For our fourth episode of the Fancast, we've decided to kick things up a notch (Bam!) with a special guest. Our guest this week: Scott "Bamelin" Strickland of 360 Arcadians. In this episode we discuss the possibility of an Xbox 360 price cut, the impending GRAW 2 multiplayer demo, the trials and tribulations of the Xbox Rewards program, and the many, many cons of being a 360 owning Canadian (pssst, David and Scott are both from Canada). We also answer a very important piece of 360 Fanmail and discuss our most hardcore gaming moments. Grab the Fancast with one of the myriad methods below.Get the podcast
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Hosts: Richard Mitchell (SenseiRAM), Dustin Burg (SuperDunners), David Dreger (Knuckles Dawson)
Special Guest: Scott "Bamelin" Strickland of 360 Arcadians
Music: Intro/Outro: "Electromooq" by Uma Floresta. Break: "Diss Location" by High Alert Status
(Interested in contributing music? Let us know.)
Program:
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News:
- 360 price cut coming soon?
- GRAW 2 multiplayer demo imminent
- Star Wars: Force Unleashed revealed, First videos
- XBLA news: Paperboy dicusssion, Worms still in cert, Ikaruga coming to XBLA, Boom Boom Rocket details.
- New Alan Wake details
- Xbox Rewards is up, then down, then up again .
- Friends list on your Mac
- Another leaked Halo 3 alpha video (it's still up)
- Quake Wars coming to 360
- Age of Conan to mix 360 and PC players
- Crackdown for sale early in Mexico
- BBC slams 360 defects
- Crackdown: Causes Achievements revision, fans decide missing points
- More Achievement amendments
- We're in the Halo 3 beta (except Dustin), questions answered by Bungie, sign up for our Halo 3 beta leaderboard.
360 Fanmail: Best game soundtrack?
Fantalk: What's your best hardcore gaming moment?
Listen (MP3)
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
2-19-2007 @ 9:31PM
Steve said...
Well duh. I've saying that since they launched they new video marketplace in the States. I think it's ridiculous that the rest of the us outside of the U.S. are paying the same amount for a service that is now missing a MAJOR feature. The rewards program is another slap in the face. If they can't roll it out to all customers, then don't roll it out at all or start considering new pricing structures for markets that can not access ALL features of the service. The rest of the market will only put up with it for so long. Myself? Any more of this bullshit and it's goodbye Live, hello modded console and burned games galore.
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2-19-2007 @ 10:29PM
Tim said...
The problems with cover and etc in GRAW are... Well there's a lot of stuff. You mention Rainbow Six so I'll go with that. In Rainbow Six 3 you could lean around corners, which resulted in months of cheaters lean glitching. In Vegas you can point blank someone in the chest while they're 'covering' and sometimes they'll die, sometimes they'll go bloody, sometimes nothing. More of this stuff makes the hit detection more complex and between that and lag, it's not pretty.
Also, if we're talking about realism, how real is it that you can cover on a corner and see everything around it without exposing yourself whatsoever. You can aim and get your shot prepared without exposing yourself, and it's just plain ridiculous.
And my 360 broke within the warranty period and I got a freebie. I got in before they started the "pay-for-shipping" stuff.
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2-19-2007 @ 10:58PM
Yuri Walkiw said...
This is quickly becoming one of my favorite podcasts. Good job guys.
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2-19-2007 @ 11:44PM
Tim said...
Yeah, I guess I forgot to say that. Good podcast.
Also my story about the "point blank to the chest" thing was meant to be "point blank to the chest... with a sniper rifle."
It's quite a pain.
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2-20-2007 @ 1:51AM
DjDATZ said...
awesome podcast boys. :D
keep 'em comin. :D
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2-20-2007 @ 9:15AM
Dr Dave said...
I have said it before and I'll say i again as far as downloadable movies every Canadian should ask the CTRC why there are no movie capabilities here. They control the media we see and the CTRC should be a thing of the past. Just look at Grey market satalite service, If a canadian CO. doesn't make money off of it then we don't get it. ei. Rogers Cable / Bell Exspress view.
Dr Dave
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2-20-2007 @ 9:19AM
Knuckles Dawson said...
1 Corona Extra, 3 Kokanees. w00t. Kinda. I'm still listening to it and we'll see how I...coped.
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