ShackCast 24: Duke Nukem Forever, C&C Tiberium

I like this podcast. I'm looking for more gaming podcasts and this is probably my 2nd favorite at the moment.

When I listen to the podcast I feel like Remo is trying very hard to run the podcast, to a point where he doesn't sometimes comes off as a jerk. When (i forgot who) was talking about his first memory and Remo responds with "What the hell does that have to do with gaming?" He really should had listened to what the topic was and then he wouldn't had asked, but then coming in like that just sounded like a ass.

Remo used to say "moving on" way to much, the pacing of topics has become more organic. That being said the rest of the crew seems pretty aloof at times, like they got dragged into a monday morning status meeting.

It sounds bad, i really do like the podcast. I hope this criticism doesn't discourage you but helps improve the show.

Anyone else notice how the new guy looks like Bruce Willis!?

Yippee kye ayy

ALSO, DEMO's you played for a long time?

For me: Rainbow six 3:Raven Shield.

what about you shackers?

I highly enjoyed the Duke Nukem discussions and encourage more of this in future ShackCasts.

Also Remo, your Pikmin dream will probably come true.
http://wii.ign.com/articles/804/804262p1.html

Something about your XML file is messed up; Rhythmbox refuses to add it. Making a local copy and removing all the whitespace at the beginning of the file fixed it; maybe the same will work for iTunes?

I think you guys are overstating the Crysis sales. Not sure if you've kept up with the real numbers but the close to 90K units they sold with just two weeks on store shelves is pretty good. With a week and a half Bioshock sold 77K units and Bioshock while a demanding game is no where near as tough as Crysis.

Not to mention, this is still the #2 selling game on the PC. One area where the PC benefits a lot I believe is that publishers don't have to pay a certain amount to publish the game, right? Unlike the 360 or other normal consoles where Nintendo or Microsoft or whoever gets $10-15 per game sold?

Here are the top 20 selling games for those interested.

1. Call Of Duty 4: Modern Warfare - Activision - $49
2. Crysis - Electronic Arts - $47
3. The Orange Box - Electronic Arts - $37
4. The Sims 2 Teen Style Stuff Expansion Pack - Electronic Arts - $18
5. World Of Warcraft - Vivendi - $18
6. Hellgate: London - Electronic Arts - $49
7. The Sims 2 Bon Voyage Expansion Pack - Electronic Arts - $30
8. Final Fantasy XI: Wings Of The Goddess Expansion Pack - Square Enix, Inc. - $30
9. World Of Warcraft: Burning Crusade Expansion Pack - Vivendi - $32
10. Sim City 4 Deluxe - Electronic Arts - $19
11. Sim City 5: Societies - Electronic Arts - $49
12. World Of Warcraft: Battle Chest - Vivendi - $38
13. Call Of Duty 4: Modern Warfare Collectors Ed - Activision - $60
14. The Sims 2 Deluxe - Electronic Arts - $33
15. Nancy Drew: Legend Of The Crystal Skull - Her Interactive - $20
16. Unreal Tournament 3 - Midway - $50
17. 15000 Games - Viva Media - $10
18. Paws & Claws Pet School - Valusoft (THQ) - $15
19. Puppy/Kitty/Pony Luv Pack - Activision - $20
20. Diner Dash JC - Cosmi - $10

is anyone else annoyed with the tendency to try to make MMOs out of things that have no business being them? STALKER and hellgate come to mind. Imagine if instead of the whole MMORPG thing they'd simply made a good single player game. At least STALKER is a good game

1. Dark Forces 5: Jedi Knight 4: Jedi Outcast 3: Jedi Academy 2: Jedi Animal House

2. I agree that Crysis has a better potential for long-term sales; eventually the gamers who are holding out due to system specs will just go buy it and turn down the settings until the next hardware refresh. It makes me think, though: how were the sales of FarCry running from its release through summer 2004 and fall 2004? That's probably an indicator of how Crysis might do in sales. UT3, on the other hand, is doomed; poisoned from the lackluster demo, the GameSpy lock-in, and the impression that the game was developed for PS3, then ported to PC (or, if not the entire game, at least the UI).

Booo! Renegade was a great MP game.

Any chance we'll be hearing the last of the 5 contest songs from Remo within the coming podcasts? :)

As the guy who accused you of being too negative a few podcasts ago the first 15 minutes of this were hilarious. Shackcast 24: everything sucks.

In all seriousness the last few podcasts have been great and I'm making time to listen to the shackcast when I can't find time to listening to any podcasts lately.

i thought the orange box on the 360 debuted no.1 or top five at least.

During your MMO/RPG talk, Why absolutely no mention of SAVAGE? It baffled me.

I feel bad for Crysis, too. It deserves better sales :(

Such a great game. I still think that it would sell much better if it was on Steam, ala Call of Duty 4.

It doesn't appear to be updating on iTunes

Trackmania United = my casual game of the year. Make sure you play online, if you're short on time, then just play online and forget single player in my opinion. Oh, play with a controller if you've got one.

Jesus Christ, Remo says Pikmin so many times in this podcast. I hope someone is really shit faced right now.

This discussion about zoey101 is hilarious haha

I loved the comment from the guy who recalled playing super mario at a friends trailer. My first memory of playing a video game was when my mom brought me with her to visit the landlord in her trailer, and her son had a Nintendo. While we were walking back to our trailer, I couldn't stop telling my mom how much I loved it. A couple years later, I got a Nintendo for my birthday.

No special ShackCast Christmas song?? Booooooo!

Hurray! Today's been so slow. Now I'll have something to listen to tonight at work when everybody leaves <3