Sometimes I should just learn to keep my mouth shut.

During the last podcast, Bryan mentioned that he was the only one of us that hadn’t gotten sick, and I immediately replied that he was gonna be the next to get hit.

Well what do you know! Turns out I was right.

So in order to let Bryan recuperate, we’re postponing the recording of episode six until Tuesday.

Hope you guys will tune in!

And here’s a little something we haven’t seen on here in a while, a review! And a user review at that!

Now I can’t say I’m very familiar with The Maw. From what I’ve seen in a few videos, it certainly seems to have its charms; I’m just not certain it would manage to keep my interest for very long.

In any case, be sure to check out what Neelix had to say about this new XBLA title.

Stuff like this really gets me riled up.

I came across a story this morning on Siliconera that basically outlined some of the differences between the Japanese versions of Star Ocean 4 and the North American version. Take a look:

Japanese Version

North American Version

Notice the character portraits at the bottom? Apparently Square Enix thinks North Americans just aren’t into anime or something. Personally, I would have much prefered they had kept the anime portaits, but maybe that’s just me. If you follow the link to the original story, you’ll see some screen shots of the menus as well. I have to admit, the NA menus look much sharper, but it doesn’t change the way I feel.

So what version do you prefer? Are you as upset as I am about the NA version? Do you think the CG faces are better? Debate!

And we’re back!

(Well sorta…)

After being sick for the past couple of weeks (me), it turned out that it was both Darren and Eva’s turn this Satruday; therefore, it was up to Bryan and I to pick up the slack and turn our podcasting engines on overdrive!

In this episode, we put a lid on Bob’s Game, we offer our condolences to the members and fans of 1Up, and discuss the future of  video game print media. We then toss around our thoughts on Atlus Online, Red Dead Redemtion and Scott Pilgram VS The Universe.

All this, and much, much more, on our longest podcast yet!

Addendum: I just noticed there’s a glitch at around the 7-8 minute, which lasts for a minute or so. Other than that it should play fine. I’m curently trying to fix the file, and I’ll add a second addendum once the fixed file has been uploaded.

Addendum 2: File should work fine now. Enjoy!

 

 Northern Geekcast: Episode 005 [119:58m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

Something I’ve noticed a lot of webcomic artists doing lately are these strips called “hourlies.” They’re essentially quick little strips that each represent an hour of the comic artist’s day, and I think they’re a great way to do micro blogging. So not to be outdone, I decided to try my hand at making my own.  It can be found under the Extras tab, or by simply clicking here.

So what do you think? Are these cool? Are these lame? Do I live an exciting life? I’d love to hear what you think!