Podcast wrapup - Tron gets panned, Bionic Commando discusses price

Two podcasts have come out this week discussing XBLA games:

The Player One Podcast discusses Discs of Tron this week, discussing the differences to the original and how it.. really hasn't held up very well. It's the first "LIVE" podcast POP have ever done too, well worth the listen for some pre-GDC discussion.

It's a different kind of podcast this week. Greg is absent, CJ and Phil are LIVE from San Francisco. It's the first time we've recorded an episode where any of us were in the same room. We talk about the Game Developers Conference and seeing it from two angles (press and industry), as well as some of the bigger news of the week (NPD numbers, oh boy!).

But we spend most of the show talking about the games we've been playing over the past week. And that includes Lost Odyssey, Blue Dragon, Professor Layton and the Curious Village, PixelJunk Monsters, Team Fortress 2, Poker Smash, Discs of TRON, LEGO Star Wars TCS, Endless Ocean and Warriors Orochi.

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Second up is the official Bionic Commando Podcast, who discuss Bionic Commando Rearmed a little, including what price point it will be released at:

It's two gaming media veterans for the price of one: podcast legend and "Gaming Jesus" Mark MacDonald, and the founder of localization company 8-4 and longtime Japan resident John Riccardi, join us on the show, discussing the games industry in Japan and abroad. We'll also be talking about the Alpha version of Bionic Commando, and debating the price point for Bionic Commando Rearmed.

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Edit: The Official Bionic Commando website has also put up an article about Bionic Commando pricing, including a poll which might determine the price in the very end.

You can view the article here.

Podcast wrapup - Poker Smash getting some love

Poker Smash and some Rez HD chat made it into this weeks 1UP Yours and Player One Podcasts!

"Flynn DeMarco of GayGamer.net joins the 1UP Yours crew for a discussion of maturity (seriously). But that's not all! Listen in the next thirty minutes, and you'll receive free bonus topics such as "gaming fatigue," "annoying enemies," and "Poker Smash." Stop listening to podcasts the old fashioned way, download 1UP Yours today!"

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Player One Podcast discusses Poker Smash and some Chessmaster Live! Plus they have a look back at Ecco the Dolphin, which is also available on the Xbox Live Arcade.

Dolphins may be warm-blooded, but Sega's Genesis hit Ecco the Dolphin...cold-blooded. One of the company's most experimental and renowned releases from the 16-bit era is P1P Game Club game #3, so we spend the second half of the show discussing it. A breakthrough game at the time, its age exposes the cracks of its control and gameplay mechanics.

But if fish talk isn't your speed we spend the first half of the show shootin' the bull with Patrick Klepek of MTV Multiplayer and talk about the games we've been playin' over the week -- Rock Band, Kingdom Hearts II, Kim Possible: What's the Switch, Chessmaster Live, Poker Smash, Twisted Metal Head-On, Puzzle Quest and Burnout Paradise.

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Podcast wrapup - Rez Rez Rez Rez

Rez impressions have been making their way into a couple of podcasts this week - Both the 1UP Yours Podcast and the Player One Podcast have nothing but glowing praise for the game.

This weeks 1up Yours Podcast:

"How do we add a new show member when he's not even here? MAGIC. Before the fabled fourth chair is finally filled by the vacationing Shawn Elliott, Jeff Green gets it all nice and warm. The boys talk about Lost Odyssey, Universe at War, the joy of being manchildren, and how Valve is showing a little initiative with Steamworks. You know, just a little."

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This weeks Player One Podcast:

"Step back in time nearly 15 years to a time when, if you believed the hype, the number of bits your system had mattered. And for Atari, it was the only card they had to play against industry bigwigs Sega, Sony and Nintendo. Certainly the software wasn't doing the talking... The worst "major" video game console ever made? We think so.

Also this week: Rez HD, PixelJunk Monsters, Burnout Paradise (PS3), One Piece Unlimited Adventure and Pursuit Force: Extreme Justice."

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