - 10/07/2011
Jeremy Parish, Thierry Nguyen, Jose Otero, and Bob Mackey discuss junket food, Evangelion, and prison survival in this riveting episode. Also, there's some stuff about Dark Souls and PS Vita or whatever.
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1UP.com - Games, Dammit! - 09/30/2011
Jose Otero returns from Las Vegas to bring Matt Leone and Thierry Nguyen the lowdown on EA's Syndicate reboot, while a still-jetlagged Jeremy Parish struggles to stay awake long enough to discuss his 8-hour session with the latest Legend of Zelda.
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1UP.com - Games, Dammit! - 09/23/2011
Tokyo Game Show! It happened. It made our host very sleepy from jet lag. And by golly, we talked about it, from Monster Hunter to Mommy Tummy.
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1UP.com - Games, Dammit! - 09/16/2011
To those that said this day would never come. What are they to say now? Since team 1UP Japan couldn't record a Games, Dammit! from the Tokyo city streets, Jose Otero, Bob Mackey, Mike Nelson, and Marty Sliva rush to the scene to discuss a bunch of stories from TGS 2011. Topic include: Resident Evil 6 (and a bit of RE4 HD talk), Frankenstick and the list of games that support it, Steel Battallion: Heavy Armor and how it won't let you slap women, Halo CE Anniversary Kinect support, the top 10...
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1UP.com - Games, Dammit! - 09/09/2011
Welcome to the "Let's Bring Back The 1UP Tradition of Drinking During a Podcast" episode. Scooter, Matt, Jose, and Bob knock back some beers while talking about games like: Dead Island, Star Fox 64 3D, Rise of Nightmares, Crimson Alliance, BloodRayne Betrayal, Leedmees, and Resistance 3. There's also lots of random digressions in-between games, which is how this podcast is 96 minutes of nonsense.
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1UP.com - Games, Dammit! - 09/02/2011
Jeremy is out being a boss, so that leave Scooter, Matt, Jose, and Bob Mackey left to talk about such things as: The OC, Spelunky, Persona, counting the hours we spent playing games, Rise of Nightmares, Kinect gaming in general, Jose feeding Matt a hamburger, rampant misogyny, and Labor Day weekend plans.
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1UP.com - Games, Dammit! - 08/26/2011
With Jeremy away at PAX, Ryan takes over to chat with Mike Nelson, Matt Leone and IGN's Destin Legarie about Gamestop's Deus Ex/OnLive debacle, Wing Commander, the delay of Kinect Star Wars, Steve Jobs' resignation, and the 20th anniversary of the SNES.
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1UP.com - Games, Dammit! - 08/12/2011
A week of dreary gaming news deserves a deary podcast! After talking about delicious food for a moment, we delve into the hard times that have befallen Nintendo, THQ, and Team Bondi lately. A little Descendents of Erdrick music helps pep things up, tho.
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1UP.com - Games, Dammit! - 08/05/2011
The guard shifts this week, as Jeremy takes over hosting duties for Games, Dammit. Since Jeremy was too busy being in meetings, he didn't prepare show notes, so he, Scooter, Jose Otero, and Ryan Winterhalter talk about a bunch of random stuff. Here's a list to illustrate how off-topic this episode gets: Mario Kart 7, a hypothetical Star Dracula Kart, PlayStation Vita and a Black Eyed Pea, the big stick robbery, "Rage guy", James Bond, Superman, Yuji Naka's fishing game, Japanese vacation...
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1UP.com - Games, Dammit! - 07/29/2011
Besides the sudden 3DS price drop, it's been a bit of a slow news week. So we decided to pretty much throw most of the main editorial staff into the podcast studio for this episode. Our roster this week includes Scooter, Jeremy, Matt, and Ryan; then Jose and Bob bring a special guest from 1UP's past into the studio for a seven man podcastravaganza. Stuff we talk about include the aforementioned price drop, Aliens: Infestation, Catherine, Ghost Trick, MGS 3 Snake Eater 3DS, and how amazingly...
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1UP.com - Games, Dammit! - 07/22/2011
It's San Diego Comic-Con, so naturally we talk about...E3! With Jeremy out at SDCC, and Jose and Bob on Mario Kart duty this week's lineup is Scooter, Matt, Ryan, and Cheats intern Marty Sliva (who sounds like Andrew Pfister to us). We talk about all the fighting game news, professional conduct during E3 interviews, Star Fox 64 3D's water effects, water and beaches in games, and how we personally don't pay attention to ESRB ratings. Enjoy!
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1UP.com - Games, Dammit! - 07/15/2011
On this week's Dammit, we start off tackling such topics as Netflix on 3DS, Call of Duty Elite and XP, EA purchasing Popcap, strategy games in regards to XCOM, television depictions of video games, and the heady issue of proper crediting (focused on LA Noire). Games-wise, we chat a bit about older Zelda titles, Deus Ex Human Revolution, LA Noire, and what Matt Leone would change about Bayonetta. We then answer reader queries about our feelings on QTEs, the supposed resurgence of 2D games,...
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1UP.com - Games, Dammit! - 07/08/2011
This week, we talk about the brief highs, and the many lows, of EA Studio Showcase (where does Burnout Crash fit in?!?!?). Games-wise, we chat up more BioShock Infinite now that EVERYONE has seen it, some Journey, and hit upon the newly revealed Dishonored. Then, we feel the curse of being part of a big company with a lot of podcasts, as just when we’re about to do voicemails and reader questions, we get kicked off due to another podcast needing the studio. DOH.
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1UP.com - Games, Dammit! - 07/02/2011
It’s our first week in the IGN office! This show sounds a bit wonkier than usual, tech-wise, because we’re using the IGN podcast setup -- in fact, it has more chairs, so we had 1UP features duder Bob Mackey sit in too. At some point, we will have things fixed. Until then, oh well! That doesn’t stop us from talking about Jeremy’s promotion to 1UP Editor-in-Chief and his overall goal for the site, the Supreme Court decision, the truth behind Bungie Aerospace, Call of Duty XP and Respawn...
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1UP.com - Games, Dammit! - 06/24/2011
The end of an era! Sorta! We're moving to IGN offices next week, so this is the last episode in the "1UP Admiral's Club." In it, we talk about gaming's love of celebrations (specifically Sonic, Quake, and Bungie), Jeff Green's return to EA (via the rumored Popcap purchase), how Gaikai and Wal-Mart have a nifty demo system, Kinect ads and Halo Anniversary support, and the weird "celebrity" appearances in the Duke Nukem Forever multiplayer trailer. Plus, we chat about Shadows of the Damned and...
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1UP.com - Games, Dammit! - 06/17/2011
Before jumping into more Wii U and E3 discussion, Scooter, Matt, Jose, and Jeremy talk about that whole Duke Nukem Forever release-plus-negative-review deal this week. Then we properly continue the E3-centric podcast discussion that we kinda-sorta started last week. More ruminations about the Wii U, a random tangent about Ghost Recon Future Soldier, some Star Trek, the preponderance of QTEs in modern games, and even more Ninja Gaiden 3. Plus, we rank the "take something from the big screen...
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1UP.com - Games, Dammit! - 06/16/2011
Wait, this episode of Games, Dammit! is either a little too early, or way late. Either way, it's also short. We (meaning Scooter, Matt, Jeremy, and Jose) recorded this right after our last appointment(s) at E3, and before taking off for a staff dinner. So it's 26 minutes of raw, in-the-moment E3 discussion. What we liked at the show, what we wanted more of, and most importantly: why Jose likes Ninja Gaiden 3 while Matt doesn't. Stay tuned later this week for a full E3...
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1UP.com - Games, Dammit! - 06/09/2011
This was supposed to go up right on Tuesday noon Pacific. But some technical issues cropped up and we end up not able to post this until E3 is over. So even though E3 passed, we recorded this before heading down to LA and thus really don't know what happened in the (now past) press conferences. Pretend this came out a few days ago, and get psyched for our full E3 blowout podcast next week.
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1UP.com - Games, Dammit! - 05/29/2011
Matt and Scooter return from Pre-E3/Judges Week to talk about games with Tina and Jose. We talk a lot about Modern Warfare 3 and BioShock Infinite, while also touching on titles like Bastion, Renegade Ops, Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning, Ghost Recon Online, and more. We also talk about our favorite quotes from videogames, running speeds in FPS games, and a whole lot of inside-the-sausage-factory style stuff about reviews. Also, the random Inception noise comes up because we didn't want to...
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1UP.com - Games, Dammit! - 05/20/2011
With Scooter and Matt out, it falls to Jeremy Parish, Jose Otero, Tina Sanchez, and Mike Nelson to stoke the home fires. The time has come to talk of many things: PSN, Modern Warfare 3, a new 1UP project... and, of course, sealing wax and kings.
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1UP.com - Games, Dammit! - 05/15/2011
Besides talking a bit more about the PSN outage, we hit games like Starhawk, Dragon Quest Anniversary, Soulcalibur V, Dark Souls, Ocarina of Time 3D, Dark Souls, and even Cars 2. Questions-wise, we answer voicemails about PSN and game updates, our own weird retail experiences, and get further digressed with Ranma 1/2 and chicken paprikash. Then we tackle some text questions about mute protagonists in FPS games, the nature of open-world games, games we wanted to play but couldn't, and game...
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1UP.com - Games, Dammit! - 05/07/2011
Welcome to "IGN Dammit!" Kinda. In response to this week's big news, we had Scooter, Jeremy, Matt, and Sam sit down and gab a bit about games like Portal 2, Dragon Quest VI, Outland, and Guardian Heroes. Then we finally get around to the whole IGN acquiring 1UP topic, along with some live call-in questions. Listen for guest stars like new co-worker Greg Miller, former co-worker Alan Johnson, and former-but-now-new-again-co-worker Mike Cruz. Also, Ballsrog makes an appearance! Then Tina sits...
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1UP.com - Games, Dammit! - 04/29/2011
Welcome to the split episode this week! In the first half of this podcast, Scooter, Matt Leone, Jeremy Parish, and Jose Otero talk about the whole Sony PSN debacle, a random story about Beyonce cancelling a game, and more ruminations about Nintendo's Project Caf. Games-wise, we talk about Driver: San Francisco, Dead or Alive 3DS, Square Enix remakes, and Deus Ex: Human Revolution's version of a hyper-competent and powerful FEMA. After answering some questions about chicken'n'waffles and...
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1UP.com - Games, Dammit! - 04/22/2011
If the previous episode was All About Frank Cifaldi Because He's Leaving, then today is All About Jeremy Parish Because He's Back. With most of the games and question/answer stuff being taken care of with the Monday episode, we have a shorter (about an hour) chat about stuff like 1UP E3 Blogger Contest, Sony's woes of late, and Jeremy's take on the rumored Nintendo system. We also talk a bit about Mega Man Legends 3: Prototype, Super Mario 3DS, and the Law & Order embargo. All that, plus a...
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1UP.com - Games, Dammit! - 04/18/2011
It's the life and times of Frank Cifaldi-cast! This week, Scooter, Matt, and Tina (Jeremy is somewhere in southern California) bid a fond adieu to Frank, as he goes freelance. Games-wise, we chat about The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim, Prey 2, Sonic Generations, Rage, Uncharted 3, and a lightning-round style rundown of a whole bunch of other games. Then we answer questions about franchise makeovers, seasonal gaming, shocking moments, and our personal job histories. Then we cry some more about...
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1UP.com - Games, Dammit! - 04/01/2011
Frank is taking the day off, so the Games, Dammit! foursome consists of Thierry Nguyen, Matt Leone, Jeremy Parish, and his subordinate, Tina Sanchez. This week, we talk about the rash of cancellations, the pronunciation of "Weinstein," and lawsuits. Games-wise, we chat about "Halo Dance Central," educate Tina about Choplifter HD, let Jeremy espouse about Monster Tale and Grand Knights History, and figure out what other Caucasian developers have made a Resident Evil game. Questions we tackle...
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1UP.com - Games, Dammit! - 03/25/2011
With Jeremy out working on our big Nintendo 3DS scorecard, we rope in 1UP community manager Tina Sanchez as our Jeremy-for-the-week. We chat about the upcoming 3DS launch and some of its games, the GBA's anniversary, and Resident Evil's anniversary. Other game-talk include Duke Nukem, Crank the Weasel, and the next David Cage game. Questions-wise, we talk about gaming-related injuries, Catherine coming to the U.S., and some book recommendations. Oh yea, and we call this the "Sworcery-cast"...
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1UP.com - Games, Dammit! - 03/19/2011
The usual Games Dammit crew has been re-assembled for full Podcast Voltron goodness. This week, we let Frank and Jeremy regale us with their PAX East highlight (hint, it's food), and we talk about stuff like Doug Church going to Valve, the rumored NGP price point, the power of Metacritic, and the Nintendo 3DS tether girls. Games-wise, we talk up Fallen Frontier, Batman Arkham City, Thor, Captain America, X-Men Destiny, and Prey 2. Also, the whole time, Jeremy plays Pilotwings Resort for...
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1UP.com - Games, Dammit! - 03/11/2011
Okay, you want games? We got games. With Jeremy and Frank out at PAX East, we wrangle Justin Haywald and Mike Cruz into the studio to talk about nothing but games (and nonsense). No news items or voicemail questions this time -- we talk about: Dead Island, El Shaddai, Uncharted 3, Mortal Kombat, Shoot Many Robots, Shadows of the Damned, Darkness 2, Alice: Madness Returns, Hawken, Trenched, and more (that was only half the list, listen for the rest!). We still get sidetracked along the way,...
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1UP.com - Games, Dammit! - 03/02/2011
In part one of our GDC Special Series, Dammit, the Table of Four features Thierry Nguyen, Matt Leone, Justin Haywald, and special guest Peter Molyneux. We chat about his own gaming habits, and what's been going on at the Game Developer's Conference so far. It's a quick 45-minute show, but we blaze through such topics as the iPad 2, the Nintendo keynote (and its accompanying announcements about Netflix, Mario, and Zelda), Yu Suzuki's career, The Last Guardian, inFamous 2, and Battlefield 3....
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1UP.com - Games, Dammit! - 02/27/2011
With Scooter showing the downside of having children and shivering under the covers like a tired soup-craving old man, Frank takes the reins with guest Tina Sanchez to talk about Microsoft's pre-GDC press event featuring such games as Batman: Arkham City, Child of Eden, The Gunstringer, and Sesame Street: Once Upon a Monster. Then we cover the Battlefield and Skyrim trailers, and think all the way back to last week when we saw Telltale's Jurassic Park. Then Frank talks about sandwiches.
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1UP.com - Games, Dammit! - 02/18/2011
The Games, Dammit foursome are reunited now that Matt Leone and Scooter are back from Las Vegas. Topics for the week include follow-through from the Duke Nukem Titty City discussion, the Dead Island trailer that everyone else talks about, the Smithsonian's game exhibit (and how Frank and Scooter ended up being on the advisory board for a different museum), the fame of Felicia Day, Double Fine's Once Upon A Monster, and the non-development of Mirror's Edge 2. Then we tackle questions about...
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1UP.com - Games, Dammit! - 02/11/2011
Special guest Tim Rogers fills in for Matt and Scooter as Frank and Jeremy run the show and try not to break anything. Tim brought cookies but don't worry: they're chewy, you don't have to hear us crunching. Topics include: which real-world cities have the best level design, the sad state of nothingbut.net, and videogames.
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1UP.com - Games, Dammit! - 02/04/2011
We welcome back Matt Leone and get him to deliver some final details on his experience with the Sony NGP (and how Japanese KFCs have a "Krusher" beverage). After that, we talk a bit about Namco's announcements -- ranging from the new Dark Souls and Armored Core titles to the role of the Power Rangers and whether "Unbounded" is a word. Afterwards, we deliver some thoughts on whether we should attend "Duke Nukem's Titty City" next week. Other topics include the new zombie MMO Class3/Class4...
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1UP.com - Games, Dammit! - 01/28/2011
For this week, since Matt Leone is out in Japan, we invite Reviews Editor Justin Haywald to be his stand-in. Despite the one guy who saw and played with the Sony NGP not being present, we still manage to talk some thirty-odd minutes about Sony's new portable, and how it's a miracle that no one else had done a rear-facing touchpad before. Besides the NGP, other topics include: comic books we recommend, racial diversity in videogames, our memories of the Atari Lynx, more storytelling in games,...
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1UP.com - Games, Dammit! - 01/21/2011
It's Nintendo 3DS madness this week, as we get Jeremy to dish out a whole lotta details about the Nintendo 3DS event in New York City earlier this week. We also talk up rumors about a Walking Dead game, a pair of twos (Portal and Final Fantasy XIII), and Frank delivers his final thoughts on Fallout New Vegas: Dead Money. We go through even more Elevator Action calls, and answer questions about how we do list features, how to vote with your dollar, the fate of Daily 1Update, storytelling in...
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1UP.com - Games, Dammit! - 01/14/2011
It's the return of the traditional Games, Dammit! crew! Since Frank Cifaldi rejoins Scooter, Matt, and Jeremy in the studio and we all talk about Fallout: New Vegas' Dead Money DLC, Swarm, our musings about CES and Nintendo World, and the PSP2 (along with its "feel-y nipples"). Questions-wise, we tackle topics such as handholding in games, horseriding in Red Dead Redemption versus sailing in Legend of Zelda: Wind Waker, a special boardgame from Brenda Braithwaite, M-rated sports games, and...
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1UP.com - Games, Dammit! - 01/07/2011
What happens when one podcaster goes to CES, you have a new office with a podcast studio that lacks headphones, and you bring in guests from Double Fine? You get this Work-In-Progress-Sounding version of "Games, Dammit!" for the first week of 2011! Subbing in for Frank Cifaldi, we invited Tim Schafer (studio founder) and Lee Petty (project director) from Double Fine to sit and jabber with us. As a result, we have about an hour-and-a-half's hour of talk about games like Minotaur Rescue,...
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1UP.com - Games, Dammit! - 12/23/2010
It's a Games, Dammit! holiday miracle! We start out thinking that because we're recording early in a short week before heading out for the holidays, that we'd have a short show, but nope, we still fill your ears with nonsense for nearly two hours. Games-wise, we talk about Stacking and Back to the Future -- in addition to each cast member detailing his personal Game of the Year (and the one 2011 he's looking forward to). You also learn that Scooter has a frankly irrational association with...
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1UP.com - Games, Dammit! - 12/17/2010
Nearly two hours of lovable nonsense this week! Games-wise, we chat a bit about Killzone 3, Intellivision Lives, and Jeremy's disappointment with Super Mario All-Stars 25th Anniversary Limited Edition. Plus, we learn all about the Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer game via Amazon reviews (and Frank also attempts to buy Rudolph on-air), and Jeremy and Frank discuss the merits of the original TRON movie. After a very magical appearance from a "special guest," we get into listener queries about...
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1UP.com - Games, Dammit! - 12/10/2010
Frank Cifaldi's absence doesn't affect our ability to talk about games, dammit! With a quick substitution of Justin Haywald, we blaze though a somewhat games-packed, with talk about Journey, Uncharted 3, Tomb Raider, Catherine, Final Fantasy XIV, Demon's Souls, and Ni No Kuni (Another World -- which Justin and Jeremy go absolutely nuts over). We tackle questions about the disparity between preview and review coverage, our opinion on videogame music concerts, foreign boxarts, and our favorite...
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1UP.com - Games, Dammit! - 12/03/2010
Just because most of the big blockbuster titles have shipped doesn't mean there's not enough lovable nonsense to podcast about this week. The big thing occupying our minds is our imminent office move, and how our prepwork for said mode has unearthed some awesome treasure from the glory days of print magazines. Games-wise, we talk up Darkstar (and how it features, in Frank's words, "the memory of handsome"), Infinity Blade, Binary Domain, Golden Sun: Dark Dawn, and even more Splatterhouse....
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1UP.com - Games, Dammit! - 11/25/2010
It's a Games, Dammit! Thanksgiving/Black Friday special! Well, we talk a bit about our sad lives, Thanksgiving plans, and gaming backlogs. Other topics include the casting of Marky Mark in Uncharted, and how Frank still plays OnLive. If you just want games, we talk up Disney Epic Mickey, Stacking, and Splatterhouse. Finally, we answer listener questions about embargoes, RSS feeds, and holiday release schedules. Enjoy Thanksgiving and Black Friday!
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1UP.com - Games, Dammit! - 11/19/2010
Welcome to Version 2.0 of our first official episode as "Games, Dammit!" Due to a combination of user error, technical non-know-how, and Jeremy leaving for vacation, this week's episode is at 75% strength with Scooter, Matt, and Frank. There will be lots of references to the "lost" version of this episode (which sounded like Matt and Scooter talking to a mute Jeremy while Frank weaves in and out of the show depending on his excitement and volume), but overall, we cover the same ground. We...
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1UP.com - In This Thread - 11/12/2010
Welcome to the podcast formerly known as In This Thread/4 Guys 1UP/1UP Yours, and now currently being called either "Burger Time" or "USS 1UP Flagship Podcast." For this pilot episode of an all-new podcast, we have Thierry "Scooter" Nguyen on host/showrunning duties along with a ragtag band of fellows such as Frank Cifaldi, Matt Leone, and Jeremy Parish. If there's one way to summarize this episode, it'd be, "lovable nonsense interspersed with some game commentary." Sure, we lay down the...
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1UP.com - In This Thread - 11/05/2010
Warren Spector joins Frank and Mike in the studio to discuss Epic Mickey, bringing back Oswald the Lucky Rabbit, and classic cartoons. Also, what's this about Spector wanting to do a DuckTales game?
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1UP.com - In This Thread - 10/22/2010
Another busy weeks leads to a shortened lineup -- only Justin and Matt join Ray, but there's still plenty to talk about. Ray's been playing Game Dev Story and the "new" Time Crisis, and news deals with Professor Layton and Phoenix Wright's team-up, the far-outness of the new Command and Conquer, and Billy Joel in Rock Band, for starters. Plus, what makes a beard "pop?" The answer may surprise you. All this and more.
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1UP.com - In This Thread - 10/15/2010
Ray, Matt, Justin and Alice hit the ground running in this uncharacterist morning taping of In This Thread. Impressions of Rock Band 3 lead the show, along with a bittersweet judgment on Sonic the Hedgehog 4. In News, it's the officially-official retail release of NBA Jam on the HD consoles, Mega Man Legends 3, Grashopper's new hires, OutRun's upcoming disappearance from XBLA, DOTA 2, and a few more bits. Then it's back into games with Alice's views on Kirby's Epic Yarn, and another round of...
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1UP.com - In This Thread: Eric Chahi and From Dust -...
In this special one-off edition of In This Thread, we talk to Eric Chahi and Guillame Brunier about From Dust, their upcoming simulation game on the way from Ubisoft. Chahi was also the creator of the groundbreaking action-adventure Another World (Out of This World), as well as the 1998 platformer Heart of Darkness. We discuss those early days with Chahi, as well.
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1UP.com - In This Thread - 10/08/2010
Ray gets Matt, Justin and Scooter in the studio on a rare Hump Day recording, and things start with post-release discussion of EA's NBA Jam (and its price), playing Black Ops in 3D, a little more of Kirby's Epic Yarn, and Ubisoft's Kinect fighting game. In news, it's the weirdness surrounding Medal of Honor, an introduction to Panasonic's "Jungle" handheld, commentary on games from Guillermo del Toro, and the value of Hollywood partnerships with Ken Levine. Plus, Justin teaches Matt how to...
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1UP.com - In This Thread - 10/01/2010
Lots to talk about this week, starting with the Nintendo 3DS press conference update, where we go over the system's features before its launch next year; some light mudslinging from Bobby Kotick and EA; NBA Elite's delay and NBA Jam's new life; and in the second half, an honest-to-god discussion about new games we've played, including Ubisoft's Outland, From Dust, and more; Castlevania Lords of Shadow; Enslaved, and we forget what color taupe is.
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1UP.com - In This Thread - 09/24/2010
The thread is packed to the gills this week, as we open with TGS leftovers, Who's Beaten the Donkey Kong High Score This Week, the Michael Jackson MMO, Billy Blanks' Wii game, the iffiness of GOG.com's death and return, Netflix in Canada, and tangents, tangents, tangents!
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1UP.com - In This Thread - 09/17/2010
It's the big ol' Tokyo Game Show roundup with Ray, Scooter, Justin, and briefly, Alice. We go over Ray's big 3 "whats" (or "WTFs"): Yakuza, DmC, and Steel Battalion. Every other big announcement is talked about, too, including but not limited to Microsoft's hardcore Kinect games, The Last Guardian, Shadows of the Damned, Phantasy Star Online 2, and at the end, non-TGS impressions of Pac-Man Championship Edition DX and Kirby's Epic Yarn. "Epic yarn" might be a good name for this episode, too.
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1UP.com - In This Thread - 09/10/2010
Ray welcomes Matt Leone and Justin Haywald back to the office following their respective road trips, and gets right into the news with both of them. Discussions include Duke Nukem Forever, the also-long-awaited MST3K-infused Darkstar, Stardock's layoffs, PS3 "jailbreaking," the sequel to Dissidia Final Fantasy, Noby Noby Boy's creator stepping away from the industry, and, you know... more!
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1UP.com - In This Thread - 09/03/2010
The bulk of the 1UP staff is gone this weekend, but Ray still pulls in Scooter and Scott Sharkey for this week's roundup. There's much to be discussed about subjects such as the possible StarCraft and BioShock movies (and many others), the new Xbox 360 controller, Nintendo's Mario All-Stars revival, plus new impressions of Call of Duty Black Ops and Sony's Move launch games.
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1UP.com - In This Thread - 08/27/2010
The news runs a somewhat typical gamut this week, from annoucements (DeathSpank 2), delays (FF XIV) and cancellations (This is Vegas), to more heady stuff about downloadable content, Portal in the classroom, and theorizing about the next Yakuza game. Scooter Nguyen and Jeremy Parish join Ray, along with special guest Aram Jabbari, PR manager at Atlus USA, who also lends insight to the discussion about Capcom trying to prevent PR disasters earlier and the pros/cons of digital distribution.
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1UP.com - In This Thread - 08/20/2010
Gamescom news leads this week's show, as Ray, Matt, and Justin jet through the expo's various announcements, including Microsoft's new PC games, Ratchet and Clank, Resistance 3, Virtua Tennis, and more, plus the heap of release dates for the next few months (Portal 2! Donkey Kong!), the weird new Atlus game Catherine, and at the end of it all, a good old-fashioned guessing game.
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1UP.com - In This Thread - 08/13/2010
Ray's back, but the formalties are short as we jump right into the news, starting with, of course, BioShock Infinite! Then it's on to the *really* big news, you know, like Billy Mitchell reclaiming his top spots on Donkey Kong, the reveal of Double Fine's Costume Quest, the possible revival of Duke Nukem Forever, the alleged PSP phone, and the wacky toys Activision is packing in with Call of Duty. After all that, at1UP's Mike Cruz and Alan Johnson join in at the end and give us their own...
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1UP.com - In This Thread - 08/06/2010
Ray's still out, so Mike is back back on hosting duties. This week, Frank, Matt, and Mike are joined by Karl Stewart, Global Brand Manager at Crystal Dynamics (Lara Croft and the Guardian of Light). Gaming news is discussed and then the guys grill Karl a little bit about Lara Croft, and why Adam West isn't in Batman: Arkham Asylum.
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1UP.com - In This Thread - 07/30/2010
Ray Barnholt has gone fishin', so manager Matt Leone has decided to call Mike Cruz out of the bullpen to man the mound. Frank Cifaldi leads off with a wrap-up of his Comic-Con adventures, Justin Haywald argues with the ump about What Games to Play Before You Die, and the whole team gets together in the dugout to talk about the news of the week. And what does this episode have to do with baseball? Absolutely nothing.
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1UP.com - In This Thread - 07/23/2010
It's a healthy week of news roundups as Ray, Matt, Justin and Scooter go over EA's summer press event, including their announcements of Darkspore, Kingdoms of Amalur, and yes, even EA Sports Active NFL Training Camp. We also go over PC game sales ever so slightly becoming more digital, the probably-sure-bet of a Capcom Vs. Namco game, Guitar Hero getting excessive, and more stories, plus some of your comments.
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1UP.com - In This Thread - 07/16/2010
It's a healthy mix of good and bad in this week's news roundup, with stories on cancellations, layoffs, people being called pricks, Double Fine's new projects, and obese hedgehogs. InstantAction CEO Louis Castle joins Ray, Matt, and Frank in discussing this week's topics, and his company's cloud gaming platform.
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1UP.com - In This Thread - 07/09/2010
News takes up most of the attention this week, although one new and interesting game makes it in DeathSpank, with pre-release impressions from Matt and Scooter. Other than that, it's a roundup including PlayStation Move launch games, Kinect's possible standing-room-only, Activision's desired PC-based future, NBA Jam probably coming to the HD consoles, Mortal Kombat, Red Dead, and as always: So. Much. More.
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1UP.com - In This Thread - 07/02/2010
A new name for an old show is the least of the discussion this week. Ray asks Jeremy Parish about Crackdown 2 (or at least the most he can talk about), Justin chimes in with impressions of Puzzle Agent and Lego Harry Potter, and the news hits everything from Roger Ebert to PlayStation Plus to weird in-game advertising.
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1UP.com - 4 Guys 1UP - 06/25/2010
It's been a nice week of post-E3 decompression for us. Ray, Justin, Matt and Frank take to the mics to give some final thoughts on this year's show. Key points include late impressions of Journey on PS3, thoughts on E3 as a whole and where it may be headed, perhaps even if it's going out of hand; and in the second half, a sort-of news segment that's mostly about Microsoft's as-yet-unconfirmed Kinect price, and how Sony and others are pricing their motion control options. Plus, the elusive...
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1UP.com - 4 Guys 1UP - E3 Day 3 06/16/2010
We close out our E3 on-site series with a long, drawn-out, sometimes just plan tired rundown of some of the games we've seen and played in the last couple of days. Thrill as we explain our opinions of NBA Elite, NHL Slapshot, Child of Eden, Vanquish, Monkey Island 2 Special Edition, Batman The Brave and the Bold, DJ Hero on 3DS, and so much more. Special guest Alex Evans from MediaMolecule briefly joins Ray, Matt, and Alice, with news editor Frank Cifaldi hopping on for the final block.
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1UP.com - 4 Guys 1UP - E3 Day 2 - 06/15/2010
Our E3 Day 2 coverage starts with -- what else? -- Nintendo's morning press conference, so we hit all the big points from that show, including but not limited to the unveiling of the 3DS. The Sony press conference was still going on as we were recording, so we keep most of the discussion brief, but there's still room to pontificate on the rest of E3's games and trends. Ken Levine from Irrational Games joins Ray, Matt and Scooter for this midday show.
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1UP.com - 4 Guys 1UP - E3 Day 2 Part 2- 06/15/2010
Frank, Scooter, and Mike wrap up today's podcast coverage with special guest Warren Spector from Disney Interactive. The foursome discuss Epic Mickey, 3D gaming, and Mr. Spector's love of all things Disney.
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1UP.com - 4 Guys 1UP - E3 Day 1 - 06/14/2010
Our first day of E3 coverage is focused on Microsoft, whose awe-inspiring (on many levels) events left us wondering if Natal -- now Kinect -- is really what it's cracked up to be. A lot more discussion of Microsoft's Monday press conference follows, including chatting about Metal Gear Solid Rising, Gears of War 3, and all the extra Kinect stuff in between, plus a short rundown at EA's press conference later that day. Special guest Shane Bettenhausen from Ignition Entertainment joins Ray,...
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1UP.com - 4 Guys 1UP - 06/11/2010
E3 is mere days away, but why should information take a break? We start with some iPhone 4 chat with Jeremy Parish, then move on to game talk with some final thoughts on Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker, then preview talk with Rock Band 3, Spider-Man, and more. In news, it's been Mortal Kombat Week, but that's almost overshadowed (in our opinion) by Telltale's upcoming Jurassic Park and Back to the Future games, plus some more E3 bits, like Tomonobu Itagaki's new game, Yakuza 4, and rounding...
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1UP.com - 4 Guys 1UP - 06/04/2010
It's a big E3 preview show, in that we have a huge list of upcoming games and let you know about them. We open with news about some E3 rumors, Nintendo DS news, and new events in a couple of sports games. Then, we're into the big list of E3 games, dropping hints and regular speculation on virtually all of the publishers' titles, from Rock Band 3, Dead Space 2, PlayStation Move, Natal and 3DS, and so much more.
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1UP.com - 4 Guys 1UP - 05/28/2010
Ray, Matt Leone, Scooter and Sharkey break down the past week's big previews with Killzone 3, Call of Duty: Black Ops, and F3AR, among others, and then another huge rundown in the news segment, where we go over Insomniac joining forces with EA, Microsoft execs leaving, PlayStation Network rumors, Rock Band 3, and yes, even Sonic Colors.
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1UP.com - 4 Guys 1UP - 05/21/2010
This week, Alice Liang holds Frank Cifaldi, Justin Haywald, UGO's Tracey John, and you, the listener, hostage in the podcast room. The conversation starts innocently enough with Frank sharing this week's hot ticket news items, and then mysteriously wanders into the realm of erotic gaming. But sanity is restored with a quick chat about E3 wishes. And stick around for a bonus Alan Wake spoiler segment with 1UP's very own Alan (Johnson).
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1UP.com - 4 Guys 1UP - 05/14/2010
Don't call it a comeback! This week news editor Frank Cifaldi takes over and forces everyone to talk about the sudden resurgance of printed videogame magazines. Luckily he brings in some great guests to help out, including Game Informer editor in chief Andy "The Game Dandy" McNamara, Electronic Gaming Monthly senior editor Brady Fiechter, and GamePro's John Davison. Also: the latest games industry news with Sam and Jeremy, and an introduction to A.P.B. with Thierry and Sharkey.
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1UP.com - 4 Guys 1UP - 05/07/2010
This week, Ray Barnholt takes the helm, doing it "classic style" with just games and news. Jeremy Parish, Thierry Nguyen, and Justin Haywald join in to talk about Alan Wake, Fallout: New Vegas, Lost Planet 2, Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker, and more, plus hitting up the week's standout stories including Nintendo's money problems (in a relative sense), a baseball gamer's money solutions, Assassin's Creed sequels, and so much more. "More" being lots of crass humor, of course.
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1UP.com - 4 Guys 1UP - 04/30/2010
We dig deep this week to find something, ANYTHING worth talking about that doesn't involve Activision or Bungie. Are our efforts in vain, or is there more to the games industry than the shenanigans of corporate juggernauts? A podcast thrillstravaganza!
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1UP.com - 4 Guys 1UP - 04/24/2010
Krome's Cameron Davis joins us for a big, meaty show dripping with juicy news. Respawn! Halo Reach! Warner! Captivate! iPad! And, uh, Martha Stewart? Weird. So, come! Subject yourself to the experience that can only be called... The Ugly Babycast.
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1UP.com - 4 Guys 1UP - 04/02/2010
A big, big week for news demands a big, big podcast. This episode we talk about PAX East, DSi XL, iPad, Ralph Baer, and Mario Galaxy 2. Plus, another GDC-era segment starring the fabulous Dylan Cuthbert!
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1UP.com - 4 Guys 1UP - 03/26/2010
With Jeremy out, Matt, Ray, Thierry, and Frank pull together a series of nontraditional segments, including a roundtable chat on Nintendo's 3DS, bite-sized interviews with consultant to the stars Mark Cerny and Enslaved's Tameem Antoniades, and a full-length discussion with Microsoft Game Studios' Peter Molyneux. Then to finish it off, they offer a few random facts about games like APB and Deus Ex Human Revolution.
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1UP.com - 4 Guys 1UP - 03/19/2010
With the departure of 4 Guys' host, the show shifts temporarily into low-key mode. Jeremy Parish, Matt Leone, Jade Kraus, and Mike Nelson discuss the week's news and releases, and David Cage and Stig Asmussen talk about Heavy Rain and God of War III.
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1UP.com - 4 Guys 1UP - 03/13/2010
No more drama. It's my final (new) 1UP podcast, and I invited a few friends to help me blow this mother out. Former cast mates, Garnett Lee, John Davison, Shane Bettenhausen, Andrew Pfister, and Mark MacDonald join me to talk about the DS2, PlayStation Move, Heavy Rain, God of War III, Final Fantasy XIII, Lara Croft, and more. Also hopping on the mic are N'Gai Croal, Christ Tilton, and Ryan Payton as we talk everything GDC: the rumors, the panels and the games.
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1UP.com - 4 Guys 1UP - 03/05/2010
This has been one of the most bizarre weeks for gaming news ever. First Playstation 3 systems started shutting down around the word, then all Hell started breaking loose around Infinity Ward and Activision. Now we have the official announcement that Portal 2 is coming this year. We break down all those stories plus first-hand look from Nintendo's press summit, first impressions of Shinji Mikami's new shooter Vanquish, and we're joined by the developer of Love to talk about how procedural...
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1UP.com - 4 Guys 1UP - 02/26/2010
We're recording on the road once again. Joining us this week from Japan is John Riccardi and Mark MacDonald from 8-4, Shane Bettenhausen from Ignition Entertainment, and 1UP executive editor, Matt Leone. There's plenty to talk about this week with Nintendo's summer release announcements for Super Mario Galaxy 2 and Metroid Other M. We also go a little further in talking about Nintendo's rumored new consoles along with what Sony can do to shore up their handheld division. Rounding things out...
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1UP.com - 4 Guys 1UP - 02/19/2010
Another week, another industry event. We're in Las Vegas for DICE, and we took the opportunity to invite some game insiders to talk about their experiences at the conference. Eat Sleep Play's David Jaffe and Insomniac's James Stevenson join us in the first segment to talk about OnLive, interacting with the people that play their games, and the difficulty in creating products that reach a wide audience. In part two of this two segment episode, the MANGOD himself, Shane Bettenhausen, sits down...
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1UP.com - 4 Guys 1UP - 02/12/2010
With Microsoft inviting a whopping mass of devs and press alike into town this week, we thought it would be the perfect opportunity to invite an old friend on to break down all the happenings. It also turned out to be a great chance to make some new friends by chatting up some the biggest names in game development. We chat with Peter Molyneux about his ongoing ambitions in game design, Bungie's Brian Jarrard and Marcus Lehto give us a tiny peak behind Halo Reach's curtain and Peter, James,...
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1UP.com - 4 Guys 1UP - 02/05/2010
It's not every week that a sequel get's announced 16 years after the last title. Since Sega decided to pull back the curtain on Sonic 4: Episode 1 it was the perfect time to bring Ray Barnholt and Jeremy Parish to talk about the significance of Sega adding that 4 to the title. Not to be outdone we also talk about the latest Fallout game, the ESRB getting a little too descriptive, and Grasshopper games adding some serious talent. In Whatcha been playin Ray talks about the recently released No...
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1UP.com - 4 Guys 1UP - 01/29/2010
Between the iPad and Monster Hunter Frontier port it's been a week filled with underwhelming announcements. That's ok because we've been playing plenty of games that will pick up the slack. While Sam and John talk about their hands-on experience with Apple new wundertablet, Scooter and David spent some quality time with Resident Evil 5's first DLC package and blew a bunch of stuff up in Split-Second. Then we round it out with our spoiler-free love in for Mass Effect 2. (Note: If you haven't...
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1UP.com - 4 Guys 1UP - 01/27/2010
Last week Bioware's Casey Hudson was kind enough to drop by the studio to chat about Mass Effect 2. We decided to hang onto the episode until the game launched as there are a few bits of information are best heard after you've played through the opening of the game. During the conversation we talk about the process of creating Bioware's first true sequel in a long time, making changes based on consumer feedback, and creating a potentially controversial new DLC network.
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1UP.com - 4 Guys 1UP - 01/22/2010
With the Independent Games Festival and GDC coming up we thought it would be a good week to go a little indie. We welcome Braid artist David Hellman, Area 5's Ryan O'donnell, and Scott Sharkey to talk about their experiences in the independent gaming scene. Along the way we sing the praises of Darksiders and lament on the future of the Zelda franchise while shining our collective light on some interesting titles that you can download now for FREE.
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1UP.com - 4 Guys 1UP - 01/15/2010
We're back from the holiday break detour to CES, and with four peope in-studio finally living up to our namesake. Former EA producer Amer Ajami joins us to talk about his experience working as part of the team that spawned the "EA Spouse" controversy, and also hints a little at what the future has in store for him. In news, some games are getting delayed (Splinter Cell Conviction) while others are announced out of nowhere (New Assassin's Creed). Finally we round out whatcha been playin' with...
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1UP.com - 4 Guys 1UP - 01/08/2010
They say what happens in Vegas stays in Vegas. Screw that noise. G4TV's Patrick Klepek joins Matt Leone and David Ellis to talk about all the gaming business going down at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas. Along the way they discuss whether Natal has been effectively neutered even before its release and offer hands-on impressions from Splinter Cell Conviction, Split Second, Scrap Metal, and other games on the show floor. Also, what the heck is Xbox Live Game Room all about? Tune in...
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1UP.com - 4 Guys 1UP - 01/01/2010
We're still recovering from the holiday break, but that doesn't mean we're skipping a week. Recorded before the break, Constantine Hantzopoulos (Sega of America) joins David Ellis and Matt Leone in-studio to talk about his career and transition from developer to publisher back to developer.
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1UP.com - 4 Guys 1UP - 12/25/2009
It's Christmas time, and the year is winding down. That means an empty office around here, but boisterous Brit and all-around great guy John Davison drops by to talk about his transition back to hardcore games press. He joins David Ellis to discuss the themes that stood out in 2009, and put on their psychic caps to make some bold predictions for 2010. When will the Wii HD be announced? Will the PSP survive the year? When will Facebook take over the games space?
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1UP.com - 4 Guys 1UP - 12/18/2009
Games, dammit! That's the mantra this week as we talk almost too many titles to list. We go two segments deep with Mass Effect 2 (one spoiler free) and find out if Matt Leone or David Ellis would make a better digital parent. Then we follow that up with exploitation central via No More Heroes and Bayonetta. Finally we round out the show with tales of Splinter Cell Conviction Co-op and Red Dead Redemption.
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1UP.com - 4 Guys 1UP - 12/11/2009
With the VGA's looming we're recording on the road (pardon our echoes) in not-so-sunny LA. Friend of the show Billy Berghammer joins former Pandemic producer Cory Lewis as we talk about the studio closing and relive memories of the Gamecube launch. Along the way we discuss our favorite games of the year and what the VGA's need to do to become the Academy Awards of video games.
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1UP.com - 4 Guys 1UP - 12/04/2009
We go a little Hollywood this week as PC Gamer founder turned motion picture writer Gary Whitta joins us to talk about his career transition.
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1UP.com - 4 Guys 1UP - 11/26/2009
With the holiday season upon us we change things up a bit. Sam Kennedy, Jeremy Parish, and Matt Leone join David Ellis to take a look back at the history of 1UP, from it's early days to this year.
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1UP.com - 4 Guys 1UP - 11/20/2009
It's a jam-packed episode as we welcome Alice Liang and Gamasutra's Christian Nutt to talk about the layoffs at Pandemic, the PS3 going 3-D, and the next iterations of the DS and PSP. David joins in to sing the praises of Assassin's Creed II. The rest of the crew rounds things out with talk of Lego Indy 2, Dragon Age, and a tease for Zelda: Spirit Tracks.
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1UP.com - 4 Guys 1UP - 11/13/2009
With two major releases it's another one of those weeks where there's almost too much to talk about. Seth Killian from Capcom Unity joins us to talk about his transition from college professor to God of all things Street Fighter. Sam and David talk about the success and failures of Modern Warefare 2 (Spoilers from 1:17-1:29), and Jeremy puts Nintendos game design for everyone thesis to the test with New Super Mario Bros. Wii. Also news about the release of Microsoft's Natal, a new Hero game...
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1UP.com - 4 Guys 1UP - 11/06/2009
The Black Dragon Returns. No, we're not talking about the new RPG from Bioware; former 1UP editor Jeff Green is in-studio to talk about his life as a developer and his new gig as editor-in-chief of EA.com. Scooter and Jeremy also join in to talk about Assassin's Creed II, New Super Mario Bros. Wii, Mass Effect 2, and much more.
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1UP.com - 4 Guys 1UP - 10/23/2009
Starting a podcast is hard. A mere two weeks after bidding a bon voyage to our former leader we're relaunching with new segments, new voices, and a very special guest. Doublefine head honcho and Brutal Legend creator Tim Schafer joins us in studio on our maiden episode where we go off topic early and often, but manage to talk about Borderlands, New Super Mario Bros. Wii, Assassin's Creed 2, and many others. Away we go!
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1UP.com - Listen UP - 10/09/2009
With John and Garnett embarking on new and separate adventures we gather one last time as a group and reminisce of our favorite episodes and even sneak in some talk about new games
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1UP.com - Listen UP - 09/28/2009
We're back to wrap up TGS 2009. 8-4 again generously offered us their offices to record and JJ, Mark, and John join in for the show as well. Sam, Shane, and Garnett complete the group that sits down to get everything they've seen out on the table. And while we had the impression the show had been really down, when we put together the list there were plenty of games to talk about including Final Fantasy XIII, Yakuza 4, Gran Turismo 5, PixelJunk Shooter, Zero Day Attack on Earth, Quantum...
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1UP.com - Listen UP - 09/23/2009
With TGS set to open in the morning Jeremy, Matt, David, Sam, and Garnett sit down to discuss what they're most excited to see at the show. Is it Yakuza 4? the Metal Gear Peacewalker demo maybe? or will something unexpected be on their minds? There's also a quick look back at couple of distractions from earlier in the week including the Videogames Live concert and a trip to the arcade.
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1UP.com - Listen UP - 09/22/2009
We start our Tokyo Game Show coverage by catching up on the hottest games in Japan and a general look at the videogame scene here with Justin Epperson, John Ricciardi, and Mark MacDonald of 8-4. Sam Kennedy and David Ellis also join Garnett at the table as the group gets up to speed on Monster Hunter, Dragon Quest, and more. The second half of the show then gets into some of the trends here including the popularity of handheld gaming and a breakdown of the current situation for Wii, PS3, and...
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1UP.com - Listen UP - 09/18/2009
With Sam already in Japan, Jeremy joins David, John, and Garnett for the week before TGS show. In the first segment Whatcha Been Playin covers Halo 3 ODST, Modern Warfare 2 Multiplayer, Mario and Luigi, DJ Hero, Gran Turismo PSP, and more. Holiday hardware moves from a rumored Wii price cut to the rapid momentum gained by the PS3 start off the second segment before giving way to whether Nathan Drake really needs to Twitter, and John's checklist for TGS.
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1UP.com - Listen UP - 09/16/2009
The band gets back together at PAX 2009 as Andrew, Shane, David, John, and Garnett take the stage. The show opens with their recap of some of their favorites on the show floor and then they open the floor to audience questions. (Note the audio quality is less than ideal due to the live recording and it improves approximately 10 minutes into the show.)
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1UP.com - Listen UP - 09/11/2009
With David catching the PAX flu and Sam away in NYC John and Garnett tackle a massive show with the aid of Gamasutra's Christian Nutt. In a wide ranging Whatcha Been Playin they get into Osmos, Torchlight, Need for Speed Shift, Motorstorm Arctic Edge, Soul Calibur Broken Destiny, Batman Arkham Asylum, and more. The second segment keeps up the pace beginning with a recap of the August NPD sales stats hot off the presses and afterward including Apple calling out the DS and PSP for a handheld...
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1UP.com - Listen UP - 08/28/2009
Sam, David, and Garnett return from their journeys but John's a late scratch from the lineup. The trio finds their hands full with Star Trek Online, NFS Shift vs. Forza 3 vs. Gran Turismo 5, Dead Nation, Resident Evil Darkside Chronicles, Eye Pet, Osmos, and more just in Whatcha' Been Playin? alone. And then after the break they tackle the price drops (and in the UK an increase) on console hardware, whether 40 dollars could be the magic price for expanding the games market, Kojima's plans...
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1UP.com - Listen UP - 08/21/2009
Sam and Garnett wrap-up a week's worth of the awesome games and announcements at Gamescom 2009 in Cologne, Germany. It's cornucopia of the best upcoming games including Heavy Rain, Final Fantasy 13, Diablo 3, DJ Hero, Assassins Creed 2, Castlevania, ModNation Racers, and much more.
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1UP.com - Listen UP - 08/14/2009
The infamous fourth chair gets a week off as Sam, John, and Garnett do the show as a trio. They've got their hands full with a Whatcha Been Playin? segment that includes Madden 10 both for 360/PS3 and Wii, Fat Princess, TMNT Turtles in Time Re-Shelled, Professor Layton and the Diabolical Box, and more. There's no letup after the break with July NPD sales figures kicking off a discussion that covers Sega's renewed commitment to mature games on the Wii, impressions of the XBL update, and a...
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1UP.com - Listen UP - 08/07/2009
We pull the old double switch with Gamasutra features director Christian Nutt and our own Alice Liang joining David and Garnett. In the opening segment Little King's Story gets Whatcha' Been Playin? started before a look back at Lost Odyssey and Mass Effect gives a little preview of the upcoming RPG discussion and DiRT 2 shifts gears entirely to wrap it all up. After the break Christian helps revisit the topic of revitalizing Japanese RPGs and then the talk turns to Fat Princess's launch...
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1UP.com - Listen UP - 07/31/2009
The quiet summer erupts as Sam, David, John, and Garnett find themselves in a first segment Whatcha Been Playin? packed with Scribblenauts, Borderlands, PixelJunk Shooter, Shadow Complex, Shatter, Marvel vs. Capcom 2, and still there's more. After the break the second half of the show begins with a look at what it takes to establish and sustain a franchise before getting into what's upcoming in the Halo world, Sega's struggles with Sonic and mishandling of Yakuza in America, and more.
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1UP.com - Listen UP - 07/24/2009
With Comic-Con in full swing down in San Diego we inaugurate the new weekly four minute warning question to start the second segment with a discussion of what makes a good comic license-based game. Sam, David, John, and Garnett blow right past the four minute timer before tackling other topics including the announcement of Sam Raimi directing the WoW movie, Valve's Gabe Newell talking about gamers financing games, and the future of jRPGs. A summer of sports theme kicks the show off in a...
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1UP.com - Listen UP - 07/17/2009
SFour Minute Warning rocks the second half of the show with Gamasutra's Christian Nutt joining David, John, and Garnett. June NPD sales figures also get a quick recap. Whatcha' Been Playin? opens the show with Battlefield 1943, a retro flash of NES and SNES games, NCAA Football 10, Wii Sports Resort and more.
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1UP.com - Listen UP - 07/10/2009
Sam, John, David, and Garnett kick things off with Trine, Splosion Man, Shatter, Tales of Monkey Island, Sacred 2, and more in Whatcha' Been Playin? In the second segment the conversation ranges from the negative community response to TAGES DRM in Dawn of Discovery Anno 1404 to Epic's CliffyB assertion that RPG's hold the future for shooters with a stop along the way to consider how far PSN has come on the PS3.
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1UP.com - Listen UP - 07/03/2009
We put together a special episode for the holiday weekend with Robert Ashley joining David, John, and Garnett. They talk The Sims 3, Call of Juarez, Blueberry Garden, Men of War, and more in Whatcha Been Playin'. At the break Listen UP debuts a track off the upcoming release for Robert's band, I Come to Shanghai available Monday from their site. In the second half the conversation starts with music in games and whether today's soundtracks measure up to those from earlier eras before hitting...
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1UP.com - Listen UP - 06/26/2009
A bevy of games fill Whatcha Been Playin? in the first segment including The Conduit, Overlord 2, Section 8, Battlefield 1943, EA Sports Active and more. Plus, David's moved on from Ico to tackle Shadow of the Colossus. After the break the conversation ranges from the Zenimax acquisition of iD Software and Howard Stringer's vision to revitalizing Sony to whether game critics are disconnected from their audience.
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1UP.com - Listen UP - 06/19/2009
Sam returns for a second engagement as the fourth with David, John, and Garnett. Everyone's been playing and enjoying the early summer surprise Red Faction Guerrilla. The rest of a broad Whatcha' Been Playin? includes online racing in iRacing, Lego Battles, My Sims Agents, and Garnett eating crow and coming to the PSP Remote Play party two years late. In the second half attention turns to the continued hype building around next year's Natal launch, Miyamoto confirming the Demo Play system...
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1UP.com - Listen UP - 06/12/2009
John returns to join David and Garnett with Sam taking a turn in the fourth chair. Whatcha' Been Playin? is packed with games including Red Faction: Guerrilla, Indiana Jones and the Staff of Kings, Prototype, inFamous, the Uncharted 2 beta, and more. In the second segment John catches up on how E3 2009 looked from the outside and then there's the May NPD sales figures and controversy over Left4Dead 2 to get to.
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1UP.com - Listen UP - 06/05/2009
E3 2009 Listen UP specials conclude with the epic wrap up episode from the G4 stage. A host of guests join host Garnett Lee to talk about one of the best lineups of games at an E3 in recent memory including Billy Berghammer, Sterling McGsrvey, Raymond Padilla, Christian Nutt, Andrew Pfister, Mark MacDonald, Patrick Klepek, Adam Sessler, James Stevenson, Pete Wanat, and Todd Howard. Be sure to watch the HD video version of the show too on G4TV.com.
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1UP.com - Listen UP - 06/03/2009
Day two of E3 2009 is in the books. Edge editor-in-chief drops in for a short visit with Mark and Garnett to get the show started and then Shane and David join to get into some of the best games seen during the day including Left4Dead 2, Splinter Cell Conviction, Assassin's Creed 2, Mass Effect 2, and more.
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1UP.com - Listen UP - 06/02/2009
Jeff Cannata from the Totally Rad Show and Mark MacDonald join David and Garnett to review a day packed with announcements at the Sony and Nintendo press conferences. Mario Galaxy 2, a new Metroid, and God of War 3 are just some of the highlights from this E3 extravaganza.
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1UP.com - Listen UP - 06/01/2009
In our first daily E3 2009 special Matt Leone and Thierry Nguyen join David and Garnett to cover the major press conferences that launched E3 week. They get right into Microsoft noting highlights like Alan Wake and Splinter Cell Conviction as well as discussing the motion sensing control interface code named Project Natal. From EA there's no doubt that the announcement of APB's new home stole the show and despite an appearance by James Cameron Ubisoft's briefing was most notable for...
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1UP.com - Listen UP - 05/29/2009
For the last pre-E3 episode Travis Moses from GamePro and Brad Shoemaker from GiantBomb.com join David and Garnett. A strong Whatcha Been Playin? includes more on inFamous and Prototype, Transformers, Killing Floor and more. E3 predictions dominate an extended second segment with everyone laying it on the line with their thoughts on the lineups from Microsoft, Nintendo, Sony, and the major publishers.
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1UP.com - Listen UP - 05/22/2009
It's Patrick's last show with John, David, and Garnett before moving down to LA and he goes out in style. Whatcha Been Playin features inFamous, Prototype, Call of Juarez, Boom Blox Bash Party and more. Then in the second segment the topics cover Spielberg's view on the future for videogames to the leaked Trico video before the attention gets turned to E3 -- including the reveal of our big plans for the show!
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1UP.com - Listen UP - 05/15/2009
Back in San Francisco a John, David, Patrick, and Garnett fill a packed Whatcha Been Playin with everything from Plants vs. Zombies to Red Faction Guerrilla to Boom Blox Bash Party and a whole lot more in between. In the second segment it's time for the April NPD sales figures as well as several stories surrounding Sony in the lead up to E3, a good-bye to Duke Nukem, and more.
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1UP.com - Listen UP - 05/08/2009
Billy Berghammer makes his Listen UP debut in a big way both hooking us up with an amazing studio to record the show in and taking pre-show and out-take videos you'll want to check out at G4tv.com. Shane comes back as well with his take on the FFXIII demo. We talk Split Second, Tiger Woods with Wii Motion Plus, E3 predictions and more.
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1UP.com - Listen UP - 05/01/2009
Whatcha' Been Playin? kicks things off this week with Patapon 2, Pixel Junk Eden Encore, and more. In the second segment John, David, Patrick, and Garnett launch the pre-E3 speculations with the PSP Go! rumors, rumblings of a new hardware generation from Ubi's CEO, and wrap up wondering whether we really were ready for a videogame to tackle Fallujah.
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1UP.com - Listen UP - 04/24/2009
Sterling McGarvey sits in for John with David, Patrick, and Garnett in a show so full it almost breaks the three hour barrier. Excitebots, Flock, Wolverine, Bionic Commando, and more kick it off in Whatcha' Been Playin?. And the second half sees the conversation turn to Peter Dille's comments during his epic interview at Gamasutra along with all the new info on Fallout 3 DLC, New Vegas, and Bioshock 2.
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1UP.com - Listen UP - 04/17/2009
The regular crew of John, David, Patrick, and Garnett dig into a Whatcha Been Playin? segment overflowing with games like Conduit, Rock Band Unplugged, Battlefield Heroes, Henry Hatsworth, and more. The energy carries over to second segment talk about the March NPD sales figures, Nintendo's announcement of Wii MotionPlus release date and price, and the Final Fantasy XIII demo that just hit in Japan.
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1UP.com - Listen UP - 04/10/2009
Four Minute Warning makes its first appearance of the 2009 season and it's been too long. Scott Sharkey joins David, John, and Garnett to field the questions and jump into Whatcha Been Playin that includes Killzone 2, Punch Out, Groov, and more.
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1UP.com - Listen UP - 04/03/2009
Victor Lucas, Sterling McGarvey, Matthew Kumar, Robert Ashley, and more join John, Patrick, and Garnett as we wrap up our GDC 2009 specials. The group talks about their experiences at the show and some of the big topics that came up and finishes up by tackling what gets us to spend our time playing games.
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1UP.com - Listen UP - 03/27/2009
Listen UP's Game Developers Conference 2009 Specials continue with Bioware's Dr. Ray Muzyka and Dr. Greg Zeschuk joining John and Garnett to talk about Dragon Age, Mass Effect 2, and their experiences building rpgs. After that David Jaffe comes on to talk about the gaming press and the balance they hope to hit on his next game project. And then James Stevenson and Ryan Schneider from Insomniac Games shed a little light on the newly announced Ratchet and Clank game and get into the evolution...
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1UP.com - Listen UP - 03/25/2009
The first of our GDC 09 Listen UP specials includes Pete Wanat and Mark MacDonald joining John, David, and Garnett. First impressions of Punch Out, John's on the road time with GTA Chinatown Wars, and what may or may not be our final discussion on Resident Evil 5 all make there way into Watcha' Been Playin'. And in the second half OnLive gets the GDC talk going before Pete adds a few thoughts about Wii development to wrap things up.
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1UP.com - Listen UP - 03/20/2009
With big plans in the works for the Game Developers Conference next week N'Gai Croal joins David, Patrick, and Garnett to get the party started. It begins with a Whatcha Been Playin that wraps up everything Resident Evil 5 as well as Bit.Trip: Beat, Metal Gear Solid Touch, and more. The second segment picks right up with the February NPDs, a consideration of when Mature games will actually be mature, and some picks for the must-see sessions at GDC.
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1UP.com - Listen UP - 03/13/2009
It's Resident Evil 5 release day. We've been playing it and have a couple thoughts on the soon to be released multiplayer DLC that will cost you a couple bucks. With Gamasutra's Christian Nutt along with Patrick Klepek joining David and Garnett the rest of Whatcha Been Playing includes Guitar Hero Metallica, Fight Night Round 4, Ys, and more. Cap it off with everything from a potential Wii price hike in the UK to first mentions of Bioshock 2 and you've got your weekend confirmed.
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1UP.com - Listen UP - 03/06/2009
John, David, and Garnett bring Need for Speed Shift, HAWX, Ghostbusters, and more to Whatcha Been Playin, but that's not all. Retronauts regular Ray Barnholt adds in Retro Game Challenge and Dragon Quest V. Turmoil caused by the announcements this week of several new stores entering the used games business kicks off the second half of the show, and from there the conversation turns to everything from Sonic to Jimmy Fallon putting videogames on Late Night.
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1UP.com - Listen UP - 02/27/2009
Patrick Klepek joins John, David, and Garnett on this week's show with plenty to say about Halo Wars, Resistance: Retribution, and GTA IV's Lost and Damned DLC during Whatcha Been Playin? During the second segment the conversation turns to all the wave of PlayStation news including LittleBIGPlanet finally confirmed for PSP and a rumors of a new PSP this fall.
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1UP.com - Listen UP - 02/20/2009
Nick Suttner returns for a swan song before joining the ranks of Sony as a product evaluator. Before heading over to the other side we talk Flower, Halo Wars, and some XNA Community games in Whatcha Been Playin? Then, in the second segment we join the conversations on everything from the DSi launch details to Jaffe's assertion that videogame writers are all biased.
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1UP.com - Listen UP - 02/13/2009
The calendar says February but from the killer crop of games in Whatcha Been Playin? you'd think it was still the holidays. We've got inFAMOUS, Prototype, God of War 3, Watchmen, and more. And if that wasn't enough, the February NPD sales figures kickoff an equally packed second segment. Weekend definitely confirmed.
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1UP.com - Listen UP - 01/30/2009
We set the name and now we launch the next evolution of 1UP podcasts: ListenUP. Sticking to the four-person cast, John, David, and Garnett start the new show where the old one left off: looking for the next fourth chair. And for this first episode, it's Sam Kennedy on the hot seat. We've got Whatcha' Been Playin? and an all-new second segment that features news and community. It's good to be back.
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