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Happy New Year! To start you off right we have a brand new episode. CPAWei returns to the podcast along with TriforceBun, Guillaume, and DrFinkelstein as host. They talk about some games they've been playing like Aliens: Infestation, Super Meat Boy, Pushmo, and even Swapnote!

Then came the real meat and potatoes starting off with some Game of the Year banter replacing "What Do You Fink?" this time. Topics in this episode include; Metroid's 25th Anniversary, the Zelda Timeline, how much Challenge in games affects the Fun Factor, and finally some hopes and dreams for the WiiU 2012 launch!

As per usual, the theme music comes from Negative World's owner and dictator, Zero. Throughout the podcast you'll be treated to music from VVVVVV, a game also discussed early on. The tail end of the podcast contains a special song from TriforceBun in association with Brawl In The Family.

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@Guillaume

Wow, that's an excellent read. I like the breakdown of Super Mario Galaxy 2's subjective difficulty, in particular.

Posted by

roykoopa64

on: 01/05/12, 19:53

I'm thinking you should make the podcast thread a sticky until the next one comes out.

Posted by

Jargon

on: 01/06/12, 02:27

@Jargon

I can't argue with that! Zero!?....

Posted by

DrFinkelstein

on: 01/06/12, 02:33

Just finished up the podcast. I need to take notes or something though because I had a lot of thoughts while I was listening but can't really remember any of them now. One thing is that a great example of a platform level that is pure fun but not in the least bit challenging is Casino Night Zone in Sonic 2.

In general, I don't play Sonic for the challenge, it's just fun to play.

Another thing about the Wii U touch screen is I'm thinking maybe it's harder to break the way they did it? That would make it much more kid friendly.

Posted by

Jargon

on: 01/06/12, 03:35

@Jargon

Excellent point. No doubt Nintendo is pondering durability here. They don't plan to sell those controllers outside of the original system right now so it's a pretty important thing to have the controllers durable.

Posted by

DrFinkelstein

on: 01/06/12, 03:59

About a half hour to go I haven't got around to but great show!

Posted by

vids

on: 01/06/12, 09:14

Some people suggested stickying podcast threads while they're relevant.


"Relevant" is a word I'd never use to describe the podcast, but I'll sticky this until the next one, and we'll see.

Posted by

Guillaume

on: 01/07/12, 07:59

Guillaume said:

"Relevant" is a word I'd never use to describe the podcast, but I'll sticky this until the next one, and we'll see.

Why not?

Posted by

DrFinkelstein

on: 01/07/12, 17:00

Because everyone loves self-deprecating humor.

Posted by

Guillaume

on: 01/07/12, 17:09

@Guillaume

Figured that was it.

Posted by

DrFinkelstein

on: 01/07/12, 17:23

Having to scroll down to see if anyone has posted in a non-sticky thread annoys me. Let's try it again when there are fewer stickies.

Posted by

Guillaume

on: 01/07/12, 23:30

@Guillaume

Fair enough. There are a lot of damn stickies these days.

Posted by

DrFinkelstein

on: 01/08/12, 03:23

Awww, thanks for the kind word, guys! I guess I really am involved more in the Community than I even realized. Huh!

Thanks for that though, and I hope it brings more people here somehow.


I'm definitely taking partial credit for Lunker, haha!!



Podcast: I had listened to the first 2 hours at work (minus Zelda stuff), and I don't know if I wasn't paying attention as well, or what, but I was more invested in the final whatever. I would've liked it go to a bit longer; I guess I should start from 0:00 next time!

Thoughts about the Wii U:
If the Vita can be used for the PS4, is there ANY WAY that the 3DS can be used in conjunction with the Wii U? I was hoping somebody would mention this (I don't know enough either way), and I'm still left wondering. I thought that handheld-console interaction was something that folks wanted dearly for so long; why not now? And they're using a touch screen tablet, like a DS or 3DS already has? C'mon!

Thoughts about the tablet controller:
I don't think you mentioned it, maybe because its common sense, but the price would be significantly more if it had the multi touch stuff, yes? I think Gui had a good point though; I think that stuff goes away with the addition of buttons. And if you're "comfortably" doing multi-touch stuff on that screen, you either don't have baby hands, or you've set the tablet down, two things that usually aren't associated with "videogames." I could probably do a lot of stuff with the screen (I can palm a basketball. Whatever.), but I think a 6-year old kid might struggle a bit. Or perhaps I'm hyping up my hands too much. Whatever.


Mrs_Mustache has a stupid iPod that I hate, and dragging and expanding and all that crap is annoying as balls on there. I hope that Nintendo quality shows through and this one is a lot easier with a lot less "keystroke" errors. Okami; its a great game, but nothing is more frustrating thand drawing something you think works, only to have it fail (especially when fishing, ARGH). I don't want this at all on the Wii U.

Is it bad that I'm not super-super excited about the Wii U? I don't if its an age thing, or if its just because we don't have enough information, or because I don't look up stuff, or because I've trained myself over the years NOT to get excited? I don't know. I'm just "..oh, yeah, I'll get it." Like, I feel kinda drone-y. I almost feel ashamed to be thinking this way, both as someone who doesn't feel so excited for Nintendo (no, I'm not getting Sony or MS garb, ugh), but also to be painted/perceived as some sort of mindless follower.


Is anyone else in nearly the same boat as I am?

Posted by

Mr_Mustache

on: 01/13/12, 12:21