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Originally Posted by CheapyD Yeah, I think you just proved my point exactly. 1) I was not angry. Wombat is the one who got angry, swearing several times. 2) The whole basis for the discussion is me trying to get Wombat to explain what makes the 3DS XL "incredible".

I think you got Wombat riled up because you called the 3DS a toy. Anyways great show. The show is still awesome even when you guys are arguing.

Looks like I'm 5 CAGCasts behind. Don't think anything of value will be lost if I just go ahead and jump to this one.

Originally Posted by ZombieJeebus Have finally gotten caught up on the last 4 CAGcasts. Lots of great stuff, thanks to Cheapy, Wombat and Ship for doing these. Wombat, if you continue to play ME3 multiplayer (which I agree is excellent) then there are some things to consider if you want to get better gear. First focus on buying veteran packs until your common weapons get up to level 10. Once you have common gear maxed out it improves the chances of getting uncommon/rare gear. Once you've done that, focus on premium spectre packs over regular spectre packs. Two guaranteed rares versus one for only 50% more credits. Lastly, if there is a specific weapon or character you want you can improve your chances by deleting the other DLC that doesn't include that weapon or character. For example if you wanted one of the new N7 characters, play as normal to accumulate credits. Once you're ready to buy packs, delete all multiplayer dlc (or if you have it on a usb stick, just take out the stick) except for Earth. Buy your packs, then re-insert your other dlc. You don't lose any of the other stuff since it's all stored on the EA servers.

Thanks for the tips!

Originally Posted by skadave One more point: I think the Hawaii comment was the icing on the cake of cheapy not being in touch with his audience. This is a gaming site for video game deals. . . people who are looking to save money come to this site. I don't care if cheapy has a lot of money (more power to him). . . but he could potentially alienate his listeners if he keeps this up. Between a $1000 "cheap" laptop, $1200+ Standing Desk, $30 Hamburgers, $700 Sushi Dinner, a top of the line gaming PC which he had someone build for him, Bored with Hawaii, etc he could start to piss of his audience who are trying to save a couple bucks on a video game.

I think it's cool that he showcases his life and experiences to his audience rather than being a empty shell personality. I'd rather he show me that $30 hamburger than pretend he got a $5 burger.

Originally Posted by antlp89 I think it's cool that he showcases his life and experiences to his audience rather than being a empty shell personality. I'd rather he show me that $30 hamburger than pretend he got a $5 burger.

Good point. . . and i generally agree. I just think that a podcast/radio personality needs to know who their audience is and keep them in mind every now and then.

Both times the 3DS/incredible/exceptional/iPhone argument has come up, I was just flabbergasted (wanted to use that word) that no one had the sense to say "it's an opinion." Because it is. Now maybe it was said last week, but I can't remember. But it wasn't said this week. If Wombat thinks the 3DS XL is more incredible/exceptional than the iPhone, than it is: for him. Opinions, man, how do they work?
I know I sound like an asshole, but oh well. I just hope it never comes up again (and I know I'm not helping by talking about it).

I lol'd at Chik-a-fil and Hawaii being boring. Oh, Cheapy. You so silly.

I think Summer of Arcade looks bad compared to what they released earlier this year (Fez, Trials Evolution, Minecraft, Spelunky). I think Dust has the highest chance to be the critical darling this year do to the development story behind the game.

Foosball for Vita Please?

Originally Posted by Kuromimi I think you got Wombat riled up because you called the 3DS a toy. Anyways great show. The show is still awesome even when you guys are arguing.

They never argue. Wombat is wrong and Cheapy is trying to correct him.

Can't wait to listen!

I'm saving my money for the next big Kickstarter project:

Wombat's Arm-Length, Super-Padded Ass-Swab.

Originally Posted by shajek I'm saving my money for the next big Kickstarter project: Wombat's Arm-Length, Super-Padded Ass-Swab.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jSJQEl5vcAo

I hope cheapy realizes I was trying to make a reasonable response to a topic on their show and not being a crazy person making threats to him or even getting upset.

Cheapy:we were not comparing the 3ds and the iphone Wombat:you said that the iphone is an incredible device and therefore we cannot use that word to describe the 3ds. Cheapy:I said this is an example of what I consider to be an incredible device Wombat: But why can't they both be incredible devices? Cheapy:Because the 3DS doesn't do nearly the things that an Iphone does...

If that's not a comparison, what is it?

Cheapy has made it clear that he doesn't care for nintendo's games or hardware. I don't know why he would get worked up over what someone else thinks. Obviously if you don't care for Nintendo's software it makes no sense to buy their hardware.

Another great podcast, Caviar Ass Gamers! God bless Wombat and Ship for recognizing the absurdity of a man with the nickname "Cheapy" poo-pooing a Hawaiian vacation.

So I followed CheapyD's movie recommendation of Midnight Son. I got a few friends over telling them they should watch it and that I heard it was a good movie. An hour and a half later... we all thought the movie was stupid and bad. How did you and Mrs. think this was a good movie?! I wouldn't have mind that it was slow but it doesn't really build up (or it tries and fails at the end). Predictable, boring. Not scary or tense. Mehhhhh =[

I like Wombat's Elsworld's analogy for Dark Knight Rises. Nolan's Batman is not the one I think of which hurts the movies for me. I think Nolan probably does the best job of taking classic Batman stories and translating them into movie story lines. I think Marvel's movies plus Spider-man feel like the characters are spot on in stories that have some small connection to classic story lines.

And Community was awesome.

The funny thing about the "incredible" discussion is that Cheapy slandered the hell out of Wombat on 8-4 Play by constantly telling them that Wombat said it was incredible when he was just repeating what somebody else had actually said.

I don't get the people that are trying to crap on Cheapy for the money he makes on the site because he runs a site like CAG. The site is about getting the items you want for the prices that you're willing to pay, not getting everything for as cheaply as possible, which is exactly what Cheapy does with his money so there's nothing wrong with it. He does come off as being out of touch when he suggests that vacations to Hawaii are now boring to him and his family and things like that, but being able to have the money to make choices like that isn't an issue.

Originally Posted by shipwreck This is what Sony did last year. They released 4 games the same week they were available on XBLA. Even with added bonuses of themes/Home items that's not exactly a promotion to beat your chest over. They also gave away Payday: The Heist if you bought all 4 games. I think I said something last year along the lines of "At least they tried". This year they have 2 exclusives, 1 timed exclusive, and 1 game that comes out at the same time on XBLA. Plus they are offering cash vouchers back for buying as little as two of the games. It's a much better promotion this year.

You're mixing two promotions into one as the Home items were a part of Spring Fever 2010, which was a weird year where they didn't highlight any games, and themes are a general pre-order bonus that they've offered for most of the few games that have offered pre-orders. They haven't offered much in the way of bonuses for the promotions they've run with the Home items, Payday, and the cashback stuff for PSN Play this year have been all of it from what I can remember.

I'm not sure what you meant by the "Sony should have something to compete against Summer of Arcade" comment. Did you mean a promotion in the summer or a promotion of "big games" in the same vein as Summer of Arcade? They've had Spring Fever since 2009, which started about seven months after the first Summer of Arcade. I can definitely agree that they haven't really had a focused yearly promotion in that same vein. Spring Fever was all over the place at first, but it has focused a bit over the past two years.

The thing that promotion has over Summer of Arcade is a bigger focus on sales so you have an alternative to the highlighted game each week, as opposed to the chokehold that Summer of Arcade has on all of XBLA for the five weeks it runs. That chokehold is the reason that Expendables 2 is a part of PSN Play this year since it isn't allowed to be released on XBLA until mid-August at the earliest.

That lack of alternatives on XBLA may be Summer of Arcade's greatest strength and weakness, as it's great for their ability to promote it but bad because a lack of interest in any of the five games means you have no reason to pay attention to the platform for weeks.

As far as PSN Play 2011, they had a promotion for exclusive games shortly after it called Only on PSN, which had games like Eufloria, Rochard, Okabu, Sideway: New York, Rocketbirds, Infamous Festival of Blood, and PixelJunk Shooter 2 that were more in line with what you might've expected from PSN Play.

Cheapy's first world problems:

http://www.quickmeme.com/meme/3qd0y7/

Originally Posted by LiK random drawing for the next giveaway please...

Or ask a question or something for us to comment on and then pick your 5 favorite... gives some of us with busier schedules a chance

I would like to try the PS3 version of Foosball 2012 if I can get a code. Thanks! Keep up the great Podcasts!