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Text us and say hello!It's time to plug in our controllers and dive into the digital world of the mid-2000s with a special episode dedicated to the Xbox 360. Lou and I are about to take you on a high-definition journey through the glory days of gaming with one of the most influential consoles of all time.We start off by setting the scene: the Xbox 360's release in 2005, a time when gaming was transitioning into a mainstream powerhouse. We share our first impressions of the console, the excitement of HD gaming, and how Xbox Live revolutionized the way we play and interact online.But it wasn't all smooth sailing. No discussion about the Xbox 360 is complete without mentioning its infamous Achilles' heel – the Red Ring of Death (RRoD). Lou recounts his battle with the RRoD, sharing a story that many of our listeners will find all too familiar. We explore what caused these hardware failures and how Microsoft responded to this widespread issue, turning a significant challenge into a testament to customer service and resilience.Then, we shift gears to a happier topic: the Top 20 selling games of all time for the Xbox 360. This list is a who's who of gaming greatness, featuring titles that have left a lasting legacy on the industry. We discuss each game, sharing our personal experiences, favorite moments, and how these games contributed to the Xbox 360's legendary status. From the groundbreaking adventures of "Halo 3" and "Gears of War" to the open-world wonders of "Grand Theft Auto V" and the kinetic energy of "Kinect Adventures," we cover the spectrum of what made gaming on the Xbox 360 so unforgettable.We wrap up the episode by reflecting on the Xbox 360's legacy, its impact on gaming culture, and how it paved the way for future generations of consoles. The Xbox 360 wasn't just a machine; it was a gateway to worlds beyond our imagination, friendships across the globe, and countless hours of joy.So, whether you were a hardcore gamer, a casual player, or just someone who appreciated the cultural phenomenon that was the Xbox 360, this episode is for you. Join Lou and me as we celebrate the console that defined a gaming generation on Generation 'S'.Support the Show.We've got merch!Check out the site for some awesome Gen 'S' swag :)
Welcome to Dev Game Club, where this week we continue our series on Alan Wake, which we're playing via a remaster. We talk especially about the combat, amongst other topics. Dev Game Club looks at classic video games and plays through them over several episodes, providing commentary. Sections played: Up to Ch 3 or 4 Issues covered: Night Springs episode, word salad, feeling the need to have it wrapped up, PNW locations, not quite hitting right, representing the setting, Remedy touchpoints, primal fears, collectibles and types, the three Cs, the cohesion of the lights, making you feel like a putz, pulling the camera away, lack of situational awareness, a difficulty diversion, wanting to almost die, inanimate objects, finding the right tension, spawned Taken?, weapon progressions, getting a better flashlight, the excellence of the 5.1 mix, annoying difficulty bugs, the RROD, what do you do when source material conflicts with good game principles, adaptation, where are all the women?, lack of promotion, game choice, demographics and the birth of the industry, our negative reviews. Games, people, and influences mentioned or discussed: Control, Twin Peaks, Northern Exposure, Grand Theft Auto, Stephen King, Max Payne, Resident Evil (series), Silent Hill 2, Capcom, Trespasser, C. Ross, Psycho Mantis/Metal Gear Solid, Eternal Darkness, Lego Movie Game, Mystery Dip, Starfighter (series), Republic Commando, Tomb Raider (series), Halo (series), Barbie, Oppenheimer, Branden, Rockstar, Epic, Maas, Kotaku, Jason Schreier, Nintendo, Atari, Kirk Hamilton, Aaron Evers, Mark Garcia. Next time: Finishing the main game Twitch: brettdouville or timlongojr, instagram:timlongojr, Twitter: @timlongojr and @devgameclub Discord DevGameClub@gmail.com
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Codex History of Video Games with Mike Coletta and Tyler Ostby - Podaholics
Tyler and Mike talk about E3 2005 and 2006. They discuss Microsoft's RROD woes and how the Wii reshaped the playing field for video game consoles. The theme music is by RoccoW. The logo was created by Dani Dodge.
In this episode we discuss: - Ubisoft announces Splinter Cell remake (Source: IGN) - New DualSense colours and PS5 console covers (Source: PS Blog) - Microsoft explains how the RROD happened (Source: GameSpot)
As the year slowly slips away and the autumn leaves remind us of our inescapable mortality, it's time for another episode of Nerds Amalgamated.First up this week, Valve is leaking and blowing off some steam. The entire source code for TF2 and CSGO has been leaked, and Valve News Network's source has some interesting rumours about Half Life 3.The PS5 finally has a release date and a price. It's finally time to move to the next generation of consoles, but don't make space in your TV cabinet just yet.More anime is becoming live action. Because that's exactly what everyone was begging for. This time it's Cowboy Bebop season 2 and One Punch Man.But in another nightmare, your Ego has a big part to play in the frequency of nightmares. Is self-affirmation a more effective dream weapon than Freddy Kruger's claws?This week, Professor went Old Skool and played Objects in Space, a modempunk space adventure. DJ chose a demolition derby to knock out some stress and Dev-i isn't ready to leave the VR Chat world just yet.Come back next time for more Nerdy News.Valve is leaking- https://twitter.com/CSGO/status/1253075594901774336- https://www.zdnet.com/article/valve-says-its-safe-to-play-csgo-and-tf2-after-source-code-leaked-online/- https://www.newsweek.com/valve-source-code-leaks-online-developer-says-no-reason-alarmed-1499628All things PS5 including production and release date- https://www.notebookcheck.net/PlayStation-5-mass-production-to-begin-in-June-with-simultaneous-global-launch-planned-PS5-reveal-event-could-land-in-late-May-or-early-June.462066.0.html- https://www.express.co.uk/entertainment/gaming/1271365/PS5-reveal-date-and-price-latest-Sony-has-good-news-and-bad-news-for-fansAnime turning into live action- https://observer.com/2020/04/netflix-cowboy-bebop-season-2-live-action-john-cho/- https://variety.com/2020/film/news/sony-film-manga-one-punch-man-venom-writers-1234585282/Nightmare on Ego street- https://www.psypost.org/2020/04/new-study-finds-ego-strength-predicts-nightmare-frequency-56488?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=new-study-finds-ego-strength-predicts-nightmare-frequency- https://psycnet.apa.org/record/2019-74996-001Games PlayedProfessor– Objects In Space - https://store.steampowered.com/app/824070/Objects_in_Space/Rating: 4/5DJ– KillSteel - https://store.steampowered.com/app/1269550/KillSteel/Rating: 3/5Dev-i-Boy– VRChat - https://store.steampowered.com/app/438100/VRChat/Rating: 4/5Other topics discussedValve source code comment- https://i.redd.it/chodbngq4fu41.jpgSuper Smash Bros. Ultimate - E3 2018 - Nintendo Switch- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L93H7YC-83oHunt Down The Freeman (Half-Life 2 fan-game that was developed and published by Royal Rudius Entertainment and released commercially on Steam on February 23rd, 2018)- https://store.steampowered.com/app/723390/Hunt_Down_The_Freeman/Cremator (The Cremator, also known as the Combine Janitor, is a passive enemy cut from Half-Life 2.)- https://half-life.fandom.com/wiki/CrematorAxel Gembe - The Half Life 2 hacker- https://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2011-02-21-the-boy-who-stole-half-life-2-articleFacebook hires hacker who started Sony war- https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/gadgets-and-tech/news/facebook-hires-hacker-who-started-sony-war-2304075.htmlWhite hat hackers (The term "white hat" in Internet slang refers to an ethical computer hacker, or a computer security expert, who specializes in penetration testing and in other testing methodologies that ensures the security of an organization's information systems. White hat hackers may also work in teams called "sneakers",red teams, or tiger teams.)- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_hat_(computer_security)PS5 controller: the DualSense- https://www.gamesradar.com/au/ps5-controller-dualshock-5/Xbox Series X logo reveal- https://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2020-04-22-heres-the-xbox-series-x-logoVidal Sassoon logo- http://logok.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/Vidal-Sassoon-logo-300x220.pngXbox Series X- https://www.microsoft.com/en-au/p/xbox-series-x/8wj714n3rbtl- https://www.xbox.com/en-AU/consoles/xbox-series-xXbox 360 technical problems (The Xbox 360 video game console is subject to a number of technical problems and failures that can render it unusable. However, many of the issues can be identified by a series of glowing red lights flashing on the face of the console; the three flashing red lights (nicknamed the "Red Ring of Death" or the "RRoD") being the most infamous.)- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xbox_360_technical_problemsDenis Villeneuve Explains Why ‘Dune’ Will Be Split into Two Movies- https://collider.com/dune-two-movies-sequel-explained-reason-why-denis-villeneuve/J.J. Abrams Developing Remake of Japanese Hit ‘Your Name’ With Paramount- https://variety.com/2017/film/news/j-j-abrams-your-name-remake-paramount-1202574994/Popeye (Popeye was a cancelled 2016 film based off the Popeye cartoon characters)- https://cancelled-movies.fandom.com/wiki/Popeye_(2016_animated_film)Objects In Space – Build Your Own Control Panel- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I270vSrTIukClose Encounters of The Third Kind - Ship In The Dessert- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cTcKFCw2MO0Absolute Beginners ("Absolute Beginners" is a song written and recorded by English singer-songwriter David Bowie.)- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Absolute_Beginners_(David_Bowie_song)- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Absolute_Beginners_(David_Bowie_song)#Production_creditsFrank Herbert's Children of Dune (Frank Herbert's Children of Dune is a three-part science fiction miniseries written by John Harrison and directed by Greg Yaitanes, based on Frank Herbert's novels Dune Messiah and Children of Dune.)- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_Herbert%27s_Children_of_DuneDune (Dune is a 1984 American epic science fiction film written and directed by David Lynch and based on the 1965 Frank Herbert novel of the same name.)- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dune_(1984_film)The Loch Ness Monster: The Story of The Surgeon’s Photograph- https://www.donttakepictures.com/dtp-blog/2017/4/19/the-loch-ness-monster-turns-83-the-story-of-the-surgeons-photographThe Private Life of Sherlock Holmes (The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes is a 1970 DeLuxe Color film in Panavision written and produced by Billy Wilder and I. A. L. Diamond, and directed by Wilder.)- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Private_Life_of_Sherlock_HolmesThe Private Life of Sherlock Holmes Nessie prop found- https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-scotland-highlands-islands-36024638Dell : We just have better computers…- https://www.theverge.com/2018/4/11/17226064/dell-china-laptop-pubg-cheatingTroubling Issues (TNC podcast)- https://thatsnotcanon.com/troublingissuespodcastThat’s Not COVID (TNC podcast)- https://thatsnotcanon.com/thatsnotcovidpodcastShout Outs15 April 2020 – Brian Dennehy American actor of stage, television, and film, passed away at 81 - https://variety.com/2020/film/news/brian-dennehy-dead-dies-tommy-boy-first-blood-1234582309/Brian Dennehy, the winner of two Tonys in a career that also spanned films including “Tommy Boy,” “First Blood” and “Cocoon,” and television roles including “Dynasty” and “Death of a Salesman,”. His daughter, actress Elizabeth Dennehy, tweeted on Thursday, “It is with heavy hearts we announce that our father, Brian, passed away last night from natural causes, not Covid-related. Larger than life, generous to a fault, a proud and devoted father and grandfather, he will be missed by his wife, Jennifer, family and many friends,” The actor made his TV and feature debut in 1977, from that point he maintained a heavy work load for decades. In 1982 his profile increased significantly thanks to his effective performance in the role of Teasle, the sadistic small-town police chief who is Sylvester Stallone’s lead adversary in “First Blood.” One of Dennehy’s most memorable film roles came in Alan J. Pakula’s 1990 adaptation of Turow’s bestselling novel “Presumed Innocent,” starring Harrison Ford as the Chicago assistant district attorney on trial for the murder of a co-worker with whom he had an affair. Dennehy played his boss, who’s up for re-election and has multiple divided loyalties, with a subtlety that was necessary. He died from sepsis in New Haven, Connecticut.15 April 2020 - Allen Daviau, American cinematographer passed away at 77 - https://variety.com/2020/film/news/allen-daviau-dead-dies-e-t-empire-of-the-sun-1234582518/Cinematographer Allen Daviau, a five-time Academy Award nominee for films including Steven Spielberg’s “E.T. the Extra Terrestrial” and “Empire of the Sun”. Food editor and writer Colman Andrews wrote on Twitter that Daviau had died of coronavirus at the MPTF hospital. “RIP Allen Daviau, my friend of almost 60 years, cinematographer and bon vivant, five-time Academy Award nominee, dining companion extraordinaire, pure soul, who left us last night at the MPTF Hospital, his longtime home, after contracting COVID-19. Salut, mon ami.” Daviau, a New Orleans native, was nominated for best cinematography Oscars for Spielberg movies “The Color Purple,” “Empire of the Sun,” and “E.T. the Extraterrestrial” — along with two Barry Levinson films, “Avalon” and “Bugsy.” He also shot the Gobi desert sequence for Spielberg’s “Close Encounters of the Third Kind.” In 1983, he talked to American Cinematographer magazine about prepping the “E.T.” shoot, “We sat down with Steven and started screening movies together. This is the best way I know to get started, watching our own movies and other people’s movies, discussing them, evolving the style we want. We watched Night of the Hunter, Alien, Apocalypse Now, Last Tango in Paris — I forget what all.” Daviau described his favorite scene in “E.T.” to the magazine: “It would be the one in which the youngster [Henry Thomas] says, ‘I’m keeping him.’ The little girl [Drew Barrymore] walks forward, there are highlights in E.T.’s eyes, no detail in the face, and the light is yellow, the effect is very much that of a Maxfield Parrish painting.” He died from complications of COVID-19 in Los Angeles,California.16 April 2020 - Gene Deitch, American animator & filmmaker passed away at 95 - https://news.expats.cz/weekly-czech-news/american-animator-longtime-prague-expat-gene-deitch-passes-away-at-age-95/Gene Deitch was an American Oscar-winning illustrator, animator, film director and producer, he directed 13 episodes of “Tom and Jerry” and also some of the “Popeye the Sailor” series. As an animator, he got the Gold Medal of the New York Art Directors Club for the best commercials twice at end of the 1940s and the beginning of the 1950s. These works of his were the first to enter the Museum of Modern Art in New York. Deitch said he loved Prague, where he had shot 70 animated films and seven TV series and was very happy there. He won the Winsor McCay Award for his lifetime contributions in animation in 2004, which he appreciated more than the Oscar, he admitted in one of his interviews. He died from cardiac arrest in Prague.17 April 2020 - Matthew Seligman, New Wave Bassist For The Soft Boys And David Bowie passed away at 64 - https://variety.com/2020/music/news/matthew-seligman-dead-dies-coronavirus-bassist-david-bowie-1234584453/Matthew Seligman, was a member of The Soft Boys and the Thompson Twins, and was a sideman for Thomas Dolby. Seligman was also a member of Bruce Woolley & The Camera Club and The Dolphin Brothers. Seligman joined Bowie during his 1985 Live Aid performance and played bass on the soundtrack for his 1986 film “Labyrinth.” His longtime friend and fellow musician Thomas Dolby shared details about Seligman’s death in a Facebook post, saying he suffered a severe hemorrhagic stroke on Friday. He had also been in an induced coma for two weeks after testing positive for coronavirus in St. George’s University Hospital in London. Dolby posted a photo of Seligman with lyrics from his song “I Love You Goodbye.” “Some words are sad to sing. Some leave me tongue-tied. But the hardest words I know are I love you goodbye,” he wrote. He died from complications of COVID-19 in London.Remembrances21 April 1965 - Edward Victor Appleton - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Victor_AppletonEnglish physicist, Nobel Prize winner (1947) and pioneer in radiophysics. He studied, and was also employed as a lab technician, at Bradford College from 1909 to 1911. He won the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1947 for his seminal work proving the existence of the ionosphere during experiments carried out in 1924. Appleton had observed that the strength of the radio signal from a transmitter on a frequency such as the medium wave band and over a path of a hundred miles or so was constant during the day but that it varied during the night. This led him to believe that it was possible that two radio signals were being received. It was sensible to suggest these variations were due to the interference of two waves but an extra step to show that the second wave causing the interference (the first being the ground wave) was coming down from the ionosphere. The basic idea behind Appleton’s work is so simple that it is hard to understand at first how he devoted almost all his scientific career to its study. Thanks to Appleton’s research, the periods when these would occur could be predicted and communication could be switched to wavelengths that would be least affected. Radar, was one that came about thanks to Appleton’s work. On a very general level, his research consisted in determining the distance of reflecting objects from radio signal transmitters. This is exactly the idea of radar and the flashing dots that appear on the screen scanned by the circulating ‘searcher’ bar. This system was developed partly by Appleton as a new method, called the pulse method, to make ionospheric measurements. It was later adapted by Robert Watson-Watt to detect aeroplanes. Nowadays, ionospheric data is important when communications with satellites are considered. He died at the age of 72 in Edinburgh.21 April 2016 – Prince - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prince_(musician)Prince Rogers Nelson, American singer, songwriter, musician, record producer, dancer, actor, and filmmaker. A guitar virtuoso and multi-instrumentalist known for his eclectic genre-crossing work, flamboyant and androgynous persona, energetic live shows and wide-ranging singing voice, in particular his far reaching falsetto and high-pitched screams, Prince is regarded as one of the greatest, versatile and most successful musicians in the history of popular music. His innovative music integrated a wide variety of styles, including funk, R&B, rock, new wave, soul, psychedelia and pop. Prince pioneered the late 1970s Minneapolis sound, a funk rock sub genre drawing from synth-pop and new wave. He sold over 100 million records worldwide, ranking him among the best-selling music artists of all time. He won seven Grammy Awards, seven Brit Awards, six American Music Awards, four MTV Video Music Awards, an Academy Award, and a Golden Globe Award. He was also honored with special awards including the Grammy President's Merit Award, American Music Awards for Achievement and of Merit, and the Billboard Icon Award. He was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2004, the UK Music Hall of Fame in 2006, and the Rhythm and Blues Music Hall of Fame in 2016. In 2016, he was posthumously honored with a Doctor of Humane Letters by the University of Minnesota. Rolling Stone placed him among its list of the 100 Greatest Artists of All Time. He died from accidental overdose of fentanyl at the age of 57 in Chanhassen, Minnesota.21 April 2018 - Verne Troyer - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Verne_TroyerAmerican actor, comedian, and stunt performer who played Mini-Me in the Austin Powers film series. He had cartilage–hair hypoplasia and was 2 ft 8 in (81 cm) tall. Troyer first met with Jay Roach to discuss portraying Mini-Me in the Austin Powers series, Myers was impressed with Troyer's performance, rewriting the script for Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me to give Mini-Me more screen time and remove the character's death. Troyer reprised the role three years later in Austin Powers in Goldmember, and collaborated again with Myers on The Love Guru. After reaching a large audience as Mini-Me, Troyer portrayed the goblin Griphook in Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone and played the role of Percy in Terry Gilliam's fantasy film The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus. He died from suicide at the age of 49 in Los Angeles,California.Famous Birthdays21 April 1816 - Charlotte Brontë - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlotte_Bront%C3%ABEnglish novelist and poet, the eldest of the three Brontë sisters who survived into adulthood and whose novels became classics of English literature. In 1839 she undertook the role as governess for the Sidgwick family but left after a few months to return to Haworth where the sisters opened a school, but failed to attract pupils. Instead, they turned to writing and they each first published in 1846 under the pseudonyms of Currer, Ellis and Acton Bell. While her first novel, The Professor, was rejected by publishers, her second novel, Jane Eyre, was published in 1847. The book's style was innovative, combining naturalism with gothicmelodrama, and broke new ground in being written from an intensely evoked first-person female perspective. Brontë believed art was most convincing when based on personal experience; in Jane Eyre she transformed the experience into a novel with universal appeal. She was born in Thornton.21 April 1915 - Garrett Hardin - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Garrett_HardinAmerican ecologist and proponent of eugenics who warned of the dangers of human overpopulation. He is most famous for his exposition of the tragedy of the commons, in a 1968 paper of the same title in Science, which called attention to "the damage that innocent actions by individuals can inflict on the environment". He is also known for Hardin's First Law of Human Ecology: "We can never do merely one thing. Any intrusion into nature has numerous effects, many of which are unpredictable." In 1968, Hardin applied his conceptual model developed in his essay "The tragedy of the commons" to human population growth, the use of the Earth's natural resources, and the welfare state. Hardin blamed the welfare state for allowing the tragedy of the commons; where the state provides for children and supports over-breeding as a fundamental human right, Hardin stated in his analysis of the tragedy of the commons that "Freedom in a commons brings ruin to all." He was born in Dallas, Texas.21 April 1979 - James McAvoy - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_McAvoyScottish actor. He made his acting debut as a teen in The Near Room (1995) and made mostly television appearances until 2003, when his feature film career began. His notable television work includes the thriller State of Play and the science fiction miniseries Frank Herbert's Children of Dune. He has performed in several West End productions and received three nominations for the Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actor, and has also done voice work for animated films including Gnomeo & Juliet, its sequel, Sherlock Gnomes, and Arthur Christmas. In 2003, McAvoy appeared in a lead role in Bollywood Queen, then another lead role as Rory in Inside I'm Dancing in 2004. This was followed by a supporting role, as the faun Mr. Tumnus, in The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe. His performance in Kevin Macdonald's drama The Last King of Scotland garnered him several award nominations, including the BAFTA Award for Best Supporting Actor. The critically acclaimed romantic drama war film Atonement earned him a Golden Globe Award nomination and his second BAFTA nomination. He later appeared as a newly trained assassin in the action thriller Wanted. In 2011, McAvoy played Professor Charles Xavier in the superhero film X-Men: First Class, a role he reprised in X-Men: Days of Future Past, X-Men: Apocalypse, Deadpool 2 and Dark Phoenix. In 2016, he portrayed Kevin Wendell Crumb, a man with 23 alternate personalities, in M. Night Shyamalan's Split, for which he received critical acclaim, and later reprised the role for the sequel Glass. He was born in Glasgow.Events of Interest21 April 1918 – German flying ace, “Red Baron,” killed in action - https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/red-baron-killed-in-action-2In the well-trafficked skies above the Somme River in France, Baron Manfred von Richthofen, the notorious German flying ace known as the Red Baron,” is killed by Allied fire. On April 21, 1918, with 80 victories under his belt, Richthofen led his squadron of triplanes deep into Allied territory in France on a search for British observation aircraft. The flight drew the attention of an Allied squadron led by Canadian Royal Air Force pilot Captain Arthur Roy Brown. As Richthofen pursued a plane piloted by Brown’s compatriot, Wilfred R. May, the Red Baron ventured too far into enemy territory and too low to the ground. Two miles behind the Allied lines, just as Brown caught up with Richthofen and fired on him, the chase passed over an Australian machine-gun battery, whose riflemen opened fire. Richthofen was hit in the torso; though he managed to land his plane alongside the road from Corbie to Bray, near Sailley-le-Sac, he was dead by the time Australian troops reached him. Brown is often given credit for downing Richthofen from the air, though some claimed it was actually an Australian gunner on the ground who fired the fatal shot; debate continues to this day.21 April 1934 – The "Surgeon's Photograph", the most famous photo allegedly showing the Loch Ness Monster, is published in the Daily Mail (in 1999, it is revealed to be a hoax) - http://www.myday.si/index.php?c=events&view=detail&id=450&d=21&m=4The "Surgeon's Photograph" purported to be the first photo of a "head and neck". Dr. Wilson claimed he was looking at the loch when he saw the monster, so grabbed his camera and snapped five photos. After the film was developed, only two exposures were clear. The first photo (the more publicised one) shows what was claimed to be a small head and back. The second one, a blurry image, attracted little publicity because it was difficult to interpret what was depicted. Wilson's refusal to have his name associated with the photograph led to it being called "Surgeon's Photograph". The strangely small ripples on the photo fit the size and circular pattern of small ripples as opposed to large waves when photographed up close. Analysis of the original uncropped image fostered further doubt.21 April 1989 - Tiananmen Square protests of 1989: In Beijing, around 100,000 students gather in Tiananmen Square to commemorate Chinese reform leader Hu Yaobang. - https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/chinese-students-begin-protests-at-tiananmen-squareSix days after the death of Hu Yaobang, the deposed reform-minded leader of the Chinese Communist Party, some 100,000 students gather at Beijing’s Tiananmen Square to commemorate Hu and voice their discontent with China’s authoritative communist government. The next day, an official memorial service for Hu Yaobang was held in Tiananmen’s Great Hall of the People was broadcast live to the students. General secretary Zhao Ziyang delivered the eulogy. The funeral seemed rushed, and only lasted 40 minutes, as emotions ran high in the Square. Students wept. Security cordoned off the east entrance to the Great Hall of the People, but several students pressed forward. A few were allowed to cross the police line. Student representatives carried a petition to the steps of the Great Hall, demanding to meet with Premier Li Peng. The larger number of students still in the Square but outside the cordon were at times emotional, shouting demands or slogans and rushing toward police. The Chinese government refused such a meeting, leading to a general boycott of Chinese universities across the country and widespread calls for democratic reforms.IntroArtist – Goblins from MarsSong Title – Super Mario - Overworld Theme (GFM Trap Remix)Song Link - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-GNMe6kF0j0&index=4&list=PLHmTsVREU3Ar1AJWkimkl6Pux3R5PB-QJFollow us onFacebook- Page - https://www.facebook.com/NerdsAmalgamated/- Group - https://www.facebook.com/groups/440485136816406/Twitter - https://twitter.com/NAmalgamatedSpotify - https://open.spotify.com/show/6Nux69rftdBeeEXwD8GXrSiTunes - https://itunes.apple.com/au/podcast/top-shelf-nerds/id1347661094RSS - http://www.thatsnotcanonproductions.com/topshelfnerdspodcast?format=rssInstagram - https://www.instagram.com/nerds_amalgamated/General EnquiriesEmail - Nerds.Amalgamated@gmail.comRate & Review us on Podchaser - https://www.podchaser.com/podcasts/nerds-amalgamated-623195
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Welcome to another episode of Throwdown Your Questions! On this show, we answer all of your Video Game related questions. Here are all of the questions we answer this week: - Is it worth playing the OG MGS after having played Twin Snakes? - Why do AI allies always nag you to go faster? - Why did people give the RRoD a pass? - Did you go with default or classic controls in God of War? - How will Adam be affected by Call of Duty with no campaign? - Will we learn the story between God of War 3 and God of War? - Should MS develop more AAA single player games this generation? - Will Nintendo ever release another traditional console? - Are Xbots overreacting to Mike Ybarra streaming God of War? - Do you think Uncharted and The Last of Us are in the same universe? - How many copies will God of War sell in its first week? - Do "boobie streamers" ruin the credibility of Twitch/YouTube? Thanks as always to Shawn Daley for our intro and outro music. Follow him on Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/shawndaley Subscribe to us on: Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/the-throwdown iTunes: http://bit.ly/1tz9G57 YouTube: http://bit.ly/1utYrZf Follow us on: Twitch: https://go.twitch.tv/throwdownshow Mixer: https://mixer.com/throwdownshow Twitter: http://bit.ly/1w31bRY Facebook: http://on.fb.me/1w31eNP Follow the panelists on Twitter: Tony Polanco - https://twitter.com/Romudeth_ Emilio Lopez - https://twitter.com/EMannLand Chris Sealy - https://twitter.com/LunarDiaries Brett Murdock - https://twitter.com/brett_murdock Carlos Romero - https://twitter.com/Eurocar9 Adam Vale - https://twitter.com/Adamvale Brian Munjoma - https://twitter.com/OneFlyness
Welcome to another episode of Throwdown Your Questions! On this show, we answer all of your Video Game related questions. Here are all of the questions we answer this week: - Is it worth playing the OG MGS after having played Twin Snakes? - Why do AI allies always nag you to go faster? - Why did people give the RRoD a pass? - Did you go with default or classic controls in God of War? - How will Adam be affected by Call of Duty with no campaign? - Will we learn the story between God of War 3 and God of War? - Should MS develop more AAA single player games this generation? - Will Nintendo ever release another traditional console? - Are Xbots overreacting to Mike Ybarra streaming God of War? - Do you think Uncharted and The Last of Us are in the same universe? - How many copies will God of War sell in its first week? - Do "boobie streamers" ruin the credibility of Twitch/YouTube? Thanks as always to Shawn Daley for our intro and outro music. Follow him on Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/shawndaley Subscribe to us on: Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/the-throwdown iTunes: http://bit.ly/1tz9G57 YouTube: http://bit.ly/1utYrZf Follow us on: Twitch: https://go.twitch.tv/throwdownshow Mixer: https://mixer.com/throwdownshow Twitter: http://bit.ly/1w31bRY Facebook: http://on.fb.me/1w31eNP Follow the panelists on Twitter: Tony Polanco - https://twitter.com/Romudeth_ Emilio Lopez - https://twitter.com/EMannLand Chris Sealy - https://twitter.com/LunarDiaries Brett Murdock - https://twitter.com/brett_murdock Carlos Romero - https://twitter.com/Eurocar9 Adam Vale - https://twitter.com/Adamvale Brian Munjoma - https://twitter.com/OneFlyness
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Welcome to another episode of Throwdown Your Questions! On this show, we answer all of your Video Game related questions. Here are all of the questions we answer this week: - What are your thoughts on the Xbox Gamescom live show? - What do you make of Sony publishing games for IPs they don't own? - Is nostalgia stagnating the industry? - What's the most you've ever spent on a single game? - Has Emilio ever played the original Nier? - Will PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds be a game changer for Xbox One? - Could you tell the difference between an exclusive and a multiplat game? - Should PSN & XBL have ratings similar to that of Netflix and Steam? - What do you think of Shadow of War's microtransactions? - Why are people ashamed to be labeled "fanboys"? - Was the RRoD the reason Xbox 360 owners jumped over to PlayStation 4? - Do you have a problem with the term "console exclusive"? - What old Xbox IP would help turn this generation around? - What is your ALL-TIME favorite Xbox IP? - How bad would it be if Crackdown 3 got cancelled? - With Sonic Mania and Yakuza 0, is Sega officially back? - What's the point of having Minecraft in 4K? - What do you think about crypto miners artificially inflating graphics cards prices Thanks as always to Shawn Daley for our intro and outro music. Follow him on Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/shawndaley Subscribe to us on YouTube: http://bit.ly/1utYrZf iTunes: http://bit.ly/1tz9G57 Follow us on: Twitter: http://bit.ly/1w31bRY Facebook: http://on.fb.me/1w31eNP Follow the panelists on Twitter: Tony Polanco - https://twitter.com/Romudeth Emilio Lopez - https://twitter.com/EMannLand Chris Sealy - https://twitter.com/LunarDiaries Brett Murdock - https://twitter.com/brett_murdock Carlos Romero - https://twitter.com/Eurocar9 Adam Vale - https://twitter.com/Adamvale Brian Munjoma - https://twitter.com/OneFlyness
Welcome to another episode of Throwdown Your Questions! On this show, we answer all of your Video Game related questions. Here are all of the questions we answer this week: - What are your thoughts on the Xbox Gamescom live show? - What do you make of Sony publishing games for IPs they don't own? - Is nostalgia stagnating the industry? - What's the most you've ever spent on a single game? - Has Emilio ever played the original Nier? - Will PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds be a game changer for Xbox One? - Could you tell the difference between an exclusive and a multiplat game? - Should PSN & XBL have ratings similar to that of Netflix and Steam? - What do you think of Shadow of War's microtransactions? - Why are people ashamed to be labeled "fanboys"? - Was the RRoD the reason Xbox 360 owners jumped over to PlayStation 4? - Do you have a problem with the term "console exclusive"? - What old Xbox IP would help turn this generation around? - What is your ALL-TIME favorite Xbox IP? - How bad would it be if Crackdown 3 got cancelled? - With Sonic Mania and Yakuza 0, is Sega officially back? - What's the point of having Minecraft in 4K? - What do you think about crypto miners artificially inflating graphics cards prices Thanks as always to Shawn Daley for our intro and outro music. Follow him on Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/shawndaley Subscribe to us on YouTube: http://bit.ly/1utYrZf iTunes: http://bit.ly/1tz9G57 Follow us on: Twitter: http://bit.ly/1w31bRY Facebook: http://on.fb.me/1w31eNP Follow the panelists on Twitter: Tony Polanco - https://twitter.com/Romudeth Emilio Lopez - https://twitter.com/EMannLand Chris Sealy - https://twitter.com/LunarDiaries Brett Murdock - https://twitter.com/brett_murdock Carlos Romero - https://twitter.com/Eurocar9 Adam Vale - https://twitter.com/Adamvale Brian Munjoma - https://twitter.com/OneFlyness
We get the inside story on Sega's glory days, and their downfall from former CEO Tom Kalinske! Our website: [http://theretrohour.com](http://theretrohour.com) Facebook: [http://www.facebook.com/theretrohour](http://www.facebook.com/theretrohour) Twitter: [http://twitter.com/retrohouruk](http://twitter.com/retrohouruk) Show notes: Retro arcade VR: [http://bit.ly/1UFm1lp](http://bit.ly/1UFm1lp) Sega 3D Classics released: [http://bit.ly/1UFm1lp](http://bit.ly/1UFm1lp) Rare VHS-HD tape is found: [http://dailym.ai/270EOfF](http://dailym.ai/270EOfF) Noland Bushnall back in the games industry: [http://on.mash.to/270EQo0](http://on.mash.to/270EQo0) Shinobi movie is coming: [http://bit.ly/24yoGTX](http://bit.ly/24yoGTX) Xbox 360 RROD cost Microsoft $1bn: [http://til.ink/24fFTl5](http://til.ink/24fFTl5) Someone stole Jeri Elsworth's C64 guitar: [http://bit.ly/1TsBkbA](http://bit.ly/1TsBkbA) Another Spectrum clone: [http://bit.ly/1O3EjeB](http://bit.ly/1O3EjeB) Guy runs Windows 95 on an Apple Watch: [http://bit.ly/1T52GLb](http://bit.ly/1T52GLb)
The events leading up to a Xbox 360 RROD, from five very different perspectives.
Well, hello there you scamps! Dan, Jon and Tim have spent the week being pleasantly surprised that Great Britain appears to be good at sport once again – but, thankfully, this hasn't got in the way of them burbling about video games. This week, we ramble about: Andrew Lloyd-Webber is making a game – god knows why Metal Gear Solid 4's Trophy patch (PS3) Ouya watch – special editions, Final Fantasy and more Transformers: Fall of Cybertron demo impressions (360/PS3) Tim's played with a 3DS XL, feels obliged to talk about it again Dan's pile of shame – Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning (360) Some Android and iOS games The Great British Debate: Is there a right way to do micro-transactions?
The Brown show returns! This week the crew discusses an RROD story, Pokemon, Rift, DogsDie and Smelly are getting fat, deal of the week and much more. Listen up, and find out what Brown can do for you.
In this episode we look back on some of the news that came out of GamesCom in Cologne, discuss my latest 360 RROD and we announce the winner of our Eurogamer Tickets competition News Xbox Live price increase Super Mario’s 25th birthday and Playstation's 15th birthday Duke Nukem Forever is finally coming out The Scottish gaming industry gets a boost Deus Ex Human Revolution We preview Halo Reach Reviews: In Buy, Rent or Avoid we review Kane and Lynch 2: Dogs Days and Scott Pilgrim vs. the World
In a particularly sad edition from CC Gaming in Kennesaw, GA, we are visited by our friend, the Red Ring of Death. The Xbox 360 we use to run the games suffered this failure 5 minutes before airtime. We scored a replacement 360, but were unable to play Limbo on the show. However, we DID get to play some Starcraft! Starcraft 64, that is. We were visited by George, a local gamer who is in the running to compete on the upcoming season of The Tester. He wants to prove to people who don't like video games that video games are not bad for you by appearing on a reality show that one can only watch on a video game console. And no, he doesn't see the logic hole in that statement. Sadly, a combination of the hosts and callers crush his dreams live on the air. Then we play BlazBlue: Continuum Shift both offline and online against our audience...AND WIN. Sadly, ustream did not save our video for this episode. We have a local copy and will see what we can do to get it uploaded elsewhere, because there are sight gags throughout the show.
In a particularly sad edition from CC Gaming in Kennesaw, GA, we are visited by our friend, the Red Ring of Death. The Xbox 360 we use to run the games suffered this failure 5 minutes before airtime. We scored a replacement 360, but were unable to play Limbo on the show. However, we DID get to play some Starcraft! Starcraft 64, that is. We were visited by George, a local gamer who is in the running to compete on the upcoming season of The Tester. He wants to prove to people who don't like video games that video games are not bad for you by appearing on a reality show that one can only watch on a video game console. And no, he doesn't see the logic hole in that statement. Sadly, a combination of the hosts and callers crush his dreams live on the air. Then we play BlazBlue: Continuum Shift both offline and online against our audience...AND WIN. Sadly, ustream did not save our video for this episode. We have a local copy and will see what we can do to get it uploaded elsewhere, because there are sight gags throughout the show.
The King of Pop has died. Ed is dead. David is gone and Farrah as well. Whatever shall we do? What we always do. We take a quick moment of silence before diving into the hot issues of the week: Magnum PI, autoerotic asphyxiation with spotters, superhero cockblocking, Xbox STD's, busting ghosts and the return of Mad Libs. Also, never look down. You never know what Rob is holding.
Hosts: Keith, Ivan, Phil, Tom, Chad. Favorite In-Game Killing Technique, GTA4 Launch Week, Culdcept Saga Woes, Hardcore Gaming, Fact or Crap, Forum Browsing: Stories in Games, Mailbag - Preparing for the RROD, Mailbag - COD5, GCN In Liberty City. (mp3) Length: 30:01, Size: 28925952