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Weekly Video Game Newsletter–Issue 6
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The latest edition of the Weekly Video Game Newsletter is finally up.
In this Issue:
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Video Game Sales Recap for December 17th, 2011
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Year in Review: Q1 Recap
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Review of Microsoft, Nintendo, and Sony for 2011
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Adventure Island (NES) Review
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Centipede (Arcade) Review
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Decimation X (Xbox Live Indie Game) Review
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Donkey Kong Country (SNES) Review
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Space Invaders (Arcade) Review
From now on, game reviews will appear in the newsletters first and then eventually be published on the website. Reviews will start appearing on the site again starting on New Year’s Day.
The next issue will be published on Saturday, December 31st, 2011. In that issue, this site’s games of the year list will be published. That list will appear on the site on Sunday, January 1st, 2012 (as per tradition).
PLEASE NOTE: There was an error with the review score for Donkey Kong Country. As much as I love the game, I cannot give the game the full five-star treatment for some of the issues associated with the game (the biggest one being that trying to complete the game 102% is next to impossible unless you get help from an outside source or have hours to kill to test every pit and make blind leap-of-faith jumps). The score should have been four stars. I’m sorry for any inconvenience that this may have caused. Don’t worry though, there is a five-star video game review coming up soon. Because of linking issues, I will not be making a change in the newsletter during the short term but when I eventually make a page on the site just for the newsletters, I’ll change the review score in the newsletter when I archive the newsletter there.
Weekly Video Game Post – July 10, 2011
Weekly Video Game Podcast – July 10, 2011 <40 mins (18.8 MB)>
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- Jamie Gore and Chris Karpyszyn
- Slow news week so Chris decides to kill all chance for him to get a job in the games industry
- We talk about E3 for the last time this year (hopefully)
- Continue reading for sales figures from the week of June 25th and other stuff (all sales figures come from www.vgchartz.com)
E3 2011 Recap Podcasts
E3 2011 – Day 1 Recap (Microsoft, EA, Ubisoft, Sony) <80 mins – 74.8 MB>
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E3 2011 – Day 2 Recap (Nintendo) <26 mins – 12.4 MB>
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Better late than never some might say but these podcasts are disgustingly late. Hopefully these will be the last items to ever be massively delayed on this site again. There will be a bunch of new content popping up on the site this weekend as the site once again returns to normal. Starting today, all the normal features are back and there will be daily updates (mostly) on a regular basis everyday.
I finally got my new audio equipment in so the podcast quality starting with the Day 2 Recap should be much better (at least when it’s me on the mic.). I re-recorded the Day 2 Recap so I could try out the new equipment. I still have some tinkering to do but it still sounds great. In fact, the quality is so good that I was able to finalize the recording at 64kbps instead of 128 to save on space and there doesn’t seem to be any degradation of quality. If you notice any problems or have some suggestions on how I can improve the audio, please leave me a comment below or send me an e-mail at jgore@madnessbrewing.com
Thanks again to Chris Karpyszyn and Steve Wood for helping out with the Day 1 recap. If you’re interested in Chris’s ramblings, head over to his site at www.chriskarypszyn.com.
Weekly Video Game Post–August 30, 2010
Weekly Video Game Podcast – August 30, 2010 <53 mins (48.4 MB)>
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- Jamie Gore and Steve Wood
- Not much to talk about so I talk about why there was nothing happening on the site last week
- At least this week looks to be better as this podcast is out on time (for a change).
- Kane & Lynch 2 didn’t do so well. Only one person that I know of is surprised.
- I’m not expecting big things for Metroid: Other M either.
- Continue reading for sales figures from the week of August 21 and other stuff (all sales figures come from www.vgchartz.com)
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!!!).
Electronic Arts Recap Radio Show
Electronic Arts E3 2010 Press Event Recap – 36 mins (16.7 MB)
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E3 hasn’t officially started yet so I guess you can’t say its a failure just yet. However, on the heels of the lame Microsoft show we were served a slightly better but still lame EA show. At least EA showed some stuff off that people hadn’t heard of before (like Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit). However, they regurgitated a bunch of franchises that we weren’t begging to see again (like Need for Speed).
Later tonight, I’ll be taking to the air live on WRGT Radio again to talk about the Ubisoft event at around 9:30 PM eastern and we’ll go for about 45 mins. 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.
Madness Brewing Live – June 9, 2010
Madness Brewing Live – June 9, 2010 <120 mins (55.3 MB)>
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Moments after the show ended tonight I received a bunch of compliments and people wanted the MP3 file of the show. Show here’s the unedited version of the show for everyone to enjoy. Chris and I had a lot of fun doing the show where we just rambled on about how great and crappy Super Mario Galaxy 2 is, how we think Natal will be a bust, how great the Move can be, and the potentially awesome games that might come from Nintendo for the 3DS (but will most likely never show up because they never support their handhelds with a major launch title so we’ll most likely see a port of Super Mario Sunshine).
I get distracted by a menu for Marco’s Restaurant in St. Laurent and we reminisce over another Marco’s Restaurant that had existed in Ste. Anne’s (the two restaurants have nothing to do with one another other than having the same name). We also get a bit distracted by the Chicago Blackhawks winning the Stanley Cup. However, for the most part, we’re on top of our game for the entire two hours.
Just be warned though…this show is uncensored. Chris does have a bit of a potty mouth. Listener discretion is advised.
Towards the end of the show, I talk about the revised schedule. There will be both a video game podcast and a movie podcast up tomorrow (Thursday). I’m going to try to finish the video game newsletter for tomorrow but I’m not 100% confident I can do that. There will be a movie newsletter up on Friday. So two newsletters and two podcasts up in the next 48 hours. Plus tons of reviews and other assorted nonsense.
One last thing, the site will be receiving a design overhaul. It will be something similar to how the site used to look before I moved over to WordPress. It may feel a bit awkward at first since the sidebar will be moving from the right side of the screen to the left but I think most people will enjoy the new look of the sit. If not, I promise to give you a full refund to whatever you’re paying me to look at my site.
Weekly Video Game Post – March 10-13, 2010
Weekly Video Game Podcast – Mar. 10, 2010 <75 mins (68.6 MB)>
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- Jamie Gore and Chris Karpyszyn
- Thanks to Chris’s mic doing its best Barry White impression and other assorted wackiness, the podcast is a bit late.
- Lots of news though. Although none of it seems worthwhile. The moral of the story was GDC was a waste of everyone’s time.
- Let me put it this way…I was holding back when I said how upset I was about the PSN crap that has been coming out for the PSP. I’m still anticipating angry e-mails from ticked off Sony fanboys.
- All our sales data comes from www.vgchartz.com
- Continue reading for all the release dates and expanded sales figure
