Weekend Confirmed 92 - Holiday Special
by Garnett Lee, Dec 23, 2011 11:00am PSTJoin us as for our Weekend Confirmed holiday special as we head into this long weekend. Insomniac's James Stevenson and game developer Ariel Angelotti join Xav, Jeff, and Garnett for the festivities. Many of you shared stories of your videogame memories from the season which we enjoy retelling with you throughout the show. We also get to talk about some of the games we've been playing like Alan Wake American Nightmare and Star Wars the Old Republic. There's even a little news as we check in on the release of the PlayStation Vita in Japan and the big Steam sale's contest that will see one lucky gamer win the entire catalog on the service. We even remember to get in finishing moves and our end of the season football tailgate.
Weekend Confirmed Ep. 92: 12/23/2011
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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:
Show Breakdown:
Round 1 00:00:00 to 00:31:42
Whatcha Been Playing Part 1 00:32:16 to 00:57:58
Whatcha Been Playing Part 2 00:59:00 to 01:27:15
Listener Feedback/Front Page News 01:28:23 to 01:59:55
NFL Tailgate 02:00:39 to 02:09:00
Original music in the show by Del Rio. Get his latest Album, The Wait is Over on iTunes. Check out more, including the Super Mega Worm mix and other mash-ups on his ReverbNation page or Facebook page, and follow him on twitter delriomusic.
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Comments
2005 - The year of the overlooked and/or forgotten gem.
2005 was the transition year. The hype for the Xbox 360, the recent release of the Nintendo DS both overshadowed great games on the GBA and previous generation of consoles. Despite this, it was a year when complete comfort with the platforms and a huge userbase to work with allowed developers and publishers to try out some truly weird, cool ideas.
This is the reason I'm more than willing to wait for the next generation. We haven't reached the point where developers feel comfortable enough to try new things. Speeding into the next generation, starting from scratch with a new userbase, new hardware, and higher costs will only make new ideas HARDER to come by. Let's wait until we see some more weird ideas and polished gems like:
Advent Rising
Call of Cthulhu: Dark Corners of the Earth
Conker: Live and Reloaded
Darkwatch
Darwinia
Destroy All Humans
Digital Devil Saga
Full Spectrum Warrior
Gauntlet: Seven Sorrows
Gun
Gunstar Super Heroes
Haunting Ground
The Incredible Hulk: Ultimate Destruction
Indigo Prophecy
Jade Empire
Killer7
Kingdom Under Fire
Kirby Canvas Curse
Mercenaries
Mortal Kombat: Shaolin Monks
Oddworld: Stranger's Wrath
Phantom Dust
Project: Snowblind
Psi-Ops: The Mindgate Conspiracy
Psychonauts
The Punisher
Rise of the Kasai
Second Sight
Shadow of Rome
Sly 3: Honor Among Thieves
Stubbs the Zombie: Rebel without a Pulse
SWAT 4
Total Overdose: A Gunslinger's Tale in Mexico
Unreal Championship 2
The Warriors
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