Gaming Podcast Discussion

[mtkafka]

Yes! Say what you want about Garnett being a great host, he is no Stewart Cheifet.

I just like that this show had a ‘preview’ of that activision space shuttle game… I got that game as a xmas gift from my dearly departed dad when i was a kid… he probably thought i’d learn something about something! actually i did! that game got me into jets and flight sims… and astronomy…oh nostalgia.

pc gaming can be solitary bliss at its best when its good.

[XenoCrash]

I’m not sure what XenoCrash is saying about Jeff not realizing that his tastes aren’t everyones? Can you give an example of that (even from other podcasts, as you mention)? Personally, I like different takes on stuff.

I knew I would called on that :)
I don’t have a good example, but that’s because its more of a feeling than any sort of specific behaviour.

Also, I enjoy different takes on things as well (including Jeff’s) but I sometimes get annoyed by gamers who seem like they don’t actually like games.

[sam_and_the_firefly]

Garnett’s rather transparent effort to further ESPN-ize “Four Minute Warning” with a points system was ill-conceived. The gimmick only works when you can the persistent score on a screen to keep track of who’s winning. Besides, I liked FMW better when it was a special event and not a regular feature.

(But if we ARE going to score them, they all should have received a big fat zero for claiming the high point of the Star Wars flight sim games was X-Wing vs. TIE Fighter; TIE Fighter proper, X-Wing Alliance, and even Jump to Lightspeed were all vastly superior titles.)

More to the point, they said that X-Wing vs Tie Fighter was the most recent game in the series.

Also, and more oddly, one of them claimed that SSX 3 was the third game in that series. Um, no :/

[sinfony]

…but it was.

[JonRowe]

I’ve watched TRS a couple of times. I always liked Cannata, but not really the other two guys, especially the blondish guy with the extremely douchey hair. I mean, unless he’s ironically trying to look like a douche, I don’t understand why he does that. I did think the segment where he got to go up with the Blue Angels was pretty cool though.

This made me laugh. I don’t watch TRS either. Though I do enjoy Diggnation.

[ColonelT]

More to the point, they said that X-Wing vs Tie Fighter was the most recent game in the series.

Also, and more oddly, one of them claimed that SSX 3 was the third game in that series. Um, no :/

SSX, SSX Tricky, SSX 3, SSX On Tour, SSX Blur, isn’t it?

[MSUSteve]

Just started listening to the latest Weekend Confirmed. It’s nice to hear Billy Berghammer on the podcast. Does anyone know what the heck happened with him at G4? I don’t think I’ve ever heard him discuss why he was let go. It’s a bummer because he seems like a good guy.

[Brian_Seiler]

I thought that G4 had to contract in general back during the darkest of the recent dark days, when they shifted from nightly X-Play to only a few nights a week. That’s just me pulling vague memories out of my butt, though.

[MSUSteve]

I thought that G4 had to contract in general back during the darkest of the recent dark days, when they shifted from nightly X-Play to only a few nights a week. That’s just me pulling vague memories out of my butt, though.

Yeah, but they hired Patrick Klepeck, Sterling McGarvey, and Andrew Pfister after that, didn’t they?

[Rock8man]

SSX, SSX Tricky, SSX 3, SSX On Tour, SSX Blur, isn’t it?

That’s how I remember it. Maybe Sam and the Firefly is counting some kind of handheld game or something?

[sam_and_the_firefly]

Oh hang on, I’m an idiot!

SSX3 is the third game in the series, that’s what I meant to say. The dude on the podcast said it was the fourth, though! He thought SSX2 and Tricky were different games.

[tromik]

Oh hang on, I’m an idiot!

SSX3 is the third game in the series, that’s what I meant to say. The dude on the podcast said it was the fourth, though! He thought SSX2 and Tricky were different games.

Y’see, everyone makes mistakes.

MSUSteve not liking Albrecht for his hair made me laugh. One day he’s going to catch an episode of Top Chef and absolutely lose his goddamn mind.

[MSUSteve]

MSUSteve not liking Albrecht for his hair made me laugh.

This makes me realize that I am a jerk. I was going to say that I didn’t like Albrecht AND I didn’t like his hair, but then couldn’t come up with a reason why I didn’t like the guy other than his hair (and the constant devil horns sign he made while in the Blue Angel jet) and concluded that I’m an asshole. I pledge to give Albrecht a fair shot despite his stupid hair!

[Brian_Seiler]

This makes me realize that I am a jerk. I was going to say that I didn’t like Albrecht AND I didn’t like his hair, but then couldn’t come up with a reason why I didn’t like the guy other than his hair (and the constant devil horns sign he made while in the Blue Angel jet) and concluded that I’m an asshole. I pledge to give Albrecht a fair shot despite his stupid hair!

No…his behavior pretty much fits the hair. I think of him as the guy nerd version of Tila Tequila - he sort of gets what’s funny about him, but he sort of doesn’t, because he still plays it straight. I’m not sure whether I respect him for it or not and I’ve been watching him for a year. I don’t hate him, but he definitely acts like a guy with a douchey hairstyle. Sort of like Brian Brushwood with the opposite kind of charisma, if that makes any sense at all.

It helps me, though, that he and I have somewhat similar taste in television.

[tromik]

No…his behavior pretty much fits the hair. I think of him as the guy nerd version of Tila Tequila - he sort of gets what’s funny about him, but he sort of doesn’t, because he still plays it straight. I’m not sure whether I respect him for it or not and I’ve been watching him for a year. I don’t hate him, but he definitely acts like a guy with a douchey hairstyle.

Does he? He seems friendly to everyone. Maybe our definitions of douche are different.

Anyway, I’m sure you’re not a jerk Steve, but judging someone by their hair is a bit of a jerk move.

[MSUSteve]

Anyway, I’m sure you’re not a jerk Steve, but judging someone by their hair is a bit of a jerk move.

Agreed!

[Nawid_A]

Albrecht seems like a very nice guy. I just don’t want to see him on the podcast.

[sam_and_the_firefly]

Y’see, everyone makes mistakes.

MSUSteve not liking Albrecht for his hair made me laugh. One day he’s going to catch an episode of Top Chef and absolutely lose his goddamn mind.

I dunno, I think an absent-minded typo is definitely less of a big deal than not having the history of the entire SSX series committed to memory. What a wannabe.

SSX3 is certainly the peak (…) of the series, though, I’m sure we can all agree on that.

[kentdog]

I’ve heard “super-fun” about a gajillion times this week on many podcasts. That’s like saying “extra tasty”. PLEASE STOP!

[MSUSteve]

Enjoyed the latest Weekend Confirmed. Jeff Cannata is the only one who really rubs me the wrong way. He just seems like he kind of hates games.

I have to disagree here. I thought Cannata was the only voice of reason (though Billy supported him) during the Bioshock 2 discussion. Leahy’s statement that the combat in Bioshock 2 is mechanically unsound was ridiculous. The shooting in Bioshock 2 is excellent, and indeed, much better than Bioshock 1. Mechanics wise, I think Bioshock 2 beats the hell out of Bioshock 1. I can understand not being as enamored with the sequel because the setting is a known quantity, but to attack the base mechanics of the game as bad is ridiculous to me.

I also thought the “scoring” of the Four Minute Warning segment was extremely dumb.