Humpdate 10-15-08

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Humpdate 09-17-08

It’s a sad day in GameHound land. This episode of the GameHounds Humpdate will be Simon DI’s last time he’ll appear as the regular co-host.

It’s a sad day, but the GamerEdie Sellers sends him off with a heartfelt, if not a tearful, adieu.

And, of course, they also get into this week’s gaming news. Lots to discuss, what with Sony throwing the Life with Playstation switch a hair early, rumors of Google buying Valve, Xbox 360 price drops in the UK, and Peter Molyneux’s secret side.

All that can be yours for a listen.

Show notes and links after the jump…

This week, Edie and Simon DI discuss:

• Whoops! Sony inadvertently throws the Life with Playstation switch. Of course, 24-hours later we NOW know that they threw it on for everyone.
• Big FAT rumor: Google looking to buy Valve?
• Konami says it won’t sell a guitar peripheral with Rock Revolution.
• LittleBigPlanet coming to North America October 21 and Europe on October 24?
• Microsoft confirms Europe price drop for the Xbox 360.
• Peter Molyneux says Lionhead knew about the Fable 2 Pub Games cheat and hints that those who used it may have something special waiting for them when they play Fable 2. Does Peter have something up his sleeve?
• Rock Band 2′s phoneme-detection system sucks balls.

Plus thank yous, and a goodbye to Simon.

Enjoy

Humpdate 09-10-08

This is going to be weird.

There’s bad news and there’s good news this week on the Humpdate. The bad news is that GameHounds’ intrepid midweek show will suffer a loss in two weeks. Simon DI will be leaving as co-host due. He won’t be leaving right off, however. GameHounds listeners will have a good-bye episode next week.

This week, however, is Simon-free. It’s also Hawkes-free and everybody-else free. GamerEdie Sellers goes solo — not with weekly gaming news, but intstead with a series of interviews from the Penny Arcade Expo — including representatives of Starcraft 2, Pirates of the Burning Sea, and Tritton Technologies.

As a bonus, those who prefer to listen to a bit racer speech will enjoy three segments after the break, recorded during a long night of drinking after PAX closing time. Chiahippo of Platform Nation describes penile surgery in gruesome detail, the most contemptable thing he’s ever done, and how he got his nom de plume.

GameHounds apologizes for the lack of actual news dicussion but promises the news shall return on Saturday’s regular GameHounds Podcast with Cooper Hawkes.

Humpdate 09-03-08

The GameHounds staff apologizes that the latest episode of Humpdate took an extra day to upload. The end of summer means new schedules, so they had to find the time between work and play.

This week, GamerEdie Sellers and Simon DI of Cyberpunks Gaming Podcast bask in the afterglow of PAX and round up all the news of the week, including price drops for the Xbox 360 in North America and Japan, how to get the Nariko Sackgirl for LittleBigPlanet, possible new Halo 3 achievements, and much more.

Details and links after the jump…

This week, Edie and Simon discuss:

• Xbox 360 price cuts are official as of September 5, with the Arcade droping to $199, the 60GB style going to $299 and the Elite slashed to $399. Japan seems even bigger drops in price.
• Nariko Sackgirl will be an exclusive pre-order bonus for LittleBigPlanet purchased through Best Buy. No word on the Kratos Sackboy or other pre-order goodies.
• Though not yet released, Spore is already available via Bittorrent, due to some jackass Aussies who sold the game early.
• Ascendantjustice.com forum watchers find a PAX screenshot listing 30 new Halo 3 achevements totalling an additional 350 gamerscore points.
• PSP-3000 will have a brighter screen, Playstation Store directly loaded to the handheld console, and an ability to bridge PSPs for multiplayer through the PS3 without internet. It will not, however, have shortened battery life, according to John Koller of Playstation Blog.
• LittleBigPlanet to have limited public beta sometime this month, or so says a developer of on the Playstation message boards.
• Guitar Hero: World Tour will not have a no-fail mode, nor will it allow bandmates to save a player.
• Winner of the Fable 2 Pub Games poetry contest revealed: Gratz to JT Homeslice.

Enjoy

Humpdate 08-27-08

You people have no idea how difficult it is to get a podcast together while trying to pack for Penny Arcade Expo. GamerEdie Sellers and Simon DI (of Cyberpunks Gaming Podcast) hope you appreciate the lengths they go to in order to bring you this week’s Humpdate.

There’s no time to do official links, but here’s the overview: Edie and Simon discuss Castle Crashers and, well, crashing; Halo 4‘s rumored break with Bungie; rumored subscription fees for Rock Band: World Tour‘s online play; the delay in Rush’s Moving Pictures album to Rock Band; and Playstation 3 news that includes the new Warhawk update.

Don’t forget to check out Platform Nation’s daily live coverage of PAX starting Friday, August 29 at 1:30 p.m. Pacific time.