11/06/06 - Episode 02

Published: Nov. 6, 2006, 9:07 a.m.

b'In this episode ex-video game journo Chris and freelancer extraordinaire Greg:

- Blatantly thieve the "what\'cha been playin\'" segment popular in many\\npodcasts and use it to talk about Final Fantasy XII, Sam & Max,\\nPhantasy Star Universe, Elite Beat Agents, DDR and Strawberry\\nShortcake(!).

- Talk about preorders. Gears of War, the various Halo 3 editions, and\\nGamestop\'s ability to sell you slips of paper that say you have a game\\non reserve a year before it\'s due out.
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\\n- Talk about microtransactions (again). EA being a repeat offender with\\nNeed For Speed Carbon. We also take some time to talk about the pricing\\nof Nintendo/Sega/TG-16 virtual console stuff. Somewhere in there we\\nalso stray into talking about the failures of Xbox Live Arcade.
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\\n- ...and in the last segment we reminisce a little bit with stories of\\nsystem launches / launch windows past from the perspective of working\\nat a video game magazine.

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