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Weekly Video Game Newsletter– August 20, 2010–Issue #4
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Here’s the latest issue of the Weekly Video Game Newsletter. It’s actually been several weeks since the last one was published so I included a bunch of sales figures and release dates from the weeks missing on top of all the info about the stuff that came out this week and how well (or horribly) stuff sold the week of August 7th (courtesy of VGChartz.com).
Weekly Video Game Post–August 16, 2010
Weekly Video Game Podcast – August 16, 2010 <45 mins (41.5 MB)>
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- Jamie Gore and Chris Karpyszyn
- A quarter of this podcast is me hating on Ubisoft…this is either because it really is a slow news week for games or I loathe the recent business direction of the company (probably a little of both)
- Hopefully there will be some interesting stuff to talk about when Gamescom hits this week.
- When I read that Bioshock Infinite was in the works, I was so underwhelmed that I felt that I needed to take a nap.
- Continue reading for sales figures from the week of July 31 and other stuff (all sales figures come from www.vgchartz.com)
Weekly Video Game Post–August 9, 2010
Weekly Video Game Podcast – August 9, 2010 <47 mins (43.3 MB)>
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- Jamie Gore and Chris Karpyszyn
- Finally a podcast that’s out on time
- Unfortunately there’s nothing much to talk about other than TORCHLIGHT 2!!!
- I’m not saying people shouldn’t buy the Xbox Live version of Lara Croft and the Guardian of Light but people just shouldn’t spend their money supporting half-finished software…I guess what I’m trying to say is don’t buy the game. Buy something better instead.
- Continue reading for sales figures from the week of July 31 and other stuff (all sales figures come from www.vgchartz.com)
Weekly Video Game Post–August 3, 2010
Weekly Video Game Podcast – August 2, 2010 <61 mins (55.8 MB)>
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- Jamie Gore and Chris Karpyszyn
- I almost had this podcast out on time
- Shorter than normal because there’s not much to talk about
- Remember all those Nintendo printing money jokes? Well, maybe they should have printed more and stuffed it under a mattress because they seemed to have lost their printing press
- We talk pirates and not the parrot-loving kind
- Continue reading for sales figures from the week of July 24 and other stuff (all sales figures come from www.vgchartz.com)
Weekly Video Game Post–July 26, 2010
Weekly Video Game Podcast – The Missing One <110 mins (91.5 MB)>
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Things have been very crazy for me the last couple of weeks. It seems like I haven’t been able to put much time into the site since E3 (although admittedly, I was so burned out with dealing with so much stupidity around the event that I was burned out on the whole Internet thing). In the last two weeks, I’ve written quite a bit of stuff on my way to and from work but haven’t had time to sit down and edit it. Likewise, Chris and I have gotten together to record several podcasts but I just haven’t had the time to work on the post-production stuff. So, not wanting our work to go to waste, I decided to post a “weekly” video game podcast so that people know that the site isn’t dead and that we have been working on some stuff. It’s basically two podcasts spliced into one as I removed some of the less interesting stuff and other stuff that we had talked about twice during both recordings.
There will be a podcast on Monday (we’re recording it in a couple of hours and I plan on editing it so that it’s available Monday evening). I also have a massive amount of reviews (both video game and film) that are coming up in the next couple of days. When I mean tons, I mean close to a dozen reviews up on the site by Wednesday. I’ll also begin the daily rants tomorrow (I’m putting the finishing touches up on one right now). For those that enjoy coming to my site but have been annoyed by the lack of posts, I apologize. However, I’m not going to post stuff because I feel I have to post stuff. I want to make sure that the work I’m putting into this site is a labour of love rather than just hard labour. I’m working on some projects for the site that will hopefully mean bigger and better things around this corner of cyberspace.
Two last quick notes: the video game newsletter will now be published on Wednesdays now (which makes things much easier for me if post-production of the podcast or editing of the newsletter goes awry) and Madness Brewing Live has moved to 8:30 eastern on Wednesdays but remains on the air at WRGT Radio
Continue reading for the game sales charts for the last two weeks (all sales figures comes from www.vgchartz.com) as well as the release lists for games at retail for the last two weeks.
Weekly Video Game Post – July 2, 2010
Weekly Video Game Podcast – July 1, 2010 <90 mins (82.8 MB)>
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It’s finally up. Despite my computer’s best attempts to delete all the audio files and my house’s attempt to drive me insane by losing power in the middle of post-production, I’ve finally managed to put together this week’s Video Game Podcast. Chris and I talk for nearly 90 minutes about video game sales, the future of the industry, OnLive, and other assorted nonsense. While downloading the podcast, continue reading below for the sales charts for the last four weeks (all data comes from VGChartz.com) as well as a list of the games that came out last week and this week (including trailers where available).
Weekly Video Game Newsletter–Vol. 3
Well, it took much longer than I anticipated but here’s the latest edition of the Weekly Video Game Newsletter. I should be back to having it as a weekly feature. I already have several things written for next week’s issue so it shouldn’t be a problem unless something comes up like it has the last couple of weeks.
Inside you’ll find a full review of the E3 conference that took place a few weeks ago. I also voice list the games to keep an eye out for. There are also several reviews and Hall of Fame write ups, a look at Rockstar games throughout the last couple of years, and an analysis of the first week of sales for the two biggest games of the year so far: Super Mario Galaxy 2 and Red Dead Redemption. It’s a whopping 20 pages so there’s plenty of material to feast on.
The Weekly Video Game Podcast will be up on Tuesday. I spent way too much time fighting with the columns to work in Microsoft Word for the newsletter. The podcast is looking to be around 90 minutes long and is very light on E3 nonsense. It’s definitely going to be good stuff.
The Weekly Movie Podcast will be up Tuesday night supported by three movie reviews (of movies that are still in theatres!!!).
Nintendo E3 2010 Recap Radio Show
Ubisoft and Day One E3 2010 Press Event Recap – 35 mins (16.0 MB)
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Zelda, Metroid, Kirby, Mario, Mickey Mouse, Goldeneye and DONKEY KONG!!! Yeah, Nintendo’s show was great. Oh, and then they closed the show with the Nintendo 3DS.
Oh…and
KID ICARUS!!!
Great show…or GREATEST SHOW???
I’ll be taking to the air live on WRGT Radio again to talk about the Nintendo event at around 2:10 PM eastern and we’ll go until around 2:45PM. You can call in at (262) 672-4263 or the Skype address gametalkradio. You can also send any questions you have to madnessbrewing@gmail.com and I can answer them on air.
Weekly Video Game Post – May 17, 2010
Weekly Video Game Podcast – May 17, 2010 <97 mins (88.4 MB)>
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Here’s the latest Weekly Video Game Podcast. The lists of sales and trailers for the new games will be up later. I’ve got to head out and go from my house which is in the middle of the island of Montreal and go from towards one end of the island and then backtrack toward the other end of the island. It’s going to be a long day but I’ll do what I can when I get back.
Also on the podcast is an interview with Matthew Doucette of Xona Games. If you’re into indie games or downloadable games in general, you need to listen to this podcast. Matthew also talks about their current game, Decimation X as well as their upcoming award-winning game, Duality ZF.
Check out the site for Xona Games as well as the site for Duality ZF. Also don’t forget to check out the Xbox Marketplace area for Decimation X.
