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Intro: Contact 00 - Plump DJs

The Video Game Release List of 8/28 - 9/3

CAG Community Lists

Pre-owned 'cheats developers' - THQ - Penny Arcade Responds

Mafia 2 faces Jimmy's Vendetta on September 7

Microsoft to Raise Xbox Live Subscription Fee, Says Pacther (from 2009)
Microsoft shows off new controller, with transforming D-pad - Play & Charge Required

Nintendo Drops Price on DSi And DSi XL

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Outro: Fun with Tai

Cheapy wants me to flunk college by always staying up for a new CAGcast. oh well

Cant wait to listen to it thanks again cheapy.

Listening.

Boredom Solved!

I luvz cagzcastz ^_^. downloading 2 listenz.

Great show as always! Thanx for making the funniest and coolest podcast around

Sounds like the chipmunks when I download off of iTunes one my iPhone :(

Another night shift without boredom thanks to the cagcast

iPods are sold at Best Buy so they can sell you a service plan and 5 accessories (that is where the $$ is). Big Box retailers don't necessarily need disc-based games to make money (hardly make any on them), as long as there are accessories to sell.

Unfortunately, we are already trending towards disc-less gaming as a whole. Retailers are selling cards for downloadable games in B&M stores, and would probably be quite happy to be rid of the bulky, high-theft media. I'm still waiting for them to implement barcode reading into console cameras so I don't have to type in the stupid codes.

This does not bode well for consumers, however. Seeing as how much trouble it is to transfer downloaded content from one console to another of the same generation... what's the likelyhood that they will make these saves transferable to (and compatible with) future consoles? Not likely, since they can charge you again for new versions and just call you sol for less popular games they don't feel are worthy to update.

I worked in retail for a period and I can say for a fact that there is very little margin on video games and even less on ipods.

Cheapy why don't you look at what Klipsch and Nakamichi have to offer over Yamaha? You'll get better sound quality and authentic surround sound. You'll likely be able to easily mount them if that's what you end up having to choose from too.
Seriously don't pay for simulated surround sound when you can afford quality brands.

Hell yes, CAGcast this early in the week is too good.

$10 says Wombat says something that makes ppl dislike him.

First I should note I haven't listened to the podcast. I'm responding to some comments here. I hardly play any of my disc based games on the current consoles as it is. On my Xbox it's almost all XBLA and Indie downloads, though there are exceptions (Blur I play a fair amount, and Deathsmiles). On the Wii I do play more disc-based games, but that's because of the lack of demos for their download games. I'd play a lot more download games if they had demos for all downloads. Mostly, though, I play games on my iPhone, and that's obviously all download.

So, for me, a switch away from disc-based games wouldn't be a big deal, in fact would be welcome, but they've got to realize that a download game can't cost more then $15, and there has to be a demo available. Since you can't resell a download game, you've got to be sure it's for you, and that means demos. For similar reasons the price can't be too high since there's no resell value in the future. The exception to the must-have-demo rule is super-cheap games that you might take a chance on even without a demo, as long as the reviews are good. See good 99c games on the iPhone, like Monster Dash. Or games you know you're going to like, such as Carcassonne and Reiner Knizia's Samurai, in my case. The latter two suck up most of my gaming time these days.

I just want to thank Wombat for saying that buying used games does not make you a bad person. After some comments on the Joystiq Podcast last week I was feeling like scum for even thinking about buying a used game.

Soooo cute at the end...Tai has a Japanese accent

Bose does do well at marketing. As to Shipwreck's comment that nobody offers small speakers that are comparable size wise, that is not true. There are lots of other and better small speakers available. Energy, Klipsch, maybe Aperion, etc.

The old, old, joke is "No highs, no lows....must be Bose".

A good place to research is avsforums.com

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Came in here to see if Cheapy posted his ringtones or not and was sad when I didn't find any info about the first one he played. I want that as my ringtone!