We've made a decision that we could very easily regret very soon.
You see, we want to hear from you. We want you to jump into Skype, give me a call and leave a message that we might just end up using in a future BitCast. It could be anything. Say hello, tell us how wrong we were about something, tell us we were right or just talk dirty to Ryan. Believe me, he really responds to that very well.
All you'll need to do is use Skype and give me a call. I'll be leaving Skype open as much as I can and it will be set up for you to leave a message when I don't answer. You'll need my Skype username, which is kevin-alexander.
This week we celebrate our 1 year anniversary with our 8th podcast episode. As a special treat you'll get to hear three different cell phones ring (mine, Dan's and my wife's) as well as hear what I sound like with a cold.
It's been almost a month since we did a proper show so there's a whole lot of stuff to catch up on. This week we concentrate on getting caught up with what we've been playing and running through some of the big demos that have dropped recently.
This week we take on a couple of topics that emerged from the Game Business Law Summit that was held on Wednesday of last week at Southern Methodist University in Dallas. First GameStop's Chief Marketing Officer Mike Hogan defended his company's practices during a Q&A and then Jason Holtman, Director Of Business Development and Legal Affairs for Valve talked about the company's business model for Steam and tackled some of the negative PC gaming myths that loom over the platform.
It's serious shit all up in this show.
This week we're not kidding about:
What'cha Been Playing? (Dan's PC Rebuild, WoW, Crysis, Prince Of Persia Classic)
Is Trading In Games Actually Good For The Industry? (28:10) Story Link
Break (49:12)
Valve vs. Negative PC Gaming Myths (49:30) Story Link
One Last Thing... (1:08:58)
This Week’s BitCast Music Was Created By Josh Chalofsky & Tim Hedden
It's a new day for the BitCast. We're trying to re-focus the show to add some better content and more of it in roughly the same amount of time. This week was our first attempt at this and I have to say that I think it works out pretty darn well, but you'll be the judge of that.
Dan, Ryan and I gather 'round this week, bust out our astronomy charts and crystal balls to see into the next twelve months and what's going to happen in our beloved industry. Of course, we can't see everything and we want to hear from you. What do you think is going to happen? Let us know in the comments below!
This week we're pretty predictable:
What'cha Been Playing? (GeoWars 2, Prince Of Persia, Mirror's Edge, Guitar Hero: World Tour, Resistance 2 and a spoiler-rific discussion on the ending of MGS 4)
Is Sony's Home Really The Worst Idea Ever? (41:20)
Break (51:25)
Our 2009 Gaming Predictions (52:18)
Welcome Noobs! (1:11:09)
One Last Thing... (1:12:55)
This Week’s BitCast Music: Intro: Title: Days Of Elaine
Artist: The Decemberists
Album: Always The Bridesmaid Vol. 2 Break: Title: O New England Artist: The Decemberists Album: Always The Bridesmaid Vol. 1 Outro: Title: A Record Year For Rainfall Artist: The Decemberists Album: Always The Bridesmaid Vol. 3
Look at that, it's only six days into the new year and we already have a brand-spankin' new episode of the BitCast ready to greet you!
When we were putting together our year-end lists we knew we were challenging ourselves by only naming our Top 5 games. Of course that means that there were a bunch of great games left in the dust, totally ignored. Thankfully the BitCast is here to save them, bring them forth from the ashes and help them rise above the flames of rejection.
So yeah, we talk about our other favorite games of the year. Also, listen closely for a tiny little giveaway that is somewhere in the show. I mention emailing me so you'll need my address which is my Xbox Live gamertag (without the space) at gmail dot com. If you don't know my gamertag you can easily find it here on the site...somewhere. Good luck!
This is it, this is our last live-talkin' show of the year and to help celebrate the occasion I trapped two of my best friends in my basement and made them talk about games and stuff. Good times.
Big thanks to Rich and Mike for joining me and seeming to have a good time, we'll do it again soon!
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