A Look Under the Lunch Table

July 2nd, 2009

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We recently had the opportunity to be interviewed for Gavin’s Underground, a cool Salt Lake City blog that covers all sorts of nifty alternative entertainment–artists, bands, and, as it turns out, even foul-mouthed video game podcasters. It’s a small peek behind the scenes of the show and gives you just a taste of how the podcast started, where it might be headed, and some background on the lot of us. Head on over and give it a read–and leave Gavin a comment, if you please!

Tiger Woods 10 (Wii) Reviewed, in so Many Words

June 28th, 2009

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Tiger Woods 10 isn’t just a convincing case study for how MotionPlus can, in the hands of a skilled developer, turn Wii games into much more rich and rewarding experiences. It’s also one of the rare cases where the Wii version of a game is unquestionably the “big-boy” version—with more courses, more game modes, great online play, and controls so realistic and utterly addictive that the PS3 and 360 versions seem like mere toys by comparison. Only the most hardened console fanboy or strident graphics whore could dare argue otherwise.

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About our scale… the number of words in our review reflects the score of the game. In practical terms, you could assume that games reviewed in 49 words or fewer should be avoided, games reviewed in 50-75 words would make a decent rental, and games reviewed in 76 words or more would make a solid purchase.

Fuel Reviewed, in so Many Words.

June 25th, 2009

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Fuel has some of the finest marketing trailers of any game in recent memory. And they lie. What appears to be a seat-of-your-pants off-road racer on the order of Motorstorm is actually a slow, boring slog through a sparse [though admittedly enormous] landscape. Want to just zone out and explore ad nauseum? Rent.

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About our scale… the number of words in our review reflects the score of the game. In practical terms, you could assume that games reviewed in 49 words or fewer should be avoided, games reviewed in 50-75 words would make a decent rental, and games reviewed in 76 words or more would make a solid purchase.

A Not-so-revolutionary Addition to the Site

June 22nd, 2009

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We’ve been wanting to add game reviews to the site for some time now, but we weren’t sure quite how to tackle that task. Our reticence stemmed from the two things that we really hate about reviews:

  1. Reading them.
  2. Writing them.

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The Fanboys Lunchcast: Episode 69

June 21st, 2009
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Episode 69: Peaches, the Arby’s Smuggler (55:52)
Featuring Parachute Panic, Tiger Woods Wii, Bit.Trip.Beat, Ghostbusters, listener mail, and Tales . . . from the G-string.

The Fanboys Lunchcast: Episode 68

June 8th, 2009
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Episode 68: Controlling Our eMotions (59:49)
Featuring Flight Control and Tiger Woods for iPhone, the Uncharted 2 beta, Angry Barry, Trash Panic, and a bunch of E3 chatter.

The Fanboys Lunchcast: Episode 67

May 24th, 2009
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Episode 67: Constipation. Effort. Substance. (48:01)
Featuring fiber, inFAMOUS, House of the Dead: Overkill, Punch Out, Fat Princess, Terminator Salvation (the game of the movie), Sooch slurping soup, and… Gamestore Confessions.

Podcasters’ Favorite Podcasts

May 21st, 2009

cast-mediumCast Medium is in the middle of a multi-part series, wherein they ask some popular podcast hosts to share their personal favorite ‘casts. It’s a pretty nifty little series of interviews, and a nice way to discover some new shows that you may not have stumbled across before.

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The Fanboys Lunchcast: Episode 66

May 9th, 2009
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Episode 66: Chimichumanga (53:05)
Featuring the Crushroom, iPhone vs. Palm Pre, Wolverine (the game and the movie), horse-a-shire sauce, Hakuna Matata/Afrika, listener mail, and Viva Viagra!

The Fanboys Lunchcast: Episode 65

April 27th, 2009
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Episode 65: Are you there, God? It’s me, Hannah (59:26)
Featuring the Fat Princess Beta, Hannah Montana: The Movie: The Game, Resident Evil 5, and bizarre answers to bizarre questions from bizarre listeners.