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Joystiq Podcast 99.75 - Lettuce smokers edition

by Justin McElroy { 7 days ago }

Like the rest of the media, we're pretty much only talking about Michael Jackson. Thanks to Alan Black for keeping up the theme with this photoshop and to Daniel Orta for our miraculous new soundboard.

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Hosts: Christopher Grant, Justin McElroy and Ludwig Kietzmann

Music: "Gravity (Don't Let Me Go)" by Jon Black, "Red Eye" by Ben Kweller

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Joystiq Podcast 099.5 - Get Off Our Lawn edition

by Christopher Grant { 14 days ago }

[Update: There were two (2!) different problems with this week's cast. If you've encountered either 1) a truncated file or 2) complete, eerie silence then redownload the file from iTunes. It should see the new version and pull it down. Any other issues, grab the actual MP3 below. Let us know if you're still having trouble in the comments and we'll do our best to assist.]

With Justin out this week – undoubtedly with a liver full of West Virginia moonshine – the remaining podcast hosts have tapped one Mr. JC Fletcher to bring his formidable video game knowledge (not to mention formidable facial hair!) to the show. The missing host? Face as smooth as a baby's underarm. JC? Grizzled. Think new Max Payne ... but even grittier.

And with an esoteric Japanese video game t-shirt on.

And ... uh ... thanks (?) to Alan Black for the 'chop ... and for scaring everyone on the internet by showing us what Mount Rushmore's icons would look like if they had teeth. And were totally bald (I'm bald-ING, thankyouverymuch!).

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Hosts: Christopher Grant (@chrisgrant), Ludwig Kietzmann (@LudwigK), and JC Fletcher (@jcfletcher)

Music: "Gravity (Don't Let Me Go)" by Jon Black, "Red Eye" by Ben Kweller

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Joystiq Podcast 099 - Post-E3 edition

by Justin McElroy { 21 days ago }

We're back from E3, and we've brought a big huge show along with us. We're playing clean-up on all the E3 stuff we meant to talk about, plus we've got an interview with Mr. Gravity himself, Jon Black.

Oh, and thanks to Mike Santos for the long ago and far away photoshoppage.

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Joystiq Podcast E309 - Burrito of Fate edition

by Justin McElroy { 29 days ago }

With a recording set up that fancy, you might be expecting one of our classier podcasts. Maybe it is, now that we think about it, but that's not exactly saying a lot, is it?

With this new dispatch from the front lines, the team is talking about the games they loved and the ones that left them cold. Also, Massively's Mike Schramm treats us all to the Burrito of Fate story.

Joystiq Podcast E309 - Carl's Jr. edition

by Justin McElroy { 1 month ago }

We've been downgraded from the mysterious oil tanker to a Carl's Jr. in a sketchy L.A. neighborhood. Yeah, we've seen brighter days. Still, that didn't keep us from giving you our thoughts on all the big three press conferences.

Oh, and about the paper rustling at the beginning: Just hang in there, it ends fairly quickly. Sorry, we were starving, we had no choice.

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Hosts: Chris Grant, Ludwig Kietzmann and Justin McElroy

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Joystiq Podcast E309 - Do It Live edition

by Justin McElroy { 1 month ago }

Well, we all made it safely to E3, and in the calm before the show starts, we're bringing you the first of our E3 2009 podcasts. There's not a lot of news to report, but, as you know, that's never stopped us from talking a bunch before.

Enjoy.

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Hosts: Chris Grant, Ludwig Kietzmann and Justin McElroy

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Joystiq Podcast 098 - Pre-pre-E3 edition

by Justin McElroy { 1 month ago }

So, the bad news is that Justin is gone, thanks to his new status as a homeowner. The bad news? Griffin has replaced him, so you're still getting equal amounts McElroy. It's like New Coke, with all the implications the metaphor carries with it.

Also, so many of you have been asking where you can download the full version of our theme song, Jon Black's "Gravity (Don't Let Me Go)". It's finally here, and you can get it for free! Be sure to come back next week when we'll interview Jon and get the whole story behind the song.

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Hosts: Christopher Grant, Griffin McElroy and Ludwig Kietzmann

Music: "Gravity (Don't Let Me Go)" by Jon Black, "Red Eye" by Ben Kweller

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Joystiq Podcast 097 - Perfect Strangers edition

by Justin McElroy { 1 month ago }

Huh, so this is a weird one. Through the magic of poor internet connections, we've got special guests Richard Mitchell and David Hinkle to replace Chris, continuing his self-imposed sabbatical from interacting with the little people.

We're also doing some NPD dissection and all kind of other good stuff. Much of the talking is coming out of heads that may be new or frightening to you, but please, just hang in there.

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Hosts: Ludwig Kietzmann, David Hinkle, Richard Mitchell and Justin McElroy

Music: "Gravity Don't Let Me Go" by Jon Black, "Red Eye" by Ben Kweller

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Joystiq Podcast 096 - Golden Guys edition

by Justin McElroy { 1 month ago }

After his many weeks of not playing video games, we've finally jettisoned Chris Grant and replaced him with young Griffin MaxElroy, who's taking the show to the max, as is his custom.

We've also got the expected discussion of Duke Nukem Forever, BioShock 2 multiplayer and Home Alone movies. Enjoy. Oh, and thanks to Mike Santos for the golden art.

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Hosts: Ludwig Kietzmann, Griffin McElroy and Justin McElroy

Music: "Gravity Don't Let Me Go" by Jon Black, "Red Eye" by Ben Kweller

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Joystiq Podcast 095 - Snacktivity edition

by Justin McElroy { 2 months ago }

It's the first Joystiq Podcast in the A.Mr.T. era (After the announcement of Mr. T: The Game, of course), and, as you can imagine, it's pretty much all we want to talk about. Oh, and our favorite candy bars. Those are the hot topics this week. Also: Is it fall yet?

Thanks to second-week champ Conor O'Byrne for turning the J-Pod hosts into Pixel Junkies.

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Hosts: Chris Grant, Ludwig Kietzmann and Justin McElroy

Music: "Gravity Don't Let Me Go" by Jon Black, "Red Eye" by Ben Kweller

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Joystiq Podcast 094 - Just Riffin' edition

by Justin McElroy { 2 months ago }

It's the usual stuff. You know, just riffin'. We're doing our best to get away from the navel gazing, but it's SO HARD when there aren't any games to play. As a special treat to alleviate the boredom, we've invited the JPAG's Randall Smith to join us. Unsurprisingly, he's far more professional than us.

Oh, and thanks to the brilliant Conor O'Byrne whose photoshop for this week came in through the bathroom window. If you're cool enough to want a wallpaper sized version, you can find it at the JPAG.

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Hosts: Chris Grant, Ludwig Kietzmann and Justin McElroy

Music: "Gravity Don't Let Me Go" by Jon Black, "Red Eye" by Ben Kweller

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Joystiq Podcast 093 - Norbert edition

by Justin McElroy { 2 months ago }

On the positive side, all three hosts stay for this entire episode of the Joystiq Podcast. On the negative side ... well, all three hosts stay for the entire episode.

In it, we capitalize on Twittermania by discussing our embarrassing habit of Twitter ambushing, dig into the NPDs, continue to gush over Assassin's Creed 2 and do all the usual crap you know and love. Oh, and thanks to Kyle Collis for the legally embattled photoshop.

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Hosts: Chris Grant, Ludwig Kietzmann and Justin McElroy

Music: "Gravity Don't Let Me Go" by Jon Black, "Red Eye" by Ben Kweller

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Joystiq Podcast 092 - Sequel edition

by Justin McElroy { 2 months ago }

This edition of the Joystiq Podcast features some a good example of how to get us excited for a sequel -- and how not to get us excited for a sequel. We could tell you which games we're talking about, but you're just going to have to listen. ... OK, so it's Assassin's Creed 2 and BioShock 2, but we're not going to tell you which is which.

Also, there's all the usual stuff, including your emails, the Killjoy, the Tip of the Week and so on. You get the idea. Oh, and thanks to Adam Proctor from the JPAG for capturing our South African meet-up.

[Update: Sorry about the iTunes trouble everyone, should be updating now/soon.]

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Hosts: Chris Grant, Ludwig Kietzmann and Justin McElroy

Music: "Gravity Don't Let Me Go" by Jon Black, "Red Eye" by Ben Kweller

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Joystiq Podcast 091 - Disconnected edition

by Justin McElroy { 3 months ago }

Flush with energy after GDC, and rich with all the game design lessons they learned, the guys talk about the future of your favorite console and that game that you like so much. ... Also, Justin leaves about halfway in, so he's not sure exactly what they talked about. Sorry.

Thanks to the JPAG's Louis Senkowsky for the completely anonymous image.

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Hosts: Chris Grant, Ludwig Kietzmann and Justin McElroy

Music: "Gravity Don't Let Me Go" by Jon Black, "Red Eye" by Ben Kweller

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Joystiq Podcast GDC '09 Special 03

by Justin McElroy { 3 months ago }

It's our third and (likely) final podcast from GDC and things are just getting stranger. Chris and Justin can't help but name-dropping who they were eating dinner with, and they still can't stop fighting about OnLive.

If you've braved the first two editions, it's time to step up to the plate and finish this thing.

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Hosts: Justin McElroy and Chris Grant

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