Show #240 The PAX '07 Panel

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bigmacline — Wed, 20 Feb 2008 19:44:08 GMT

sweet, a community show

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SanderT — Wed, 20 Feb 2008 19:44:08 GMT

Well done Major.. and so early in the night (europe)..!!!!.. I like the panel blogcasts, hope to hear more in the future.. maybe even a blogcast from a MS conference call or something ;) Anyway, well done Major!!

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Hybrid Alien — Tue, 28 Aug 2007 10:47:16 GMT

Listened to this while on the way to the beach ( 2 hour drive )

i do miss your normal shows though :(

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fastmode — Tue, 28 Aug 2007 05:42:24 GMT

Panel discussion was ok. Nothing earth-shattering, i thought. I liked how the Kotaku game spoke up at the end. I like that site a lot and it was getting some somewhat unfair shots taken, IMO. But whatever

By the way - random thought but people NEED to know. DO NOT BUY TWO WORLDS> flaming piece of crap with single digit frame rates and animations that look like a 2-year old's clay project. Unplayable.

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PXB — Tue, 28 Aug 2007 03:56:07 GMT

We may always have what you call “real” systems, but I’m greedy. I want developer/publisher resources dedicated to creating games for me, not for other target audiences. And in response to Pez’s comment, take a look at the PC gaming market. It’s a sad shadow of what it used to be, dominated by Sims expansions and ports of 360 games.

Some people (and I’m not saying either of you in particular) take offense to MS and Sony’s perceived arrogance, but what about Nintendo? They built a machine that they specifically said is not made for us, the people who supported them from the beginning and through 2 sub-par consoles.

And do you see what I mean about Mario Party? Look, a lot of the games I play fall into my “crap” category. The difference is that almost every game on the Wii falls into that category. The only thing innovative on the system right now is the controller. That’s it. Ground-breaking artistic vision, in the vein of games like Ico and Okami, are nonexistent, as far as I can tell. And there’s nothing compelling on the horizon.

Some of us might be compelled to try the system out because of the controller and the price point (as I almost certainly will some day), but it’s ultimately a shallow experience. If we go into it with those expectations then fine, but I would go insane if the Wii was my primary console. And, as my previous rantings suggest, I would feel very guilty about buying a Wii right now.

The last message I want to send to video game companies is that I support what the Wii stands for, because the Wii stands for mostly meaningless games that cater to people who aren’t sophisticated enough (from a gaming standpoint) to handle more complicated material like Fallout, KOTOR, or Metal Gear. Why in the world would I support that?

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THEMACGOD — Tue, 28 Aug 2007 01:27:10 GMT

I'm interested to know who won the Demo review as well... I wonder if the Major even got mine... Comments were down after a certain point (I had 2 days to spare), so I emailed it to him. We Shall See.

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II Tapio II — Tue, 28 Aug 2007 00:57:48 GMT

Thank you litheon!

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LiquidSniper — Mon, 27 Aug 2007 23:44:32 GMT

Ugh, how did Godfree get on a panel? If he's the voice of our community, we're boned.

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SVC MeanMF — Mon, 27 Aug 2007 23:13:25 GMT

Microsoft has nothing to do with handing out invitations for the COD4 beta. Which is awesome by the way.

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Dan Brown 360 — Mon, 27 Aug 2007 22:15:50 GMT

I still cannot believe that you haven't posted on this blog about the issues with the Wireless Steering Wheel.

I would have thought telling owners that they need to uplug it because it could overheat and smoke is a very important issue in the Xbox world, I only glanced over the info on a message board by mistake. Yet there is no mention of it on this blog which is strange.

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Zeouterlimits — Mon, 27 Aug 2007 21:10:57 GMT

Good show Major,

took a while to get off the ground, but it was really interesting, nice work!

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Reluctant Hero — Mon, 27 Aug 2007 21:05:47 GMT

@ Minywheats

Yeah, COD4 beta situation does suck. You know, I got into last weeks "Friends & Family" beta portion, but I can't even play play because my Xbox 360 died in early August. I sent it in for repair and got a refurbished system back on 8/24/07.

But guess what, the Refurbished system I was sent went straight to THREE RED RINGS right out of the box! I'm so angry....

No Bioshock, No COD 4 Beta, and my wife is jonsing for some Carcasconne!

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Reluctant Hero — Mon, 27 Aug 2007 21:01:53 GMT

I'm really digging this panel Major, thanks for the update!

The digs at Kotaku are hilarious!

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Minywheats — Mon, 27 Aug 2007 20:25:20 GMT

Major this whole COD4 crap is pretty amazing. I mean Microsoft F's up the Halo3 beta and now the COD4 beta. You would think you guys would stop screwing us fans over.

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Kiro 111 — Mon, 27 Aug 2007 20:07:35 GMT

lol! 12 minutes of an utterly broken website and then the few people that can get the site to load are told all the tokens are gone. What a huge pile of ***.

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DXEndar — Mon, 27 Aug 2007 19:56:09 GMT

Oh yes, the faceplate !

Are we going to have to wait an ENTIRE week to find out who won ?

I dont know if I can handle waiting that long !