Show #325: NCAA, BF:1943, Madden, Babo:Invasion and gdgt.com

re: Show #325: NCAA, BF:1943, Madden, Babo:Invasion and gdgt.com

Evil Romer — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 22:54:56 GMT

@RaspyYeti Yeah, I was thinking the same: Why would they remind us about last year's NXE preview if not to tease us over a preview of the new fall update. Perhaps a subtle way to hinting that they might...

re: Show #325: NCAA, BF:1943, Madden, Babo:Invasion and gdgt.com

Chessman UK — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 19:33:24 GMT

Great show guys - I listened to one half going to work and the other half coming home. Loved the summer blockbuster show!!

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Jaiyan — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 18:47:23 GMT

BrooksterMax - It was Funky's original Xbox 101 music that they played. I'm not sure why they played it as it's probably a few years since it was last played, but it was interesting to hear :)

re: Show #325: NCAA, BF:1943, Madden, Babo:Invasion and gdgt.com

Jaiyan — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 18:46:08 GMT

Very interesting about e saying that bad feedback/avoiding people isn't taken into account for ranked matches. I've seen it ignored in the past as I've been re-matched with people I blocked in 1-on-1 games (I thought it was a bug), but I didn't realise it was by design.

It doesn't seem right to me really; I'm sure there'd be enough other people to be matched with, and I'd rather have no-one to play with at all than have to play with someone who I knew wrecked a previous game and I had intentionally blocked. I can only imagine that it comes down to the additional filtering needed on the matching query taking the overall execution time to a too high level - I can't think of how else it would benefit the user experience.

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RaspyYeti — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 18:39:02 GMT

Did i just hear Major & E highlight the NXE preview?

Are they going to reveal a NXE2.0 preview?

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BrooksterMax — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 17:45:12 GMT

Major - first time I have directed a post to you :) Why does the new Xbox 101 jingle no longer "e"!

Poor "e" :)

Love the BF1943 intro and joke, that was absolutely brilliant - very edgy but current and topical!

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Dunkus — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 17:32:18 GMT

Why does EA still refuse to incorporate LEGACY control schemes? I feel they would have even more people play the game if those controls were available. I use Legacy and I tried to use the default controls, but it was so different. It seems like the game would be a ton of fun and I wish I could play it. They should take note that the top 3 most played LIVE games from week to week all have the Legacy control option. Just an observation.

re: Show #325: NCAA, BF:1943, Madden, Babo:Invasion and gdgt.com

reyla — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 15:21:53 GMT

great interview with the BF1943 guy. You can tell he was really excited to talk to you lol.

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SegaMasterSystm — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 14:44:50 GMT

GvD comment on how BF:1943 was bigger than anyone anticipated tells me something..The community is ready for digital distribution..I for one, would gladly pay a reduced price for a game with no disc or manual. I'd like to see Bad Company 2 or ODST available in both formats. Can it hurt??? I would purchase both of these over a disc any day.

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Rick Dias PK — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 10:22:33 GMT

I liked: Hearing about Madballs in Babo: Invasion, and would have liked to hear more than just about five minute's worth. Also, while I don't recall hearing about a Deal of the Week, apparently others did based on their earlier comments on this post. If it's what they say it was (Ikaruga), I definitely like that.

I was upset by: EA getting the lion's share of the show time. I am not fond of the company and their behavior, and listening to what amounted to about an hour of free advertising for them left me unhappy.

And as Major Nelson mentioned being unable to fly the plane in BF1943, I offer this explanation: The human soul is weighed down by Earth's gravity, and that is why he cannot fly!

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IconicSoulJA — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 07:33:25 GMT

Why are devs allowed to curse but Stepto is not???

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yolarrydabomb — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 07:09:28 GMT

Interview fever?

No thanks. I keep my 63MB usage!

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primaryArtemis — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 05:26:31 GMT

Sorry NOTE: I was using the zune podcast feed.

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primaryArtemis — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 05:22:47 GMT

Hey major the podcast was only 25 minutes long instead of 2:17:59. I tried to redownload it and it came out the same. Is it just me or have other people had this problem?

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Twilight Now — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 03:50:56 GMT

Brace yourself for the complaining crowd who don't like Ikaruga being next week's deal.

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clarky456 — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 02:09:53 GMT

At 2:17:59 this is going to take some listening to get through.

Thanks Major I like the long shows!