Episode 3 Show Notes...9-22-2010
a) News game/industry
SEE Virtual Worlds and the Michael Jackson Estate have announced they are teaming up to bring a new MMO based on Michael Jackson
Read more: http://www.techradar.com/news/gaming/michael-jackson-mmo-planet-michael-announced-718285#ixzz10C181Vaj
Read more: http://www.techradar.com/news/gaming/michael-jackson-mmo-planet-michael-announced-718285#ixzz10C181Vaj
"a massive social gaming experience" with "collaborative in-game activities," set in "an immersive virtual space themed after iconic visuals drawn from Michael’s music, his life and the global issues that concerned him.
Somehow folks have forgotten that while Michael Jackson is a pop icon, he also has a -ahem- sordid history involving young children, which makes an free-to-play, family-friendly MMO the perfect place to folks to meet and mingle..."Real Game Names that might work better? – Wild Woody, Tech-Romancer, Jammer Lammy, Spanky's Quest, Sticky Balls, Wargasm, Nutz and Milk, Irritating stick..
http://www.gamerevolution.com/features/worst_game_names
b) Game of the week:
Improved FF? Yes, but is there anything new?
Vast world for exploring
Class of Classes - Whatever you have equipped in your hands determines what class you are at any given moment. So as long as you have a sword in your hand, you're a gladiator. Swap that for a two-handed axe, and you become a marauder. Use a wand for a while and you're a thaumaturge, and so forth. As you level with a given weapon, you unlock skills at a fairly steady interval, and the vast majority of skills can be used by any class.
Crafting - There are also no built-in recipes for players to select from -- you select your materials first, and the game will inform you what (if anything) can be made from those resources. Mini-game madness, again nothing new.
Detailed graphics This is where FFXIV shines
Controller based game, mouse is clunky
Fatigue – Experience throttle? We shall see... c) PC Retro:
Leisure Suit Larry is a series of adventure games written by Al Lowe and published by Sierra from 1987 to 2009. The character, whose full name is Larry Laffer, is a balding, dorky, double entendre-speaking, leisure suit-wearing (but still somewhat lovable) "loser" in his 40s. The games follow him as he spends much of his life trying (usually unsuccessfully) to seduce attractive women.
http://sarien.net/ - we will attempt to play live on air.
Music/Song/Artist topics of the week.
a) News from the pit
Leonard Skinner - the basketball coach and gym teacher who inspired the name of the Southern rock band Lynyrd Skynyrd, died Monday in Florida, his daughter said. He was 77.
b) Artist/Song of the week:
(born Jeffrey Phillip Wielandt; January 14, 1967 in Bayonne, New Jersey) is an American musician and songwriter, who is best known as the former guitarist for Ozzy Osbourne and founder of the heavy metal band Black Label Society. He was the lead guitarist and vocalist in Pride & Glory, who released one self-titled album in 1994 before disbanding. As a solo artist he released Book of Shadows in 1996.
Signature Sound- Zakk Wylde is a personal favorite.
Video games
Wylde recorded a guitar duel for the video game Guitar Hero: World Tour. He also appears as a playable character performing the songs Stillborn and, along with Ozzy Osbourne, Crazy Train and Mr. Crowley.
Some of Wylde's signature guitars have been for sale to play with throughout the Guitar Hero series. These include "The Grail", "The Camo Grail", and "The Buzzsaw".
Wylde was featured in the first Guitar Hero with the studio version recording of Fire it Up.
c) Singing Yin and Yang:
The Ozark Mountain Daredevils are a country rock band formed in 1972 in Springfield, Missouri, USA. They are most widely known for their singles "If You Wanna Get To Heaven" in 1974 and "Jackie Blue" in 1975.
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