Hey Got Gamers!
Like we’ve said a million times before, we rarely have enough time to fit everything we do into each week’s show; but never has that been as true as it is this week. We literally had to leave half a show’s worth of material on the cutting room floor because of time restrictions. Heck, this week we had to drop a whole interview, that we did with Kevin O’Leary, regarding Battlefield Bad Company 2.
However, on the bright side, that means we can now present you with this week’s extended edition of the Got Game podcast, which you can find in the audio file below this sentence.
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On this week’s show we spent a lot of time talking about God of War 3. You’ll have to listen to our show to get an idea of what we think about the game, but Zack and Momin spent a bit of time talking about what the event itself looked like. I think they both did a good job describing it, but a picture always speaks a 1000 words. Therefore, to give you a full mental image, here are a few actual images.
We also spent a lot of time reviewing games during this show, but that’s because we had 3 major ones to get through. Zack and Ken started us off by putting MLB 10: The Show and MLB 2K10 into a head to head match. Which one hits a home run? Well the show will answer that question.
And because some people prefer rifles to melee combat, we also reviewed EA’s FPS: Battlefield Bad Company 2. A game that above everything else, needs far better trailers. Then again, perhaps the trailers are fine, and the real problem is that there is no way to live up to these golden nuggets that EA used to advertise the first game?
Although, now that I think about it, the original game had great trailers, but bad game play; could Bad Company 2 be a great game with terrible trailers? We know that answer, and you can too if you listen to the show.
We also talked to entertainment lawyer Emmanuel Evdemon about the Activision/Infinity Ward situation. It is true that no one will know anything concrete for a while, because both parties are keeping their cards close to their chests; but just like a game of Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney, Emmanuel helps us look through those events and tells us they could possibly mean.
He may even be the greatest guest of all time (at least from our point of view) because he did some leg work for us, so that we could direct everyone to check out this old Gamasutra article from years before Got Game even existed. The article focuses on another legal battle that Activision had over the Call of Duty franchise, and even provides a copy of that game’s development contract and some lawyer commentary. Now normally I find reading a contract as enjoyable as a trip to the dentist, but I have to admit that this article really gives you a good look into the corporate mind of Activision.
All that, plus gaming news, and more can be found by listening to this week’s GOT GAME!
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