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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
You hear a great deal of concern about $60 games and how our hobby is becoming too expensive for too little value, so I thought this information might be of interest.
The average 1996 PS1 game would cost you $50, which in 2011 dollars would be $69.
1996 minimum wage was $4.75 which means it would take you roughly 14 hours or work w/o taxes taken out to buy a single PS1 title.
A 2011 average 360/PS3 title is $60 which would be about $43 in 1996---a real steal for a game of that time considering a PS1 title was $50 and a N64 game would be possibly $60.
2009 minimum wage is $7.25 which means it takes roughly 8-9 hours to earn one 360/PS3 game w/o taxes taken into consideration.
That's 5-6 hours less than your 1996 ancestors! So rejoice 2011 gamers, your hobby is significantly cheaper than it was when we were younger and don't get me started on how much it cost to be an Atari gamer.
---Facts courtesy of Consumer Price Index/U.S. Department of Labor
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That said, I think that gaming would reach a broader audience if the MSRP of games was lower, cause more people would be willing to hop off the fence and give different experiences a try.
I mean, I don't really dig horror movies that much, but at $20 a pop, I'll pick up a DVD for a horror movie I've heard good things about simply because 'wasting' $20 isn't a huge loss.
On the flip side, if I'm not a fan of FPS games, even the most outlandish amounts of praise still might not be enough for me to put down the movie for the game (let alone the console needed to play it).
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