Mentioning something every other episode is not mentioning it too much. Whatever's on our hosts' minds is what we'll hear about. Talking about sports and comic books, on the other hand.
Re: Disneylanders
Disney is missing the point at $35. Anyone with kids old enough to spend money understands how important the $10 bottom line price point is. That is a figure every week for many kids on their allowance, or a figure a month for my kids. $35 is a stretch goal for a kid.
These things are a hunk of plastic with a 10 cent RF chip. The reason Skylanders worked is because they priced it as low as they reasonably could without making it seem worthless (like at the McDonalds toy level). Disney has priced the add-ons as high as they possibly could (if $35 is true), and success is far from assured at the phenom level Skylanders has reached. Agree with you guys. Disneylanders is not an attractive proposition as a parent or kid.
Riptorsogate:
Did anyone notice that there was an apology, but no commitment to stop preorders on that package. Sounds like a planned publicity grab!
Smartglass:
I enjoy looking at achievements on it. But if you play Dance Central 3, it's fantastic for setting up a playlist. Leave it to Harmonix to get it right. Too bad Rock Band 3 doesn't allow you to make setlists with it. What do you think about Smartglass being an experiment for the next console generation? I think Wii-U is just coming to market before the next gen consoles with tabletability. PS4 or Xbox 3 will have tablet interactivity, and Smartglass is a test case for Microsoft.
