The Xbox 360 Fancast is back from our Turkey Day Vay-cay, and now it's time for some good, old-fashioned talkin' about games. We've got a ton of news to go over and lots of fanmail too. On top of that, we revisit the topic of Left 4 Dead 2's difficulty level. As if that weren't enough, hear us rant and rave about the movies that defined a generation. Download it, listen to it and make good life choices.
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Hosts: Richard Mitchell (SenseiRAM), Alexander Sliwinski (Sli Xander) and Dave Hinkle (KnifefightYoDad)
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Music: Intro/Outro: "Electromooq" by Uma Floresta. Break: "Mykonos" by Fleet Foxes.
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Left 4 Dead 2 sells 2 million in 2 weeks
Alien Breed Evolution dated
Mass Effect 2 discs
New Medal of Honor announced (don't knock beard guy)
Lips: Party Classics announced
Avatar pets
360 Black Friday sales were pretty okay
Canada gets 250GB ODST super Elite
Final Fight: Double Impact in April
Dante's demo December 24
Red Dead Redemption trailer is hot, game in April
Reader Comments (20)
Posted: Dec 7th 2009 5:33PM latin trident said
"we revisit the topic of Left 4 Dead 2's difficulty level"
I don't think you had an option of revisiting this topic. you were being pwned on your own site!
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I don't think you had an option of revisiting this topic. you were being pwned on your own site!
Posted: Dec 7th 2009 11:58PM Dave Hinkle said
"Yeah, well, you know -- that's just, like, your opinion, man."
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QsogswrH6ck
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QsogswrH6ck
Posted: Dec 7th 2009 5:47PM Shananagoats said
keep dave hinkle hes so adorable.
with his topics and little anecdotes.
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with his topics and little anecdotes.
Posted: Dec 7th 2009 6:05PM (Unverified) said
WHERE DOES MUMBO DOWNLOAD THIS SPECTULAR SLIMY FEAST OF HUMAN NARRATIVE.
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Posted: Dec 7th 2009 6:25PM (Unverified) said
There are links for different services, including direct download, in the post.
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Posted: Dec 7th 2009 6:27PM MyAbsolution said
Sorry alexander, I play only with human teammates, its not 'way way harder'. I'm not delusional, nor are most people who agree with me.In fact, the survivor A.I is worse in L4D2 than in L4D1. Valve toned the A.I uber sniping from the first game down a few notches. I'd honestly say the A.I is a little too stupid in this game. If I only played this game single-player, I would have snapped this disc and thrown it in the garbage. But its meant for multiplayer with friends.
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Posted: Dec 7th 2009 11:59PM Dave Hinkle said
Kevin, you're not stupid. You're, like, the opposite of stupid: Alan Thicke.
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Posted: Dec 7th 2009 9:47PM Rhamsey said
How could you not like The Princess Bride? It's an amazing movie. And if that guy doesn't like Starship Troopers, screw him, NPH is in it! If he doesn't like 2 and 3 though I understand, cause they sort of sucked. And clue was my sisters favorite movie when she was in middle school. I think I have seen that movie at least 30 times.
Now I have to add these to my netflix list, cause I only own clue on VHS.
Note, Starship Troopers and The Princess Bride are streamable on netflix.
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Now I have to add these to my netflix list, cause I only own clue on VHS.
Note, Starship Troopers and The Princess Bride are streamable on netflix.
Posted: Dec 8th 2009 9:02AM TheIcemanCometh said
I too, have seen Princess Bride and I hated it. I am 46 years old, and consider myself someone that likes all types of movies. I rented PB to watch with my kids (range from 12-16 years old), saying "I haven't seen it, but I've heard it's really good."
Not only did my kids not like it and called it "stupid" but I myself fell asleep. TWICE. That's never happened to me.
I have seen Starship Troopers, and definitely enjoyed that one. Especially the co-ed showers. :-)
Just my $0.02 worth.
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Not only did my kids not like it and called it "stupid" but I myself fell asleep. TWICE. That's never happened to me.
I have seen Starship Troopers, and definitely enjoyed that one. Especially the co-ed showers. :-)
Just my $0.02 worth.
Posted: Dec 8th 2009 11:24AM Thiago123 said
One difference between the Arcade and the Elite that might be important if the guy who asked has an original Xbox, the Arcades are listed as not being backwards compatible. Now, I don't know if thats only because they don't have a hard drive, and I also no that MS is no longer working to make games compatible, but still worth mentioning.
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Posted: Dec 8th 2009 2:36PM VIDEOGAMES said
It's because they don't have a hard drive. Pop one on and you're good to go.
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Posted: Dec 8th 2009 2:47PM DavidO said
Re the comments about new Metal of Honor.
While the dude does look like a hobo, that 'look' is used over there for special ops guys.
http://www.supportourmarinesinc.org/ODA%20772,%20Jalalabad%20Afghanistan.jpg
The picture is just an example. I do have a buddy who has been over there, and he is in the special ops, when he came back, he looked like grizzly adams. Hinkle is right the beards are used to help the soldiers 'blend in' to an extent as well as a part of the culture there.
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While the dude does look like a hobo, that 'look' is used over there for special ops guys.
http://www.supportourmarinesinc.org/ODA%20772,%20Jalalabad%20Afghanistan.jpg
The picture is just an example. I do have a buddy who has been over there, and he is in the special ops, when he came back, he looked like grizzly adams. Hinkle is right the beards are used to help the soldiers 'blend in' to an extent as well as a part of the culture there.
Posted: Dec 8th 2009 5:21PM Omega Aero said
I heard you say you wanted to play Firefight during this podcast Alexander, I want to play it too but all of my friends have moved on to the big holiday games so if you want to play some time just send me a message. GT: OMG Aero
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Posted: Dec 8th 2009 10:01PM Colostomeboy said
anyone know if i can find a youtube clip where the man and women were talking about shooting the gun, it was funny and i would like to be able to listen to it again.
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