Wasn't the hotel Wombat mentioned the go to joke for SNL back in the 70's or am I off on that?

Originally Posted by token2k6 I'm pretty disappointed that you guys almost forgot to mention TDU2 with the new releases and pretty much didn't talk about it or give any input. I guess you really had to be fans of the first one to understand. A lot of people loved the first game (it was one of the first few racers on the 360 besides the launch titles), they explored the hell out of it and wanted more. We thought a sequel would never see the light of day until it was announced a little over a year ago. I gladly pre-ordered the game 6 months ago when GS first advertised they would have the Casino DLC. I picked it up on release day and almost got a gutted copy b/c the clerk said people had been picking it up all day and they only had 4 copies left. As soon as I played it, I realized it was almost completely different than the original, but contained subtle cues and nods to the first game. From the start, the driving was less stiff and felt better. Then my mind was blown when I was given the option to choose b/t 3 distinct driving options ('arcade', sports, hardcore) I had been playing Forza 3 and GT5 for the past month, and it was nothing like them. Rather, I was reminded of NFS: Hot Pursuit with the way the vehicles drove in the fully-assisted 'arcade' mode. The fact that there is a story line (why did we all come to hate story lines in our racers? with TDU2, its a breath of fresh air it seems..) and that your character can quasi-walk around (you're really just moving the camera) is a really neat addition over the first. There is way more to explore and achieve, and an off-road vehicle and track selection just seals the deal. Cheapy, I thought you would have at least tried this, being the biggest fan of racers on the show. If you're getting stuck in NFS:HP, then I don't see why you wouldn't try this, as its the freshest thing. Hell, even at a $50 price point, I would consider buying you a copy just so you could spend 2 minutes on it the next time

Wombat was bashing the racing Genre as dead the other week, I knew they wouldn't bring it up today. Personally, i love Forza, NFS, Gran Turismo and Burnout. I can't say that I want to even buy another racer. Only the most elite fans would buy every racing game. I didn't notice Test Drive Unlimited 2 was even being released and I listen to a lot of different podcasts. So this isn't the only show ignoring the title. Most of my friends havn't gotten this game or even talked about it and they like to race. Maybe it will catch on in time? I added it to my gamefly today.

Chris Johnston used the "Bread's Done" to close the latest Player One Podcast.

HELL YEA, gimme more lightbulb stories!

Sucks to hear about Stacking = lacking. Seems like it's not a must have game atm. Maybe I'll wait for a XBLA sale instead.

And yes, Dead Space 2 is AWESOME. Pimp it yo.

i thought jewish people werent supposed to eat shellfish wombat! :\
good show and i bought cheapassgamer.co

Darn cheapassgamer.co is taken... they still have these very attractive suggestions though:

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The chick from the Kinect Show is Bridget O'Neill. I have to concur that Xbox throws her tits at you but I do not mind in the least.

I think "Top Analyst" should have a scoring system! The other two hosts can give the prediction a point ranking of 1, 2 or 3 depending on how unlikely they think it is and the predictor will receive those points if their prediction comes true.

I'm all for interviewing Reggie and ask him stuff about Pizza Hut.

Don't quote me on this but I think the demo for Tales From Space: About A Blob was available for free a week early to PS+ members, and the full game was released a week early to PS+ members, but still cost the normal $14.99.

Also, I haven't played Stacking yet but was disappointed to hear that all 3 of you basically thought it sucked. The reviews I've seen were all pretty positive. Frankly I am biased toward Double Fine simply because they are trying new things, and imagine I'll end up liking the game, but we'll see.

One interesting thing about Stacking is that it's the second game (Costume Quest being the first) of a 4 game series of games from Double Fine that were conceived during a 2 week "motivational exercise".

They basically split Double Fine into 4 teams and each team had 2 weeks to come up with a game. One team came up with Costume Quest, another with Stacking, and of course the other 2 games from that project have yet to be announced. Here's a short article on it from 1up from back in July.

Quick! Someone buy cheapassgamer.co!

What happened to http://www.wombatsucks.com

Originally Posted by Mayday Know one wants to play WoW on a train, and you're starting to come off as stupid talking about things you literally no nothing about.

Using "Know" and "no" incorrectly while calling someone else stupid is very amusing.

And there are plenty of Wow addicts who would like to be able to play it and get some quests in while they commute.

Originally Posted by Curufinwe Using "Know" and "no" incorrectly while calling someone else stupid is very amusing. And there are plenty of Wow addicts who would like to be able to play it and get some quests in while they commute.

how will you get service underground? there's already a portable wow machine; its called a laptop.

Can someone PLEASE tell me what the name of the Intro music for LAST WEEK's episode #227 is? Several people posting on that show thread have been asking for the song name to no avail. Cheapy listed it as "Super Duper Mario" in the ShowNotes but a good 30min of Googling and YouTubing yielded nothing for me. Also, I'm pretty sure I hear a Ludacris voice sample in there from the song 'Stand Up', but still, nothing! Help!

What do you guys think about the new Kotaku redesign?

Classic intro song!

I'm in the same boat as you, Cheapy: can't play Dead Space 2 any further until my girlfriend feels like watching it too. Which is next to never. XS

When it comes to the third True Crime, personally, I'm disappointed. I remember loving the first True Crime, no matter how bad it was at times. I never got around to playing the second one, so I can't comment on the newest iteration, but as far as memories for the game go, I'm upset. Same with the death of Guitar Hero. I've always liked GH over Rock Band, not because of the song choices or the song transfer ability, but because of the smoothness of gameplay. Every time I've played Rock Band, the game randomly slows down, and it made hittng the notes next to impossible. Never happened with GH, so I was much happier with that.

On the Hudson note, even if Hudson America closing doesn't mean much to you guys, to me, it means we get no new Bloody Roar games. v.v The new game that was planned here in North America got canned with Hudson America's closing. *cry*

The Fox article... good spot on noticing it was an old EGM writer. That's actually a bit of a shocker. =S
It's also been discovered that a good amount of the quotes taken from those interviewed were taken vastly out of context to fit with the direction of the article, so essentially, we just have more proof that Fox screws around with their articles for a higher readership/viewership.
Also, I feel as though I have to comment on something Cheapy said: "It's Fox, who cares?", or something similar. Unfortunately, Fox is the second highest viewed news distributor in the United States, so there are many people that choose to see this news, and will likely see it as the truth. v.v

To Wombat (and I suppose to Cheapy and Shipwreck too): What is it about Bulletstorm that you don't care much for? I tried the demo a week ago, and I found it much more interesting than most other FPS games coming out soon. Maybe it was the fact that there were only so many Skill Kills you could do?

I have a topic you guys could comment on for Top Analyst, too. Recently, Randy Pitchford stated a few different potential sales numbers for Duke Nukem Forever, and what the chances for a sequel would be. The numbers ranged from under 1 million, to 2.5 million and higher. How many copies do you all think DNF is going to sell within, say, the first 2 - 3 weeks?

Good show, guys, I've never had so much to comment on. XD

Originally Posted by Terabytes how will you get service underground? there's already a portable wow machine; its called a laptop.

Not every train in the world travels underground.

Chesty pic or GTFO.

Bought three URLs using your code! Enjoy the tiny sliver of my money, Womberto!