We've got an interesting show this week. We spend quite a bit of time talking about the Elite price cut as well as the "flexibility" offered by not including HDMI or component cables in the new bundle. We also grill Alexander about GamesCom and his recent trip to Germany. Of course, there's all the other usual malarkey and hullabaloo as well. Enjoy.
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Hosts: Richard Mitchell (SenseiRAM), Dustin Burg (SuperDunners), Alexander Sliwinski (Sli Xander)
Produced by Richard Mitchell
Music: Intro/Outro: "Electromooq" by Uma Floresta. Break: "I MAED A GAM3 W1TH Z0MB1ES!!!1" by Ska Studios.
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Reader Comments (19)
Posted: Sep 1st 2009 10:07AM (Unverified) said
Actually, it's "Joystiq [Xbox]" if you subscribe now. It doesn't automatically change the feed name for you if you have subscribed before the change.
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Posted: Aug 31st 2009 10:45PM NukeAssault said
Richards right! I am a beautiful flower! Suck it world!
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Posted: Sep 1st 2009 10:47AM (Unverified) said
I am literally passing this idea on to James Silva right now. Good call!
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Posted: Sep 1st 2009 9:44PM Red Son Rising said
Im buying this game just so i have this song. i want that mp3 damnit, that song rocks.
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Posted: Sep 1st 2009 10:45PM DrunkSte said
You can download the mp3 on James Silva's blog.
http://skasoftware.wordpress.com/
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http://skasoftware.wordpress.com/
Posted: Sep 2nd 2009 7:53AM Red Son Rising said
@ Drunk Ste and Xav and Dustin and erbody else
i swear this will be my first RB download the minute i see it available.. no question, my favorite track ive ever gotten from a video game..
I MAED A GAM3 W1TH Z0MB1ES 1N 1T!!!1
YEA I MAED A GAM3 W1TH Z0MB1ES 1N 1T!!!1 YEAH YEAH!!
OHH YEA!! YEAH YEAH!!
OHHHH!! YEAH YEAH!!!
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i swear this will be my first RB download the minute i see it available.. no question, my favorite track ive ever gotten from a video game..
I MAED A GAM3 W1TH Z0MB1ES 1N 1T!!!1
YEA I MAED A GAM3 W1TH Z0MB1ES 1N 1T!!!1 YEAH YEAH!!
OHH YEA!! YEAH YEAH!!
OHHHH!! YEAH YEAH!!!
Posted: Sep 1st 2009 8:04AM (Unverified) said
Yes! And I saw is already available at Amazon, check out Xbox 360 price cut!
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Posted: Sep 1st 2009 1:34PM spid said
If HDMI cost $1 to include in the box taking it out saves Microsoft millions over the lifetime of the Xbox360. The hard drive is the only legitimate gripe, but if they are coming out with a bigger hard drive then it is safe to assume they are going to drop the price at some point probably just in time for Black Friday.
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Posted: Sep 1st 2009 2:20PM (Unverified) said
Hey, with all this shiz around the price drop, is it worth buying an elite now and risk missing the (possible) larger HDD and (possible) further price cut to the pro price once the pro is gone? I want to upgrade from my core system cus its slowly dying but i don't wanna feel like i've been screwed over for adopting early, even with a good bundle offer.(i don't want natal).
PS im from the UK, which is basically the same except the prices are all 50 less.
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PS im from the UK, which is basically the same except the prices are all 50 less.
Posted: Sep 1st 2009 2:35PM (Unverified) said
Personally, I'd wait until the holidays. I'm sure there will be some decent bundles then.
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Posted: Sep 2nd 2009 7:36AM Red Son Rising said
i desperately need a new hdd (my near launch 20gb is always full to the brim) but im holding out for news of a possible 250gb elite. if nothing comes out by christmas i might take the plunge and get an elite to replace my replacement replacement 360
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Posted: Sep 1st 2009 2:37PM (Unverified) said
Cheers for the advice, i will just put up with the grinding noise a while longer.
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Posted: Sep 2nd 2009 7:34AM Red Son Rising said
@Drunk Ste
my morning so far: woke up, checked email, queued up a trial for 'I MAED A GAM3 W1TH Z0MB1ES!!!1', listened to minute 58-60 of the flexible fanboy fancast (eww?) three (wait for it) four times, opened joystiq and BAM!! you just made my sleep drunk morning.
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my morning so far: woke up, checked email, queued up a trial for 'I MAED A GAM3 W1TH Z0MB1ES!!!1', listened to minute 58-60 of the flexible fanboy fancast (eww?) three (wait for it) four times, opened joystiq and BAM!! you just made my sleep drunk morning.
Posted: Sep 4th 2009 4:17AM rickbyrnes2683 said
Is the Freakn Patch ever going to come to Rock band for the FREAKN LIPS MICS my god this is freakn CRAZY nine months should be plenty of time to code a freakn patch.
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Posted: Sep 4th 2009 6:33AM iamnick said
Ok, the guy keeps talking about people walking around with bags of 'schwag' when he clearly meant 'swag'... When I heard schwag, I thought he was talking about a giant potfest.
Swag pronunciation has an emphasis on the 's', whereas schwag has a 'sh' sound at the beginning which is what he was saying.
http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/swag
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Swag pronunciation has an emphasis on the 's', whereas schwag has a 'sh' sound at the beginning which is what he was saying.
http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/swag
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