25 Cent Play

25 Cent Play Podcast – 01/25/12

podcast — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 19:20:18 +0000

And we’re back! Sorry about the slight delay this week, we’re hosted on Dreamhost so we had to get all our passwords reset after the hacking. Anyway join us this week as we talk about the bugs of Skyrim and League of Legends‘ esports showing at IEM Kiev. Also we talk about the recent demos for Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning and The Darkness II. As always, leave a comment here on the site, over twitter @25centplay, or even YouTube or Blip.tv! Now if you excuse me I’ve got to get back to warding dragon.

Guardsman Bob

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25 Cent Play Podcast – 01/19/12

podcast — Thu, 19 Jan 2012 23:04:30 +0000

And here is the podcast that normally would have been posted yesterday, we held off the post as part of the SOPA blackout. Anyway, this week Matt and Steve are still enjoying the sites around Skyrim and Charlie just messed up someones game of League of Legends. As always, leave a comment here on the site, over twitter @25centplay, or even YouTube or Blip.tv! Now if you excuse me I’ve got to get back to hunting dragons.

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25 Cent Play Podcast – 01/11/12

podcast — Fri, 13 Jan 2012 03:11:27 +0000

Join us this week as Matt and Steve continue to try and convince Charlie that Skyrim is awesome. This week they may even try just shouting at him. After which Charlie will tell us about his continuing road to level 30 in League of Legends. As always feel free to leave us a comment here on the site, a review over on iTunes, on twitter @25centplay or even on Twitch.tv or Youtube or Blip.tv!

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25 Cent Play Podcast – 01/04/12

podcast — Thu, 05 Jan 2012 18:07:25 +0000

Whoops, only a day late. Welcome to the year 2012! Join us for our first podcast of the new year. This week we’ll discuss vacation, check in on what kids are playing these days, hunt backwards dragons in The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim and enjoy a return to League of Legends. Now if you’ll excuse me I need to get back to Skyrim. Feel free to leave a comment here on the blog, over on the iTunes music store, Facebook or even twitter @25centplay.

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25 Cent Play Podcast – 12/14/11

podcast — Wed, 14 Dec 2011 18:19:40 +0000

Oh man do we have a show for you this week! Join us as we go on our epic year end podcast journey, which we’ve clearly put tons of thought into and did not begin prep for only moments before hitting record. We’ll cover everything from Streamer/Caster of the year to best e-sports league and of course game of the year. I know the year isn’t quite over yet but with two hosts leaving town we may not be posting shows until 2012. Anyway grab some mulled wine and a warm Snuggie as Steve gets into the Chimay while Charlie and Matt enjoy an assortment of Samuel Adams seasonal beers. As always feel free to leave a comment here on the site, over on iTunes or even Blip.tv/Youtube and of course follow @25centplay!

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25 Cent Play Podcast – 12/06/11

podcast — Wed, 07 Dec 2011 20:24:50 +0000

Back again for another round, this week we’re trying the video live stream again. Didn’t go quite as well as the first as we were getting some strange slow downs from somewhere. Which could be the result of messing with some drivers. Whoops. Anyway, join us as we get our jungle on with League of Legends, continue our laddering with Starcraft 2, run faster with the knife in Counter Strike: Global Offensive and beat people with sex toys (!?!?) in Saints Row The Third, nice to see someone picked up on the Shrek naming scheme. Not sure how it’s going to turn out with the lag we saw during recording but you can watch along as Steve drop kicks a laptop against racism, Charlie schools us in Protoss builds and Matt improves his property values of on our You Tube page at http://www.youtube.com/25centplay or at http://www.blip.tv/25centplay Anyway, we’re going a bit off the rails again, seems the Abyss helps, so feel free to leave a message here on the website, over on Twitter @25centplay, the iTunes music store or even You Tube

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25 Cent Play Podcast – 11/30/11

podcast — Thu, 01 Dec 2011 06:48:18 +0000

Another one in the books! Join us this time around as we discuss all of the games Matt bought but didn’t play, Charlie played some Starcraft Steve and Matt both get some time in with Star Wars: The Old Republic and everyone enjoyed some fine Dota 2 action! That’s right Dota 2! We talk about the joys of the ‘Donkey All In’ and the perils of of playing public matches. We’re in for the long haul here as well follow up on the eSports conversation from last week and Matt lays the smack down. Feel free to leave a comment here on the site, over on twitter @25centplay, or on the iTunes music store.

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25 Cent Play Podcast – 11/23/11

podcast — Thu, 24 Nov 2011 06:01:31 +0000

Happy Thanksgiving! Join us this week for the low energy-cast! What games out of the new releases for the week did we play? Steve has had the PC version of Batman: Arkham City for a few hours, Charlie climb up and down the Starcraft 2 ladder some more and Matt well, he did something. On top of that week discuss the recently completed MLG Providence and what it may take to open up to a wider audience. As always leave a comment here on the blog, over @25centplay on Twitter or leave a review on the iTunes music store.

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25 Cent Play Podcast – 11/16/11

podcast — Wed, 16 Nov 2011 18:24:30 +0000

Beer. This week beer is not an issue as we have some enjoyable seasonal brews (Snow Cap and Wassail) on hand and a surprise appearance by the 2011 version of The Abyss. Listen in as Charlie tells us how to win big in League of Legends: Dominion with Shaco. We spam our Facebook friends with the recently released social isometric 3D in-browser Flash-based game Gunshine. We’ll also discuss the state of video game streaming and wonder how much longer people will be able to play The Elder Scrolls: Skyrim or the recent ‘gold’ release of Minecraft before lawyers step in.

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25 Cent Play Podcast – 11/08/11

podcast — Wed, 09 Nov 2011 19:42:03 +0000

Why do we only have six bottles of beer on hand? That’s our main topic this week! We also reveal why we don’t play online via the Xbox 360. We also ponder the purchase of Batman: Arkham City or The Elder Scrolls: Skyrim. Steve talks about not talking about Cities XL: 2012, Charlie and Matt discuss their moves up the Starcraft 2 2v2 ladder, as well as, try to convince Steve to blemish his ‘perfect’ win streak. Oh yeah and some other game just came out… a Modern Warfare 2 expansion I think it was. Join us as we chat it up and be sure to leave a review on the iTunes music store, here on the site or over at Twitter @25centplay.

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25 Cent Play Podcast – 11/02/11

podcast — Thu, 03 Nov 2011 01:49:21 +0000

This week Dr. Pepper stops by for a quick visit! Listen in as we discuss Battlefield 3‘s single player and multiple issues, check in on Steve’s travels with the Heroes of Newerth and Matt has a couple of things to say about Rage and Orcs Must Die. We bring it all home with some heated discussion about Nintendo and pushing back release dates. Leave a comment here or over on twitter @25centplay.

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25 Cent Play Podcast – 10/26/11

podcast — Thu, 27 Oct 2011 04:34:15 +0000

Welcome back! This week we decided it would be a good idea and return to the old format of drinking some 8% beers before podcasting. Join us as we ramble on about Battlefield 3, Blizzard DOTA and Starcraft 2 (or was it 1.6?). As always feel free to leave a comment here, on the iTunes music store or Twitter @25centplay!

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25 Cent Play Podcast – 10/08/11

podcast — Sat, 08 Oct 2011 17:43:33 +0000

This week, we be rollin, they be hatin. By that I mean we will be off next week, so be sure to listen closely. We talk League of Legends, Space Marine, and A Game of Thrones: Genesis. Be sure to check out Steve’s play thought of this rad book turned, pretty good tv show, turned euro’ts. Get it while it’s hot and tasty like a toaster pizza! Up a bit late since there will be no show next week.

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25 Cent Play Podcast – 09/28/11

podcast — Wed, 28 Sep 2011 22:54:24 +0000

Listen in as we ramble about LoL, Dota2, Starcraf 2 and Alpha Protocol (?) in our first ever live streamed podcast recording! Matt brings us to the Noob’s Corner and Charlie may want Mass Effect 3 to get here. It was going to be a short show then it just wouldn’t end! Check out the live stream channel over at Twitch.tv/25centplay! As always feel free to leave a comment here on the site or over on twitter @25centplay.

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25 Cent Play Podcast – 09/21/11

podcast — Thu, 22 Sep 2011 20:44:23 +0000

League of Legends plays it’s magic song and we bound to hit “shift+3.” Lots of LOL talk this week and a little Space Marine for flavor. Matt and Steve get caught in an infinite loop in A Game of Thrones: Card Game. Mostly just chattering our lives away.

Steam keeps it indie
Mucho micro transactions

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25 Cent Play Podcast – 09/14/11

podcast — Thu, 15 Sep 2011 20:50:34 +0000

Did you know that during the recording of this podcast we filled a tank with a shark and a giant squid, then we made them play Metroid Prime 2. We didn’t really do that but we did talk about Space Marine And Starcraft 2! Also Charlie gets all up in League of Legends and tries to decode it’s crazy world.

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25 Cent Play Podcast – 09/07/11

podcast — Sat, 10 Sep 2011 22:32:24 +0000

We storm through this later than Labor Day edition of the podcast with Matt not quite sure if he had a Human Revolution or not and Steve dips a toe into Space Marine. We check out the what’s been brewing in our back logs, talk Starcraft 2 and Ascension: Chronicle Of The Godslayer for IOS. It a good time for game!

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PAX 2011 \\\ Day 2 & 3

podcast — Mon, 29 Aug 2011 05:36:05 +0000

And a here we Goooo! We wrap up PAX 2011 day 2 & 3. Enjoy!

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PAX 2011 \\\ Day 1

podcast — Sat, 27 Aug 2011 07:43:12 +0000

We try to defrag our brains from the goings on of day one of PAX 2011. We talk about Counter Strike : Global Offensive, Fantasy Flight Card Games, Barcraft, and much much more! Have a listen and hold tight for Day 2 coming soon!

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25 Cent Play Podcast – 08/22/11

podcast — Wed, 24 Aug 2011 04:06:59 +0000

Giddy in a pre-PAX state, your heroes try to hold it together. We get all Warhammer 40K up in this piece, chomp down on Dota 2, and tear it up in Terraria. It’s a good time for good times!

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25 Cent Play Podcast – 08/16/11

podcast — Thu, 18 Aug 2011 01:34:40 +0000

Step 1 we ate a pizza > Step 2 we turn on the recorder > Step 3 ??? > Step 4 podcast! Lots of digging of Terraria, “Thor is here,” and Matt hates crafting! Also news of Dota2, Vita, and how Evil are these Geniuses.

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25 Cent Play Podcast – 08/09/11

podcast — Tue, 09 Aug 2011 20:14:34 +0000

Up and at them! 25centplay podcast is a go. We catch Steve playing Neverwinter Nights 2, speculate on the looming Modern Warfare 3 Vs. Battlefield 3 battle for your money, and Charlie steps out of the Crab Meat League in Starcraft 2. Plus news and spotty journalism you have come to trust!

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25 Cent Play Podcast – 08/01/11

podcast — Wed, 03 Aug 2011 03:26:44 +0000

See! I told you we would be back and here we are with fresh talk of news. We talk about Valve’s Dota 2 big money tournament, MLG Anaheim, and Diablo 3 beta. We drag info out of Steve about Terraria and Starcraft 2 talk continues. Cheers folks, it’s a good time!

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25 Cent Play Podcast – 07/13/11

podcast — Thu, 14 Jul 2011 03:50:48 +0000

Bad news first, we will be off for the next two weeks but, we do have a podcast for this week. We chat up the summer steam sale, Matt brings up how cheap cheese is these days, look at Windows 8 (360 playable, maybe).

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25 Cent Play Podcast – 06/27/11

podcast — Tue, 28 Jun 2011 02:09:19 +0000

Let freedom ring! We don’t talk about the Supreme Court ruling because it happen a day after the recording but hey good news is good news! In other news of the free, TF2 goes free to play and as I write this there are 90,000+ playing it witch is about 3x it was before the change. We talk Starcraft 2, Spiral Knights, more F.E.A.R. and your new favorite game Legends of Yore!

Is it time to change your password? (Yes it is)
Combatex v. Deezer
Homestory Cup 3

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25 Cent Play Podcast – 06-20-11

podcast — Wed, 22 Jun 2011 01:18:15 +0000

Podcast! Back on some sort of schedule. Join us this week as we discuss Duke Nukem Forever, Team Fortress 2, F.E.A.R., Starcraft 2 and some other stuff I can’t think of right now.

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25 Cent Play Podcast – 06/13/11

podcast — Wed, 15 Jun 2011 04:29:42 +0000

I got your Wii U and your Vita , right here. We talk E3, then loss all sense of format. This podcast just goes wherever the road takes us. Also Matt has finally has given into the dark-side as he embraces Starcraft 2 for all it’s worth. That and much more!

Well the reviews are out, were you surprised? Didn’t think so…

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25 Cent Play Podcast – 06/06/11

podcast — Wed, 08 Jun 2011 02:41:17 +0000

We’re here to podcast and chew bubble gum… And we’re all out of bubble gum! Check it, we chew threw the Duke Nuke Forever demo, opt into the free COD: BlOps weekend, and try to stay focused so Steve can make it to the grocery store. (To presumably to buy more of the aforementioned bubble gum!) POP!

My new favorite thing!

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25 Cent Play Podcast – 05/31/11

podcast — Thu, 02 Jun 2011 01:18:43 +0000

Huzza! We return with a much delayed podcast to close out the month of May. May as in may or may not record this week. Charlie digs up an RPG from 5 years ago, Matt plays an FPS from 2009, and Steve plays play LA Noire. We talk Starcraft 2, Battlefield Bad Company2, and even get into Frozen Synapse!

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25 Cent Play Podcast – 05/03/11

podcast — Wed, 04 May 2011 04:03:30 +0000

And we’re back! Did everyone enjoy their spring break? Anyway, join us as we get back into the swing of things with some non-spoiler talk of Portal 2. Oh, and I think something might be going on with the PlayStation Network, I can’t seem to log in. We’ll spend the second half of the show talking about Sony’s troubles.

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25 Cent Play Podcast – 04/03/11

podcast — Thu, 07 Apr 2011 03:10:11 +0000

We’re no April fools this week mostly because we recorded two days later (and then posting the show 3 days after that). We talk Dragon Age 2 and about why Matt needs a 3DS. Not to much news but lots of lulz to be had!

A great list of 4/1/11 hijinx

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25 Cent Play Podcast – 03/28/11

podcast — Tue, 29 Mar 2011 03:40:08 +0000

Time to get back to work! Trips out of town and bouts of plague have taken their toll but, we’re back! This episode marks one year of podcasting with only a few missed episodes. Whoops. Anyway, join us as we get back into the swing of things. This week we’re going to learn that Steve has no time to play games, Charlie may or may not have played Starcraft II and Matt buys Darksiders again (at least he starts playing it this time). Also, this week we squeeze in some time to check out a newly released PC game Trapped Dead from Headup Games, which was provided by the publisher.

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25 Cent Play Podcast – 03/14/11

podcast — Tue, 15 Mar 2011 03:06:09 +0000

What this in the back of the frig? A podcast! We give you the 2nd half of last weeks cast. If I remember right we talked about controls and some other things…

It’s all good as longs as it’s games right? Right!

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25 Cent Play Podcast – 03/07/11

podcast — Tue, 08 Mar 2011 04:21:19 +0000

We roll out this show after being well fed on pizza and RSS feeds, well less RSS feeds. A light news week with GDC on the horizon so we dig into some open topics and talk back catalog games like Braid, Dragon Age, Guild Wars, and more Battlefield Bad Company 2. (burp!)

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25 Cent Play Podcast – 02/27/11

podcast — Wed, 02 Mar 2011 01:49:53 +0000

The Bigfoot-cast is reborn! (Well only kinda.) We talk about the Dragon Age 2 demo, Battlefield Bad Company 2 (and the Battlefield 3 trailer), Command & Conquer: Red Alert 3 and make the usual rounds though Starcraft 2. A little tech talking in the news segment and Steve battles illness live on the air. Oh what fun!

Do you have something you would like to contribute? Well, leave us a comment here on the blog or over at twitter @25centplay or leave us a review over at the iTunes music store.

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25 Cent Play Podcast – 02/22/11

podcast — Wed, 23 Feb 2011 03:38:38 +0000

Breaker Breaker! We keep rolling as Matt professes his love for Battle Field Bad Company 2, we get deeper into the dawn of war 2 beta and of course more Starcraft 2 talk . We shoot from the hip on whatever we can remember from the week prior, so go get it already!

Do you have something you would like to contribute? Well, leave us a comment here on the blog or over at twitter @25centplay or leave us a review over at the iTunes music store.

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25 Cent Play Podcast – 02/07/11

podcast — Tue, 08 Feb 2011 05:11:42 +0000

1! 2! 3! 4! We all want a flame war! (No, not really how about a podcast instead.) Some Dragon Quest IX , Dawn of War 2 beta and Ghosttrick as well as a rambling topic on the state of digital discourse or “We only trolling you because we love you”.

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25 Cent Play Podcast – 01/24/11

podcast — Wed, 26 Jan 2011 04:23:09 +0000

We pull it together for a morning cast. We pick at Dragon Age, PS3 hacking, and Plants vs. Zombies DS. We also talk about the Dragon Age Facebook beta and a little about Starcraft 2 patch notes.

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25 Cent Play Podcast – 01/03/11

podcast — Tue, 04 Jan 2011 05:46:24 +0000

We’re back in the saddle, so let’s ride. We babble on about what games we have been goofing around with instead of enjoying the company of our family and friends. We talk about the limitations of gaming on a 5 year old laptop, why your wife should never see your steam games library, and how little kids get their hands on M-rated games (Yup, it was Grandma.)

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25 Cent Play Podcast – 12/27/10 Game of the Year Edition

podcast — Tue, 28 Dec 2010 06:17:42 +0000

Are you ready for the most incredible game of the year deliberation? (By incredible I mean without creditability.) Listen in as we chomp on 2010′s favorite murder simulators and digital addictive behavior stimulus. It’s a good time and you can practically hear our blood sugar dropping. It’s been a great year, thanks for being with us!

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25 Cent Play Podcast – 12/20/10

podcast — Tue, 21 Dec 2010 04:33:13 +0000

Week 2 of our “war on the winter solstice” casts, we dug up some news topics to get the ball rolling. Here are some links of some of the stuff we talk about and some stuff we didn’t:

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25 Cent Play Podcast – 12/13/10

podcast — Tue, 14 Dec 2010 05:21:56 +0000

Here we go, the holiday season’s casts start here! This week we shake our heads at Matt’s compulsions and get the ball rolling on things to come.

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25 Cent Play Podcast – 12/06/10

podcast — Tue, 07 Dec 2010 15:00:50 +0000

This week we crawl our way through Castle Ravenloft and the tunnels of Metro 2033. We also touch on the history of eggnog and chat about Starcraft 2 economy and of course, details of the TF2 beta.

Feel free to leave us a comment here on the blog or over at twitter @25centplay or leave us a review over at the iTunes music store.

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25 Cent Play Podcast – 11/28/10

podcast — Wed, 01 Dec 2010 15:32:57 +0000

Lighting strikes twice, yup we’re back this week! We vent out some of the lingering opinions from out time off the radar. We keep hacking away at Starcraft 2 tree and pick up some thoughts on CS:S. So grab some headphones, it’s a good time for all!

Feel free to leave us a comment here on the blog or over at twitter @25centplay or leave us a review over at the iTunes music store.

25 Cent Play Podcast – 10/25/10

podcast — Tue, 26 Oct 2010 02:54:14 +0000

I’m going to make this quick since I’ve got important business to attend to (Starcraft 2). Anyway, join us as we sit down again to talk about gaming. This week we’re going to talk about, surprise, Startcraft 2, Guild Wars, Longbow Games Hegemony Gold and a bit about Team Fortress 2! We’ll probably also talk about some other stuff too…

Happy Birthday Charlie.
TF2 item makers payday.
Microsoft re-launching Games for Windows Live portal.
Blizzard releasing 4 Starcraft 2 maps with different (DOTA!) game modes. *note still not sure if it’s called Blizzard Allstars or Blizzard DOTA
Blizcon Starcraft 2 Finals.

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25 Cent Play Podcast – 10/10/10

podcast — Mon, 11 Oct 2010 22:22:37 +0000

Howdy Folks!

We are finally back from teching up to acceptable sound quality. Whatever dark magic that can be trapped in the little red box that is now plugged into the laptop seems to be worth the rupees. We stumble around LOTRO and grind for scrap metal in Team Fortress 2‘s recent update.

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25 Cent Play Podcast – 09/27/10

podcast — Tue, 28 Sep 2010 04:18:20 +0000

Alright Let me level with you, this weeks podcast has technical issues, we had to use some black magic to fix it and our magic user is kinda a noob so .. long story short the sound quality is not up to our standards. Please stick with us though because we talk about some good stuff, like Civ 5 and Starcraft 2. We hopefully have some “gizmo” in the mail that will fix all of our sound issues and we will be back on top of our game. On to the show notes…

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25 Cent Play Podcast – 09/21/10

podcast — Wed, 22 Sep 2010 05:09:31 +0000

What’s that a Podcast? Good idea! We jump back from a parallel universe to bring you this week’s show with the world’s least informed Halo: Reach wrap up and look at the video game industries’ favorite heartless CEO: Bobby Kotick. We ponder Good old Game’s strange behavior, while trying to understand what Intel is up to with these processor upgrading gift cards?!? All that and a little more from the minds of confusment!

Gabe talks to PC Gamer about the future of programing! (here is a hint it won’t be cheaper or easier)
Some great tools for PC Gaming from PC Gamer
Bobby Kotick CEO with a heart of golds next best idea!
VVVVV’s Spoiler: you die alot!
And the ballad of Pilo!

Feel free to leave a comment here on the blog, over on the iTunes music store or via twitter @25centplay and don’t pay any attention to the slight audio issues this week, a cat jumped on the mixer.

25 Cent Play Podcast – 09/15/10

podcast — Thu, 16 Sep 2010 03:54:06 +0000

The plan to get this episode put together on the plane didn’t go quite the way it was supposed to so… Anyway, here is the latest episode of the 25 Cent Play podcast! We’ll update this post with show links shortly…

25 Cent Play Podcast – PAX Cast

podcast — Sun, 05 Sep 2010 16:42:01 +0000

Steve and I take a moment before our greezy diner breakfast to comment on the past 2 days of the Penny Arcade Expo. Then we hit the show floor, again! In summation, it’s all about: Jammin’, D&D, Duke’s just about to run out of bubble gum and drunk financial analysts telling it like it is. We’ll have a full recap later in the week but for now we’ve at least justified dragging a suite case full of audio gear with us.

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25 Cent Play Podcast – 09/01/10

podcast — Wed, 01 Sep 2010 23:56:50 +0000

With Matt’s mother in town we ran a bit past our normal podcasting day but, hey better late then never right? Right? We’re back in the thick of it. Listen in! Your sure to enjoy it. This week we’re going to discuss Starcraft 2, Team Fortress 2 and maybe cover Xbox Live. As always, feel free to drop a comment here or over on the iTunes music store or even over on twitter @25centplay.

25 Cent Play Podcast – 08/24/10

podcast — Tue, 24 Aug 2010 23:22:43 +0000

And it’s that time once again, well around that time at least. We’re back with another rip roaring adventure! This week we’ll be going on about a bunch of stuff from Team Fortress 2 to Warren Spector. So, join us and our friendly neighborhood Oktoberfest beer as we get down to business.

Run your own WoW shard for $88mill!
TF2 updates are coming!
Starcraft 2 is making money, who would have thought.
PSP 2 Touch?
Left 4 Dead 1/2 expansions in the works.
Games industry on the same path as the comics industry?
Intro song from Defcon, I think.

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25 Cent Play Podcast – 08/17/10

podcast — Wed, 18 Aug 2010 03:50:40 +0000

It took some doing due to an unnatural heat but, here it is! Join us this week as we brave the weather and an un-airconditioned room to babble on about video games. This time around we’re going talk about Team Fortress 2, Alien Swarm and some other stuff.

As always feel free to post a comment here on the site, over on twitter @25centplay or leave us a review on the iTunes music store.

25 Cent Play Podcast – 08/09/10

podcast — Mon, 09 Aug 2010 22:06:11 +0000

Happy 8-9-10 everyone! After a bit of work the laptop finally let go of the podcast we were going to put up last week. Anyway, since this weekend was rolled into “vacation time” we decided to put it up this week. So sit back and relax while we ramble on about Lucasarts and maybe throw in some Team Fortress 2 talk. See you next week when we resume our regular episodes.

25 Cent Play Podcast – 08/04/10

podcast — Wed, 04 Aug 2010 16:42:00 +0000

Opps. Vacation-cast episode three is not going to be airing this week due to some time off that the recording laptop is taking. We’ll return next week with regular shows, I think. This week feel free to listen to the break music.

25 Cent Play Podcast – 07/26/10

podcast — Mon, 26 Jul 2010 19:23:30 +0000

Alright, we’re back again with part two of “vacation-cast”! Here’s another chunk of our pre-Portland summer exodus recording. It’s a bit shorter then normal. This week we’re going to talk about traveling, upcoming games and maybe, just maybe, Team Fortress 2. As always, feel free to leave a comment here on the site, over on twitter @25centplay or on the iTunes music store. Now download this to your mp3 player and get out side while the sun is still out.

25 Cent Play Podcast – 07/19/10

podcast — Mon, 19 Jul 2010 21:03:26 +0000

Welcome to the start of our summer vacation episodes! For the next couple of weeks we’re going to have much shorter episodes. This week we’re going to be talking about whatever we’ve been playing and some other things, you’ll have to listen to find out. Anyway, enjoy the show and feel free to comment here on the blog, over on twitter @25centplay, or on the iTunes music store.

25 Cent Play Podcast – 07/13/10

podcast — Wed, 14 Jul 2010 06:59:25 +0000

Better late then never right? Due to birthdays, BBQ’s, the World Cup, the All Star game and sickness we did not record at our regularly scheduled time so, we’re posting a bit later then normal. Prepare to listen to us ramble on about the recently announced Dragon Age 2 and Team Fortress 2‘s Engineer update. We’re also keeping the show much shorter this time around as we slip into the summer season which means various trips over the US and Canada, don’t worry though we’ll still be getting some stuff posted.

As always feel free to leave us a comment here, over on Twitter @25centplay or in the iTunes music store.

25 Cent Play Podcast – 07/05/10

podcast — Mon, 05 Jul 2010 19:43:27 +0000

Hope everyone had a safe 4th of July! Now, it’s time to put down those hot dogs and join us once again as we ramble on about video games. This week we’re going to talk a little bit about Darksiders, the Steam 4th of July holiday sale, Guild Wars and of course Team Fortress 2! Our main topic this week is an user created content, we’re going to take a quick look at

Theme “defconmus2e” from Defcon by Introversion Software.
Source Adventurers Club
Kings Quest fan game The Silver Lining
Forget blood diamonds, what does your DS cost?
Team Fortress 2 Community items and web API and the Golden Wrench.
Play as Master Hand, finally!

As always feel free to leave a comment here on the blog, over on twitter @25centplay or through the iTunes music store.

Oh yeah and this week we’re having our first contest. In honor of blowing stuff up for the 4th we’re giving away two closed beta keys for the upcoming tank battle MMO World of Tanks. What do you need to win one? Well, simply follow us on twitter, @25centplay, then send send us a tweet letting us know you’d like one. The closed beta is currently scheduled to start on the 8th, so we’ll pick winners by Wednesday the 7th, 11:59 PM PST.

25 Cent Play Podcast – 06/28/10

podcast — Mon, 28 Jun 2010 19:02:47 +0000

Welcome back to another show! This week we’re going to ramble on about our current play list, Dragon Age, Counter-Strike: Source and of course Team Fortress 2, to name a few. After that we’re going take a broad look at hand held gaming over the years. As always feel free to drop us a comment here on the blog or through twitter @25centplay.

No opening theme this week – deal with it. Maybe next week.

25 Cent Play Podcast – 06/14/10

podcast — Mon, 14 Jun 2010 19:42:29 +0000

Back once again, and hopefully with the final edit of the show this week. Listen in as we ramble on about, you guessed it Team Fortress 2, Mass Effect 2 and maybe some Alan Wake. We’re also going to talk a bit about the now in full swing Electronic Entertainment Expo and then a bit about being a graphics whore.

As always feel free to leave us a comment here on the blog, over at iTunes or through Twitter @25centplay.

25 Cent Play Podcast – 06/07/10

podcast — Mon, 07 Jun 2010 18:52:20 +0000

Welcome back! We’re at it once again, this week we’re keeping it short-ish so Matt can get to a football/soccer game. Not surprisingly we’re going to cover all the normal stuff, Team Fortress 2 and Guild Wars. Maybe, we’ll even talk about one of the half dozen games Charlie has been playing or maybe not. We’re splitting our main topic with a short discussion on Metacritic ratings followed by some thoughts on the trend of “re-launching” MMO’s under the free to play model. Also, Pokemon!

Victory song from Pokemon Leaf Green/Fire Red.
Charlie’s new favorite game - Blacklight Tango.
Mainstreaming Mass Effect.
Arenanet showing playable Guild Wars 2 during upcoming conventions.
Lord of the Rings Online goes free to play.
Wii top 20.

As always, feel free to leave a comment here on the blog or over on Twitter, @25centplay, or leave a review over on iTunes.

25 Cent Play Podcast – 05/31/10

podcast — Mon, 31 May 2010 18:16:15 +0000

Welcome back for another show! We’re a bit long winded this week in honor of the long weekend. This time around listen as we talk more Red Dead Redemption, more Mass Effect 2 and this time actually discuss Bungie software’s Oni! In the second half of the show we take a walk up the Steam 100 to get an idea of what people play on a random Sunday in May.

Theme Shadow Mario from Super Mario Galaxy 2 soundtrack.
Which is better Street Fighter II or IV?
Pirates pirate Humble Indie Bundle, surprise no one.
Sony promises to slow pirate releases on upcoming PSP titles.
PacMan goobles up 4.82 Million hours.
Half-Life 2 released for Mac and updated on PC.
Guild Wars 2 link dump and an interesting article on the concept art.
COD Black Ops to return fan requested features.
Gamers and dreaming.

So, have a listen and feel free to comment here on the blog, over on Twitter, @25centplay, or even Facebook. You can also leave us a review through the iTunes music store if that’s your thing.

25 Cent Play Podcast – 05/23/10

podcast — Mon, 24 May 2010 18:23:19 +0000

It’s that time once again! We’re back with our tenth episode. Join us this week as we talk about Bungie software’s best game ever: Oni! Alright, we’re not really going to talk about Oni but, we will talk about Red Dead Redemption and almost fall into the hole that is Lost…

Theme Redemption In Dub from the Red Dead Redemption soundtrack.
Fable 3 coming to the PC after all.
CounterStrike: Source beta close up.
Objection! Phoenix Wright coming to the iPhone.
Sega classics PC bound.
More stuff added to Team Fortress 2.

As always, feel free to comment on the show here on the blog, over at Twitter @25centplay or on iTunes.

25 Cent Play Podcast – 05/16/10

podcast — Mon, 17 May 2010 18:40:08 +0000

Alright! We’re not going to let a little thing like sound issues or Firefox crashing stop us from bring you another show. This week we test the effects of recording earlier in the with no alcohol. Anyway, come and find out what we’ve been up to and listen in as we take our first look at game exploits.

Theme from Burgertime for the Nintendo Entertainment System
Crazy Dragon Quest Controller
The Airforce actually used PS3′s other OS feature
The Mac cake is still a lie
Steam and Portal on 4 different Macs
Fable 3 coming to Windows and PC
Not so fast says Microsoft
Rockstar cracks Max Payne 2 with the help of Myth
Piracy costs companies a couple of bucks
Used games more trouble then piracy

As always, feel free to leave a comment here on the blog, over on Twitter @25centplay, or you can email us at podcast at 25centplaydotcom or maybe give us a review on iTunes.

25 Cent Play Podcast – 04/26/10

podcast — Mon, 26 Apr 2010 17:40:09 +0000

Back once again to listen to Matt beat on the microphone in “confusment”. This week we managed to cut down the ramble a bit and bring running just over the two hour mark. See podcasting isn’t all that hard once you get the hang of it. Next week – Live Show! No not really. Anyway, listen as we discuss the merits of open and closed systems as it pertains to the video game market.

This weeks theme: Untrust Us by Crystal Castles
Lord of Ultima
Grow
Left 4 Dead 2
Final Liberation: Warhammer Epic 40,000
Assassins Creed II DRM Removed
Race for the Galaxy

As always, feel free to comment here on the site or send us a message through Steam or Twitter @25centplay.

25 Cent Play Podcast – 04/19/10

podcast — Mon, 19 Apr 2010 18:57:39 +0000

Looks like we made it to another show, even with some serious confusion about the date that we we’re recording on but, that’ll be another show, I think. Once again, we throw caution to the wind and ramble on for quite a while about the stuff that matters, XCOM and Team Fortress 2.

Theme: GMINTRO3.MID from UFO: Enemy Unknown (couldn’t find any Police Quest themes)
Our friend and yours Daryl F. Gates passed away.
Warhammer Online billing issues have happened before.
Crytek co-founder Cevat Yerli is not crazy about demos.
XCOM Announced - yay?
Xenonauts Announced – yay!
You got your Sam and Max in my TF2!
NighTeam Dot Com

Feel free to post a comment below or you can get us via Twitter, @25centplay.

25 Cent Play Podcast – 04/12/10

podcast — Mon, 12 Apr 2010 19:00:49 +0000

Here we go again – we’re back for another podcast. Join us this week as we talk about EA’s MMO billing failure, iPhone OS 4 and some other stuff before moving into our main topic. This time around we’re talking a little bit about game mechanics. What works, what doesn’t and what we want to see more of. So get comfortable and get ready for a long one as we blow past our target length with the help of a few cold beverages.

Opening from the Shin Megami Tensei – Strange Journey soundtrack.
Bridgeport’s Hop Czar.
iPhone OS 4
On the Rain-Slick Precipice of Darkness
Warhammer Online
Dawn of War 2
Lead and Gold
BrettspilWelt

As always feel free to send questions to us on Twitter @25centplay or comment on this post.

25 Cent Play Podcast – 04/05/10

podcast — Mon, 05 Apr 2010 17:21:55 +0000

And we’re back, after taking a week off due to fantasy baseball we’ve returned – to talk about fantasy baseball. This week listen along as we also ramble on about the death of PC gaming, as we discuss the current state of the console market and weather that’s holding back development in the PC space. You might even hear one of us slander the Xbox 360, don’t tell the fan boys.

This week’s “theme”: It’s Garry Shandling’s Show
NVIDIA’s Fermi: So much potential, so little software support
Steam Hardware Survey
Off-Road Velociraptor Safari
Unity 3D
Quake Live
Google Shows How HTML5 Can Run Quake In The Browser

As always feel free to leave any comments or questions here or over on Twitter @25centplay.

25 Cent Play Podcast – 03/21/10

podcast — Mon, 22 Mar 2010 07:39:54 +0000

Looks like we’re two for two! The second podcast is in the bag. Had some issues getting it mixed properly but I guess that’s the down side of putting together last weeks episode after a handful of drinks. Anyway, join us as we discuss the merits of the DQ Blizzard and the move toward software as a service in the game industry. Feel free to leave a comment here or over on Twitter, @25centplay.

Links:

Theme: Interior Crocodile Alligator by Chip tha Ripper
Dairy Queen
Pure Pwnage
TF2 community content
Steamworks
25 Cent Play Steam Group

25 Cent Play Podcast – 03/15/10

podcast — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 15:42:10 +0000

And here it is the episode you’ll probably only hear if you go back and listen to it once we’ve possibly got a few listeners. The recording levels were a bit off but, it’s not too bad for a first attempt. Anyway, join us for our first rambling talk about video games, sequels and even Blade Runner.

Also, if anyone as a good idea for a theme song drop us a line via the comments or on Twitter, @25centplay.