This week’s show: Co-host : e Interview: Chad Davis and Richard Velazquez, Halo AccessoriesInterview: Tom Hess, Multiplayer Producer, Medal of Honor AirborneInterview: Jeff Minter, Space Giraffe (and video game legend)Xbox 101 Name the Gameand more...Get the blogcast[iTunes] Subscribe to the Podcast directly in iTunes (MP3) Listen in iTunes? Submit a review[RSS] Add the Major Nelson Blogcast feed to your RSS aggregator and have the show delivered automatically (MP3).[MP3] Download the show (MP3)Format:01:57:40, 33.6 MB, MP3 Link dump (links to things I mention in this episode):http://www.2kgames.com/cultofrapture/home.htmlhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Labor_Dayhttp://www.sirius.com/servlet/ContentServer?pagename=Sirius/CachedPage&c=Page&cid=1018209032790http://live.xbox.com/en-US/profile/MessageCenter/SendMessage.aspx?ru=%252fen-US%252fprofile%252fprofile.aspx%253fpp%253d0%2526GamerTag%253de>=ehttp://www.dpad-magazine.com/http://www.penny-arcade.com/2007/08/29http://www.seattleaquarium.org/http://www.wsctc.com/http://www.xbox.com/en-US/community/events/pax2007/default.htmhttp://gamerscoreblog.com/team/default.aspxhttp://www.xbox.com/en-US/community/events/pax2007/default.htmhttp://www.xbox.com/en-US/games/m/masseffect/http://www.xbox.com/en-US/community/news/2007/0621-unlockxbox.htmhttp://pch.com/http://local.live.com/?v=2&sp=Point.p0sz3y7vvg57_Panama%20City%2C%20Florida%2C%20United%20States___&encType=1http://www.lq.com/lq/index.jsphttp://www.lq.com/lq/properties/propertyProfile.do?ident=LQ975&propId=975&savedSearchQuery=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.lq.com%2Flq%2FproxySearchRes.do%3Favailability.palsra_RPC1%3D%26searchCity%3DPanama%2BCity%26searchState%3D%26searchRadius%3D30%26availability.palsra_IND_M%3D08%26availability.palsra_IND_D%3D31%26availability.palsra_IND_Y%3D2007%26availability.palsra_OTD_M%3D09%26availability.palsra_OTD_D%3D01%26availability.palsra_OTD_Y%3D2007%26availability.palsra_NRM%3D1%26mapProvider%3DMapQuest%26searchType%3DGEOhttp://www.wafflehouse.com/http://local.live.com/?v=2&sp=Point.qg0xmr685qkj_Colorado%20Springs%2C%20CO___&encType=1http://www.marriott.com/hotels/travel/cossp-residence-inn-colorado-springs-central/http://www.doritos.com/http://www.majornelson.com/archive/2007/08/30/limited-time-xbox-live-arcade-price-drop.aspxhttp://www.majornelson.com/archive/tags/Demo/default.aspxhttp://www.xbox.com/en-US/hardware/splash/x/xbox360halo3wirelessheadset/http://www.xbox.com/en-US/hardware/x/xbox360halo3wirelesscontrollerbrute/default.htmhttp://www.xbox.com/en-US/hardware/x/xbox360halo3wirelesscontrollerspartan/default.htmhttp://www.xbox.com/en-US/hardware/x/xbox360halo3console/http://www.xbox.com/en-US/hardware/x/xbox360messengerkit/http://www.xbox.com/en-US/hardware/splash/x/xbox360wirelesscontrollerpink/http://www.xbox.com/en-US/hardware/splash/x/xbox360wirelesscontrollerblue/http://live.xbox.com/en-US/profile/profile.aspx?pp=0&GamerTag=Falkun%20Warriorhttp://live.xbox.com/en-US/profile/profile.aspx?pp=0&GamerTag=gogetbenthttp://www.xbox.com/en-US/games/m/medalofhonorairborne/http://www.xbox.com/en-US/games/m/medalofhonorairborne/livejump/default.htm http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeff_Minterhttp://www.llamasoft.co.uk/blog/http://www.xbox.com/en-US/games/s/spacegiraffexboxlivearcade/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sinclair_ZX80http://support.microsoft.com/kb/906656?sd=xboxhttp://www.metacritic.com/games/platforms/xbox360/spacegiraffehttp://www.llamasoft.co.uk/jeff.phphttp://live.xbox.com/en-US/profile/profile.aspx?GamerTag=sTINKY%20oXhttp://www.hometoys.com/news.php4?section=view&id=15006671http://www.amazon.com/Heroes-Season-1-HD-DVD/dp/B000QTD5TShttp://www.xbox.com/en-US/live/marketplace/moviestv/familyguy.htmhttp://www.microsoft.com/about/companyinformation/visitorcenter/default.mspx
I bet Jeff Minter loves my gamertag and resents me for having it too.... its llamafarmer :P
I thought you said you talked about the crap D-PAD??
You mentioned it then said NOTHING!!
Just to let you know as a PS3 owner aswell as 360. Any fighting game or arcade that comes out on both 360 or PS3 i will be buying on the PS3 because of the poo D-PAD!
Wow, oops. I said "problem" on page one. My bad, I meant "Program". I don't know how I missed that up. I love this podcast and the longer they are, the better. Keep them coming!
Good show this week, though the end part seemed to wander off a little bit. Loved the Jeff Minter interveiw, more Brits the better :p
Cant make my mind up, is the Halo 3 console ugly or not?
No word about the Games Convention is Germany? Ts, ts, ts.
And Jeff Minter's "stinky ox" is leading the leaderboards on his own game. How lame is that?
dont forget peps, GOW maps are free now
Can't download the maps in Germany. Sucks.
Hey Nelson where's the winners of the Bioshock demo contest?
"mnemo (Germany) said:
And Jeff Minter's "stinky ox" is leading the leaderboards on his own game. How lame is that?"
Moaning about it on here is lame. If you don't like it then get good enough to take him off top spot. It's a leaderboard for Gods sake!
Thanks for the show as always Major!
Hey Major...love your show!!!! e nicely done!!!!
i had a look at thoes controller holder things and to be honest they dont look that good, looks like somthing you would buy and pound land
A couple of things Major: You never asked about the d-pad... ;)
And a serious question;
You were chatting about the new MS 360 Messenger Kit. I really fancy one and when I heard $29 I though great, I'm in the UK and the exchange rate is about $2 for each £1..so about £15 then.
But no, UK press release out and we're paying £24.99 which is $50, for the exact same thing.
Why are we paying $20 more? Currency fluctuations do not account for such a massive discrepancy.
Oh and I'm not doing the "toys out the pram" thing, but it went from a sale to a no-sale.
e:
SCART (euroAV) only carries RGB, S-video and Composite video signals and none of those support higher-definitions (only 576i and 480i).
SCART+RGB is ideal for SD for PAL regions but is beginning to be outdated (even if perhaps now more used than ever with dvd players, consoles and digital set top boxes). Was introduced around ~1986.
What comes to VGA upscaling, it sort of sucks for PAL DVDs since 60hz causes slight juddering where PAL users are used to supersmooth 25fps (24fps sped up to 25 = perfection for decades before "1080 24p").
PAL has been ideal for DVD movies due to the 25fps "progressiveness" (both fields draw same frame) and higher resolution of 576 lines
he doesnt do the podcast on sunday, bc who cares if you spoil the outcome of a sports game?
Probably recorded on thursday.
Good show but you said you gave it to the controller guys about the D-pad before rolling the interviews, then while doing the interview said you needed to talk to the controller guys about the D-pad...BUT NEVER ACTUALLY SAID BOO ABOUT THE LOUSY, SQUISHY D-PAD!!! What happened???!!!
Does anyone know if the Halo 3 edition wireless controllers will be sold separately? I skimmed the show and caught the pink and blue controller spiel, but can anyone answer this? I hope so...
Good show, particularly the Minter interview, but I was waiting to hear the controller guys get a grilling over the 360's terrible d-pad... but it never happened!
Nice show Major, I enjoyed most of it, but...... you gotta do something about E and his stories. He should have drank some liquid gummy bears before the show..... because he is seriously boring. Plus he has the type of voice only a deaf mother could love.... not quite monotone, but really drab and uninteresting. The after show was so bad my computer went into sleep mode.... took me 10 mins to wake her up. (yup my pc's a chick and she loves the way I finger her <-Back space)
Sorry to be mean... I don't dislike you E, I'm sure your a nice guy.... it's just that your stories are sorely lacking substance, yet long winded and overly detailed. It's like listening to a cop reading your rights.... your listening, but you don't really care.....your just hoping that tomorrow your a$$ won't be sore.
And the funny thing is..... is that it's not like Major is drilling you for the boring info. Your offering it up,.. like it's a gold nugget or something..... when in reality, it's a brown nugget.
I know I sound like a dick... that's my burden to bear. You see I had to speak up.... for the good of the machine. The needs of the many blah blah blah ...
:)
The Jeff Minter interview was worth the wait. Thanks Major. What Jeff needs to do now is produce Tempest 3000 for the 360 on Arcade. This is essential really for all Arcade gamers.
What a nice show, packed full of 2 hour happiness !
Major, the Arari ST ROCKS ! STOS was my first programming language. And the ST mag even came with disks with all KINDS of goodness !
The original Space Quest was my favorite !