On this week's show we try a live Google + Hangout - something we plan on doing once in awhile so our fans can interact with us more directly. Hosts Andrew Eisen and E. Zachary Knight are joined by James Fudge to talk about Sony's two-hour long PlayStation 4 Press Conference and the sad news of layoffs at IGN, GameSpy, UGO and 1UP. Download it now: SuperPAC Episode 42 (1 hour, 14 minutes) 189 MB.
Sony's ass-numbingly long PlayStation 4 blowout is finally over!
So what did you all think?
Are you excited? Are you cautiously optimistic? Does your apathy towards Sony's new console know no bounds?
Please vote in our poll then fill the comments section and our inbox (SuperPACpodcast@gmail.com) with your opinions and thoughts on the show. What are you most excited about? What are you most concerned about? Did you watch the entire 2-hour presentation at work? Does your boss know?
Happy President's Day! You know, the made-up holiday where we honor two presidents with one half-assed holiday. Don't President Lincoln and President George Washington deserve separate days to be honored properly? Apparently not. Anyway.. on this week's show hosts Andrew Eisen and E. Zachary Knight talk about the file-sharing case headed to the Supreme Court, the President's executive order on cybersecurity, the latest poll results, and more. Let freedom ring.
A few days ago, we reported that NBC Universal would be re-launching the G4 Network as the Esquire Network and that it would focus on men's culture. New content will include cooking competition Knife Fight, American Ninja Warrior, Parks and Recreation, Party Down, and travel show The Getaway.
So, my question to you, dear GamePolitics readers: are you going to watch it when it launches on April 22?
Not even a year into its life, the Super Podcast Action Committee may be coming to a bitter end. Unbeknownst to its co-hosts or producer, it was violating a patent with every episode recorded and published for your listening pleasure. With the potential licensing fees and damages needed to be paid, it would kill the Super PAC over night.
This week hosts Andrew Eisen and E. Zachary Knight talk about fresh Xbox 720 rumors, new game bills in America, the releases cycle of the Ouya, and last week's GamePolitics Poll. All this and more awaits in Episode 40. Download it now: SuperPAC Episode 40 (1 hour) 55.5 MB.
Last week, the Paterson Free Public Library in New Jersey decided to ban the play of what it calls "direct-shooter" games on computers at its facilities.
Whatchu think about that?
This week's show focuses on indie developers and an excellent editorial on various bills aimed at video game violence. This week hosts Andrew Eisen and E. Zachary Knight talk about an indie game that got a Canadian gentleman fired from his day job, another indie developer calling Kickstarter stretch goals "bullsh*t," and a discussion on this Popcults.com editorial. All this and the latest GamePolitics poll results await in Episode 39.
If you follow me on Twitter, you're probably aware that I can't stand Activision's Skylanders games or Disney's upcoming Disney Infinity. Both games require you to buy a bunch of figurines to unlock stuff in the game you already paid full price for. This is an extension of that "on-disc DLC" stuff that many have been 11 comments | Read more
Earlier this week, Cliff Bleszinski was asked for his thoughts regarding the appropriateness of action figures based on his M-rated Gears of War series.
But who cares what Bleszinski thinks! We want to know what you think!
On this week's show hosts Andrew Eisen and E. Zachary Knight talk about the President's call for research on the effects of violent video games on youth (as they related to gun violence) two horribly conceived state laws related to video games, and the latest GamePolitics poll. Download it now: SuperPAC Episode 37 (1 hour, 1 minute) 56.1 MB.
To celebrate the release of its new zombie game Dead Island Riptide, publisher Deep Silver announced a special edition of the game for Europe and Australia. Called the Zomie Bait Edition, the package includes a gory figurine of a dismembered bikini-clad torso.
Check out our previous story to see what it looks like.
On this week's show hosts Andrew Eisen and E. Zachary Knight talk about Anonymous putting forth a DDoS free speech petition to the White House, various violent video game buyback programs (Southington CT. and Melrose, MA.), the video game industry meeting with Vice-President Joe Biden's Gun Violence Commission last week, and a whole lot more. Download it now: SuperPAC Episode 36 (1 hour, 7 minutes) 61.5 MB.
Life is filled with uncertainty but there remain various bits and bobs you can count on: death, taxes, and the fact that I'll pass out if I don't get something to eat soon.
In our first podcast of 2013, Andrew Eisen and E. Zachary Knight talk about the R18+ ratings classification in Australia, the violent video game buyback program in Connecticut, and a certain developer's opinions about 3DS piracy. All this and more awaits you in Episode 25. Download it now: SuperPAC Episode 35 (1 hour, 5 minutes) 59.7 MB.
As we reported earlier today, Australia now has an R18+ rating for its video games.
Hooray!
But will the extra rating change anything? The government still has the ability to refuse classification. Will particularly violent titles be released under the new adult rating or will they just get banned anyway?
The last podcast of 2012 - Episode 34 of the Super Podcast Action Committee - tackles "One Game a Month," what Andrew Eisen and E. Zachary Knight got for Christmas, and the trials and tribulations of The War Z development team. 2012 was a great year for us and we look forward to bringing you many more episodes of the show in the brave new world we call 2013. Thanks for listening! Download it now: SuperPAC Episode 34 (1 hour) 55.6 MB.
As Charlie Brown might say, "Well, another Christmas has come and gone."
So, did you get a video game for Christmas? That's what this week's poll is asking so roll up you sleeves and get to voting. Tell us all about the game(s) you got or wanted in the comments section below or email SuperPACPodcast@gmail.com.
We should have a new podcast for you next week so we'll discuss the results of the poll and our Christmas hauls on episode 34 of Super Podcast Action Committee.
The results are in, the votes have been tallied and the sole light in my mom's windowless, basement bathroom burnt out while I was taking a shower this morning. It's time to reveal which of the current consoles GamePolitics poll participants think has the dumbest name!
A particularly light and fluffy question for this week's poll, GP faithful:
Which of the current crop of video game consoles do you think has the dumbest name?
Is it the Wii? It's the Wii, isn't it?
Yeah, it's probably the Wii.
Episode 33 of the Super Podcast Action Committee is a "Best of 2012" episode, or a "clip show" as Andrew Eisen is fond of calling it. With Andrew trapped somewhere in a basement in a rural part of Kentucky, and the Christmas and New Year's holidays on the horizon, we thought it would be a good time to take a break and prepare for 2013. So this week we pick our favorite segments from the first 32 episodes of the show. We hope you enjoy this look back.
Well, the Wii U has been out in the States for a few weeks now and many of you have gone hands-on with it. So, how do you think Nintendo’s new console stacks up to the competition from a graphics standpoint?
Better late than never, that's what I always say. Hosts Andrew Eisen and E. Zachary Knight finally get together to record Episode 32 of the Super Podcast Action Committee after a series of events kept them apart in the beginning of the week. This week they discuss the Hitman Facebook app controversy, the European Wii U eShop restrictions on adult content, and analyst Michael Pachter's comments about how Activision should charge a monthly fee for Call of Duty multiplayer.
Yeah, I'm late with this week's poll. Sorry about that.
Being a musician makes me a bit of a music snob. I think pretty much everything on the radio is crap. As such, when I try to play karaoke video games, I'm more often than not presented with a song I've never heard which, needless to say, puts me at a significant disadvantage.
Yesterday, Jean-Maxime Moris, co-founder of the studio behind Capcom's upcoming action game Remember Me, explained to CVG why the game's protagonist is a mixed-race female.
"We wanted [Remember Me lead] Nilin to stand out. I think these sort of issues become self-fulfilling prophesies; people saying that only white males sell so then everyone only does white males."
In Episode 30 of the Super Podcast Action Committee hosts Andrew Eisen and E. Zachary Knight discuss the possibility that Grand Theft Auto V will cause controversy when it is released, a lawsuit about a tattoo in a video game, what a stripper thinks about 'the Saints' in the latest Hitman game and a whole lot more. Sorry, no time for complaining about the Wii U this week! Download it now: SuperPAC Episode 30 (1 hour) 56 MB.
Grand Theft Auto.
You might have heard of it. You might have even seen the new trailer for it. Readers of GamePolitics know the series as a controversy magnet. Over the years people have raised a fuss over how inappropriate it is for kids, how violent it is, how sexual it is, its portrayal of cops, women, and minorities and a host of other things that aren't even in the game!
In Episode 29 of the Super Podcast Action Committee hosts Andrew Eisen and E. Zachary Knight discuss the shaky launch of the Wii U console over the weekend, Sony perma-bans for PS3 'hackers,' and the good and bad side of Electronic Arts. It's a show to remember unless you stopped that Wii U firmware update - then it's a painful reminder that getting your brand new console 'bricked' kind of sucks! Download it now: SuperPAC Episode 29 (1 hour, 19 minutes) 73 MB.
In Episode 28 of the Super Podcast Action Committee hosts Andrew Eisen and E. Zachary Knight discuss the importance of voting, Microsoft's bad Xbox 360 press event in Israel, and a dumb patent designed to count how many people are watching licensed content from a console (so they can charge more money, we assume). Download it now: SuperPAC Episode 28 (1 hour, 18 minutes) 72 MB.
We know when Nintendo is releasing its next console: November 18th (NA). Yep, that's this Sunday.
But when will Sony and Microsoft's next consoles see release?
james_fudge: welcome to 2014 politics. Increasingly fought online10/20/2014 - 1:54pm
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E. Zachary Knight: It is honestly a shame that anyone has to publicly state they are against such vile behavior, but that is the sad life we live.10/20/2014 - 1:46pm
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E. Zachary Knight: Decided to publicly reiterate my opposition to harassment campaigns. http://randomtower.com/2014/10/just-stop-with-the-harassment-and-bullying-campaigns-already/10/20/2014 - 1:45pm
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Andrew Eisen: Michael Chandra - Unless I overlooked it, we haven't seen how the directive to not talk about whatever he wasn't supposed to talk about was phrased so it’s hard to say if it could have been misconstrued as a suggestion or not.10/20/2014 - 12:35pm
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Andrew Eisen: Hey, the second to last link is the relevant one! He actually did say "let them suffer." Although, he didn't say it to the other person he was bickering with.10/20/2014 - 12:29pm
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Neo_DrKefka: https://archive.today/F14zZ https://archive.today/SxFas https://archive.today/1upoI https://archive.today/0hu7i https://archive.today/NsPUC https://archive.today/fLTQv https://archive.today/Wpz8S10/20/2014 - 11:21am
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Andrew Eisen: Neo_DrKefka - "Attacking"? Interesting choice of words. Also interesting that you quoted something that wasn't actually said. Leaving out a relevant link, are you?10/20/2014 - 11:04am
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quiknkold: ugh. I want to know why the hell Mozerella Sticks are 4 dollars at my works cafeteria...are they cooked in Truffle Oil?10/20/2014 - 10:41am
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Neo_DrKefka: Anti-Gamergate supporter Robert Caruso attacks female GamerGate supporter by also attacking another cause she support which is the situation happening in Syia “LET SYRIANS SUFFER” https://archive.today/F14zZ https://archive.today/Wpz8S10/20/2014 - 10:18am
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Neo_DrKefka: That is correct in an At-Will state you or the employer can part ways at any time. However Florida also has laws on the books about "Wrongful combinations against workers" http://www.flsenate.gov/Laws/Statutes/2012/448.04510/20/2014 - 10:07am
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james_fudge: he'd die if he couldn't talk about Wii U :)10/20/2014 - 9:16am
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Michael Chandra: By the way, I am not saying Andrew should stop talking about Wii-U. I find it quite nice. :)10/20/2014 - 8:53am
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Michael Chandra: 'How dare he ignore my wishes and my advice! I am his boss! I could have ordered him but I should be able to say it's advice rather than ordering him directly!'10/20/2014 - 8:52am
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Michael Chandra: If GP goes "EZK, do not talk about X publicly for a week, we're preparing a big article on it" and he still tweets about X, they'd have a legitimate reason to be pissed.10/20/2014 - 8:52am
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Michael Chandra: If GP tells Andrew "we'd kinda prefer it if you stopped talking about Wii-U for 1 week" and he'd tweet about it anyway, firing him for it would be idiotic.10/20/2014 - 8:51am
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Michael Chandra: Legal right, sure. But that doesn't make it any less pathetic of an excuse.10/20/2014 - 8:50am
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ZippyDSMlee: You mean right to fire states.10/20/2014 - 8:50am
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james_fudge: some states have "at will" employee laws10/20/2014 - 7:50am
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quiknkold: It says in the article that being in florida, you can get fired regardless if its a fireable offence10/20/2014 - 7:19am
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Michael Chandra: If your employee respectfully disagrees with your advice, that's not a fireable offense. If they ignore your order, THEN you have the right to be pissed.10/20/2014 - 6:49am
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