Thread: The PGL Lobbycast: Episode 71

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Episode 71, Week of July 5th, 2010

Sam and Geoff are joined by special guest Blaine to discussTwilight, the new Peter Parker, May 2010 NPD numbers and much, much more, including the week's releases in movies and video games. And don't fret. The Weekly Whatchas and the Indie Game Roundup are waiting for you after the news.


PGL News

Welcome to Mikel !

Peench's Poll: Fireworks? Not a poll, so much as a discussion thread, but we will let him slide this week!

Movie Releases




July 8
- Grease Sing-A-Long (limited)

July 9
- Despicable Me
- The Girl Who Played With Fire (NY)
- The Kids Are All Right (limited)
- Predators
- Winnebago Man (limited)
- [Rec] 2 (limited)

DVD Releases

July 6
- A Single Man (Drama)
- Brooklyn's Finest (Crime, Drama)
- Columbia Pictures Film Noir Classics II (The Collector's Choice) (Various)
- Dragnet 1968: Season 2 (Crime, Drama, TV)
- E.R.: The Complete Thirteenth Season (Drama, TV)
- Everybody Loves Raymond: Seasons 8 and 9 (Comedy, Family, TV)
- Eyeborgs (Sci-Fi)
- The Game: The Final Season (Comedy, Drama, Romance)
- The Game: Seasons 1 - 3 (Comedy, Drama, Romance)
- The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (Music Box) (Crime, Thriller)
- Have Gun - Will Travel: Season 4, Volume 2 (TV, Western)
- Last Chance to See (Documentary)
- Lost Keaton: Sixteen Comedy Shorts 1934-1937 (Comedy)
- Six Gun (Western)
- Steamboat Bill, Jr. (Action, Comedy, Drama, Family, Romance)

Blu-Ray Releases

July 6
- A Single Man (Drama)
- Brooklyn's Finest (Crime, Drama)
- Eyeborgs (Sci-Fi)
- The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (Music Box) (Crime, Thriller)
- Jason and the Argonauts (Action, Adventure, Family, Fantasy)
- Jimmy Hollywood (Comedy, Crime, Drama)
- Ladybugs (Comedy, Sports)
- Larry the Cable Guy: Git-R-Done (Comedy)
- Last Chance to See (Documentary)
- Love and Other Disasters (Comedy, Romance)
- Steamboat Bill, Jr. (Action, Comedy, Drama, Family, Romance)

TV/Movie News

Twilight: Eclipse Sets New Midnight Record

Seth Green Confirms Setting for His Star Wars Comedy Show
Here's what Seth Green had to say:
"If you think about today's culture and our America and the fact that we are actively at war for over the last ten years... There's an ongoing war! Now, imagine that war was between the Rebels and the Empire and we're on some off world called Los Angeles where we really have no interaction with any of that stuff. That's kind of what this is."

Spider-man Finds It’s New Peter Parker

Apatow Developing Pee-wee Herman Pic

‘Rise of the Apes’ Has Found It’s Caesar

Hulu Launches Premium Subscription Service



Video Game Releases

Despicable Me (Wii, DS, PS2)
Crackdown 2 (360)
Monkey Island 2: Special Edition (360, PS3, PC)
Blacklight: Tango Down (360)

New Demos

Arcade
Ancients of Ooga – 800
Puzzle Quest 2 – 1200


Video Game News

May 2010 NPDs

Hardware Sales
• NDS - 383.7K
• Wii - 334.8K
• Xbox 360 - 194.6K
• PS3 - 154.5K
• PSP - 59.4K
Software sales
1. Red Dead Redemption (360) - 945.9K
2. Red Dead Redemption (PS3) - 567.1K
3. Super Mario Galaxy 2 (Wii) - 563.9K
4. UFC 2010: Undisputed (360) - 221.1K
5. UFC 2010: Undisputed (PS3) - 192.3K
6. Wii Fit Plus W/ Balance Board (Wii)
7. New Super Mario Bros. Wii (Wii)
8. Alan Wake (360)
9. Pokemon SoulSilver Version (DS)
10. Skate 3 (360)



iZotope Pitch Detection Tech Coming to Rock Band 3

New Dragon Age: Origins DLC Coming This Month

BioWare ‘hasn’t even discussed’ Old Republic on Console

Check out ZTGD for more of Cat’s Previews!
Epic Mickey
Lord of the Rings: Aragorn’s Quest
Lara Croft and the Guardian of Light
Rage
Vanquish

Sony News

Gusto Games Drops Kinect Support For ProStroke Golf

Playstation Plus Now Available

Sony Working With ‘Big Hitters’ from Hollywood on PSN Exclusive Content

Microsoft News

Xbox 360 Sales Improve on Release of Slim and Monster Hunter Frontier

PC News

Project Offset Team Disbanded at Intel

Fallout Online Starts the Viral Marketing
Interplay sent out some mysterious messages via email to their subscribers that are related to Fallout 3. They have also started a Beta sign up page.

Weekly Whatchas

Whatcha Listening to?

Blaine: Radio, Club music, Episode 70

Geoff: Nerdist, Stuff You Should Know, Major Nelson, Shuffle

Sam: Tons of stuff on NBA Free Agency this summer, King Tut exhibit at the Denver Art Museum (Harrison Ford?)

Bot: Sirius music, Sirius NFL, Shuffle, Episode 70

Whatcha Watching?

Blaine: Dragonball, The Crazies, Wimbledon, Black on Broadway, Twilight, Last Airbender

Geoff: Futurama, True Blood, Burn Notice, Louis CK

Sam: NBA Free Agent Summit 2010, 10 Ways to Kill Bin Laden, Inside Saddam's Reign of Terror, The Hurt Locker, EPSN 30 for 30: The Two Escobars


Bot: Episode 70, Lovely Bones, When You're Strange, Royal Pains, Levantate

Whatcha Playing?

Blaine: Borderlands

Geoff: Red Dead Redemption, Crackdown 2 Demo

Sam:Uncharted 2, Crackdown 2 Demo (Bronx, Geoff, Tavis)

Bot: Red Dead Redemption

Indie Games Roundup

Congratulations to Super Boise for getting national press for his game, Gulf Oil Spill.
Gulf Oil Spill: New Xbox 360 Game For Crisis : Product Reviews Net

Stop the Woodcutter! – 240 – Nitama Naishin
Xbox LIVE Marketplace | Stop The Woodcutter!
Help all animals of the forest to save their home from woodcutters's greed in this tower-defense game. From one saison to an other, you have to manage animals in order to stop woodcutters from reaching and cutting trees. Beware ! Woodcutters will try all kinds of tricks to succeed in their mission. Be smarter than them ! With your help, animals can keep on living a quiet and peacefull life.

Avatar Shatter – 80 – PlayItLoud
Xbox LIVE Marketplace | Avatar Shatter
Join your friends in a Co-op arcade game that features avatars and blast through waves of enemies across several worlds.

The American Hot Dog Race – 80 – Super Boise 2
Xbox LIVE Marketplace | The American Hot Dog Race
Compete in a Hot Dog eating competition like the professionals and celebrate America's 234th birthday. This one's for you America

Avatar… Fly! – 80 – Ninja Fever
Xbox LIVE Marketplace | Avatar... Fly!
Wanna fly with your avatar? Now you can! Master the sky reaching all the rings you can and demonstrate your ability skills to the players all over the world. Will you reach the Top of the Hall of Fame?

Nightmare – 80 – BadApps Games
Xbox LIVE Marketplace | Nightmare
Enter the first creation from the minds of BadApps Games where the key to survival lies behind a simple door and the toughest enemy becomes yourself when not even death can save you. Sometimes sleep is only the beginning.

Paradox – 80 – Dead Nerve
Xbox LIVE Marketplace | Paradox
Paradox - A game that pits your wits against the cosmos. Match blocks together as they funnel into a time-space rip to get a higher score. The higher your score gets the harder the game becomes. Play across three different modes of play, and hone your skills to become a true Paradox Champion.

Tester Phase One – 80 – DK Alpha
Xbox LIVE Marketplace |
'TESTER PHASE ONE' is exiting shmups! Aim at a higher level, making full use of a shot and reflect! Controle(Default setting) - A:shot / X:reflect Copyright HELLO WORLD PROJECT 2008,2010 & Alpha Secret Base 2010

Bloody Death – 240 – MonkeyWare Studios
Xbox LIVE Marketplace | Bloody Death
Are you brave enough to bear anguish and terror? Faceless Killer is back, to end what he didn't accomplished three years ago. Fear is waiting for you just around the corner. Write your destiny, nothing is still settled..12 different dooms are waiting for you.. The new masterpiece signed by The Prince of Terror, Claudio Battiato..

Quizocalypse – 240 – Wolpertinger Games
Xbox LIVE Marketplace | Quizocalypse
Quizocalypse is a quiz game with zombies! Got brainz? Because they are hungry. Choose your zombie - Lickin' Lou, Zealous Zoe, Billy the Brain or Friendly Frank - and compete for massive amouts of delicious brain. You will only get it, if you get the answers right. And the questions are all about the nerdy, geeky and trashy stuff.

The United States of Zombieland – 80 – Angry Aardvark
Xbox LIVE Marketplace | United States of Zombieland
ZOMBIES ARE JUST REALLY STUPID, UGLY PEOPLE. YOU HATE STUPID PEOPLE. MAKE 'EM PAY FOR BEING SO STUPID... BEFORE THEY EAT YOUR BRAINS! WELCOME TO... THE UNITED STATES OF ZOMBIELAND!!

Packito Lost in Space – 240 – frigiere
Xbox LIVE Marketplace | Packito lost in space
Help packito to clean the galaxy! Picking all the garbage without forgetting to use the right color. Beware of evil dust throughout the 15 levels of play!

Biz School: Twist-Ed – 400 – ggaler
Xbox LIVE Marketplace | Biz School - Twist-Ed
Here is your chance to go to a super elite business school and earn an MBA. However, Future Robber Baron’s University is like no other business school. It is not about lectures and exams. There is only one test and only one thing that counts - can you make money? How much? 1 Billion dollars in four years or you flunk out.