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Episode 54, Week of March 8th, 2010

On Episode 54, Lou, Sam and Geoff discuss the Sony leap year bug, Conan following a single person and the shake up at Infinity Ward with Cat from N4G. Fear not, true believers, The Weekly Whatchas and The Indie Game Roundup are after the news.



PGL News

Welcome to Technic Lee and Lipidquadcab!

Peench’s Poll: http://www.pregamelobby.com/forum/si...-mistakes.html

Movie Releases






March 12
- The Exploding Girl (limited)
- Green Zone
- Mother (NY, LA)
- Our Family Wedding
- Remember Me
- She's Out of My League
- Stolen (NY; LA release: Mar. 19)
- SucideGirls Must Die! (limited)
- Tales from the Script (limited)

DVD Releases

March 9
- Barbie in a Mermaid Tale (Animation, Family)
- The Boondock Saints II: All Saints Day (Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller)
- Breaking Bad: The Complete Second Season (Crime, Drama, TV)
- Capitalism: A Love Story (Documentary)
- Fix (Drama)
- The Fourth Kind (Thriller)
- Greek: Chapter Four (Comedy, Drama, TV)
- Hachi: A Dog's Tale (Drama, Family)
- Hachi: A Dog's Tale (Drama, Family)
- Hannah Montana: Miley Says Goodbye (Comedy, Family)
- In Plain Sight: Season Two (Drama, TV)
- Matt Houston: The First Season (Crime, Drama, TV)
- NFL Super Bowl XLIV Champions (Sports)
- Old Dogs (Single Disc Widescreen) (Comedy)
- Planet 51 (Animation, Comedy)
- Possession (Thriller)
- Precious: Based on the Novel "Push" by Sapphire (Drama)
- The Stoning of Soraya M. (Drama)
- Tremors: The Complete Series (Action, Adventure, Comedy, Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi)
- The Truth About Average Guys (Comedy)
- Up in the Air (Drama)
- Walker, Texas Ranger: The Complete Series (Action, Crime, Drama, TV, Western)
- Walker, Texas Ranger: The Seventh Season (Action, Crime, Drama, TV, Western)

Blu-Ray Releases

March 9
- The Boondock Saints II: All Saints Day (Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller)
- Breaking Bad: The Complete First Season (Crime, Drama, TV)
- Breaking Bad: The Complete Second Season (Crime, Drama, TV)
- Capitalism: A Love Story (Documentary)
- The Fourth Kind (Thriller)
- Hachi: A Dog's Tale (Drama, Family)
- Hachi: A Dog's Tale (Drama, Family)
- NFL Super Bowl XLIV Champions (Sports)
- Old Dogs (3-Disc Combo Pack) (Comedy)
- Old Dogs (Single Disc) (Comedy)
- Planet 51 (Combo Pack) (Animation, Comedy)
- Precious: Based on the Novel "Push" by Sapphire (Drama)
- The Stoning of Soraya M. (Drama)
- Up in the Air (Drama)

TV/Movie News

More Police Academy on the Way

Rome Movie Moving Forward

Community, The Office Join Parks & Rec in the “Renewed” Column. Fringe Also Renewed.


New Episodes of Futurama to Debut in June

Conan Chooses a Single Person to Follow on Twitter

Video Game Releases

Resident Evil 5: Gold Edition (360, PS3)
Final Fantasy XIII (360, PS3)
Calling (Wii)
Scrap Metal (360)
Warhammer 40k: Dawn of War II: Chaos Rising (PC)

New Demos

Arcade
Toy Soldiers

Retail
Lips Party Classics
Just Cause 2
MotoGP 09/10

Video Game News

Walter Day Retires from Twin Galaxies

Shake Up at Infinity Ward
Infinity Ward execs Jason Ward and Vince Zampella get the boot last week for alleged insubordination. They respond by filing a breach of contract lawsuit against Activision. Details are sparse, as litigation tends to keep people quiet. Links-a-plenty follow:
UPDATE: Security Appears At Infinity Ward, Studio Heads Missing, Activision Investigating "Insubordination" - G4tv.com
Gamervision - How Gamers See the World - Video Game News - Activision Stock Dropping in the Wake of Infinity Ward Scandal
Analysis: How the Infinity Ward scandal affects Call of Duty, News from GamePro
Tim Schafer responds to Activision/Infinity Ward scandal
Activision Employee: 'No One Can Talk About IW' | NowGamer
Trouble at Call of Duty Dev Infinity Ward as Heads Depart Under Odd Circumstances (Updated) - Shacknews - PC Games, PlayStation, Xbox 360 and Wii video game news, previews and downloads
Ousted Infinity Ward founders file suit against Activision -- Joystiq
Lawsuit details: Activision bought Infinity Ward for $5M, went on to generate $3 billion from its games | VentureBeat

Portal 2 Confirmed
Co-op!

Rock Band Network Music Store Launches on Live, Hopefully Soon to PS3

New NPD Survey of Online Multiplayer Gaming Results

New Fallout: New Vegas Screens
New Info

FFXIII on 360 “Isn’t Anywhere Near As Impressive as PS3 Version

Sony News

PS2’s First 10 Years: A Timeline
March 1999 – Sony announces development of PS2
March 2000 – PS2 released in Japan
Oct/Nov 2000 – PS2 released in Europe, US and Australia
July 2001 – PS2 Network Adapter released in Japan
July 2003 – EyeToy released
December 2003 – PSX (combines PS2 with DVR) released in Japan
November 2004 – PS2 Slim released
November 2005 – 100 millionth PS2 sold
November 2006 – PS3 released
April 2009 – PS2 price cut to $99
September 2009 – 140,000,000 PS2 sold

PS3 is the Lead Platform for Vanquish

Sony Has Brief Problem Relating to Leap Year

Sony Plans Game Demos With Eroding Functionality

Microsoft News

Xbox Live Changes Code of Conduct

Microsoft Demos Games to Run Across Several Platforms

PGL Discussion, Thanks to Crippler

Halo Reach Dev Blog


Microsofts’s Scott Charney Suggests Internet Usage Tax to Pay for Security

PC News

Nvidia 196.75 Drivers Kill Video Cards

Weekly Whatchas

Whatcha Listening to?

Lou:
Geoff: The Transmission, Brain Stuff, Stuff You Should Know, Audioslave, Jimi Hendrix, Nine Inch Nails, U2
Sam:
Cat:

Whatcha Watching?

Lou:
Geoff: TED Talks, Official Lost Video Podcast, Lost, The Mentalist, Spartacus: Blood and Sand, The Crazies
Sam:
Cat:

Whatcha Playing?

Lou:
Geoff: Borderlands with AZ, Nazi Zombies with Jordy and Sam, Dragon Age
Sam:
Cat:

no podcast yet? You sirs....are dirtier than Bangkok ladies of ill-repute. May all your hated sports teams win it all.

Indie Games Roundup

Ask Angela! – 80 – DigitalDNA
Xbox LIVE Marketplace | Ask Angela!
I don't have a crystal ball, but Angela does! If you are lucky she will tell you your future.

Autumn – 80 – tacs
Xbox LIVE Marketplace | Autumn
Help mother nature by rotating the leaves to point to the ground in this relaxing puzzle game. With soothing soundtrack and beautiful visuals, let this game help you be at peace.

Ava the Firefly – 80 – Dreamwagon
Xbox LIVE Marketplace | Ava the Firefly
Help Ava rescue the fireflies and bring them back to the light. Share your high score over XBox LIVE with other players. Enjoy four rich scenes and see what level you can reach in this dreamy, neon-glowing chase game. Featuring music by "The Greatest Funeral Ever."

Convextrix – 80 – Matthew DeLucas
Xbox LIVE Marketplace | Convextrix
Shapes drop down and dart across the gridded aisles, connecting through electric impulses with the solitary goal of expending their energy as the breaking integer is reached while tech-inspired beats caress the aural waves until complete vicissitude. Can you get SSS in each one of this challenging, quick-paced puzzle game's 10 zones?

Globoid – 80 – adotr
Xbox LIVE Marketplace | Globoid
Avoid the falling balls and stay alive as long as you can.

Jewelry Master Twinkle Light – 80 – Arika Co Ltd
Xbox LIVE Marketplace | Jewelry Master Twinkle Light
Jewelry Master Twinkle become easier and re-release ! The jewels drop one after another. Join the jewels and enclose by the stones to erase ! The Graphics and the scenarios are changeable. It will depend on game play. You can enjoy the game kind of like a date. The game system has been changed. It's Especially recommended for beginners !

Last Line of Defense – 80 – cantstraferight
Xbox LIVE Marketplace | Last Line Of Defence
The Xecrons have attacked New Earth. Can you fight them off to defend the city of Neo York and its people?

Maze Haze – 240 – Feherlofia
Xbox LIVE Marketplace | Maze Haze
Guide the ball through tricky mazes and race with your friends to see who is the fastest while everyone tries to stop the others.

Mega Monster Mania – 80 – Stegersaurus Games
Xbox LIVE Marketplace | Mega Monster Mania
With arcade style gameplay, Mega Monster Mania lets you explore and conquer a nearly infinite number of randomly generated dungeons. Fight dangerous beasts and reap the rewards! Hunt for treasure and upgrade your equipment with friends to see who can collect the most!

Pixelkiller – 80 – buddrick
Xbox LIVE Marketplace | Pixelkiller
"Lost on a far away planet... thank God I brought my gun!"

Puzzle Drop: Mountain Set – 240 – Auburn Software
Xbox LIVE Marketplace | Puzzle Drop - Mountain Set
Puzzle Drop® - Mountain Set - A fun jigsaw puzzle game where you place puzzle pieces as they fall from the top of the screen. Hours of fun - go back and redo puzzles with different options such as rotation or background type. Our puzzles start out easy and progressively get more difficult. How about you? If you love jigsaws - you'll love Puzzle Drop® - Mountain Set!

Santa Bomber – 80 – niddin
Xbox LIVE Marketplace | Santa Bomber
Help Santa deliver presents to all the houses while dodging planes and snowballs! Classic side scrolling action!

Soulcaster – 240 – MagicalTimeBean
Xbox LIVE Marketplace | Soulcaster
Summon the power of immortal warriors in this fast-paced dungeon adventure. Use skill and strategy to fight through hordes of monsters to discover secrets, collect treasure and buy powerful upgrades for your allies. Become the Soulcaster and restore peace to the land.

Toad Man’s Bizarre Quest – 80 – Silver Dollar Games 2
Xbox LIVE Marketplace | Toad Man's Bizarre Quest
A Princess, Toad Man, Mermaids, and Bombs. Bizarre.

Zatacka 360 – 80 – Baptist dog
Xbox LIVE Marketplace | Zatacka 360
Zatacka 360 is a remake of the classic multiplayer DOS game in which players must steer their curves away from one another in order to survive. Players can gain the upper hand by trapping their opponents or using powerups . The classic game has been expanded with five crazy powerups and additional game modes, all in full HD and features an original soundtrack

Originally Posted by Cat

Ah, magnificent show.

It's too bad about Lou...

psst...hey, Lou...let's go make the single player show. We will have to take turns each week so that no more than one person is on at a time.

That's funny!

Thanks again for joining us Cat!

nice show as always, glad to hear community and office getting picked up for more episodes, not so much parks and recs, haven't gotten in to that one, seems like it ripped to much from the formula of the office. I liked My name is earl more then parks and recs.
You fellas really think Boondock Saints II sucked ? i mean, what did u expect from it ?

Nice show again boys, the whole "Colbert Report" intro had me rollin', and nice to hear Cat back once again. Also, I had no idea that they were making new episodes of Futurama so thanks for that little tidbit of goodness.

A little comment on the whole Final Fantasy portion of the show. I am one of those non-PS3 owners that will be buying FF13 for the 360. I've been playing the FF series since the old NES days and always enjoyed them.
The so called "J" part of the JRPG's can be a bit confusing at times but it's always fun to see the little different nuances that another culture adds to their games like inappropriate fits of laughter and horribly costumed megalomaniacs over dialoguing on their plans of world domination slash destruction.
I do miss the old NES/SNES days of the series as the games seemed to better translate to those systems. But any game that costs 60$ bucks and has the potential to give me over 80+ hours of entertainment is always a bonus in my mind.

Then again, opinions are like assholes.......

A joy as always, fellas and lady. Laaaaaaady... when you're with me I'm smiiiiiiiling. Giiiiiive me alllllllllllll your love (sorry for the STYX tangent).

- Almost threw up in my mouth with the bad mouthing of A-team and Knight Rider. And I refuse to rewatch based on the fear that you are 100% correct about those shows being unwatchable.

- Smallville rant was priceless, but unfortunately you can't bad mouth a season you're not watching (I've never seen an episode myself). You will have watch the "Horrorrr" (said in Brando's Apocalypse Now voice) to report how truly bad Smallville is. Essentially being our war-time correspondent who reports about all the bad things are to people back in the States.

Originally Posted by Prophet0ne

Then again, opinions are like assholes.......

In that some have a strange connection to home decorative items from Pickle's house???

Originally Posted by Terminal

nice show as always, glad to hear community and office getting picked up for more episodes, not so much parks and recs, haven't gotten in to that one, seems like it ripped to much from the formula of the office. I liked My name is earl more then parks and recs.
You fellas really think Boondock Saints II sucked ? i mean, what did u expect from it ?

I agree about My Name is Earl! It was a great show. As for Boondock 2, I am still going to see it, despite Sam's (and most reviewers') opinion. I mean, Sam doesn't watch Tarantino films on general principal, and I pretty much like them all!

Smallville rant was priceless, but unfortunately you can't bad mouth a season you're not watching (I've never seen an episode myself). You will have watch the "Horrorrr" (said in Brando's Apocalypse Now voice) to report how truly bad Smallville is. Essentially being our war-time correspondent who reports about all the bad things are to people back in the States.

I watched every episode for 8 seasons! What do you want from me? I think the random selection from the current season was good enough to hold it up against the pain and suffering of the first 8 seasons and see that they match perfectly. Smallville is the perfect example of TVs power to take something really cool and corrupt it completely. The idea of one who chooses to represent the very best of humanity and protect those who cannot protect themselves, rather than conquer, is the core of Superman. On Smallville, our "hero" is a whiny, petty, suspicious, self-righteous prick. I always hoped it would get better and instead, it kept getting worse. Congrats on Season 10, Smallville!

Originally Posted by Quo

In that some have a strange connection to home decorative items from Pickle's house???

Did I ever tell you about the time when I woke up on Pickle's floor dripping with sweat next to a "marital aid"?

Originally Posted by Prophet0ne

...Then again, opinions are like assholes.......

Hey, you didn't have to bring me into the discussion. I took years of practice to be this big of an A-hole, so I do appreciate the acknowledgment.

I haven't listen to the show. The reviews I've seen thus are the game have seem mixed. They like the game, but they come off as disappointed. I think the reviewers were expecting something more or some new evolution in the RPGs take place.

Personally, I haven't played any of the of the FF series. I did play the Dragon Warrior series on the NES. I did play some of Dragon Warrior VII on the PS2 (actually on my PS3 since it has the emulator). Definitely Japanese.

Originally Posted by Cat

Ah, magnificent show.

It's too bad about Lou...

psst...hey, Lou...let's go make the single player show. We will have to take turns each week so that no more than one person is on at a time.

That's awesome.

Originally Posted by Prophet0ne

Did I ever tell you about the time when I woke up on Pickle's floor dripping with sweat next to a "marital aid"?

This is a true story. I witnessed it. It was very scary.

Originally Posted by lovekeiiy

I did play the Dragon Warrior series on the NES.

Hella yes! "Wit and courage have served thee well for thou has been promoted to the next level!"

Awesome stuff.

Originally Posted by Lord Sam

Hella yes! "Wit and courage have served thee well for thou has been promoted to the next level!"

On the first one, if you maxed out the your levels on your character, like I did, the king would say, "art thou powerful enough to defeat [whatever the name of main boss was]." I forget what level I was at when I first fought the boss, but I had to use healing magic and what not. On the maxed out character, it took like five hits with the sword, LOL.

On to the show comments:

Sparticus is improving. I think the last episode was the best thus far. I forget the blonde girl's character name (played by Viva Bianca), but he character is getting annoying. The show still shows some promise. And yes, the show is on Netflix, and the new episodes are available on Friday morning. The show is really good when they're not trying to do play on some extra-material affair love story.

I'm telling you, the more I hear of remakes of movies and shows, the more I get annoyed. It cannot be that hard to find some new story. I don't expect a new underlining story, but come up with new characters and circumstances. The fact they're making Police Academy is ridiculous. The first one was the best; I have the dubious shame of saying I actually say it in the theaters. Maybe Steve Gutenberg needs some money.

Awards shows are boring. Unless some fight breaks out, what's the fun. They could just put up the winners on the net, and I would be happy. Unless you're into the whole "celebrity" thing, I don't see how people get sucked in. Ironically enough, I've managed to stumble on to them and see classic moments like Michael Jackson's and Lisa Marie's kiss, and the monage tre between Madonna, Britney Spears, and Christina Agularia, and a few other classic award show monents. I should mention, I don't like award shows, even when I'm the one getting the award.

And Lou should ask Cat out since they both prefer single player games. A nice thing in common. Lou, I found a picture of her, just for you, 8)



be careful, it looks like she might bite, LOL.

well, some secrets are too good to be kept secret. But don't worry, I won't say anything.

Originally Posted by Cat

Shhhh.... if everyone talks about it here I can't have Lou as my guy on the side!

-Geez I should check the show notes more often, scandalous!

I'm a big fan of sexual intrigue. The Lobbycast just got more interesting.