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Do you hear that sound? Can you feel it? The cool ocean breeze in your hair, the salt on your tongue. It's the smooth crash of KVGM "The Last Wave", with your host, Hammock. A biweekly VGM podcast bringing you the jammiest video game music from all your favorite composers and consoles. Sit back, relax, and get ready to catch...the Last Wave. We're in the holiday season and what better way to celebrate than with more jams...a lot of personal computer jams but jams nonetheless. Please enjoy them responsibly. Playlist A Moment of Rest - Tomohito Nishiura (Professor Layton and the Diabolical Box, Nintendo DS) Hide and Seek - PELVISMUSIC inc. (Tsuki no Hikari Taiyou no Kage -Another Moon-, PC) Opening - Kazuhiko Naruse (Shining Crystal, MSX2) Pizza 3 - Daisuke Shiiba (Practice English, Nintendo DS) Illusion of Youth - PANDA (Aoi Tori ~L'Oiseau Bleu, PC) Darts Theme - Shinya Watabe (Deca Sports 2, Nintendo Wii) Dark Night - Donmaru (First Love: One Over One, PC) Player Turn - Goji Tsuno (Gotha: Ismailia Seneki, Sega Saturn) Hoshiyuki - SENTIVE (Yukiiro ~Sora ni Rokka no Sumu Machi~, PC) Satisphée (Staff Roll) - Hiroaki Takahashi (Toukidenshou -ANGEL EYES-, Sony PlayStation) Special Request Cool Bell “Extra Stage” - Takenobu Mitsuyoshi (Virtua Fighter 3, Arcade)
Guest: Nick Wrenn (DangerPenguin) of Golden Vault Games WUT R U PLAYN? (TONY) – Ratchet & Clank, Ratchet & Clank: Going Commando (NICK) – Persona 4 Arena, Project M, Bastion, Kingdom Hearts 3D: Dream Drop Distance (YOUKO) – Professor Layton and the Diabolical Box, Professor Layton and the Unwound Future, Professor Layton and the Last
Rock out with your controller out! The crew discusses Guitar Hero 5, Metroid Prime Trilogy, Phantom Brave: We Meet Again, Professor Layton and the Diabolical Box, and more. Few surprises in Boom and Bust this week. In Movie News the crew looks at the recent Disney and Marvel happenings. Import Minute talks about some of the weirdest titles ever heard of. In the news – colors from Nintendo, Shadow Complex superiority, God of War Collection announcement, GTA: Chinatown Wars getting a new home, Halo 3: ODST, Batman: Arkham Asylum, GTA V, and much more are brought to light in the Podcast.
Eddie Inzauto hosts the biggest VS Node to date, with newcomers Tyler Cameron of GN, Joe DeLia of Big Red Potion, and Creighton DeSimone of Bleep Bloop. The quartet discuss the PS3 Slim, old and new software, competitive gaming, videogame controllers, realism, art direction, console lifespans, and more as they weave in and out of a lengthy discussion about HD gaming. 00:00 - Welcome! Introductions. 01:11 - Games we've been playing. Layton, Metroid, inFAMOUS, Shadow Complex. 05:05 - Beating Shadow Complex in under 20 minutes, 13 percent of items. 06:25 - Unattainable achievements. 07:49 - News: PS3 Slim. 07:59 - "Slim" name? 08:58 - Console size comparison. 09:41 - Backwards compatibility vs. re-buying old software. 12:00 - Eddie's new HDTV and HD gaming. 12:31 - First HD moments, remembered. 13:00 - Creighton and Call of Duty 2 looking "AWFUL" 14:34 - Dead Rising in standard definition. 15:31 - Tyler's almost-HD TV, and "a beam of golden light" 17:29 - Joe's HDTV "magic aim." The HDTV assassin. Bleeding eyes. 18:48 - The Wii on HDTV vs. SDTV. Better on SD? 20:53 - SD-only gamers missing something massive? HD-only players? 22:09 - Eddie's early HDTV woes. Playing on the PC monitor. Newfound beauty in HD. 23:19 - Classic console games on HDTVs. What are the options? 24:55 - Controller options for games on PC. Controller wars. 28:23 - Do developers try to provide the best experience for both SD and HD? 29:59 - Voluntary sacrifices vs. developing two games in one. 31:20 - Finding an SDTV at retail. 32:35 - NES Zapper and light guns no-go on HDTV. 33:07 - Joe and all his gaming systems. Tales of the Virtual Boy. 36:43 - Do HD standouts get more praise for graphics than SD standouts? 42:16 - Getting away from realism 44:45 - Broad range of styles on XBLA and PSN. 47:24 - PixelJunk Shooter. It's like a Zack and Wiki puzzle. 48:44 - Visual technology moving too fast for artistic exploration? 52:21 - Hardware longevity. 55:23 - Is the industry too focused on visuals? 56:35 - The never-ending Braid joke. 57:24 - The end! Just kidding. 57:35 - Gaming at 120Hz. 58:45 - The prerequisites for modern gaming. 60:01 - Sound matching visuals. 64:34 - Supersonic hearing in multiplayer. Joe has NEVER lost a deathmatch. 65:05 - Creighton and virtual surround sound on HDTVs. 67:02 - Joe's 4-dimensional gaming setup. 67:40 - Thanks and outro. Intro music, Main Theme from Level 5's Professor Layton and the Diabolical Box, 2009. "Video Killed the Radio Star" by The Buggles, 1979, performed by Erasure, 2003. Guest Links: Joe DeLia: Big Red Potion - www.bigredpotion.com Creighton DeSimone: Bleep Bloop - www.collegehumor.com/bleepbloop Tyler Cameron: Detroit Gaming Lifestyle Examiner - www.examiner.com/x-3809-Detroit-Gaming-Lifestyle-Examiner --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/gamernode/message
The infamous fourth chair gets a week off as Sam, John, and Garnett do the show as a trio. They've got their hands full with a Whatcha Been Playin? segment that includes Madden 10 both for 360/PS3 and Wii, Fat Princess, TMNT Turtles in Time Re-Shelled, Professor Layton and the Diabolical Box, and more. There's no letup after the break with July NPD sales figures kicking off a discussion that covers Sega's renewed commitment to mature games on the Wii, impressions of the XBL update, and a quick look at the buzz from the first day of QuakeCon.
The infamous fourth chair gets a week off as Sam, John, and Garnett do the show as a trio. They've got their hands full with a Whatcha Been Playin? segment that includes Madden 10 both for 360/PS3 and Wii, Fat Princess, TMNT Turtles in Time Re-Shelled, Professor Layton and the Diabolical Box, and more. There's no letup after the break with July NPD sales figures kicking off a discussion that covers Sega's renewed commitment to mature games on the Wii, impressions of the XBL update, and a quick look at the buzz from the first day of QuakeCon.