The Xbox 360 Fancast rolls on (despite numerous cries to stop). This week we discuss our early experience with Gears of War 2 (Horde mode is great fun, by the way), our hopes and fears for Ghostbusters and the joys of ironing. And, thanks to the perils of a weekend recording schedule, it turns out that we are lying when we say that Rare has no plans to fix the tiny text in Banjo Kazooie: Nuts & Bolts. Also, Dustin actually manages to make it through the whole show without leaving to play Gears of War 2. Listen. Laugh. Grow.
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Hosts: Richard Mitchell (SenseiRAM), Dustin Burg (SuperDunners), Alexander Sliwinski (Sli Xander), Xav de Matos (Snypz)
Produced by Richard Mitchell
Music: Intro/Outro: "Electromooq" by Uma Floresta, "Obedient Minds" by Dubious Quip.
For fans: Xbox 360 Fancast Facebook group
Thanks to Arturo Romero for the image, and for pimping X3F at a Gears of War 2 launch party in LA!
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Reader Comments (22)
Posted: Nov 10th 2008 5:40PM (Unverified) said
I can't stand when people who cry about "too much Gears" news, if you don't like it don't read the post. Stop wasting your time on useless comments, no one cares that it bothers you this blog is not dedicated to you. Anticipated games much like Halo, Fallout, COD, and Gears, get more coverage than usual. Deal with it.
Sorry I had to vent a lil ;) keep up the good work
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Sorry I had to vent a lil ;) keep up the good work
Posted: Nov 10th 2008 5:55PM (Unverified) said
It's official. You have just become Xav's personal hero.
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Posted: Nov 10th 2008 6:04PM (Unverified) said
haha nice, I've been here for a while so just looking out!
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Posted: Nov 11th 2008 9:49AM (Unverified) said
Are you listening to yourself?? Shut up loser, go outside or something.
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Posted: Nov 10th 2008 7:18PM Red Son Rising said
lol, zune art..
anyway, gonna listen to podcast right now even tho i should wait till later before i bomb out and play gears 2.. lovin the gears 2 coverage: when a game really doesnt deserve all the attention ill complain (cough) (cough.. tool human) ahem..
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anyway, gonna listen to podcast right now even tho i should wait till later before i bomb out and play gears 2.. lovin the gears 2 coverage: when a game really doesnt deserve all the attention ill complain (cough) (cough.. tool human) ahem..
Posted: Nov 10th 2008 7:27PM Red Son Rising said
posted by accident..
wanted to mention that Duffy, that artist you guys got to see at some show but didnt recognize, she's blowin up right now..
lead single Mercy is featured in at least 2 movie trailers, its all over TnT's ads for Leverage, she's preformed on all the late night shows and i think she's supposed to do the award show circuit this year.. she's pretty good RnB/soul singer: damn good for a skinny british white girl..
and to continue my brown-nosing for another minute: BigCast? BigDownload podcast? very cool Xav (and company).. been listening for a couple weeks and even with all the pc talk its still interesting..
BigCast is very organized, very efficient: just keep that isht out of my x3f fancst puhleez!! X3F dudnt need any of that 'effort' and 'professionalism' so leave that isht at the door..
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wanted to mention that Duffy, that artist you guys got to see at some show but didnt recognize, she's blowin up right now..
lead single Mercy is featured in at least 2 movie trailers, its all over TnT's ads for Leverage, she's preformed on all the late night shows and i think she's supposed to do the award show circuit this year.. she's pretty good RnB/soul singer: damn good for a skinny british white girl..
and to continue my brown-nosing for another minute: BigCast? BigDownload podcast? very cool Xav (and company).. been listening for a couple weeks and even with all the pc talk its still interesting..
BigCast is very organized, very efficient: just keep that isht out of my x3f fancst puhleez!! X3F dudnt need any of that 'effort' and 'professionalism' so leave that isht at the door..
Posted: Nov 10th 2008 7:35PM (Unverified) said
Is fancast[AT]xbox360fanboy[DOT]com still the email you use? I just finished recording my voice clip for the 100th episode, and I believe that's where I should send it.
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Posted: Nov 10th 2008 8:58PM (Unverified) said
I hate ironing. I wish I could put skill points into ironing. When I iron, it takes around thirty minutes just to iron one shirt. That is why I send out those garments to a dry cleaner.
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Posted: Nov 11th 2008 8:08AM Omega Aero said
I haven't listened to the whole thing yet, but it'd be good to get a post or future podcast discussion on the GOW2 storyline you mention to see what your opinions are about it.
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Posted: Nov 11th 2008 2:20PM Xav de Matos said
Yeah, I seriously think we've neglected Gears 2 coverage.
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Posted: Nov 11th 2008 9:44AM MyAbsolution said
web browser on your console! why would anyone want to do that ? lol I always find it funny how that's a "negative" for the 360.
Cant wait for the NXE, I didn't get accepted, twice.
And as far as Gears2 goes... love it beyond belief. Its everything I ever wanted. I like now how Shotguns arent as powerful. Although now I think everyone is thrown for a loop, as chainsodomy is RAMPANT. Be on guard and more tactical because being john rambo shotgunner from GoW1 will not work now.
And horde mode... be careful, you could spend 6+ hours in one session like I did... from wave 1-50 on hardcore (we won!!)
Great fancast!
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Cant wait for the NXE, I didn't get accepted, twice.
And as far as Gears2 goes... love it beyond belief. Its everything I ever wanted. I like now how Shotguns arent as powerful. Although now I think everyone is thrown for a loop, as chainsodomy is RAMPANT. Be on guard and more tactical because being john rambo shotgunner from GoW1 will not work now.
And horde mode... be careful, you could spend 6+ hours in one session like I did... from wave 1-50 on hardcore (we won!!)
Great fancast!
Posted: Nov 11th 2008 10:34AM (Unverified) said
That break music sounded like it should be background music to a montage of you guys walking down a street or the Gears guys walking down. Maybe it's just me.
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Posted: Nov 11th 2008 2:41PM (Unverified) said
I had the same problem with fable 2 my disk got 2 huge circular scratches around the out side of the disk i rang up microsoft and i was like whats up india then they asked what my problem was any way they said for me to take it back to the retailer because of course its there fault that microsoft products chew the shit out of my disk i took it to the video shop and they repaired it for free yay
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Posted: Nov 11th 2008 2:32PM (Unverified) said
Guys this was one of your best shows yet and the reason why nyko didnt leave his gamertag is because he said in his letter he didnt have an xbox
****SPOILER****SPOILER****SPOILER*****
IF YOU HAVE NOT FINISHED FABLE 2 PLEASE SKIP MY COMMENT
For the letter from Nyko about emotional atatcment to charcters in fable 2 once again SPOILER when count draco shoots your dog it was like some pulled my heart out i was depressed for the rest of the day.
SPOILER ENDS *** SPOILER ENDS*************
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****SPOILER****SPOILER****SPOILER*****
IF YOU HAVE NOT FINISHED FABLE 2 PLEASE SKIP MY COMMENT
For the letter from Nyko about emotional atatcment to charcters in fable 2 once again SPOILER when count draco shoots your dog it was like some pulled my heart out i was depressed for the rest of the day.
SPOILER ENDS *** SPOILER ENDS*************
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