Can you believe it's Friday again already? No, neither can we. But we're celebrating our favorite day of the week with a delicious new podcast, full of discussion of MK vs. DC, Grand Theft Auto IV and Guitar Hero 4, alongside your audio and print emails, and a special new intro from Reachground of You Have to Burn the Rope fame. Also: A hot new Pataponastic Brush With Fame prize.
Oh, and thanks again to the JPAG's own Markus Wilson for the Photochoppin'.
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Hosts: Chris Grant, Ludwig Kietzmann and Justin McElroy
Music: "Get Ready for Love" by Nick Cave, "Red Eye" by Ben Kweller.
For fans: Joystiq Podcast Facebook group
See all of this week's links after the jump.
NEWZ:
MKO: Next Mortal Kombat pits MK against DC
Other instruments in Guitar Hero IV
Let's just talk about GTA IV
Silent Hill V is SH: Homecoming
Sony pushes Home open beta out until fall '08, closed beta extended
Shacknews: Key staff leave Metroid Prime dev Retro Studios
MS now hiring Jackson's Halo team
BIG THREE:
3. Uh-Okami IGN screw up
2. Gears of War 2 panel: 'hot chicks,' stereotypes, living cover and more
1. Professional Warcraft III players to carry Olympic torch in China
BWF Prize: Patapon and a box of Patapon stuff. BRUSH WITH FAME RULES: To be eligible for a brush, you must be 18 or older, a resident of the US or Canada (excluding Quebec), and submit your entry to the email address listed in the podcast by 12:00pm ET 5/01/08. Official rules here.
BWF Question: What game was "unfairly compared to Oblivion" according to its creators?
Reader Comments (24)
Posted: Apr 25th 2008 2:08PM (Unverified) said
Woah I'm a winner! And Justin's favorite randomly selected contestant!
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Posted: Apr 25th 2008 2:16PM (Unverified) said
Made available two hours early to JPAG Facebook members!
(Well, more like an hour, because 'someone' messed up with the link, but still...)
Sign up now!
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(Well, more like an hour, because 'someone' messed up with the link, but still...)
Sign up now!
Posted: Apr 25th 2008 2:19PM teamsammalone said
I know the Intro/Outro music is an overly discussed issue, but I can't help but check and see if you haven't decided to throw Lou Reed's "My Red Joysti[q]" in there. Maybe it's too obvious...
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Posted: Apr 25th 2008 2:40PM SheppyReturns said
Justin, gotta say, I agree on the MK vs. DC not being as big of a disaster as some people think. It has potential. However, I will say I've always liked the MK character designs...
Hell, even did a strip about this game...
http://sheppyboy2000.deviantart.com/art/Angry-Stick-6-Old-Habits-83846493
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Hell, even did a strip about this game...
http://sheppyboy2000.deviantart.com/art/Angry-Stick-6-Old-Habits-83846493
Posted: Apr 25th 2008 5:41PM GewurztraminerX said
I was going to say "insert obligatory 'inconceivable'" but fine, you win.
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Posted: Apr 25th 2008 3:40PM RudyHuxtable said
That picture makes me throw up a little, but in terror and in pure jealousy. *I* wanna be Fezzik!
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Posted: Apr 25th 2008 3:47PM (Unverified) said
Was "red eye" pitch shifted at the end? it seems higher than it should be. It totally was. how much though?
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Posted: Apr 26th 2008 2:54AM (Unverified) said
Yeah, good ear. The reasons why are boring but it was a little thing I forgot to do.
I'M SORRY.
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I'M SORRY.
Posted: Apr 25th 2008 4:45PM ParasiteEvil said
Silent Hill: Origins technically was a numbered sequel. The O in "Origins" was a zero. Not that I like it or anything. Silent Hill + Western Developer = fail. Look at the so called "horror" movies that come out of the west. Absolute trash.
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Posted: Apr 25th 2008 5:07PM (Unverified) said
Yaaaa, new pody! I totally went back and listened to all the podcasts in like the last month or 2, good stuff guys, keep up the good work.
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Posted: Apr 25th 2008 5:36PM (Unverified) said
Yay, Pete & Pete reference! I really enjoyed how the show felt like a "super hero" show, where pete and pete would battle their arch enemies such as Endless Mike Hell storm, Open Face, and Pit stain in each episode.
Oh and... The guy who's the voice of Jansen in LO is really down to earth. He goes onto the LO forum on Gamefaqs a lot to talk to people. He seems like a really nice guy who ought to get some more roles in video games.
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Oh and... The guy who's the voice of Jansen in LO is really down to earth. He goes onto the LO forum on Gamefaqs a lot to talk to people. He seems like a really nice guy who ought to get some more roles in video games.
Posted: Apr 25th 2008 9:25PM NukeAssault said
Never seen Pete and Pete? What is this? Who do you think you are? HUH*question mark*
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Posted: Apr 27th 2008 7:05PM technoKyle said
They're talking about his weiner everybody!
Hilarious.
And Logic Bus, I couldn't agree more. I even sent them an audio email about it...
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Hilarious.
And Logic Bus, I couldn't agree more. I even sent them an audio email about it...
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