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Yet Another Gaming Show Episode 182 – They Don’t Have Read

yags@fancypantsgansgters.com (Fancy Pants Gangsters) — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 20:30:51 +0000

Alternate title: No Mike Left Behind.

No Courtney this week, in clear violation of the terms of his parole. Next week we’ll be broadcasting from the Leo Laporte Minimum Security Netcasters Prison. Nevertheless, Mike lets down his gender, Ashley lets down 3-D lovers, and Evan lets down his hair. I think. It’s hard to tell, really, without some sort of aided viewing.

Cuz he’s bald.

Stories:

Playstation Move revealed
Lots of Sony devs working on 3d games
Gamer is a “limiting moniker”
Video games may hinder boys’ learning
Michele Obama wants healthier games
EA mines football games for data, makes fun of Favre

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Yet Another Gaming Show Episode 181 – Better Living Through Achievements

yags@fancypantsgansgters.com (Fancy Pants Gangsters) — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 11:50:11 +0000

It’s hard to argue that Achievements (and their weird little brother Trophies) have a remarkable affect on how people play games. I mean how do you explain the fact that anyone bought Avatar: The Burning Earth?

But what if someone tried to harness Achievements for good and not sorta-evil? One person is trying, and we talk about them. Aren’t we good citizens? We also talk about Steambirds and crazy geeky graphics talk related to Final Fantasy 13. Can you stand the citizenship?

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Yet Another Gaming Show Episode 180 – Gays In Toyland

yags@fancypantsgansgters.com (Fancy Pants Gangsters) — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 21:25:46 +0000

Yeah it’s not the best title ever, but it does cover some of the topics and I have FF13 to play.

In a world full of hate and anger and turmoil, it is nice to have an island of sanity in a sea of chaos. And we hear it’s a lovely island. We can see it from our boat.

Ashley doesn’t care about games, Mike doesn’t care about car games, Courtney doesn’t care for demo extortion, and Evan doesn’t care about basic hygene. Thank goodness we are on the internet, where no one can here you smell.

Stories:

Will Wright says Wii is a toy
Steam comes to Mac
Sony patents “degradable demos”
David Jaffe thinks Scrap Metal is rip-off
Activision vs Infinity Ward Rd. 2
Gay now acceptable to XBLA
Dead Space 2 Killer Contest

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Yet Another Gaming Show Episode 179 – The Beasts Of The Fathers

yags@fancypantsgansgters.com (Fancy Pants Gangsters) — Sun, 07 Mar 2010 21:09:05 +0000

Alternate title: The Sins Within (but that sounds like a 30 Seconds To Mars album).

Another bizarrely scrambled show, since some of us can’t get which Gabriel Knight game we are talking about. Admittedly Evan didn’t make it easy for anyone, even if they were paying attention. For those of you confused: Gabriel Knight 1 = Tim Curry, Gabriel Knight 2 = Crazy FMV.

Courtney plays some modern games, Ashley tortures her cat, and Mike hates the troops. As always, another exciting episode of Yet Another Gaming Show.

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Yet Another Gaming Show Episode 178 – Mad World

yags@fancypantsgansgters.com (Fancy Pants Gangsters) — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 21:53:28 +0000

The title of this show brings to mind not only the underappreciated Wii game and the fact that the video game world seems extra insane this week. It also happens to be tangentially related to the greatest videogame commercial of all time. The title as it pertains to the focus level of the YAGS crew this week is only implied, however.

Stories:

6 Days In Fallujah Done
Ex DICE boss, “The Wii is a toy”
NES game sets world record price
Fan boycott of Sonic 4 by buying Sonic 1
PSN Outtage
Activision invades Infinity Ward
MS Criminal Handbook leaked
Portal updated, craziness level raised
Space Invaders Movie

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Yet Another Gaming Show Episode 177 – F You, Christian Bale

yags@fancypantsgansgters.com (Fancy Pants Gangsters) — Sun, 28 Feb 2010 22:41:34 +0000

It’s funny how quickly Terminator: Salvation turned Christian Bale’s profile from “That hot guy from Newsies” to “That angry ranting guy from the internet”. All it took was facilitating the demise of the one of the best sci-fi franchises of all time. Granted that was also McG’s fault. Personally I don’t trust anyone who is can’t afford a whole name.

Giant killer robots, altered beasts, grevious bodily harm, zombie cricket, and Danzig. I don’t think I need to need to say much more about this week’s Yet Another Gaming Show. Oh, and Sushi Cat.

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Yet Another Gaming Show Episode 176 – Hide The Children

yags@fancypantsgansgters.com (Fancy Pants Gangsters) — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 23:30:24 +0000

Not only is this netcast rated M for Mature (due to rampant swearing, adult situations, brief nudity, and occasional Communistic teachings), but parents are warned to keep the actual hosts from any children that may be present. It’s for the good of the country.

An unusually PC heavy show this week, as we cover major non-console franchises like Starcraft, Civilization, and…well, there aren’t any other major non-console franchises left, is there. We also briefly cover Nintendo’s press event, various legal wranglings, and Mike threatens children. A full show, to be sure.

Stories:

PSN to be included on Sony phones
DSiPad announced
Activison sued over Guitar Hero patents
Blizzard makes-a-wish
Starcraft 2 Beta Scalpers getting $300 or more
Warner buys Rocksteady
Civ 5 announced
EA says new Medal Of Honor not propaganda
Xbox Effect causes increase in chick flicks
New Eroge tracks “alone time”

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Yet Another Gaming Show Episode 175 – Equal Opportunity Offender

yags@fancypantsgansgters.com (Fancy Pants Gangsters) — Mon, 22 Feb 2010 00:27:46 +0000

Definitely earning the mature tag this week. Pretty much if you have any great positions on anything, or were raised in any culture or are from any particular race or creed, there is something here to offend the ear. And much like chocolate makes the miracle pill go down easier, we coat all that offensiveness in a deep discussion of the growing problem of Internet addiction and the equally terrifying concern that any of the YAGS crew will ever breed. Plus Evan promises to stop talking about Mass Effect 2. For real this time.

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Yet Another Gaming Show Episode 174 – PCs, Pads, And Poor Reviews

yags@fancypantsgansgters.com (Fancy Pants Gangsters) — Thu, 18 Feb 2010 23:42:45 +0000

If only we could have worked in pachyderms, penguins and popinjays, we would be the leader in microphones slick with saliva. A noble goal, to be sure.

Not to compare ourselves to Jesus, but the YAGS crew did some serious loaves-and-fishes action on these stories. Detailed analysis, informed debate, and erudite banter abound on this edition of Yet Another Gaming Show, now in Spectrovision!

Stories:

PopCap think iPad could be good for games in a few years
Retailers have “lost faith” with the PC
Final Fantasy 13 dev addresses linearity, early reviews
FF13 sponsors blitzball, I mean basketball game
More XBLA “programming” in the future
Activision confirms layoffs
L4D2: Over 28 billion killed

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Yet Another Gaming Show Episode 173 – Jean Ruh, That Dastardly Frenchman

yags@fancypantsgansgters.com (Fancy Pants Gangsters) — Mon, 15 Feb 2010 00:58:02 +0000

You see, son, it’s a play on words. A pun, if you will.

Another Sunday, another horrible reminder that we aren’t getting any games from publishers. Seriously, companies, we have so little to play, we’ll talk about whatever you send us. Hell, even Xtreme Fishing will get a review, that’s how starved we are for games.

So not much new here. Evan, of course, wants to talk about Mass Effect 2, and goes rambling for a bit about the meaninglessness of genre labels in games, and blah blah blah.

Seriously, though, it’s a fun show. The crew actually sounds like semi-literate game journalist types. You should listen!

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