CAGbag: Get your questions answered on CAGcast

Cheapy and Wombat, did you get a chance to see Halo Legends yet? I'm just wondering what you thought of if because through most of it I was so damn bored I wanted to beat myself to death with my own shoe!

I'm really not sure what the draw is, even if you're a huge Halo fan, you'll still probably find yourself shouting at the screen, "GET ON WITH IT!!!"
 
cheapy whats the Toyota crisis in japan like. Are they having the same problems that the United states are having.
 
Hey guys, I'm wondering why none of you have played the game Wet. It seems to be right up your ally Cheapy. I rented it from Gamefly and it's short, around 5 to 6 hours long, so it will keep your attention. The combat is really fun. And it has a hot main character who's only sexual related theme is when an old asian woman checks her out.

Anyways, I'm recommending that you play this game Cheapy, and I promise that you will enjoy it.

Also, I'll never play a game on Wombat's recommendation ever again. Every game he says he thoroughly enjoys I can't get into and never finish ala Kameo and Banjo Kazooie Nuts and Bolts. What's his problem. Oh yeah, it's that he sucks at games.
 
CAGCast Gangsters,

What is your most favorite enemy type or most hated or an enemy type you were most surprised by?

Such as the Ganados in RE4 or dudes in RE5 that sprouted parasites from their heads. Or the ninjas in Ninja Gaiden that throw exploding shurikens. Or the dudes with shock batons in Batman: Arkham Asylum...

Oh, Cheapy. Are there very many "yard sales" in Japan?
 
Quick question Cheapy. I have recently become addicted to eating spicy ramen noodles, and would like to explore that food group more. However, I am stuck in a little town in the Midwest, so my options are basically using the cheap ramen noodle packs everybody survived on in college. I would like to know how different is Japanese ramen, and what can I do here in the states to make quality ramen meals?
 
Question for Wombat.

Being your such a fan of Mass Effect 2- Have you taken advantage of the Dr. Pepper promotion where you can get items for the game?

I downloaded a visor that is pretty cool and the even though I know i'm now on some e-mail, I found the process pretty cool
 
have any of you guys tried ChatRoulette. (it's a service that just connects you and your webcam to a random person and their webcam) or it's text only equivalent omegle.

www.chatroulette.com
http://omegle.com/

I only I tried chat roulette once and it was pretty not happening but omegle can be pretty fun even if you have to cycle past a few dudes who just want to cyber and the other dudes who have 'ihatehaley' porn links they keep spamming.
 
So I ran out of new stuff to listen to and for shits and giggles went back and listened to the 5/24/06 episode of the CAGcast. A listener wrote in to ask "Would sandbox style gaming help in the case of super hero games" to which after some discussion of possibilities for various super hero games Wombat replied:

"I think what a Batman game needs to be is just a Splinter Cell with a Batman costume. Put a Batman costume on Sam Fisher and you have the best game ever made. If you have Batman stalking Killer Croc in the sewers in a Splinter Cell style .. that would be awesome."

Wombat invented Arkham Asylum = confirmed

Since Wombat was able to determine successfully what makes a good Batman game, I'm wondering if he has any ideas on what will make the inevitable sequel to Arkham Asylum a hit? Also, are there any super hero games he would like to see with the lead character a super hero that isn't generally discussed or well known by the mainstream?
 
Love the show guys. I've been a long time listener and have just recently signed up as a cag. I've decided to put my game collection up for sell /trade on your site, but I have come across a problem that I was hoping you could help me out with. In the address field I can only pick US or UK. When are you going to add Canada to the list? Thanks.
 
Hey Cheapy/Wombat/Boat crash (I love that one). What game or games have you not heard about lately like Beyond Good and Evil2 for me that you are still looking forward too?
 
Why not tie the CAG wish list in with the email price alert tracker? That way CAGers could put games into their wish list and assign prices they'd pay for them. Then get an email when the price goes below the set amount. It can already be done but you have to put the game into the wish list and the price tracker separately. Love the site and the Podcasts!
 
Cheapy:

Haven't posted a cagbag question in a while but I think this one merits some attention.

I primarily stay in the deals forum. As I'm sure you know, the Gamestop Trade in value/promotion thread is one of the most frequently viewed threads in that forum - I believe it has more views than the amazon promotion thread. It's run by jp0213 who does an amazing job slaving over that thread and constantly updating the trade in values in the thread AND the cag database. A few days ago, a brief discussion arose in the thread about jp0213 being a moderator, to which jp0213 humbly responded that he just wished he had mod powers over that thread once in a while (obviously one of the most frequented threads is going to have a ton of nonsense). Anyway, I really felt obligated to ask the silly question "What's this guy gotta do to become a mod?!" This is totally unsolicited, I just really feel that strongly about this and I think other CAGs would too. Thanks for considering this - even if it's not read on the show.
 
Hey Cheapy, not really a question, but any chance on giving us a tour of your apartment like you did with your first apartment?
 
Nice Audioboo Cheapy. Now that you've finished Mass Effect: Great game or greatest game?

Is there any chance that Bioware/EA will put some T&A back in Mass Effect? For a mature game, I was really disappointed that the game was more PG-13 than R. If you look back at the genre, 70's sci-fi movies like the ones Mass Effect emulates, you'll see they were prolific in showing off the boobies.

Is that EA blunting criticism?
 
I was thinking about this earlier this evening and something came to me, others have also asked this question I am sure. Sony didn't really seem to do anything to fix this issue with their systems. They just waited until the system auto corrected itself, the error could still be on the older playstation 3 models and could pop up again at another date and time. So does Sony have a plan to fix this via firmware update or are those of us who supported the playstation 3 when it first came out left to wonder when this will pop up again.

What do you guys think about the whole situation, is this proof of a Sony kill switch? Did someone just fuck up really really bad when they where programing something for the system? Will Sony try and make amends to its user base in some capacity for this outage?
 
Three questions:
1) When do you think the next generation of consoles will be released?
2) When do you think the next generation of consoles should be released?
3) What features do you think Microsoft, Sony, and Nintendo need to add to their future consoles?

Thanks.
 
Dear CheapyD or Wombat,

When do you think video game poetry will become a legitimate artform (if ever)?

http://www.gamepoetssociety.com/

This website at least has a writer's manifesto, but at the same time the owners seem too narrow-minded and exclusionary to really foster a movement.
 
Dear CagCast,

After last week's CagCast Jim Sterling gave deadly premonition a 10, PS3's stopped working because Sony doesn't understand the concept of leap years, and Activision raided Infinity Ward.

So what will happen in the video game industry after this week's CagCast?
 
Hey guys, another question for you this week.

Do you feel Microsoft have done what they set out to do all those years ago, and take a large hold of the gaming market away from sony. With quite a hefty lead in console sales do you feel sony will ever close that gap with exclusives like GOD OF WAR 3 and Heavy Rain? The PS3 Slim seemed to have helped sales but only for a couple of months. Over here in the Uk i see games adverts such as MW2 and Finale Fantasy 13 all for xbox 360, and PlayStation only advertising smaller games such as need for speed and WWE.

Will Microsoft prevail, or will Sony climb back?
Your opinions please.
Great show. :applause:
 
Hi Cheapy,

Have you ever tried the Asa hemp restaurant in Tokyo?



Perhaps that's the only way to get the "taste" in japan...
 
So Cheapy, now that the law suit has been filed in the activision case and everyone has learned that the guys' royalty checks were to be paid in a few weeks, do you still think your theory that they wanted to be fired holds any water?
 
Cheapy,

I read this article on Kotaku about a foreigner's experiences and observations living in Japan. I was curious if you've seen some of the bizarre things he describes (corporate people getting hammered and screaming in the streets, business employees paid to bark out incoherent nonsense on megaphones, etc.) and if you can elaborate on any of the "you wouldn't understand, it's a Japanese thing" mentality that he describes since you're married to a native.

Overall I found the article very interesting, but it painted the Japanese culture in a very strange light. How accurate is his portrayal of Tokyo and Japanese culture?

Thanks,
- JSD

P.S. "World of Duty" was hilarious in my book Wombat.
P.P.S. I forgot to mention the article is really long.
 
Alright, in all seriousness, a question for you Jews.

I grew up in a small Texas town and never really met many Jews but my best friend in college was a Jew from Rochester, NY. So sure, we smoked some product and played some Nintendo 64 but something was always reoccurring with him...

Is there a Jewish stereotype for talking about poop, worrying about taking a crap, and/or being sick all the time in general? My friend seemed to get a stomach bug every other week and complain about it all the time. You guys seem to talk about this same realm of topic on the CAGCast alot.

I don't even remember the last time I got sick, we're talking 2+years.

Cheapy seems to be more guilty of this than Wombat, however.
 
Hey guys,
I was wondering why any third party developer would want to publish their game exclusively; to either Sony, Microsoft, or Nintendo. Isn't it pretty obvious that the developer would receive more money by selling near equal number of units on all platforms? For example, say MAG was multiplatform and sold 300,000 units on Xbox 360, PS3, and Wii. Isn't more revenue brought in by 300,000 times three, than 500,000 times one?
My question is: does Sony, Microsoft, or Nintendo, when buying the contract to make a game exclusive, really pay more than the possible revenue of the game if it were not restricted to one console?
 
Hey guys,
Considering how the PS3 is starting to get some great JRPG's this quarter, like Final Fantasy XIII, Star Ocean 4, and White Knight Chronicles, do you think this is a sign of great things to come considering how the PS1 and PS2 were havens for JRPG's, or is this merely a fluke in a generation overloaded with FPS's.
 
With the ME2 discussion table being last podcast, my question is for the 3 of you guys, if each of you guys were commander Shepard, who do you think your other partners represent. Example Shipwreck thinks CheapyD as Zaeed, and Wombat as Jack. Could you please explain your reasoning for your choices.
 
Cheapy have you tasted the Sapporo Chocolate beer?
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What do you guys think makes people decide to be complete douche bags and ruin things for other people, like the guy that posted spoilers for Heavy Rain all over the forums?
 
Cheapy, you mentioned that someone you knew close to the browser-based Tribes project said that it has been essentially canned. Can you tell us why? I was really looking forward to it so this is a bummer.
 
So my official xbox 360 rechargeable battery has a life span of an hour or so. I want to get another one but Nobody has just them in stock where I live, just the play in charge or quick recharge kits. Do you think retailers are purposely just having them out of stock so I have to pay more? Guess it's online purchases for me.

Edit: Having trouble finding certain colors and availability online too. WTF microsoft.
 
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So now BoatCrash is a permanent member of the CAGcast, a great thing in my opinion, when is the CAGcast album art going to get updated? Right now it's just Cheapy and Wombat.

Possibly the most important question ever asked... in human history.
 
Hey Cheapy,

Any thoughts on getting CAG listed on Metacritic? With Ship regularly reviewing games (and including a numeric score), I think it'd be nice to see his work included on their site.
 
Hey Cheapy and crew

Regarding the BM Stick and Project Shitbox ; In general I have to agree with you guys that these devices are doomed to fail. Looking back at all the gaming addons I don't think any extra peripheral has ever succeeded.

R.O.B. or Powerglove anyone?

Deep down though, part of me is a little excited about the possibilities these peripherals could give, "IF" they truly support this and game developers get on board. Perhaps a game like Heavy Rain, (only better dialouge), or a RTS game could benefit from an controller interface like these......I'm sure there are better ideas out there, but there must be some NON Wiicrap style game possibilities.

Of course....I'm not holding my breath, and will wait to see if any decent game comes out making the $100+ purchase worth it.

P.S. With Shipwreck now on the show regularly, (great addition), maybe it's time to update your Cagcast logo to include his avatar....oh ya, good show. :)
 
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