Illustration “inspired” by one hilarious photo of the Penny Arcade chaps. By all accounts, 2006 was a banner year for video games. Two brand-spankin’ new systems launched, existing consoles and handhelds started rolling out their...
A trio of nerds escape the office, go to lunch, and talk about their various geekdoms (primarily video games) over a chorus of annoying ambient noise. Episode 7: El S.O.S. Mexicano (49:16) Featuring post-launch next-gen console impressions, PS3 resolution...
In a few hours, stores around the country will begin selling Sony’s latest creation and virtual gasoline will be poured on flamewars across the Internet. I say “virtual” in the previous sentence because as far as I know no one has...
A trio of nerds escape the office, go to lunch, and talk about their various geekdoms (primarily video games) over a chorus of annoying ambient noise. Episode 6: The Extra-long Coney (25:20) Featuring PS3 pre-launch sexual dysfunction, gangsta rolls...
At long last, Microsoft has revealed the über-secret rationale behind eschewing an HDMI connection for both their forthcoming HD-DVD player and their Fall, 1080p update. Are you ready to hear why? (more…) Read More →
Not content with his cameo appearance in EA’s Fight Night Round 3, The King (Burger King’s masked psychopath-cum-mascot) has made the transition into games of his own. As reported earlier this week, in November Burger King will be offering...
Threeeeemix! Now a trio of nerds escape the office, go to lunch, and talk about their various geekdoms (primarily video games) over a chorus of annoying ambient noise. Episode 5: El Rancho Grande (30:12) Featuring Lego Star Wars II, Lessons in HDTV,...
In the first year of a console’s release, every game gets a measure of attention that it would not normally enjoy later in that machine’s lifecycle. Even so, a dollop of controversy can’t help but bolster a game’s buzz, right?...
Threeeeemix! Now a trio of nerds escape the office, go to lunch, and talk about their various geekdoms (primarily video games) over a chorus of annoying ambient noise. Episode 4: The Olympian (21:57) Featuring office bathroom etiquette and the best...
Microsoft has been threatening, ever since J Allard plopped down on the stage at E3 2005 in his fashionable hoodie/blazer combo, to give Xbox 360 users the chance—nay, the power—to create their own content and unleash it on an unsuspecting cyberpublic....
It gets no more high concept than this, folks: two nerds escape the office, go to lunch, and talk about their various geekdoms (primarily video games) over a chorus of annoying ambient noise. Episode 3: Hash Browns (23:47) Featuring Half-Life 2:...
Surreptitious (and brief) recordings of random interactions with video game store clerks. Episode 3: Jack Thompson May Be Right (2:59) Featuring Sooch getting schooled on violent video games—and menstrual phenomena—by the Marquis de Sade. Read More →
With the average age of a video game player on the rise, and with Microsoft’s pending plan for pushing Live Anywhere to every digital device from your cell phone to your UltraVibe Pleasure 2000™, the corporate board room is about to get a whole...
With each new game promoted in EA’s current ad campaign, my partially digested vittles creep ever closer to the ole uvula. Surely I’m not the only one cynical enough to give this approach to advertising a huge eyeroll. You’ve likely...
It gets no more high concept than this, folks: two nerds escape the office, go to lunch, and talk about their various geekdoms (primarily video games) over a chorus of annoying ambient noise. Episode 2: Funnel Cakes (24:11) Featuring the funnelenema,...
Platform Nation is a collaboration of several gaming podcasts who decided it would be best for our gamers, the podcasters and the rest of the gaming community if they came together to share efforts. Together we have a larger voice in the community for the gamers that we strive to speak for. We share the same forums and for the most part, share the same listeners. After all, we are a community, not a network.
