Topic: Episode 228: In for a Penny

[Shaymin]

If Episode 103 has taught us anything, it's that any demo hardware will end up in the hands of one J Metts.

[vudu]

Except for when Lindy got the DSi and James got the DSi XL.  Director always gets first dibs.

[Crimm]

Except for when Lindy got the DSi and James got the DSi XL.  Director always gets first dibs.

I believe Jon was director when he got the DSi, and he put the XL in my hands.

[vudu]

Isn't that what I just said?  Directors get first dibs on review consoles.  I think I recall Windy getting the Wii.  Jon got the DSi.  Jon also got the DSi XL but he gave it to James.

[oohhboy]

Mass Effect has a lot of story (Codex), whether it is good or not, I don't know because I never got around to finishing the game due to how limp the gameplay and levels are. There is nothing wrong with the graphics on the technical level, but there is sod all art direction or inspiration. Oh look, a bunch of random boxes, I guess I have to shoot some people. Oh random height map planet with singular environments to drive around in an oversized golf kart. The gunplay lacks impact, it all feels like your playing laser tag and arbitrary.

But if you are going to play Mass Effect, the only way to play it is to play Femshepard as a "Renegade" and make her looks like Jodie Foster, an angry Jodie Foster.

[Sundoulos]

I remember renting Whomp' Em once (for whatever reason) and really enjoying it mostly because, as James mentioned in the podcast, it reminded me of a Mega Man game.  The Japanese version of the game was called Saiyuuki World 2, and it didn't really have any of the Native American aesthetic at all; it was loosely based on Journey to the West.  They basically gave the Son Goku's sprite face paint and changed his staff to a spear. 
 
It's too bad that this was never released on Virtual Console; I'd love to play it again.  The music is fairly decent, too; I keep hoping that TYP will put it on a Radio Trivia episode sooner or later.

[ClexYoshi]

I finally found it... this was the first episode of Radio Free Nintendo I listened to. I think I had taken a good year or two off from listening to podcasts or something because I had really felt that Nintendo Voice Chat had lost nearly all of it's charm with the various IGN Nintendo editors taking their exodus [I heard Craig Harris has been on RFN a couple of times. Need to find those episodes, for certain.]  and that asshole who I can't remember his name spikin' the mic and blowing out my goddamned ear drums. X_X;;

I had ended up following a small little blog about the 3DS in preparation for her maiden voyage, and they had happened to link to Neal's video coverage of the launch event and of course the ads for the site and the newscast were plastered all over it. Ultimately, I ended up finding Zach Miller's voice to be a bit dry sounding and I don't think Alex Culafi really clicked for me then either, so I saw you guys had another podcast and... yeah. You guys were interesting enough, but I think the thing that made me stay was James the following week going SO in-depth with Ogre Battle 64 [a game I was interested in at the time because I had kinda just discovered Tactics Ogre: Let Us Cling Together] that I had to stay and... well, the rest is history.

'tis been a wild ride, going back at random spots to hit various episodes up. Looking forward to live F-Zero GX, even though I haven't been able to procure a copy, I have been playing F-Zero X a bit here and there on my gamepad, which is a surreal experience to me for some reason.