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Re: Some Podcasts that are Great

Anthony Carboni — Thu, 21 Aug 2014 18:48:36 -0000

Thanks, Gabe! Glad you're enjoying the show!

Re: Episode 193 - Sleeping Dogs Gameplay Walkthrough! Boat Rides, Gunfights and SWORDFISH!

Anthony Carboni — Sat, 11 Aug 2012 17:43:23 -0000

Hey! I think I get what you're saying and I'll pass it along to our tech team. We certainly don't want to cause people any inconvenience or extra cost.

If you're looking to keep bandwidth usage down in the meantime, you can try either our mobile site or subscribing to our RSS/iTunes feeds, that way you only download the things you absolutely mean to.

Sorry for any trouble!

Re: Episode 23 - Casual Friday: Are We Getting a Vita or What?

Anthony Carboni — Wed, 22 Feb 2012 23:52:05 -0000

The First Edition bundle was only available with 3G-enabled model and was released a week early on the 15th: http://blog.us.playstation....

The launch date bundle was available in both models.

Re: Episode 26 - Twisted Metal Review!

Anthony Carboni — Tue, 21 Feb 2012 10:40:32 -0000

I'd like to get the reviews up earlier in the week so they'll be of more use to people thinking about buying the game. Thursday episodes will still have about the same amount of content as always.

Re: Episode 23 - Double Fine Happy Action Theater Preview!

Anthony Carboni — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 19:45:06 -0000

Glad you liked it! Thanks for watching!

Re: Episode 23 - Double Fine Happy Action Theater Preview!

Anthony Carboni — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 01:03:14 -0000

HOORAY!

Re: Sundance 2012 Interview: Late Night Dining and Life Changes with ‘TUB’ Director Bobby Miller

Anthony Carboni — Mon, 23 Jan 2012 15:58:37 -0000

If I could choose to wear the skin of anyone as a suit, it would be Bobby Miller.

Re: Episode 20 - Trine 2 Review with Nixie Pixel

Anthony Carboni — Sun, 22 Jan 2012 00:47:59 -0000

New one came out a couple days ago! Check out the games and let me know what you think!

Re: Episode 21 - GINGER GAMING BATTLE: Nixie Pixel vs. Jackie Talbott

Anthony Carboni — Sun, 22 Jan 2012 00:47:21 -0000

Dance Central keeps coming up. Would you guys really like it over Fruit Ninja?

Re: Episode 21 - GINGER GAMING BATTLE: Nixie Pixel vs. Jackie Talbott

Anthony Carboni — Sun, 22 Jan 2012 00:46:40 -0000

Hahaha. Oh man, Deadliest Warrior is a good idea.

Re: Episode 21 - GINGER GAMING BATTLE: Nixie Pixel vs. Jackie Talbott

Anthony Carboni — Sun, 22 Jan 2012 00:45:12 -0000

Hahaha, oh man. I don't think I could drop Ikaruga on some unsuspecting people. Some racing is definitely on my list.

Re: Episode 21 - GINGER GAMING BATTLE: Nixie Pixel vs. Jackie Talbott

Anthony Carboni — Sun, 22 Jan 2012 00:44:29 -0000

Kinect is happening. I think it'll be Fruit Ninja. Mario Kart is also a great idea, though.

Re: Episode 22 - AMY Review with Hak5's Shannon Morse: Here Comes a Terrible Game!

Anthony Carboni — Sun, 22 Jan 2012 00:43:40 -0000

Yeah, I kind of lucked out in that I started the show right when all the biggest games of the year were coming out, and November and December were both great months. As things slow down and I pick up a wider variety of titles you'll begin to see a lot more variation in the scores.

Re: Episode 16 - Assassin's Creed: Revelations REVIEW!

Anthony Carboni — Fri, 09 Dec 2011 13:51:09 -0000

Thanks! Glad you dug it!

Re: Episode 1 - What I'm Playing: The Serious Sam Indie Series

Anthony Carboni — Tue, 06 Dec 2011 22:10:50 -0000

No need! I'll be doing more of this stuff on New Challenger - so you'll get a mix of all the stuff you like from both!

Re: Episode 15 - Saints Row: The Third with Kotaku's Kirk Hamilton

Anthony Carboni — Tue, 06 Dec 2011 14:21:46 -0000

I say right off the top that this is really my first Saints Row game - I've only played bits of the others. I also mention the repetitive gameplay and Kirk and I discuss how they kept throwing stuff in for the sake of throwing things in - so I'm not sure where we're disagreeing here.

Love that you had to throw in the standard "getting paid by publishers" bit at the end there. Just because we disagree doesn't mean there's a massive conspiracy at work - we just felt differently about the game. :)

Re: Episode 13 - Skyrim Review with Bob Suicide of Suicide Girls!

Anthony Carboni — Wed, 23 Nov 2011 20:36:59 -0000

Because then I might as well just rate out of 10. And then half-stars in a 10-star system becomes 20. Sites like IGN actually have a 100 point scale. I think it's ridiculous. Current rating scales keep too many reviewers from making serious and hard decisions - they're giving themselves a numeric safety net against backlash from viewers and readers.

That's part of the reason ratings on other sites are so broken - every game that comes out cannot POSSIBLY be between an 8.5 and a 10. That's ridiculous. There's no integrity in it.As an aside, my overall rating is never an average - it's how I feel about the game overall, so the rest of the categories don't have any direct numeric effect on it.

I've definitely thought about adding some qualifiers to the individual category ratings in the show notes, and now that I know someone's actually looking, I'll think about actual implementation. Thanks for the feedback!

Re: Episode 13 - Skyrim Review with Bob Suicide of Suicide Girls!

Anthony Carboni — Fri, 18 Nov 2011 19:57:24 -0000

OH GOD, CAN YOU GUYS TELL? DOES EVERYONE KNOW? I am trying to keep my cool, here.

Re: Episode 12 - Call of Duty: MW3 Review with Soldier Knows Best!

Anthony Carboni — Fri, 18 Nov 2011 19:55:12 -0000

Thanks! Glad you liked it.

Re: Episode 9 - Batman: Arkham City Review with Max Scoville

Anthony Carboni — Thu, 03 Nov 2011 22:30:49 -0000

I don't even know what a mediafly feed is. Clue me in and I'll pass any issue along to our admins!

Re: Episode 10 - Battlefield 3 Review

Anthony Carboni — Thu, 03 Nov 2011 22:27:38 -0000

That's a typo! Graphics should be 5/5, audio is 4/5 for occasional glitches and cut-outs.

Re: Episode 8 - Dark Souls Drink-N-Death Competition with Lizzie Cuevas

Anthony Carboni — Sat, 15 Oct 2011 18:25:04 -0000

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Re: Episode 8 - Dark Souls Drink-N-Death Competition with Lizzie Cuevas

Anthony Carboni — Sat, 15 Oct 2011 13:23:55 -0000

First of all, sorry you didn't like the episode. I had a lot of fun with it.

Nothing here was 'scripted.' Obviously the rules were decided in advance, but everything happened as you saw.

As far as not being able to take my reviews seriously: Lizzie and I both had very limited time with the game. I had played for a little over an hour to get us to the point we started from, and Lizzie had played for about 30 minutes, so there wasn't much proficiency there. That was the whole point.

This wasn't a review of Dark Souls. And even if it was, my skill at the game wouldn't enter into it. You don't have to be a guitar virtuoso to be a music journalist. But I would be much more proficient at the game, since I'd have spent a good amount of time on it.

I play ALL the games you see on my shows, whether it's this one or Bytejacker. I play through the games, capture the footage, and write the reviews myself, and I labor over them to make sure they're informative and accurate. I take reviewing games very seriously. Lizzie writes for both @gamer AND PC Gamer, and you can bet her reviews are just as on the ball.

This episode was just a friendly competition and a way to cover a game that people had been asking to see on the show. Past episodes have all been in-depth review and discussion. Since Dark Souls has been out for a while I decided to take the opportunity to try something new. You didn't dig it and I can respect that - but some of the other stuff you're implying here is out of line, and I wanted to speak to that.

Re: Episode 8 - Dark Souls Drink-N-Death Competition with Lizzie Cuevas

Anthony Carboni — Sat, 15 Oct 2011 02:11:51 -0000

I don't stage anything. Both Lizzie and I state up front that we haven't played much at all. I'm sure that if you've played the game quite a bit we look like amateurs - but that was exactly the point.

Sorry you didn't dig this episode, hope some of the other ones are more your thing!

Re: Episode 8 - Dark Souls Drink-N-Death Competition with Lizzie Cuevas

Anthony Carboni — Fri, 14 Oct 2011 19:48:17 -0000

So judgey today, Cybersuchus! Lizzie was super new to the game, like she mentioned at the top of the show. Also, my creepiness is much more overt than this. You'll know when trying to talk to a girl because you/they will vomit a little.