Posted by Shawn on Thursday, May 8th, 2008 at 9:39 am under Sega, Features, File-N-Forget Podcast, Sony, Microsoft, Game Platforms, Games, Game Consoles, Game Companies
This week, after a slight delay of game thanks to rain and technology, the File-N-Forget podcast ignores the GTA IV release hype and instead focuses on two games that might interest folks who are not mindless GTA obsessed zombies. Iron Man the Game and Viking: Battle for Asgard. Sure Stephany dinged Viking pretty badly in her impression, but Ron quite likes it and talks about why.
The Rant and Rant section of the episode features Ron talking about how World of Warcraft can fail while Shawn bitches about bitchy women.
This weeks show is available by direct download here.
As always, you can get past episodes from our podcast page at http://podcast.filefront.com, and you can send your comments, questions, suggestions, or snarky comments to podcast@filefront.com.
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Posted by Shawn on Tuesday, April 22nd, 2008 at 9:13 am under Games Industry, World of Warcraft, Blizzard, NCsoft, File-N-Forget Podcast, Features, Vivendi, Sony, Games, Game Platforms, Computer, Game Consoles, Sony, Game Companies
Its a shame to see a promising game begin to falter. Last week’s announcement regarding server consolidation for the recently launched Pirates of the Burning Sea MMORPG might not be the best sign that the game is doing well. Regardless it sparked a discussion between Ron and I about why MMORPGs fail today and thus this week’s Podcast was born. Then the topic moves to my recent trip to Chicago to meet with Wizards of the Coast about the future of Dungeons & Dragons. If you’re interested in more info on D&D 4E be sure to check out The Analog Gamer.
The rant and rave section of the podcast features a rant at a very special audience and Ron implores Sony to fix the horrible problems with the Playstation Store and its downloads.
This weeks show is available by direct download here.
As always, you can get past episodes from our podcast page at http://podcast.filefront.com, and you can send your comments, questions, suggestions, or snarky comments to podcast@filefront.com.
File-N-Forget is also available on the iTunes Music Store.
Posted by Shawn on Saturday, April 12th, 2008 at 10:02 pm under Command & Conquer, Sony, Gamer Life, Features, File-N-Forget Podcast, THQ, Electronic Arts, Games, Game Platforms, Computer, Game Consoles, Sony, Game Companies
This week we purge the unclean from the podcast and discuss just where that Kane guy was during the lull between the 1st and 2nd Tiberium War. Our topics are two recently released RTS games - Command & Conquer 3: Kane’s Wrath and Dawn of War: Soulstorm. Join us for approximately 24 minutes as we talk good and bad and mostly great things about these two expansions. Additionally , Ron rants and I rave. Good Times. I almost apologize for the use of the word orgy in the podcast’s metadata too.
You can check out my “impression” of Kane’s Wrath as mentioned in the podcast here. And here is a link to 1Up’s official network review of Kane’s Wrath and Soulstorm as well.
This weeks show is available by direct download here.
As always, you can get past episodes from our podcast page at http://podcast.filefront.com, and you can send your comments, questions, suggestions, or snarky comments to podcast@filefront.com.
File-N-Forget is also available on the iTunes Music Store.
Posted by Shawn on Saturday, April 5th, 2008 at 3:08 pm under Electronic Arts, Features, File-N-Forget Podcast, Microsoft, Game Consoles, Game Platforms, Games, Game Companies
We may be bad company for some after this weeks episode of the File-N-Forget podcast.
Thanks to the graciousness of Electronic Arts, Shawn Ron and Gaming Today PR Czar, Daniel Perez all had an invite to play and discuss the Xbox Live! Beta for the upcoming Battlefield: Bad Company. We cover what impressed us and what didn’t and even got to enjoy Ron’s pained Rant about finally shelling out the cash for an Xbox Live! Gold membership.
This weeks show is available by direct download here.
As always, you can get past episodes from our podcast page at http://podcast.filefront.com, and you can send your comments, questions, suggestions, or snarky comments to podcast@filefront.com.
File-N-Forget is also available on the iTunes Music Store.
Posted by Shawn on Saturday, March 29th, 2008 at 8:48 am under Features, File-N-Forget Podcast, Gamer Life, Games Industry, Game Platforms, Computer, Game Companies
The prodigal podcast returns this week to talk about an inflammatory subject - Copy Protection. Is it the root of all evil? Does piracy destroy lives and murder children? Ron and Shawn discuss it at length in light of the success of Sins of a Solar Empire and the death of Iron Lore studios.
This weeks show is available by direct download here.
As always, you can get past episodes from our podcast page at http://podcast.filefront.com, and you can send your comments, questions, suggestions, or snarky comments to podcast@filefront.com.
File-N-Forget is also available on the iTunes Music Store.
Posted by Shawn on Friday, March 14th, 2008 at 9:10 pm under File-N-Forget Podcast, Features, Computer, Game Platforms, Game Companies
The ever popular Ron Whitaker returns to primary hosting duties, relegating me to sidekick and comic foil this week, but in a File-N-Forget first we invite some developers into the virtual studio for an interview. Jason Faller, President of Silverlode Interactive and Marketing Director Slava Zatuchny talk about the first Massively Multiplayer Real-Time Strategy Game: SAGA.
The gentlemen describe how they brought the RTS genre into the MMO realm, what their overriding goal is in creating the game they always wanted to play and quite a few hints of what is to come in the future for this newly launched game. I’d write more but my darned peasants are being lazy in Brekton and have to be put to the whip again.
Not sure what SAGA is? You can find out more at www.playsaga.com
This weeks show is available by direct download here.
As always, you can get past episodes from our podcast page at http://podcast.filefront.com, and you can send your comments, questions, suggestions, or snarky comments to podcast@filefront.com.
File-N-Forget is also available on the iTunes Music Store.
Posted by Shawn on Monday, March 10th, 2008 at 10:42 am under Gamer Life, LucasArts, Features, File-N-Forget Podcast, Blizzard, World of Warcraft, Game Platforms, Computer, Sony, Star Wars, Game Companies
After a week break, Shawn and Ron return for the 22nd installment of the File-N-Forget podcast. This week the topic is MMOs and the impact that players have on developer decisions. Our hosts discuss the upcoming changes to World of Warcraft and the proposed change Blizzard later reversed to the Warlock Lifetap ability because of player outcry. Star Wars Galaxies of course gets brought into the fray when the discussion turns to examples of where developers chose to ignore the fans and the consequences of that decision.
What impact do you think players have on persistent games and their development? Should players be more or less involved? Post your opinions below.
This week we also introduce the “What are you playing and why?” segment.
This weeks show is available by direct download here.
As always, you can get past episodes from our podcast page at http://podcast.filefront.com, and you can send your comments, questions, suggestions, or snarky comments to podcast@filefront.com.
File-N-Forget is also available on the iTunes Music Store.
Posted by Shawn on Saturday, February 23rd, 2008 at 9:40 am under Features, File-N-Forget Podcast, Computer, Games, Game Platforms, Game Companies
This week the File-N-Forget podcast returns with Ron Whitaker and Shawn Sines discussing the wonderful new 4X/RTS hybrid Sins of a Solar Empire from Ironclad Games and publisher Stardock. We bypass the “Guess the Game” segment this week but as usual Shawn has a Rave and Ron continues to Rant.
This weeks show is available by direct download here.
As always, you can get past episodes from our podcast page at http://podcast.filefront.com, and you can send your comments, questions, suggestions, or snarky comments to podcast@filefront.com.
File-N-Forget is also available on the iTunes Music Store.
Oh and if you’re looking for the official 1Up review of Sins you can check it out here for another opinion on the game.
Posted by Shawn on Tuesday, February 12th, 2008 at 2:46 pm under Sony, Electronic Arts, Features, File-N-Forget Podcast, Nintendo, Microsoft, Game Platforms, Games, Game Consoles, Game Companies
A little delayed but File-N-Forget Episode 20 has roared across the finish line.
This Week Shawn asks Ron about the most recent Burnout Game: Burnout Paradise and his opinions of the series transition to an open world racer. We also have a new “Guess the Game” this week as well as a Rave from Ron and a Rant from Shawn about Rock Band and DLC.
Congratulations to last week’s “Guess the Game” winner S.T.A.L.K.E.R for his correct answer of Beyond Good and Evil, an underrated title that should not be missed (if you’re a GameTap subscriber you can play it now as a matter of fact.)
You can grab this week’s episode here.
As always, you can get past episodes from our podcast page at http://podcast.filefront.com, and you can send your comments, questions, suggestions, or snarky comments to podcast@filefront.com.
Posted by Ron on Monday, February 4th, 2008 at 10:25 am under File-N-Forget Podcast, Features
It’s time once again for us to offer up the latest installment of the File-N-Forget Podcast. This week, Shawn and Ron discuss the large number of sequels that seem to be flooding the market lately, and try to discern if this is a good or bad thing for the industry and the gamer alike.
We also bring back the ‘Guess the Game’ feature, as requested, and we close out with our customary ‘Rant and Rave section, where you can hear about Rock Band peripherals and Sins of a Solar Empire.
You can grab this week’s episode here.
As always, you can get past episodes from our podcast page at http://podcast.filefront.com, and you can send your comments, questions, suggestions, or snarky comments to podcast@filefront.com.
Posted by Ron on Friday, January 25th, 2008 at 1:59 pm under Bioware, Mass Effect, Features, File-N-Forget Podcast, Microsoft, Electronic Arts, Game Platforms, Games, Game Consoles, Microsoft, Game Companies
This week’s File-N-Forget Podcast addresses the issues surrounding the recent events concerning Fox News and Mass Effect. Shawn and Ron discuss Gamers’ Worst Enemy: Themselves. Are the recent explosions by gamers on Amazon warranted, or is there a better way to handle these things?
Check out our debate on it, and then let us know your thoughts by posting in the comments below or emailing us at podcast@filefront.com. Of course, you can use the same email for your podcast suggestions, snide comments, or anything else you’d like to send along to us.
You can grab this week’s podcast here, and you can check out the past episodes on our podcast page at http://podcast.filefront.com.
UPDATE: Apparently, the audio file that was posted was incorrect. The proper file should be up shortly.
UPDATE 2: The proper file is now available. We apologize for the confusion.
Posted by Shawn on Monday, January 14th, 2008 at 11:13 am under Gamer Life, Features, File-N-Forget Podcast, Microsoft, Game Consoles, Game Platforms, Computer, Game Companies
A little later than planned but Episode 17 of File-N-Forget is now live.
This week Ron and I discuss the Frontlines:Fuel of War Beta and give our impressions of this game by the developers of the all-time classic Desert Combat mod for Battlefield 1942. We also bring back the “Guess the Game” contest with a new entry. Strangely I just couldn’t move on from the controversy I covered in this post so you get to hear me rant for a bit, and Ron asks Why do people claim failure as a marketing win? in relation to Microsoft’s proclamation that the Xbox 360 is the least error prone console in the cosmos!
Our podcast page continues to reside at http://podcast.filefront.com, and it’s home to all our past episodes.
If you think you’ve got something we should be talking about, or just a snide remark about our show, feel free to drop us a line at podcast@filefront.com. Maybe you’ll hear your submission on next week’s show.
Posted by Shawn on Friday, January 4th, 2008 at 8:27 pm under File-N-Forget Podcast, Features
The File-N-Forget podcast returns for 2008 with a media tie in to Gaming Today’s newest regular column - The Analog Gamer. In recognition of the new feature Shawn, Ron and Filefront Editor-in-Chief Jon Soucy get together to discuss the impact of tabletop games like D&D and Vampire on the evolution of Video Games. Grab the podcast here or download it through the now functioning iTunes link.
The “Name the Game” segment from last episode was “Tribes:Vengence”. There is no entry this week as the discussion went a little longer than usual.
Our podcast page continues to reside at http://podcast.filefront.com, and it’s home to all our past episodes.
If you think you’ve got something we should be talking about, or just a snide remark about our show, feel free to drop us a line at podcast@filefront.com. Maybe you’ll hear your submission on next week’s show.
Posted by Shawn on Friday, December 21st, 2007 at 1:15 pm under File-N-Forget Podcast, Features
The end of the year has arrived and we’re 15 episodes into the podcast. Though Ron and I are taking next week off to prepare for the annual alcohol fueled bacchanal on December 31, we wanted to leave the year with a look at the trends and issues surrounding the games of 2007.
The File-N-Forget podcast will return in the first week of January but until then you can try and figure out which game was featured in this weeks “Name the Game” segment. The game from last weeks segment (for those who are curious) was “Deus Ex: Invisible War”.
As always, you can grab the podcast from this link.
Our podcast page continues to reside at http://podcast.filefront.com, and it’s home to all our past episodes.
If you think you’ve got something we should be talking about, or just a snide remark about our show, feel free to drop us a line at podcast@filefront.com. Maybe you’ll hear your submission on next week’s show.
Posted by Ron on Saturday, December 15th, 2007 at 3:19 pm under File-N-Forget Podcast, Features
Gaming Today
In this week’s episode, Shawn and Ron tackle a topic suggested by Gaming Today reader Joelteon7, and discuss the meaning of next-gen and console zealotry. What makes a game or a console next-gen? You can hear what we think, and we encourage you to offer up your opinions on the matter.
We also introduce a new feature titled Name that Game; where we read the retail box of a game from our collection and ask you, the listener, to hazard a guess as to what that game is. As usual, we continue with Rant or Rave and info on Filefront Frag Night for this week. Unfortunately, due to issues with the Linux server for BF2, we’ve put the Frag Night for this week on hiatus. Our ET: QW server remains up, if you’d like to hop in and play a bit.
As always, you can grab the podcast from this link.
Our podcast page continues to reside at http://podcast.filefront.com, and it’s home to all our past episodes.
If you think you’ve got something we should be talking about, or just a snide remark about our show, feel free to drop us a line at podcast@filefront.com. Maybe you’ll hear your submission on next week’s show.
Posted by Ron on Saturday, December 8th, 2007 at 12:29 pm under Mass Effect, Sony, Eidos, NCsoft, Tabula Rasa, File-N-Forget Podcast, Call of Duty, Features, Electronic Arts, Atari, Computer, Games, Game Platforms, Game Consoles, Microsoft, Sony, Nintendo, Game Companies
Gaming Today
It’s time once again for the File-N-Forget Podcast. This week, Shawn and Ron discuss several of the games that have come out recently, and offer up a few thoughts on each of them. Listen in as they discuss Assassin’s Creed, Call of Duty 4, Rock Band, Mass Effect, The Witcher, Tabula Rasa, Kane & Lynch and Uncharted in our holiday game roundup.
As usual, there’s a Rant & Rave section, and a mention of this week’s FileFront Frag Night.
You can download the podcast here.
You can also check out some of our older episodes on our podcast page.
If you have any comments on the show, suggestions for topics, or if you’d like to submit questions or comments to be read during the podcast, email us at podcast@filefront.com.
Posted by Shawn on Wednesday, November 21st, 2007 at 1:23 pm under File-N-Forget Podcast, Features, Gamer Life, Games
Moving rapidly into the American Thanksgiving holiday, Ron and I wanted to make sure you had something to listen to on your commute to Grandma’s for a Turkey-induced coma so here is Episode 12 of File-N-Forget.
This week we continue a discussion of games and their evolution focusing on the changes in single player games and the shift toward multiplayer in the industry as a whole. Is it a good thing? Can a single player focused game survive in a culture that is obsessed with multiplayer features, even when it might not match the game itself? Tune in to find out what we think.
As always, you can check out previous episodes at our podcast page, and send your comments to podcast@filefront.com.
Posted by Ron on Friday, November 9th, 2007 at 5:21 pm under File-N-Forget Podcast, Features, Games
This week’s podcast may sound a little different to those of you who are regular listeners. We put Shawn in the hosting seat this week, and decided to take a look at the FPS genre. Shawn wonders if the genre has become stagnant, and Ron really doesn’t think so. You’ll also get to hear Ron’s thoughts on multiplayer in Guitar Hero 3, and Shawn’s thoughts on Hellgate: London.
You can grab this week’s episode right here.
As always, you can check out previous episodes at our podcast page, and send your comments to podcast@filefront.com.
Posted by Ron on Friday, October 26th, 2007 at 12:49 pm under File-N-Forget Podcast, Features
It’s Friday, and that means another episode of the Gaming Today File-N-Forget Podcast. This week finds Ron and Shawn debating whether the MMORPG is killing the singleplayer RPG, both in sales and in terms of saturation.
Also, instead of our normal Rant or Rave segment, we instead reveal the first details about a new project in the works here at Gaming Today, FileFront Frag Nights.
You can check out the podcast by visiting our podcast page at http://podcast.filefront.com.
Alternatively, you can head directly to the download page here.
Remember to submit your comments and ideas for our podcast either in the comments section of this post, or by emailing podcast@filefront.com.
Posted by Shawn on Friday, October 19th, 2007 at 6:29 pm under Quake, Features, File-N-Forget Podcast, Activision, Computer, Game Platforms, Games, Game Companies
Well it’s that time of week once again. Ron and Shawn have a new podcast and a new podcast link for iTunes users. Those interested in subscribing to File-N-Forget can now do so directly through the iTunes store or by clicking on this link.
This week in Episode 9: Battlefield Quake, Ron and Shawn discuss the latest Quake game - Enemy Territory: Quake Wars and compare it to the Battlefield series in good and bad ways. Can this multiplayer entry in the Quake series live up to the ET pedigree?
You can grab this episode of the File-N-Forget Podcast here.
Don’t forget, you can send us your suggestions for future podcasts by emailing podcast@filefront.com; and you can check out past episodes by visiting our FileFront podcast page at http://podcast.filefront.com.
