Episode #072: The Halo 3 Multiplayer Beta, Questions and Answers
Awesome man, just awesome. John and I were able to successfully get two listeners on today's show via Skype, and it worked out just wonderfully. Huge thanks go out to Jim Park and Justin Spanbauer for participating in this episode.We start things off by reading emails and such as usual, then Jim Park comes on for about twenty minutes for a little Q-and-A. He had emailed us about three weeks ago with some questions regarding the Halo 3 Multiplayer Beta, and we asked that he hold off on them until this show. It was very cool to be able to answer questions one-on-one like that with a fan.
After Jim's departure we call up Justin Spanbauer for another twenty or so minutes of just open-ended talk about the multiplayer beta. Both of these guys really knew what they were talking about, and I'm just really glad we were able to get them on the show. Aside from a little bit of muffling, they both sounded quite good as well.
Before Jim and Justin came on, we even had two phone calls this week, one from our Band Leader Paul Alhemeyer, and another from listener Simon Ringsmuth. They were both taken over speakerphone, but eventually I hope to be able to run phone calls into our sound board to improve the quality.
We also got an email from Jeremy Knudtson in St. Louis with a few YouTube links regarding thing's we've recently talked about here on the show. Here they are for you:
The Entire History of Video Games in 4 Minutes
Video Game Console Pictures in Release Date Order
Punch Out Live Action Trailer
Alright everybody, I hope you enjoy the show!
-Phil
Upcoming Topic for Episode #073:
The Playstation 3 "Six to Eight Months Later": How is it really doing?
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Also while you're here, check out the LAN Party - Screenshots for a rather disturbing picture sent in by Simon Ringsmuth.
Monday, June 11, 2007 at 8:57:00 AM CDT-Phil
PS3, six to eight months later, eh? Sounds like an interesting show topic. First off, I still hesitate to write off the PS3 as dead, or a failure, or anything of the sort. It's selling fairly well, and it actually mirrors much of the 360's progress during its first year. Remember that for the first year, the 360 also had few good games, iffy third-party support, etc. It did have a fairly well-established online structure, though, thanks to the original Xbox paving the way. Much of the same complaints lodged against the PS3 could also be said of the DS as well (not the price, though), and look how that system is doing.
Friday, June 15, 2007 at 5:30:00 PM CDTWhere Sony is failing is with Blu-Ray, which was to be a major selling point for the system, as well as a justification of its high price. HD-DVD is doing very well in the market, and Blu-Ray just isn't catching on like it needs to for the PS3 to truly be a viable Blu-Ray platform. In other words, Sony was counting on Blu-Ray to sell systems. But people really aren't caring about Blu-Ray, and unless they do, there's not a whole lot of compelling reasons to purchase a PS3 save for precious few console-exclusive titles.
Is it a failure? Nope. Is there room for improvement? Definitely. Who's winning this ridiculous fanboy obsession dubbed the "Console War"? The consumer. And if anyone tells you different, they are most certainly just another, well...fanboy.
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