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Weekend Confirmed Episode 54
by Garnett Lee, Apr 01, 2011 11:00am PDTIn town on recon for his upcoming relocation to the land of TMZ, palm trees, and convertible sports cars, Xav joins the Jeffs and Garnett for this week's show. With more 3DS games like Ghost Recon: Shadow Wars and Super Street Fighter, plus Shift 2, WWE All Stars, Sword and Sworcery, and more, Whatcha Been Playin? spills over well into the third segment. There's still time for a little discussion in the Warning before moving on to the videogame news of the week. Mortal Kombat and the upcoming Xbox LIVE spring update lead the headlines on the Front Page. Things get a little undone but end strong with Finishing Moves.
Weekend Confirmed Ep. 54: 04/01/2011
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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: 00:30:21
- Whatcha' Been Playin Part 2: Start: 00:32:06 End: 01:00:43
- The Warning: Start: 01:01:49 End: 01:34:58
- Featured Music "The Sun Over Tokyo" by Audio-ology.: 01:34:58 End: 01:38:33
- Front Page news: Start: 01:38:33 End: 02:19:41
AUDIO-OLOGY (n): an original, self-produced music group who combines, live hip-hop and rock into one groundbreaking package, featuring Detroit native Chaz Logan and Louisiana-born Zach Goyne; also a treatment and cure for what ails the music industry.
Audio-ology is the resulting musical mash-up, combining both Chaz and Zach’s roots in the church, with a love of both hip-hop and rock, a blend of backgrounds that results in the perfect post-Obama melting pot. The two met shortly after Zach arrived in L.A., just three days after Hurricane Katrina. Chaz usually comes up with the beats and music, while Zach writes most of the lyrics and collaborates on the melodies.
For more information, including news on their forthcoming debut EP on Eklektic Entertainment, visit the Audio-ology official site. They can also be followed on Facebook and Twitter.
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Comments
I really think it's over due for you to try out some Move games, be it Sports Champions, echochrome ii (which is fantastic), Killzone 3, Socom 4, Start the Party, or Tumble. There is a vast amount of Move software out there that is very very good, yet not one person on the Podcast is willing to talk about it / try it (outside of Jeff occasionally, maybe?). It's just upsetting to hear this ham fisted garbage about Kinect selling well and having Dance Central, when we know two things.
1) It is selling well because stand alone systems are VASTLY undershipped in comparison to Kinect Bundled Units.
2) Dance Central is and has been the only piece of stand out software available for Kinect. There is no other core software.
Also, I'll say it again: I still think Child of Eden would be a cooler experience with Move, and it's a shame that for whatever reason, that isn't happening. I'd like to believe it's because of contract negotiations and advertising partnerships, but we'll never know.
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Kinect Adventures is fun, but it's not something I come back to very often. I'll be honest, I haven't tried Kinectimals, so I can't comment there.
That said, I do work in retail, and our system logs show that in the last 90 days we've received 167 Kinect Bundles (both Arcade and 250GB). In comparison, we've received 51 Stand alone units. That's a pretty big gap, I believe.
I just find it disingenuous to talk about Kinect as though it's proven itself as a system, when it's clearly surviving off of the same market that the Wii did early on (and still does, to an extent). Most of the folks will just buy anything they can (which includes a lot of shovel ware) and the existence of standout software isn't necessarily common place.
For all of the things Garnett says he likes again and again, I'm just pretty amazed that he's really given no attention to some of the unique and interesting games on the Move Platform. echochrome ii seems like it would be right up his alley, as does Tumble (which is a fantastic drinking party game, right up Garnetts alley!).
Either way, I just thought I'd bring it up in the hopes that they'll one day keep true on their promise and play / try some of the games, instead of just forgetting it exists entirely.
Also, I don't think a game needs to be made specifically for move in order to "count". If that were the case, then Child of Eden most certainly isn't a "Kinect" game, since it also supports the standard controller, likewise on the PS3.
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