NEW! Trigames.NET Podcast Episode 236 - Mr. Owl
 
:: Posted on 2012-09-10 ::
How many licks does it take to get to the center of a tootsie pop? VIDEOGAMES THATS HOW MANY LIX LULZ COPT0RZ But seriously folks, we're (sorta) back. Sorta because it's long overdue. Again. We talk about the games we've been playing, but not before Austin gets neurotic about laptop upgrades and spending money he shouldn't be spending instead of playing the mounds of games piling up on his shelves. Random chatter about Linux and Windows 8 abounds.
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Trigames.NET Podcast Episode 235 - 3pic Much?
:: Posted on 2012-07-31 ::
Where the heck have we been? We don't know either! We spend over 3 hours trying to find out. No, not really; we spend it talkin' 'bout GAMES.
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Trigames.NET Podcast Episode 234 - Eastern Fishies
:: Posted on 2012-03-12 ::
Do modern Japanese videogames 'suck'? Such is the contention of one Phil Fish at GDC, while Jonathon Blow backs him up with the assertion that Japanese videogames are 'joyless husks.'
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Trigames.NET Podcast Episode 233 - Pete Stumps People
:: Posted on 2012-03-06 ::
Woooooo it's been a long time off. Having kids, moving, and taking a writing class will do that to ya. Austin and Al return weeks later to catch each other up on the games that they've been playing. Meanwhile, the Ghost Of Pete tweets the dopey duo a question that may stump men lesser than kings and lords: 'What makes a game fun?'
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Trigames.NET Podcast Episode 232 - Cockroach 20XX
:: Posted on 2012-01-15 ::
We're back after the new year. We've got fake Game Of The Year awards! They're fake because we're not a real website. They're just as good as any, though, we assure you.
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Trigames.NET Podcast Episode 231 - Turkey Murkey
:: Posted on 2011-12-05 ::
It's Thanksgiving! No, literally, Al and Austin recorded this on Thanksgiving, even though they uploaded it a few days later... and didn't update the site or RSS feed until even later. C'est la vie, suckers.
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Trigames.NET Podcast Episode 230 - The Real 230 Please Stand Up
:: Posted on 2011-11-26 ::
We yammer over some stuff, not the least of which includes Sony's plans for "backwards compatibility" between the PS Vita and old UMD-based PSP games. For an... agreeable' price
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Trigames.NET Podcast Episode 229 - Al Gets Sound Outta This Bee
:: Posted on 2011-11-14 ::
Al somehow manages to not vomit while playing the abomination that is Deep Labyrinth, and lives to talk about it on the podcast. Meanwhile Austin unearths traumatic childhood memories of his sister showing off at Tetris.
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Trigames.NET Podcast Episode 228 - Snow
:: Posted on 2011-11-07 ::
Last week it was Halloween. Last week was also when we recorded this episode! AND IT WAS SNOWING LIKE EFFING MAD.
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Trigames.NET Podcast Episode 227 - Always Be Praying
:: Posted on 2011-10-18 ::
Man, there are some TERRIBLE Genesis games in that Genesis Collection on Steam... which cost under $10. Austin goes through a few of the pukers and Al talks some TV time with the impending Xbox 360 deals with Verizon and Comcast.
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Trigames.NET Podcast Episode 226 - Radiance
:: Posted on 2011-10-01 ::
Do you hear that sound? That's the sound of the price range of an entire collector's market collapsing into toilet dust as Radiant Silvergun is finally made available in the United States, for legal, for shizz, fo sho', sho' 'nuff.
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Trigames.NET Podcast Episode 225 - You're Weird Man
:: Posted on 2011-09-23 ::
Austin and Al dip into their 3DS Virtual Console library and then talk some smack about the abhorrent-looking second analog stick attachment that's being released for the device on account of Monster Hunter for the 3DS.
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Trigames.NET Podcast Episode 224 - New Glasses!
:: Posted on 2011-08-12 ::
Austin bites the bullet and buys Ocarina of Time 3D. And you know what? It looks effing good. Meanwhile, Al pumps a whole lotta lotta into the email thread for this week's podcast and emerges from the sweat and tears as the new Champion Of The Newsings!
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Trigames.NET Podcast Episode 223 - Sell Sell Sell
:: Posted on 2011-08-01 ::
The Nintendo 3DS. An $80 price drop (nearly 33%) four months into a Nintendo handheld's lifecycle? Currently-on-the-IR third chair Pete poses via Twitter--is this the fastest AND largest price drop for a handheld/console ever?
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Trigames.NET Podcast Episode 222 - Coat Bee
:: Posted on 2011-07-19 ::
According to the frothing mouths--Kathie Lee, Hoda Ko.. Co... Ka... Coa... Kotb and some Danny Douche dude at the Today Show, it's abnormal for a man over 30 to play videogames. Ok, so we're sensationalizing it a little bit. Watch and decide for yourself!
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Trigames.NET Podcast Episode 221 - CGA Grafx
:: Posted on 2011-07-12 ::
Someone created a Free To Play Kicker for Team Fortress 2! Does the duo think it's a terrible thing, though? The only way you'll find out is if you listen to Austin read terrible spam subject lines from the mailbag inbox.
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Trigames.NET Podcast Episode 220 - Coughy McCougherson
:: Posted on 2011-07-06 ::
Minish Cap! OoT! And then cough chatter cough about the court decision that basically told Leland Yee to shove a banana up his own tailpipe.
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Trigames.NET Podcast Episode 219 - Kick
:: Posted on 2011-06-27 ::
Hackers abound, and the A-team go on a somewhat pointless tangent about them. You can tell that almost no planning went into the "news" topic of the day, but that's all right because there's plenty of 3DS Watcha-Been-Playings.
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Trigames.NET Podcast Episode 218 - E3iiU
:: Posted on 2011-06-14 ::
Austin and Al go to town on Wii U (terrible name), PS Vita (kinda lame name) and Microsoft's overabundance of terrible Kinectitude.
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Trigames.NET Podcast Episode 217 - Vitamins
:: Posted on 2011-06-10 ::
Sony's in the business of making portable vitamins, and Nintendo's in the business of apparently making tablet PCs. Or something
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Trigames.NET Podcast Episode 216 - We Keep Playing The Same Game
:: Posted on 2011-06-01 ::
How many remakes is too many--should anyone ever be done fine-tuning and perfecting games, or should they stand back, be proud of their masterpieces, and say, "It is done" with some semblance of finality?
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Trigames.NET Podcast Episode 215 - Tower of Babble
:: Posted on 2011-05-25 ::
Austin and Al hold it down while Pete's internet holds him down. A little bit of flotsam here, a little bit of jetsam there; a mother lode of what we've been playing; and not a whole lot accomplished.
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Trigames.NET Podcast Episode 214 - 20 Queries
:: Posted on 2011-05-17 ::
Austin and Al ask each other 20 personal gaming questions for your amusement. Salut!
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Trigames.NET Podcast Episode 213 - F4nb0i
:: Posted on 2011-05-10 ::
Austin and Al talk about fanboys and their toe-dip into fanboydom. They also provide a little update with what's going on with PSN, thanks to shamelessly read-from news blogs.
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Trigames.NET Podcast Episode 212 - It Only Does Oops Your Credit Cards
:: Posted on 2011-05-02 ::
Al and Austin cut into a little bit of the Playstation Network status updates from the week following the SUPER NOT AWESOME CYBER ATTAXX0RZZ
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Trigames.NET Podcast Episode 211 - Castle Wanna Be A Thug
:: Posted on 2011-04-27 ::
Come journey with Austin and Al as they reach deep back into the past and talk about the first time they saw Mortal Kombat and how Street Fighter evolved along with it.
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Trigames.NET Podcast Episode 210 - HaDDDouken?
:: Posted on 2011-04-15 ::
Well! Pete's internet is being uncooperative as it always has been, so this episode, he barely makes a peep. But he does peep--just... well... that sounds wrong so I'm gonna just stop there.
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Trigames.NET Podcast Episode 209 - Pete's Internet Sucks
:: Posted on 2011-04-02 ::
Well, we were supposed to be at the virtual internet recording studio talking about the rest of our PAX East 2011 experience but someone forgot to show up. Who was that someone? Pete's internet.
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Trigames.NET Podcast Episode 208 - East of PAX
:: Posted on 2011-03-22 ::
2/3rds of Trigames.NET made it to PAX East 2011. The remaining 3rd of Trigames.NET got mad far in DQV. So every-ah-body-ah wins
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Trigames.NET Podcast Episode 207 - Holy Frickin' Late
:: Posted on 2011-03-17 ::
Work and then a broken laptop results in this episode being two whole freaking weeks late. Instead of me apologizing, how about this: YOU ALL WIN!
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Trigames.NET Podcast Episode 206 - How Dare We
:: Posted on 2011-03-08 ::
The trailer for the upcoming game from Ubisoft for Wii, "We Dare", is perhaps one of the most embarrassing things we've seen. So we take a few minutes to talk about it and whether or not sensual (ooohhh baby!) games are even a feasible thing.
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Trigames.NET Podcast Episode 205 - Kotick Killed The Guitario Star
:: Posted on 2011-02-17 ::
Well will you look at that? Activision is ceasing work on this year's Guitar Hero entry as well as halting all future work on any Hero-related DLC, meaning both Guitar and DJ Heroes will have to be satisfied with what's already out there online.
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Trigames.NET Podcast Episode 204 - Dick Wolf
:: Posted on 2011-02-10 ::
For some reason we go into an almost non-videogame-related tangent when talking about dickwolves and what it means to say the word "rape" in a web comic about videogames.
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Trigames.NET Podcast Episode 203 - Sony NGPSP23P02D2Pocket
:: Posted on 2011-02-04 ::
Sony's information dump about the new PSP--dubbed, for now, the NGP because it's the Next Generation Portable and NOT the Neo Geo Pocket--seems too good to be true. We take guesses at the price and try to answer listener questions!
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Trigames.NET Podcast Episode 202 - In 3D! Again!
:: Posted on 2011-01-25 ::
Hey look! There's some 3DS news from the Nintendo bigwigs over at the Nintendo bigworld talkin' about Nintendo big time products. And stuff.
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Trigames.NET Podcast Episode 201 - It Wasn't Short
:: Posted on 2011-01-18 ::
Did you ever consider stopping the videogame thang? Thanks to Willy Beans over at Gaming The Media, the three idiots discuss this question for the first segment of the show before going into a supremely long and detailed What We've Been Playing.
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Trigames.NET Podcast Episode 200 - Irish Cider
:: Posted on 2011-01-12 ::
We made it! We've reached Episode 200! IT IS DONE! Now, sit back, listen, and enjoy--because this is the last podcast ever. Just kidding. Here's to 200 more.
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Trigames.NET Podcast Episode 199 - Haystack
:: Posted on 2010-12-08 ::
Did you know that the saltiest dish in America is a 10,000mg+ of sodium-havin' Chinese food dish at PF Chang's? Don't have it. Meanwhile, videogames!
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Trigames.NET Podcast Episode 198 - Where That Call Of Duty At?
:: Posted on 2010-11-29 ::
This episode actually has little, if anything, to do with Black Ops whatsoever. What it DOES have to do with is Al and Pete's Black Friday shopping misadventures. And listener questions!
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Trigames.NET Podcast Episode 197 - The Hours
:: Posted on 2010-11-23 ::
The Duo Of Explanatory Awesomeness goes on for a nearly 3-hour romp that benefits, er, we mean, SUFFERS!... yeah! *sweat* from Pette's absence into the nether regions. Episode 200 is right around the corner!
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Trigames.NET Podcast Episode 196 - Gameboner
:: Posted on 2010-11-18 ::
Lots of Crysis speak! Lots of hardware problems to whine about! Lots of Kinect theorizing because at the time of this recording... NO ONE HAD ACTUALLY PLAYED IT.
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Trigames.NET Podcast Episode 195 - Juh-RAKE
:: Posted on 2010-11-10 ::
Twitter questions abound, so the crew of two answers questions about gimmicky controls forced upon gamers; what would make us buy Kinect; and whether or not the iPhone is a decent gaming platform.
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Trigames.NET Podcast Episode 194 - Gilly Bates
:: Posted on 2010-11-01 ::
Sincerest apologies for the delay for last week's episode. We blame the following things: life and technology. Without further adoodoo, just download this shit. Game Dev Story! The Conduit is still "meh"! Al finally FREAKING PLAYS TWILIGHT PRINCESS!
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Trigames.NET Podcast Episode 193 - Head Lice
:: Posted on 2010-10-19 ::
As Al pukes from rolley-coaster antics, Austin and Pete dive into the EA Louse debacle, touching upon what it means for us who play games and for the industry, as well as that whole wacky concept of anonymous blogging.
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Trigames.NET Podcast Episode 192 - Disenfranchisementent
:: Posted on 2010-10-12 ::
We talk about how the usage of franchises and brand names to identify a game may hurt, help, or otherwise influence our expectations of a given videogame.
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Trigames.NET Podcast Episode 191 - MOER LIEK GALO
:: Posted on 2010-10-07 ::
Austin and Pette take control of the recording both and destroy it with pure awesomeness as they discuss Halo (don't ask us why) and... stuff.
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Trigames.NET Podcast Episode 190 - The Following Is Canon
:: Posted on 2010-09-27 ::
We discuss the tappity-tap-tap dance job that Capcom does around its reason for not wanting to release Super Street Fighter IV on PC and then opine on Keiji Inafune's declaration that Japanese game design is "5 years behind" the times.
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Trigames.NET Podcast Episode 189 - What A Sleeper
:: Posted on 2010-09-23 ::
By Al's own admission, this episode is a sleeper of a sleeper. With Austin away observing a wedding, Al and Pete put each other to sleep with boring talk about hyenas, leprechauns, mollusks, the reproductive cycle of amoebae, the size of a duck vagina...
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Trigames.NET Podcast Episode 188 - Call Disconnected
:: Posted on 2010-09-19 ::
Pete's lousy internet connection provides the most fantastic podcast in the history of podcasts dating all the way back to the Jurassic era. Because, really, everyone knows that Skype disconnects are the key to a successful and vibrant podcast.
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Trigames.NET Podcast Episode 187 - Remembering Launch
:: Posted on 2010-08-30 ::
Austin and Al take on the task of discussing their memories from the launches they've been party to--including some early memories of the NES. They also discuss how absolutely janky Final Fantasy Legend for the Gameboy was, just because. It's MADDD janky.
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Trigames.NET Podcast Episode 186 - Just Horrible
:: Posted on 2010-08-25 ::
When Unca Al leaves the house, the wee Peteys and the mischievous Austins come out to play and wreak havoc on podcastland.
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Trigames.NET Podcast Episode 185 - Skyoshock
:: Posted on 2010-08-20 ::
We take a look at the new Bioshock Infinite trailer and learn ABSOLUTELY NOTHING except that roses have the power to make you float. Also, Austin's been playing a lot of weird DS stuff, and we try to get Al to talk about his CPU mis-hap as a young tyke.
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Trigames.NET Podcast Episode 184 - Mic to Speaker
:: Posted on 2010-08-12 ::
What does Al sound like coming out of a laptop speaker which is pointed directly at a $200 studio mic lying flat on a chair while Austin, Pete and Dez try to yell into the same microphone? Genius. Pure genius.
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Trigames.NET Podcast Episode 183 - Righto Bright
:: Posted on 2010-08-05 ::
Pete continues his quest for a Borderlands-playing computer, and we get (one piece of) reader mail with a squee bit of advice on what body parts to sacrifice I mean computer parts to buy.
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Trigames.NET Podcast Episode 182 - Nothing Really Happened
:: Posted on 2010-07-14 ::
Ok, so, this is what happens when Al leaves the house: chaos.
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Trigames.NET Podcast Episode 181 - It Costs A Dollar
:: Posted on 2010-07-12 ::
Wanna hear a bunch of gaming-obsessed dorks talk about the weird stuff they bought or are about to buy or are in the process of buying during a July 4th Steam sale while also prattling on about what they've been playing? You've come to the right place.
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Trigames.NET Podcast Episode 180 - Heavy Rain Let's Rebooting
:: Posted on 2010-07-12 ::
After our usually haphazard What We've Been Playing segment, we go full bore into our Let's Rebooting of Heavy Rain for the Playstation 3. Spoiler Alert for the entire episode after the first segment! You've been warned.
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Trigames.NET Podcast Episode 179 - At The End Of The E3Day
:: Posted on 2010-06-30 ::
At the end of the day, all that mattered this week (or at least the week during which we recorded this episode...) was E3 and a whole butt-ton of 3D. Oh, and shaking your booty in front of a Kinect camera.
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Trigames.NET Podcast Episode 178 - Widdle Brain
:: Posted on 2010-06-29 ::
How much crappier of a videogame player did you become as a result of old age? Or, how about we ask the opposite question: How do you think you'd fare today at the games that stumped you as a puny, immature kid?
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Trigames.NET Podcast Episode 177 - Videocaines
:: Posted on 2010-06-22 ::
OMG PLAEING VIDEOGAM IS LIKE SNORTING LINES OF COKANE! And the ridiculous studies continue. Also, Pete goes apespit insane with his new Vocoder app on his iPorn I mean iPhone.
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Trigames.NET Podcast Episode 176 - Fangs
:: Posted on 2010-06-08 ::
This episode is a Let's Rebooting session involving everyone's favorite blood-sucking, Konami-sponsored Wampyr, Dracula. Ramble with us as we stumble along the Belmonts' lack of jumping prowess and Circle of the Moon's lack of brightness.
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Trigames.NET Podcast Episode 175 - Swedish Fish
:: Posted on 2010-06-01 ::
This is quite possibly THE worst episode since the first one. When talk descends to furries, what else would you expect?
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Trigames.NET Podcast Episode 174 - Interesting. Take a Shot.
:: Posted on 2010-05-10 ::
Austin says 'interesting' too much so Pete commands the audience to take a shot every time 'interesting' is said. If you're under 21, you can only do shots of tabasco sauce. In this episode we discuss current day IPs that we'd like to see retro-ized.
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Trigames.NET Podcast Episode 173 - Remake Your Face
:: Posted on 2010-05-06 ::
It's a special edition of Let's Rebooting. Why is it special? Because this is the first time in a while that we've done it two episodes in a row! We take your comments regarding what older games you'd like to see remade and how you'd remake them.
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Trigames.NET Podcast Episode 172 - Superman Has Stubble
:: Posted on 2010-04-26 ::
Let's Rebooting! returns as we talk about the first videogame consoles we ever bought with our own hard-earned money. After that, we get into the topic which we've been pushing back for weeks now: the different approaches in storytelling taken by games.
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Trigames.NET Podcast Episode 171 - Finite Ward
:: Posted on 2010-04-19 ::
What's up with Infinity Ward and Activision? It's yet another videogame-industry-related soap opera involving a big bad publisher and its scrappy developers. Infinity Ward's losing team members left and right as Zampella and West start up Respawn studios.
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Trigames.NET Podcast Episode 170 - Apparently This Wasn't Edited
:: Posted on 2010-04-08 ::
This episode stars Al and Pete because Austin was in Atlanta enjoying the weather. In fact it was so good that he just didn't edit the episode and slapped it online. (This is a lie! Have a listen.)
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Trigames.NET Podcast Episode 169 - Pound Sign PAXEast
:: Posted on 2010-03-30 ::
Austin and Al finally podcast with Pete IN PERSON after PAX East Day 2, and are joined by Desiree (Pete's better half) and Maurice (the drummer in Trigames.NET's official unofficial Rock Band band.)
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Trigames.NET Podcast Episode 168 - Holy God of Heavy Rain
:: Posted on 2010-03-24 ::
The pre-PAX East 2010 episode, we discuss... NOTHING at all about PAX East. But hey, a new contest a-brewin' and plenty of God o' War and Heavy Rain talk!
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Trigames.NET Podcast Episode 167 - Awesome Techno
:: Posted on 2010-03-10 ::
Pete can't hear us over the awesome techno of the gameplay trailer for Street Fighter IV for... iPhone. We also got a mailbag entry from Edubuccaneer this week, which asks us if there's anything we hated as kids that we love now.
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Trigames.NET Podcast Episode 166 - Big Words
:: Posted on 2010-03-07 ::
Someone needs a lesson in pronunciation! Ahem. We mean... today's episode is Assassin's Creed intensive, followed by some insane boycott news and Tomonobu Itagaki's self-proclaimed awesomeness after a lawsuit was dismissed.
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Trigames.NET Podcast Episode 165 - Donkey
:: Posted on 2010-03-05 ::
Indigo Prophecy! Final Fantasy XII! Assassassassin's Creed II! And more OLD games that you've all probably played already! Oh, and thar be lots of freebies given out for buying new copies of games like Darksiders. What's up with that?
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Trigames.NET Podcast Episode 164 - Mega Creed the Hedgehog
:: Posted on 2010-03-01 ::
Austin has finally beaten Assassin's Creed and is moving right on to the sequel. The crew discusses the upcoming fourth Sonic game ever and then Pete bids farewell for the episode as Austin and Al reminisce about the old Mega Man games.
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Trigames.NET Podcast Episode 163 - What Strength!
:: Posted on 2010-02-22 ::
We've been playing Assassin's Creed, Mass Effect 2, Plants vs. Zombies, and Let's Get Pete A Microphone stand. More importantly, we Let's Rebooting with the Street Fighter series and discuss the possibilities that Sonic 4 has to offer.
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Trigames.NET Podcast Episode 162 - Holy Crap
:: Posted on 2010-02-15 ::
Al's long-time friend Rob joins us once again for shenanigans, and another long-time friend Shameless James jumps in on the fun as we talk about old-school Neo Geo games and lying dirtbags.
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Trigames.NET Podcast Episode 161 - Left 4 Kombat II
:: Posted on 2010-01-26 ::
We try an experiment this time by playing a hearty game of Left 4 Dead WHILE talking about what we've been playing and Mortal Kombat 2 for Let's Rebooting.
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Trigames.NET Podcast Episode 160 - Finishing Bonus
:: Posted on 2010-01-20 ::
Austin and Al wax hemoglobic (no, that's not a real word; we realize this) about Mortal Kombat and its home ports for an elongated Let's Rebooting segment.
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Trigames.NET Podcast Episode 159 - Shelf Lives
:: Posted on 2010-01-19 ::
Why do we all continue to buy new games when there are perfectly good, dusty, unplayed and unopened games on our shelves? Because we're dumbasses, that's why!
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Trigames.Net Podcast Episode 158 - Final Fantasia
:: Posted on 2010-01-13 ::
Too many inexpensive games on Steam! They're everywhere! But Pete's PC crashes before he can empty his wallet, and we move onto Let's Rebooting with the Playstation-era Final Fantasies before we get too wrapped up in Holiday sales.
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Trigames.NET Podcast Episode 157 - God of Terrible Twos
:: Posted on 2009-12-31 ::
We debut the name of our game-discussion segment--Let's Rebooting--wherein we revisit our experiences with a game we've all played with some level of intensity. We also talk about the oddball sequels that major NES franchises saw and how this has evolved.
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Trigames.NET Podcast Episode 156 - Framplitude
:: Posted on 2009-12-13 ::
It's the first installment of a new segment known as... well, we want you to help us come up with a name since Game Spiel sounds stupid. We talk about NSMB for DS, and then move onto Tony Hawk Ride's disappointing performance and Hawk's reaction.
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Trigames.NET Episode 155 - The Real Japan Episode
:: Posted on 2009-12-09 ::
Lots of rambling about what it was like to go to Japan (which resulted in Austin being jetlagged and sleep-deprived for over a week after he returned--blame his job, too). Oh, and, Saboteur and boobies! Meh!
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Trigames.NET Podcast Episode 154 - Japananation
:: Posted on 2009-12-04 ::
It's our first international podcast! Austin dials in from JAPAN OMG, while the other two US-bound nerdboys laugh at his fatigued demeanor.
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Trigames.NET Podcast Episode 153 - Muse Ick
:: Posted on 2009-12-01 ::
A continuation of Austin's trilobyte on Games and Music, and piggybacking off of Kelly Mae's Episode 152 question as a segue, the crew discuss the effect that rhythm games have had on the industry and what it all means going forward.
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Trigames.NET Podcast Episode 152 - DSi LL Cool J
:: Posted on 2009-11-17 ::
Ok, so our mailbag letter about rhythm discussion took up a lot more time than we anticipated. But! It's a good episode segue into Episode 153's discussion of music and games.
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Trigames.NET Podcast Episode 151 - Uncharted is TOPS?
:: Posted on 2009-11-09 ::
There's a whole lotta Uncharted 2 talk from Pete as we discuss what contributes to and takes away from immersion, and how review scores might be out of whack.
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Trigames.NET Podcast Episode 150 - Austin Actually Played Something
:: Posted on 2009-10-19 ::
What We've Been Playing goes past an hour because for once, Austin actually played some new stuff to talk about. Nevermind that some of the stuff isn't exactly new, and one of the things is a repackaging of a trilogy.
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Trigames.NET Podcast Episode 149 - Networking Event
:: Posted on 2009-10-13 ::
It's all about online thangs, as OnLive secures funding from heavy hitters; the PSP Go! launch causes a massive update to the Playstation Store; and reports abound of Nintendo being stingy with software transfers between DSi's.
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Trigames.NET Podcast Episode 147 - Out Of Order
:: Posted on 2009-10-09 ::
See, as it's numbered, this episode is SUPPOSED to come BEFORE episode 148. And, on the RSS feed, it does! But, if you've been a good monkey, you'll have already gotten 148 because something was wrong with this file. No worries--we're good to go, BUDDY.
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Trigames.NET Podcast Episode 148 - Pete's Gotta Pee
:: Posted on 2009-10-05 ::
This is going up out of order. Something is wrong with the files in episode 147, and we are currently calling in NASA and the United Nations to deal with this crisis. So, we give you episode 148 first!
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Trigames.NET Podcast Episode 146 - A Hundred Bones?!
:: Posted on 2009-09-30 ::
Final Fantasy XIII is a HUNDRED dollars? (Well, the equivalent in Japanese yen, at least.) Edubuccaneer storms into the mailbag with a question about Dreamcasting, and other news tries to make headway (and almost fails).
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Trigames.NET Podcast Episode 145 - Sexbox!?
:: Posted on 2009-09-18 ::
Yes, ladies and germs, a SeXbox has been confirmed. Don't ask us why. In other news, OnLive begins its public beta; Okami comes to the DS; and stereoscopic 3D comes to PS3???
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Trigames.NET Podcast Episode 144 - Super Combo
:: Posted on 2009-09-09 ::
Al plays Madden??? Well, he will soon. We talk about 1up's Madden versus Hardcore feature article as well as boycotts and their role in the awareness and discussion of issues, as inspired by Shadow Complex and Orson Scott Card.
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Trigames.NET Podcast Episode 143 - Hoe-ver!
:: Posted on 2009-08-27 ::
Mispronunciation of words collide in this epic battle of... well... ok it was really only one or two words. We tackle user feedback on an editorial on rhythm games versus playing real music as well as some old news from last week. It's catch-up time baby!
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Trigames.NET Podcast Episode 142 - Chicken Lunch
:: Posted on 2009-08-12 ::
The dorktastic duo return for a full episode after using Jamaica fatigue as an excuse; Austin and Al tackle a McDove question and somehow there's a bunch of Microsoft news to go with Austin's broiled chicken meal.
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Trigames.NET Podcast Episode 141 - Gameslave?
:: Posted on 2009-07-31 ::
This is a story of about how Pete's life got flipped, turned upside town, because Austin and Al went to Jamaica and he was all home alone and playing videogames and wanting to talk about them for over an hour.
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Trigames.NET Episode 140 - Jamaica Late
:: Posted on 2009-07-23 ::
This episode goes up well over a week late, but it's for a good reason: Al is now married and Austin got some color in Jamaica during the wedding weekend! Ya-ay.
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Trigames.NET Podcast Episode 139 - Flavor
:: Posted on 2009-07-07 ::
Al and Pete run the show during this July 4th episode, because Slunks is running amok and Austin is upstate riding in a Cheerio floating tube down the Esopus Creek and getting drenched.
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Trigames.NET Podcast Episode 138 - Make Em Say Excuse Me
:: Posted on 2009-07-02 ::
Mailbag asks us, what's the deal with Sony, PSPGo and download-only games? And what's with this rip-off 32X wannabe Wii Motion Plus? The news asks us, what's with Zenimax buying id and some movie guy saying he has more claim to MK than Midway does? HUH?
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Trigames.NET Podcast Episode 137 - Sony versus Activision. Fight!
:: Posted on 2009-06-23 ::
Bobby Kotick says, Sony, lower your hardware prices or you won't get any of our games. Sony says, hey man, everything's fine. Chill. Dog.
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Trigames.NET Podcast Episode 136 - Shiny Numbers And Graphs
:: Posted on 2009-06-15 ::
May NPDs are in, and it looks like hardware numbers have taken a hit. In Graphland, a Bitmob contributor shows via magica graphs how much disinterest people have in the Vitality Sensor, PSPgo's Price, and Kudo Tsunoda's wobbly avatar.
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Trigames.NET Podcast Episode 135 - Piss Piss Piss DiE3
:: Posted on 2009-06-12 ::
This e3pisode3's title3 is a lovely portmante3au of what Al doe3s to his characte3r in the3 Sims n' the big e3ve3nt of last we3e3k. (If you can't tell what that event was after my lovely, creative way of integrating it into the words prior... E3, moron!)
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Trigames.NET Podcast Episode 134 - Stupid Echo
:: Posted on 2009-06-07 ::
It's another Rapelay Attack as bans approach and then run away. Turntable controllers draw near, and apparently the Electronic Arts are defeated by the current hardware cycle according to analysts. So, should they have stuck to pumping out lousy sequels?
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Trigames.NET Episode 133 - Tardy And Bug-ridden
:: Posted on 2009-06-07 ::
First off, apologies for the tardiness due to sound file bugs. Second off, the winner of the PC version of Braid is Neo Nightmare X. Third off, Al and Austin go to town on realistic games with jumping, violence in games and Rapelay.
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Trigames.NET Podcast Episode 132 - Scissor Kick
:: Posted on 2009-05-22 ::
You'll have to put up with 2.5 minutes of ABSOLUTELY RELEVANT STUFF (hint: not relevant). Then: Games that we breeze by; games that aesthetically wow us; and Duke Nukem Forever saga.
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Trigames.NET Podcast Episode 131 - It Will Be Dominate
:: Posted on 2009-05-05 ::
Yes, we revisit The Price Is Wrong, but that's not important at the moment. What IS important is talk about the small core-gamer market in the face of casual gaming's boom and Sony yakkity-yakking about dominating in five years.
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Trigames.NET Podcast Episode 130 - Fertilize
:: Posted on 2009-05-01 ::
Slunkadunka and Petoria dabble in Steam games, particularly Braid, And Yet It Moves, and... er... Coil. A game about fertilizing eggs. I mean pregnancy. I mean... oh just listen to the episode.
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Trigames.NET Podcast Episode 129 - Kung Fu
:: Posted on 2009-04-22 ::
Welcome to a short episode! Clocking in at under 90 minutes, and brought to you by the masterful sound effects of the NES game, the legendary KUNG FU!
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Trigames.NET Podcast Episode 128 - Fanfare
:: Posted on 2009-04-17 ::
Slunks breaks out the riffs as we finally move on from a 50-minute malebag / trilobyte segment, and there's talk of Gamestop gutted tomfoolery and Time Warner's dumb data cap plans.
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Trigames.NET Podcast Episode 127 - Hyperbowl Hyundai
:: Posted on 2009-04-09 ::
Superbowl Sunday has met its match as Pete coins a new phrase for the ages. Also, it's the Gameboy's 20th Anniversary, and classic arcade games are spouted in verbal fashion.
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Trigames.NET Podcast Episode 126 - OnDead???
:: Posted on 2009-04-08 ::
With GDC came a ton of stuff, the most interesting of it all being -- arguably -- OnLive and its "let's stream videogames to you in video form instead of the whole thing" motif. Will it work? Will it fail? Will it inspire the masses to rise up and fight!?
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Trigames.NET Podcast Episode 125 - Strategactics
:: Posted on 2009-03-20 ::
Immense, near-3-hour coitus I mean opus on randomblings. We spend about an hour alone on strategy versus tactics. Please -- give us your thoughts on the discussion at mailbag AT trigames DOT net!
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Trigames.NET Podcast Episode 124 - Dissidia Winner
:: Posted on 2009-03-04 ::
Which one of you unlucky souls didn't win the Dissidia potion? ALL OF YOU, especially those of you who didn't write in on time! You all suck. As for the winner, you don't suck! Inquire within for results, and Mr. Winner, your potion is being mailed to you
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Trigames.NET Podcast Episode 123 - Indestructible
:: Posted on 2009-02-24 ::
How about that -- naming the podcast after the stupid song in Street Fighter IV, which is only mentioned for like 2 seconds! We discuss reviewerly issues, WoW stories, and cringe at Cho Aniki pics.
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Trigames.NET Podcast Episode 122 - Trilobyte
:: Posted on 2009-02-17 ::
Austin and Al discuss their discussion-worthy Trilobyte topics, and receive a pleasant surprise in the mailbag when listener Aspro73 leaves the first Dissidia Potion contest entry.
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Trigames.NET Podcast Episode 121 - Belated 2008 Belated
:: Posted on 2009-02-07 ::
Join us for our two-week-late-posted episode in which we talk about our Games of 2008! Or rather, games we WISH we played from 2008. Or games we're GOING to play from 2008.
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Trigames.NET Podcast Episode 120 - Sorry
:: Posted on 2009-01-24 ::
We are sorry for several things: being sick; technical hiccups that resulted in the low-quality version of the podcast; the lack of Tony or any guests; and Obama's inauguration oath coming in a few minutes too late.
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Trigames.NET Podcast Episode 119 - Kellymae vs Jack, 1up-EGM vs The Economy
:: Posted on 2009-01-14 ::
We speak with Gamespot community member Kellymae -- veteran gamer and savvy parent -- about the responsibilities of parents have over their gamer children. We also discuss the seismic events surrounding EGM (closed down) and 1up (mad layoffs).
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Trigames.NET Podcast Episode 118 - It's About Emotionality
:: Posted on 2009-01-08 ::
This week we cover Digi_Matrix's topic with regards to whether or not we will ever see the same kind of emotional reactions towards a videogame as as those we see towards films.
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Trigames.NET Podcast Episode 117 - Momma Always Said
:: Posted on 2009-01-01 ::
Hike up your britches and prepare to hear the Trigames.NET Podcast Crew plus Pete from GameSlaves drone on about how our parents supported - or didn't - our hobby! Props to Edu for the topic.
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Trigames.NET Podcast Episode 116 Rushed Edition
:: Posted on 2008-12-20 ::
I am putting this rushed blurb up so Pete can pimp it. Listen to this episode NOW.
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Trigames.NET Podcast Episode 115 - Accessibility to Disabled Gamers
:: Posted on 2008-12-15 ::
________ (what, you think we'd give it away?) wins first dibs on our schwag giveaway, while Supersonic97 gets the "prize" he wanted -- Tony doing an episode-long rendition of... well, you'll find out!
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Trigames.NET Podcast Episode 114 - Deliberations
:: Posted on 2008-12-10 ::
We hem, haw and maniacally discuss who should win dibs for our Capcom / Digital Life schwag. Plus, we steal Bob Barker's music!
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Trigames.NET Podcast Episode 113 Parts 1 and 2 - When Computers Crash
:: Posted on 2008-12-08 ::
Oh hey! Look! Finally Episode 113 is up. It's the FIRST part because Austin's computer crashed while saving, and we all thought this episode was lost -- but we've dug up its fossilized remains and made something out of it.
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Trigames.NET Podcast Episode 112 - Misleadvertising
:: Posted on 2008-11-14 ::
Win some Capcom schwag! Find out in the podcast summary. And listen to the episode while you're at it.
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Trigames.NET Podcast Episode 111 - I Does What I Want
:: Posted on 2008-10-31 ::
In games that let you do what you want, do you play the goody two-shoes or are you the essential asshole? Also, Star Wars MMO from Bioware! Jack Thomas Thompsonne is a whiner! And, a lady is arrested for killing the avatar of her MMO (NOT REAL) husband.
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Trigames.NET Podcast Episode 110 - Starcraftipode
:: Posted on 2008-10-22 ::
Al talks about his feelings on the Starcraft II split into a trilogy of titles, and why 30 hours of overtime work doesn't necessarily mean you get to buy a new game. Also, a small slew of Microsoft news, and Games Radar's 7 Hardest First Levels.
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Trigames.NET Podcast Episode 109 - Scheduling Issues
:: Posted on 2008-10-09 ::
Nintendo DSi. Reviews versus critiques. Whether or not we have "the right to bitch" about DRM. Mega Man 9. A weird impromptu discussion on RPGs and what an RPG really is. Jack "Thomas" Thompson being watched by the Feds... huh!?
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Trigames.NET Podcast Episode 108 - Thack Jompson DISBARRED!
:: Posted on 2008-09-30 ::
John Bruce Thompson and The Bar are no longer friends. Divorced. Worst enemies. Bitter rivals. For those who love their videogames, this might seem like a boon. But dollars to doughnuts this guy resurfaces. Whatever. He's gone for now!
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Trigames.NET Podcast Episode 107 - Red Ring of PR
:: Posted on 2008-09-24 ::
Red Ring Stories! Several listeners send in their horrible stories about the Red Ring of Death.
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Trigames.NET Podcast Episode 106 - Publicly Related
:: Posted on 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.
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Trigames.NET Podcast Episode 105 - Digi_sonic97
:: Posted on 2008-09-10 ::
Listener Digi_Matrix asks about Quicktime Events, and listener supersonic97 asks about game unionizing and makes note of the tragic self-shooting of a boy who stayed home from school to play Halo.
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Trigames.NET Podcast Episode 104 - Gumball de Slunk
:: Posted on 2008-09-03 ::
Kid drops out of high school to pursue a career in Guitar Hero... but not Guitar Praise, the Christian rhythm game with its own plastic guitar! Meanwhile, we discuss Denis Dyack's antics and what effect it has or may have.
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Trigames.NET Podcast Episode 103 - Battlefrauds
:: Posted on 2008-08-22 ::
NPDs, Bobby Kotick reverse-pwnting Warner, and Piracy, oh my. Also, Game Trailers releases its Top 10 hardest games of all time. Do they make sense, or are they just wusses?
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Trigames.NET Podcast Episode 102 - I am Jason Bourne Identity
:: Posted on 2008-08-15 ::
(Relatively) short one this week. Rock Revolution has some gutsy tracks. Fatal1ty is the "face" of E for All (er?), but Penny Arcade will curb stomp him if he shows up at PAX. And, waxing remake-ish about Final Fantasy IV for DS.
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Trigames.NET Podcast Episode 101 - Whate3er
:: Posted on 2008-08-09 ::
To quote us in this episode: we discuss the LACKLUSTER MESS that was E3. But only for a bit. We take questions about Giant Bomb, and discuss Al's shrinking backlog.
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Trigames.NET Podcast Episode 100 - Centennial Stuff
:: Posted on 2008-07-30 ::
Yadda yadda hundreth episode took way long to edit technical problems blah blah. We rattle through 100 items of... stuff. Worst games. Favorite moments. Significant industry moments. And stuff.
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Trigames.NET Podcast Episode 99 - Mega Manics
:: Posted on 2008-07-02 ::
With Mega Man 9 being announced for WiiWare, XBLA and PSN, and with 8-bit stylized graphics no less, there was only one thing we could do: talk about MEga mANz!!!!111
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Trigames.NET Podcast Episode 98 - You're the best... AROUND
:: Posted on 2008-06-25 ::
More on the Itagaki-Tecmo beef beef, some backlog talk, interruptions by the New York City public transportation, and the brand-spanking new Guitar Hero controller. Do or do not want????
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Trigames.NET Podcast Episode 97 - Peewee's Playhouse
:: Posted on 2008-06-18 ::
The title refers to the fact that Tony's wifey, Hope, responded to the unofficial word of the day... comically. And consistently. Otherwise, it's time for May NPDs! Also, one listener's tale of the possible effect GTA has on his little cousin.
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Trigames.NET Podcast 96 - You Are Overbese
:: Posted on 2008-06-13 ::
More follow-up on the Wii Fit fiasco, except this time we take a crazy tangent into the BMI thanks to Wikipedia and Tony's pook, also known as Hope, who decides to make strange noises at the beginning of the cast.
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Trigames.NET Podcast Episode 95 - Living Like a Star
:: Posted on 2008-06-09 ::
Lot of prognosticating on the dangers that the PC gaming industry is supposedly facing, as well as what they could do with Street Fighter IV across the multiple home platforms, and Al's treasured experience with Vexx. Ew! Vexx!
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Trigames.NET Podcast Episode 94 - Truth is Truth
:: Posted on 2008-06-05 ::
Apologies for the tardiness. Disaster struck. All you need to know is that Jack Thompson got spoinked by the judge-o-rama, and Wii Fit's now calling non-fat kids fat. Messed UP!
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Trigames.NET Podcast Episode 93 - Your kids are FAT
:: Posted on 2008-05-20 ::
Wii Fit says your kids are fat and angry parents want a warning slapped onto it. Oh noes! Oh, and Uwe Boll sucks.
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Trigames.NET Podcast Episode 92 - Slunks Makes Weird Noises
:: Posted on 2008-05-13 ::
Mass Effect validate please apparently wants validate please you to please validate validate please it every 10 days validate please if you buy the PC version. Or does it? The real skinny inside.
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Trigames.NET Podcast Episode 91 - Gamestoppering
:: Posted on 2008-05-07 ::
Lots of Grand Theft Auto news, along with chit-chat with Slunks about the magic of Gamestop and its policies and employees -- both good and bad. We've gotten rid of the banana phone this week, so no worries about chipmunk infestations!
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Trigames.NET Podcast Episode 90 - Worst Episode Ever
:: Posted on 2008-05-06 ::
Due to post-Rock Band Party exhaustion, this is the absolute worst episode of the Trigames.NET podcast ever. Brace yourself.
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Trigames.NET Podcast Episode 89 - Dikembe Mutombo
:: Posted on 2008-04-22 ::
Rock Band gets its first album download; the Mortal Kombat universe somehow wants to beat up DC Comics characters; and Al and Austin talk about God of War versus Ninja Gaiden. A little.
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Trigames.NET Podcast Episode 88 - Nerd Alert
:: Posted on 2008-04-17 ::
James "jimb0" Logan, the purveyor of Nerd Alert, joins us -- his hair intact -- for our discussion about the petition to end Uwe Boll's filmmaking career, single- versus multi-player games, Rock Band pricing, and a whole new host of bad segues.
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Trigames.NET Podcast Episode 87 - Segue Hell
:: Posted on 2008-04-08 ::
Austin realizes he has no idea how to segue as he and Al discuss whether or not games can be timeless, thanks to an article on theglobeandmail.com. Also, Stephen King defends games; the Warcraft Frostmourne sword sells for lots; and MORE!
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Trigames.NET Podcast Episode 86 - Unfinished Business
:: Posted on 2008-04-01 ::
Why don't people finish games anymore? Specifically, why don't we finish games anymore? Spurred on by Nadia Oxford's 1up article, we discuss the reasons why we leave so many of our beloved games in the dust without completing them to, uh, completion.
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Trigames.NET Podcast Episode 85 - 20 Jarpegs for You
:: Posted on 2008-03-26 ::
This episode, we discuss Gamasutra's article that lists 20 important Japanese roleplaying games -- or JRPG's for short -- as well as other news tidbits: a sanctioned Florida attorney, a sad games-as-porn bill, and a frivolous lawsuit filed by Gibson.
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Trigames.NET Podcast Episode 84 - File Errorz
:: Posted on 2008-03-18 ::
The first few minutes have been chopped off, forever lost, because Austin aka MrCHUPON is a complete idiotfool. We also delve into the philosophy of being awesome: such as February's NPD numbers and how expensive Aussie games are.
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Trigames.NET Podcast Episode 83 - Hope Sneezes
:: Posted on 2008-03-12 ::
We bypass the news this episode to answer some questions from our last mailbag that we missed. We also dive into the HUD phenomenon that is the invisible life meter. Also, Tony's misses sneezes healthily.
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Trigames.NET Podcast Episode 82 - Prank Call Gone Wrong
:: Posted on 2008-02-26 ::
Snippets of GDC news and listener questions. What was our favorite news? Still Alive in Rock Band? Gears of Woah 2? The half-assed announcement of Portal 2? The fact that you can shoot Uwe Boll in Postal 3? And a random phone call to a former guest!
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Trigames.NET Podcast Episode 81 - Recoom
:: Posted on 2008-02-21 ::
The big discussion somehow ended up being PC gaming and World of Warcraft's impact on its chances of survival in these console-driven times. Also, Rob goes apeshit insane against The Witcher.
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Trigames.NET Podcast Episode 80 - Bradysack
:: Posted on 2008-02-05 ::
Hear Austin and Tony scream at each other about lighting matches and whether or not hippopotamussesses are actually farm animals.
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Trigames.NET Podcast Episode 79 - Blooper Lawrence
:: Posted on 2008-01-29 ::
The fantabulous Cooper Lawrence and the Blooper to end all bloopers! Because, you know, Mass Effect is really full of porntograny and sexamality.
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Trigames.NET Podcast Episode 78 - Sephiroth320
:: Posted on 2008-01-23 ::
For some reason we ramble on for 30 minutes before getting to some interesting news bits and the NPD sales. Record Breaking! Then we get to a hilarious reader bag of dung, what games we've played that pull us away from our bag of dung and more.
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Trigames.NET Podcast Episode 77 - New Year's was Two Weeks Ago
:: Posted on 2008-01-15 ::
We enjoyed our vacation for shizzle. Inquire within for some random CES news, some more disturbing "idiots and videogaming" news, such as the "fact" that kids are fat because of games and not McDonald's, and a plethora of reader mail!
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Trigames.NET Podcast Episode 76 - Two Weeks Layte
:: Posted on 2008-01-10 ::
Man, vacations are when I get lazy. Sorry. Here it is. However, starting this Sunday, we're back on track!
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Trigames.NET Podcast Episode 75 - In Stereo
:: Posted on 2007-12-21 ::
One question: how in the hell did Neversoft's testing department not catch that the Wii version of Guitar Hero III was NOT in Stereo sound? Oh, and a whole bunch of other catfight news.
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Trigames.NET Podcast Episode 74 - Dustpan
:: Posted on 2007-12-18 ::
Another super duper hectic week means this is late and has no tags... yet.
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Trigames.NET Podcast Episode 73 - Jeff Gerstmann
:: Posted on 2007-12-02 ::
The podcast title speaks for itself. That's right - it's all about Jeff Gerstmann, all 2 hours of it: a discussion about Jeff Gerstmann and his unjust termination from Gamespot, and of whatever integrity's left in game journalism and game criticism.
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Trigames.NET Podcast Episode 72 - Thankful For Your Face
:: Posted on 2007-11-29 ::
This week has been insane, and one of our sound files died again - so we must apologize for the poor sound quality. Go download it - no breakdown, too busy, too hectic, too tired!!!111one
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Trigames.NET Podcast Episode 71 - For Me To Poop On
:: Posted on 2007-11-19 ::
Download Episode 71 of the Trigames.NET Podcast and listen to how much better these guys are than me, you, and the rest of the world, as they discuss the phenomenon of the media sensationalizing people standing in line for helmets covered in Mountain Doo.
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Trigames.NET Podcast Episode 70 - Notorious Thugs
:: Posted on 2007-11-14 ::
What happens when you have no main topic because a certain female has decided not to show up again for the episode? You spazz out on the two bags (Deuce, Mail), of course! Ethan's absence phases us not: we roll strong without the nosey.
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Trigames.NET Podcast Episode 69 - A Game Revolutionary!
:: Posted on 2007-11-10 ::
Contributor and Gamerevolution.com staffer Nick Tan, a.k.a. Draqq, joins as a guest and listens in as we act traditionally ludicrous and teh stupido. Ethan also finally makes her long-hated return, and proves as useless as ever!
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Trigames.NET Podcast Episode 68 - ARRR Them's Good Eats
:: Posted on 2007-11-02 ::
Yeah, this episode is late. It's also very good. Listen to it and shaddup!
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Trigames.NET Podcast Episode 67 - BLADOWKEN
:: Posted on 2007-10-23 ::
Capcom how we love thee. A new Bionic Commando and Street Fighter IV? Are you kidding us? We discuss a whole butt-ton of news and salivate over the capcom possibilities. Also, NPDs are in! And it looks like Halo 3 sold a few consoles, yes?
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Trigames.NET Podcast Episode 66 - Bust Ghost
:: Posted on 2007-10-16 ::
Al and Austin hold down the fort. We talk some some Electronic Arts eating Bioware and Pandemic, some Manhunt 2, a sob story from a disappointed Xbox 360 customer, bag-o-deuce goodness, Rock Band versus Guitar Hero III and, as always, some listener mail!
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Trigames.NET Podcast Episode 65 - Divorce Lawyer
:: Posted on 2007-10-09 ::
The internet is ablaze - afire - a...flame - with the news that Bungie and Microsoft are no more sleeping together. They have now moved on to have separate lives, yet remain best friends.
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Trigames.NET Podcast Episode 64 - Digital Wife
:: Posted on 2007-10-02 ::
It's Trigames at Digital Life, bam! Except... not a lot was going on. There was Guitar Hero III, Crysis, Gears of War PC and some other flotsam and jetsam - but nothing like the Wii / PS3 showoff or Xbox Live Arcade lineup of last year.
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Trigames.NET Podcast Episode 63 - One 4 All Consolez!
:: Posted on 2007-09-25 ::
The Lords of Console convened in their dark place, plotting their evil plan to unleash the One True Console upon the world as foretold by Dyack the Denis in his cavern of Silicon Knights of glory and sexual tension. Wait, what?
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Trigames.NET Podcast Episode 62 - Super News
:: Posted on 2007-09-18 ::
There was a whole butt-ton of news, lot of it about Wii - so we blazed through it all, including Microsoft and Sony news, to get to the mailbag and have The Antipode answer at least one before he took off to make that money. So it's an all news episode.
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Trigames.NET Podcast Episode 61 - Deuce Time
:: Posted on 2007-09-11 ::
We WERE going to talk about Denis Dyack's vision of a one-console future. However, Ethan had an emergency and couldn't be with us. Therefore, we saved the topic for next week and instead talked about what we would do to improve on bag-of-shitty games.
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Trigames.NET Podcast Episode 60 - Flava In Ya Ear
:: Posted on 2007-09-05 ::
We've also got some good potential topics for future casts from our mailbag: in this day and age, do games need multiplayer to be great? What games that were horrible would we improve, and what would we do to improve them? What is our favorite game feature in a game we like? All these answered, and less, in Episode Six Oh.
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Trigames.NET Podcast Episode 59 - Your Chemical Blowmance
:: Posted on 2007-08-21 ::
We decided to really take it easy this week. In under an hour, a teeny tiny measly hour for those who fidget and can't bother to listen to the most awesomest dumbturds talk about the most awesomest stuffings, we wrap up some interesting news topics.
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Trigames.NET Podcast Episode 58 - Pirates versus Ninjas Contest Winner
:: Posted on 2007-08-14 ::
The title says it all. Download this episode and listen to see if you've won a t-shirt, 50 dollars, and a mystery gag gift to be unveiled within the digital audio on the internetwebs.
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Trigames.NET Podcast Episode 57 - Pirates and Ninjas On Air
:: Posted on 2007-08-08 ::
Join arrr us arrr as arrrr we arrrr read arrrr your arrrr contest arrr entries arrrr aloud!- we read everyone's Pirates Versus Ninjas entry on air! I think we have a few clear winners but we're taking these few days to sleep on it.
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Trigames.NET Podcast Episode 56 - Will Wii Casualize all of Gaming?
:: Posted on 2007-07-31 ::
The rain starts to pour and the thunder booms in New York, signaling THE DEATH OF GAMES AS WE KNOW IT thanks to the Wii! Oh noes! Hardcore Games teh fail! Casual games pwn, confirmed! ... Right.
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Trigames.NET Podcast Episode 55 - Al is an Old Fart, We're in the Future
:: Posted on 2007-07-24 ::
Al turned 47 on Friday, so let's all give him a big hug, a big cake, and plentiful ladies of virtue true - it's his birthday! We celebrate it by talking about steak knives, mashed potatoes, and the listener bag of deuce!
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Trigames.NET Podcast Episode 54 - E3 and Mailbag Extravaganz0rz
:: Posted on 2007-07-17 ::
E3 happened last week, and for our podcast it's all about the news that leaked out of E3, then move onto a plethora of reader questions - over 50 minutes of mailbag!
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Trigames.NET Podcast Episode 53 - Red Ring Consoles
:: Posted on 2007-07-10 ::
Join us as we revisit the NES-Was-A-Shoddy-Piece-of-Machinery species and the legend of Upside Down Playstation. Did you blow on your NES carts? Jam them into the slot? Shake your PSone? Kick it around like Pele?
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Trigames.NET Podcast Episode 52 - Racism in Games
:: Posted on 2007-07-03 ::
No fancy, semi-witty title. This is a serious and interesting topic that we go into, touching lightly upon those yelling madmen on Xbox Live and more in depth about the content in games today, and what it means to be stereotypical versus offensive.
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Trigames.NET Podcast Episode 51 - It's Raining Manhunt
:: Posted on 2007-06-27 ::
Manhunt 2. Blood. Guts. The ESRB. Sony. Nintendo. Adults Only. Read that again: "adults only." Clearly, none of us are adults as we galavant about with our bathroom humor.
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Trigames.NET Podcast Episode 50 - Animal House
:: Posted on 2007-06-18 ::
The franchise - bane or boon for gaming? We discuss. In the news we also talk about the AMA's potential classification of 'game addiction' as a mental disorder, Sega's Scott Steinberg and his 'creativity concerns' regarding Wii, and chicken squawking.
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Trigames.NET Podcast Episode 49 - We're Playing Install, Game of the Year
:: Posted on 2007-06-12 ::
Ethan shirks his duties again by taking a massive dump on his microphone, thereby rendering it beyond repair and himself without a means to podcast. Meanwhile we discuss the one game that has had the greatest impact on us during our videogaming lives.
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Trigames.NET Podcast Episode 48 - Slice Dude in Half, Collect Gold
:: Posted on 2007-06-05 ::
In under an hour, the most awesomest podcasters in the universe give you - aside from their inherent superb and undisputable awesomitude - a whole smattering of stufs and mailbag goodness! Listen! Review! Spread the Werd, Nerd!
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Trigames.NET Podcast Episode 47 - Alex Navarro Recommends Plentiful of Work
:: Posted on 2007-05-22 ::
Hey Hey, kids. We talk about journalism in games today, and what better way to do it than to have a bona fide gaming journalist and critic with us? Joining us in the virtual Internets studio is Alex Navarro from Gamespot. Also: pie, ninjas and vikings!
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Trigames.NET Podcast Episode 46 - Virtual Rape Your Opinion
:: Posted on 2007-05-16 ::
We invite Trigames.NET contributor ShenlongBingdong Shingdong Singsong Bo - better known to humans as Adrian - to wax poetic with us on this 46th episode of the Trigames.NET podcast. Watch out for Al falling asleep late in the game (approx. 1:40:34)!
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Trigames.NET Podcast Episode 45 - Mexican Anniversary Parts 1 and 2
:: Posted on 2007-05-10 ::
The podcast has turned 1 year old. Break out TEH C0NF3TT1! Instead of keeping the episode to your normally scheduled news and topic, we've added some talk about our personal lives as we tell you what we do in real life and our first exposure to games.
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Trigames.NET Podcast Episode 44 - Pork Chops
:: Posted on 2007-04-30 ::
We're half a man - Ethan short circuited his entire PC and Al had to go shopping for Pork Chops. Or was it that he already got pork chops and had to go BACK with the missus to get something else besides pork chops? Whatever - special guest Slunks returns!
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Trigames.NET Podcast Episode 43 - Boso the Clown Gets Down
:: Posted on 2007-04-17 ::
We are joined today by Gamespot community member, Guitar Hero II all-star, frequent mailbag contributor and special guest William 'Slunks' Boso. Listen in as we banter about games, the Guitar Hero II pricing, and the issues surrounding female gamers.
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Trigames.NET Podcast Episode 42 - TnA
:: Posted on 2007-04-10 ::
We talks the talks about the newses, likes the Rocks Bands, Kansas Hatings Pokemons, Resiident Eviil 4 (get it? GET IT?), Metroiid Priime 3 (GET IT NOW!? ok I give up), and some corporate stuffings. And then, Why does the Wii's Early Lineup Stinks?
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Trigames.NET Podcast Episode 41 - Did... Did Mr. Thompson Just Email Us!?
:: Posted on 2007-04-03 ::
Which one of you lamers had the audacity to either give Attorney Jack Thompson the last episode of our podcast, where Porpuswail made some more caustic comments about his wife, or the nerve to construct incredibly legitimate e-mail headers to fool us?
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Trigames.NET Podcast Episode 40 - Xbox May Laugh (at Petitions)
:: Posted on 2007-03-27 ::
Teh Snoy exclusives teh XBOX nowz!? OH NOEWS. It looks like the internets are dying as a petition to boycott all Capcom games has been created, now that DMC4 is multi-platform. Chaos! Terror! Nudity!
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Trigames.NET Podcast Episode 39 - Smokarina of Slime
:: Posted on 2007-03-21 ::
Ryvvn asked the question. We responded and asked him to clarify. Ryvvn Clarifies, and We Obligifies. Today's discussion is almost entirely fallout from the Ocarina of Time conversation in Ep. 38.
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Trigames.NET Podcast Episode 38 - Oops
:: Posted on 2007-03-13 ::
Only talked about PS Home out of the plethora of GDC news that was out there. Oh, and after Ethan leaves for a little brunch tea party and Al goes to cook onions, Tony and Austin stick around to talk about Ocarina of Time, ratings, and crappy game movies.
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Trigames.NET Podcast Episode 37 - Sorny Sorny Sorny
:: Posted on 2007-03-06 ::
For anyone who's been living under a box spring and beating their panda bears while the rest of the world - you know - went about its business, Sony had a whole ball-ton of happenings. Discussion of backwards compatibility, Immersion, and press relations!
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Trigames.NET Podcast Episode 36 - As Good As You Remembered It
:: Posted on 2007-02-21 ::
Played something recently that you used to love 10 years ago? Is that something as good as you remembered it? That's the crux of our late-in-the-game, after-the-news segment, where us four idiots weigh on things we used to like and how they fare today. Also, listen to WIN A PRIZE!
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Trigames.NET Podcast Episode 35 - NINJA PIRATES!!!11
:: Posted on 2007-02-14 ::
The title says it all. We've been asked the question - PIRATES OR NINJAS - and we respond, dammit, for the last 20 minutes. It's gold, pure pirate ninja gold. Konnichiwa, bitches.
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Trigames.NET Podcast Episode 34 - Sand in my Vistagina
:: Posted on 2007-02-06 ::
Tony takes a rest this week as Hebrew, Dreadlocks and Delivery Boy - that's Ethan, Al and Austin - talk about topics such as hinted PS3 price cuts, Vista launching, Square Enix hating Friend Codes, and some more listener mail.
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Trigames.NET Podcast Episode 33 - Listener Appreciation Day
:: Posted on 2007-01-29 ::
The mailbag is bursting, like two juicy breasts, filled with tasty... uh... questions! These questions result in so much discussion material that this entire podcast is dedicated to the mailbag today. Do we have any deep, dark gaming secrets?
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Podcast: Trigames.NET Podcast Episode 32 - MAILBAG Pwn!?
:: Posted on 2007-01-25 ::
Ethan and Tony are off getting friendly this week, so Al and Austin man the mic and vomit jewels and open the mailbag... which is full of mail! Well ok, there were only five questions, but it's a start.
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Trigames.NET Podcast Episode 31 - Two Kay Sev'n
:: Posted on 2007-01-11 ::
Join Austin, Ethan and Tony as they reminisce about 2006 and make not-so-bold predictions about 2007.
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Trigames.NET Podcast Episode 30 - Technically Difficult
:: Posted on 2007-01-11 ::
The Trigames.NET Podcast crew struggles through tech difficulties to give you the goods on Dragon Quest IX going to DS, Xbox 360 selling (sorta) with Blue Dragon in Japan, and more.
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Trigames.NET Podcast Episode 29 - Wii are the Straps that say, Wii! Wii!
:: Posted on 2007-01-11 ::
Chupon, Antipode and Porp discuss how evolution is taking care of all of our wrist-strap-breaking friends out there. STOP LETTING GO!
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Trigames.NET Podcast Episode 28 - The Aftermath
:: Posted on 2007-01-11 ::
These little piggies went to launch. What launch? Why, Playstation 3 and Nintendo Wii, of course! Story at 11.
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Trigames.NET Podcast Episode 27 - Ready to Launch
:: Posted on 2006-12-05 ::
Sunday, November 12th. Something interesting happens soon after this podcast. I'm not sure what it could be, though I've heard it involves a $600 videogame console and a $250 immediately thereafter. Hmm... wonder, wonder!
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Trigames.NET Podcast Episode 26 - Sickly
:: Posted on 2006-12-05 ::
Fiscal! Sony and Microsoft lose the monies, as usual. Retro! Japan gets awesome Virtual Console games; yet Nintendo of America gives us a pile of feces. Prejudiced! Tony pokes fun at Germany.
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Trigames.NET Podcast Episode 25 - Thack Jompson
:: Posted on 2006-10-31 ::
MrCHUPON takes a break with his family as they take the matriarch out for her birthday; meanwhile, ballerinas AnTiPoDe, Porpuswail and Fastethanfelson pull their weight and spend a glorious hour railing on a certain attorney who shall remain dickless.
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Trigames.NET Podcast Episode 24 - Events Occur in Real Time
:: Posted on 2006-10-26 ::
Sony held its Sony Gamer's Day on Thursday, October 19th. What does that mean? Playstation 3 launch titles, accessories, pricing, and what comes in the freaking box. And oooooooooone more little thing about Bully.
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Trigames.NET Podcast Episode 23 - Digital Jack
:: Posted on 2006-10-16 ::
Digital Life 2006 invaded NYC this weekend; hands-on impressions within. Also, be sure to listen for Tony's classic rant on Jack Thompson, the idiot savant lawyer who had his balls cut off by a judge who ruled that Bully was indeed okay to ship out.
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Trigames.NET Podcast Episode 22 - Wingin It With the Booger King
:: Posted on 2006-10-09 ::
We're winging it on this podcast with random news. Be sure to listen to the Burger King games that are being sold at Burger Kings across the nation for $3.99, polluting the videogame landscape with lower-than-EA quality games and mealworm burgers.
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Trigames.NET Podcast Episode 21 - X06 X0wNz0rz?
:: Posted on 2006-10-09 ::
Microsoft and X06 rolled in to BAAAAAAAAAAAAAH-celona. (That's Barcelona, Spain.) What sights to see? What games to play? What commentary from the crew to hear?
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Trigames.NET Podcast Episode 20 - Nothing Special!
:: Posted on 2006-10-09 ::
Z0mgwtfpwnbbq! What could the Trigames.NET Podcast crew have in store for the 20th episode? Uh... NOTHING SPECIAL! Well except for taking this moment to veer off-topic and start making fun of Al's internet latency.
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Trigames.NET Podcast Episode 19 - Televising the Wiivolution
:: Posted on 2006-10-09 ::
Nintendo has finally held its press event in New York City, and the public now knows the key vitals: price, launch date, and how Nintendo will gouge us next. The crew dicsusses the good and bad of the Nintendo Wii launch information.
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Trigames.NET Podcast Episode 17 - Summer Sun Means No Fun
:: Posted on 2006-10-09 ::
Ever wonder why the summer months really suck for gaming? We ponder this question while looking at release lists and acting ultra-bored, since - well, without games - we ARE!
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Trigames.NET Podcast Episode 16 - A Casually Hardcore Beatdown
:: Posted on 2006-08-23 ::
The gloves come off, and the decibel levels go higher than ever before as Alfred, Austin, Ethan and Tony go neck and neck and neck and neck about casual gamers versus hardcore gamers. This is one shouting match you won't want to miss.
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Trigames.NET Podcast Episode 15 - Storification
:: Posted on 2006-08-20 ::
Antipode, Porpuswail and Chupon (that's Al, Tony and Austin to you knaves) discuss story in videogames, embarrassing flatulence during videogame sessions and the meaning of life. Ethan, meanwhile, nurses a flesh wound to his sack.
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Trigames.NET Podcast Episode 14 - Paella
:: Posted on 2006-08-12 ::
A little bit of everything this (belated) week. A little bit of Wii launch, a little bit of EA bleeding that cash-money, and a little slice of Canada called Manitoba gets government funding for videogame developers.
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Trigames.NET Podcast Episode 13 - Deadlectronics Deadtertainment Deadxpo
:: Posted on 2006-08-04 ::
E3's dead as we know it. Oh sure, there's a new E3. But it's not the E3 we know. ...wait. That might actually be a good thing. Listen on, lackies, as we lay down the law because we own your souls! And because we're almost a week late with this.
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Trigames.NET Podcast Episode 12 - SPONSORED BY TEH GOYA BEANZZ
:: Posted on 2006-07-26 ::
Videogame advertising. More precisely, advertising within a videogame. What harm does advertising within the digital realm of games do? What good does it do? This week, Ethan, Tony and Austin debate the pros and cons of ads within videogames.
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Trigames.NET Podcast Episode 11 - Thriftseeking
:: Posted on 2006-07-17 ::
This week, the Trigames.NET podcast crew takes a look at what kind of effect bargain-basement hunters have on the videogame industry as a whole. Buy at full price? Wait for bargains? Support our industry? Listen within.
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Trigames.NET Podcast Episode 10 - Mario Made me Kill a Man!
:: Posted on 2006-07-11 ::
Are your kids pasty, malnourished and bullied at school? Do they play endless sessions of Far Cry Instincts on Xbox, hoping to slash the living bejeezus out of the people that bully them? Are videogames ruining your child's life? Call 1-800-PAR-ENTS!
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Trigames.NET Podcast Episode 9: Lights, Camera, Traction!
:: Posted on 2006-07-05 ::
What's worse than a videogame based on a movie? Movies based on Videogames! Why is this so? Whose fault is it? What can be done to amend this horrible trend? Only the Trigames.NET Podcasters know (nothing).
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Trigames.NET Episode 8 - Mine is Bigger than Yours
:: Posted on 2006-06-27 ::
PCs versus console - the expensive beast versus the single-focused mainstream machine. Who's right? (Not Ethan. Just kidding.) Who's wrong? (Ethan. Just kidding.)
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Trigames.NET Podcast Episode 7 - Digital Distri-Giggity
:: Posted on 2006-06-17 ::
Today we focus on one topic: Digital Distribution and its effects (and how it is driven by) gaming culture, backwards compatibility and digital entertainment as a whole. And hark - we beat the 45-minute mark!
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Trigames.NET Podcast Episode 6 - The Idiot Box
:: Posted on 2006-06-11 ::
Ethan and Tony join the Trigames Podcast roster, and the result is delicious cacophony. In honor of the stupid comments Sony has made over the past month, we introduce Idiot Box - a listing of many stupid comments from both Sony and Nintendo.
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Trigames Podcast Episode 5 - We Do Not Need PCs!
:: Posted on 2006-06-04 ::
Sony has written a new gospel. Apparently, we don't need the personal computer anymore. Can't wait to fire up TurboTax on my PS3! Also, AnTiPoDe spews some hate towards reviewers of Odama.
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Trigames Podcast Episode 4 - We Love Tim Roberts.
:: Posted on 2006-05-27 ::
No used PS3 games? Surely you jest. No Dolby Digital surround-sound love for Wii. Also, Tim Roberts and the Phantom are d-u-n done.
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Trigames Podcast Episode 3
:: Posted on 2006-05-21 ::
Podcast ho! The Nintendo Wii won't be seeing Castlevania, the $499 Playstation 3 isn't as crippled as you thought it was, Paris Hilton is too busy "satisfying" men to remember the name of her own videogame, and Kutaragi professes that $599 is too cheap.
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Tricast Podcast Episode 2: After E3
:: Posted on 2006-05-14 ::
The date is Saturday, May 13th, and the topic is all things post-E3. What did we like? What did we hate? Find all that out and more here.
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Tricast Episode Beta: Pilot
:: Posted on 2006-05-06 ::
Our hour and twenty-two minute ranting has been completed, at the crack of dawn no less, and now that I've had a few hours of sleep, I am proud to present to you - all four of you faithful readers - the first podcast from Trigames.NET
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