Weekend Confirmed Episode 52

by Garnett Lee, Mar 18, 2011 11:00am PDT

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Weekend Confirmed celebrates our one year anniversary in style with your help, great games, and special guest James Stevenson, senior community manager for Insomniac Games. He joins the two Jeffs and Garnett for a massive show that wastes no time getting started in Whatcha' Been Playin? with games like Dragon Age 2, Homefront, Ghost of Sparta, and Tera to name a few. The Warning this week comes entirely from listener submitted questions and topics and it fuels some spirited discussions. And the news in the Front Page covers info on the impact of the Tohoku earthquake on the video game industry, February NPD sales figures, a couple of game announcements, and more.

Weekend Confirmed Ep. 52: 03/18/2011

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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:

Whatcha' Been Playin Part 1: Start: 00:00:00 End: 00:32:55
Whatcha' Been Playin Part 2: Start: 00:33:40 End: 01:04:54
The Warning: Start: 01:06:00 End: 01:41:58
Featured Music "Disconnected" by Living Illusion: 01:41:58 End: 01:45:10
Front Page news: Start: 01:45:10 End: 02:25:18

Living Illusion is an independent rock band hailing from Edmonton Alberta Canada (also the home of BioWare). The song "Disconnected - (Kenton Thomas Splice)" is a remixed track off their new album "Suffering". Both versions of the song and the full album are now available on iTunes. For more from Living Illusion check out their official site, myspace, youtube, 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!

Remember to join the Official Facebook Weekend Confirmed Page and add us to your Facebook routine. We'll be keeping you up with the latest on the show there as well.

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So, I just listened to the part of the show where Garnett said he is sick of people "slagging" the music breaks. Unless there were posts on Neogaf, then he must have been talking about my post and the posts in response, all of which were extremely positive about the show and none that went much farther than "I don't like the music break.

Now, I know he was into the sauce a bit, but I have to admit that I am more than a bit annoyed at how childish he acted, especially when I took the time to offer up a compromise (playing 30 seconds of the song at the break then the rest at the end of the show).

If I wanted to slag the music breaks I would talk about how generic the song are, or how tenuous the connection to the shows community is, or how unbearable the song choice is... But I won't do that.

All I will ask is this; Garnett, how would you feel if a developer you loved had something a large segment of their community, including you, despised, yet they kept returning to anyway?

Mar 20, 2011 3:07pm PDT

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So, I just listened to the part of the show where Garnett said he is sick of people "slagging" the music ... : Videosta
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  I remember a few posts from others that commented on the music breaks, but I also remember some that flat... : ImprobableJ
  - Oh, well fuck those people. I only think the 'user' submissions are a dud and take too much time. Del sho... : Videosta
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  Guilty as charged. I got a little riled up. Wasn't addressing you individually, though, Videosta. Sorr... : Garnett Lee
  - No problem! I totally see why you want to include the breaks, but at times they break the flow right when... : Videosta
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  I've actually been quite happy with the music selections. Not all my types of music, but none of them ... : MHSilver
  - Ears of steel. ;p : Monkey0111
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  I'm still waiting to figure out where I can get that new ending DelReo track. : RedSwirl
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    You can buy here http://itunes.apple.com/us/album/cant-stop-my-shine-feat-x2/id417086177?i=417086306 or h... : delrioproductions
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      Del, I'm sorry if my post had some criticize you. Thanks for all your work on the show. : Videosta
      
      All good, people are entitled to their own opinion and taste in music and I know not everybody is going t... : delrioproductions
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  You make a good point. I actually like the music breaks in concept at least as I can't say I am into every song that is played. I do love music and it is a big part of what I enjoy in and around gaming. However, if I am in the minority, I guess I must accept the will of the masses. I will just pause the podcast and make my own music breaks : )
  
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  You make a good point. I actually like the music breaks in concept at least as I can't say I am into eve... : jfran8

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