Joystiq Podcast 033 - CES 2008 edition

by Justin McElroy on Jan 11th 2008 2:45PM

Oh, we've got a very special show this week. First, there's a celebrity visit from Mr. Scott L. Schwartz. ... You know, Scott L. Schwartz! Then, we've kicked Ludwig totally out and replaced him with Joystiq's own Alexander Sliwinski. Also, Chris is in Las Vegas at CES with some tasty, tasty info. Then there's a Brush With Fame, followed by a brush with snipers. So, what are you waiting for? Get to listening!

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Hosts: Chris Grant, Alexander Sliwinski and Justin McElroy

Music: "Get Ready for Love" by Nick Cave, "Red Eye" by Ben Kweller.

See all of this week's links after the jump.

Linkz:

Alienware
Xbox 360 IPTV
Lode Runner
Publishers allegedly blackball EGM for negative coverage

BIG THREE:
3.HD DVD group cancels pre-CES press conference
2.Sony boasts PlayStation holiday sales numbers
1.Top 25 pop-u-lar Xbox gamertags

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Reader Comments (52)

Yes, I love the podcasts... something to look forward to late in the week.

NOOO LUDWIG

:(:(

NOOOOOO LUDWIG!!! WHY?!!!

It makes me wish I drove to work on Saturday so I could listen to it tomorrow!

wait... No I don't wish that.

I want to be Brushed with Faaaaame =(

Well, at least Justin said that he loves me =)

I want to be Brushed with Faaaame =(

Well... at least Justin said that he loves me =)

It should be called "Joystiq Podcast 033 - Broken Comment System Edition"

I see what you did there.

Thats very new and exciting.

I've got something new and exciting....in my pants!

Sorry...sorry...

Hear hear!

Needs more Kietzman!!

Yeah the comments have been broken today, hey I have an idea.

ECHOOOOOOO...

Is that Kane?!?...ugh.

I miss Sir Ludwig.

Ok, now that I have stopped crying ...

Great podcast! I realized that I am a gamer after a long struggle with definitions and proofs. After I gave up on ever achieving certainty, I decided to leave Princeton and go see the grand canyon. As I was lifting my foot to get on the bus, I realized that I am a gamer.

I ran back to my office and quickly wrote down the result, lest I forget.

I never did see grand kanyon.

Some time later, I was surfting and read a noir fiction take in the Japanese hardware sales and that's when I fell in love with Joystiq and ... and

oh, Ludwig, I miss you so!

Hopefully the Pretzel Flips will make an appearance this week. They're like little chocolate-covered nuggets of crack.

Anni Hall references FTW!

"Even Frued says you have a latency period!"
"So I had no latency period... big deal!"

Wherez Ludwig???

Also, who is Justin McElroy?

Ever wake up in the middle of the night with your hands up in the air as if you were holding a controller? Stunt Race FX did that to me, despite its horrible framerate, I loved that game.

I've also found myself stacking things to form boxes and lines. Thanks Tetris. Similarly, I've shifted those things around in my mind as if I was trying to clear them and form combos, like in Tetris Attack/Panel de Pon.

I beat the broken comment system with that last post.

Here's the deal, guys. When you click "Add Your Comments" and come to a blank page, don't refresh, don't click Back and try again, just click Back and get back to Joystiq. Your comment should show up after you refresh the Comments page.

I love that Justin thinks Yorkie bars are awesome. I didn't even realize you guys had them in America.

Okay...
Ludwig is missed: CONFIRMED. I miss him, too.

Justin, I hope you don't take any offense to all of the Ludwig comments. I personally VERY MUCH appreciate you working hard keeping the podcast on schedule and moving along smoothly.
Also, you sir are hilarious.

Keep it up!

Justin in awesome! And very funny - and he has emotional broadband.

Ubisoft didnt blackball EGM because of their review score of Assassins Creed, it was their previews that Ubisoft didnt like according to Hsu's blog. I dont think it was in any way EGMs fault, I read all of their Assassins creed previews and and they pointed out the problems with the game, but also that it wasnt final and anything could be changed. This is just Ubisoft crying because their only good game that came out this year had its few faults pointed out.

As a side note, their 7.0 for Assassins Creed was a great score. As someone who beat Assassins Creed and completed most of the side things like saving the citizens, the game is good but has a few glaring problems with it. The repetitive dialog is annoying as hell, every female citizen says one line, and a male says another. Also its hard to get immersed in a world where you get pulled out after each assassination so you can sleep and talk to that girl. The overall repetitive nature of the game is another thing keeping it from being an 8 or a 9. All it consists of is getting three pieces of info and killing a guy at the end nine times.

I am conflicted on my thoughts for Creed. The game is amazing (minus the predictable plot twist and the sci fi stuff) and it makes me wonder if I am spoiled as a gamer. Ive been gaming for over twenty years and have seen so many changes in the medium. We are still early into this console generation and devs have not been able to exploit the hardware to it's max. I feel like im spoiled when I say that there needs to be more variation in characters appearance and dialog in Assassins Creed and Elder Scrolls. Look how amazing they are. The cities and gameplay are solid and I think they will only get better with the sequels. Though I suppose that if we dont demand the best we wont get it. Im all for (gasp) EGM on this. Despite the "maxim" style of their mag these early previews are good.

nice one guys.

One thing you guys didn't seem to touch on when discussing EGM getting blackballed by Ubisoft is that they are a print magazine and they have to explain to their readers why say, reviews for Ubisoft games could end up being delayed by up to 2 issues because they'll have to pick up their review copies at the store when everyone else gets them. That's something that readers of the magazine deserve to know about and it's not just Shoe trying to shame them into reversing their stance. People seem to forget that as a magazine they have print lead times that they have to account for.

you were meant to fire Justin not Ludwig.... i bet hes in writer heaven with gerstman and erm....shakespear

Congratulations to JGodwinn (sic).

Hey guys, good podcast. I'm a long time listener, first time poster. One morning after Counter-Strike scrimmage I found myself strafing around a corner. That's really the only occurrence of FPS and reality overlap.

Also Chris, this may be relevant to your interests:

http://xkcd.com/161/

Sorry to post twice, but I hadn't finished the episode before I commented. Normally I wouldn't do this, but I just have to say that Ben Folds is a beautiful, immortal god among men.

Meatloaf would be cool, too.

I'll also be writing this as a podcast listener email.
I want to call the commenting glitch MissingNo. Why exactly? Because it's by Profile 0 aka dun dun dun the Missing Number! Causing multiple items and disrupting the Hall of Fame (comment history and avatar picture.)

How clever! I wonder if anyone else knows what you're talking about.

I generally don't like Justin, the whole things been downhill since he first went on, I gotta give him credit for the Wayne's World reference. Good shit.

I hope you get a Ba-ba-ba-BRUSH WITH MOVING TRAFFIC.
And it teaches you some manners. And some common sense.

Hey! I'm so relieved to hear that you're softening on me, Purple Haze. I'm going to go treat myself to a malted or perhaps an egg creme to celebrate.

I might even go buy a calendar so I can denote this special, special day and remember it always.

(Spoiler alert for douche chasms: I'm being sarcastic.)

is it just me or did no one else read the notes because they wanted to see justins band pictures?

I've been meaning to comment for awhile, but I just wanted to say that Justin has excellent taste in music and I too agree that the Joystiq Podcast is quickly becoming one of my favorites right behind the CAGcast (Cheapy didn't pay me to say that).

Yes REEF, f'yeah

That's right! Reef!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HdcHv4o2dEQ

Without Ludwig there's just not enough sarcasm! Man, Justin makes those pretzel flips sound so good that I actually went out and bought some and they're really good!

I used to think that Brush With Fame was just a kind of bizarre and silly game.

Now I'm able to look down on the rest of you plebes and recognize that, in fact, being brushed with fame does indeed make you better than everyone else.

Er...

Thanks anyway for the BWF.

p.s.

Is it really over a thousand? Damn.

First the oyster crackers, now the Tic Tacs. Oh, Justin. What new rations will you pull out of the deep, dark nooks and crannies of your living areas?

Yep. Nothing like interrupting someone else to talk about finding long-lost candy mints. Man, I'll never understand why podcasting doesn't get taken more seriously.

I'll never understand why nobody likes Brian.

Oh, wait. I totally get it.

Two things:

1. I have a Masters in Psychology and nothing would make me happier than writing for a gaming blog.

2. Justin wins 10 cool points for liking Whiskeytown. I don't own Rock Band, but if a version called Alt-Country Band was released I'd be all over it.

I guess Justin actually wins 10 more for uttering "Pussy Buffoon" too. You're up to 20 now!

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