Instagib! Podcast

Giblet #2 is here

Top gaming story/news

Confessions of a game hacker

http://kotaku.com/5948617/confessions-of-a-teenage-xbox-hacker

Reviews & Rants

Just a Taste: Preview of full episode to come Oct 15.

World of Warcraft and its expansions

Sandviches! (10/1/2012)

Welcome

This week we'll cover the news, Quake 3, Team Fortress 2, and answer some listener questions!  Stay tuned.

OH, and Aidan is back!!!

Show updates

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News

Natural Selection 2...a team of 7 building a AAA title

Quest for Glory creators getting back into the business to make Hero-U (5 game series) http://www.hero-u.net/leaders/

Game of the week:  Quake 3

Modern Game of the week: Team Fortress 2

Questions

Closing

Gib-let #1: Pandaria

Top gaming story/news

Mists of Pandaria Release! 9/25

Reviews & Rants

Just a Taste: Preview of full episode to come Oct 1.

TF2 & Quake 3

50 DKP Minus (fails of the week)

Random: Anything else

96.5% More Wub Wub

Guest Host: Troy + Kate

Welcome

Show updates

News

Steam TV Beta & Wii U

Game of the week:  Borderlands 2 - release 9/18/2012

Closing

Sorry for the delay in releasing...we had some epic off-topic-ness.

Date - August 19th, 2012

Episode #14 of the Instagib! Podcast

My name is Jason Thomas and I'm joined, as always, by the perpetual player 2, Aidan.

Guest host - Justin from NZ!

We’ve got some great stuff for you this week, including Spartan soldiers, warthog hit & runs, and of course the Master Chief himself.

Multiplayer Game News

Gamescom highlights http://www.gamespot.com/events/gamescom-2012/

Mists of Pandaria cinematic trailer released at Gamescom in Germanyhttp://www.mmo-champion.com/content/2891-Mists-of-Pandaria-Cinematic-Trailer

Jason’s faves:Dishonored, Cross buy from Sony (brilliant!)

PS All Stars Battle Royale, Epic Mickey 2, Dishonored, the Last of Us

Roccat Power-Grid - (I have no idea anything about this - Justin)http://www.gamespot.com/special-feature/gamescom_bestof12/photos/index.html?image=12

Other

Diablo III patch 1.04 released

Legendary changes

Paragon level

Classic Game of the Week: Halo: Combat Evolved

Info: 2001 (XBox) 2003 (PC) game from Bungie

FPS

Basic Gameplay - regen shields, grenade spam, jump run

Game modes - favorites?

The story behind Halo universe

Spartans

The Covenant

The Flood

“Halos” and the Forerunners

Why did this game “revolutionize” FPS?

Copycats?

Crysis

NOVA: http://www.gameloft.com/android-games/nova/

Halo vs CS

Tactics/Best of moments

hacking and hacked servers...still a problem?

Modern Game of the Week: Halo 3

Info: 2007 XBox 360 game by Bungie.  Still not released on PC

FPS (Tittie Sprinkles. Titty titty sprinkles)

Differences from Halo: CE

Graphics engine (proprietary in house, real time shadows)

Why no PC yet?

Story of Halo 3 (Justin)

return of the Flood and Gravemind

Cliffhanger ending

Halo 4 Live Action Trailer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XG6mmCF8gk8

Co-op play

Upgrades since original Halo in online play and matchmaking

Looking forward - what’s next for Halo, could Halo 4 break the MW chokehold?

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Happy Nerd Media

The Guardian Tank

Lore Stories

Closing Remarks

Be sure to check out Instagib! Podcast on Facebook @ facebook.com/instagibpodcast, Google+, or on twitter @InstagibPodcast.  You can also find us on iTunes simply by searching for “Instagib Podcast.”

Questions, comments, or requests to be a guest host can be sent to [email protected].  If you send it, we will read it!

If you want to follow my random nerdiness and sports fantacism, you can find me on Twitter @JayRPG.

Aidan: Or you can follow my random ramblings @bloodroare, with an E! (how does one football)

The Instagib Podcast is written and edited by Jason Thomas and Aidan Feay.  Instagib is produced by Daniel Keating and is a member of Happy Nerd Media, embrace what makes you happy.

Our closing this week is a remix from Sole Signal, called “Never Forget”

Date - August 13th, 2012,

Episode #13 of the Instagib! Podcast

My name is Jason Thomas and I'm joined, as always, by the perpetual player 2, Aidan.

Guest host: Kate!

We’ve got some great stuff for you this week, including bubble spewing dragons,  summoned block towers, and some extreme puzzle griefing.

Multiplayer Game News

Zynga stock troubles and possible insider trading/scams

http://kotaku.com/5929381/report-zynga-insiders-dumped-lots-of-stock-before-it-tanked-[update]?tag=zynga

Ouya update

almost $6 million pledged

release set for March 2013

Square Enix promises FF3 on Ouya (other AAA publishers getting on board?)

OnLive game streaming to be included with console

console said to be “about the size of a Rubik’s Cube”

TOR going F2P - surprise to no one

http://www.fanbolt.com/headline/13083/BioWare_Announces_Free_To_Play_Options_For_The_Old_Republic

Classic Game of the Week: Bubble Bobble

Info: 1986 arcade game by Taito

Arcade-style action/puzzle/platformer

Modern Game of the Week: Trine 2

Info: 2011 indie game from Frozenbyte (Shadowgrounds games and Trine 1)

Team based puzzle platformer with RPG elements

Listener Questions, Comments, and Reviews

Justin:

1: Aside from the obvious Mists of Pandaria, what is the release you are most excited for over the next few months? Personally its Halo 4, Borderlands 2 or Planetside 2.

2: What is your favourite shipping couple? As in what two characters would you most like to see together? And yes, ones such as Samus/Lara Croft are reasonable. Doesn't have to be in universe.

Closing

Greetings fellow nerds, it is July 29, 2012, and welcome to episode #12 of the Instagib podcast, the one stop shop for multiplayer gaming goodness.  My name is Jason Thomas and I'm joined, as always, by the perpetual player 2, Aidan. “I’m plugged in and ready to play! (Aidan)” “That’s what I like to hear. (Jason)”

We’ve got some great stuff for you this week, including the original horde mode, zombies and more zombies.

Show Updates, Feedback, Emails

Recap of previous week (Worms Reloaded and World Party)

Thanks to our sponsor, NFOservers.com for providing game and ventrilo hosting

CONTEST: outro, ending in 1 week

Preface

What have we been playing this week? (MP terms, of course)

Multiplayer Game News

Mists of Pandaria Release date and Digital Collectors Edition - 9/25/2012

http://arstechnica.com/gaming/2012/07/blizzard-offers-digital-perks-for-mists-of-pandaria-downloaders/

PS Vita overheating...design defect to blame?

http://kotaku.com/5928806/ps-vita-defect-isnt-to-blame-for-burning-incidents-says-sony

 Classic Game of the Week: SmashTV (http://www.flash-mania.eu/en/php/nintendo/guerre/053-big.php)

Info: 1990 arcade game created by Eugene Jarvis and Mark Turmell for Williams

Release for arcade and for Commodore 64, Atari, ports to NES/SNES, and more

Top down level based shooter (think Galaga with more freedom of movement and team play)

Talking points

Development -

Made to eat quarters - insane difficulty curve

Simple to play, difficult to master

Variety in gameplay - does it age well?

Difficulty changes when adding players

Modern Game of the Week: Left 4 Dead

Info: 2008 PC game created by Valve

Squad based Zombie horror survival

Talking points

Promotion of the game - intro movie on Halloween, free content updates

The first truly good port of the action-oriented horror movie into gaming?

The survivors - preference?

Weapon choices

The enemies - strategies/favorites/most “Oh shit!” moments

Levels - relative difficulty, common mistakes

L4D1 VS. L4D2

progress in the difficulty levels - how far have you gotten?

New players - how to avoid the “GTFO NOOB!! party members”

Closing

Contest reminder (if applicable)

Sponsors

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Happy Nerd Media

The Guardian Tank

Lore Stories

Closing Remarks

Be sure to check out Instagib! Podcast on Facebook @ facebook.com/instagibpodcast, Google+, or on twitter @InstagibPodcast.  You can also find us on iTunes simply by searching for “Instagib Podcast.”

Questions, comments, or requests to be a guest host can be sent to [email protected].  If you send it, we will read it!

If you want to follow my random nerdiness and sports fantacism, you can find me on Twitter @JayRPG.

Aidan: Or you can follow my random ramblings @bloodroare, with an E!

The Instagib Podcast is written and edited by Jason Thomas and Aidan Feay.  Instagib is produced by Daniel Keating and is a member of Happy Nerd Media, embrace what makes you happy.  Our closing is Pills Here, made by Johnny Medlar and available for free on YouTube.

That’s all for this week from Instagib, where you can’t read my my my Smoker Face. (He’s got to lick somebody).

Introduction:

Greetings fellow nerds, it is July 17th, 2012, and welcome to episode #11 of the Instagib podcast, the one stop shop for multiplayer gaming goodness.  My name is Jason Thomas and I'm joined, as always, by the perpetual player 2, Aidan. “I’m plugged in and ready to play! (Aidan)” “That’s what I like to hear. (Jason)” Not only are we here, but we’ve brought a guest to enhance your audio experience! He is the ninja annelid assassin, Etienne.

We’ve got some great stuff for you this week, including banana bombs, Scottish accents, and some turn-based invertebrate battles.

Show Updates, Feedback, Emails

Other Happy Nerd Media partners

The Guardian Tank

Lore Stories

Recap of previous week (Toribash and Tank Wars)

CONTEST: show outro - will end 8/1/2012

Preface

What have we been playing this week? (MP terms, of course)

Fail of the week

Jason: The ever-popular “fall asleep at the keyboard during a raid”

Aidan: Binding of Isaac, grabbed 9 Lives curse when I made it to the level before Mom. Proceeded to die nine times against various trash mobs.

Etienne:

Multiplayer Game News

STEAM SUMMER SALE!!

Assassin’s Creed 3 - Independence trailer

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n1OvvLH2w6Q&feature=player_embedded

Ouya hackable video game console

http://kotaku.com/5924923/99-ouya-console-just-hit-its-950000-kickstarter-goal-after-just-eight-hours

http://kotaku.com/5924983/history-is-littered-with-the-corpses-of-failed-consoles

Ultima F2P reboot announced

BioWare game...probably will require origin (eww)

Details: http://kotaku.com/5925250/ultima-is-going-free+to+play-heres-how-it-just-might-work

Register for closed beta: http://ultimaforever.com/home

Classic Game of the Week: Worms World Party

Info: 2001 game from Team17

2D, turn-based team artillery

Talking points

7th game in the series, last 2D game

Worms World Party is a side-scrolling video game involving controlling a team of worms and using a collection of weaponry to eliminate the opposing team(s). The worms can walk and jump around and use tools such as the ninja rope and parachute to move to otherwise unreachable locations.

Team creator

Weapon choices

Ways to kill worms - health, water, fall damage, self inflicted

Level design - timer on your turn, aesthetic elements and themes & “enrage timer” with the water

multiplayer campaign/missions

Pro moves: ninja roping, using wind to your advantage, etc.

Modern Game of the Week: Worms Reloaded

Info: 2010 game from Team17

faux-3D (3D models, 2D playing field) turn-based team artillery

Talking points

Reboot of the 2D style of Worms gameplay that everyone loved

Worms: Reloaded is a turn based artillery game, in which players command a team of up to four worms; during each turn the player controls a single one of his or her worms. In the standard gameplay, the objective is to eliminate all enemy worms and be the last team standing. There is also a "race" mode where the objective is to reach the end point in less time.

Secrecy during development

Team17 released few details or media content concerning the title before release, and a press release is not available. A select group of the public were allowed into a European and Worldwide Beta, however both were under a non-disclosure agreement (NDA).

Multiplayer modes: “classic” or “race mode”

Features from WWP - better, worse, same?

Weapon choices

Level design

Team creator

New strategies/fun things to do in Reloaded?

Well reviewed game: Worms: Reloaded has received generally favorable reviews. Its metascore on Metacritic is currently 79, based on more than 20 critic reviews.

Annoyances/Things that could be improved in the game?

Listener Questions, Comments, and Reviews

Closing

Aidan: Greetings fellow nerds, it is June 28th, 2012, and welcome to episode #10 of the Instagib podcast, the one stop shop for multiplayer gaming goodness.  My name is Aidan Feay,  and I'm joined, as for once, by the slightly disgruntled player 2, Jason.

Jason: “I feel like I’m stuck using the Mad Catz controller with the broken analog stick...”

Aidan:  “That’s what I like to hear.”

Aidan: Not only are we here, but we’ve brought a guest to enhance your audio experience! First, the indomitably odd slayer of stick figures , Isaac.

Jason: We’ve got some great stuff for you this week, including 2D missile physics, dismembering kick-flips, and some butt contractions.

Show Updates, Feedback, Emails

Other Happy Nerd Media partners

The Guardian Tank

Lore Stories

Recap of previous week (Magicka and Gauntlet)

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CONTEST: show outro

Preface

What have we been playing this week? (MP terms, of course)

NEW SEGMENT? - Fail of the week

 

Jason: WoW warrior.  Switched to fury, had terrible DPS and kept getting booted from groups.  Realized that I forgot to actually equip a second weapon.

Aidan: Playing some 3v3 on TF2, my whole team goes AFK leaving me to face 3 engies

Isaac: Attempted to launch Tribes: Ascend and it took an hour and a half before I learned that there was an avg protection thing popped up on my computer’s other profile.

Multiplayer Game News

NDS XL announcement

http://www.ign.com/articles/2012/06/25/breaking-down-nintendos-3ds-xl

Modern Warfare 3 Collection #2 for PC and Mass Effect 3 “extended edition”

http://kotaku.com/5899605/the-extended-mass-effect-3-ending-will-add-variations-not-choices

http://www.gameinformer.com/b/news/archive/2012/05/22/modern-warfare-3-collection-2-available-right-now.aspx

Meet the Pyro video

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WUhOnX8qt3I

 Classic Game of the Week: Tank Wars

Info: 1986 Game released for DOS PC’s

Turn based...tank wars

Talking points

Physics of the game

Strategies?

Developed by ONE GUY (the good ole days of game dev?) - Developed by Cody Snider)

Game AI “personalities” (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tank_Wars#Computer_Players

Modern Game of the Week: Toribash

2012

Turn based strategy meets stick figure fighting

Talking points

How the game works - joints, extend/contract, hands

Tutorial usefulness?

Timer for making moves

How do you figure out moves?

Common techniques and ways to avoid them

Leveling system

Favorite game modes?

Listener Questions, Comments, and Reviews

Justin Holmes

1 : Jeeze how old actually are you Tadpole? You sound in your early 20s.

2 : What was your first love in videogames? (As in what was the game you fell in love with first not the female/male character in a game. Though you can answer that too if you wish.)

3 : What do you think about game companies fracturing their player bases, mainly seen with shooters, with DLC. Such as say Call of Duty. Players on console will only be able to join certain play lists  if they have DLC, especially later into a game's lifespan when there may be potentially four or five DLC packs. What is your opinion's on this?

4 : League of Legends? Yay or Nay? If Yay, game sometime?

5 : Would you recommend joining Clans/communities  for PC gaming? I was talking about BF3 and how I just wasn't getting into it with the manager at the local games store I frequent. I played a lot of the console version of Bad Company 2 but BF3 for PC just didn't hook me as much. He recommended playing in a community, as seeing the same faces and players on the same servers makes PC gaming what it is. What are your thoughts? As I'm fairly new to anything PC gaming that isn't Blizzard or League and I want to get into it more.

Introduction:

Welcome

Greetings fellow nerds, it is June 20, 2012, and welcome to episode #9 of the Instagib podcast, the one stop shop for multiplayer gaming goodness.  My name is Jason Thomas and I'm joined, as always, by the perpetual player 2, Aidan. “I’m plugged in and ready to play! (Aidan)” “That’s what I like to hear. (Jason)”

We’ve got some great stuff for you this week, including infinite ghosts, Captain Planet powers and some Arcane Steam Lightning Novas.

Show Updates, Feedback, Emails

Other Happy Nerd Media partners

The Guardian Tank

Lore Stories

Recap of previous episode(Diablo)

NEW SPONSOR: NFOservers.com high quality and affordable solution for your game and ventrilo hosting

CONTEST: show outro

Preface

What have we been playing this week? (MP terms, of course)

Multiplayer Game News

TOR going free to play up until level 15 sometime in July

http://www.joystiq.com/2012/06/04/star-wars-the-old-republic-getting-free-to-play-update/

E3 news - your biggest surprise/disappointment/WOW! moment

http://www.e3expo.com/

Diablo 3 RMAH released

$1 flat rate fee, no insertion costs (<--- obvious TWSS joke point)

 Classic Game of the Week: GAUNTLET

1985 game from Atari - Arcade and NES

Top down adventure/RPG

Talking points

Original multiplayer dungeon crawler

Predecessor to games such as SmashTV, Diablo, and others

Favorite Class / Differences

Modern Game of the Week: MAGICKA

2011 game - 1.3 million sold

Team based action RPG

Team Interaction (TKs, Healing)

Talking points

Combining elements

Trial and error, or looking up combos?

Engagement level? (vs games like Trine or Diablo)

Engine Issues / Launch Troubles

Closing

Contest reminder

Guest host thanks and plugs

Special thanks this week to our guest host __(name)__.

Anything else you want to add, plugs, shoutouts?

Sponsors

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Closing Remarks

Be sure to check out Instagib! Podcast on Facebook @ facebook.com/instagibpodcast, Google+ @ plus.google.com/instagibpodcast, or on twitter @InstagibPodcast.  You can also find us on iTunes simply by searching for “Instagib Podcast.”

Questions, comments, or general ponderings can be sent to [email protected].  If you send it, we will read it!

If you want to follow the random nerdiness and sports fantacism of Jason, you can find him on Twitter @JayRPG.

Aidan: Or you can follow my random ramblings @bloodroare, with an E!

The Instagib Podcast is written and edited by Jason Thomas and Aidan Feay. Instagib is produced by Daniel Keating and is a member of Happy Nerd Media, embrace what makes you happy.  That’s all for this week from Instagib, where we never cross the streams.