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Wombat offers impressions on his new PS3 and CheapyD talks about his first Pokemon experience. We also discuss the latest game industry and shopping news, answer your CAGbag questions and so much more!

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Show Linkage/Notes (click the button below to expand):

Intro music: Gyruss (NES)

Golden Week
Angry Video Game Nerd
Sanyo Xacti CG65 Digital Media Camera

Jaffe vs Joystiq spat

www.liongames.com winner: andjuan

Resident Evil 4: Wii Resident Evil 4 Priced To Move
http://www.google.com/reader/wii
Miyamoto Promotes Design Creativity
http://wii.nintendo.com/virtualconsole.jsp

Xbox 360 Marketplace Territory Controls Strengthened
Dig Up, Stupid: Major Nelson Mocks Gamers, Undermines Position
Major Nelson co-host burns Epic in 'free' debate
GameFly East Coast distribution center opens

Costs of Production: PS3 vs 360
Warren Ellis planning on three Castlevania films
Wedbush Morgan: PS3 to 'Win' the Next Gen Battle
Nooooooooooo!: StarCraft MMO Coming, Say Sources
Liam Neeson is your father (in Fallout 3)

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Epileptic Gaming

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Outro: Philips CD-I

Cheese fries.

Can't wait. Thanks, guys!

You guys do realize that you can swap the primary/secondary fire in Resistance to the R2/L2 buttons respectively?

I love the XMB

And I love using R1 as my shoot button in Resistance. BTW, you can change your button layout.

You know, now that I think about it, I think giving Wombat his PS3 for free adversely affects his feeling about it.

Not that he shouldn't have one for free, but I'm saying that not having anything invested in the system beyond his time, he can afford to be unabashedly positive about it.

If I got a PS3 for free I know I would love it long time. I would hug it and squeeze it and call it Georgette.

I never posted in the show 74 thread .
Great gift Cheapy , enjoy it Wombat !

P.S. I guessed it correctly .

Originally Posted by Richlough Happy Birthday Wombat , 30 is not the end . Enjoy your PS3 .

"Get outta the light....you're in my light"


Funny show guys. Really enjoyed it.

You guys realize you can map the controls to the R2 & L2 triggers. I tried it and changed it back to the R1 because of the way the controller is designed. Its more comfortable to pull the R1 trigger not the R2. The perfect ps3 controller is the 360 controller.

Another great show to help make work a little more bareable. Also, no contest this week?

Agreed about Dead Rising... I was hoping the Infinite mode would be what it sounds like, i.e. the game with no timer, which is what I'd love.

So frustrating to be put in the ultimate zombie sandbox, but not allowed to explore/play with it the way I want to. The demo had it right.

It's because of the timer I refuse to buy Dead Rising. I hate timed games too. Timed missions in games suck too. Great show guys! always entertaining on the way home. CheapyD, what is your most powerful Pokemon right now?

I believe the triggers on the 360 and ps3 controlllers are fundamentally flawed... because they're not expressly made to be utilized by your trigger finger! My index finger is naturally more responsive than my middle finger, but using it on the trigger would lose simulatenous use of the shoulder button. They should have done away with the shoulder button, and instead put buttons on the back of the grips where your fingertips rest. But that would probably count as innovation... which just results in industry-wide mocking... everyone just wants to be the Second Guy: he who polishes the idea and gets the genius credit for it.

I didn't hear what buttons are mapped to firing in Resistance. I think you forgot to tell us although it could just be me. I don't have a PS3 or 360, but I didn't like the PS3 triggers in the store. They felt too spongy.

I wonder if Wombat's opinion of the PS3 would be different if he actually had shelled out $600 of his hard earned money for it? I would have to think he would be more critical. I know if I pick up games for $10 I'm alot less critical than if I pay $50-$60 for them.

Also now I see why game developers put out half-ass games especially at launch. Many hardcore gamers will buy anything cough Untold Legends cough.

Overall I enjoy the podcasts, I have listened to every one of them. As for the interviews, I actually enjoy them being broken up and really enjoyed the special guest family members. My complaint however is this, for quite some time it feels the CAGcast has been a 360 promotion while you have put down the other 2 consoles. I actually feel that the DS and PSP coverage has been pretty fair across the board. I always attributed this to the fact that the 360 has been around longer and has better and a bigger abundance of games giving you more to talk about. However with the purchase of the PS3 for Wombat, very nice and generous BTW, and the follow up Cagcast with Wombat's experiences and opinion on the PS3 I thought CheapyD's prejudice towards the 360 above all others really came out.

CheapyD seemed almost shocked that Wombat liked many of the things that Wombat thought were good. CheapyD almost seemed to try and talk Wombat out of liking these things. It also seemed like he couldn't wait and move on to talk about Lost Planet and praise it for being a 360 exclusive. I personally wanted to hear more of what Wombat thought about the system and his first impressions.

There are a lot of other examples of the podcast being a little pro 360 skewed, which like I said, I attribute to the fact that it has been out longer, has more games and better games. No sane person would argue that the PS3 and Wii are as good or fun as the 360 right now, and the 360 gives you more to talk about. But I would rather have heard more positive and negative impressions Wombat had after the initial hookup since it was finally a chance to have something to talk about for the PS3 especially a first impression. That is a moment that can't really go back and be revisited and I thought it was a moment that got lost. That first impression of the PS3, like previous first impressions of other systems is only going to happen once and I was diesappointed with how the discussion was treated.

Wombat you can change your controls in Resistance. I too changed R2 into my fire button.CheapyD you look into a proxy to spoof a US Ip address.

Originally Posted by jaystaeb8 Overall I enjoy the podcasts, I have listened to every one of them. As for the interviews, I actually enjoy them being broken up and really enjoyed the special guest family members. My complaint however is this, for quite some time it feels the CAGcast has been a 360 promotion while you have put down the other 2 consoles. I actually feel that the DS and PSP coverage has been pretty fair across the board. I always attributed this to the fact that the 360 has been around longer and has better and a bigger abundance of games giving you more to talk about. However with the purchase of the PS3 for Wombat, very nice and generous BTW, and the follow up Cagcast with Wombat's experiences and opinion on the PS3 I thought CheapyD's prejudice towards the 360 above all others really came out. CheapyD seemed almost shocked that Wombat liked many of the things that Wombat thought were good. CheapyD almost seemed to try and talk Wombat out of liking these things. It also seemed like he couldn't wait and move on to talk about Lost Planet and praise it for being a 360 exclusive. I personally wanted to hear more of what Wombat thought about the system and his first impressions. There are a lot of other examples of the podcast being a little pro 360 skewed, which like I said, I attribute to the fact that it has been out longer, has more games and better games. No sane person would argue that the PS3 and Wii are as good or fun as the 360 right now, and the 360 gives you more to talk about. But I would rather have heard more positive and negative impressions Wombat had after the initial hookup since it was finally a chance to have something to talk about for the PS3 especially a first impression. That is a moment that can't really go back and be revisited and I thought it was a moment that got lost. That first impression of the PS3, like previous first impressions of other systems is only going to happen once and I was diesappointed with how the discussion was treated.

Myself and I'm sure others appreciate your well-formed opinion, I would have to say that the podcast is not a news report that has to be fair and balanced, it is an opinionedated show done for entertainment value. I'd rather hear them talk more about the 360 if that's what they are interested and excited about rather than force them to talk about the PS3 if they have nothing new to say.

Regardless, great podcast, keep it up!

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Jaffe...

Sleuth70, dude I hear what your saying but Jaffe made more popular games then you unless you come out of hiding and prove me wrong. If not ... let the man rant... its his party.

Since we are on the subject... Doesn't this make Denise Dyake right?
Technically "Calling All Cars" was a preview since it never made it to the Playstation Network Store. There is no precedence for a publisher recalling product from warehouses before the media is sold solely based on an unfavorable review. But it happened/happens in the digital realm.

Special Guest Interviews...

Two parters are fine by me. It breaks up the monotony.

For what it's worth--

The first set of .hack games was a four-part series. The current set is a trilogy. So it's the sixth game overall, but only the second in the current trilogy.