Episode 10-Why Everything Sucks

A mile-stone in podcasting history where we record our tenth podcast. You know they say after ten episodes you will keep going and we hope that is true with This Podcast! Today we touch on a couple of topics that Ryan has wanted to discuss and of course we conver the latest in tech/gaming news. Thanks for listening!

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For those that are interested, here are the show notes from this episode:

• GTA IV delay til Q2 08

  • http://www.joystiq.com/2007/08/02/grand-theft-auto-iv-delayed-from-oct-to-fiscal-q2-08/

  • Will be delayed until February or April of next year

  • No direct cause mentioned for the delay

  • “certain elements of development proved to be more time-intensive than expected”

  • Also, Manhunt 2 will see a delay because of the AO rating it received

  • On another note Crysis comes out November 16

  • http://www.gamesindustry.biz/content_page.php?aid=27326

    • Speculation say that Rockstar is having troubles devolping on the PS3

    • Or that they have to delay the 360 version too because of contractual agreement of dual launch

• New Nintendo Character to emerge in 08

• • http://www.gamepro.com/news.cfm?article_id=126248

  • Miyamoto allued to a new Nintendo Character in 08

  • “mentions pikmin when asked about new characters”

• Best Buy Drops 360 HD-DVD drive

  • http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage.jsp?skuId=8132095&st=xbox+hd+dvd&type=product&id=1158321865239

  • Drops the price by $20

• Google reports that they may release a ad-based cell phone

  • http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&articleId=9028763

  • Could reach market within a year

  • “Free subscriptions by bundling advertisments with its search engine, email, web”

• Major League Baseball makes a deal with Stub Hub

  • http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070802/tc_nm/baseball_tickets_stubhub_dc;_ylt=Amt5P_FOjPX7dJJCYR5Ll4IjtBAF

  • Stub Hub is now the official ticket resale of MLB

  • 5-year deal

• How game reviewers review (Ryan)

  • Why there is such an exact number on opinions (gametrailers)

  • Why is 70% average and not 50%

  • People are biased toward certain consoles

    • You can tell in some reviews (Matt Cas….)

    • “Zelda TP is best game ever!”

• TV rating systems

  • Explain how it works first (Nelson rating system)

  • Privacy issues and not portraying an accurate market

• Censorship in video games

  • Violence is fine on network tv

    • Double standard between violence and sex

    • Violence is highlighted in games

  • There is no way to measure the increase in violence in a person after playing a game

  • What’s wrong with putting out an AO game.

    • So many shops don’t own AO games so it’s hard to sell just one

    • The fine line between M and AO rating

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