Joystiq Podcast 069 - Aggro edition

by Justin McElroy on Oct 17th 2008 11:35AM

We don't know exactly why but Chris and Ludwig are really at each others' throats this week, and over really important stuff too, like Silent Hill Homecoming. But, luckily, Justin has returned to the show to bathe them in soothing rays of love.

This show is jam-packed with new releases, Tokyo Game Show and E For All impressions and all the usual inanity. You had better start listening. Oh, and blame Ste Birks of the JPAG for this week's REALLY unnerving photoshop.

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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

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

News

BlizzCon

StarCraft 2 to be released as a trilogy

Diablo 3 Wizard class revealed

World of Warcraft 'Echoes of Doom' patch out today

Consoles

Sony reveals PS3 firmware 2.5, PSP firmware 5.0 details

Microsoft's NXE storage solution: Free 512MB memory card or $20 for 20GB HDD

September NPD: $1.27b in sales, but it's no Halo 3 launch

Games

'BioShock 2: Sea of Dreams' teased in BioShock PS3

Konami: 'We're actively looking' into MGS4 on Xbox 360

Xbox 360 has 'the power to run MGS4,' says Schappert

Japanese business journal removes MGS4 on Xbox 360 quote

New games this week: Dead Space edition

Metareview: LittleBigPlanet

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Reader Comments (61)

Whoa this is up early today!

Not only is that the best Joystiq podcast Photoshop job I've seen, it's some of the best, most realistic Photoshopping I've ever seen overall. Well done. (And creepy)

"We don't know exactly why but Chris and Ludwig were really at each others' throats this week,"

I warned you guys not to share a bed at TGS, that it's fun when you're doing it but painfully awkward the next day...but NOOOOOO, you just HAD to save money on hotel costs!

Did I miss something? Is "at each others' throats" a euphemism for something else? If so, wouldn't "at the back of each others' throats" be a more accurate description?

I hope they used mouthwash.

This discussion reminds me a bit of Matt Stair's gaffe last week:

"Not that I don't feel like I'm part of the team, but when you get that nice celebration coming in the dugout and you're getting your ass hammered by guys, there's no better feeling than to have that done."

http://mlb.fanhouse.com/2008/10/14/matt-stairs-loves-having-his-ass-pounded/

My vote would be for Ludwig looking the creepiest.

The tiny head, the knowing smile.

I hope Justin never looses any weight.

You guys should play "The Final Countdown" before the podcast, but in the song when they sing, "It's the final countdown!" you should change it to sing, "It's the Joystiq Podcast!".

seconded!

!!! I love and miss Gob.

Joystiq Podcast: Best Buy Edition.

Seriously, lose the annoying ad.

Firefox, NoScript, and AdBlock Plus. Learn 'em, use em', love 'em.

And this should've been the "Dirty Jokes and Beer" edition.

See those legs on the left side of the picture? Those are mine!

I'm famous now!

Really? I always thought they were Ross'.

They're actually mine. I always bring an extra pair.

reminds me of the movie face/off.

It's like looking in a mirror. Only... not.

glad it's up early

The music in Sonic Chronicles surprised me. I honestly had no idea I was listening to music from classic Sonic games. They were completely unrecognizable at first due to the cheap MIDI.

What what what. No, that can't be. You're kidding.

I wish I were. Once you hear it, you can't unhear it.

I had a dream last night where Justin was in a movie with Tom Cruise. It was a spy movie or something and there was one part where Justin and Tom were running through a hotel gala in full tuxedos when the giant chandolier exploded. Then justin pulled out two MP5s and started shooting wildly at what i can only assume as a bunch of ruskies.
Someone should make that the photoshop for next week.

You know what's bizarre? Five minutes ago I got this IM from Joystiq's Randy Nelson:

"Okay, weird dream last night. You and James were on stage performing an acoustic version of "Hovering Sombrero."

Justin FEVER!

Ruskies? Justin was gunning down thetans!

no they were ruskies

That's what they WANT you to think!

The thetans are in my dreams? But advertisements for lightspeed briefs aren't?

I know, right? I blame our surplus of Tom Cruise and lack of alcohol-powered robots.

will be getting this ep when i get home from work today. justin! i'll be seeing if you followed through on what you told me!

my only reason to buying PS3 is Socom Confrontation so why the no big deal.
socom has always had a constant 50,000 users online. it was my Crack for 3 years some nerds love MMO's im a Virtual War NERD. im insulted that you dont think its a decent game even worth a look, i know good game are coming out on gettin gears of war 2 and left 4 dead but this is a game ill be playing for years

wait, so Justin you've spent over 17 hours in the bathroom playing FF: Grimoire of the Rift??? Wow, that's a lot of deuce time.

I don't wanna talk about it.

Why is there a picture of three random guys at the top of the post? Am I supposed to be familiar with them for some reason? I mean, I've been listening to the podcast since around Episode 20 but I have no idea who those three guys could be. I'm so confused right now.

Maybe this will help:

http://www.joystiq.com/2008/02/24/joystiq-podcast-gdc08-special-part-3/

See that's ... and we're ... so ... got it?

Apparently my attempt at humor failed...

Stupid sorensilk, be more funny!

Is that an optical illusion or is Ludwig a miniature person?

I guess Chris, Justin, the disembodied legs and the furniture could all just be enormous.

what is Justin's PSN id?? want to add him to my friends list..

It's JusticeIsGo

I almost choked during that intro. HILARIOUS!
This is now intro #1 for the podcast.

since Justin is replying to this thread so much, i'd like to ask him a question I've posed through email several times without an answer. Obviously, I am the Batman guy here on joystiq, aside from that other guy with the batman icon, and ive been quite excited about the news of a The Dark Knight game. But about a month or so ago, kotaku reported that it was canceled for not meeting deadlines but no one else has reported that. Even more recently OXM had the little rumor mole section say that the game is still alive. Any news about that?

Well, I'm not Justin, but you'll always be the real Batman guy in MY heart.

you dont know how much that means to me

Chris, how right you are about the french in Quebec.
Paris french and Quebec french are completely different.

It's funny how some quebecers feel about France french people. Good stuff. Still hate the dumb laws here.

lol 69

I have to agree with you guys, Rock Band is a great game to drink with. Hauling it to friend's houses... Doesn't happen. I tell them no. I'd rather sit bored than move all that over. But drinking with games is fun, especially Rock Band =)

I seem to hear a lot of talk about the legs, but you fools are completely ignoring the hand.

i wonder if i add chris and justin to my psn list if we'd have any games in common? if i payed to be able to play online i'd probably get more games to make use of that but then i'd have to keep paying for gold. thats why i never got past the first time we had live on the original xbox. socom and counter strike being free of the extra charge cemented my thoughts on the matter

The constant snarfing is a wonderful addition to the show. I love how it drowns everyone out. It's so bright and loud that I can almost taste the snot. Did it taste good Justin? Slurping your snot down every three seconds? I heard that blowing your nose into a tissue does wonders for clearing the snot out, but of course if you do that, then you can't snack on it. I'm sure you knew that. It's a lovely, salty, gooey treat. Why waste it? Please bring the snot gargling back next week! PLEASE make it a permanent feature of the podcast!

dont be a dick

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