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USgamer's Kat Bailey turns the tables and interviews Jeff Green this week, so it's his turn to share how he got his first job in the games industry in 1996, days spent rolling into the office at 10:30am to play '90s PC games, GFW Radio memories, and what it means to get older in the games industry. This week the spotlight is on the Black Dragon, so don't miss out.
My guest on today's episode is Anthony Gallegos - currently working as a game designer on Marvel Heroes, Anthony previously spent years working in the enthusiast press for sites like 1up and IGN, and has been everyone's favourite on a whole host of podcasts including GFW Radio, The Gamespy Debriefings, The Comedy Button and of course Rebel FM. We talk growing up on a naval base, the ubiquity of the NES in America, how multiplayer games were the bedrock of his early gaming life, his zoology aspirations, his time in Scotland, how a looming deadline helps beat imposter syndrome and how meeting Arthur Gies while they both worked at a Tower Records changed the course of his life. We also talk about a whole bunch of games - the never ending allure of PUBG, mainlining Everquest in college, why Gone Home was such an inspiration when he started working in design and why a little jank in a game can make all the difference. "Mind what you have learned. Save you it can." PATREON - patreon.com/checkpoints iTunes HERE - SUBSCRIBE / RATE / REVIEW Games discussed: Super Mario Bros, Fester's Quest, Rust, PUBG, Everquest, World of Warcraft, Gone Home, Tony Hawks Pro Skater, Bushido Blade, Mortal Kombat, The Terminator, Counter Strike, Oblivion, The Walking Dead, Gone Home, Company of Heroes, Jack Box Party Pack, Tribes, God of War 2
My guest today is Jeff Green. Jeff has spent a the past few years working for Popcap and EA, but is perhaps best known for his long tenure on GFW/CGW magazine, and as the host of GFW Radio, one of the very first videogame podcasts and certainly one of my favourites. He is also the nicest guy, and an excellent guest. We talk about Jeff's delinquent youth in a pinball gang, how to balance marriage and Hearthstone, bonding with his daughter in WoW, how awful it is to have to write about modems and how amazing it is to write about games. We wax lyrical about Half Life and Doom, wonder whether stories in games matter, think about the impact of podcasting and share thoughts on the latest Hearthstone expansion. This was a treat. You're not the Lord of the Rings! SUBSCRIBE / RATE / REVIEW HERE RSS HERE Games discussed: Doom (1993), Quake, Half Life, WoW, Everquest, Bioshock, Hearthstone, Zork, Destiny, Marathon, Dark Souls 3. Cover design: Craig Stevenson - http://onedinosaurandhisballoon.blogspot.co.uk Music: Samuel Baker - http://soundcloud.com/furoshiki
Jeff and Christian welcome Jeff Green, of Computer Gaming World, 1up, and GFW Radio fame to the show this week to talk about all the highs and lows of EVO 2015, Shenmue and Star Citizen's crowdfunding challenges, Odin Sphere's remake, and more. In the Playlist, everyone is talking about Rocket League, Jeff Green is still hooked on Hearthstone and has been trying Oculus Rift demos, Christian continues his walk down retro lane, and Jeff is intrigued by The Vanishing of Ethan Carter and Warhammer 40k: Deathwatch. For Tabletop TIme, Jeff Green cuts off their heads in Guillotine and Jeff Cannata introduces a new group to Evolution. All that, plus your Q's and our A's!
Jeff and Christian welcome Jeff Green, of Computer Gaming World, 1up, and GFW Radio fame to the show this week to talk about all the highs and lows of EVO 2015, Shenmue and Star Citizen's crowdfunding challenges, Odin Sphere's remake, and more. In the Playlist, everyone is talking about Rocket League, Jeff Green is still hooked on Hearthstone and has been trying Oculus Rift demos, Christian continues his walk down retro lane, and Jeff is intrigued by The Vanishing of Ethan Carter and Warhammer 40k: Deathwatch. For Tabletop TIme, Jeff Green cuts off their heads in Guillotine and Jeff Cannata introduces a new group to Evolution. All that, plus your Q's and our A's!
This special episode of the Geekbox is an audio recording of the GFW Radio reunion panel from PAX Prime 2013 in Seattle, WA. It reunites Games for Windows: The Official Magazine editors (and podcasters) Jeff Green, Sean Molloy, Ryan Scott, Shawn Elliott, Robert Ashley, and Anthony Gallegos for an all-too-brief hour of the sort of insightful (and occasionally horrifying) discussion that made GFW Radio so awesome in the first place. Special thanks to Aaron Simmer, James Faulkner, and our awesome audience!
It's April, which means our second maybe-sort-of-annual GFW Radio reunion show, wherein six guys who used to make a PC gaming magazine (remember those?) and an associated podcast talk about... well, whatever it is we can think up. It's like the Earth-2 version of the Comedy Button, for one week only! Starring Jeff Green, Robert Ashley, Shawn Elliott, Anthony Gallegos, Sean Molloy, and Ryan Scott.
Shawn Elliott is on this week talking about his work at Irrational Games, making the transition from covering video games to making them, his perspective on the popularity of podcasting, including GFW Radio and his journey to and through Games for Windows Magazine. This is another one of those conversations that could have gone on for much, much longer but the stories you will hear will be well worth the time spent listening. Enjoy. Irrational Games is working on a little game called Bioshock: Infinite. You should look in to that. Shawn also posts a lot of insanity on Twitter @ShawnElliot. Follow if you dare. Run Time - 1:10:56 Send your feedback to feedback@justtalkingpodcast.com.
Jeff Green has had a lengthy career in the video game industry. Now he's the Director of Editorial and Social Media for PopCap Games - very impressive stuff. We talk about his work at PopCap, his nearly 20 years at Ziff Davis Media (from associate editor to Editor in Chief) and the continued popularity of GFW Radio, and we sprinkle in a lot of conversation about social media including the implict value of social media to mutli-million dollar companies and what it's like when your phone explodes with messages after a company like EA buys a company like PopCap. Enjoy. Follow Jeff on Twitter at @Greenspeak and be sure to check out the PopCast on iTunes. Run Time - 1:05:51 Send your feedback to feedback@justtalkingpodcast.com.
Wherein we discuss co-host Karen Chu's current whereabouts, a whole bunch of TV shows (beware Lost spoilers!), some more Watchmen, the SciFi Channel's ridiculous new "direction," hot sci-fi cyborgs, Resident Evil 5, terrible game controls, Killzone 2, Bioshock 2, Street Fighter IV, Ryan Scott's upcoming wedding, the latest Fitch Hitch update, and the upcoming GFW Radio reunion panel at Penny Arcade Expo 2009. Starring Ryan Scott, Mike Cruz, Andrew Fitch, Greg Ford, Ryan Higgins, and Jade Kraus.
This week, the gang mocks fellow editor Shane Bettenhausen's packrat tendencies, discusses the pros and cons of tighty-whities, and even gets some game discussion in there somewhere. Tina Sanchez and Anthony Gallegos give us a sneak preview of Call of Duty: World at War, while Robert Ashley approaches nervous breakdown territory while considering the sheer amount of games he's currently playing.
This week, the gang mocks fellow editor Shane Bettenhausen's packrat tendencies, discusses the pros and cons of tighty-whities, and even gets some game discussion in there somewhere. Tina Sanchez and Anthony Gallegos give us a sneak preview of Call of Duty: World at War, while Robert Ashley approaches nervous breakdown territory while considering the sheer amount of games he's currently playing.