Joystiq Podcast 082 - Ultrastiq edition

So ... you should actually listen to this one. There are a lot of big, sweeping changes coming to the 'stiq (all good!) and if you want the inside line, you need to put this show in your ear holes.

The masochists among you will find that all the usual stupid stuff is also there. And thanks to Carlos Segura for our striking podcast art.

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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.
NEWS:

Pachter: $299 PS3 would outsell 360, put Sony back in the game

Sad stuff:

Some of Microsoft's Gamerscore Blog crew let go
Mass layoffs hit Skate, Need for Speed dev Black Box
Sony games division expects increased loss of $337 million

Happy stuff:

Assassin's Creed 2, Red Steel 2, Splinter Cell Conviction, Ghost Recon coming by March 2010
Four new Spore titles on Wii, DS and PC this year

BIG THREE:

3. Forbes on Bobby Kotick, Rock Band
2. The real top 5 of 2008
1. Conduit: Then and Now

Reader Comments (40)

ZOMG! HUGE NEWS! I CANNOT BELIEVE IT! JOYSTIQ IS PUBLISHING EGM!

I'm kidding. Sounds like some great improvements to the site. Sounds like a potential megasite to fill the void left by 1up!

More on the topic of the list of news accumulated: i find it odd that EA chose to put Black Box on the chopping block. Certainly someone less significant could have been eliminated

This podcast reeks of awesome. Next week'll be quite a bomb!

That podcast art is a spitting image of you guys.

Is Justin eating numbers and letters? Can he do that now? Is this one of the new Joystiq changes?

I'm still making my way through the titanic 1UP Yours final podcast. Couldn't even finish it at work.

I'm still expecting you guys to extend your podcast by another 2 hours to fill my void for Monday mornings at work.

New term coined:
Ultra - the combining of many godlike entities to create the ultimate godlike entity; also, a synonym for awesome.

Great news about all the changes coming. Very excited for next week. Love, luck, and lollipops to Chris, Justin, and Ludwig!

I was wondering why the Podcast wasn't out earlier - hoping it wasn't going to be missed this week. It all makes sense, now. :)

why are Humpty Dumpty, Tin-Tin and the Hulk on the podcast picture this week?

Whats a podcast?

I'm more than positive (even without listening to the podcast!) that you three are in charge of the whole site revamp.

Don't fuck it up.

♥ didnt listen yet but do i really have to listen to love it? i dont think so.

I saw Justin's twitter asking for a picture for the podcast post. This is gold.

Quake Live runs in FireFox. If you aren't supposed to talk about it, you probably shouldn't talk about how much it doesn't work. It's in BETA :P

Fire Griffin McElroy.

You kind of covered everything in your discussions, so there's not much to say here, but it was cool hearing Dave and others on the podcast. :)

...Anyway...Monday...Monday...just waiting for Monday...

YAY! I had one of my comments got mentioned on the 'cast (if those lazy SOBs over at iTunes would put this up I could give you a timestamp). Thats right, it was I who compared Chris to Egon (before he went bald, of course) And I'd Do it AGAIN!

http://www.joystiq.com/2009/01/22/new-ghostbusters-screens-feature-slime-virtual-hair-dont/#comments

Holy. Balls. Did...did that just happen? Did I really get brushed with fame or is my insomniac messing with my brain? This is a moment I shall remember for the rest of my life. For Realz.

Anywho, I'm surprised Justin was the first person to point out that my avatar is Griffin wearing a tiara. For goodness' sake people, its the first image you get when you Google "Griffin McElroy". Its not like I had to break into Fort Knox to get it.

Kevin is a smart man.

Or he posted Zippocat like I did.

I feel sick. This podcast oughta help ONCE i get HOME FROM WORK. May I suggest staying away from Grocery Stores after an extreme cold spell. Hint I'm 17 and therefore not a failure who should have gone to college.

Is it just me or are the joystiq guys pretty biased about the PS3?

Is it just me or should you quit your bitching?

Great podcast guys! Love your smooth vocal stylings, as well as your intellectual thought processes. However, I must lodge one formal complaint on behalf of stomachs everywhere.

Someone, who shall remain nameless, constantly horked up the contents of their nasal cavity for the express purposed of, I don't know, swallowing it. Like it was some sort of mucousy symbiote trying to escape only to be repeatedly crammed back down. The resulting noise caused me almost lose the pizza my employer had so generously donated to me.

In the future, could any symbiote escapes be either dealt with using a Kleenex, drugs (with the bonus of making you extra loopy and fun for your co-workers), or by simply moving away from the microphone so the ensuing epic struggle is no longer heard.

So in summation, good vocal styling, bad mucousy symbiote, vomit on lap, drug use, epic struggle.

Thanks for the great podcast(s)!

Good podcast but one thing really gets to me. Chris Grant smacks his lips WAY too often.

i love my mommy.

Ludwig better watch out, Justin is just spitting out alot of Blueberry Muffin top crumbs. Best picture ever BTW.

Great show guys

Did we do that? /urkel/meta/injoke

Joystiq now zo big Aztroh Kitteh seez it frum spase!

Instead of "Ultrastiq" I believe the changes to Joystiq should be refered to as the "New Joystiq Experience," or, "Nijee" for short.

Ludwig is starting to remind me of Jughead. Of Archie Comics fame

It seems the RSS feed is broken right now, as it shows all posts, not just the podcast related ones.

Why is Chris bald?

He had beautiful shoulder-length brown hair until he met the McElroy family.

this isnt this weeks podcast yeehaw? wut le fudge?

Where is this week's show?

ADONDE ESTA NUESTRO PODCAST PARA ESTA SEMANA!!! YO NECESITOLO, O ESTARE MORIR!!!

I can't seem to get that itunes link to work. It says you guys are not available in the US store.

Perhaps my greatest fear came true... your tanker ran aground somewhere in west Africa forcing you to post the episode in the Nigerian iTunes store, and in turn requesting listeners send $2,000 each week via western union in order to download.

Joystiq Podcast 082 - Ultrastiq edition

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