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- Hatchet Job #21 - Game Design Courses & Industry Relevance
INTERVIEW: Our guest 'Messiac' is a games development lecturer. He talks to Someguy, a recruiter for the games industry, about games design courses, their relevance to the industry and what their graduates can realistically expect. With: Danjo, Someguy, SouldaddyMusic: 'I like it like That (s.thaens)' by Stefsax31 min. chat / 4 min. music 16.5 MB
36 min - Hatchet Job #20 - FarCry 2 ReviewWe review FarCry2 for the Xbox 360, chat about it in relation to Halo 3's A.I. and its importance to the games industry in terms of user-created content.Guests: Danjo, Messiac, Someguy, SoulMusic: 'Ophelia's Song (DNA Remix)' by DNA24 min. chat / 4 min. music 12.9 MB Email Us28 min
- Hatchet Job #19 - Fable II ReviewWe review Fable 2 and discuss whether it's the standard by which all other RPGs should now be measured.Guests: Danjo, Messiac, Someguy, SouldaddyMusic: 'Shadow Games (Radio Mix)' by Loveshadow23 min. chat / 5 min. music 11.6MB Email us29 min
- Hatchet Job #18 - Dead Space, Resistance 2 & Impact Bias
We review Dead Space 2, hear about the Resistance 2 beta and chat about 'impact bias' and why your brain might trick you into getting overexcited about new games. (Find out more at http://tinyurl.com/6f4rlp)Guests: Games development lecturer Messiac, Soul, Danjo and SOmeguy. Music: The theme to 'Love' by Ian Dorsch18 min. chat / 3 min. music 9.57 MB Email us
21 min - Hatchet Job #17 - Design For Core Or Casual?We discuss - vigorously - Peter Molyneux's view of the game's industry internal divide between hardcore and casual gamers. Is this viewpoint damaging for the industry and for 'hardcore' games? (This show was inspired by a Kotaku article and a shot of Peter M. holding an invisible baby.) Guests: Danjo, Someguy, SoulMusic: 'Short Fuses Burn Long Bridges (bill berry mix)' [sic] by William Berry25 min. chat / 7 min. music. 14.9MB Email us32 min
- Hatchet Job #16 - Saints Row 2, Call of Duty 5 & End WarWe chat about playing the Call of Duty 5 beta, the Tom Clancy's End War demo and Saints Row 2.Guests: Danjo, Someguy, Soul.Music: Black is the Night remixed by Scott Altham20 min. chat / 6 min. music 11.7 MB Email us26 min
- Hatchet Job # 15 - Stuck In Or Stood Back? Which Gamer Are You?Why do some gamers like to be part of the action and why do some prefer to stand back and direct the action? What differentiates an RTS and FPS player?Guests: Danjo Olivaw, Souldaddy. Music: '2025', DoKashiteru.25 min. chat / 4 min. music 13.6MB Email us30 min
- Hatchet Job #14 - Films Sets & Game SettingsIn this episode we discuss whether a game, in terms of its 3D setting, can progress a story better than a book or film.Unusually, we had audio problems with this episode so sometimes our voices cut out and there's a rather abrupt ending, which was highly annoying. Music is 'Certain Death (Still Alive Remix)' by Blackberry18 mins. chat / 7 mins. music. 11MB Email us25 min
- Hatchet Job # 13 - Rock Band 2, Little Big Planet & Contemporary DanceWe chat about what we've been up to this week, including Rock Band 2, Sid Meier's Colonization, playing the joy that is Little Big Planet and being confused by contemporary dance.Music is 'Star Guide' by Tryad.20 min. chat, 3 min. music. 10.5MB Email us24 min
- Hatchet Job #12 - Do Games Need 'Blank Slate' Characters?Do games need protagonists with undefined histories for players to immerse themselves?Guests: Souldaddy, SomeguyMusic: 'This is our music (Thruewiddit mix)' by Duckett26 min. chat, 3 min. music. Some swearing. Email us30 min
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