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Guest Spot on The Post Game Report

Friday, May 9th, 2008

As was mentioned in last week’s podcast, the guys and gals over at TalkingAboutGames.com invited me to be on The Post Game Report and the fruits of that labor are now posted on the web. So if you can’t get enough of my jibber jabber here, go over and download the podcast. Thanks to rburt, Miss Tique, and Finster for having me on.

Aeropodcast #31: Z Or Zed In Other Parts of the World

Wednesday, May 7th, 2008

This week, Josh, aka Z from Tripletags.com was nice enough to join us to talk about their site and add insight to our gaming podcast. We also decide to break out into an acapella version of Iron Maiden’s “Run to the Hills”. Scary, so make sure to have ear protection at that point in the podcast. We also go in-depth on a little new release you might of heard of, Grand Theft Auto IV.

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Aeropodcast #30: Now With More ED Mail

Tuesday, April 29th, 2008

ourmic Just a friendly post to let everyone know tha the podcast is now up and available for download. It is just Stephen and myself this week, but we hit on several topics as well as some great news. As for the title, just wait til you get to the community corner to figure it all out.

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Aeropodcast #29: Alvin, Simon, Theodore

Wednesday, April 23rd, 2008

Out mic We are back for another week of views, mayhem and all around chaos as Stephen, Paul, Joe and newcomer Levi tackle the week’s topics, news and our only and latest review on iTunes.

After a discussion about what we are playing, including a digg on Paul about his love of Elite (it was a great game Paul, I am behind you on this one), we started off the show discussing the hype that Grand Theft Auto IV is getting and if a game can be subject to overhype. While Joe was experiencing burnout with the constant news story that were posted on every site (including ours, oh sweet irony), Paul looked at the fact that it was the media hyping the game, not Rockstar. We also moved to the butchering of the Japanese language by US gamers, with the rise of Japanese translated titles, like Okami, which is really pronounced O - kami.

We went over the March NPD numbers, which still show Nintendo printing gobs of money with a total of 1.3 million units between the Wii and the DS. From there, the rest of the consoles showed parity, with the 360 inching ever so slightly in front of the PS3. Nintendo also took the top spot in video game sales as well, with Super Smash Brothers Brawl selling a cool 2.7 million units. It was also surprising to still see Call of Duty 4, pulling in big sales five months after release.

We announced our first review on iTunes which had JBIR giving us a one star review, stating that we deleted his first review. Guess he thinks we work for Apple, because apparently he thinks we had his review deleted, which we do not have the power to do. We appreciate all reviews, good and bad, because it tells us what is good about the show and what needs improvement.

Finally we looked at a few notable news stories for the week, including a Wii Stripping game coming for te WiiFit board, Kojima is disappointed with the way that Metal Gear Solid turned out, Mortal Kombat vs. DC Universe minus the fatalities and blood, and finally Paul gets excited for an announced sequel to Majesty.

As always, make sure to review us on iTunes, and then head over and Digg the podcast. Also, if you have any tips, questions, trivia, suggestons on good coffee blends, or maybe just to tell us we suck or rule, email us at tips@aeropause.com. Also, if you want to hear our new act, Levi the Chipmunk, just listen all the way through the podcast. It is a great way to finish your debut on a podcast.

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Aeropodcast #28: Guilty Pleasures and Ginger Lynn

Tuesday, April 15th, 2008

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George and Stephen joined Joe this week with an Aeropodcast that was all over the map, going everywhere from politics in games, to full motion video games, to Daikatana and at one point working in Ginger Lynn and Mark Hamill references.

Today we looked at all of our guilty pleasures and why we are driven to them. Immediately, Joe lost all of his PC street cred when he admitted to secretly enjoying Daikatana due to it being “so bad it is funny”. Stephen talked about the Megaman franchise and enjoying almost all of those games. George explained how he felt that World of Warcraft was a guilty pleasure for him, because he can’t explain why he still plays it. He also brought up Hellgate: London, which prompted a bit of heckling..

We then turned to politics, with this being an election year in the US, and decided to look at the candidate’s stands on video games. The two liberal candidates feel that there might be some need for modification to the ratings system, while John McCain feels the system is good now, and should just be monitored. We also tried to classify whether this is a liberal or conservative issue, but we all agreed with Stephen’s point that it all depends on the individual’s definition of liberal or conservative.

William H had the correct answer to our trivia question, and he has won a copy of Audiosurf, Half Life 2 and Half Life 2: Episode 1. Eric Kranz also had a question about his ongoing gaming PC build. He had some issues with temperatures and wanted a good heatsink that he could put in that would not require him to remove the motherboard. Joe recommended an Arctic Cooling Freezer Pro 7

Recorded: Sunday April 13th, 2008..
Length: 1:09:39, 108 MB. Download it directly from here.

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Aeropodcast #27: We’re Boring, But Wombat Makes Us Highbrow

Wednesday, April 9th, 2008

In the bottom half of our twin bill podcast post today, we have Wombat from CheapAssGamer.com as our guest of honor, joining a packed room, that included George, Paul, Joe and Stephen, back from his hibernation chamber.

Our discussion started off with the state of games in the British media and whether it is much ‘ado about nothing or is this a trend that will make the sale of games more difficult on both sides of the pond. All of us looked at is as more of an issue with the overbearing British tabloid press, rather than an issue with games.

Moving forward, we also looked at the issue of the save game dilemma and the fact that the ability to save anywhere, or clear and concise save checkpoints are starting to disappear from today’s games. Mass Effect, Patapon and PC ports were the focus of the problem.

Wombat then gave us a great summary on the Legend of Frank discussion that started on the CAGcast a few weeks ago. He also took the time to let us know how our show notes read about as well as Tolstoy’s “War and Peace”.

We also gave a shout out to Eric Kranz, who took our advice and built a kick ass gaming PC. Congrats and thanks for the feedback. We also have our trivia contest floating out there with the following question:

There have been seven games in the Leisure Suit Larry franchise. However, Sierra skipped the fourth installment in the series, going from Part III to Part V. What was the reasoning behind not having a fourth installment in the series?

The person that gets the answer right will get a copy of Audiosurf, Half Life 2 and Half Life 2: Episode I via Steam.

Recorded: Saturday April 5th, 2008.
Length: 1:13:44, 119 MB. Download it directly from here.
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Aeropodcast #26: In Serch Of Free Xbox Live

Wednesday, April 9th, 2008

In the first of a back to back double feature, we have George and Joe together for this week’s podcast. This week, the hot button issue was Xbox Live and the growing calls to make the service free of charge. In the larger picture, Joe and George decide to look at all the consoles and their online service, while also taking a look at Steam and Gametap on the PC, to see if what they offer compare to what Microsoft puts forth for your $50 a year.

We also decided to change the trivia question for our giveaway. Since no one could get the total answer to the question put forth by George, we decided to throw out an easier question:

There have been seven games in the Leisure Suit Larry franchise. However, Sierra skipped the fourth installment in the series, going from Part III to Part V. What was the reasoning behind not having a fourth installment in the series?

The person that gets the answer right will get a copy of Audiosurf, Half Life 2 and Half Life 2: Episode I via Steam.

Recorded: Monday March 31st, 2008.
Length: 46:31, 42.5 MB. Download it directly from here.
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Aeropodcast #25: PC Building 101 and Other Tales

Wednesday, March 12th, 2008

Aeropause Podcast It’s George and Joe at the controls again, this week. We discuss the merits of genre-benders like Halo Wars and Tiberium before turning our attention to exactly what Phil Harrison is thinking with his recent move to Atari. Not-so-fond memories of Atari are shared by all.

The contest for Audiosurf continues. George sweetens the deal by throwing in Steam copies of Half-Life 2 and Half-Life 2: Episode One.

Eric Kranz writes in for guidance from our very own PC gaming guru. Joe gives the rundown on what to look for in a new $1500 gaming rig.

In other news, we cover all the bases from Burnout to Bully, and Sims 3 to Tabula Rasa. We also give our +5 Vorpal Long Sword of Tribute to Geek Master Gary Gygax.

Got feedback or questions? Email us at tips@aeropause.com.

Recorded: Saturday March 8th, 2008.
Length: 1:13:06, 66.9 MB. Download it directly from here.

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Our podcast music is “Effects of Elevation” from the album Increase the Dosage by Revolution Void, used with permission.

UPDATE: If anyone downloaded the podcast from iTunes and it sounded a lot like “Aeropodcast 23″ that’s because I flubbed up the feed a bit. It is now correct and iTunes should give the correct file now.

Aeropodcast #24: The CheapyD And Tai Edition.

Tuesday, March 4th, 2008

Aeropause Podcast Joe takes the hosting reins this week, Paul comes along for the ride, and we are pleased to have rolled out our virtual red carpet not just for CheapyD of CheapAssGamer.com but his cute gamer son Tai too. Not to worry the carpet is fully machine washable if Tai drops his bottle.

Cheapy’s days of PlayStation 3 gaming with his Xbox 360 down for the count are almost over but we don’t let Microsoft off the hook for their high failure rates. We also figure out just how well known are Microsoft’s reliability problems among the general public. EA’s $2 Billion offer for Take Two, Cheapy’s upcoming trip back to the US, and Cheapy’s 100% Mac computing environment all made it onto our table.

We also talked about Phil Harrison jumping ship from Sony, Activision’s ridiculous Guitar Hero 3 mono scandal, and we get some perspective on the long road Sony has taken to bringing vibration-enabled controllers back to the US. Cheapy also — thanks to the Dual Shock 3 already being out in Japan — filled us in on whether the Dual Shock 3 really makes a difference for him for PS3 gaming or not.

Also don’t miss Cheapy revealing one of the biggest and probably most overlooked reasons for the Xbox 360’s continued success and how little Tai is ratcheting up the difficulty level for him as he plays games during the day. As gamer dads as well I think Joe and myself can only say: you ain’t seen nothin’ yet.

We don’t have a winner yet for the contest, so listen in to hear the trivia question one more time. Answer it and you can win the indie hit game Audiosurf for Windows from Steam.

Got feedback or questions? Email us at tips@aeropause.com.

Recorded: Sunday March 2nd, 2008.
Length: 1:14:55, 68.5 MB. Download it directly from here.

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Our podcast music is “Effects of Elevation” from the album Increase the Dosage by Revolution Void, used with permission.

Aeropodcast #23 - The Post-GDC Edition

Thursday, February 28th, 2008

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George and Joe break down some of the major announcements of GDC, such as Gears of War 2. Surprisingly, rumors of APB’s death have been greatly exaggerated. The MMO is very much alive and well. The subject of the PC Gaming Alliance is brought up. Will it be effective without a few tiny players like… VALVE… or MICROSOFT?

Joe offers up a copy of Audiosurf to anyone who can answer this week’s trivia question. The Team Fortress 2 server is also up at IP 8.3.5.11:27015. However, be warned as Joe appears to have super fantastic LPB technology.

In news, discussion turns to Project RedLime, Goldeneye for XBLA (on again off again?), and Peter Moore’s vision for the Madden franchise.

If you have any feedback or questions for the podcast, make sure to email us at tips@aeropause.com.

Recorded: Saturday February 23rd, 2008.
Length: 1:14:25, 68.1 MB. Download it directly from here.

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