June 22nd 2012 3:55 pm PT

Show 442: Surface, Windows Phone 8, The Amazing Spider Man and more

Host: Larry Hryb, Xbox LIVE's Major Nelson (Xbox LIVE ) (Twitter)

Co-host : e (Xbox LIVE ) (Twitter)

Co-host : lollip0p (Xbox LIVE) (Twitter)

Guests:

Interview: Antoine Molant, Steel Battalion (23:20 - 34:39)
Interview: Brant Nicholas, The Amazing Spider-Man  (34:40 - 58:11)

Links to some of the things mentioned in this episode:
Antoine Molant Steel Battalion The Amazing Spider-Man http://www.theamazingspidermangame.com/ 2012 Summer of Arcade Dates and Prices Surface Surface Specs RTX, first place to play H4 http://www.nike.com/fuelband/ http://gesture.chalearn.org/dissemination/cvpr2012 EVGA GeForce GTX 560 1024 MB GDDR5 PCI Express 2.0 2DVI/Mini-HDMI SLI Ready Graphics Card Drobo 2012 Impreza 2.0i Limited  

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Duration (approx): 01:40:06

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  • Emerson Takahashi

    Major Nelson, when are you going to fix the mispelt gamertag in the ID3 tag?

    • http://www.facebook.com/AllMeshedUp William Stephens

      Mispelt?

    • http://www.facebook.com/people/Avi-Patel/100002076529431 Avi Patel

      funny, you misspelled the word “misspelt.”

      • http://www.facebook.com/people/Zaira-Vicere/100003482240394 Zaira Vicere

        It’s such an easy misstake to make!

  • Joe Martinez

    http://www.giantbomb.com/news/maybe-dont-download-that-new-fez-patch/4232/

    How does this happen? I thought MS had some sort certification before patches are released.

  • http://twitter.com/civicxchick H

    Really looking forward to Summer of Arcade. Great titles and many hours of fun! :D

  • http://www.facebook.com/jeff.kelly.125 Jeff Kelly

    I won’t be able to listen to the show until later tonight, but was the Steel Battalion interview recorded before or after the game’s release?

    I’m not interested in trolling or badmouthing the game, I’m just genuinely interested in maybe hearing what a dev has to say about the extremely negative reviewer response the game’s received.

    • Adinnieken

      It’s recorded before, or at least it appeared to be. There was no mention of reviews.

      • http://www.majornelson.com Major Nelson

        Correct. It was recorded prior to release.

  • BigBernard

    Funny how when Draw Something was (incorrectly) mentioned as being available on Windows Phone there was no mention of how you were all bored with it a few weeks ago…

  • Adinnieken

    RT in Windows 8 RT stands for Runtime, according to Wikipedia. Windows Runtime is the Metro UI.

    • http://profiles.google.com/thief000 J.A.J.G. Thiéfaine

      Not entirely correct! It is indeed Windows RunTime. It is not the new Metro UI.
      WinRT is a layer (or API in itself if you think about it) that brings together an amount of APIs (including legacy) to form the new core (backbone programming model) for the new line of operating systems that Microsoft is releasing for multiple platforms that run Metro stylised apps (Windows RT, Windows 8, Windows Phone 8 and maybe Xbox in the future).
      Windows RT is the new name for WOA, (Windows on ARM). The name was probably chosen because it contains the most basic functionality that the new core can express on ARM hardware (that is not Windows Phone). x86(-64) hardware can do more and has wider legacy support.
      The naming is somewhat confusing.

  • Adinnieken

    Larry, WHY is Connecticut the constitution state?

    • http://www.majornelson.com Major Nelson

      John Fiske, the historian, claimed that The Fundamental Orders of 1638-39 comprised the first written constitution in history. Though this claim has been disputed by some, it remains a landmark document. It is thought that many of the features of the Federal Constitution were drawn from this document. The General Assembly designated Connecticut “The Constitution State” in 1959

      Source: http://www.netstate.com/states/intro/ct_intro.htm

  • http://profiles.google.com/thief000 J.A.J.G. Thiéfaine

    Speaking of notifications e…When will it be possible to turn off specific notifications? (e.g. Achievements unlocked, Beacons, Friends coming online, Incoming messages, etc…).
    I for one, don’t like the beacon notifications and would like to just disable those.

  • http://twitter.com/Leoplureodon Brian O’Rourke

    Hey sorry to be a hassle but could you possible provide a link to the kinect event that featured the ASL recognition?

    • lauralollipop
      • http://www.majornelson.com Major Nelson

        Oops. Added that to the link dump.

      • Lee Rayson

        Laura – ive asked Major this but he never responds so ill ask you.
        Why is it some artwork for game covers are broken? on the uk dashboard some games just show a small symbol for the game instead of the proper cover
        Games like sonic adventure and till recently xmen, they are quite a few that show this though

        • http://twitter.com/GaussBb Bradley

          Try emailing Larry, he responded to mine fairly quickly.

        • http://www.majornelson.com Major Nelson

          Lee, I don’t know. I am going to bring this to the attention of the team that works on that. Any other games (like Sonic) that are messed up?

          • Lee Rayson

            Hi major – to be honest it diffcult to know exactly how many are missing till you download the game but for me and friends it was Sonic Ad,xmen(fixed)street of rage vintage, golden axe was broke but it fix but sometimes just goes a solid yellow block. ageis wing, im sure that other people who have different games may have the same issue with some of theres too.

  • BigBernard

    ”
    why do you think it would be funny? ” – because a few weeks ago they were saying how bored they were of Draw Something – and then simply because they thought it was on Windows Phone it was flavour of the month again.

    You don’t find that amusing in the slightest, no?

    • Fingleberries

      Why wouldn’t it inject a little more interest in the game?

      It’s the same as a title update that adds something that actually brings you back to a game … Achievments and Gamerscore for Draw Something – surely enough reason to dust the game off and take for another spin, eh? :)

  • http://twitter.com/manipulatedmoth jacob bishop

    That woman needs to learn there are other devices other than i-this or i-that jeez. Its call an Android or windows phone lady!

  • http://twitter.com/ChannelOllie Channel Ollie

    Any chance of an update of whats being released in the next couple of weeks major, looking forward to spelunky and jet set radio hoping there out this or next wednesday

    • http://www.majornelson.com Major Nelson

      Working on it….should have it posted tomorrow.

  • Josh Symes

    Major Nelson, are people from the UK eligible for Name the Game? – do we get the chance to win the prizes? I can’t find anything in an FAQ – maybe something you should put on there.

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