Cheapy goes to Osaka, Wombat gets rejected, and Shipwreck plays Aliens: Colonial Marines.

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Intro/Outro: Harlem Shake / GI Joe PSA

Space Station Osaka

Originally Posted by bickle Show Notes 2:00 Disneyworld & Universal Studios - Japan & U.S. 7:45 Osaka videogame themed bar 10:15 Show feedback 10:30 - Rayman delay 12:45 - Publisher profits on sales 14:30 - Bing on Xbox 15:30 - Momentum 20:45 Watch this: Queen of Versailles 23:45 - Hotel Transylvania 27:15 New Releases - Aliens: Colonial Marines 36:45 - Cheapy buys some horrible Rock Band music and loves it 37:15 - Ecolibrium 39:15 Wombat goes to an EA event, plays Fuse. Army of 2, NFS Most Wanted DLC, TMI Trivia, Crysis (3?) 52:45 Demos can hurt sales 54:30 Backwards compatbility dead? 56:45 Used games in next gen 57:30 Valve lays off 25 people 58:15 Ni No Kuni 1:01:00 Skyrim Dawnguard DLC 1:04:00 Sony Press conference expectations 1:04:30 Last of Us delayed to right after E3 1:08:30 Last Guardian is still in dev 1:09:15 Cagbag - Valentines 1:11:15 - Used games 1:11:30 - Cag preorders of Ouya. Last XBLA game bought? 1:12:30 - Consoles turning into pc's? 1:13:15 - Xbox gold subs 1:13:45 - Top Analyst: Vita prediction, E3 predictions? 1:15:00 - Wombat's iphone game? 1:16:15 - Culture shock

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Yay, Aliens: CM lol

Thanks for looking up the Ouya numbers.

BTW Angry Joe has decent video review of Aliens: http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature...&v=UGX2WE4QUw8

Is there any chance that some "De-essing" could be done on Shipwreck's audio? Every week I wince in pain as his S's pierce my ears. I can't be the only one who hears this??

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/De-essing

(Note that I listen to ~25 podcasts every week and this problem is, for some reason, unique to Shipwreck)

Otherwise another great show.

Originally Posted by Desecron Is there any chance that some "De-essing" could be done on Shipwreck's audio? Every week I wince in pain as his S's pierce my ears. I can't be the only one who hears this?? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/De-essing (Note that I listen to ~25 podcasts every week and this problem is, for some reason, unique to Shipwreck) Otherwise another great show.

That's the way I talk.

I will be listening to this on my drive down to Cincinnati on Friday!

The subject of The Queen of Versailles, David Siegel, is a total scumbag. He was the guy that threatened mass firings at his company if President Obama was re-elected.

Is Gearbox really one of Shipwreck's favorite developers? After playing Aliens CM, I feel like the Borderlands games were a fluke. The last Brothers In Arms game wasn't bad, but because of the weird control scheme I wouldn't classify it higher than "interesting". The also inflicted us with Duke Nukem Forever, rather than just buying the character and tucking that game away where it couldn't hurt anyone.

So, Ship, did you really mean Gearbox is one of your favorite developers, when you consider all they've put out? Or do you mean they're the developers of one of your favorite games? Then again, I suppose being in your top 100 developers could still be considered a favorite.

(To be fair, the new Aliens game isn't horrible, it just really really misses the mark. The animation is stiff, reactions are sluggish, the AI teammate are a hindrance, health system is antiquated... blah blah blah... The worst thing about the game is that it's not better than the Aliens Vs Predator game from three years ago.)

Originally Posted by shipwreck That's the way I talk.

Hi Shipwreck, sorry I hope I didn't come across as implying that YOU'RE a problem, I don't think it's simply the way you talk, but your esses, going through your mic*, and not being de-essed in post production, are a problem in my case :(

(*could also be the problem)

Anyone else have that problem or am I just going to come across like a jackass here?

I can't say I've noticed it before.

Cheapy saying "waiting on line" instead of "waiting in line" to describe standing in a line of people, now that's noticeable. I know it's a NY thing, but given what the term online has meant for the last 20 years, it sounds kind of bizarre.

Backwards compatibility
Lost Oddysey, by Mistwalker, is my favorite Japanese RPG. I sold my Wii just before they were worthless as a trade-in so I lost the chance to play The Last Story & Skysword; no problem, when the WiiU comes out the games'll be cheaper & I can play them since I wouldn't ever buy another Wii, right? Yes I can play them but bad news after bad news about Nintendo's release calendar shows me that I should take my time since the older games are the only ones worth playing.
I have no interest in Pikmin, Smash Brothers, Monkeyballs, I want old-school responsible planning. Why not 1 1st party RPG (Sega exclusive Shining game would've been daring & most likely a huge seller if Reggie's boys had any insight or tangible plan that old formulas in marketing do work), 1-2 action/adventure games (Kid Icarus WiiU or another throwback from the stable is really that difficult to invest in?) & a 1st part sports game (Mario Kart counts, Nintendo non-simulation style). I just don't get how people keep their jobs authorizing such a mess, when games aren't ready, or even in development & there is nothing I'm interested in for a year. Windwaker will be a pity-purchase, to somehow validate my stupidest decision since agreeing with my brother to go halves on a 3DO. Lucien's Quest in tha' house!
Hilarious podcast btw.

I didn't know where to post for next weeks questions/comments so forgive the double post.

The Wii U is backwards with the Wii and ALL virtual console games I believe.
The 3DS can download DS/DSI ware from previous systems.
The Vita while unable to play PSP disc format games plays ALL PSP downloads.

I don't see why the next xbox can't be fully backwards given it has a similiar system style that the 360 will have (given rumors are true).

However, I can see the PS4 not being able to play PS3 games because of "the cell". If anything the PS4 will have problems, but that's not to say Sony won't work on making it backwards but I doubt they will because of financial constraints. Don't forget Sony removed the ability to play PS2 games on the PS3 after some time due to financial constraints.

Hey Wombat, if that were me behind you in line at the show, I would've spoken up for you!

Also, I was surprised to see that even 100 CAGs preordered the Ouya, considering their statement about making a new iteration every year.

@Wombat I bet your happy with these new images from The Marvel Lego game? it looks really good! http://www.justpushstart.com/2013/02...s-concept-art/

Originally Posted by Monsta Mack The Wii U is backwards with the Wii and ALL virtual console games I believe. The 3DS can download DS/DSI ware from previous systems. The Vita while unable to play PSP disc format games plays ALL PSP downloads. I don't see why the next xbox can't be fully backwards given it has a similiar system style that the 360 will have (given rumors are true).

The rumours are that the the next Xbox will use x86 processors from AMD, while the Xenon CPU in the 360 is PowerPC. For the next Xbox to be backwards compatible they would have to include the 360 SoC, which would be prohibitively expensive.

Originally Posted by shipwreck That's the way I talk.

If Shipwreck really stresses his S'es then maybe he really *is* Cobra Commander!

After all, the part (at 11min 45sec) where Shipwreck "confronts" Cobra Commander turned out to be fake:

www.youtube.com/watch?v=F6dISO-kgP8#t=11m45s

I don't know if mainland Chinese have "no manners", they just have a different set of manners from other parts of the world.

I've been all over China, and things aren't organized for efficiency. They have no concept of a line. So if there's a booth that's selling tickets, whoever pushes to the front, is the one who gets to buy the tickets. That's just the way things are.

I noticed the authorities are trying to change things, but its going to take a generation or two to change people's mindsets.

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Originally Posted by Desecron Is there any chance that some "De-essing" could be done on Shipwreck's audio? Every week I wince in pain as his S's pierce my ears. I can't be the only one who hears this?? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/De-essing (Note that I listen to ~25 podcasts every week and this problem is, for some reason, unique to Shipwreck) Otherwise another great show.

Does it really bother you that much? Besides, Cheapy does most of the talking.

I know Wombat pushed for more Top Analyst. I hope you guys follow through on that, it was one of my favorite segments. I for one expect that The Last of Us will easily sell 1 million copies, but that's because no one set a time-limit for it. If Wombat capped it to the 2nd quarter of 2013 I'd pass.

I also hope that Shipwreck isn't getting the reputation as a great regular season coach that can't win the big game. It has been two years in a row that his team made it to the finals and came up short.

Great show.

I also grew up with an arcade called The Space Station. This was in Anchorage, Alaska. Guess the name got around.