CAGcast #55: Top Guns

[CheapyD]

PS3, Wii, 360, oh my! This week's show features all three next-generation consoles, a CAGcast rivalry, Name That Console: The Next Generation (http://www.cheapassgamer.com/forums/showthread.php?t=119920), new releases, industry news, your questions from the CAGbag (http://www.cheapassgamer.com/forums/showthread.php?t=71382) and much more!

Post below for a chance to win one of several Rockstar schwag bundles!

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Show Linkage/Notes:
Intro music: Top Gun (NES)

Wombat is right (http://www.cheapassgamer.com/forums/showthread.php?t=118829) (MSUnman)
CheapyD in the Wall Street Journal & GMA (http://www.cheapassgamer.com/forums/showthread.php?t=118989)
CAGCast MySpace (http://www.myspace.com/cagcast)
CONTEST: CAGcast Flash Video (http://www.cheapassgamer.com/forums/showthread.php?t=116670)
Child's Play Raffle (http://www.cheapassgamer.com/forums/showthread.php?p=2413271#post2413271)

New releases (http://feeds.joystiq.com/%7Er/weblogsinc/joystiq/%7E3/59871412/)

Q&A: Nintendo's Rob Lowe on the UK launch (http://www.gamespot.com/news/6162892.html)
Blue Dragon moves some Xbox 360 hardware (http://feeds.joystiq.com/%7Er/weblogsinc/joystiq/%7E3/59848546/)
T2: Ten Years Worth of Financials Are Bad (http://www.kotaku.com/gaming/financial/t2-ten-years-worth-of-financials-are-bad-220823.php)
Analyst: Xbox 360 makes HD-DVD format to beat (http://feeds.joystiq.com/%7Er/weblogsinc/joystiq/%7E3/59967801/)
Iwata: "Not Thinking About Competing" (http://www.kotaku.com/gaming/wii/iwata-not-thinking-about-competing-220736.php)
CAGbag (http://www.cheapassgamer.com/forums/showthread.php?t=71382)

Outro: Legend of Zelda (http://gameads.gamepressure.com/tv_game_commercial.asp?ID=2594)

[MusicNoteLess]

make sure to put the CAGcast in your top 8

[GenDV138]

Looking forward to listening, still need to listen to #54 also, plan to listen to #54 and #55 after finals are over!

[thorbahn3]

Rockin' clear audio. Do this from now on since Wombat sucks with the old way.

[contej85]

Joystiq won't post your charity raffle because they've decided to do their own apparently. Wouldn't want to help raise even more money right stiq?

[radjago]

I've noticed that about 360 games online as well. Everyone seems to move from one game to the next fairly quickly.

[nharmon91]

Definatly better quality, noticably better.

[pop311]

Listening now. Great Sound quality

[encendido5]

sweet, glad I came on before going to work.

[╚═Jugulater═╝]

Sexy sound quality, this has to be one of the best CAGcasts so far. I haven't laughed this much at a CAGcast since the wife questioning spectacular.

In response to the podcast conflict, I like the idea that baldness reflects on the financial situation someone is in. Being a fellow baldy I live in pride that I have higher levels of testosterone levels than other men. It probably explains my current status as a sexual Tyrannosaur.

[Grave_Addiction]

Bah ... my question got answered ... almost!

[HuBu]

dl-ing right now...will post comments later.

[hufferstl]

I love the CAGcast like the monster squad loves monsters.

[shipwreck]

Good show. It was the perfect length as it started in my driveway and ended in my work's parking lot.

And screw All Games Interactive, all of their shows are boring and annoy the piss out of me. They are the PS3 of the gaming podcast world.

[youruglyclone]

how dare you answer questions from your website!!

you guys are douchebags!

although this will come off as bias

wow all games interactive guys are very classy...felt like something I was listening to a high school radio show.

[peteyrose]

Don't mind the All Games retards. They always seem to be starting feuds like this, same thing happened to a gaming podcast called Gaming Noise.

[bobo2k4]

Listened to half the show on my way to work, will probably listen to the other half at lunch.

Funniest episode so far. What's the beef with that other podcast?

[deadite76]

About halfway through, great show!

[ArthurDigbySellers]

The audio quality was great this week; huge improvement (although the sound quality before didn't bother me too much).

Metal Slug Anthology for the Wii does offer some Wiimote and Wiimote + Nunchuk modes (6 control schemes in all I believe), but you can just play it with a GC controller as well.

[Hex]

So all gay men like to have their nails done?! Thanks, Cheapy. :(
;)

[McBacon]

Another great show; my favourite thing is reviews of games, because I trust both of your opinions, so review everything, preview everything,!

[lokizz]

damn i cant believe the 360 is that damn loud when you cut it on. sound sliek you could dry your clothes with it the fan is so powerful lol. cool battle of the planets music i used to love that show especially when it was on another channel and they called it G Force. best part of it was that music theyd play during every big fight when there fighting a bunch of the minions at once. that cartoon should have gotten the videogame treatment by now or at least maybe a movie.

[MysteryMan2333]

I also thought the sound quality was much improved this week, so congrats on that. The massage trilogy was hilarious, although I do question Cheapy's manhood now with the manicure finale. If it didn't include a happy ending, it was gay. You should have brought along a beer and some porn to save face. One bit of advice is to stop with the Wii puns. I think somewhere in there Wombat had a sentence long pun regarding Wario Ware that actually made me cringe. Let them go.... please? :pray: That's my only real complaint this week though, so keep up the good work.

[evophile]

great show! sound quality was much better this week.

[gunm]

Tagged for listening and comments, etc!

Good show, much improved audio--all future cagcasts should be like that, thanks!

And fuck that other podcast and their knee-jerk reaction.

[Wombat]

I also thought the sound quality was much improved this week, so congrats on that. The massage trilogy was hilarious, although I do question Cheapy's manhood now with the manicure finale. If it didn't include a happy ending, it was gay. You should have brought along a beer and some porn to save face. One bit of advice is to stop with the Wii puns. I think somewhere in there Wombat had a sentence long pun regarding Wario Ware that actually made me cringe. Let them go.... please? :pray: That's my only real complaint this week though, so keep up the good work.

What Wii Words Weren't Working Well With Wisteners? ;)

[orntar]

i heard you can copy/move the vc games to an sd card. not dl to them though.

cant confirm though

[HuBu]

i heard you can copy/move the vc games to an sd card. not dl to them though.

cant confirm though

it would be great if i can transfer it to the card to take over to a friend's house. otherwise i would need to take the Wii with me.

sound quality is great, i can understand what CheapyD is saying at times. Great show and thank you for answering my question.

i dont know if I miss this before but what kind of dog is Zelda?

[shipwreck]

i dont know if I miss this before but what kind of dog is Zelda?

Golden Enematastic

[Kfoster1979]

i heard you can copy/move the vc games to an sd card. not dl to them though.

cant confirm though


This is correct, I DL SM64 and moved it to my SD card before I even tried to play it. Found I could not play from the SD card, so I moved it back to the Main System memory and it showed up on my Channels.

Good show guys.. Wombat are you feeling better?

[Wombat]

This is correct, I DL SM64 and moved it to my SD card before I even tried to play it. Found I could not play from the SD card, so I moved it back to the Main System memory and it showed up on my Channels.

Good show guys.. Wombat are you feeling better?

I am doing much better today thanks, but Mrs Wombat cought it so....

[starman9000]

Good show, my favorite intro yet.

Wombat, be honest. When you "ran into" the guys from Rockstar, was it because you were hanging out in front of their building until you spotted someone you knew?

[trip1eX]

Boxing has more of a learning curve to master. Yeah you can throw punches easily enough, but to get them to register consistently you have to punch in a specific way. So you need to practice up a bit.

Maybe my favorite game because it's the most active one.

[Cursor]

Good, solid show. I give it *** (3) out of a possible 4 stars.

Cheapie, give us an update on how things are with Bloomberg in the next episode. I'm guessing that you pissed off one of their corporate lawyers, but that the producer who is in charge of getting you on doesn't give a damn. How do you get hooked up with the guys from Bloomberg TV anyway? Next time have one of your friends post the YouTube video and don't link to it on the front page--just in the forums.

Thanks for not burping, Cheapie--that shit is just nasty.

[Bazz]

Awesome Show , yes nice improvenments to sound. Cagcast is awesome!

[encendido5]

Finished listening to it. Great show as always. You guys had me lol'ing during various parts of the show, especially the 360 being the "man's console" and how you let everyone know you are going to play a game.

As mentioned above, thanks for not burping, though Wombat's stomach virus talk had me wanting to turn it off at times.

Great job on the audio quality by the way. And forget those All Games guys, they have nothing on the CAGcast.

[rabbitt]

Listening right now, and the sound quality makes it so much more enjoyable.

[rendil]

Great show! This was actually my first time listening. Gonna go back and listen to some of the older CAGCasts now. ;)

[bobthecat23]

hey great show guys keep up the work

[lspear76]

Great show today. I was laughing my ass off at work while listening to it. Glad to see you guys took some of my advice and tightened up the show, such as actually talking about COD3 for once... Wombat is truly the Adam Sessler of public access television.

sincerely,
RoboCop 3

[SithFran]

1. Not sure why everyone's complaining about the sound quality. I listen to your shows every week on my computer at work and have never had a problem with sound.

2. Why are the listeners so faint of heart to hear burping or talk about a stomach virus? Like none of the listeners burp. Really, it's not that big of a deal. And if just hearing about a virus makes you sick, get a backbone.

[DerrickH]

Oh hell no! It's on now. The internet war has officially begun. This thing gets up to episode 55 and now they think they're the new hotness? When they hit over 200 episodes with over 1000 hours of content, then maybe..MAYBE they'll be in the same league as All Games Interactive. (And by same league, I mean that they'd still be the Golden State Warriors while AGI is the Lakers. )

Cheap Ass Gamer needs to change their name to Punk Ass Gamers.

D

[bobomallone]

sound quality is awsome btw!

[FFMooglestar]

[lame top gun reference]Cheapy, This is Maverick requesting flyby?[/lame top gun reference]

Anyway, great show guys.

[PawnTakesKing]

This was the best done show in a while. Cheapy's audio quality was vastly improved, and a fair amount of time was given for each topic. I do agree Wombat needs a new routine. The Wii puns are starting to get to me.

And also, those guys from All-Games Interactive are a bunch of pricks! They couldn't even pin down what they were dissing you for, and Cheapy's comment wasn't even a direct attack at them. Yet they immediately turn around and bash the CAGcast? They sound like a bunch of freakin' crybabies.

[rabbitt]

Oh hell no! It's on now. The internet war has officially begun. This thing gets up to episode 55 and now they think they're the new hotness? When they hit over 200 episodes with over 1000 hours of content, then maybe..MAYBE they'll be in the same league as All Games Interactive. (And by same league, I mean that they'd still be the Golden State Warriors while AGI is the Lakers. )

Cheap Ass Gamer needs to change their name to Punk Ass Gamers.

D

Did I miss something?

EDIT: Just saw Pawn's reply.

...Now where'd I put that eye-roll emoticon?

[CaseyRyback]

LMAO. It knew it was a penis.

[PawnTakesKing]

Oh hell no! It's on now. The internet war has officially begun. This thing gets up to episode 55 and now they think they're the new hotness? When they hit over 200 episodes with over 1000 hours of content, then maybe..MAYBE they'll be in the same league as All Games Interactive. (And by same league, I mean that they'd still be the Golden State Warriors while AGI is the Lakers. )

Cheap Ass Gamer needs to change their name to Punk Ass Gamers.

D

Quantity does not equal quality, my stupid friend.

[sying]

Oh hell no! It's on now. The internet war has officially begun. This thing gets up to episode 55 and now they think they're the new hotness? When they hit over 200 episodes with over 1000 hours of content, then maybe..MAYBE they'll be in the same league as All Games Interactive. (And by same league, I mean that they'd still be the Golden State Warriors while AGI is the Lakers. )

Cheap Ass Gamer needs to change their name to Punk Ass Gamers.

D

I used to listen to The Joystiq Readalong ERRRRRRRR All Games Interactive. Seriously I got tired of waiting 3 hours of pure crap before Jessica (cute but the nasal voice gets to me) read DIRECTLY off of Joystiq and Kotakau. Scott Rubin the 40 old Jim Rome of Public broadcasting game podcasts, who got bounced out of G4TV, is terrible! How bad do you have to be to get picked off of G4TV? Its probally because he knows jack shit about gaming. For example about half a year ago he did not know that FFVII and all RPGs since Playstation had a play timer. If its anyone is being a douche its Scott Rubin. His show is truly the worst in the All gays interactive lineup. Just because he were on a short lived cable TV show and he makes a couple gaming related commercials a year he thinks he is the shit. The only good podcasts that I would listen to are Bobby Blackwolf and Orange Lounge Radio (only when that bitch princess emo-punk Dark Suckra isn't on it). What has All Games Reactive added for its visitors? Any deals. or non-gamefaqish community, or donate to a worthy cause? There is a reason GamerTag Radio dumped you guys to go onto GamerCast Radio, cause ya'll are spitefull punks that do noting but bitch.

DerrickH troll on your own site jackass. And your store sucks and is filled with overpriced crap. 200 shows its quality over quantity. Are you saying tha Bobby Blackwolf's show is crappy because he has less than 10% of what AGI has? Please in the last 200 podcasts nothing has changed they have a daily ramblecast big whoop. Some weeks they skip days on days. Daily my A$$! They don't even have thier owns studio. The audio feed sounds either like they have Windows 95sound recorder or like Scot is breating down the mike like he is going to eat the damn thing. Not to mention they tape in a glorified daycare ERRRRRRR Arena Lounge game center. I mean come on, when there isn't ambient noise in the background they are getting reviews from some kid or bum off the street who paid their 6 dollars to play the games. I mean leave them alone not only are they stupid for playing the games at a game center ($6 x 10 hours and you could have bought your own game, and if you need friends get XBOX Live, which that center doesn't have because they dont have broadband there). They were raggin on Wombat asking for games to review when the very center that they were taping at would not get the games that people demanded because the owner thought it was stupid (They didn't get Cromehounds when it came out) . There only instance where I agree with your statement is OLR where they have added value to thier podcast by getting exclusive Konami upcoming songs ( I <3 me some DDR). I go to the 1up yours podcast for news and the CAGcast for entertainment, never again will I touch AGI, and I suggest anyone who has any amount of self dignity not to either.

[memyselfandi]

This definitely sounds better!

[KingCRZ]

"Eat my ass"

HAHAHA I can't stop laughing. Robo cop 3... LOL!!!

sorry you ripped him good.

[wageslave]

Microsoft should send you guys free shit and lots of it. if I were to get a current gen console other than the DS it would be the 360 just based on what you guys say about the consoles.

Sounds like you are both warming up to your Wii systems though.

[Cormier6083]

lol Great show it sure makes up for the recent lack of interest I have found in your shows!

[horrido]

Nice job with the show. Glad to see you have the sound issues worked out.

[mik]

Great show, guys.

I'm surprised Resistance isn't doing for you, Cheapy. Ever since I got a few hours into it, I can't go back to CoD3. Loving the weapons, the level designs, and that ramping difficulty. You're right about that, btw--it gets pretty freaking hard. And I must admit that replaying those difficult sections grates on me.

[DQT]

Good show the sound is much better.

Oh hell no! It's on now. The internet war has officially begun. This thing gets up to episode 55 and now they think they're the new hotness? When they hit over 200 episodes with over 1000 hours of content, then maybe..MAYBE they'll be in the same league as All Games Interactive. (And by same league, I mean that they'd still be the Golden State Warriors while AGI is the Lakers. )

Cheap Ass Gamer needs to change their name to Punk Ass Gamers.

D

I take it he's not eligible to win the Rockstar prize pack?

[stealth1290]

That was some good stuff, I like the clearer audio makes it much easier to listen too and raises the production value which means more listeners will stick with it and the listner rate will go up... good times indeed!

[Autumn Star]

Nice CAGcast this week you guys!
Keep up the nice work!

[Grave_Addiction]

What did you guys actually do to change the voice quality?

[chrisgrant]

Joystiq won't post your charity raffle because they've decided to do their own apparently. Wouldn't want to help raise even more money right stiq?
Aw, c'mon Petrie! You'd argue (http://petrieslastword.blogspot.com/2006/12/problem-with-joystiq.html) that we manufacture drama when you seem to be in that very same line of work, as evidenced here. Of course we would want to raise more money for a great charity. Why didn't we run a post earlier? Cheapy asked me to a few days back and I just didn't make time. I should have passed it along to my team. See? No big drama. No conspiracy to make sure OUR charity raffle was the only one we'd promote.

And I agree, the show sounds much better. New software? New mics?

[shipwreck]

And I agree, the show sounds much better. New software? New mics?

I don't know all the specifics, but I know each of them recorded their own individual audio this time and then the two files were somehow combined into one - probably by using a centrifuge.

[zewone]

About Splinter Cell: The color version of the night vision goggles is something you unlock later in the game. Probably why you didn't notice it until the end.

[Ikohn4ever]

gotta love ice hockey

[Qslugs]

Guys, dont let the feud thing go on, clear it up. That was the least fun part of the episode, it makes you guys sound a bit on the juevenille side. If anything invite them on the show to talk about their show, get better visibility for both shows.

[zewone]

Guys, dont let the feud thing go on, clear it up. That was the least fun part of the episode, it makes you guys sound a bit on the juevenille side. If anything invite them on the show to talk about their show, get better visibility for both shows.
Cheapy was on their show today to settle things. It's over now.

[Shion]

My girlfriend made this comment, the cagcast is getting too long, and too unfocused, she can't stay awake for it anymore.

I agree, we've been enjoying the cagcast for quite a bit, but honestly, the contents are becoming more and more all over the place. Is it no longer going to be mostly about games and gaming news? We love the rapport between Cheapy and Wombat, but they're all over the place in terms of topics.

Casters have good personality, but we don't think the cast can survive on just personality alone.

[CaseyRyback]

I will agree with the above poster about the length. Part of the reason I rarely listen to the CAGcast is that they are way too long IMO.

[gofishn]

Great show!

[genxor]

I'm glad I checked the site this morning before work. Great episode.

I can't remember if this was discussed in the latest episode or not since I listened to about 3-4 today but..

As for Cheapy considering a Japanese 360 - I say go for it! I recently bought one and the menus can be changed to english and it's compatible with ALL asia region games from play-asia, which makes for a huge saving (half price for me).

[rywateska]

Hold off on using the Club Nintendo points Cheapy. You know something better will come around with patience.

[CheapyD]

I will agree with the above poster about the length. Part of the reason I rarely listen to the CAGcast is that they are way too long IMO.

The best part about a podcast is that you can fast forward any parts you aren't interested in. Unlike movies or TV shows, there is no dramatic conclusion that you will miss out on if you stop listening at any point.

I'd say we get far more complaints about the shows being too short (when they are 1 hour or less) as compared to being too long.

[HuBu]

The best part about a podcast is that you can fast forward any parts you aren't interested in. Unlike movies or TV shows, there is no dramatic conclusion that you will miss out on if you stop listening at any point.

I'd say we get far more complaints about the shows being too short (when they are 1 hour or less) as compared to being too long.

For those that want to skip around. Is it possible for you to also put the time mark for each topic. Just like how you add the topic list, just add the time mark to it so for those that cant listen to the whole show can just skip around to what they want.

also, when can we get to hear mrs cheapyd and mrs wombat again?

[WebScud]

I, for one, vote for longer shows. I listen to the Cast when I'm working on computers.

[evanft]

Great sound quality. All Games sucks ass, and MSA does use the Wiimote.

[lordwow]

Woo... I think that was my "decent Picard" I sent you Cheapy. I may have sent Geordi to Wombat, I can't recall (he's also set to Mingle), but Spock's not mine.

Bravo on the sound quality, it sounded like a whole new Cheapy.

About the length, I've said it numerous times before, longer is better, just ask your wives.

[Oxybeles]

Enjoyable show, overall.

Let's see, I have my $40, now all I have to do is hitchhike to Thailand.

If my wife inquires, I'll just say I went to get a manicure!

[doc005]

Another great episode

[agn]

All Games sucks ass,

I swear I don't do that.

[Wombat]

I swear I don't do that.

you guys are Awesome in my book, and Its a good book too, it has pictures

[Qslugs]

Does it come with crayons?


Sorry couldnt resist :) heh

[evanft]

http://images.amazon.com/images/P/0002005611.01.LZZZZZZZ.jpg

[PyroGamer]

Fine episode as usual, though I have to say, nothing special.

CAG needs to start a war with what's-it-called for disrespecting us.


Oh, and I want some of that Rockstar Schwag!!

[JohnnyDrama]

Another awesome show this week, keep up the good work!

[Mex25]

Kind of late listening to this one, I actually had the same stomach virus that wombat mentioned and I'm still trying to recuperate from it. Right from the beginning I knew this was going to be a hilarious cagcast and it was. The quality on cheapy's end was excellent.

[halu102]

Excellent show guys. The YMIJ bit was pretty funny and I also enjoyed the Guess that console thing you did. Keep up the good work.

[rodeojones903]

Great job as always. :D

[1modernboy]

Good episode, guys. The only flaw that I marked was the inclusion of that fucking awful Legend of Zelda commercial at the end. I suppose it could’ve been worse; you could’ve pulled audio from those “All I Want for X-mas is a PSP” douche bags. ;)

[RudyPants]

Damn! Hopefully you guys can crush this beef that's happening. We wouldn't want another 50 cent / Ja Rule fued to break out. Loved the show.

[sinewav]

Congrats on another fine show gents, in exchange for my time I get treated a nice solid discussion on not just games but a smidgen of your lives as well and this CheapyD I must commend you on your very candid tales from Thailand as they must have been a challenge to convey so honestly.

And I agree that airing negative reviews only begets more negative reviews. While it's unfortunate that people can launch such personal attacks on people they don't know at the same time they can't be allowed the attention they want. If your show is good the positives will far outweigh the negatives. People know the difference between fair comments and trolls and will ignore such remarks.

[CYRiX]

R* owns

[KaneRobot]

I haven't listened for a few shows so I don't have a strong memory of the audio quality, but it sounded pretty good on this show. Cheapy, you're "popping" your P's and B's once in a while...it's nothing to lose sleep over but it's loud as shit when it happens. Do you have a cover on your mic?

Oh hell no! It's on now. The internet war has officially begun
And I'm sure this gives your life meaning. So this is the kind of audience the AG show caters to? Between that and their little "morning zoo crew" wannabe-sounding show, I'll be sure to download an episode right away.

All twats exit to the left. This means you.

[MadnessHero]

To all the feud-mongers:

Both All Games Interactive and CAGcast are just podcasts. I don't think vial insults and poopy humor are necessary. If you don't like the show, just don't listen to it.

[mikeohara]

it's a shame that Scott Rubin has gone this far down the hole ... at this point, I'm tempted to talk to a couple of people who have recently had a podcast air on AllGamesRadio to remove their show from the lineup.

By the way, fuck Scott Rubin.

[CYRiX]

nothing better than those free publicity for the cagcast.

[CheapyD]

I think you guys are missing the point that this "feud" was all just a simple misunderstanding. I called into AGI and settled everything.
I definitely respect the work the AGI guys are doing. Putting together a show every day requires a lot dedication.

I really hope someday we can get the CAGcast on a more traditional broadcast medium and do something more frequently.
Can we please move on past the AGI bashing and get back on topic about how great the CAGcast is? ;)

Oh, and please review us in iTunes (https://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZFinance.woa/wa/addUserReview?type=Podcast&id=78311760) if you haven't yet.

[crazytalkx]

Great show again guys! Makes the morning commute so much better.

[Scobie]

Can we please move on past the AGI bashing and get back on topic about how great the CAGcast is? ;)

True. Internet warz r dumb. But I gotta say, Cheapy, you and King Wombat are killin' the competition. As a former northern boy myself, I chalk it up to the wise-ass New York style of humor. :)

I actively seek out video game podcasts, and a lot of them just *awful*. You guys are actually way better than the so-called "professional" podcasts because you're just regular guys who love gaming like those of us listening.

The idea of having the show aired on "real" radio worries me, though. I've said it before, but doing that won't necessarily reap great rewards. It will, however, force you to make compromises that may be hard to live with.

Much as I'd like to see you and Wombat get further launched into the stratosphere of fame, I don't wanna see you guys get Clear Channel'd, y'know? You're too pure, too good for that.

[racerman8]

Cheapy sounds better in this episode, plus he didn't burp too.

[PenguinoMF]

The audio is much better. Sounds like you are in the same room. Keep up the good work once again.

[MGoBlue]

Sounds a lot better. Posting for the contest.

[MassiveDuck]

what are the odds that that itunes review was all so he could be mentioned on air.

[AK85]

Great show and 2 thumbs up on the quality (not a big problem before)

Wombat + Central Illinois Reference = FTW

Now the question is how did Wombat pull Peoria, IL out of nowhere? I can't believe that was the first city that popped into his head.

[Ma12kez]

Cheapy, how far did you throw your cell phone?

[King]

Great quality coming from Cheapy in Tokyo, great show guys!

[lig]

Great Show as always!!!

[Sarang01]

Cheapy wtf?! Myspace is like a $5 whore everyone keeps using even though the service is terrible. Seriously I'm sure most pepole's MySpace pages look like they threw up on a webpage, at least the one's I've seen are obnoxiously loud and loaded with too much Flash crap, at least seeing Oops!'s one made me almost wanna laugh and I felt said way above about the aforementioned. Also it's slow as fuck compared to Livejournal which I'd suggest instead compared to the train wreck knowns as MySpace.
edit: Massage. Cheapy got rolphed!!!!!!!!! snickers.

[Exquemelin]

Great episode, also glad to see the fued is over.

[freezedried74]

Great show as always.

[CheapyD]

Cheapy, how far did you throw your cell phone?It was actually my home phone, not the cell. I'm not crazy!

[steverl22]

Great show, That 360 sounded like a small single engine plane warming up.

[spoo]

My ears thank you for updating the sound quality. It really does make a huge difference.

[ramatut4001]

Great show as always. Cheapy, thank you for adding us to your Wii, looking forward to the Wombat Mii. Wombat, don't stop the Wii puns.

Edit: If anyone wants to hear the Cheapy segment only on the AGI cast, you can skip ahead to 1h, 26m.

[GrayWolf323]

loved the podcast, though maybe you should've gotten a pedicure instead of a manicure cheapy :p

I have been enjoying Resistance a lot more than you seem to have though, oh and when it starts getting harder you just need to think more about which weapon your using usually, they each have their own strengths

[blueboy]

Thanks for playing your 360 noise. I'm a new 360 owner, and I was actually worried there was something wrong with mine due to all the noise it makes while playing Saint's Row. Your podcast has confirmed that my 360 is fine -- they are just crazy loud little machines.

[Slayzz]

Great podcast cheapyd and wombat!! can't wait for the next one.

[whoknows]

Great Podcast.

The part where the bad review was read was pretty funny :lol:

And Cheapy, I completely agree with your view about Pirates 2, that movie was pretty bad. The movie seemed to just be Johnny Depp acting like a jackass for 2 1/2 hours...whoopee...

[FriskyTanuki]

Great show as always (besides the stupid podcast gang war stuff). I don't see why Cheapy's comparing Burnout and Motorstorm since I can only see them sharing the spectacular crashes in common. Burnout's an arcade racer while Motorstorm is an offroad racer. Wombat, please stop with the Wii puns. It's a lot worse than the mooching, which I didn't take much offense to in the first place.

One suggestion I have for a new segment for the show is sort of a look at the discussions in the forums. Basically it would require you guys to take a look at the forums, find interesting topics (possibly relating to topics you plan to cover in the show), and mention how the discussion's going and how CAGs feel about the subject along with some quotes and such. The 1up Yours (http://www.1up.com/do/feature?cId=3149993) podcast does this and it makes for some interesting commentary on the 1up forums and its members.

[CheapyD]

Motorstorm is definitely an arcade racer. In fact, it's an arcade game in the truest sense of the word. It's the exact type of game you would/could expect to see in an arcade. There will be a lot of discussion about that Motorstorm in CAGcast #56 since I now have the Japanese retail version and have sunk several hours into it.

Thanks for the suggestion regarding forum discussions. I think we used to do that back in the CAGcast infancy and its time to get that started again.

[Johnny Postman]

Much better sound quality - and the show was pretty good too.

[Walt Jay]

Nice job, guys. The sounds quality is much improved.

[rustyrage]

Great show and nice Thai story.

[WhipSmartBanky]

I would've been disappointed to find out the hand massage didn't come with a happy ending.

[psiufoxx2]

I want free stuff :)

[bobo2k4]

Funny stuff but needed more Thai whore.

[Kaijufan]

Another funny Thai story. That's great.

[FriskyTanuki]

Motorstorm is definitely an arcade racer. In fact, it's an arcade game in the truest sense of the word. It's the exact type of game you would/could expect to see in an arcade. There will be a lot of discussion about that Motorstorm in CAGcast #56 since I now have the Japanese retail version and have sunk several hours into it.

Thanks for the suggestion regarding forum discussions. I think we used to do that back in the CAGcast infancy and its time to get that started again.
I have to disagree. I'd say it's more like a next-gen version of MX vs. ATV Unleashed (http://www1.gamespot.com/ps2/driving/mxvsatvunleashed/index.html) with more of a focus on multiple vehicle types and the deforming tracks.

[CheapyD]

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MX vs. ATV Unleashed is a fast-paced and fun-filled arcade racing game, loaded with enough variety of modes and unlockable content to keep you engaged for quite a while.



I see two items that stand out, "arcade" and "variety of modes and unlockable content"...Motorstorm gets the first, but not the second.

[fullhavok]

funny show!!..... would love some shawag!! LOL

[PlumeNoir]

Thanks for another great show guys!

But, most of all, thanks for the sound bites! I am hoping to have time next week to work on a Flash before deadline, and you two have given me soooo much to work with!

[Wolfpup]

It's a me! Wolfpupio!

[smarkbran]

as always a fantastic show!

[PawnTakesKing]

New show tonight Cheapy?

[doctorfaustus]

Aw jeez, am I late for the contest? If not, please include me.

BTW
The show was great. The bad review that was covered in the first few minutes of the cagcast was erroneous.

[FriskyTanuki]

I see two items that stand out, "arcade" and "variety of modes and unlockable content"...Motorstorm gets the first, but not the second.
I'm sorry, but there's nothing "arcade" about MX vs. ATV Unleashed. If they're using the logic that "if it's not a sim, then it's arcade," then it's BS.