The Press Room Podcast

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Introduction 0:01:40 It Sounded French-Canadian What We’ve Been Playing 0:03:00 Rayman: Legends, Wii U(Rob) 0:14:05 Crysis, PC (Yoda) 0:21:10 Steamworld Dig, 3DS (Rob) 0:29:05 Yoda Takes Umbrage 0:31:55 Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars, SNES (Yoda) Pre-News 0:42:05 Final Fantasy XIV News 0:44:05 NPD 0:48:05 WoW Revenues Drop 54% in Seven Months http://www.mcvuk.com/news/read/world-of-warcraft-revenues-drop-54-in-seven-months/0120928 Yoda Calls Time Out 0:51:15 Disney Infinity: DLC The Game More News 0:55:15 Gran Turismo 6 and 7 News 0:59:35 Xbox One to “castrate” PS4 development, developers suggest 1:02:35 Sony’s Hardware Announcements 1:13:58 Capcom? More like Capbomb! Community Focus 1:19:22 Have you ever Kickstarted? Would you ever consider it? Pumpkin 1:29:28 Rob’s Dark Secret Produced By Phil FoggFile Download (0:00 min / 32 MB)

Rob Van Matterhorn joins Yodariquo to resuscitate The Press Room podcast. In this episode they talk about Persona 4, WWE 13, Injustice, Starcraft II, Solomon’s Key 2:05 Rob gives Persona 4 Impressions 6:30 Yodariquo gives WWE13 Impressions (and retro wrestling talk) 15:10 Rob gives Injustice (Wii U version) Impressions (and Injustice comic talk) 23:45 Yodariquo gives Starcraft II: Heart of the Swarm impressions 29:40 Rob fills in the cracks with Solomon’s Key 35:45 Yoda give Dota II Beta impressions 42:55 Rob discusses what’s wrong with social gaming. 47:15 Rayman Legends Challenge Demo Ap impressions from Rob News 51:22 NPD 57:55 Nintendo Direct 1:05:40 EA Drops Supoprt for Nintendo 1:09:00 Wii U is Crap – What about Bob? 1:12:50 Konami’s Castlevania Lord of Shadow is most successful game in franchise history. 1:15:45 Nintendo Hates Gay People 1:19:20 Invidia Shield Priced and Dated (sorta) 1:29:00 Gran Turismo 6 1:30:50 Phoenix Wright Going Digital Only 1:34:35 Community FocusFile Download (0:00 min / 37 MB)

Tom “Foolz” Towers of Laserlemming.com and friend Aarny return to host the 136th episode of The Pressroom (while playing Left4Dead). On hand impressions of Left4Dead 2 (PC), God of War Collection (PS3), A Virus Named Tom (PC), Demon Souls (PS3), Sly Cooper Collection (PS3), The Book of Unwritten Tales: The Critter Chronicles (PC), Journey (PS3), The Ship (PC), Half-Life (PC), Antichamber (PC), Nickerpole (PC), Call of Duty: Black Ops 2 (PC), Killzone 2 (PS3), Borderlands (PS3) and a Football gamegasm (soccer, sorry).File Download (0:00 min / 0 MB)

Derek “Yodariquo” and David “Dvader” return to host the 135th episode of The Pressroom. Vader gives his hands-on impressions of Wii U and Vita as well as Nintendoland, Zombi U, Halo 4, Black Ops 2, Playstation All-Star Battle Royale and Uncharted: Golden Abyss. Yoda gives us some Dota 2 and Starcraft II updates before breaking down the week’s news. News November NPD 2012 Spike Video Game Awards Streetfighter X Mega Man Crytek Cries About Next Gen Costs The Last of Us Release Details Germans Holding Back Nintendo in Europe Community Focus 2:04:00 Borderlands 2 Blowout!!! (for Leo) Links: Intro Music by NestrogenFile Download (130:39 min / 60 MB)

Shane “Aspro” Kournikova, Derek “Yodariquo” and Tom “Foolz” Towers host the 134th episode of The Pressroom. We play Resident Evil 5 (PS3) during the podcast but also give impressions of WWE13 (PS3), Dota 2 (PC), Deadlight (PC), Hyperdimensia Mark II (PS3), Silent Hill: Shattered Dreams (PS2), Suikoden (PS1), Suikoden V (PS2), Rainbow Six (PS1/PC/N64) and Killzone 2 (PS3). WARNING At the 49 minute mark a discussion of the definition of “art” and the public funding thereof takes place. This is not game related in any way. If you want to skip it, our regular discussion continues at the 1 hour and one minute mark* News Halo 4 THQ is Almost Dead GTA V News Video Game Journalism WARNING At the 1:59 mark a discussion of parenting and child rearing takes place. This is not game related, so you can cut out at this point, though the conversation is interesting. Also, Yoda’s audio is pretty bad from this point on in the podcast* Links: Intro Music by Nestrogen Outro Music by Spamtron Aspro’s Ugly Shepard Blog I am Ryan Davis Rothko Rothko’s PaintingsFile Download (150:11 min / 69 MB)

Shane “Aspro” and David “Dvader” return to host the 133rd episode of The Pressroom. Hands-on impressions of X-COM: Enemy Unknown (360), and Blue Dragon (360). News September NPDs Sony Store Gets a Makeover GTA5 Game Informer’s December Cover Rayman Legends Pushed Out of Wii U Launch Window Reviews Roundup new Releases This Week – Crazy Huh? Valve Recruiting Hardware Testers RE6 On-Disc DLC is FREE RE6 Sells a LOT in Japan So What’s Up With Epic? Wii U Factory es en Fuego! PS3 Lifetime Sales Yo. Aspro Rants on Kevin Butler BS Community Focus Leo wants Us To Talk About Borderlands 2 So We Do. Links: Intro Music by NestrogenFile Download (89:53 min / 41 MB)

Shane “Aspro” and David “Dvader” return to host the 132nd episode of The Pressroom. They break down the week’s news before giving controversial hands-on impressions of Resident Evil 6, Blue Dragon and Mafia. News Blesinski Leaves Gaming Bethesda Opens Austin Studio Resident Evil 6 Critical Reception FIFA Fastest Selling Game of the Year Wii U Launch Line-Up 360 Rewards Program Community Focus One console Gamers Credits: Intro Music by NestrogenFile Download (72:09 min / 33 MB)

Tom “Foolz” Towers and Rob “Robio” Van Matterhorn host the 131st episode of The Pressroom. Featured in this episode; The Book of Unwritten Tales (PC), Hyperdimension Neptunia Mk II (PS3), Frogger: Hyper Arcade Edition (PS3) and Valkyria Chronicles II (PSP). News Bioware Founders Leave Kingdom Hearts HD Announced Wall Street Journal Are Morons GameStop Runs Out of Wii U PS3 Gets Yet Another Makeover Wii U Multiplay Still Unknown Valve Hardware As Close As Next Year Mizuguchi Says Sayonara to Games Inafune Jumps on Bandwagon Circle Pad Pro for 3DS XL Forza’s Success Reliant on Pokemon Inspiration Reggie: US Doesn’t Care About White Handhelds Castlevania Movie Has Micheal Dorn. And it’s a movie. Community Focus Cute Calf Wins You Want to See My Package? RE6 and The VG Press GG’s Blog About Comic Book Stuff and the Internet Dvader’s Review of Silent Hill: Shattered Memories Credits: Intro Music by NestrogenFile Download (77:46 min / 36 MB)

Hyperdimension Neptunia Mk. 2 Winner Announced Tom “Foolz” Towers and David “Dvader” return to host the 130th episode of The Pressroom. Hands-on impressions this week of Double Dragon Neon (PS3), Silent Hill Shattered Memories (Wii) and Hyperdimension Neptunia Mk 2 (PS3). Also the week’s news including the launch details of the Wii U. Wii U Coverage and Analysis Nintendo Wii U Launch Details What Playing? 58:45 Silent Hill: Shattered Memories 1:15:39Hyperdimension Neptunia Mk 2 1:19:47 Double Dragon Neon Critical Reception – LBP Vita Edition 1:29:32 LBP on Vita News 1:31:53 RE6 day one DLC, three modes, first on 360 1:34:33 Revised R18+ in Australian Still Stupid 1:36:22 Walmart Price Drops 360 to $250 for Core with Kinect. 1:37:32 Kojima Productions opens US studio 1:39:03 Next Ys will be new story 1:40:04 AndriaSang Closing Down 1:40:31 Robotgeek closed down Community Focus 1:42:01 The Console Price Equation: Are Gamers dumb or just deliberately obsitinate? Links: Intro Music by Nestrogen Outro Music by SpamtronFile Download (109:00 min / 50 MB)

David “Dvader” Miamiwesker and Shane “Aspro” Hasslehoff host the 129th episode of The Pressroom. Along with the week’s news they give hands-on impressions of Binding of Isaac (PC), Gears of War 2 (360) and Paper Mario (N64). News August NPD Valve Hiring Hardware Designers Scribblenauts Unlimited Coming to Steam Wii U Multiple SKUs? BS Zelda Rumour US Gaming Population Shrinking RE6 Street Date Broken in Poland Namco-Bandai TGS Line-up Square-Enix TGS Line-Up Sony’s TGS Line-up Ace Attorney 5 Details Vita Hacked Vita has a Good Week in Japan Links: Read Tom’s Work at robotgeek.co.uk Intro Music by NestrogenFile Download (84:16 min / 39 MB)

Listen for how to win a copy of Hyperdimension Neptunia mk2 Derek “Yodariquo” and Tom “Foolz Towers” host the 128th episode of The Pressroom. This week we have hands-on impressions of Hyperdimension Neptunia mk2 (PS3), Papo & Yo (PS3), A Virus Named Tom (PC), Awesomenauts (PC), 1953 – KGB Unleashed (PC), Rayman Origins (PS3), Starcraft II and Borderlands (PC). News MGS News With Guest Host David “Dvader” MGS Conference Summary What it Looked Like Vehicle Control Wii U News U Latency Frag Dolls Get U And the rest… Majora’s Mask 3DS? Funcom’s Secret World Flops New Taiko Drum Master for Wii New Game From Dead Island Team Binding of Isaac Heading to Consoles Another Team ICO Member Quits Former Team Bondi Boss Announces Next Project Shin Megami Tensei 4 Trailer for 3DS Critical Reception THPS HD Dark Souls: Prepare to Die Edition FFVII (Eurogamer) FFVII (Destructoid) Community Focus Franchises You Love That You Don’t Want Sequels To Links: Read Tom’s Work at robotgeek.co.uk Intro Music by Nestrogen News Intro by Sci Outro Music by SpamtronFile Download (148:03 min / 68 MB)

Shane “Aspro” and David “Dvader” return to host the 127th episode of The Pressroom. Hands-on Impressions of NSMB2 (3DS), Darksiders II (PS3), Mass Effect 3 (360), News Nintendo Power ceases publication after 24 years Square May Be Teasing New World Ends With You Game Kinect Price Dropped to $110 in US Iwata: Handheld Market Not Shrinking Steam Launching “Big Picture Mode” OnLive Survives, Questions Remain PS3 and Vita Cross Buy potential is ‘limited’, Sony admits Sony closes Wipeout’s Studio Liverpool Ars Reviews 3DS XL Hardware BioWare Surveying for Dragon Age III EA Boss Moore Says BioWare is Still “Great” Yuji Naka Making Digimon Game Major Nintendo Wii U press event in NYC on Sept 13 Last Week’s Japanese Sales Links: Read Tom’s Work at robotgeek.co.uk Intro Music by Nestrogen News Intro by Sci Outro Music by SpamtronFile Download (115:58 min / 53 MB)

Shane “Aspro” and David “Dvader” return to host the 126th episode of The Pressroom. Big Gamescom coverage this week as well as hands-on impressions of Darksiders II (PS3), Sound Shapes (PS3), Borderlands (PS3) and Mass Effect 3 (PS3). News Sony Announces Crossbuy DQ10 sells only 70K in week 2 Full Sony Conference summary Gears of War Studio Loses Key Staff Capcom Gamescom Summary” PC Gamer Reviews Binary Domain PC CoD Black Ops 2 has multiplayer, who gives a shit Gamasutra: Has Call of Duty Peaked? Metal Gear Revengeance Dated Links: Read Tom’s Work at robotgeek.co.uk Intro Music by Nestrogen News Intro by Sci Outro Music by SpamtronFile Download (121:21 min / 56 MB)

Derek “Yodariquo” and Shane “Aspro” return to host the 125th episode of The Pressroom. Along with the week’s news, hands-on impressions are given of 999 (DS), Red Dead Redemption (PS3), Left 4 Dead 2 (PC), Borderlands (PS3), Motorstorm Pacific Rift (PS3), Starcraft II’s 1.5 Patch (PC), Velvet Assassin (360), Ballad of Gay Tony (PS3), Viewtiful Joe (GC) and The Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass. News More Mass Effect 3 Endings? MORE? Steam Going Into Non-Game Applications Dragon Quest X Launches Hard Blizzard Hacked IN-DEPTH Animal Crossing 3DS COverage RE6 Achievements Leaked Box Art for Wii U Games Shown Rise of the Triad Hybrid News No Russian Level Explained Real Currency Shows Up on XBLA Bioshock Teams Loses Key Staff Sony Drops The Last Guardian Trademark Community Focus Game You Would Be Embarassed to Be Seen Playing What Game(s) Do You Feel Gave you Your Money’s Worth? Links: Read Tom’s Work at robotgeek.co.uk Intro Music by Nestrogen News Intro by Sci Outro Music by SpamtronFile Download (100:15 min / 46 MB)

It’s a NAFTAcast (No Australians at all) with Derek “Yodariquo” from Canada, David “Miamiwesker” Dvader from the US and special guest SteelAttack filing from Mexico to present the 124th episode of The Pressroom. Along with the week’s news, hands-on impressions are given of Borderlands (PS3), Alan Wake (360), Starcraft II’s 1.5 Patch (PC), The Witcher (PC) and Recettear (PC). News Aussie Government Looking into Price Gouging on Tech Items Mass Effect 3 Leviathan DLC Announced New ‘Game Genie’ for PS3 Sony Financials Weekly Japanese Sales Update Dead Space 3 Pre-Ordering Brisk Old Republic Going Free To Play Activision’s Performance Linux Left4Dead Running at Higher Framerate RE6 Details Revealed Community Focus Most Addictive Game Links: Read Tom’s Work at robotgeek.co.uk Intro Music by Nestrogen News Intro by Sci Outro Music by SpamtronFile Download (148:26 min / 68 MB)