Guitar Hero

By jschommer@techdiversions.com (Derrick & Jennifer Schommer) This week's gaming podcast is all about energy, excitement and enough Warcraft news to make you want to throw up in your own mouth. However, we sugar coat it with lots of other news, great community comments and we're flashing back to Age of Empires while taking a little time to remember the m...

By jschommer@techdiversions.com (Derrick & Jennifer Schommer) This week we're taking a stroll down memory lane of Deus Ex, hitting up some information about Warren Spector and crashing through some good game news including: * New Guitar Hero Game a "best of" compilation. * Latest DLC for Fallout 3, not working so well. * New Linux based gaming console. * P...

By Richard Mitchell Music: Intro/Outro: "Electromooq" by Uma Floresta. "Now" by Longwave Radio. For fans: Xbox 360 Fancast Facebook groupContinue reading Xbox 360 Fancast 104 -- Who Watches the Fancasters? originally appeared on Joystiq Xbox on Mon, 16 Feb 2009 18:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of f...

By jschommer@techdiversions.com (Derrick & Jennifer Schommer) This weeks gaming podcast includes a bit about a popular gaming podcast: Link. We also touch on Mercs, in our gaming flashback and tackle a bunch of news articles: * EA Committed to taking risks in 2009 * Bethesda working on iPhone Game * Fallout 3 DLC Pushed back a month * Intel will design the...

By jschommer@techdiversions.com (Derrick & Jennifer Schommer) This weeks episode is a bit unique, we've changed up a bit of our format to see what people think of the fresh new style. If you like it or dislike it, please let us know. This week we flashback to the 1986 title Thrust on the BBC Micro and cover the history of Solid Snake. News for the week: * Voice Act...

By jschommer@techdiversions.com (Derrick & Jennifer Schommer) The latest gaming podcast covers a flashback of Asteroids, from 1979, reactions to the latest listener comments and open the archive of great mascots covering Ryu. This weeks news includes: * Guitar Hero III hits milestone * Microsoft shuts down Gamerscore blog * Violence has no effect o...

TalkXbox’s latest podcast is out! This episode revisits some games that we may not have given enough attention. Left4Dead, Guitar Hero: World Tour, LittleBigPlanet and Fallout 3 are all discussed. In addition to talking about those games, we also talk about Spike’s VGA awards and how imp...

By tips@infendo.com this week's outro music by Master Sword, runner-up in the Guitar Hero World Tour contest!] We finish off 2008 with the top ten Wii and DS games, favorite holiday memories, console gifts, game music, Tatsunoko vs Capcom, Virtual Boy Get, and video game traditions! Radio Feed iTunes Feed M...

By Joe Haygood Finally we look at some of the news from the last week, including the horror and abomination that is Grand Theft Auto IV on the PC, as well as some companies not paying their employees, games being patched against cheating and even watching Guitar Freaks get schooled again by Guitar Hero.

By jschommer@techdiversions.com (Derrick & Jennifer Schommer) This weeks gaming podcast covers two reviews, including LittleBigPlanet and Guitar Hero: World Tour. We also touch on a bit of retro NES history with ExciteBike. This weeks gaming news includes, Nintendo to release old games with new controls, Analysts negative on Electronic Arts, Sony...

By Jonathan Cresswell I also sat down with Dan Teasdale from Harmonix in a ten minute interview, where we cover the big picture with Rock Band 2’s EU release on all platforms, the latest update on Rock Band Japan, and the lack of European focussed tracks… as well as the finer details that anyone playing the game mi...

By jschommer@techdiversions.com (Derrick & Jennifer Schommer) Lots of great news in this weeks gaming podcast thanks to the holiday season approaching. We also take a retro style flashback to Space Invaders and talk about our attendance at the popcap launch party and a very light preview of our initial Guitar Hero World Tour impressions. This weeks new...

As the baseball-capped powerhouse behind Rage Against the Machine and Audioslave, Tom Morello is one of today’s most dynamic -- and most creative -- rock guitarists. In 2007, he launched a solo acoustic project called The Nightwatchman. But this summer, he popped up in the videogame “Gui...

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By Owen Good I realize this pours gas on the bad parenting flames of yesterday, but holy crow, I can't not show you this story. Yesterday reader tooji tipped me off to the story of Blake Peebles, a 16-year-old in Raleigh, N.C., whose parents have let him drop out of school so that he can focus on a professiona...

By jschommer@techdiversions.com (Derrick & Jennifer Schommer) Microsoft holds back bungie announcement, Wii leads in console sales, Guitar Hero World Tour works with Rock Band Drums and will Wii Sports Resort be good? We're wrapping up RPG history, talk a bit about Kaboom for the Atari 2600 and ask the question, is E3 dead? More listener comments and...

With Joe out of town this week Doctor Smith, Rachael, and Chuck talk about Guitar Hero:Aerosmith, Dungeon Runners, and Trauma Center:Under the Knife 2. There is a bit of static at the top of the recording but it clears up about a minute in.

By jschommer@techdiversions.com (Derrick & Jennifer Schommer) Microsoft comments on the chances they'll be first out the gate on the next console, Ubisoft caters to casual, Guitar Hero World Tour Rumors and Atari asks people to pull down negative reviews of their Alone in the Dark title. We take a look back at Baldurs Gate and a bit of history on RPG, part...

By Richard Mitchell In this, the 74th episode of the Xbox 360 Fancast, we discuss a great many things. There were a lot of leaks last week. Like, seriously, a lot, so we talk about those. And then there's Guitar Hero World Tour, of course, a new Halo 3 map, the EndWar beta leak and the continuing Tecmo melodrama. It was...

By jschommer@techdiversions.com (Derrick & Jennifer Schommer) Activision's Guitar Hero World Tour, ID leaves ESA, MGS4 isn't the last Metal Gear and the not-so-new TPM chip to stop all game piracy. A historic look back at The Beast Within: A Gabriel Knight Mystery and a little about Raymond E. Feist and gaming with a good story. This week we discuss GH Worl...

By jschommer@techdiversions.com (Derrick & Jennifer Schommer) Nintendo claims 975 million lost to global piracy, Nintendo Hypes Super Smash Bros. Brawl, Guitar Hero Aerosmith, Blu-Ray lands big exclusive with Wal-Mart. A look back at N.A.R.C for the Arcade and NES, we also take a look at The Famiclone. This week we ponder the idea of console DRM and losing o...

By jschommer@techdiversions.com (Derrick & Jennifer Schommer) Microsoft is giving away a free version of Undertow, but some folks already have it. Guitar Hero 3 will have Wii replacement disks in February if you wanna send yours in, the Wii helps Surgeons perform better and Activision is holding a guitar hero 3 party on LIVE! We also flashback to Spy Hun...

By Brian Ashcraft Activision honcho Robert Kotick is not a nerd. He has a totally cool nickname, "Bobby." And cool guys have a nickname like that. His company puts out cool games like Call of Duty 4 and Guitar Hero. Bobby recently told a room full of press:

By Richard Mitchell Rock Band gold, sold separately Word Puzzle and Switchball on XBLA Xbox 360 Family Timer confirmed Lost Planet: Colonies sequel on USK Guitar Hero on South Park (Assassin's commercial overload during South Park) Halo 3 matchmaking updates, bugs and maps Guitar Hero III shortages expe...

By jschommer@techdiversions.com (Derrick & Jennifer Schommer) Manhunt 2 under the microscope again, EA's CEO looks towards the future of gaming, Nintendo assists third party developers, Sony gains ground against Nintendo in Japan. This month in gaming we'll look at an Atari arcade classic. We also flash back to Midway Games and look at how they're doi...

By jschommer@techdiversions.com (Derrick & Jennifer Schommer) Bioshock has patches for everyone but causes some new issues too. Guitar Hero III for the Wii has online play out-of-the-box, Take-Two leaves accessories behind, Michael Prachter opens his noise hole about PS3 pricing again. We cover a company called Japan Capsule Computers, aka, Capco...

News Toei Strikes Deal With NEC For Online Anime Service in Japan Guitar Hero III Wii controller revealed.   Google Earth now has built-in flight simulator. First Rebuild of Evangelion Movie Premiers in Japan. Second Season of Gunslinger Girls announced.  

By jschommer@techdiversions.com (Derrick & Jennifer Schommer) Gears of War's map pack gets free, Haze becomes a PS3 exclusive, retro studios takes time off from Metroid while Guitar Hero 3 is going to rock the Wii the best. This month in gaming isn't a game at all, it's an episode. A fully fleshed out Call of Duty 4 review on the beta test. We ask the question, d...

By nelson@achievementjunkie.com (Nelson and Natalie) This is a mashup of all the daily episodes we’ve recorded so far this week. Some of what we talked about was: Mass Effect may leave you hanging this summer. Microsoft half-denied a Halo 3 - 1080P rumor. A big GTA IV leak was called out as a hoax and a new rumor emerged about a female playable charact...

By jschommer@techdiversions.com (Derrick & Jennifer Schommer) Steam hacked? A hacker decides to blackmail Vale, Lost to become a video game, Football/Soccer MMO, Guitar Hero 2 patch issues and other news. Also, we'll take a look at the original Top Gear for the SNES and a look back into the history of Electronic Arts. A short review of the Nyko Charge Stat...

By nelson@achievementjunkie.com (Nelson and Natalie) People are steaming about Guitar Hero II downloadable content. The Gears of War patch and the new Annex mode are a mixed bag. The spring dashboard update for the 360 is just a few weeks away. Are your thumbs ready? This week you tell us if 1,000 points per game is achievable, or even desirable and...

By jschommer@techdiversions.com (Derrick & Jennifer Schommer) Xbox Live growing pains, Guitar Hero 3 mono problem closer to being solved, Mad Katz to make Rock Band peripherals and Nintendo Wii getting kiosk ability for DS demos. We're looking at a game which had some cool creatures in it, including ostrich-riding skeleton warriors and we'll take a l...

By support@gamespot.com This week's major stories include Guitar Hero 2, Xbox 360 games at Burger King, and Starforce getting jilted by Ubisoft. We also cover tons of e-mails and phone calls in another hour-long edition of The HotSpot!