Xbox 360 Fancast 211 -- Penultimate

by Richard Mitchell on May 9th 2011 6:35PM

The pre-E3 lull continues this week, though there's still a little news to be found. Namely, we discuss Assassin's Creed Revelations and the delay of Mass Effect 3. And let's not forget Guardian Heroes and its unfortunately "remastered" screen shots. We also have something of an announcement to make, so be sure to stick around.

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Hosts: Richard Mitchell (SenseiRAM, @senseiram), Alexander Sliwinski (Sli Xander, @xandersliwinski) and Dave Hinkle (KnifefightYaDad, @davehinkle)

Music: Intro/Outro: "Electromooq" by Uma Floresta; Break: "Grown Ocean" by Fleet Foxes

For fans: Xbox 360 Fancast Facebook group

Have a complaint or concern? Send an email to fancast [att] joystiq [dawt] com and we'll try to read it on the show!

Previews
Child of Eden (Kinect)

Mentions
Rayman Origins coming holiday 2011
Xbox Live now allows military billing addresses
Silicon Knights still planning Too Human trilogy
Red Faction: Armageddon demo on XBLM
Guardian Heroes coming to XBLA this fall'
Alan Wake 2 appears on resume (!)

News
Black Rock hit with layoffs
New Xbox rumored, denied
Mass Effect 3 delayed to 2012 to adjust mechanics for a "larger market opportunity"
Assassin's Creed Revelation set for this November
Assassin's Creed Revelation details

Gears of War 3 beta codes (find the missing character):

G2CYM-6JD?9-3KM39-GTWTG-4YMHZ
F4YM4-24F2T-JYD6C-HF?YK-TVQ2Z
66MYW-24QVV-W?6XJ-DTKQQ-V7FPZ
?66TX-M3C9H-YV27K-79MMF-3HJYZ
JXR32-6CVDY-4DXD2-9TP6Q-TH?CZ

Tags: fancast, microsoft, xbox

Reader Comments (47)

I'm actually seriously concerned this isn't just an elaborate hoax by that evil Justin McElroy... :(

Don't make me send the british over again.

Who else is going to force feed me marmite when I go to PAX? :(

oh no! Now I am scared to listen! Maybe if I don't listen, everything will be ok!

I'm on a mobile connection right now, I can't download!

A sad day indeed. Tell me this is not so!

Is the joystiq podcast gone for real? Thought the webby stuff was a joke till Friday.
X3F is still #1 regardless, long live xbox fanboy

Got the third code. Thanks Joystiq!

You're taking this gag too far! That's enough guys....guys?

On a happier note here is another Gears 3 beta code. Please reply here if you use it.

66FM9-DHFRF-JX2MW-FRMY6-4J9QZ

@NBA Kirkland I got it! Thanks bro!

Also, I haven't heard the reasoning for the end of the podcast. Anyone want to post a spoiler for those of us that won't be able to hear it right away?

@Shafnitz They have to "Make room for the future".

@NBA Kirkland Here's another Gears 3 beta code.

KP77R-6DTHY-926HW-6DM4K-QHP6Z

@NBA Kirkland

I snagged this one:
KP77R-6DTHY-926HW-6DM4K-QHP6Z

Thanks!

Cool, enjoy!

What is going on? Why are my favorite podcasts being canceled?

Say it ain't so!!!!!

:-(

Insanity: doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results. -Einstein

This podcast and Joystiq are both done guys, just listened to the ending.

Very, very sad.

Oh no, is this really true?! No more joystiq or x3f podcasts?! Penultimate, knew thy wasn't good

Gonna listen in a bit, still hoping this is just a very bad joke. This is bad, very bad

I blame AOL.

got the 1st code, 4th and 5th had already been used, so only the 2nd ones left. Thanks for not posting people who claimed it already.

omg.. this podcast is the only thing on my Monday podcast lists to enjoy.

thought one of them may be leaving, terrible enough, but this is far too much for me.

@(Unverified) Listen to Justin McElroy's (from Joystiq) My Brother, My Brother and Me. Great comedy monday podcast.

@(Unverified) Dave and Alexander do a pretty cool food podcast as well

I've been listening since Alexander was brought on board, really gonna miss listening to you guys... I'd insert a joke about my heart being chainsodomied but I'm just not up foe it. Booooooo

What the hell? Is this the evil hand of AOL? Why are you guys going away??? You can't leave us! WE'LL BE LOST WITHOUT YOU

what a total bummer!! the joystiq podcast is no big deal (zing!) but you guys?? and right before E3! i started listening back in 2007 and it's become a regular podcast staple of mine. you guys did a great job though and it really is a downer. excited and hopeful to see what you do next!

I can't believe this is happening..... worst Monday ever....

Awwwwwwwwwwww Why is my favorite gaming podcast being shut down?

My Monday's will suck without you guys :( :( :(

Guardian Heroes on XBLA does indeed have the original (superior) Saturn graphics.
http://gamespot.com/xbox360/action/guardianheroeshd/video/6312407/guardian-heroes-hd--daily-demo

I normally don't comment or really like my presence heard on the internet manly because I have nothing good to say. Nor do I have any friends outside the meat space as they would say and sadly online as well :(. I don't really have a likable face and I'm not funny, but even so when I listen to the Joystiq and Xbox 360 Fancast podcast it makes me happy. It makes me feel like I have friends, good friends. I will miss these podcast very deeply and will be getting drunk tonight in there honor. I hope they know how much they have made me laugh and smile and I wish nothing but the best for there future. They're good people and and always show they're real self. I award these two podcast infinite stars and not one less. Good bye

From a lonely and sad die hard fan :'(

I blame marmite and Canada.

If it's really ending I'm going to be very sad. I've been listening to you guys for a couple of years now. Best running buddies I've had :(

Just read the comments and tweets about the ending of X3F. Very sad way to start Tuesday morning in Europe. Obviously, X3F crew has all the right to do what they think it is the best for them so I will accept their decission and wish them the best in their current and future projects.

I have been a late listener (heard first one just after Xav left) but I have not been disappointed by any single episode since then. Great works, guys. Will continue reading you and hearing DNAFoodCast.

What the?
Are both Joystiq podcasts seriously over? :(
That's random.
Why?

BOOOOOOO!!!!!

Seriously though, I hope they replace these with *something*. I've been an X3F listener since Hinkle's first episode, and it's (or it was, I guess) easily the best gaming podcast out there. I never heard a bad episode of either one. The Joystiq podcast was great as well. My tuesday and friday commutes will now have significantly fewer lolz :(.

I've been listening to this for years now, I remember walking home from college listening to it every week, and now weekly on my commute to Uni.

As if my exams starting wasn't depressing enough, now X3F ends :(

I have created a group on facebook and link it onto there facebook page. Everyone join as it is a petition for them to continue woth the show!!!!

I'm sending a letter to my senator and deleting Huffinton Post from my phone.

Well that just sucks

Ok, what kind of gaming site cancels their podcasts right before e3? Hopefully you guys come back soon. This is one of my fave podcasts out there.

Thanks guys!

PS: Love you three, but if you come back with the other joystiq guys im out. Cant stand listening to them.

Its not just the filter in Guardian Heroes that is disgusting, its also the choice of font. It looks very cheap.

The guy with the birds from The Shawshank Redemption was Brooks I believe. Red was Morgan Freeman.

Also, do you sign up for the draft? Doesn't the draft conscript you? I wouldn't know, I'm not in the military, but it sounded weird when Alexander said it.

Btw, sad to see the show go away.

Sad day. Very, very sad. X3F was really an entertainment highlight on my week and pretty much the only thing that kept me coming back to joystiq.com. I dont even play many games any more (has a kid) but because I listened, I still kept up and bought some of the ones you guys raved about for when I have more time.

I hope what you are working on in the future is a bigger and better podcast. But by your tone, that is not really a certainty, is it? Anyway, best of luck with the future whatever.

I know its hard to keep providing free entertainment when benefits are unclear and AOL is in the dumps, but the good will find a way. Although there may be a long dark path ahead.

In any case, you guys are great and very talented. You should seek to continue podcasting in some way shape or form because you will be stars eventually. Great job and hope X3F is reborn in a more glorious fashion.

When I said I was running out of space for my new Harmonix podcast I didn't mean to lose the other!

So I go on vacation and dont listen on my normal schedule then see Hinkle talking about saying "goodbye" to us at a number. I'm not happy guys, I dont think its their fault but this really sucks. I rely on podcasts to get me through a work day of driving 100 miles a day in a city only to stop to deal with douchbags for 30 minutes at a time sweating my sack off. This is a real let down. I thought Joystiq podcast was screwing around because of the awards. Half of my gaming podcasts will now be gone, and sadly I have to say they were in my top 3 podcasts. I really hope you guys come back, I dont see why or what you or the big wigs at AOL could possibly pop out to top this or why they couldnt co-exist.

Ladies and gentlemen... from the same inspiring Huffington Post management team that bought you the simultaneous walkout of everyone you cared about at Engadget, we bring you round two of the continuing experiment to dismantle AOL's blog portfolio. At HP, we like to think that entertainment doesn't absolutely *have* to be entertaining.

X3F has been one of he most consistently fun podcasts I listen to, and unless something replaces it very soon (and that something involves very prominent Richard and Alexander), they should just walk out and start their own site - gdgt/thisismynext style. The thing that makes Joystiq special is the people, and if they're not appreciated then they should walk (and my money follows them wherever that happens to be).

This sucks very sad, X3F brought so much laughter to me every week and I now know how dangerous drop bears are. I have been listening for a very long time and whatever happens I hope it works out.

I switched from patroning Kotaku to Joystiq thanks to X3F and the the Joystiq Podcast. Guess I'll be going back. $^#@!

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Xbox 360 Fancast 211 -- Penultimate

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