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Trigames.NET Podcast Episode 106 - Publicly Related   Article by: MrCHUPON

Podcast: Trigames.NET Podcast Episode 106 - Publicly Related [Written 2008-09-18]

In this three-hour chunker, we talk to Ron Burgess of 47 Communications about how PR and the game industry coexist and interact. We also ask him about falling for a bogus rumor in Killer Instinct. Because we can. In this three-hour chunker, we talk to Ron Burgess of 47 Communications about how PR and the game industry coexist and interact. We also ask him about falling for a bogus rumor in Killer Instinct. Because we can. Listen in for a look at a new PR peon's experience with a new job in the industry, along with what else a PR person does besides the stereotypical "ass kissing" and game pushing. Also in the news, Gamestop is scared shitless of Digital Distribution and so lashes out at it -- well, either scared or oblivious. Nintendo acknowledges the storage issue on Wii, and says it has something "better" than hard drives planned. Just as long as it's not another long string of numbers, jerks. We also run quickly through ten of gaming's top controversies from MCV UK, and the game tester who spoke openly to Dean Takahashi about the 360's known early defects gets -- dum, de dum dum -- CANNED. Newsreel: Nintendo acknowledges head-on the storage problem and says they are working on a "better" solution: http://arstechnica.com/journals/thumbs.ars/2008/09/08/nintendo-heads-talk-hard-drive-ds-redesign Wii will hopefully prevent a murder from committing suicide in jail: http://kotaku.com/5047000/kid-killer-gets-nintendo-wii-to-prevent-suicide Gamestop expects a Wii shortage for Christmas: http://kotaku.com/5047016/gamestop-expecting-wii-shortage-this-christmas 10 biggest gaming controversies: http://www.mcvuk.com/interviews/329/Gamings-biggest-controversies-110 Digi Distro and its effect on specialty game retailers (Gamestop): http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20080910-will-digital-distribution-doom-the-likes-of-gamestop.html Rock Band AC/DC? http://kotaku.com/5048274/harmonix-to-release-rock-band-acdc Microsoft brings down tha hamma: http://kotaku.com/5049294/game-tester-fired-for-going-on-record-about-xbox-360-defects Musical Interludes courtesy of: Waterside - Blue Dragon (X360) Intro - Street Fighter II (SNES) Moltabia Village - Phantasy Star IV (GEN) Download here. Running time: 3:01:38 File size: 87.2 MB Want to be heard? Hit the mailbag - mailbag AT trigames DOT net. Want previous episodes? Hit the Podcast Homepage. You can review us on iTunes, while you're at it. Add us to your RSS reader or iTunes feed! http://trigames.net/rss.xml

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