Joystiq Podcast 083 - Au revoir Ross Miller edition

by Christopher Grant on Jan 31st 2009 4:30PM

First, apologies for the delay! Mr. McElroy is without his 'nets so, that left a woefully ill-equipped me to handle editing duties. To make up for the delay, we've assembled some Joystiq Podcast Appreciation Group-goodies for everyone. With Justin out, we asked the JPAG hosts to fill in with their own, stirring rendition of Justin's trademark intro. Honestly, we're not sure how we'll go back to the old way of doing things. And above: a collage of folks encouraging us to "Fire Justin McElroy" at the UK JPAG meetup. We didn't realize the University of Kentucky had so many listeners ...

Lastly, we're joined by Joystiq's Ross Miller on his very last day at the 'Stiq. He's been here longer than almost everyone (combined!) and – we don't know about you guys – but we're going to miss him! Enjoy (and big thanks to JPAGer James Lockwood for the pics)!

(Also: You can stream the latest episode right on our page – look over to the right. Neat, eh?)

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Hosts: Chris Grant, Ludwig Kietzmann and ~~Justin McElroy~~ Ross Miller (with special guests, Justin McElroy and Randy Nelson!)

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:
EA unveils new Need for Speed trio
Prince of Persia 'Epilogue' DLC
Boom Blox Bash Party
New Final Fantasy XIII trailer
Title of the Year
Mirror's Edge hack introduced third-person perspective

THE BIG THREE:
3. Sony dismisses IGN's PSP2 rumors, disses IGN
2. Dawn of War II beta now available to all
1. Final Fantasy XIII countdown ends, new trailer released

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Reader Comments (87)

why is there no Joystiq podcast on iTunes any more?

and why is the podcast RSS still displaying all the articles that are posted on the site?!?!?

The Podcast "category" is still displaying the entire feed. Go here:
http://www.joystiq.com/category/podcasts

Also, the podcast RSS is actually redirecting here, which is accurate:
http://www.joystiq.com/category/podcasts/rss.xml

The links got broken with all the database work we did, and the redirects were removed when we added the new subdomains. We're getting everything back in order, but we'll need to poke iTunes to get it operating again.

Also, if you're already subscribed in iTunes, it should have no trouble finding the latest episode. I just checked on my subscription, and it worked fine. We're just not in the "store" at the moment.

my iTunes keeps has stopped functioning properly, and I need to re-subscribe to the same podcasts every time I start the app :(

Also, what is Joystiq [playstation] in the iTunes store?

Not sure what the Joystiq [playstation] is in there either! We're trying to figure that out as well. :-P

I don't want to sound *too* much like an anus, but neither of those problems have happened in the zune software. But I still really wish there were comments in zune podcasts, and that the software worked well on my laptop. :

Although I appreciate the (albeit late) podcast, I must say that if this happens once more, I'll have to sell my Joystiq stock: it's already at an all-time low, and honestly, I can't keep stealing from my spouse's purse much longer.

There's my Steed!

Sweet Zune Support! Me and the other 3 guys will be happy to hear.

(Love my 30 gig brown Zune and unlimited music)
Had to put that so you know there is no sarcasm in my joy.

I use the zune.. but the joystiq podcast hasn't worked for me in well since the change.

Love me some 'stiq!

Yay!

I literally didn't go to the gym today because there was no JP. You guys need to get in the business of personal motivators!

I hope Ross wasn't accidentally fired instead of Justin. That would make me sad :(.

"New episodes every Friday afternoon. Now playing: Episode 83, for Saturday January 31"

:D

Yeah yeah yeah!

Finally!

Did that guy really get fired or what's the story with that?

I read this blog everyday. Why don't I understand this stuff?

Per The Twitter (tm), Justin has been without internets since West Virginia got backhanded by a nasty winter storm this week. Hence his limited presence.

Also, "Fire Justin McElroy" is a running joke.

It'll get a bit awkward when we find out he's a nazi paedophile, and nobody's sure how genuine the protest is.

http://www.icanhaspenis.com

I want that logo to go on the main website as a tribute to Ross!

LULZ x24.

ULTRASTIQ rainbow punch in the face with unicorns... Man thats cool

the link is soooooo descriptive...

Is Ross still writing for Engadget?

Should probably let Ross answer this one himself, but let's just say he'll be writing MORE for Engadget.

*sniffsniff*

I smell PROMOTION!

"Should probably let Ross answer this one himself, but let's just say he'll be writing MORE for Engadget."

Sounds like he answered it :)

Don't go Ross! I luff you!

what the hell?? I'm gone for 2 weeks and come back to find that the 'stiq has totally changed its look AND Ross Miller is leaving?!

I don't wanna live in a world where Ross Miller doesn't post for Joystiq!

*is sad*

FIRE JUSTIN MCELROY

Am I the only one having problems playing the podcast? Maybe it's the fact that my internet has been really wonky lately (read: I capped my bandwidth), but the show is only about twenty minutes long for me. The irony: it stops right after Ludwig asks if the podcast is still recording because you had Randy jump into the call.

the show is about 90 min long

The issue was resolved. I'm not sure how, but now I can hear the entire thing. I knew it wasn't only 20 minutes long. I was asking if anybody else had the same issue.

Great stuff guys.

GO CARDS!

And what does Justin McElroy have to say about firing Justin McElroy?

Do I still get paid?

I was able to hear you say that outloud, Justin.

About what Ludwig said about Square releasing a subtitled version of FFXIII on PS3 in the US before releasing a localized version: I think more Japanese companies need to do that because American localizations (Voice) for the most part are terrible. Plus, it would encourage the wonders of READING among video game players.

and, because the PS3 is not region locked, the people in the US can buy it at the same time as the Japanese

But they won't subtitle the Japanese version into English.

Seeing that Persona 4 was localised and released withing 6 months, and I presume it started after the Jap release, that Square must have a reason for doing what they are.

Being hugely cynical (and with zero knowledge on the matter) one might assume that Square quite fancy having a much prolonged revenue stream for the game. For a company that size a worldwide release is entirely doable. Star Ocean, Last Remnant etc show that it's almost become a trend so with a franchise as HUGE as FF with guaranteed sales predictions one has to assume they want the game to sell consistantly through the 2-3 years since it's Jap release.

I really think Square are like, it's guaranteed to sell a fuk tonne no matter how we shaft those whiteys, so it's very much on their terms.

I presume there is a lot more to it but bottom line is they can do what they want and we'll still buy it.

"But they won't subtitle the Japanese version into English."

I think the point here is that they could, and should. We've already seen games like Phoenix Wright come out in Japan with both english and japanese subtitles, and subtitling in english wouldn't require unrealistic amounts of additional resources from developers, but - especially on home-consoles (as opposed to portables) - would still allow for the fully localized version to have additional value, with proper voice acting, and less engrish.

Many japanese games, and this is especially true with RPGs, already come with japanese subtitles, and having someone translate the japanese dialog and menus to english wouldn't take much.

Just my $.02

hors d'oeuvres Ross! ye shall be missed

I accept your dubious apology for the tardiness but I humbly request a "Fire Justin McElroy" t-shirt for compensation. Not that I want him fired, I find him quite humorous. I just want kickass Joystiq stuff.

You just want a shirt that says "There's my steed!", don't you?

Just write it in the Notes sections of manuals and then plaster them all over your body.

Nobody out on the town will fail to notice how cool you look.

I'LL GET YOU FOR THIS, MCELROYYYYYYYYYYYYYY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

It doesn't seem like Ludwig actually got the "miserable failure" joke. O.o

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