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Weekend Confirmed Episode 50
by Garnett Lee, Mar 04, 2011 12:00pm PSTFrom the Game Developers Conference in San Francisco, the stars aligned perfectly for a tremendous 50th episode. Legendary podcast alumnus John Davison and Mark MacDonald return to the show along with Shacknews editor Xav de Matos and Q-Games producer Ariel Angelotti. Iwata's keynote provides the starting point for the conversation, which then quickly turns to the long lineup of games seen at and around the show. Some of the big titles include Batman: Arkham City, Battlefield 3, SOCOM 4, Brink, Guild Wars 2, PixelJunk Shooter 2, and many more. It's definitely a "must-have" show.
Weekend Confirmed Ep. 50: 03/04/2011
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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:
- GDC Special Part 1: Start: 00:00:00 End: 00:31:55
- GDC Special Part 2: 00:32:42 End: 01:03:59
- GDC Special Part 3: Start: 01:04:56 End: 01:39:55
- Featured Music "Hiyah" by Knights Errant: 01:37:32 End: 01:39:58
- GDC Special Part 4: Start: 01:39:58 End: 02:17:39
Knights Errant serve up their track "Hiyah" in this week's Featured Music spot. The band consists of Ben Jendras, Conor Ryan, and Jerry Willoughby from Chicago. They have been playing together since the early years of traumatizing adolescence, and like their name sake, struck out to create some noise of their own, disregarding the constraints of genre/style, not caring as long as it rocked. Catch up with them on Facebook and MySpace.
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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There are a bunch of possible reasons, but my friend suggested that part of the reason was the growing popularity of MMA. In the same way that the popularity of modding culture in the early 2000s causes a boost to the racing genre (specifically NFS), the whole idea of fighting and martial arts is gaining popularity. Even games with only tangential relation are benefiting from a halo effect.
These people may not need a yearly update for the UFC game, as the disappointing sales of UFC 2010 showed, but they might love UFC 2009...and think that Street Fighter looks cool too. Mix with a bit of nostalgia, and you have a genre that could possibly be back on the rise.
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