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Weekend Confirmed Episode 34
by Garnett Lee, Nov 12, 2010 8:00pm PSTCall of Duty: Black Ops dropped this week and we've been playing it along with, oh, a few million other folks around the Net. It hoards the spotlight in Whatcha Been Playin? and fair warning, there are some spoilers in the discussion but with a clear disclaimer beforehand. Battlefield Play4Free and the Vietnam DLC for Bad Company 2 also come up as shooters rule this week's show. In the Warning your counter-points to the idea floated last week of 2-3 hour games get us started and we also open the question of how susceptible to fatigue Call of Duty looks to be? News of Rock Band developer Harmonix hitting the sales block, a handful of new game announcements, and more wrap it all up in the Front Page.
Weekend Confirmed Ep. 34 - 11/12/2010
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Weekend Confirmed comes in four segments to make it easy to listen to in segments or all at once. Here's the timing for this week's episode:
Whatcha' Been Playin: Start: 00:00:00 End: 00:30:10
Whatcha' Been Playin and Cannata-ford a New Game: Start: 00:31:14 End: 01:04:29
The Warning: Start: 01:05:34 End: 01:37:29
Music Break featuring "Line 'em Up": 01:37:29 End: 01:40:40
The Front Page: Start: 01:40:40 End: 02:05:20
NFL 'Tailgate': Start: 02:06:20 End: 02:16:10
Music Break this week features "Line 'em Up" by Final Gravity. This track is from their "4 Pack" EP available on iTunes and CDBaby. For more from them check out the official Final Gravity site. And if you're in the LA area, Final Gravity will be opening for rock guitarist Gary Hoey (who, if you don't know the name, shreds) at the Brixton on the Redondo Beach Pier, Thursday, December 16 at 9pm.
Original music in the show by Del Rio. Get his latest single, Small Town Hero on iTunes. Check out more, including the Super Mega Worm mix and other mash-ups on his ReverbNation page or Facebook page.
Jeff can also be seen on The Totally Rad Show. They've gone daily so there's a new segment to watch every day of the week!
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Comments
Rather than trying to cut deal with consumers to license games such that they do not include a resale right, THQ is going to attempt to undercut the retailers by selling a $40 base game, and then allowing add-ons where "You can wind up paying more than $60 or less than $60." [from IGN interview]
I suppose that then, the base game could be sold used for $35 or something, but all of the content will be digitally owned, and certainly attached to a non-saleable account.
My reaction? I don't like it. This will put a big incentive on companies doing this to price the *really good stuff* so that you'll have to spend a lot more than $60 to get a full game. I've seen this in things like collectible card games and such... "sure, you can play, but if you want to WIN, then give us another $200 for this quarter's new overpowered cards".
I would prefer to get a full game, that cannot be resold, for $60... I guess that is too much to ask these days!
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