Comments on: PC Gamer US podcast 231 – Join The Choir

By: FakeKisser

FakeKisser — Tue, 03 Aug 2010 15:08:46 +0000

I just wanted to say that I 100% agree with Andy about Monkey Island 2.

I’ve played a lot of adventure games (from King’s Quest back in the day to more modern ones like Dreamfall), and Monkey Island 2 is the most frustrating one for me. I had to use hints many times to get through. My fiancee loved the first game but didn’t even want to finish this one, because she got so frustrated. I still want to keep going through the games with her, but this one left her with a bad taste. The humor, setting, and graphics are still great, but the puzzles are unnecessarily difficult.

By: timmy_otoole

timmy_otoole — Mon, 26 Jul 2010 19:18:41 +0000

Is this episode lost to the world?

By: Sandvich

Sandvich — Thu, 22 Jul 2010 23:00:50 +0000

When a company goes out of business, the first thing that happens is that little extras begin to disappear – like fixing things. Watch for any further delays or errors in the podcast. If you see them, it looks like PCG is on its way out – just like many other magazines. These types of errors show that it may not be a safe time to subscribe.

By: Lord Uber Dowzen

Lord Uber Dowzen — Thu, 22 Jul 2010 03:40:17 +0000

@ Pugnate, That really surprises me, I would have thought that ME2 would do way better than DAO. I guess you’ve got to take into account the fact that DAO is on PS3 as well but even so 1.6 on PC and 360 is pretty poor.

By: walk_star

walk_star — Wed, 21 Jul 2010 19:47:31 +0000

re: Mass Effect, talkyshootybang

I believe RPS’ inspired genre coining was actually “Guns and Conversation”

By: batesmj

batesmj — Wed, 21 Jul 2010 04:39:11 +0000

Whats up with the podcast. One of my simple pleasures in life denied. itunes podcast is broke and I couldn’t download from the web site. What shall I do without my weekly fix.

By: mutt2jeff

mutt2jeff — Tue, 20 Jul 2010 21:03:22 +0000

The fail is strong with PC gamer this week.

By: Fatal_Papercut

Fatal_Papercut — Tue, 20 Jul 2010 14:39:06 +0000

Eh, the “podcast” is Andy B talking for a few seconds? Am I missing something here?

By: Pugnate

Pugnate — Tue, 20 Jul 2010 05:30:12 +0000

Well, not *just* PC.

I really expected ME2 to do better.

By: Pugnate

Pugnate — Tue, 20 Jul 2010 05:28:32 +0000

Lord Uber Dowzen, a simple Google search would have cleared your confusion.

Those are both cross platform numbers.

DA 3.2 million on all platforms with PC apparently the leader in sales.

ME2 is 1.6 million ACROSS platforms, and not PC.

By: JohnnyMaverik

JohnnyMaverik — Tue, 20 Jul 2010 00:50:57 +0000

@ BloOdymAN

Thanks, works fine.

@ PCGamer US

WHHHHYYYYY!!!??? >.<

By: BloOdymAN

BloOdymAN — Mon, 19 Jul 2010 22:07:38 +0000

Here is an alternate link:
http://dl.pcgamer.com/pcgp_231_20100715(2).mp3

I’m assuming the file server has to refresh in order for the original to update back to the real episode…

By: Wariofart

Wariofart — Mon, 19 Jul 2010 22:04:38 +0000

I can’t wait anymore, I’ll just download it from here.

By: BloOdymAN

BloOdymAN — Mon, 19 Jul 2010 21:47:00 +0000

@kabulator

If it was that easy, there wouldn’t be a problem now would there.

By: BloOdymAN

BloOdymAN — Mon, 19 Jul 2010 19:29:27 +0000

It’s just a comedy of errors for this episode, innit.

By: kabutor

kabutor — Mon, 19 Jul 2010 19:28:53 +0000

It is not a good idea to record a podcast and 3 days later still no download link.

Fix the RSS feed, or add a direct download, but this is pure laziness, you want to make an place online, you need to understand that this is a two way channel, not a magazine, read the comments and answer to the feedback, like the one that is saying that the podcast is not posted to download.

By: JohnnyMaverik

JohnnyMaverik — Mon, 19 Jul 2010 04:36:07 +0000

Why is it still a placeholder!? >.<

Somebody who got it before it was taken down upload it somewhere so we can all pirate it…

By: murdocj

murdocj — Mon, 19 Jul 2010 03:47:18 +0000

@mutant_squid: until they get the RSS fixed, you can still get it into your IPod. There’s probably an easier way, but what I’m doing is downloading the podcast, running ITunes, and doing File -> Add to Library, which gets it into the ITunes Music folder. Then I can drag it to my IPod, where it ends up as “Music”.

Not the most convenient thing but it does work.

By: CptnLulz

CptnLulz — Mon, 19 Jul 2010 03:03:11 +0000

LAN PWATEE! yess. Hopefully SC2 will be at my house by that time (I pre-ordered online.) Also, Alien Swarm looks like it has some sweet multi-player.

And Robert, excellent job hosting.

By: mutant_squid

mutant_squid — Mon, 19 Jul 2010 02:32:42 +0000

Can you guys update the RSS for the iTunes podcast? I prefer listening to it on my iPod as compared to listening to it on my computer and then turning it off because I’m trying to read an article.

By: EC-

EC- — Mon, 19 Jul 2010 01:49:23 +0000

Is the podcast coming back? I missed it cause I was busy this weekend :(

By: Transmatrix

Transmatrix — Sun, 18 Jul 2010 23:35:07 +0000

When I go to download this file, all I get is a recording of Andy for about 10 seconds. WTF?

By: BloOdymAN

BloOdymAN — Sun, 18 Jul 2010 22:22:29 +0000

I found the ‘war tapes’ setting was a little aggressive embracing the distortion of the low frequency sound effects. I prefer the oh so clean ‘hi-fi’ setting. It’s like Dr Pepper for the ears.

By: michaelleung

michaelleung — Sun, 18 Jul 2010 16:15:01 +0000

Where is the Flash player?! ARGLE BARGLE

By: Deckard

Deckard — Sun, 18 Jul 2010 12:57:12 +0000

Ahhhh….Zune Marketplace feed is messed up too!

By: SpecialS4uc3

SpecialS4uc3 — Sun, 18 Jul 2010 05:29:13 +0000

Just wanted to mention that I am playing with the War Tapes sound setting in BFBC2 now, sounds great. Hadn’t heard about it until someone mentioned it in the last podcast so cheers for the handy info.

By: TRU_Hate

TRU_Hate — Sat, 17 Jul 2010 16:45:06 +0000

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_best-selling_PC_video_games

# Dragon Age: Origins (3.2 million)

By: Lord Uber Dowzen

Lord Uber Dowzen — Sat, 17 Jul 2010 10:07:38 +0000

@ Pugnate, The Gamasutra article (as far as I can tell doesn’t say if that’s across all platforms or just the PC whereas the ME2 one is for PC only. Wow, I’m pretty amazed the ME2 sold 1.6 million on PC alone, that’s pretty impressive for any PC game.

By: Anthroplop

Anthroplop — Sat, 17 Jul 2010 09:53:19 +0000

The placeholder file was light humored enough to make me chuckle. Thank you. :)

By: Pugnate

Pugnate — Sat, 17 Jul 2010 06:05:47 +0000

HOLY LACK OF RESEARCH BATMAN!

Dragon Age sold 3.2 MILLION UNITS!

http://www.gamasutra.com/view/news/27162/Dragon_Age_Origins_Sells_In_32_Million_Units.php

ME2 sold 1.6 million!

http://gamrconnect.vgchartz.com/thread.php?id=109046

By: Lord Uber Dowzen

Lord Uber Dowzen — Sat, 17 Jul 2010 05:23:35 +0000

I’ve only listened to the first half of the Podcast but I’ve got 2 points so far:

1) Robert’s a really good host.

2) Your Dragon Age II discussion was interesting but I’ve got some things I need to mention. Firstly, you last name in Origins was pre-set based on your background (e.g. Human Nobles were always called Cousland) so the only real difference this time around is that there are no origin stories.

Secondly, you said that you start over with a new character in Awakening. WRONG!!! You can start as a new character, but you can also import your Origins Warden over and parts of the module will change based on your choices. I think having a new character in DAII could actually make the game save transfer system work better as, if the consequences are as minor as they were in Mass Effect 2, it might not seem so weird if the consequences are affecting a someone in an entirely different part of the world.

By: Evan Lahti

Evan Lahti — Sat, 17 Jul 2010 04:50:29 +0000

Sorry for the repost, guys: technical difficulties. Also, we’re very close to fixing the iTunes feed/subscription. In the meantime, enjoy the sound of our voices.