Joystiq Podcast 158 - Flightning edition

WHAT THE HELL HAPPENED TO CHRIS?

YaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaY!!!!!!!!!!11

J. McElroy's likeness to much younger Castro is unnerving! Castro had a gray beard in his teens no?

An early podcast is a good podcast. Too bad I gotta go to school...

Still talking about Castlevania? I think we get the point.

Also, after seeing this pic. Justin, you should really grow a beard.

Er, um, uh...it's time for emails. Chowda!

It was a blah week. Slept 4 hours last night. Looking forward to the Friday Night Service at the Congregation Joystiq.

Maybe it's just me, but if by your own account you're "no good at shooting dudes" a "first person shooter" might not be the game you should be playing in a competitive multiplayer mode...

Man Chris, get that Halo schlong out of your mouth, PLEASE. Other than that bias, I enjoyed the podcast.

The best podcast in the world right here!

What Chris said about Halo's story was really true. I'm really interested in the mythology behind the games, in the books and all that, as an avid consumer of scifi books, I love them, they're great. The games however, despite always having a fantastic atmosphere and feel are always disappointingly light on any actual meat of a story

Hey I just beat Mass Effect 2 and yeah I guess my priorities are messed up what with not getting paid to play games and having a full time job and a family and all.

I have to pick and choose which games to play and obviously the back catalogue is quite large. It so happens the last game I hadn't played that I chose to pick up was ME2.

Another by the numbers podcast. Don't get me wrong I enjoy listening to it but I get a little disappointed because I know these three guys are capable of better. Episode zero is linked to every new show but at this point is it really needed? Seems lately like these guys are just hitting the talking points as fast as possible without allowing much room for personality or in-jokes to naturally evolve. Where have the random tangents of old gone? I can't think of any segments in recent memory that would work well for the Space Ghost X videos. I was a big fan of the old GFW radio and I would argue that the reason it had such a devoted fan following had little to do with the fact that it was based around pc games. Gaming is a hook to establish an audience with common interests but from there I think most people stick with a podcast to feel part of a fiendly conversation among interesting personalities. I can understand if the guys just don't have as much time for the podcast as they used to or maybe they despise talking to each other now due to some secret behind the music drama. I would just hope they have not made this change with the thinking that it's what makes for a better podcast because I'm here to say I miss the longer less structured just riffin podcasts of old. Anyways just some thoughts of mine that I wanted to get out; hopefully I was able to provide some feedback without sounding too ungrateful for the awesome work that these guys do.

The ongoing debate about Castlevania in the past few podcasts is great. I see Justin's point about certain button routines and a general brownness in the early parts of the story, but I love the game--I beat it today, and was blown away by the ending, the variety, and of course the length. The story grows on you with each chapter, and the increasing variety of attacks, magic, and foes makes the gameplay exponentially more interesting. This is a hell of a lot of game. Now on to AC Brotherhood . . .

Any chance the audio quality of the podcast could be improved? It's a bummer that such a smart and funny podcast sounds so bad.

Hey I just beat Mass Effect 2 and yeah I guess my priorities are messed up what with not getting paid to play games and having a full time job and a family and all.


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