13 years ago
XBLAFancast Episode 29 – Forgetting how to talk
It’s a madcap episode this week, in which everyone on the show forgets how to speak English at least once. I’m once again joined by Perry and Todd jumps on to talk some Crimson Alliance. In case you were wondering, he rather likes it as you can read in his review.
We quickly run through the news, as there isn’t too much worth talking about and then there’s even less to talk about game wise as we haven’t played too much of the recent releases. Thankfully Todd saves us with Crimson Alliance talk and we slip in a little (slightly related) iOS game discussion.
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[podcast]https://xblafans.com/xblafancast/XBLAFancastEp29.mp3[/podcast]
13 years ago
XBLAFancast Episode 28
With John and Andrew both stepping down from the podcast for a while it’s left to me to take the hosting reigns. I’m joined by Perry Jackson and John Carson, who were good enough to record this particularly episode twice after we had some technical difficulties (surprise).
There was quite a bit of news out of PAX last week, from game announcements to title updates so we spend a while talking about some of them.
Sadly Street Fighter III is the only release from last week any of us spent much time with, but Perry and John spent a lot of time with it. They share their thoughts and John gives a little preview of his review which should be on the site soon. Since we had some time to kill we take a detour to some retail game discussion with the recently released Deus Ex: Human Revolution.
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[podcast]https://xblafans.com/xblafancast/XBLAFancastEp28.mp3[/podcast]
14 years ago
XBLAFancast Episode 27
Once again technical difficulties have conspired to make this show late but we powered through and bring you this late but still pretty good podcast.
John is stepping down from the podcast for a while so this week Andrews steps up to the hosting chair, joined by myself and Todd. We hit some news first off, including an unexpected rant about fighting games and some bemoaning of Fruit Ninja DLC.
We sadly lose Todd for the what we’ve been playing section, his internet didn’t want you guys to hear about the games he’d been playing, but myself and Andrew talk about a whole bunch of stuff. Including this weeks release of Crazy Machines Elements which Andrew thoroughly enjoyed.
Andrew shares the news of his new job as a member of Xbox Support on twitter, as a result he won’t be on the show for a while. So tune in next week for a totally on time edition of the show hosted by myself with some new voices for you to listen to.
[podcast]https://xblafans.com/xblafancast/XBLAFancastEp27.mp3[/podcast]
14 years ago
XBLAFancast Episode 26
Feels like it’s been a while since we’ve spent quite a bit of time on news, but we did! Yay us. Or rather, yay you, because you get to enjoy the tagential and more than a few times irate banter that John L, Andrew and I share on this episode as we discuss the Xbox 360’s superiority and how Xbox Live Arcade still has some popular genres and mechanics left untouched.
We also discuss the mysterious absence of Dungeon Defenders and the mysterious still-in-the-works of Sonic 4: Episode 2. Beyond that, with Counter Strike and Gotham City Imposters representing the first person shooter genre on the XBLA, we wonder if either will work out.
After the news Andrew and John go on and on about how great Toy Soldiers: Cold War is and I nod all the way through. I tell a whimsical From Dust story which may be just slightly spoilery if you haven’t finished the game yet. It’s more of a gameplay spoiler than a story spoiler, though arguably the two are pretty close in that game. Regardless, to top it all off we have a wonderful Twitter topic which gets us angry at games (again), but will we want to punch babies this episode? Find out!
[podcast]https://xblafans.com/xblafancast/XBLAFancastEp26.mp3[/podcast]
14 years ago
XBLAFancast Episode 25
It’s another slow news week and we’re also down one John Laster. Thankfully Todd fills the void and brings with him a ton of games to talk about. Myself and Andrew have a few to talk about to, so what could have been a fairly short and empty show is packed full of XBLA game discussion. So, get listening!
14 years ago
XBLAFancast Episode 24
We had an exceptionally late episode last week, but we’re making up for it this week with possibly the most punctual episode yet! The usual cast of myself, John Laster and Andrew Crews are joined by Deputy Editor Steve Melton to discuss all things XBLA.
It’s a very slow news week this week so we spend more time that we should discussing just why we don’t want yet another Worms game on XBLA.
Things take a better turn when we hit the what we’ve been playing and twitter topic segments, in which there is some pretty interesting discussion of topics ranging from retro remakes to the often discussed friends list limit.
[podcast]https://xblafans.com/xblafancast/XBLAFancastEp24.mp3[/podcast]
14 years ago
XBLAFancast Episode 23
Please pardon another late release for the podcast here, we had some major issues with the recording and then further issues on the editing, so it all sort of snowballed. But it’s finally here! If you haven’t yet (and there’s a pretty good chance you haven’t since this is going up first) check out our interview with Dan Paladin from The Behemoth.
We’re in the thick of the Summer of Arcade promotion and there’s a lot of love for Bastion going on. But before that there’s some news bits here and there, very business heavy as we cover some of the sales figures from Q2 and reflect on some past releases and the House Party promotion.
Andrew talks about what he doesn’t like about Bastion because if we all just talked about what we liked the podcast would never end. John and I gush about Orcs Must Die! and I discuss my time at Comic Con and highlight some of my favorite games and experiences in a reply to this week’s twitter topic.
[podcast]https://xblafans.com/xblafancast/XBLAFancastEp23.mp3[/podcast]
14 years ago
XBLAFancast Episode 22
Apologies for the delay in getting this weeks episode up, the various technical difficulties with the site caused some issues. But here it is, only a couple of days late. In the meantime you hopefully checked out our special episode about Bastion featuring Greg Kasavin of Supergiant Games. If not go listen to it now!
It’s a slow news week so there’s only a few things to discuss before we move onto what we’ve been playing. Andrew talks about the trials of MLB Bobblehead DLC as well as the much more agreeable Warhammer 40k Kill Team which he reviewed. John and I discuss a few of the things we’ve been playing before we round out things with some twitter topics and questions.
[podcast]https://xblafans.com/xblafancast/XBLAFancastEp22.mp3[/podcast]
14 years ago
XBLAFancast – Bastion Special
We have a special episode of the XBLAFancast for you this week, don’t worry we’ve got a regular show coming tomorrow too (cause we love ya).
For this special however John Laster and Stephen Haberman are joined by Supergiant Games’ Greg Kasavin. As one would expect this episode focuses on Supergiant Games’ debut title, and the Summer of Arcade opener, Bastion. An action RPG with a beautiful art style, wonderful music and a unique hook in the narrator who comments on your actions throughout the game.
Greg talks about how he got into the industry before moving onto the creation of Supergiant Games and the development of Bastion itself.
Be sure to check out Stephen’s review for a more detailed look at what he thought of Bastion.
[podcast]https://xblafans.com/xblafancast/XBLAFancastBastionInterview.mp3[/podcast]
14 years ago
XBLAFancast Episode 21
It’s another three man show this week with John, Andrew and myself. We’ve officially decided to bump our episode length to one hour, we weren’t very good at sticking to the 30 minute one anyway so here’s hoping this works out better!
A little bit of a slow news week this week but we still find a few stories that spark some interesting conversation. Including Ms Splosion Man getting a table in Pinball FX2 and those Resident Evil ports heading to anywhere but XBLA.
We had a few new releases last week, John and Andrew played with them some so they talk a bit about those. Spoilers: Andrew is not a fan of MLB Bobbleheads. Since I haven’t played the newer release I talk about my continuing love of Half-Minute Hero (and it’s music) and of course Trenched.
[podcast]https://xblafans.com/xblafancast/XBLAFancastEp21.mp3[/podcast]