After two failed attempts at sending RPadholic SlickyFats a magnet, he finally has one!!! You see boys and girls, persistence pays off. Ha! Anyway, here’s the photo he sent over.
If any of you don’t have magnets, please let me know. I have a few left and would love to send you one (note to self: buy more stamps). If you already have magnets and want to send in new photos, please do. Photos of an Rpad.tv magnet attached to an exotic dancer get priority (just kidding).
Google has been one of the biggest proponents of HTML5 and it continues to champion the standard with drag-and-drop attachments for Gmail. Currently enabled on a rolling basis for Gmail users on Google Chrome and Firefox 3.6, this nifty bit of tech adds convenience to the file-attachment process.
Sadly, none of my Gmail accounts have this feature enabled at the time of this writing. Please let me know if it’s working for you. If so, what do you think?
I’d like to say that I’m going to jump right back into Final Fantasy XIII
How about you guys and dolls? What are you playing this weekend?
There were so many excellent things I didn’t get to write about while I was in Asia. The two biggest — at least, that I can recall — were Apple refreshing its MacBook Pro line and Nintendo announcing Pokemon Black/White.
As for the new MacBook Pros, the 15- and 17-inch models get some excellent Intel i5 and i7 processors, while all models get new Nvidia graphics chips. Sadly, the 13-inch model doesn’t get any i5 love. I suppose that just makes my decision easier though. Ha!
The new Pokemon games promise to be the biggest leap the series has taken in a long, long time. From what I’ve seen and read, the differences should be plentiful, but the core gameplay will remain. Considering that this is one of my favorite series of all time, I’m super excited for this.
Out of curiosity, I wanted to see what you thought the biggest news was while I was hopping around Asia.
The first clip of this episode was the season’s most popular. A bunch of girls parading around in bikinis equals traffic. Who knew. Anyway, here’s the show!
Part 1 — I went down to Vegas to catch Sony Online Entertainment’s “Quest for Antonia” modeling contest for EverQuest. I was totally rooting for the gamer girl to win, but she fell just a tad short. Check out these interviews with the contestants, as well as lots of footage of them strutting their stuff. Oh, I almost forgot! Blair Herter was one of the judges in this contest.
Part 2 — Here’s a fun clip for fans of Quantic Dream and Heavy Rain. It’s about the company’s previous title, Indigo Prophecy. I was high on the game from the start and it ended up being one of my favorites for the original Xbox. It’s fun taking a look back at it and seeing how the company’s style has progressed with Heavy Rain.
Part 3 — My pals EGM Mark and 1Up Jane return to Yahoo! Studios. This time we talk about the political heat games were getting at the time. Remember, this was around GTA “Hot Coffee” time. Soon after that, other titles were getting scrutinized. Gettin’ Up: Contents Under Pressure, 25 to Life, and The Sims were just a few of the games feeling the heat (make a Power Station joke please).
Hello guys and gals! Thanks for keeping the site moving while I’m away. Things will be back to normal (whatever that means) soon! I’m currently typing away in the Cathay Pacific lounge in Hong Kong, waiting for my flight to Los Angeles. I’ll be back on Thursday night and will crank out a bunch of content on Friday.
Asia has been fantastic on several levels, but I really miss you guys!!!
Today’s question: how are you doing?
There’s not a whole lot going on this week in terms of game releases. The only interesting title I see is Splinter Cell: Conviction
Are any of you picking up Splinter Cell: Conviction? Or are you picking up an older game or a title I forgot about?
Conan O’Brien’s search for a new home is over! The popular late-night host (that was completely dicked over by NBC) will be hosting an 11PM show for TBS. The network currently runs a late show hosted by George Lopez; when the time comes, Lopez Tonight will be moved to the midnight slot. Here’s the skinny from Variety:
In a surprise announcement, TBS revealed this morning that the former Tonight Show host would join the cabler in the 11 p.m. time slot this November.
Lopez Tonight, which currently airs there, will shift to midnight. Like Lopez, the as-yet untitled O’Brien show will air four days a week, Mondays through Thursdays.
One interesting rumor was that O’Brien’s managers were considering an Xbox Live show. How crazy would that have been?!? For now, I’d love to know what you think of Conan’s move. Do you think TBS has a winner with the Conan/Lopez combo?
Thanks for keeping the site going while I’m away. My trip is almost over and things will be back on a regular schedule soon. For now, I wanted to ask what you’d do if you had one week in Asia. For the sake of context, I’m going to assume you’ll want to include some gamer-related activities in your Asian vacation. Would you want to checked out the Internet cafes in Taiwan? Visit game companies in Japan? Or maybe catch a professional StarCraft match at a stadium in Korea?
Welcome to Coffee Talk! Let’s start off the day by discussing whatever is on your (nerd chic) mind. Every morning I’ll kick off a discussion and I’m counting on you to participate in it. If you’re not feelin’ my topic, feel free to start a chat with your fellow readers and see where it takes you. Whether you’re talking about videogames, JR’s excellent chipotle ketchup, Gilbert Arenas’ adventures in a halfway house, or Tiger Woods’ return to golf, Coffee Talk is the place to do it.
Thanks for keeping the site going while I’m away. My trip is almost over and things will be back on a regular schedule soon. For now, I wanted to ask what you’d do if you had one week in Asia. For the sake of context, I’m going to assume you’ll want to include some gamer-related activities in your Asian vacation. Would you want to checked out the Internet cafes in Taiwan? Visit game companies in Japan? Or maybe catch a professional StarCraft match at a stadium in Korea?
There are so many different and diverse gaming activities in Asia. In some countries, consoles are king. In other countries, online gaming at Internet shops is where it’s at. Professional gaming in Korea is one of the most unique phenomenons I’ve ever come across; pro gamers have corporate sponsors, have their own baseball cards, and are pretty big celebrities in the country. So if I had to pick, I’d love to watch a professional train for a tournament and watch him/her compete in it.
Now it’s your turn! What would you do during your Asian gaming vacation?
For the longest time, this was my favorite episode of Reset. The first segment is one of the best things I’ve ever done. It’s also a little nostalgic since I ended up living with two of the people in the clip. Anyway, please check it out and let me know what you think!
Part 1 — Ah, the “Table of Truth”! At the time of this Midway event, I was annoyed that all the people available for interviews were publisher producers. I was hoping for people from the dev teams. I called an angst-filled audible and decided to talk about these Midway games with my journalist friends…but I waited until they were sauced. Watch EGM Shane Bettenhausen, G4TV Ted Regulski, and super freelancer Christian Nutt talk about games over several drinks. I love this clip and I really hope you enjoy it.
Part 2 — This was a fun Atari trip to Austin. I interviewed Shiny’s David Perry on The Matrix: The Path of Neo and Atari’s Kyle Peschel on TimeShift. I know a few of you are longtime Dave Perry fans. I’m pretty sure my arm was really sore from interviewing two really tall dudes. Ha! That’s what I get for preferring stick mics over lavs.
Part 3 — Here’s a week in the life of me! I went to three press events in a week, starting in Austin, going to Chicago, and ending up in Las Vegas. I got some flack for this segment for being too “insider”. I thought it was kind of neat to show people what it was like to attend a press event and hear some of the stuff I actually say to journalists. It’s a little long, but it’s a different kind of fun too. I vaguely remember a bunch of us getting hammered in downtown Austin. The bus back to the hotel broke down and we had to hang out on the lawn of an office park for a couple of hours until a replacement came. Good times.
