Joystiq Podcast 002 - Perfect for YOU edition (feat. MTV News' Stephen Totilo)

19 Comments by Christopher Grant Feb 22nd 2007 6:00AM
Filed under: Podcasts

Same title, new edition! We're back with another episode of the Joystiq Podcast, this time joined by MTV News correspondent Stephen Totilo, who fills us in on his adventures at DICE (including anecdotes about famous game designers wetting themselves) his interview with Nintendo's Reggie Fils-Aime and why he maintains a well-pruned game shelf that's perfect ... for him.

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Hosts: Christopher Grant and Ludwig Kietzmann

Music: Streets of Rage 'The Last Dragon' remix

Program:
0:00:50 - The "game shelf"
0:08:30 - Doug Lowenstein chastises developers and gaming press
0:21:44 - Not Will Wright talks Spore
0:41:30 - Harvey Smith makes Blacksite political
0:50:31 - Alex Ward can't be beat
1:02:25 - Reggie interview is perfect for you
1:23:30 - What are we playing?

(Page 1) Reader Comments

R2P2: Feb 22nd 2007; 7:42AM

"Mr. Perfect" is going into the WWE Hall of Fame this year.

DarthKoRn: Feb 22nd 2007; 8:22AM

Curt Henning passed away last year. Is it politically correct to use him as an avatar like that?

I'd say yes, but some people would say no.

*shrug*

Kworny: Feb 22nd 2007; 8:52AM

Go these guys sound like they have been sucking helium

sheppy: Feb 22nd 2007; 9:22AM

@pic

Gotta wonder, what's on his finger that smells THAT bad...

gamedude420: Feb 22nd 2007; 9:30AM

4. @pic

Gotta wonder, what's on his finger that smells THAT bad...

Posted at 9:22AM on Feb 22nd 2007 by sheppy

its a good smell....its the smell of perfection

UpIrons: Feb 22nd 2007; 9:47AM

Long live Mr Perfect!

Donald: Feb 22nd 2007; 10:47AM

"Curt Henning passed away last year."

It was 2003, actually. And Mr. Perfect makes anything awesome.

John: Feb 22nd 2007; 11:04AM

Mr Perfect.....one of the greats and his match with Bret Hart was so good at Summerslam 91 I couldn't sleep for a week because that was all I could think about......was how awesome it was

KaneRobot: Feb 22nd 2007; 11:38AM

When Mr. Perfect bowls, he gets a strike every time.
When Mr. Perfect shoots a three-pointer, it goes in every time.
When Mr. Perfect dives off the diving board, it's always a 10.
When Mr. Perfect throws a pass, he will run and catch it himself, scoring a touchdown.

Mr. Perfect would have mowed through Wii Sports like it was NOTHING.

sheppy: Feb 22nd 2007; 12:03PM

Wow, all the ridiculous "wrastlin" bullshit still doesn't explain why, if perfect is the smell on his finger, he looks like he's been swimming in a sewer with that expression on his face.

Kevin: Feb 22nd 2007; 12:16PM

Man, I have to say, that image is the picture of perfection.

Ok, for me, Henning was one of the best technical wrestlers of all time, as well as one of my personal favorites. He's right up there with Bret Hart with me. When he died, I was really saddened by the loss.

Supino: Feb 22nd 2007; 12:47PM

Guys.. you need a cooler intro tune and better sound quality.

Adam: Feb 22nd 2007; 1:14PM

Ahem.

I'll take this time to just say...I've got a podcast too, if anyone cares to listen! =)

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[http://uncommonman.podomatic.com/] Or visit the Web site and download episodes individually

FrankTheCrank: Feb 22nd 2007; 1:53PM

Classic wrestlers rule!!!

oooooooooh yeah!! Macho Mania!!!

Brother!

If you smellllllllllllllllalalalalalalowwwwwwww
what the ROCK is cooking!

deruss: Feb 22nd 2007; 3:25PM

i like that Joystiq has this podcast. when the guy started to talk about how the way for nintendo to get more ds lite's to people was to make more and ship more, i was blown away. has no one else thought of this idea? i think thats a pretty good solution.

HOVA uk: Feb 22nd 2007; 3:27PM

finally.. so is it a podcast every fortnight..?

Benjamin Gilbert: Feb 22nd 2007; 7:18PM

Maybe the case with stubbs the zombie, that no one brought up, is that it just wasn't that good of a game and that's why it didn't take off? It's nice to play around with game genres and conventions and flip them, but baseline most important thing to always pull off is to make a good game, whether it's revolutionary or not.

C. Grant: Feb 22nd 2007; 8:09PM

deruss: harharhar! I know, it sounds brilliant, right? Seriously though, at some point it stops being acceptable due to popularity and starts becoming irresponsible.

HOVA uk: We're getting our sea legs here. Ideally, we'll have a new episode every week.

Benjamin: I liked Stubbs! It wasn't revolutionary, sure, but it was head and shoulders above other titles that sell far better.

GhaleonQ: Feb 23rd 2007; 3:19AM

Each time that Totilo states an opinion, my mind freezes to protect itself.

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