The Press Room Podcast

The Press Room Episode #113

pr — Sun, 13 May 2012 21:14:00 -0400

Tom (Foolz) Towers and Shane (Aspro) return to host the 113th episode of The Pressroom. Games covered this week include Awesomenauts (PS3), Binary Domain (PS3), Uncharted: Drakes Fortune (PS3), Runescape (PC), Ragnarok Online (PC) and GTA 3: Vice City (XB). Also included is the most convoluted, rambling review of Saints Row: The Third (PS3) EVER recorded.

News
Steam Voucher at Retail?
April 2012 NPD
Subsidized $99 360 Bundle Real
Projekt CD Working on New RPG
SEGA to Focus on Digital/ Mobile
Minecraft 360
Pachter’s Hood-a-Phobia

Community Focus
Vader Hates Witcher 2
MMOPhobia

Running Time: 1:56:42
File Size: ~53.4 MB

Links:
Read Tom’s Work at robotgeek.co.uk
Intro Music by Nestrogen
News Intro by sci
Outro Music by Spamtron

File Download (116:42 min / 53 MB)

The Press Room Episode #112

pr — Tue, 08 May 2012 22:09:00 -0400

Yodariquo returns to the podcast with Tom (Foolz) Towers and Dvader to host the 112th episode of The Pressroom. Games covered this week include Witcher 2 (360), NHL 11 (PS3), Retro Game Challenge (DS) and Yakuza:Dead Souls (PS3).

News
Nintendo’s Digital Distribution Plans
GeoHot Meets With Sony
Subsidized 360 Plan
Free Vita!
Elder Scrolls MMO Announced
CODBLOPS 2
Miyamoto Trolls Sony
Million Dollar Baseball Challenge Controversy

Community Focus
Foolz Goes Beyond Good and Evil

Running Time: 56:17
File Size: ~25.7 MB

Links:
Read Tom’s Work at robotgeek.co.uk
Intro Music by Nestrogen
News Intro by sci
Outro Music by Spamtron

File Download (56:18 min / 26 MB)

The Press Room Episode #111

pr — Thu, 03 May 2012 04:24:19 -0400

Robert (Robio) and David (Dvader) host the 111th episode of The Pressroom. De Blob 2 (PS3), Street Fighter III (PS3), Earthbound (SNES), Xenoblade (Wii) and The Witcher 2 (360). Movie Spoiler (Cabin in the Woods) from 46:15 through 48:46.

News
God of War: Ascension Multiplayer Announced
Sonic and Sega All-Star Racing Sequel (YEAH!)
WiiWare Blows, Says La Mulana Developer
Bayonetta 2 Cancelled? (Likely Not)
Black Ops 2 Trailer Released
Square Enix Mystery Title Announced, ‘Catacombs’
E3 Press COnference Schedule Released

Community Focus
Leo’s Triumph
Glorious Japanese games that have been translated by glorious Japanese speakers

Running Time: 50:59
File Size: ~23.3 MB

Links:
Intro Music by Nestrogen
News Intro by sci
Outro Music by Spamtron

File Download (51:00 min / 23 MB)

The Press Room Episode #110

pr — Fri, 27 Apr 2012 18:43:21 -0400

Tom (Foolz) Towers and Shane (Aspro) host the 110th episode of The Pressroom. In this news-centric episode we briefly give hands-on impressions of some games, but that’s really not that important. Most of it is awesome discussion and news. But if you must know, we talk about Full Auto (360), Uncharted: Drakes Fortune (PS3) and Turok:Dinosaur Hunter (N64).

News
Zack and Wiki 2?
Walking Dead Won’t Go Down Under
Mikami’s New Game “Zwei”
Wii U Rumours.
Crytek Has Direct X 11-like Graphics on HD COnsoles
Xenoblade/graphics/JRPGs suck & Warren Spectre is a Nintendo Fanboy

Community Focus
What are your Pump-Me-Up Songs?
Greatest Movie Themes Playoffs
A very Festivus-like Airing of Grievances toward Nintendo.

Running Time: 1:17:03
File Size: ~30.8 MB

Links:
Intro Music by Nestrogen
News Intro by sci
Outro Music by Spamtron

File Download (77:04 min / 31 MB)

The Press Room Episode #109

pr — Fri, 20 Apr 2012 21:48:11 -0400

Tom (Foolz) Towers and special guests Jamie (Darth Homer) and Steel Attack host the 109th episode of The Pressroom. Trials Evolution (360), Rhythm Thief & The Emperors Treasure (3DS), Binary Domin (360), The Witcher 2 (360), Asura’s Wrath (PS3) McGuffin’s Quest (iOS/ Steam) and Turok: Dinosaur Hunter (PC).

News
Leaks, Leaks Leaks
God of War Ascension is Announced
Binary Domain Sold Less Than 20,000
Billionaire Gabe Newell Says Games Are Too Expensive
Super Mario 4 is Coming to Wii U
DLC Blues
Project Cars on Wii U?
Prey 2 Not Dead Yet
SEGA Resorts to T*y F*ing

Community Focus
Gaming Pre-Cognisance: Is this a Talent/Curse you Possess?

Running Time: 1:39:01
File Size: ~40.6 MB

Links:
Intro Music by Nestrogen
News Intro by sci
Outro Music by Spamtron

File Download (99:02 min / 40 MB)

The Press Room Episode #108

pr — Fri, 13 Apr 2012 17:53:52 -0400

Tom (Foolz) Towers and Shane (Aspro) are back to host the 108th episode of The Pressroom. Hands-on impressions of Sakura Wars: So Long My Love, Odium, Freedom Force, Final Fantasy 7, The Thing, Final Fantasy 9, Valkyrie Profile: Lenneth, Septerra Core, Yakuza: Dead Souls, Rayman, Urban Chaos: Riot Response and Crash Bandicoot. We also come up with an alternate numbering system for 1 through 8.

News
3DS Remake of Zelda: Link to the Past Mentioned by Miyamoto
March NPD
Zenimax Trademarks Silly Phrase
Super MArio 4 Site Registered by Nintendo
Pokemon Black & White 2 is Actually New?
Most Anticipated Games of 2012
BulletStorm 2 Cancelled
Blesinski Defends Reality of On-Disc DLC
Molyneux Trapped in Creative Padded Cell
Eurogamer/ Molyneux Mutual Appreciation Interview

Community Focus
Forgotten Cult Classics Thread of Revival
The Thread of Unlikely Crushes: Have you ever fancied someone you shouldn’t have?

Running Time: 1:34:15
File Size: ~37.7 MB

Links:
Intro Music by Nestrogen
News Intro by sci
Outro Music by Spamtron

File Download (94:14 min / 38 MB)

The Press Room Episode #107

pr — Wed, 04 Apr 2012 02:22:00 -0400

Tom (Foolz) Towers and David (Dvader, MiamaWesker) are back to host the 107th episode of The Pressroom. They give their hands-on impressions of Resident Evil: Operation Racoon City (PS3), Ninja Gaiden II (360), Kid Icarus: Uprising (3DS), Yakuza: Dead Soul’s (PS3), Yesterday (PC),

News
Wii U Graphics Lower Than 360?
Wii U Release Date Leaked?
EA vs. Bank of America
Kinect Star Wars
Wii U First Console to do MMORPG “Without Compromise”
Capcom DLC On Disc (Again)
Epic Mickey 2 Heading to PC/Mac

Community Focus
Aspro Imagines

Running Time: 54:49
File Size: ~21.9 MB

Links:
Intro Music by Nestrogen
News Intro by sci
Outro Music by Spamtron

File Download (54:49 min / 22 MB)

The Press Room Episode #106

pr — Fri, 30 Mar 2012 19:43:17 -0400

Shane (Aspro) and Tom (Foolz) Towers are back to host the 106th episode of The Pressroom. They give their hands-on impressions of Yakuza: Dead Souls (PS3), Mass Effect 2 (360), Yesterday (PC) and Real World Golf (PS2). Some mild gameplay and story spoilers are clearly indicated through the course of the show.

News
EVE Online Bully Kills Innocent Person
360 Used for Non-Gaming More Than Gaming
Journey Fastest Selling PSN Gamer EVAH!
Dyak: Used Games Hurt Developers FOOL!
Playstation 4 Rumors
Kojima Can’t Make Games
Whiny Baby Whines

Community Focus
Robio The Hipster

Running Time: 1:48:40
File Size: ~44.5 MB

Links:
Intro Music by Nestrogen
News Intro by sci
Outro Music by Spamtron

File Download (108:41 min / 44 MB)

The Press Room Episode #105

pr — Tue, 20 Mar 2012 05:54:00 -0400

David (Dvader) and Tom (Foolz) Towers are back to host the 105th episode of The Pressroom. They give their hands-on impressions of Yakuza: Dead Souls (PS3), Yakuza 2 (PS2), Resident Evil: Operation Racoon City (PS3), Sprung (DS) and Mass Effect (PS3)—there is a spoiler discussing the ending between the 15 and 19 minute mark.

News
42:05Amazon Refunds Mass Effect 3 Purchases
46:55CAPCOM Thinks Dragon’s Dogma Will Sell 10 Million Copies.
51:07SNK is Back in the Hardware Biz (Kinda)
53:31Elder Scrolls MMO Rumour
56:08Dragon’s Lair Coming to XBLA (Yay?)
56:44Kojima Will Die Making Games
58:10Kojima Says Japanese Games Suck
1:10:32Call of Duty fanatics planning acts of terrorism

Community Focus
Shoot Many Robots, sayeth Leo.
Last Time You Played an Old Game, askesth Aspronovich.
London Olympics Blows

Running Time: 1:23:47
File Size: ~34.4 MB—-
Links:
Intro Music by Nestrogen
News Intro by sci
Outro Music by Spamtron

File Download (83:48 min / 34 MB)

The Press Room Episode #104

pr — Tue, 13 Mar 2012 04:25:00 -0400

Shane “Aspro” Lockheed (Or Aarny) and Tom “Foolz” Towers are back to host the 104th episode of The Pressroom. Hands on impressions of Shadow of the Collossus (PS3), Bastion (360), Team Fortress 2 (PC) and Yakuza 2 (PS2).

News
PVP Cut From Diablo 3
Projekt Red Gives Up on DRM
Mass Effect Ships 3.5 Million
Mojang and Bethesda Play Nice
Tony Hawk Still Defending RIDE
PS3 Deadly Premonition in the Works
Steam Box Vaporizes
Gabe Newell: Baller, Shot Caller
Deus Ex Studio: Sorry We Suck at Bosses

Community Focus
Recommend a TV show for gamingeek
Leo’s Penis
Gaming While Completely F’d
Wii U’s Prospects
Piracy, No Longer an Executable Offense

Running Time: 1:24:26
File Size: ~34.6 MB—-
Links:
Intro Music and Outro by Slave Beaver Revolt
News Intro by sci

File Download (84:27 min / 34 MB)

The Press Room Episode #103

pr — Fri, 02 Mar 2012 17:11:00 -0500

Shane (Aspro) and Tom (Foolz) are back to host the 103rd episode of The Pressroom. They are joined by Jamie (Darthhomer) and David (dvader) and give their first hand impressions of the Sony Vita, SSX (PS3), Binary Domain (PS3), Mass Effect (360), Mass Effect 2 (PS3), Da New Guys: Day of the Jackass (PC), Prey (360), Lumines (Vita), Hot Shots Golf World Invitational (Vita) Uncharted (Vita) and Blazblue Continuum Shift Extend (Vita).

News
1:20:41 Nagoshi Becomes SEGAs CCO
1:22:58 Assassin’s Creed 4 is Indian America
1:26:58 Japanese Should Stick to Japanese Games
1:34:57 Mass Effect Controversy
1:40:00 Pachter: Nintendo in Disarray

Running Time: 1:58:00 (Show ends at 1:51)
File Size: ~47.2 MB—-
Links:
Intro Music by Nestrogen
News Intro by sci
Outro Music by Spamtron

File Download (118:00 min / 47 MB)

The Press Room Episode #102

pr — Fri, 24 Feb 2012 07:59:00 -0500

Shane (Aspro) and Tom (Foolz) are back to host the 102nd episode of The Pressroom. They give their first hand impressions of Final Fantasy 7 (PS1), Shadow Hearts (PS2), Game Dev Story (Mobile), Half-Life 2: Episode 2 (360), Halo 3 (360), Killzone 2 (PS3), Yakuza 2 (PS2), Prey (360) and Binary Domain (PS3). Asura’s Wrath also gets our Fake Reviews™ segment treatment and much much more.

News
40:19 Killzone Boss Moves to Dead Space
42:15 Valve Will Make Hardware If They Have To
46:49 Jet Set/Grind Radio Coming to XBLA/ SEN
50:00?3DS Fastest Selling Console Ever
53:52 New Medal of Honor Coming in October
58:59 Some Racist Thing, No Idea, Really.

Community Focus
Robio’s Cosplay Wars
Mass Effect Playthrough Thread
Robio’s Grilled Cheese Vodka

Running Time: 1:22:03
File Size: ~33.6 MB—-
Links:
Intro Music by Nestrogen
News Intro by sci
Outro Music by Spamtron

File Download (82:03 min / 33 MB)

The Press Room Episode #101

pr — Thu, 22 Sep 2011 04:19:00 -0400

Foolz and Darth_Homer hammer one out. Jamie chimes comments on the 100th episode as well as his new computer. Oh and some gaming stuff too. Like Bastion (360), Killzone 2 (PS3), Deus Ex: Invisible War (PC), Deus Ex: Human Revolution (PS3), The Next Big Thing (PC), Sam and Max: Devil’s Playhouse (PC), Pac-Man and Galaga Dimensions (3DS), El Shaddai (PS3), TrackMania 2: Canyon and Street Fighter III: Third Strike (360).

News
Epic Mickey 2?
Warthog in Forza 4.
Gran Turismo 6 in development.
New King Story Pictures.
Iwata ejection seat.

Running Time: 49:55
File Size: 17 MB—-
Links & Attribution:
Intro Music: Solarium (Los Castores) by Foolz and a friend.
News Intro by sci
Outro Music by Spamtron

File Download (49:44 min / 17 MB)

The Press Room Episode #100

pr — Tue, 09 Aug 2011 07:31:00 -0400

It’s our 100th Maniversary! Yodariquo, Foolz and Dvader remember the good times, talk about the gaming news of the week and give hands-on impressions of Breakfast (LARP), Dr. Maybe & the Adventures of Scary Girl (PS3), Limbo (PS3), Worms (PS3), Beyond Good and Evil HD (PS3), Fallout 3: New Vegas (PS3), Epic Mickey (Wii), Starcraft II (PC), Super Street Fighter 4 (PS3) and Swords and Soldiers (PC).

News
37:54 More Wii Games Added to Buget Line
39:38 Skyrim Boss Says Games Are Too Expensive
41:40 Hirai Says No Vita in 2011 for West
42:54 Sony Buys Sucker Punch
44:33 Games Pulled in Response to Norway Slaying
46:15 3DS Price Drop
1:01:57 Team Bondi in Trouble?
1:03:56 PachterWatch!
1:10:53 Nintendo Updates Lifetime Sales Numbers
1:13:55 Resistance 3 Going Down Under
1:15:59 Rage Has 22 GB Install on 360 (Optional)
1:16:37 GTA Causes London Riots
1:18:03 Pirates Have Good Taste
1:19:56 Take2 Sales & Profits Down
1:21:09 Bioshock Infinate Development Process

Community Watch
1:26:43 Iga’s Sacred Cow Abatoir

Running Time: 1:43:40
File Size: 36.4 MB—-
Links:
Intro Music by Nestrogen
News Intro by sci
Outro Music by Spamtron

File Download (103:40 min / 36 MB)

The Press Room Episode #99

pr — Tue, 26 Jul 2011 06:26:47 -0400

DarthHomer returns to talk with Yodariquo and Foolz about Uncharted 3 Beta (PS3), Akinator (PC/Mobile), Starcraft II (PC), Super Street Fighter 4 (PS3), Duke Nukem Forever (PC), Fallout 3: New Vegas (PC), Bastion (360), Some Harry Potter Shooting Game, Ocarina of Time (3DS), Proun (PC), Worms (PS3), Call of Juarez: Bound in Blood (PS3), WipeOut HD (PS3) and Call of Juarez: The Cartel (PS360) before going into the game news of the week (and a special search term of the week section).

News
43:38 Capcom Cancels Mega Man Legends 3
45:28 Capcom Europe PR Guy Melts Down
49:37 Capcom Unveils Ultimate Marvel vs Capcom 3
54:18 Capcom Shows off Street Fighter x Tekken
55:55 Capcom Shows Logo for RE6
57:20 RE HD Dated
58:28 Tekken Tag Tournament 2 News
59:42 You Want Majora? Beg.
1:01:34 Starfox 64 3DS Dated
1:03:47 Wii U Gamecube Compatibility
1:07:26 Wu Fit Clan
1:10:41 Sony Responds to 3D Glasses Complaints

Community Focus
Rocket Racooon & Downloadable Game Appreciation

Running Time: 1:18:04 (Post show content goes longer.. much… much… much… longer)
File Size: ~37 MB—-
Links:
Intro Music by Nestrogen
News Intro by sci
Outro Music by Spamtron

File Download (104:39 min / 36 MB)

The Press Room Episode #98

pr — Thu, 21 Jul 2011 06:07:00 -0400

Notorious cokehead Yodariquo returns to talk with Dvader about Resident Evil: Mercenaries 3D (3DS), Fallout 3: New Vegas (PS3), Deus Ex (PC), Starcraft II (PC), Super Street Fighter 4: Arcade Edition (PS3) and Resident Evil 5 (PS3) before breaking down the news of the world…

News
46:09 NPD
58:12 Best Selling Third-Part Wii Game hits 14 million copies
59:50 Final Fantasy 3 (Jp6) Hits Virtual Console
1:00:43 Rockstar Was Working on Another DS Game?
1:00:38 Microsoft registers microsoft-sony.com
1:02:24 Burnout Crash
1:04:17 Legend of Paper Zelda TEH SCOOP
1:05:53 FAIL… FAIL… FAIL…
1:10:32 Project Rainfall
1:14:39 Sony Supporting HDMI for Games in New PS3
1:15:47 Ubisoft’s Online Pass
1:18:24 New Nights Game? (Probably not)
1:20:00 Doritos Sex Story
1:22:22 Man Beats Dragon Quest 9 in 773 hours

Community Focus
1:25:26 Geek’s I really respect Sony Thread

Running Time: 1:46:27
File Size: 36.5 MB—-
Links:
Intro Music by Nestrogen
News Intro by sci
Outro Music by Spamtron

File Download (106:32 min / 37 MB)

The Press Room Episode #97

pr — Mon, 27 Jun 2011 05:24:00 -0400

Dvader and Iga_Bobovic gab about The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time (3DS), Okamiden (DS), Okami (PS2, Wii), Gunstar Heroes (GBA) and The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess (Wii). Then they catch us up on 3 weeks of gaming news.

News
26:13 The Guys Give Their Impressions of the Wii U Announcement
39:00 New 3DS game Reveals
42:25 More Talk About Zelda
56:52 Analysis of Sony’s Conference, Vita’s Price
1:02:46 Dragon’s Crown
1:04:23 NPD
1:09:25 Xenoblade Petitions
1:17:04 Fired Team Bondi Staffers Didn’t Make the Credits
1:25:16 Capcom’s Disposable Game Experiment with Resident Evil: Mercenaries

Community Focus
1:28:39 Orcas

Running Time: 1:38:59
File Size: ~33.9 MB—-
Links:
Intro Music by Nestrogen
News Intro by sci
Outro Music by Spamtron

File Download (98:59 min / 34 MB)

The Press Room Episode #96

pr — Mon, 06 Jun 2011 06:46:40 -0400

Dvader and DarthHomer tell us about their experiences with Brutal Legend (PS3), Harry Potter and the Deathly Hollows, Dragonball: Evolution (PSP), Dead or Alive Paradise (PSP) and Powergig: Rise of the Sixth String before previewing the upcoming E3 Convention.

News
16:44 CDProjeckt Announces Witcher 2 for 360
17:42 GoG Signs Up Some Old EA/Origin Games
18:13 Konami’s Show Was Not a Trainwreck
20:10 Konami’s Transfarring, Silent Hill, Zone of the Enders FOX Engine and MGS Announcements
29:01 Batman Arkham City Trailer, Cat Woman Playable
29:54 Uncharted 3 Trailer
31:03 Uncharted: Golden Abyss for NGP
33:07 NGP is Vita
34:21 WipeOut 2048
34:36 Super Stardust Delta
35:14 Capcom Drops Insane PC DRM for SF4:AE
36:30 Papo and Yo deals with Controverial Subject Matter
38:38 Yu Sukuzi’s Kinect Fighting Game
41:12 SoniC Generations! No News,just, you know…
41:35 Darksiders 2 Announced
43:35 Star Wars Kinect
46:04 Disney Kinect Game
48:43 Next Nintendo Controller Will Have 6 Inch Screen
51:01 Kotaku’s Microsoft E3 Leak
55:24 Game Informer Thinks the Next Nintendo will be called ‘Nintendo’.

Community Focus
56:18 Sonic 2 Challenge

Running Time: 1:00:32
File Size:~20 MB—-
Links:
Check out Homer’s Other Work at level3.org.au
Intro Music by Nestrogen
News Intro by sci
Outro Music by Spamtron

File Download (60:32 min / 21 MB)

The Press Room Episode #95

pr — Wed, 25 May 2011 20:55:00 -0400

Live, on tape from New York, Dvader Foolz and Yodariquo tell us about their experiences with L.A. Noire (PS3), Okamiden (DS) and Starcraft II (PC).

News
Yoda
23:38 PSN ‘Welcome Back’Package

Vader
31:38 PSP Games to be Ported to PS3
34:34 Sony Financials
38:57 Ninja Gaiden 3 Screens Leaked
40:48 Shinobi 3DS
42:00 Bloodrayne Betrayl

Yoda
43:06 SF4AE Will Require Persistent Internet Connection
44:52 Some Old 360’s Incompatible with New Disc Format

Foolz
45:48 DOA 3DS Might Conflict with Swedish Child Safety Laws

Vader
48:25 Sonic Generations Levels Listed

Community Focus
Alternative Best Game Ever

Running Time: 59:12
File Size: ~13.8 MB—-
Links:
Intro Music by Nestrogen
News Intro by sci
Outro Music by Spamtron

File Download (59:12 min / 14 MB)

The Press Room Episode #94

pr — Fri, 06 May 2011 05:44:00 -0400

Aspro, Dvader and Foolz tell us about their experiences with Mortal Kombat (PS3), Vanquish (PS3), Portal 2 (PS3), DarkSector (PS3), Call of Juarez: Bound in Blood (PC) and Yakuza (PS2) before getting into the gaming news of the week.

News
Vader
24:19 Sony PSN Outage Update
30:48 Wii Price Drop and “Greatest Hits” Line of Games
31:43 New Assassin’s Creed Game
32:19 Mass Effect Pushed Into 2012
33:15 Guardian Heroes Coming to XBLA

Foolz
34:02 Hand of Od Has Been Revived
34:55 Farcry 3 in Production?
35:37 No Sequel to Super Meat Boy
36:25 Duke Nukem PC Requirements

Community Focus
VGP Game Club Returns

Running Time: 39:13
File Size: ~9.1 MB—-
Links:
Intro Music by Nestrogen
News Intro by sci
Outro Music by Spamtron

File Download (39:13 min / 9 MB)

The Press Room Episode #93.1 - Sony PSN Conference

pr — Sun, 01 May 2011 23:11:00 -0400

Hear audio of the Sony Press Conference addressing their online outage and security failings, along with Darth Homer and Dvaders commentary.

Summary of Conference

Running Time: 1:09:37
File Size: ~16 MB—-
Links:
Check out Homer’s Other Work at level3.org.au
Intro Music by Nestrogen
News Intro by sci
Outro Music by Spamtron

File Download (69:37 min / 16 MB)

The Press Room Episode #93

pr — Mon, 25 Apr 2011 20:36:29 -0400

Yodariquo and DarthHomer tell us about their experiences with games like Starcraft II (PC), Yakuza 4 (PS3), Assassin’s Creed Brotherhood (PS3), Portal 2 (PC), Shift 2: Unleashed (360), Race Driver’s Grid (360), Hyperdimension Neptunia (PS3) and The Third Birthday (PSP) before getting into the gaming news of the week.

News
Homer
18:19 PSN is Down. Still.
24:41 EA’s Online Subscription Plans
26:52 Hydrophobia Sequel Leaked by Aussie Rating Board
29:25 Star Wars Kinect Game

Yodariquo
30:50 South Korean Gaming Curfew
33:05 No More PSP Go
35:18 Rumor: DSLite Discontinued
36:54 Fable 3 Will be Sold Through Steam

Community Focus
38:52 Your Favorite Toy

Running Time: 42:43
File Size: ~10 MB—-
Links:
Check out Homer’s Other Work at level3.org.au
Intro Music by Nestrogen
News Intro by sci
Outro Music by Spamtron

File Download (42:43 min / 10 MB)

The Press Room Episode #92

pr — Tue, 19 Apr 2011 06:19:23 -0400

Yodariquo and Vader give their impressions of games like Enslaved (PS3), Mass Effect 2 DLC (PS3), Castlevania: Lords of Shadow DLC (PS3), El Shaddai Demo (PS3), Killzone 3 (PS3), Bioshock (PS3) and Starcraft II (PC) before getting into the gaming news of the week.

News
Yodariquo
37:47 Project Cafe – Nintendo’s Next Console?
1:09:45 Crytek Would Like 8 GB of RAM in New Consoles
1:10:52 Rumored Wii Price-Drop to $150 USD

Vader
1:12:28 Capcom’s Annual Press Show – Captivate
1:27:52 New Sonic Game

Running Time: 1:36:45
File Size: ~ MB
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Intro Music by Nestrogen
Outro Music by Spamtron

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The Press Room Episode #91

pr — Sat, 02 Apr 2011 21:09:00 -0400

Homer and Vader talk about their new 3DS hand-helds and with Foolz give their hands-on impressions of such games as Killzone 2, Killzone 3, Crysis Warhead (PC), Little Wheel (PC), Call of Duty: Black Ops (PS3), Castlevania: Lords of Shadow (PS3), Mafia II (PS3), Ridge Racer (3DS), Street Fighter 4 (3DS), Face Raiders (3DS), Ghost Recon: Shadow Wars (3DS), Yakuza 4 (PS3), Dissidia 012 (PSP), Tomb Raider Triology (PS3) and WWE Allstars (360).

NOTE: Spoilers for Black Ops story between the 12 and 14 minutes marks.

News
Homer
44:31 Disaster Report 4 Cancelled
46:11 New Spider-Man Game Announced
48:00 New Disc Format for 360

Vader
49:15 Resident Evil Racoon City
54:14 Resident Evil Mercenaries 3D Details Emerge
56:28 HD Versions of Code Veronica and Resident Evil 4
58:02 PS3 Outsells 360 Worldwide
59:02 3DS Black Screen of Death
1:00:30 Mega Man Universe Cancelled
1:03:42 LA Noire Has Exclusive Missions for Different Retailers

Foolz
1:05:38 Heavy Rain Developer Disses LA Noire
1:07:04 Bethesda Says Multiplayer Not For Them
1:08:18 EU Console Install Base
Xenoblade Confirmed for Europe
1:10:56 EA Cracks Down on Fan-made Ultima IV Remakes

Community Focus:
1:11:48 Geek Returns to TheVGPress.com

Running Time: ~75 minutes
File Size: ~ 18 MB
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Links:
Check out Homer’s Other Work at level3.org.au
Intro Music by Nestrogen
Outro Music by Spamtron

The Press Room Episode #91 = headline

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The Press Room Episode #90

pr — Mon, 21 Mar 2011 07:42:00 -0400

Live on tape from Melbourne, Australia, Iga_Bobovic joins Homer and Foolz for the first ever in-person recording of The Pressroom. The gentlemen talk about their hands-on impressions of such games as Gunstar Future Heroes (GBA), Super Scribblenauts (DS), Killzone 3 (PS3), BulletStorm (PS3), Mortal Kombat (PS3), Pokemon Black (DS), Dragon Age 2 (PS3) and Red Dead Redemption (PC).

News
Homer
21:01 Motorstorm Apocalyse Delayed
22:35 River City Ransom Getting a Sequel
25:30 New Silent Hill Game
27:56 Homefront Sells A Lot

Community Focus:
Leo and Raven’s Hands-On With the 3DS

Running Time: 43:56
File Size: ~20.6 MB
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Intro Music by Nestrogen
Outro Music by Spamtron

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The Press Room Episode #89

pr — Fri, 11 Mar 2011 21:29:00 -0500

Live on tape from Tennessee Dvader, joins Yodariquo for a Charlie Sheen-free episode of The Press Room. Homer also joins in while the team give their hands-on impressions of Pokemon Black and White (DS), Little Big Planet 2 (PS3), Pac-Man CE (PS3) Dragon Age II, Fight Night Champion and Killzone 3 (PS3).

News
Dvader
27:43 NPD Hardware Boost Coverage
30:07 Black Ops Now Best Selling US Game Ever
35:34 Other NPD Software News
43:09 Skyward Sword Trailer at GDC
50:37 Super Mario 3DS Revealed at GDC
51:59 Netflix, GameGear and TurboGrafx coming to 3DS
53:30 Battlefield 3 at GDC
56:38 GDC Awards
58:50 Infamous 2 Will Have UCC

Yodariquo
1:01:06 Mr. Splosion Man Dreams of Miyamoto
1:02:30 Microsoft Point Generator Hacked
1:03:45 Holland Releases Impounded PS3s
1:04:42 Killzone 3 Patched Already
1:05:00 PS3 Secure Again. For Now.
1:06:24 Persona Killing? Chilling News from Michigan
1:08:42 3DS Logging Unauthorized Cart Use

Community Focus:
Leo’s Group Hug Blog
Yoda’s PS3 Catch-Up Blog

Running Time:1:38:40
File Size: ~23.8 MB
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Intro Music by Nestrogen
Outro Music by Spamtron

File Download (101:35 min / 23 MB)

The Press Room Episode #88

pr — Wed, 02 Mar 2011 00:03:00 -0500

Yodariquo and Dvader bring you a not-quite-GDC show, covering Mass Effect 2, Back to the Future, and more! Strap in, and Yoda… DROP THE BOMB

News

Yodariquo
28:15 3DS: Most Uneventful System Launch Ever (?)
28:30 400,000 3DS units sold day one
29:30 CVG 3DS Review
31:38 Kotaku 3DS Review
34:00 3DS hacked already
35:40 GDC Starts, nothing happens
37:40 Does Kinect Cause Non-Slim Xbox 360s to RRoD?
40:00 PS3 shipments seized in Europe over LG lawsuit

Dvader
43:25 Burger Time HD Coming to PSN!
44:33 Screen Gems acquires Devil May Cry movie rights
49:10 Ninja Gaiden teaser
50:20 Anarchy Reigns details

Community Focus
53:45 Charlie Sheen or Bill Gates?

File Download (64:15 min / 16 MB)

The Press Room Episode #87

pr — Sat, 26 Feb 2011 19:04:00 -0500

It’s an Aussie show, with Foolz and Darthhomer covering the dry well of news, along with plenty of games, including Back to the Future: Episode 1
Dragon Age Origins, Dragon Age 2, de Blob 2, HomeFront, and WWE All-Stars.

News

Darthhomer
28:05 Nintendo of Australia drops 3DS info
29:58 Last Guardian blowout
32:10 Sony declares PSN home to the worst game ever

Foolz
35:24 TopWare is the new Eidos
40:35 Artist creates bowling game controlled by kissing

Community Focus
45:30 Travo gets a PS3 and a turd nugget of games!
48:40 Get well Leo!

File Download (53:50 min / 14 MB)

The Press Room Episode #86

pr — Sat, 12 Feb 2011 18:17:00 -0500

Foolz and Dvader put together a tandem show, discussing Mass Effect 2, Darksiders, Klonoa 2, and Mark Ecko’s Getting Up:Contents Under Pressure. Also covered is the belated PSP2 news and impressions, Sony suing anything and everything, and the top 5 versions of stuff, care of robio.

News
Dvader
24:00 Sony Announces NGP (PSP2)
35:50 Activision kills Guitar Hero
39:53 Sony Sues the World
41:35 LG Starts Patent Lawsuit War with Sony
42:40 Dark Souls announced with trailer

Foolz
45:55 Activision to create Call of Duty “Digital Platform”
48:40 Bulletstorm – Not Call of Duty
50:45 Australian Game Sales Down
52:32 3DS Pricing in Australia – $349.99

Community Focus
53:50 Top 5 Classic Arcade Games (80s)
Top 5 Old Guys in Video Games
Top 5 Bald Dudes in Gaming
Top 5 SquareSoft Games
Top 5 Clowns in Video Games

File Download (67:22 min / 13 MB)

The Press Room Episode #85

pr — Fri, 21 Jan 2011 07:22:00 -0500

Foolz, Dvader, DarthHomer and Yodariquo form the perfect quartet of gaming knowledge in another episode of The Press Room. The fab four give your the most interesting game news of the week as well as their hands-on impressions of the following games: Klonoa (Wii)SPOILERS 2 minutes through 3:30 minutes, Ass (Yoda), Little Big Planet 2 (PS3), Mass Effect 2 (PS3), DC Universe (PS3), Deadly Premonition (360), and Red Dead Redemption (PS3).

News
Homer
22:42 Final Fantasy 13-2 Announced
27:50 Three Dev Teams Working on Modern Warfare 3
29:38 Virtua Tennis 4 Revealed
33:04 Portal 2 PS3 Combatible With PC

Yodariquo
35:55 3DS Release Information
39:00 Pachter: $249 for 3DS is Too Low
42:36 3DS Release Games (US)
50:25 3DS Non-game Features
55:31 Sony Suit Against GeoHot Delayed on Jurisdiction Grounds
56:59 BLOPS Servers May Shutdown Because of PS3 Hack

Foolz
58:02 Pachter: Apple Will Surpass Nintendo in 3D
1:00:59 Pachter: 3DS Will Outsell PSP2
1:03:49 Pachter: Nintendo Has Completely Blown Wii 2 Strategy

Community Focus:
Red Patent Hangbag, for Hoboes

Running Time: 1:13:11
File Size: 17 MB
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Links:
Check out Darth Homer’s work at Level3.org.au
Intro Music by Nestrogen
Outro Music by Spamtron

File Download (73:12 min / 17 MB)

The Press Room Episode #84

pr — Fri, 14 Jan 2011 15:42:33 -0500

Iga_Bobovic returns to the podcast with Foolz and Dvader by his side. They give first hand impressions of the following games, before going into this week’s biggest stories in the video gaming world: Klonoa (Wii), Red Dead Redemption (PS3), Dead Rising 2 (PS3), Donkey Kong Country Returns (Wii) and Donkey Kong Country Jungle Beat (GC).

News
DVader
25:07 NPD Totals for 2010 and December 2010

Iga_Bobovic’s 3DS News Bonanza
36:36 3DS Region Locked
38:40 3DS Battery Life A bit Flat
49:26 UK Retailers List 3DS Price

DVader AGAIN
59:30 Capcom’s 3DS Offerings
1:07:46 SEGA’s Pathetic Dreamcast Collection
1:09:42 Skyrim Details
1:16:59 Little Big Planet 2 Critical Reception

Foolz
1:24:03 PlayStation expanding into China
1:24:37 Pac-Man Reality TV Show
1:26:06 ESA Warns of Bogus Study
1:26:35 Brain Scans Can Show Your Gaming Skills
1:27:42 Killzone 3 Has 70 Minutes of Cutscenes

Community Focus:
Where is the World is Gamingeek?
The VGPress GOTY

Running Time: 1:40:02
File Size: ~17.5 MB
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Intro Music by Nestrogen
Outro Music by Spamtron

The Press Room Episode #84 = headline

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The Press Room Episode #83

pr — Tue, 04 Jan 2011 22:15:00 -0500

Yodariquo, Dvader, Darth Homer and Foolz come back from break to go over the gaming news of the week as well as give hands-on impressions of Rock Band 3 (Wii), Retro Game Challenge, Killzone 2, Pro Evolution Soccer 10 (Wii), Odd Box (PC), Prince of Persia 2008, Prince of Persia Triology, God of War: Ghost of Sparta (PSP), NBA2K11 (360), Wet (360), Assassin’s Creed: Brotherhood (PS3), Deadly Premonition (PC) and Gran Turismo 5.

News
Yodariquo
43:54 PS3 Root Keys Released
47:14 Ubisoft’s Top Selling Franchises
50:31 APB Sequel?

DVader
52:43 GOTY 2010 Media Picks Summary
56:52 Zelda “Half-way Done”
Something About Marvel vs. Capcom 3

Foolz
1:00:40 Tales of Graces Fan Localization
1:01:30 Square Goes Back to Square One with FF14 MMO
1:02:20 EA CEO Breaks Down What Went Wrong with NBA Elite
1:03:46 Pirate Goes To Jail for 2.5 Years
1:04:49 PachterWatch

Community Focus:
What media format will Microsoft use next gen?

Running Time: 1:14:13
File Size ~30.4 MB
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Links:
Check out Darth Homer’s work at Level3.org.au
Intro Music by Nestrogen
Outro Music by Spamtron

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The Press Room Episode #82

pr — Thu, 02 Dec 2010 17:15:00 -0500

Yodariquo, Dvader, Darth Homer and Aspro perform a square dance of gaming perspectives and news for the 82nd Episode of The Press Room. First hand impressions of Golden Sun (DS), Kinect, Gran Turismo 5 (PS3), Pac-Man CE DX (XBLA), A Boy and his Blob (Wii), Oblivion (360), Super Mario Sunshine (GC), Murumasa (Wii), GoldenEye 007 (Wii), NBA JAM HD, Persona 3 Portable (PSP), and Sonic Colors (Wii) are given in the show.

News
Aspro
56:02 343 Making Halo: Combat Evolved HD?
59:00 Yakuza Producer With New Robot Game “Binary Domain”

Yodariquo
63:50 Judge Throws 360 Modding Case Out of Court

DVader
68:20 Black Friday Sales Numbers/ Discussion of Motion
78:41 Cock Out – Perverse Penis Game (For a Good Cause)

Community Focus:
Platforming Games Dead?
Homer’s Blog

Running Time: 90 minutes
Approximate Size: ~36 MB
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Check out Darth Homer’s work at Level3.org.au
Intro Music by Nestrogen
Outro Music by Spamtron

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The Press Room Episode #81

pr — Tue, 23 Nov 2010 03:07:00 -0500

Darth Homer and Foolz provide their antipodean impressions of Persona 3 (PSP), Fist of the North Star: Ken’s Rage (PS3), Call of Duty: Black Ops (PS3), Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit, Panzer Dragoon Orta (XB), Killzone (PS3) and FIFA XI before getting into the news of the week.

News
Darth Homer
13:37 NPD
22:17 Spike VGA Nominees Announced
27:43 The Future Of Bizarre Creations

Foolz
29:33 GT5 Install While Playing
31:36 Yu Suzuki wants to Make Shenmue 3
34:00 Codemasters Hold Recruietment Drive, Invites Bizarre
34:58 Splatterhouse Character in Playboy

Critical Reception: Sonic Colors, Donkey Kong Country Returns.

Community Focus:
Vader’s 80’s Music Thread
Leo Hates Some Games

Running Time: 47:21 minutes
Approximate Size: ~19 MB
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Intro Music by Nestrogen
Outro Music by Spamtron

Also, Super Kangaroo Testicals.

The Press Room Episode #81 = headline

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The Press Room Episode #80

pr — Mon, 15 Nov 2010 04:37:00 -0500

Yodariquo and Aspro give first hand impressions of GoldenEye 007 (Wii), Dragon Quest IV (DS), Crackdown (360) and Too Human (360) before getting into the news of the week.

News
Yodariquo
45:15 GT5 Dated!
47:16 NBA Elite 11 Cancelled
49:59 Nintendo Will Bring Un-released DS games to US
52:37 Dragon Quest 6 Cancelled?>
54:46 Nintendo has QA Approval? Since When?

Aspro
58:08 Wii Exclusive Sonic Colors Opens With Good Reviews
59:59 Call of Duty: Black Ops News
63:45 Kinect News

Community Focus:
Does culture play a part in game development?

Running Time: 78:15
Approximate Size: 32.3 MB
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Intro Music by Nestrogen
Outro Music by Aspro

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The Press Room Episode #79

pr — Tue, 02 Nov 2010 17:59:00 -0400

Vader, Yodariquo, Darth Homer and Foolz return for the Second Anniversary of TheVGPress.com to give their first hand impressions of Amnesia: The Dark Descent (PC), Sonic Colours (DS), Crafting Mama (DS), Kirby’s Epic Yarn (Wii), Red Steel 2 (Wii), Sonic Chronicles (DS), Killzone 2 (PS3), FIFA XI (PS3), Fallout New Vegas (PS3), Castlevania: Lord of Shadows (PS3), SingStar Guitar (PS3), Rockband 3 (PS3) and Star Wars: The Force Unleashed 2 (PS3) before tackling the news of the week. Also, bonus content from Episode 78 is included.

News
Dvader
29:04 Inafune and Capcom Break Up
39:01 Mikami’s Studio Tango Bought by Zenimax
41:26 SMG 2 Unit Sales
42:23 Take-Two Interactive CEO Steps Down
43:21 Fable 3 Critical Reception

Darth Homer
48:11 Project Gotham Racing Returns?
49:45 Call of Duty Black Ops Cameos

Foolz
53:33 Iwata Speaks on Wii and DS Sales/ Usership
55:31 PacterWatch
57:04 IO Gets Staff Cuts
58:31 Ken Levine Likes PC’s
1:00:58 More Details on Shenume Mobile Game

Yodariquo
1:02:58 Blizzard Suing Starcraft 2 Hackers
1:04:59 Sony Threatening to Suing PS3 Break Users
1:06:01 BREAKING NEWS from Dvader – SOCOM Dev on Resident Evil?
1:10:47 Sony Makes…a PHONE!
1:11:27 Rush Limbaugh Defends Games as Art
1:13:20 Suikoden 25 Disc Soundtrack
1:15:45 One Year Anniversay of Horrible VC Releases

Community Focus:
The Epitome of a Nintendo Game also discussion of Hobo Gaming Strategies.

Running Time: 1:57:06
Approximate Size: 48 MB
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The Press Room Episode #78

pr — Tue, 26 Oct 2010 00:07:00 -0400

Darth Homer and Foolz (Australia) and Iga Bobvich (Netherlands) join forces to give their first hand impressions of Boom Blox 2: Bash Party (Wii), Killzone 2 (PS3), Yakuza 3 (PS3), FIFA XI (PS3), Metroid: Other M (Wii), and DJ Hero 2 (PS3).

News
Darth Homer
20:10 Kirby’s Epic Yarn Delayed for EU and Australia
22:01 Professor Layton/ Ace Attorney Game
24:52 Prinny 2 Contest

Foolz
25:00 Fable 3 Gayness
27:37 Molyneux, “I’ve never made a great game.”
28:43 Square Has Ten Year Plan for Deus Ex
31:23 Machinerium Soundtrack Released on Vinyl
32:46 New Dante Designed to Generate Interest
PS2 Bundle for $99
35:43 Amazon Deal for GoldenEye Wii

Iga Bobovich
37:21 Korean Starcraft Scandal

Community Focus The VG Press Game of the Decade

Running Time: 45:26
Approximate Size: 18.6 MB
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The Press Room Episode #77

pr — Fri, 15 Oct 2010 09:19:00 -0400

Yodariquo and DVader give their hands on impressions of Sonic 4: Episode One (Wii), Vanquish (PS3, 360), Lara Croft and the Guardian of Light (PS3, 360), Castlevania: Lords of Shadow (PS3, 360), and NBA2K11 (PS3, 360) before getting into the gaming news of the week. Yoda and Vader also pick their FINAL FOUR in our Game of the Decade thread.
News

Yodariquo
20:00 Gran Turismo 5 Delayed
24:23 Valve’s “New” Game
26:58 Starcraft 2 Bannings
30:39 Kinect Gets a Boat

Dvader
35:30 NPD RIP
38:44 New X-Men Game
40:46 SEGA Making New Sonic Anniversary Game
42:33 New Shenmue!!! (mobile game – ahh fark!)
44:33 Grasshopper Gets Wada (Harvest Moon) and Little King Story Creator

Community Focus: Press Room Episode Triple Zero

Running Time: 1:10:45
Approximate Size: 24.8 MB
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Intro Music by Nestrogen

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The Press Room Episode #76.1 - 3DS Special

pr — Wed, 29 Sep 2010 09:29:00 -0400

DVader and Darth Homer Host a Special Edition of The Press Room covering the Nintendo 3DS Conference.

Also included are hands on impressions of Civ 5, Lost Planet 2, Golden Sun, Shenmue 2, The World Ends With You and Kane and Lynch 2.

Plus, in a Nintendo Conference exclusive, the latest dish on Australia’s Top Model!

Running Time: 1 Hour
Approximate Size: 21 MB

File Download (60:00 min / 21 MB)

The Press Room Episode #76

pr — Wed, 29 Sep 2010 05:42:00 -0400

Yodariquo and DVader (and special guest Darth Homer) give their hands on impressions of Enslaved, Klonoa 2: Lunatea’s Veil, The World Ends With You, and Sony’s Move, before getting into the news of the week. Also, the most SHOCKING search term used to find thevgpress.com yet!

News
Yodariquo
14:03 Sony Targeting Hackers
18:44 Kotick Betrayed
22:11 EA Responds To Kotick
24:12 Capcom DLC More Effective Than Ads

Dvader
30:08 NBA Elite and NBA Jam Drama
38:12 Little Big Planet 2 Little Delayed
39:54 NPD Lifetime Console Sales North America
42:47 Sonic 4 Priced and Dated
45:45 Castlevania Review Round-Up

Community Focus: Before the Nintedo Conference – Price Predictions

Running Time: 56:35
Approximate Size: 19.8 MB
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Links:
Jamie’s Other Gaming Podcast: www.level3.org.au
Intro Music by Nestrogen
Outro Music by Spamtron

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The Press Room Episode #75

pr — Wed, 22 Sep 2010 07:14:00 -0400

DVader, Aspro and DarthHomer give first hand accounts of such games as Vanquish (PS3), Valkyria Chronicles 2, Kingdom Hearts: Birth by Sleep (PSP), Prof. Layton 3 (DS), Tales of Vesperia (360), Super Mario Galaxy 2 (Wii), SimCity 3000 (PC), The World Ends With You (DS) and Chili Con Carnage (PSP) before going on to hit the latest news of the week.

News
45:38 3DS Hardware Details Revealed
50:52 Capcom Profits Plummet
53:05 Inafune’s Got Some Gripes
58:15 Kotick’s Back!
1:02:40 PS3 Passes Wii in 2010 in Japan
1:05:19 Pokemon B&W Sold HOW MUCH?
1:06:05 TGS Details
1:08:16 Batman Arkham City—More Details
1:12:15 MJ MMO

Running Time: 1:23:10
Approximate Size: 29.2 MB
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Intro Music by Nestrogen
Outro Music by Spamtron

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The Press Room Episode #74.1

pr — Thu, 16 Sep 2010 06:18:00 -0400

Dvader and Aspro bring all the latest news from the Tokyo Game Show, and more, in this TGS Special Edition of The Press Room.

Running Time: 1:04:29
File Size: 22 MB

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The Press Room Episode #74.0

pr — Sun, 12 Sep 2010 06:48:00 -0400

Yodariquo and DVader check into the Press Room to cover the news of the week. DVader also gives his hands-on impressions of Metroid: Other-M (Wii) as well as a review of the movie, Resident Evil Afterlife.

News
DVader
22:46 NPD Results

Yodariquo
31:23 Machinarium Announced for Wii
33:53 Famitsu Gives Pokemon B&W Perfect Score
36:08 PayPal Hanging Onto Indy Game Developer’s Money
38:17 Rare Wanted Kinect
40:40 Zynga Bigshot Says ‘Do Evil’

Even More Dvader
42:30 Playstation Turns 15, Disses SEGA
46:00 XBLA Price Increase
47:40 Virtual Fighter 5: Final Showdown
49:04 Uncharted 2 DLC Being WOrked On
50:45 Mega Man Universe Shown

Running Time: 60:43
Approximate Size: 21.3 MB
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The Press Room Episode #73.0

pr — Tue, 07 Sep 2010 04:44:00 -0400

Yodariquo and Foolz join forces to talk about the week of gaming news, along with their hands-on impressions of Bases Loaded (NES) and Yakuza 3 (PS3).

News
Yodariquo
10:17 Duke Nukem Forever coming out 2011!!”
12:16 Super Mario Collection announced for Japan
15:59 DS Price Cut in US

Foolz
18:00 Wii Party Number 1 in Japan
23:28 Kinect Making Fun of Gamers
25:15 Yakuza 4
26:45 RE6
28:48 L.A. Noire delayed
30:16 Valve Hiring Linux Programers

Community Focus: Bugsy Asks…
Search Term of the Week: Strange Picture URL

Running Time: 39:03
Approximate Size: 13.7 MB
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The Press Room Episode #72.0

pr — Sat, 28 Aug 2010 06:59:00 -0400

Wheeze kickin’ it ol’ skool with Yodariquo, Darth Homer and Foolz. The gang talks about Homer getting a job in the gay porn industry, malerooms, licking and hands-on (cough) experience with gaymes like, Cho Iniki, Star Wars: The Force Unleased: Ultimate Sith Edition (360), Dissidia: Final Fantasy (PSP), Podnation Racers (PS3), Dragon Quest 9 (DS), Little Big Planet (PS3), Yakuza 3 (PS3) and Ivy the Kiwi? (DS).

IMPORTANT: Please note, Foolz is watching a futbol/ soccer game throughout. This explains random sports references.
News
Darth Homer
23:18 Tell Tale Reveals Tyco, Strong Bad and Others for a new game.
25:31 Lucas Arts Working on Apple Version of Grim Fandango
26:19 Square Working on FF6 for iPhone?
27:41 Square Offering Kingdom Hearts Only on PSP Pre 3000

Foolz
28:55
32:37 Kinect Is Not Limited To Two Players
34:10 Bible MMO in The Works
36:22 EEDAR Says Games With Female Protagonist Score Higher (Except Not)
37:56 Virtual-On: The Breast of Both Worlds
39:29 Steam users Also Use Bit-Torrent

Yodariquo
40:52 Target Gets Into Used Games
42:40 Best Buy Also Gets Into Used Biz
44:44 Sony Exploring Online Pass Options for First-Party Titles
52:43 Kinect Won’t Have Voice – Or Will It?
54:03 Sony Says Move Won’t Sell So Great

Running Time: 1:04:34
Approximate Size: 20 MB
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Links:
Jamie’s Other Gaming Podcast: http://www.level3.org.au
Intro Music by Nestrogen
Outro Music by ”>Spamtron
File Download (64:34 min / 22 MB)

The Press Room Episode #71.0

pr — Mon, 23 Aug 2010 06:21:00 -0400

DVader and Yoda man the podcast station this week to talk about the latest in gaming news and also give their hands-on accounts of such gaming gems as The Legacy of Kain Series and… um some movies.. like The Expendables and Scott Pilgrim Vs. The World!

News

Vader
20:37 Sony Shows GT5 at Gamescom
26:39 Rachet & Clank Co-Op Game
27:40 Resistance 3 Revealed
29:18 Metroid Live Action Commercial
31:10 LBP Will Have Full Music Editor
34:06 Devil May Cry 5 Will Be Developed by Capcom
35:49 Ancel Says Beyond Good and Evil Still In the Works
37:14 Sonic 4 Will Be “Awesome”

Yodariquo
38:51 New PSP2 Awesome!
43:45 No Steam on Linux
44:32 UK Slams Square for False Advertising
48:38 THQ Announce Drawing Tablet for Wii

Running Time: 2:03:05
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The Press Room Episode #70.0

pr — Wed, 18 Aug 2010 06:29:00 -0400

After a 2 week break Yodariquo, Aspro and Foolz return to give their first hand impressions of Final Fantasy 3, Goldeneye: Rogue Agent, Little Big Planet and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Smash Up, we also break down the latest in video gaming news.
News
Yodariquo
21:42 US Loosens Restrictions
31:20 Bioshock (3)?
35:25 NPD1

Aspro
45:25 Red Steel 2 Post Mortem
51:10 Heavy Rain Sold Four Times As Many Copies As Expected
54:51 Zampella: Reviewers should finish games

Foolz
57:00 Mass Effect 2 to PS3
1:00:00 Sakamoto says Other M is perfect Metroid experience
1:06:51 Baldur’s gate started out as MMO
1:09:39 No ladders in Fallout
1:12:42 Fox News doesn’t like the taliban
1:18:19 FIFA 11

Community Focus:
1:27:38 Soul Reaver

Running Time: 1:40:50
Approximate Size: 35.4 MB
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The Press Room Episode #69.0

pr — Mon, 26 Jul 2010 10:00:00 -0400

We return to our IHOP format (International House of Podcast) with Foolz in Australia joining Special Guest SteelAttack from Mexico and host Dvader from Miami to give hand-on impressions of (The recently updated multiplayer) Uncharted 2 (PS3), Red Steel 2 (Wii), Love (PC), Coma (PC), Achievement Unlocked (PC) (Links for these free games are provided below), Little Big Planet (Ps3), Resident Evil 5 (PS3), Pro Evolution Soccer Ten (Wii), FIFA X (PS3) and Sonic 2 (Genesis).

News
Dvader
29:19 Comic Con Capcom News – Streetfighter V Tekken
37:22 Mega Man Universe (No link, there was no news).
38:32 Mega Man Legends 3
40:35 Bungie News
43:49 Boba Fett in SW:TFU
44:56 Marvel Gauntlet
45:30 Tactics Ogre PSP
45:50 Kinect Priced
55:49 Sony Move News
1:05:32 PachterWatch

Foolz
1:21:40 $35 Laptop

SteelAttack
1:23:16 Starcraft II To Sell 7 Mill in 12 Months?

Community Focus:
Why Do You Keep Up On Gaming News?

Running Time: 1:41:15
Approximate Size: 35.6 MB (MP3) 38.3 MB (OGG)

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Links:
Coma Game http://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/541124
Loved Game http://www.alexanderocias.com/loved.php
Acheivement Unlocked Game http://armorgames.com/play/2893/achievement-unlocked

Intro Music by Nestrogen
Outro Music by Spamtron

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The Press Room Episode #68.0

pr — Sun, 18 Jul 2010 10:00:00 -0400

Yodariquo and Dvader give hand-on impressions of Jam Sessions 2 (DS) before going into the news of the week, NPD Analysis and a special movie reviews of Interception and Toy Story 3.

News
Dvader
5:29 June NPD
27:10 Rockstar /2K Layoffs
32:07 Mega Man Universe Trailer
36:02 New James Bond Game
39:13 Sunsoft Virtual Console Games

Yodariquo
40:00 Playstation Move SKUs detailed
43:21 Mark Rein Strikes Again
45:53 Tim Schafer on Bobby Kotick
47:12 The World’s Stupidest Solution to Piracy

Community Focus:
Nintendo Downloads for 7/19/10
Movie of the Year Picks

Approximate Running Time: 1:22:01
Approximate Size: 28.8 MB (MP3) 40 MB (OGG)
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The Press Room Episode #67.0

pr — Sun, 11 Jul 2010 10:00:00 -0400

After talking about console hardware failures Yodariquo, DarthHomer and DVader give first hand impressions of such games as Mystery Case Files: MillionHeir, America’s Test Kitchen: Red Roasted Potatoes, Deca Sports Cheerleading, Nier, Prince of Perisa: The Forgotten Sands and X-Com.

News
DarthHomer
16:49 EA and Bioware Confirm Dragon Age 2
19:39 Blizzard’s Real ID Foible
21:36 NBA Jam for HD Consoles
23:30 GTA: Vice City Release in Australia?
25:00 Video Chat Functionality in Pokemon B&W
26:54 Driver SFO Coming out in 2011

Dvader
27:24 NPD
33:04 Castlevania Gameplay Video
36:23 Infamous 2 Footage
38:03 Sonic Hats For Everyone!
38:53 Pacter Predicts Halo-Killer from Respawn
39:32 GT5 Online Mode Detailed

Yodariquo
40:57 Blockbuster Video to be delisted from NYSE
44:42 Kinect Burger King Partnership
46:14 Club Nintendo Gold and Platinum Rewards revealed

Approximate Running Time: 1:02:16
Approximate Size: 21.8 MB (MP3) 27.8 MB (OGG)

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Jamie’s Other Gaming Podcast: http://www.level3.org.au
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Outro Music by Spamtron

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The Press Room Episode #66.0

pr — Sun, 27 Jun 2010 10:00:00 -0400

Before going over the BIGGEST NEWS of the week DarthHomer, Yodariquo and Dvader give hands-on accounts of Toy Story 3 (PS3), Mega Man Zero Collection (DS), Installing Medal of Honor: Airborne (PC), Demon’s Souls (PS3), The Chronicles of Riddick: Assault on Dark Athena (PS3), Ridge Racer Type Four (PS1), Crash Bandicoot 3: Warped (PS1), Cave Story (Wii), Sin and Punishment 2 (Wii), Dragon Ball Z Origins 2 (DSiWare),  and Personal Trainer Math (DSi).

News
DarthHomer
28:13 THQ Using Spin-Offs For Promotion
30:37 Rugby League Live
32:25 Dreamcast Game MDK2 Coming to PC and Wii
34:34 More PS2 Compilations Coming to PS3
38:24 Pokemon B&W Trailer

Dvader
39:41 Steam Has Mega Summer Sale
41:10 New Playstation 3 Firmware
43:34 Final Fantasy Versus Shown in Famitsu

Yodariquo
45:55 3DS – 2010 or 2011?
47:29 Eco-cases spotted from Nintendo
49:31 Hulu Coming to PS3

Approximate Running Time: 1:01:58
Approximate Size: 21.7 MB (MP3) 25.3 MB (OGG)

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Jamie’s Other Gaming Podcast: http://www.level3.org.au
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Outro Music: Guile Theme

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The Press Room Episode #65.0

pr — Sun, 20 Jun 2010 10:00:00 -0400

In this post E3 Wrap-Up DarthHomer, Yodariquo and Dvader cover the best and worst of show and go into details on  Gran Turismo 5, Konami’s Press Conference, Glee Karoake Revolution, Heroes of the Ring, XBLA Castlevania, Kinect, OnLive, 1UP’s Best of E3, Halo Reach, KOTORMMO, LEGO Universe, IGN’s Best of Show, Marvel vs. Capcom 3 and so much more—You will be sucked!

Approximate Running Time: 1:30:33
Approximate Size: 31.8 MB (MP3) 43.7 MB (OGG)

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Jamie’s Other Gaming Podcast: http://www.level3.org.au
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Outro Music: God Hand Closing Credits

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The Press Room Episode #64.1

pr — Wed, 16 Jun 2010 00:00:00 -0400

Yodariquo, Dvader, and at long last Phantom_Leo take part in impressions on the Sony and Nintendo E3 press conferences.  More games than could possibly be listed, it’s turned out to be a remarkable event.
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The Press Room Episode #64.0

pr — Mon, 14 Jun 2010 10:00:00 -0400

This week we have a special E3 version of the Pressroom.  Yodariquo, Dvader and Aspro break down the Kinect, Microsoft, Ubisoft and EA Press conferences.  Includes DarthHomer bonus track.

PLEASE NOTE: There are some slight sound quality issues early in the podcast with Aspro.  These issues are resolved after a couple of minutes.  Additionally, today’s podcast is available in MP3 format only.

Approximate Running Time: 2:03:19
Approximate Size: 43.3 MB(MP3)

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Jamie’s Other Gaming Podcast: http://www.level3.org.au
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Outro Music by Spamtron

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The Press Room Episode #63.1

pr — Sat, 12 Jun 2010 00:00:00 -0400

Yodariquo and Dvader bring you a special pre-E3 mini-show, talking about GameTrailers TV’s pre-E3 show, and impressions on the trailers of Devil’s Third, Star Wars the Force Unleashed 2, Dead Space 2, Killzone 3 and more.
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The Press Room Episode #63.0

pr — Sun, 06 Jun 2010 10:00:00 -0400

Dvader from the United States joins DarthHomer from Australia and Yodariquo from Canada in a fast-moving discussion of gaming news.  Includes hands-on accounts of games like Super Mario Galaxy 2, 3D Dot Game Heroes, the 360’s Alan Wake, Red Dead Redemption (Homer grows tired of it), Blur, Sam and Max: The Devils Playhouse, the Tomb of Sam and Max, Battle of Giants: Mutant Insects, Rooms DS and Picross 3D.

News

DarthHomer
25:36 Infamous 2 Has Been Announced
27:19 MotorStorm 3 Leaked?
28:18 CAPCOM Reveals E3 Lineup
29:07 SEGA Working on New Total War Game
30:26 Red Faction: Armageddon Announced
33:15 Dungeon Siege 3 Announced

DVader
34:39 Square Enix Announced New Third-Person Shooter
38:09 Mikami’s New Game, Vanquish
40:06 New Sonic Game
44:22 New “Contra”

Yodariquo
46:03 GoldenEye Wii leaked
49:19 3DS near-360 visuals?
53:45 Database of Stolen Gaming Accounts Uncovered
55:03 Piracy costs gaming lots of money, CESA Guesses

Community Focus:
E3 Predictions

Running Time: 1:19:05
Approximate Size: 27.8 MB(MP3) 33 MB(OGG)

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Jamie’s Other Gaming Podcast: http://www.level3.org.au
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The Press Room Episode #62.0

pr — Sun, 30 May 2010 10:00:00 -0400

Co-Pilots DarthHomer and Yodariquo pull off a tricky landing while Aspro puts his seat in the upright position.  Games talked about today: Sakura Wars: So Long My Love, Big Bang Mini, Batman: Arkham Asylum, Dead Space, Bolt, Neir, Red Dead Redemption, Alan Wake, Hotel Dusk, Lost Odyssey, Final Fantasy 13 and UFC Undisputed 2010.

News

DarthHomer
34:00 Tekken 7 Announced
35:33 Square Enix Publishing on iPad
36:43 Treyarch Heading Toward Online Subscription Model?
40:35 Valve Updates Legacy Titles for Mac

Yodariquo
42:25 Insomniac Goes Multi-Plat
44:25 Rockstar North Hiring for Wii and DS
47:31 NAMCO speaks about Ubisoft’s DRM
49:48 Ubisoft Helps Pirates Says Analyst
52:30 Wii Wings

Community Focus: What Went Wrong This Gen?

Running Time: 1:01:25
Approximate Size: 21.5 MB(MP3) 30 MB(OGG)

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Jamie’s Other Gaming Podcast: http://www.level3.org.au
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The Press Room Episode #61.0

pr — Mon, 24 May 2010 10:00:00 -0400

In this week’s podcast Yodariquo, DarthHomer and Aspro talk about the latest gaming news and give first hand accounts of Ninja Gaiden Sigma 2, Hotel Dusk, Sakura Wars: So Long My Love, Yakuza 3, Dead Space Extraction, Dead Space, That’s So Raven, Red Dead Redemption, 3D Dot Game Heroes and Alan Wake.

News
Homer
43:28 Killzone 3 is Going to Happen
46:35 Ubisoft News

Aspro
49:55 SMG Composer Gives Full Original Sound Track on YouTube
50:43 Allard Likely Out At Microsoft
53:06 Super Mario Galaxy 2 Launches, 98 metacritic
55:59 Online-Passes For Used Games
1:01:43 CHL (Canadian Hockey League) Coming to NHL11

Yoda

1:03:23 Sony’s Rob Dyer Lets Loose
1:09:24 PSP2 Rumours

1:11:29 Rockstar on Parents
1:12:42 Epic on PC development

Running Time: 1:20:03
Approximate Size: 28.1 MB(MP3) 35.1 MB(OGG)

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The Press Room Episode #60.0

pr — Sat, 08 May 2010 10:00:00 -0400

In this week’s podcast Yodariquo, Dvader and Foolz  talk about such games as GTA4: Lost and the Damned, GTA4: The Ballad of Gay Tony, Rabbids Go Home and Resident Evil 5.

News
Yoda
15:49 Black Wii confirmed for May 9
17:09 Nintendo tops its console and handheld sales records
19:34 Reggie says: Apple has no impact
22:57 Wii Party unveiled
26:51 First annual Canadian Videogame Awards
30:05 OFLC shuts down pre-release info

Foolz
31:55 Nintendo Could Charge for Online?
34:54 Doom 4 will show id’s Potential
37:24 Infinity Ward Working on CoD
39:14 UbiShop
40:04 EU to move ahead with ACTA

Vader
43:12 Little Big Planet 2 Revealed
46:36 Game Informer’s Scores
47:47 Super Mario Galaxy 2 Reviews
54:14 Alan Wake Reviews
56:22 Lost Planet Reviews
58:11 RE5 Director Takeuchi Won’t Be Allowed to Touch RE6
59:56 Capcom’s Profits Plunge
1:02:04 Metal Gear Launches in Japan, But Loses Out to Dragon Quest Monsters Joker 2
1:04:26 God of War Returns to the PSP

1:06:32 PachterWatch

Running Time: 1:15:22
Approximate Size: 25 MB (MP3) 42 MB (OGG)
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The Press Room Episode #59.0

pr — Fri, 30 Apr 2010 00:00:00 -0400

In this week’s podcast Yodariquo, Dvader, Foolz and Igabobovic (with guest appearance of Freehostgator) talk about such games as Endless Ocean 2, Castlevania 3, Heavy Rain, FIFA X, Raving Rabbids Go Home and then get to the gaming news of the week (in addition to an audio recording of a gangban. (That’s Gang-BAN).

News

Yoda

16:06 Black Wii is Still Coming

17:10 Bungie Teaming with Activision

24:21 Sony Faces Class Action Lawsuit

31:25 Videogames and the Media

Foolz

42:34 Halo 2 Still Going

43:00 Wii Price Drop For Aus/NZ

45:58 RZA Doing mo-cap for DJ Hero 2

48:00 Surfer Girl 360 Rumours

Vader

51:00 Treyarch Announces Call of Duty: Black Ops

Iga

55:34 Force Unleashed 2 Announced

59:30 Red Steel 3 Kerfuffle

1:06:25 Castlevania HD – IGA CONFIRMS! (that it is fake)

Running Time: 1:22:39

Approximate Size: 29 MB (MP3) 33 MB (OGG)
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The Press Room Episode #58.0

pr — Sun, 25 Apr 2010 00:00:00 -0400

Yodariquo with Dvader and Foolz bring you an hour of madness brought upon us by Lonnie Anderson.

Yodariquo

(21:00) Super Table Flip

(23:35) Ubisoft’s endless DRM disaster

(24:35) Ubisoft’s DRM completely cracked

(26:32) Ubisoft kills off game manuals

(30:20) Capcom pulls an Ubisoft

Dvader

(36:50) Metroid Other M and Sin & Punishment delayed

(43:30) Arkham Asylum 2 character announcements

Foolz

(47:37) Marvel vs Capcom 3 announced

(51:10) Mike Hayes calls his comments inappropriate in third person

(53:15) Adventures of PB Winterbottom released, $5 on Steam

(54:46) Matt Casamassina leaves IGN for Apple

Community Focus

(59:04) Happy Birthday Bugs/GG

Pachter Watch!

(1:00:28) Xbox Live “Platinum”

Search term of the week

McVeiny Murderer

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The Press Room Episode #57.0

pr — Fri, 16 Apr 2010 10:00:00 -0400

While DarthHomer and Yodariquo take a spell, Dvader, Foolz and Igabobovic stitch together a podcast and talk about NPD, Games as Art and such games as Final Fantasy 13, Batman: Arkham Asylum, Rabbids Go Home, RedSteel 2, Boom Blox 2, Endless Ocean 2, Okami,

NOTE: On this week’s podcast there are some audio quality issues with Iga’s track, though it does get better as the cast goes on.

News
Foolz
23:49 Blazblue to PC
24:28 No More Free Demos
26:05 Sony not going to offer PS3 Refunds
28:25 Deus Ex 3’s Distinctive Art
29:02 Gen 1 Xbox Live Over
30:37 MGS 2 on Japanese Virtual Console

Dvader
31:30 NPD (Google it)
42:00 General Discussion of Red Steel 2’s Commercial Failure.
43:00 General Discussion of Third-Party Sales on Wii

41:10 X-Com Returns to Gaming…as an FPS
53:33 Gears of War 3 Trailer
55:27 Demons’ Soul’s is Coming to Europe

58:19 Devil May Cry 5 May Be Made By Losers Who Made Heavenly Sword
59:39 Super Mario Galaxy 2 Pictures and News
1:03:17 Phantom Leo Says the Black Wii is Coming (Might not want to google that)
1:04:19 Games as Art Discussion

Running Time: 1:12:21
Approximate Size: 25.4 MB (MP3) 39 MB (OGG)
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The Press Room Episode #56.0

pr — Sat, 10 Apr 2010 10:00:00 -0400

DarthHomer and Foolz returns with Yodariquo to talk about such games as God of War 3, Yakuza 3, Pokemon SoulSilver, BlazBlue Calamity Trigger, Vagrant Story, Ogre Battle 64, Batman: Arkham Asylum, FIFA X and Rush’n Attack.

News
DarthHomer
20:42 Pokemon Name Revealed
23:14 Konami Gamer’s Day (Google it)
28:15 Metal Gear Madness
35:19 Gears 3 Dated

Yodariquo
36:37 Asteroids Record Beaten by John McAllistar
38:43 No More Heroes 3 Revealed
39:57 Madworld Sales Retrospective (Wired Article)
43:09 Kojima Goes Console Agnostic
45:01 PS3 Owner Gets Reimbursed for Functionality Removal

Foolz
48:34 Ubi’s DRM to Evolve and Improve
49:50 Nintendo Co-producing Xenoblade
51:19 Sony Update Bricking PS3s?
53:48 Pacther Predicts Decent Red Steel 2 Sales, Great MH2 Sales

EXPLICIT TAG: Jamie does his blue material after the 1 hour mark.

Running Time: 1:04:39
Approximate Size: 23 MB (MP3) 27 MB (OGG)
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The Press Room Episode #55.0

pr — Sat, 03 Apr 2010 10:00:00 -0400

Yodariquo hosts this week with guest Aspro joing to talk about such games as Haze, Justice League Heroes, Blacksite: Area 51, Fable and Ogre Battle 64.

News
Yodariquo
37:00 Ubisoft DRM Fail Part Deux
46:31 360 USB Pricing
50:30 Google Shows Quake 2 Working in Browser
53:35 Suda 51 To Work For Nintendo?
56:55 Rare Backs Away From Heritage

Aspro
59:54 Gran Turismo Maker Wants to Make Kart Racer
1:02:14 Zangeki No Reginleiv Release Rumor
1:04:00 Link Bait on Gaming New Sites (Saint’s Row 3 is “mindblowing”)
1:08:24 Conduit 2 News
1:12:14 Japanese Hardware Sales
1:14:30 PachterComment: PSP is Failing

Running Time: 1:27
Approximate Size: 30 MB (MP3) 48 MB (OGG)
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The Press Room Episode #54.0

pr — Sat, 27 Mar 2010 10:00:00 -0400

After a Beckian introduction Foolz, DarthHomer and Yodariquo return to talk about such games as, God of War 3, Heavy Rain, Dragon Age Origins, Yakuza 3, Pokemon Soul Silver, XBLA Game Room, Hotel Dusk, Batman: Arkham Asylum, PES 10, KORG DS-10 Plus, Mass Effect and Killing Floor.

PachterWatch also returns this week.

News

DarthHomer
35:00 Mark McDonald Reveals Nintendo’s 3DS [Do you really need a link?]
39:40 Sony Chimes in on 3DS (It’s for babies)
40:32 PachterComment on 3DS
43:53 Michael Atkinson’s Replacement (Australian Anti-Gaming Guru).
45:47 Counterstrike Hacker Stabbed Through Head

Yodariquo
47:36 EA’s DRM Failure
49:47 Ubisoft Gives Free Games to Apologize for DRM Glitch
50:39 Activision Clarifies DLC and Morale

Foolz
54:45 Penny Arcade Adventures Series Over
56:53 Pilot Wings on VC
57:55 Heavy Rain to Support Move
59:23 Rare to define Natal
1:00:40 Miyamoto Blames Quality for Bad Sales
1:04:12 PachterWatch

Running Time: 1:14
Approximate Size: 26 MB (MP3) OGG (32 MB)
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The Press Room Episode #53.0

pr — Sat, 20 Mar 2010 10:00:00 -0400

When Foolz, Dvader and DarthHomer can’t participate Yodariquo panics and calls in Aspro, for his debut on the VGPressroom.
Together they talk about such games as, Fifty Cent: Blood on the Sand, Chrono Trigger, Eat Lead: The Return of Matt Hazard, Baldur’s Gate: Dark Alliance II, LA Rush, TopGear: Overdrive and Final Fantasy III.

News
Yodariquo
Pikmin 3 “Well Under Way”
LOTR Action RPG
THQ’s Digital Download Future
Sony’s Tretton Slaps Down Natal
DS2 This Year?
Swiss Ban Violent Games

Aspro
360 Gaining USB Storage Support This Year
EA to Trial Always-on DRM
GameStop: Hardware Shortages Are Legit
Molyneux Praises Heavy Rain
Modern Warfare 2 Stimulus Package

Running Time: 1:12:09
Approximate Size: 25.3 MB
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The Press Room Episode #52.0

pr — Sat, 13 Mar 2010 09:00:00 -0500

Dvader, Yodariquo, Foolz and special guest SteelAttack talk about such games as, Final Fantasy XIII, Heavy Rain, Call of Juarez: Bound in Blood, Mega Man X and Hotel Dusk.
Also in this episode PachterWatch, a discussion of SEX in games and much, much more.

News
Dvader
20:45 NPD
33:27 Sony Move
44:05 God of War II Reviews

Yodariquo
51:47 OnLive
56:48 Lighter PS3
57:45 Donkey Kong record
59:55 DoA Paradise trailer

SteelAttack
1:01:08 Insomniac Might Go Multi-platform.

Foolz
1:02:20 No Natal for Tiger Woods 11
1:04:48 Release date for Dragon Age 2?
1:06:31 Nintendo would happily make Kid Icarus
1:07:30 Doctor Who Wii…
1:12:18 Metroid Dread again…
1:14:40 Red star coming to handhelds

Running Time: 1 hour, 20 minutes and 31 seconds.
Approximate Size: 28.3 MB
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The Press Room Episode #51.0

pr — Sun, 07 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0500

Yodariquo with Dvader and Foolz to cover a hectic week of pre-GDC news.

Yodariquo

(22:02) Playstation 3 Judgment Day

(35:19) Ubisoft’s DRM cracked and Authentication servers go down

(43:02) New Nvidia drivers kill video cards

(45:03) Activision terminates Infinity Ward heads, gets sued

(48:33) New Call of Duty for everyone and everything

Dvader

(52:20) Final Fantasy XIII reviews come out

(57:22) Portal 2 announced for holiday 2010

(59:54) Famitsu interview provides Vanquish details

(1:01:23) Further Sonic the Hedgehog 4 details

(1:02:10) SOCOM 4 announced

Foolz

(1:03:44) Cing files for bankruptcy

(1:06:43) Sexual orientation monickers now permitted for Xbox Live

(1:08:15) Matsuno is not working on Last Story

(1:09:44) Venezuela Bans Videogames

(1:12:32) Prince of Persia coming to PC a month late

(1:13:50) New Lara Croft game to be digital download

Community Focus

(1:15:05) Why are we still missing so many classic games as downloads?

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The Press Room Episode #50.0

pr — Sun, 28 Feb 2010 00:00:00 -0500

At the start of this podcast we have another entry in Yodariquo’s interview series. If you’d like to skip ahead and come back to it, the show in the regular format starts at 27:13.

Our Golden 50th Anniversary show features DarthHomer, Dvader, Yodariquo, Foolz and special guest Iga_Bobovic who talk about such games as, Heavy Rain, Dragon Age, Mass Effect 2, Darksiders, Linear Maps of Matrices, FIFA X, Red Orchestra, AC Trailer, Auto Crane and Endless Ocean 2.

News

Dvader

(42:07) Nintendo Summits in Australia, Europe and the USA

(44:43) Metroid: Other M Update

Yodariquo

(50:46) Release Dates for DSi XL

(51:18) Cave Story Release Date & Other General Discussion of Nintendo’s Summit.

(53:00) More Metroid Musings

(59:30) Worms on PC

(1:00:44) Pleasure in the Palm of Your Hand

Dvader II

(1:03:50) Yakuza 3 Western Edits

(1:08:09) RE5 Alternative Top Japanese Weekly Charts

Foolz

(1:09:17) Jaffe and Reviews

(1:14:06) Super Street Fighter IV pre-order bonuses

(1:15:38) Most Expensive Games

(1:17:18) Itagaki and Tecmo settlement

(1:17:38) 76 Wii Games Selling a Million

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The Press Room Episode #50.1

pr — Sun, 28 Feb 2010 00:00:00 -0500

The extended and uncut post-interview conversation between Yodariquo and Dvader.  Some off-topic, but plenty of games!
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The Press Room Episode #49.0

pr — Sat, 20 Feb 2010 00:00:00 -0500

At the start of this podcast we have another entry in Yodariquo’s interview series.  If you’d like to skip ahead and come back to it, the show in the regular format starts at 24:26.

A full cast of gaming luminaries this week including Homer, Yodariquo, Vader and Foolz discussing games like Gormiti, Mirror’s Edge, FIFA X, Resident Evil 5 DLC, Mass Effect 2, Dragon Age: Origins, Wallace & Grommit’s Excellent Adventure, The Misadventures of P.B. Winterbottom, Ace Attorney Investigations: Miles Edgeworth, God of War Collection and Bioshock 2.

News

DarthHomer

New Arcade Version of Virtua Fighter 5

Additional Fighters from SF3 for SF4 Revealed

Aussie Attorney General Scared of Gamers

Civ 5 News

Yodariquo

Ubisoft’s New DRM Scheme

Nintendo Wins Against R4

DS2 Rumors

EA Drops NCAA Basketball

Foolz

New Red Faction and Saint’s Row Games

Activision Sued Over Guitar Hero

New DS Stylus Patent

Activision Says Good Morning Vietnam

Activision CEO Is Not A Dick (Says He)

Vader

Thirty Seconds of Sonic 4

Uncharted 2 Wins More Awards

Links:

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DarthHomer’s other podcast: www.level3.org.au

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The Press Room Episode #48.0

pr — Sun, 14 Feb 2010 00:00:00 -0500

Yodariquo leads on Dvader and Foolz on a trek through Dragon Age, Blaster Master Overdrive, My Life as a Dark Lord, and Disaster Day of Crisis.  Featuring NPD January 2010!

Dvader

(37:00) NPD January 2010

(48:40) First details of LA Noire

(52:18) Barry and Rebecca to appear in RE5 DLC

(53:48) Darksiders manual code secret revealed

Yodariquo

(56:10) Perfect Dark XBLA Footage and Info

(57:20) First Halo Reach footage and screens

(59:24) Xbox 360 Final Fantasy XIII bundle

(1:00:33) Fable 3 Joystiq impressions

(1:04:52) Dead Rising DLC exclusive to Xbox 360

(1:06:30) Nintendo Summit initial details

(1:08:40) Nintendo sending review copies digitally

(1:11:30) NBA Jam may appear on PSN and XBLA

(1:13:37) Netflix VP downplays Netflix HD

(1:16:06) Alan Wake cancelled for PC

Foolz

(1:17:33) Nippon Ichi profits plummet

(1:21:05) Judge denies dismissal of lawsuit against EA in NCAA suit

(1:23:21) 99% of Australians support 18+ rating

(1:27:10) Wii once again having supply issues

(1:29:30) Activision Blizzard closes down Red Octane

(1:32:53) Konami releases the first trailer for the soon-to-be greatest game of all-time

(1:44:27) Old Command & Conquer games made free for download

Trollin’

(1:45:36) Yoda pushes the world into an alternate reality with a single post
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The Press Room Episode #47.0

pr — Sun, 07 Feb 2010 00:00:00 -0500

Foolz, DarthHomer and Yodariquo return to talk about the following games: Mass Effect 2, Forza 3, Spider Man: Web of Shadows, Darksiders, Dragon Age, Aliens vs. Predator, Heavy Rain, FIFA 10, Tatsunoko vs. Capcom, Dark Void Zero and Pokemon Rumble.

News

Darthhomer

(38:15) GTA Episodes Released to other consoles

(39:58) LA Noir Update

(41:31) The Who Superbowl

(43:22) EB Take a Stance on R18+

(46:33) Yakuza CE

Vader

(48:26) Sonic 4

(52:37) Rumour: Sonic in Super Mario Galaxy 2

(55:35) Bayonetta Sells Over a Million

(55:52) SEGA releases all its old games again

Foolz

(57:28) Blaster Master

(58:33) Grinder multiplat, coming 2011

(1:00:11) Wii Injuries

(1:01:36) Could Pachter be right about new Nintendo console?

(1:03:00) Overkill Cheap

(1:04:15) White Knight Chronicles review watch

(1:05:58) Dante’s DLC Hell
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The Press Room Episode #46.0

pr — Sun, 31 Jan 2010 00:00:00 -0500

Yoda, Foolz and Vader unite to produce an amazing discussion of the following games (as well as the latest gaming news) : Dragon Age, Bayonetta, Nyxquest, Bit.Tip.Beat, FIFA 10, Tatsunoko vs. Capcom, World of Goo, Disaster, and Tekken 6!

News

Yoda

35:00 Pachter Gets his Own Show

36:52 Xenoblade is a Game

38:19 Mistwalker RPG Kind of Announces “Last Story”

40:26 Capcom Brings Monster Hunter MMO to 360

44:00 Ubisoft Requires Internet Access for PC Games

45:22 Iwata Turned Down Natal?

46:30 iPad Talk

Vader

47:33 Gametrailers Rip Out David’s Heart

51:11 Project Needelmouse Teasing

53:51 NPD Life Sales to Date Leak

61:00 Zelda: TP Versus Gears of War Results In (No link, you’ll have to listen)

Foolz

64:00 “They” Is No More

66:00 Codemasters Cancel Heist

67:00 Konami Announces Wii Racer

69:34 Criterion Working on NFS

70:54 Sony $1.1 Billion Profit in Single Quarter

71:12 Microsoft Makes A Zillion Dollars

71:13 Activision PC Going to GOG.com
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The Press Room Episode #45.0

pr — Sun, 24 Jan 2010 00:00:00 -0500

Yodariquo makes sure you don’t miss your weekly news updates in this bite-size edition of The Press Room
News

Pachter gets his own show

Nintendo kicks off UK online campaign

South Korea declares virtual money actual currency

Little King’s Story sequel unlikely

Rare studio head implies Killer Instinct Natal

Rare reportedly working on Wii Fit clone

Take-Two board to see shake-up

Project Needlemouse internally going by Sonic 4
IGN Review

Mass Effect 2 – 9.6

Tatsunoko vs Capcom – 9.0

No More Heroes 2 – 8.8

Chinatown Wars iPhone – 9.0
1up Reviews

Muscle March – D
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The Press Room Episode #44.0

pr — Sun, 17 Jan 2010 00:00:00 -0500

Homer re-joins Yoda and Foolz to discuss DJ Hero, Dragon Age, Shadow Complex, Forza 3, Banjo Kazooie, Nuts ‘n’ Bolts, Donkey Kong Country, Tekken 6, Disaster, Lost Winds: Winter of Melodia, the news and PachterWatch.

Homer

(18:53) NPD Numbers

(29:55) DJ Hero 2 Confirmed

(32:23) Rare Characters for Rent

(36:10) SEGA All-Stars Racing

(38:50) I’m Alive Will Use Splinter Cell Engine

(39:31) Assassin’s Creed 2.5 Will Have Online

(42:17) Driver Returns

(43:20) GT5 Delayed Again

Foolz

(44:00) Street Fighter Worst Film of 2009

(47:20) Tekken 6 Goes Online

(49:17) Reggie Says No New Wii

Yoda

(50:21) Netflix Wii Confirmed

(52:00) NBA Jam Confirmed

(54:32) LKS Sells Well After Winning VGPress GOTY

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The Press Room Episode #43.0

pr — Sun, 10 Jan 2010 00:00:00 -0500

Foolz and Yodariquo reveal a shocking truth (with comical results) in this week’s episode of The Pressroom.  Games discussed: FIFA 10, Disaster, Tekken 6, New Super Mario Brothers (Wii), Lost Winds: Winter of Melodia.

Yodariquo

(17:23) Netflix Coming to Nintendo

(19:33) Big in Japan – Sales Numbers from the land of the rising sun.

(23:50) Rumor: Konami Working on Castlevania Collection

(25:58) XBLAA (Yes two A’s) Announced at CES

(27:23) Iwata Announces Amazing New Advances for DS!

(31:00) BOOM-Shakka-Lakka NBA Jam Returns!

(33:19) Tiger’s Wood Will Stay on EA – Frederick Explains.

Foolz

(35:29) Wii Sells 3M Units in USA  in December. (And Whizzinator Summary)

(37:07) Criterion Making New SSX Game?

(38:54) EA Shuts down Servers
(42:15) Capcom Craps on Wii
(45:59) Metroid Collection Now Metroid Collectable.
(47:04) PES Button Lag? “Open Your Router” Says Konami.

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The Press Room Episode #42.0

pr — Sun, 03 Jan 2010 07:35:00 -0500

Foolz and Dvader report live from the apocalyptic bunker. Only the most inhuman, heartless and cruel could ever hope to brave the outside to join them.

Dvader

(15:33) Media Create sales for Dec 21 – Dec 27

(21:04) Gaming Outlet GOTY Winners

Foolz

(26:30) Historians rebuilding Atari chips

(28:50) Dragon Age exansion appears likely for March

(30:44) Re-releases killing retro game market

(34:05 – 37:39) Intermission: The Galop – Offenbach – Orpheus in the Underworld

(37:40) SEGA stunned by EA’s failure to sell Dead Space Extraction

(43:07) Predictions for the next decade

(51:30) Special Guest

(54:23) Half-Life 2 with Natal video leaked

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The Press Room Episode #41.0

pr — Sun, 27 Dec 2009 07:35:00 -0500

Back from a week of purgatory, it’s the 41st Press Room! With all your favourite stars, Darthhomer, Foolz, Dvader and Yodariquo!

Darthhomer

(33:21) Alien vs Predator unbanned in Australia

(35:40) Australia introduces content-level filtering act

Foolz

(40:45) Retro-style Dark Void Zero coming to WiiWare

(44:04) 19-disc Castlevania soundtrack collection coming

(47:40) Zelda Reorchestrated completes reorchestration of Ocarina of Time

(49:44) Capcom backing out of Q1 2010 with releases

(51:31) “Sony moving away from cell-based PS4”

Pachter Watch!

(55:00) Take-Two must fix “lack-of-discipline”

(57:30) Gamers are getting too much value

Community focus

(1:10:30) Have you been naughty or nice? Write your Santa letter here!

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The Press Room Episode #40.0

pr — Sun, 13 Dec 2009 07:35:00 -0500

Yodariquo takes on a world not meant for dreamers. Dvader joins the struggle, Foolz as well. And SteelAttack makes a heroic return.

Dvader

(41:35) NPD November 2009

(57:55) Spike VGA 2009 results

(1:17:05) Star Wars: The Force Unleashed announced

(1:18:38) Batman Arkham Asylum 2 announced

(1:21:22) Medal of Honor debut trailer

(1:22:35) Prince of Persia: The Forgotten Sands debut trailer

(1:24:14) TRON Evolution trailer

(1:26:30) Green Day Rockband announced

(1:28:25) Spec Ops: The Line trailer

(1:32:14) Halo Reach “trailer”

(1:33:19) Deadliest Warrior: The Game

(1:34:40) True Crime returns

(1:37:00) Dead Space 2 unveiled

(1:44:55) Mega-man 10 announced

(1:46:22) GameInformer Final Fantasy CC: The Crystal Bearers review

Yodariquo

(1:48:29) Sakura Wars to have rip-off localization

(1:49:55) Apple counter-sues Nokia

(1:50:50) Datel DSi Speaker

Foolz

(1:54:00) Mass Effect 2 voice actors

(1:56:48) Final Fantasy XIII video and audio compressed

(1:59:42) Sony still losing money on PS3

(2:00:43) Japan weekly sales from Nov 30 – Dec 6

(2:03:36) EA going after Call of Duty

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The Press Room Episode #39.0

pr — Sun, 06 Dec 2009 07:35:00 -0500

Darthhomer with Foolz and Yodariquo. Grab them cakes.

Darthhomer

(20:56) EA announces new Medal of Honor game

(25:46) Australia banned CrimeCraft and Aliens vs Predator

Yodariquo

(34:05) Muscle March is coming to North America

(35:25) Nintendo loses lawsuit against DS flash cartridge maker

(37:34) Taiwanese man beats World of Warcraft

Foolz

(39:38) John Riccitiello of EA surprised Dead Space failed

(43:10) Japan is turning Japa—err, American

Community Focus

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The Press Room Episode #38.0

pr — Sun, 29 Nov 2009 07:35:00 -0500

Darthhomer with Dvader, Foolz and Yodariquo. Grab the pitchforks.

Yodariquo

(27:28) Ogre Battle 64 coming to Virtual Console

(31:38) 80% of female console owners are Nintendo owners

(35:05) Xbox 360 BBC iPlayer delayed

Foolz

(37:22) New Castlevania is a departure for series

(39:35) Steam competitors boycott Modern Warfare 2

(41:55) Deus Ex 3 not PC-exclusive

(43:53) Mercenaries sequel still coming

(45:04) Robbie Williams racing game coming to iPhone

Dvader

(46:45) Official Nokia blog shows off SNES emulator

(49:40) PSN terms of service updated to mitigate sharing abuse

(55:44) Greatest Games lists

Community Focus

(1:05:47) The Sitcom Project: Contribute, one line at a time CANNED APPLAUSE

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The Press Room Episode #37.0

pr — Sun, 22 Nov 2009 07:35:00 -0500

We just keep pumping them out. Yodariquo hosts Dvader and Foolz for a startlingly concise show.

Yodariquo

(30:22) Aonuma talks Zelda Wii

(37:55) Firm looking at class action lawsuit over Xbox 360 bannings

(41:47) FBI using PS3 clusters for password cracking

Foolz

(45:38) Tony Hawk Ride not winning over reviewers

(46:36) Aliens vs Predator to support dedicated servers

(47:32) Steam has ~70 percent of the digital download market

(49:30) Infinity Ward considered aliens in Modern Warfare 2

(50:50) Marvelous lost money on Wii releases

(52:13) Square Enix CEO talks about Japanese gaming market

Dvader

(54:16) Resident Evil 5 Gold Edition details

(58:14) LittleBigPlanet to add Sonic costumes

(59:40) Kaz Hirai opens the door for paid subscription model

(1:01:37) Pandemic closes its doors

Pachter Watch!

(1:02:12) Pachter vs. Reggie: The Ultimate Struggle

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The Press Room Episode #36.0

pr — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 07:35:00 -0500

NPD week! Dvader is absent :( But we have the other usuals with Darthhomer in the hosting chair along with Foolz and Yodariquo. Now what’s that sound?

Darthhomer

(36:16) October 2009 NPD numbers

(55:40) Activision replaces Bond with new actor

(57:57) Dynamic Slash and Hotel Dusk 2

(1:00:14) Final Fantasy XIII gets official North American release date

(1:01:16) Resident Evil 5 Alternate Edition will be DLC in North America

Yodariquo

(1:02:12) Pokemon Rumble announced

(1:02:55) Paint program coming to DSiWare

(1:03:33) Pizza Delivery Boy coming to Wii

(1:04:30) Keroro RPG announced

(1:05:21) Sony sued by blind gamer for not accomodating

Foolz

(1:07:35) Endless Ocean 2 confirmed for Australian release

(1:08:20) Facebook for PS3 confirmed

(1:09:12) Motorbikes possible for Gran Turismo 5

(1:10:39) Darthhomer’s entry

Yodariquo’s entry

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The Press Room Episode #35.0

pr — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 07:35:00 -0500

darthhomer is back once again to lead in Dvader and Yodariquo on a slow news, but big game release week.

darthhomer

(39:13) No Doubt sues Activision over Band Hero use

(41:24) 3D Dot Game Heroes possible on Xbox 360

Dvader

(42:58) 3D Dot Game Heroes includes Link clone on bonus disc

(47:54) Little Big Planet sequel would be “counter-productive”

(49:07) New Super Mario Bros. Wii reviews

(49:51) Dragon Age: Origins reviews

Yodariquo

(54:35) Gamers sue Sony over alleged firmware brickings

(59:01) WiiWare demos may be on the way

(1:00:30) Baby and Me baby peripheral game

(1:01:30) WiiWaa plush toy peripheral game

We Be Trollin’

(1:04:50) Need Help for Christmas

(1:05:41) NfS Porsche: 3D setup.exe won’t start!

(1:06:02) what games developer would you like to work for

(1:07:49) Where the hell is the Twilight video game?

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The Press Room Episode #34.0

pr — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 00:15:00 -0400

It’s the 1-year anniversary of The VG Press! What better way to do it than with a podcast? It’s Yodariquo, Foolz and Dvader.

Yodariquo

(37:30) DSi XL announced with larger screen

(39:53) GoldenEye 2010 listed on animator’s CV

(44:22) Modern Warfare 2 contraversy

Foolz

(53:42) FIFA 10 sells 1.7 million in first week in Europe

(54:34) Capcom profits increase 58%

(56:28) Iwata says price drop effective

Dvader

(57:48) “3D Dot Game Heroes for PS3 is DEFINITELY coming to NA!”

(58:50) 3D Dot Game Heroes scores 30/40 in Famitsu

(59:44) Insomniac not doing any more 60FPS games

I Be Trollin’

(1:04:40) Do You Think Brawl is a Fighting Game?

Pachter Watch!

(1:09:33) Sales of New Super Mario Bros. Wii will “shock” you

Community Focus

(1:16:20) The VG Press Hall of Fame

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The Press Room Episode #33.0

pr — Sun, 25 Oct 2009 00:00:00 -0400

Darthhomer’s back with Foolz, Dvader and Yodariquo. Do a barrel roll!

NPD sales

(30:15) NPD September, 2009

Darthhomer

(45:30) Australia only gets edited Left 4 Dead 2

(49:10) No dedicated servers for Modern Warfare 2

Dvader

(52:20) Ratchet & Crank: A Crack in Time Reviews

(53:13) Borderlands reviews

(53:30) Forza Motorsport 3 reviews

(55:15) New Super Mario Bros. Wii reviews

(57:25) Famitsu scores Bayonetta 40/40

Foolz

(58:42) Elder Scrolls V coming

(59:50) Okami Wii shows up on Japanese sales charts

(1:00:42) Atmoic Games to port FPS to Wii

Yodariquo

(1:01:42) Nokia sues Apple for unpaid patent infringement in iPhone

(1:03:23) NFL fan sues EA for use of likeness

(1:07:23) Crazy comments from Toyota executive

Community Focus

(1:08:35) Is the overarching concept of game completion crippling your enjoyment of gaming?

Pachter Watch!:

(1:14:17) Pachter laments music game sales

(1:17:00) Xbox Live pricing to go up to $100

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The Press Room Episode #32.0

pr — Sun, 18 Oct 2009 00:00:00 -0400

Yodariquo hosts yet another riveting NPD month with Foolz, Dvader and Iga_Bobovic!

Yodariquo
(20:25) Lou Albano dies at 76
(22:30) 53 publishers suing over R4 Revolution
(30:15) Wii Fit to pass Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas
(33:04) ATI graphics card to be in next Xbox
(36:53) Nvidia Tegra to be used in next Nintendo handheld
(47:23) Canadians are impulse buyers

Iga
(50:42) Epic Mickey scans and details
(59:13) Modern Warfare Wii controls to use PC style
(1:05:05) Monstrous Wii Hype Thread (excuse to mention Sin & Punishment 2)>

Foolz
(1:09:53) Mailman steals $86,000 worth of GameFly games
(1:12:38) Miyamoto likes to measure things
(1:14:24) World of Warcraft to require Battle.net accounts

Dvader
(1:18:00) $350 PS3 with 250GB HDD coming to US
(1:26:40) 3D Dot Heroes to include minigames

Community Focus
(1:33:00) Is it me or the media? Game Reviews and group think.

Pachter Watch!
(1:48:53) iPod Touch is publishers' enemy
(1:53:18) Natal and Sony motion controllers and prices
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The Press Room Episode #2.0

pr — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 00:00:00 -0400

Iga hosts another Euro podcast with Gamingeek and the overseas guest Yodariquo for a news-heavy edition.

(5:45) Epic Mickey details
(15:50) New Super Mario Bros. "Contra-hard"
(32:35) Rocket Knight Adventures announced
(36:54) LostWinds reviews
(48:14) Sony wants Sony to win
(54:12) Capcom asks how people want RE5 Alternate Edition
(59:52) Tales of Graces to have DLC
(1:01:45) Xbox 360 version of "Home" leaked
(1:09:53) Retro had to be convinced of Hyper-mode
(1:14:34) Monster Hunter 3 looking at free online, voice-chat
(1:17:58) Wii sales triple in Japan
(1:24:20) Why Canada (and Holland) is better than the US
(1:29:53) Halo planned for 6 years ahead
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The Press Room Episode #31.0

pr — Sun, 04 Oct 2009 01:00:00 -0400

Yodariquo hosts Dvader and Foolz in a universal routing of company failures. We're looking at you, Capcom!

Yodariquo
(24:53) Wii system update bricking consoles
(29:52) The Misadventures of PB Winterbottom new trailer
(31:25) PSPgo mixed reviews, retailer backlash
(37:35) Jenny McCarthy to headline Ubisoft fitness game
(40:21) UK retailers furious at supermarket pricing

Dvader
(45:10) Dead Space Extraction reviews
(48:28) Uncharted 2: Among Thieves reviews
(53:30) Resident Evil 5: Alternate Edition new content to be 2 hours
(54:22) Resident Evil 5: Alternate Edition new trailer
(55:40) Super Street Fighter IV details
(1:01:05) 3D Dot Heroes is Zelda

Foolz
(1:06:55) Lawsuit against Sony for PSN banning thrown out
(1:09:28) Man sues BofA for 1,784 billion trillion dollars
(1:09:58) Nintendogs in Animal Crossing
(1:11:40) DJ Hero 2 is already in production
(1:13:14) PS3 Wand control to come to Pro Evolution Soccer (PES)

Other news
(1:20:42) Mini Pachter Watch! OnLive not a "goofy company"
(1:25:08) Community Focus - Games Flashback

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The Press Room Episode #30.0

pr — Sun, 27 Sep 2009 01:00:00 -0400

SteelAttack joins DarthHomer, Yodariquo and Foolz to talk about such games as Infamous, Batman: Arkham Asylum, Rockband Beatles and Dawn of War before getting into the week’s news.

Darthhomer

(29:10) Resident Evil 5 alternative edition and PS3 motion control line-up

(37:30) Warriors: Legend of Troy announcement

(41:50) Meeting Notes Between Sega and SCEA Leaked

(50:00) Twilight the Game announced

Yodariquo

(51:18) Microsoft to Buy EA?

(56:20) PSPgo peripherals and pricing

(58:47) Wii in the UK gets Wii Sports Resort bundle, no price cut

(1:01:05) Wolfenstein being recalled in Germany

Foolz

(1:04:26) Dead Space Extraction IGN review

(1:07:30) Buy Valkyria Chronicles II to see more on PS3

SteelAttack

(1:10:15) Keiji Inafune declares Japanese gaming dead

Community Focus

(1:13:42) The VG Press on GoNintendo

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The Press Room Episode #0.0

pr — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 00:00:00 -0400
The debut episode of The Press Room Euro Podcast!
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The Press Room Episode #1.0

pr — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 00:00:00 -0400

Iga_Bobovic, bugsonglass, darthhomer, Foolz and...Gamingeek! All together on the debut, full-length episode of the Euro Press Room!

Roundtable
(01:20) Resident Evil 5: Alternative Edition and motion control
(04:30) PS3 motion control launch line-up
(16:40) Next Dynasty Warriors to go to Troy
(18:40) Halo ODST reviews criticise length
(24:51) PSP Go trade-in program killed
(28:00) EB Australia refuses to sell PSP Go
(29:24) Awwwwwwwwww
(32:28) Square predicts next Wii in 2011
(34:30) TGS games discussion
(34:40) Splinter Cell: Conviction trailer
(37:45) Ninokuni impressions
(41:15) Tales of Graces trailer
(42:45) Final Fantasy CC: The Crystal Bearers trailer
Community Focus
(46:50) The VG Press Video Thread! Movie, TV series, anime and cartoon discussion
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The Press Room Episode #29.0

pr — Sun, 20 Sep 2009 01:00:00 -0400

Foolz, Dvader and Yodariquo bring you another titillating edition of The Press Room. Download now, and get 25 minutes of bonus Pachter bashing!

Yodariquo
(15:37) Wii price cut confirmed
(17:50) Street Fighter IV sequel announcement coming
(18:15) Rumoured character additions to SFIV sequel
(20:13) Reggie name-drops Kid Icarus
(22:20) Shantae sequel announced for DSiWare
(23:04) Shantae to be released episodically
(25:57) NPD study shows 44% of console gamers are female
Dvader
(30:35) Yakuza 3 is being localized for the west
(31:35) Scribblenauts 82% at GameRankings
(32:43) Uncharted 2 - 21/20
(34:00) Halo ODST - 9.0/10 at IGN
(35:45) Xbox 360 Modern Warfare 2 250GB bundle (35:50) PS3 Slim Uncharted 2 250GB bundle
Foolz
(37:50) Left 4 Dead 2 banned in Australia
(40:15) Possible SSX Revival
(43:03) PS3 sales drop to 57,000 in Japan
(44:50) Gamers don't want a new Xbox
(48:24) Study finds graphics and plot unimportant
Other news
(52:30) Pachter Watch! Pachter answers Yodariquo's question on Wii HD!
(59:40) Nintendo's Friend Codes - The Real Reason
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The Press Room Episode #28.0

pr — Sun, 13 Sep 2009 01:00:00 -0400

Darthhomer, Yodariquo and Dvader join in for The Press Room Beatlemania, though nothing compares to Pachtermania!

(33:33) NPD August 2009
(42:27) Sonic to return to 2D in HD
(46:16) Sonic Adventure DX re-rated by Australian Classification Board
(46:30) Darkside Chronicles story details
(47:43) The Beatles Rock Band supply constrained in Australia
(50:05) Uproar over Kirk Cobain usage in Guitar Hero 5 - video can be seen here
(53:08) Arkham Asylum DRM
(55:26) Flying Gabe Newell
(58:08) Sony investigates 3D for PS3
(59:53) More Capcom Triple Packs
(1:02:20) Konami's TGS Display
(1:05:43) Pachter Watch! Part 1 - Take Two
(1:08:48) Pachter Watch! Part 2 - Console price cuts
(1:10:47) Pachter Watch! Part 3 - Ask Pachter
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The Press Room Episode #27.0

pr — Sun, 30 Aug 2009 00:00:00 -0400

I CALLED OKAMI DS! - 1:14:18 - ALL BOW BEFORE MY FORESIGHT!  Dvader, Foolz, and Yodariquo.

PS3 slim officially confirmed

Xbox 360 price cut

Xbox 360 failure rate surveyed at 54 percent

Microsoft responds to Xbox failure rate

Michael Pachter on PS3 slim and the 360 price cut

Dissidia Final Fantasy review

Cursed Mountain review

Soul Calibur Broken Destiny review

The Universal Fantasy [Penny Arcade]

Capcom hints at new games

Japanese hardware sales Aug 17 to 23

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The Press Room Episode #26.0

pr — Sun, 16 Aug 2009 00:00:00 -0400

Are you smart enough to understand the introduction? If you aren't, see the list below.  Foolz, SteelAttack, Dvader, Darthhomer, and Yodariquo.

Song titles intro:

Lionel Richie               - Hello
Ronnie Hilton               - Who are we?
Empire of the Sun          - We are the people
Queen                    - We are the champions
Michael Jackson               - We are the world
Texas                    - When we are together
Pop will eat itself           - Everything's cool
Jam                    - Just who is the 5 o'clock hero?
Ricky Nelson               - Fools Rush In
Duran Duran               - Meet El Presidente
Gun                    - Steal Your Fire
Total Contrast               - Takes a little time
Clarence Frogman Henry          - But I do
The Kinks               - See my friend
Jerry Lee Lewis               - Great balls of fire
Busted                    - Who's David?
Laurie London               - He's got the whole world in his hand
Red Hot Chili Peppers          - By the way
Weezer                    - Jamie
Radiohead               - Talk Show Host
Radiohead               - Everything is in its right place
Gary Glitter               - I'm the leader of the gang
Sway                    - Little Derek
Black Eyed Peas               - Let's get it started
Paul McCartney               - Press
Stevie Nicks               - Rooms on fire
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The Press Room Episode #25.0

pr — Sun, 09 Aug 2009 00:00:00 -0400
This week, we all get to decide who will destroy the industry!  And will it be through corruption or just plain apathy?  You decide!  Foolz, Darthhomer, Aarny, and Yodariquo.
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The Press Room Episode #24.0

pr — Sun, 02 Aug 2009 00:00:00 -0400

After a long and arduous struggle, The Press Room has conquered Britain!  Darthhomer, Aarny, Foolz and Yodariquo.
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The Press Room Episode #23.0

pr — Sun, 26 Jul 2009 00:00:00 -0400
For the brave few who finally dared listen, The Press Room #23 changed their lives forever.  Darthhomer, Foolz, Dvader and Yodariquo.
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