Episode 38: {CENSORED}

January 18th, 2012

Episode 38: {CENSORED}

- In this episode of {CENSORED} we ask {CENSORED} to join us because was not able to join us do to a sore throat and no voice, and we thought seamen coated the throat… We also talk about the top 5 games of {CENSORED} and what we think will be the top 5 games of {CENSORED} might just be. And funny, only one person mentioned Halo 4. We also talk about assault rifles versus shotguns. Enjoy the .

SR:III and Gears 3 DLC Releases on January 17

http://www.joystiq.com/2012/01/10/coming-to-xbox-live-saints-row-3-and-magic-dlc-tower-defense-d/

EPIC Against SOPA

http://www.joystiq.com/2012/01/05/esa-member-epic-games-speaks-out-against-sopa/

FIFA XBL “Hacks” Continue

http://www.joystiq.com/2012/01/04/xbox-live-fifa-hack-concerns-continue-to-escalate-microsoft-s/

Windows Live Login Flaw

http://www.joystiq.com/2012/01/13/windows-live-login-suggested-as-xbox-live-security-flaw/#continued

No PS4 at E3 2012

http://www.joystiq.com/2012/01/11/too-soon-no-plans-for-next-playstation-at-e3-hirai-says/

Army Game’s Official Peripherals HOT!

http://www.joystiq.com/2012/01/05/cta-digitals-official-us-army-game-accessories-are-all-they-can/

XBL Avatar’s Can Now Have Tattoo’s

http://www.joystiq.com/2012/01/04/xbox-live-avatar-tattoos-now-available/

Episode 37: GotY – Game of the Year

December 30th, 2011

Episode 37: GotY – Game of the Year

- In this episode of MAHG, we break new ground. We make dirty and rude comments, talk about lesbian porn, and make jokes about penis sizes…okay, so we didn’t break new ground. Anyway, we talk about the Games of the Year, Disappointment of the Year, and things we are looking forward to in the new year. Oh, and I vow never to bring up SOPA again. Not because it can’t be talked about, but we inevitably begin talking about the eroding civil liberties that we constantly have to endure. Enjoy.
Fortnite

http://www.joystiq.com/2011/12/10/epic-games-announces-fortnite/

Last of Us

http://kotaku.com/5867274/everything-we-know-about-the-last-of-us

Episode 36: Uncultured Swine

December 3rd, 2011

Episode 36: Uncultured Swine

- On this episode of Mad As Hell Gamers, the trio of terror talk about the dangers of good lesbian porn, Yoohoo shitters and funny comedians. Enjoy the show and listen for the frog at the end. Peace-out!

Apple and Microsoft In Support of SOPA

http://www.joystiq.com/2011/11/20/apple-and-microsoft-join-nintendo-et-al-in-support-of-internet-c/

Then Backs off

http://www.joystiq.com/2011/11/23/business-software-alliance-speaks-out-against-sopa/

http://www.tomshardware.com/news/bsa-piracy-stop-online-piracy-act-sopa-software,14094.html

Congress Not in Support of SOPA: Nancy Pelosi (Dem), Darrell Issa (Rep), and Ron Paul (Rep). They state it will not pass. Lamar Hunt is creator and the problem.
New SOPA Bill With Citizen Feedback

http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2011/12/sopa-on-the-ropes-bipartisan-alternative-to-net-censorship-emerges.ars

Cheating and Boosting Bans Come to Battlefield 3 and MW3

http://www.joystiq.com/2011/11/14/battlefield-3-bans-issued-across-all-platforms/

http://www.joystiq.com/2011/11/21/call-of-duty-modern-warfare-3-bans-affect-1-600-users/

Class Action Lawsuit for EA Over Lack of BF1943 in BF3

http://www.joystiq.com/2011/11/19/ea-facing-class-action-lawsuit-over-lack-of-bf-1943-in-bf3/

Dev’s Game Metacritic Reveiws for Jurassic Park: The Game, Has Happened Before

http://arstechnica.com/gaming/news/2011/11/jurassic-park-devs-tried-to-game-user-reviews-but-who-doesnt.ars

GameStop’s Console Streaming Plan…WTF?

http://www.joystiq.com/2011/11/21/gamestops-console-streaming-service-will-require-retail-game-pu/

Verizon FIOS Coming to Xbox 360

http://www.joystiq.com/2011/11/29/verizon-fios-kicking-off-xbox-360-streaming-tv-with-26-channels/

Consoles are doomed?

http://www.industrygamers.com/news/game-industry-legends-richard-garriott-de-cayeux/

Halo Helljumper

http://www.joystiq.com/2011/11/20/halo-helljumper-is-a-fanmade-series-that-looks-like-a-hollywood/

Episode 35: Letting Ranger Finish

November 18th, 2011

Episode 35: Letting Ranger Finish

- In this episode, we talk about the Miss Universe pageant, losing man card’s, wishing the Xbox a happy 10 year anniversary and debate the difference between cheating, glitching and boosting/exploiting. We also talk about Battlefield 3, Modern Warfare, DLC gouging, and Saints Row: the Third. Enjoy the show.

SOPA/Protect IP

http://money.cnn.com/2011/11/16/technology/sopa/index.htm

https://www.eff.org/

http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2011/10/house-takes-senates-bad-internet-censorship-bill-makes-it-worse.ars

Borderlands 2 to Feature NPC After Fan Who Dies of Cancer

http://www.joystiq.com/2011/11/05/gearbox-and-claptrap-honor-late-borderlands-fan-with-eulogy-npc/

Used and Digital Sales Take Up 35% of Console Market in US

http://www.joystiq.com/2011/11/07/report-used-and-digital-sales-make-up-35-of-total-console-spen/

Madden Curse STRIKES AGAIN! Peyton Hillis Injured

http://www.joystiq.com/2011/11/05/this-madden-curse-might-actually-be-a-real-thing-peyton-hillis/

Programming for the 360 is Not Dead, Still a Lot That Can Be Done

http://www.joystiq.com/2011/11/09/bleszinski-code-magic-can-still-squeeze-power-out-of-360/

NextBox Rumors

http://www.joystiq.com/2011/11/09/rumor-next-xbox-to-be-windows-powered-going-apple-route/

“In summation: The next Xbox will release in 2012, 2013 or 2014, it will have processors, run Silverlight and will use either Windows 8 or Windows 9. Hopefully that clears everything up.”
Steam Hacked, Credit Card Info Comprimised

http://arstechnica.com/gaming/news/2011/11/valve-confirms-steam-hack-credit-cards-personal-info-may-be-stolen.ars

Nickled and Dimed for Good Reason

November 10th, 2011

I have recently become VERY fed up with the way the industry has been going in the past few years and there is nothing I can do about it. And I see the future: you want to fire that gun? Extra $1.00 to unlock. You want to play team death match? Extra $5.00 to unlock. Want that map pack that is already on the disc? Extra $10.00 to unlock. This last one, is already true.

It’s getting ludicrous the amount of money we have to pay for a game these days. Case in point would be Gears of War 3. One of the most polished, well designed and feature rich games on the Xbox 360. It’s a beautiful game, and considering that it’s only on a DVD-9 disc (Right?) you would think that they couldn’t fit in everything that they wanted. They have Horde Mode, which is competitive co-op with up-to 5 players. Beast Mode, a five player co-op strategy game. A multitude of Versus game types. A feature rich campaign mode that includes an Arcade version of the campaign, where up to four friends can compete for the most amount of points, not to mention four different difficulty levels, which can be applied to all the game types in versus, Beast, Horde and campaign. All of that for $60 (Could be $150 if you bought the Epic Edition with the statue). It is really great bang for your buck.

But now, there’s DLC. And a LOT of it. For $24 more, you can purchase the Season Pass to get the (at least) first four DLC packs. Okay… $45 more for all 22 weapon skin unlocks. In terms of rip-offs, it’s getting a little warmer. But the Season Pass is a good deal. Normally those four packs would be around $50 total (two packs at $10, and two packs at $50). So, to extend the life of the game, I need to pay at least $84 (that’s not including the Epic Edition that I purchased at $150). But here is where the REAL gouging occurs: Epic is making you pay $24 for a season pass for content that is ALREADY ON THE DISC! That’s right, they pre-loaded the disc with extra content that you have to pay to access. In other words, you already paid for it once, and now you are paying for it again. I’ve already seen this with EA and their Battlefield Bad Company games, but I thought Epic was better than this. Of course, I could be wrong, and Epic could have really gotten good about compression and compressed three new maps, three new character skins, and a bunch of new features in Horde into a 1.04 MB download.

Is it me or is this a PRIME example of how greedy the gaming industry is getting? But wait, it gets worse. EA is requiring people either buy their game new or pay $10 for an online pass in order to play their games online. This was started by Activision, but the industry as a whole took it up in a heartbeat and it seems to be very successful. So, even with this very successful model, they still seem intent on doing things that REALLY piss off their customer base. For instance, yesterday, they announced that Battlefield 4 would be coming out in the future. Battlefield 3 hasn’t been out in the hands of gamers for a month, and they already announced a successor? Another thing that really stings home right now, is the fact that Battlefield 3 has had some of the worst server issues in recorded history, including being down for three days the week it was released. But the biggest issue that I have with Battlefield 3 is the lobby. It has to be the worst one I have every used. Why they couldn’t have, at a minimum, used the lobby from Bad Company 2 is beyond reasoning. For that reason alone, I will not be purchasing Battlefield 4. I refuse to spend the limited gaming time that I have, waiting to get into room that my friends are in.

I would say that Activision announcing that there would be 20 DLC packs for Modern Warfare 3 (MW3) is ground-breaking news, but I was still a little shocked to see that amount. I personally see MW3 as a $60 expansion pack to Modern Warfare 2, but that’s my own personal option. But 20 DLC packs? Are they going to charge $5 per pack? That is $100 extra all packs. How about $10 a pack? That’s $200 extra all packs. Grand total for the game = $260 for the life of that game.

I would be a little less offended by all this, but there is something else that is bothering me. The publishers/developers/gaming companies just don’t want to listen to customer feedback anymore. And for this, I blame Apple. That’s right Apple Computers. That company, beyond all else, is famous for setting a standard and if you don’t agree, you could go fuck yourself. They don’t care about bad press and making a customer unhappy. They do their own thing, and if you don’t like it, tough, buy somewhere/something else. These game companies that are churning out these hit games that are selling millions and raking in 100’s of millions of dollars just don’t give a crap because they know we’ll buy it.

Activision knows that Modern Warefare will sell 10 million copies so they can charge what they want for whatever price they want and people will still buy it. Epic knows that people will still buy Gears of War 3, so they did the very shitty thing of putting the content on the disc and then having you pay to unlock it. EA knows that it can break the lobby of Battlefield 3, and let the servers go to shit the first week because they know that people will buy the game, even though we know it has problems. What I find funny about this is that @MajorNelson himself asked the publisher about a feature to quit the game before having to go into the next room, which wasn’t included on Battlefield 3, and the developer responded “Why would you want to leave the game?” and completely ignore the question otherwise.

Of course there will be bug fixes, and so fourth, but the real bug is they don’t care about the features we want. They only care about the features we’ll spend our money on. We need to send the gaming companies a message that we want a good user experience for a fair price. But what can really be done to get this message across? Nothing, because no matter how many of these blog posts that I write, someone out there is willing to spend $200 on map packs for Modern Warfare 3. And that, right there, is why developers and publishers shouldn’t give a shit about what we think and charge extra for add-ons.

Episode 34: WTF EA?

October 30th, 2011

Episode 34: WTF EA?

- In our first episode in a month, we come back and talk about the most important things in life: Skydiving sex video’s. We also talk about how Netflix goes back on Qwikster, RedBox’s raising prices and offering streaming, and Blockbusters possible return.

Gears 3 1st DLC Details

http://www.joystiq.com/2011/10/11/gears-of-war-3-horde-command-dlc-detailed-by-x-play/

Gears 3 2nd DLC Details

http://www.joystiq.com/2011/10/20/gears-of-war-3-ventures-into-raams-shadow-dlc-in-december/

Halo Waypoint Atlas

http://www.joystiq.com/2011/10/17/halo-waypoint-adding-atlas-a-multiplayer-gps-tracker/

House of the Dead Overkill Extended Edition

http://arstechnica.com/gaming/news/2011/10/ps3-house-of-the-dead-overkill-extended-edition-offers-move-3d-zombies-girls.ars

Hackers Attempt to Break PSN…and Fail

http://arstechnica.com/gaming/news/2011/10/sony-suffers-another-psn-breach-with-93000-accounts-temporarily-compromised.ars

Sony to Offer “Special Price” for Vita Downloads of UMD’s Already Purchased

http://www.joystiq.com/2011/10/13/sony-looking-into-umd-download-discount-for-vita-hedging-about/

Xbox Live Users Suffering Hack’s

http://arstechnica.com/gaming/news/2011/10/xbox-live-users-experiencing-hacked-accounts-fifa-11-and-12-purchases.ars

Rant Worth Listening Too

Sony PS3 ad

Honor Flight

Episode 33: Gears of Plenty

September 29th, 2011

Episode 33: Gears of Plenty

- In this episode, we talk about GameStop employees and what they do in their bathrooms, and video games. Which did you enjoy the most?

Car Soccer and other Top Gear Shenanigans in Forza 4

http://jalopnik.com/5825683/top-gear-and-forza-4-from-car-soccer-to-car-bowling

Netflix to Offer Game Rentals

http://arstechnica.com/media/news/2011/09/netflix-dvd-mailing-service-to-split-off-and-become-qwikster.ars

Xbox Getting HBOGo, Comcast and Verizon Content

http://www.joystiq.com/2011/09/29/bloomberg-xbox-live-getting-comcast-verizon-access-expects-hb/

EA Made $10-$15 Million off Online Passes

http://www.joystiq.com/2011/09/09/ea-has-made-10-15-million-off-online-pass/

Science Waste Ten Years on a Problem – Gamers Solve It in Three Weeks:

http://blastr.com/2011/09/gamers-solve-problem-in-3.php

http://fold.it/portal/

GameStop Launching Android Tablet

http://www.joystiq.com/2011/09/12/gamestop-launching-branded-android-gaming-tablet-next-year/

Sony Forcing Arbitration with Latest Mandatory Update:

http://arstechnica.com/gaming/news/2011/09/mandatory-ps3-update-removes-right-to-join-in-a-class-action-lawsuit.ars

There Is A Way To Opt-Out.
PS VITA – Proprietary Memory and Shitty Battery Life:

http://arstechnica.com/gaming/news/2011/09/sony-saddles-vita-with-expensive-proprietary-memory-and-short-battery-life.ars

PSN Fell in the Woods and No One Was Around…Did Anyone Notice

http://www.joystiq.com/2011/09/21/psa-psn-is-down-sonys-working-to-resolve-the-issue/

Follow this account on Twitter – it’s more entertaining than Kevin Butler:

https://twitter.com/#!/KazHiraiSCE

Dynamite Hacks – Boys in the Hood

Floppy Darth Side March

Chuck Testa:

A Super Bomb:

Episode 32: Pasties Be Good

September 7th, 2011

Episode 32: Pasties Be Good

- In this episode, we talk about wive’s and what they order off the internet. What does yours order? Enjoy.

Aliens: Colonial Marines features Drop-In/Drop-Out 4-Player Co-Op…SOLD!

http://forums.gearboxsoftware.com/showthread.php?t=122318

Gears of War 3 To Get Season Pass for DLC

http://www.joystiq.com/2011/08/29/gears-of-war-3-gets-30-season-pass-first-dlc-in-november/

Why there are no Porsches in Forza 4 (or GT for that reason):

http://jalopnik.com/5834310/why-arent-there-porsches-in-forza-4

GameStop Removing OnLive Codes from Copies of Physical Games

http://arstechnica.com/gaming/news/2011/08/report-gamestop-opening-deus-ex-copies-removing-free-game-code.ars

- A ploy to keep you from using OnLive – GameStop spokesperson Beth Sharum confirmed the practice, telling Ars that “Square Enix packed the competitor’s coupon with our DXHR product without our prior knowledge and we did pull these coupons.”
Now GameStop Has Pulled Dues Ex From Store Shelves

http://www.joystiq.com/2011/08/24/gamestop-pulls-deus-ex-human-revolution-pc-versions-from-shelve/

GameStop Offering Gift Card to Those Affected

http://arstechnica.com/gaming/news/2011/08/gamestop-apologies-to-deus-ex-buyers-offers-50-gift-cards.ars

MyExtraLife

http://www.myextralife.com/comic/only-they-get-away-with-it/

No Cross-Game Chat on the PS3…EVER!

http://ps3.ign.com/articles/118/1189293p1.html

Playstation Home To Get Redesign

http://arstechnica.com/gaming/news/2011/08/playstation-home-getting-a-redesign-to-focus-on-social-games.ars

Star Wars Console To Be Delayed

http://www.joystiq.com/2011/08/24/kinect-star-wars-and-inspired-console-bundle-to-miss-holiday/

People Watching Gamers in Bars

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424053111904070604576516462736084234.html

Borderlands 2 Gameplay

Episode 31: Yes, That Just Happened

August 19th, 2011

Episode 31: Yes, That Just Happened

- This episode is perhaps the worst and most disgusting episode ever…and that’s no exaggeration. We talk about projectile vomiting, diarrhea, and Sparkstalker’s taste in women’s jewelry. We also talk about games, and charity events…and yes, that did JUST HAPPEN! SHAKE AND BAKE!

Twisted Metal Delayed ‘Till 2012

http://www.joystiq.com/2011/08/05/twisted-metal-pushed-to-early-2012-worldwide/

Duke Nukem Was Profitable

http://www.joystiq.com/2011/08/08/duke-nukem-forever-was-profitable-for-take-two-ceo-says/

Borderlands 2 Details…No Mention of Flying Vehicles

http://www.joystiq.com/2011/08/06/borderlands-2-starring-salvador-the-dwarf-and-a-dump-of-new-det/

Counter Strike Coming to XBLA and PSN

http://www.joystiq.com/2011/08/12/rumor-new-counter-strike-project-in-the-works-titled-global-of/

Gears 3 Campaign Preview

http://www.joystiq.com/2011/08/15/gears-of-war-3-campaign-preview-end-of-the-world-baby/

PS Vita Will Miss Holiday Season

http://arstechnica.com/gaming/news/2011/08/the-playstation-vita-will-launch-after-christmas-in-us-and-europe.ars

Sony Drops PS3 Price by $50

http://www.joystiq.com/2011/08/16/ps3-price-cut-to-250/

NFL Sunday Ticket Comes to PS3

http://www.joystiq.com/2011/08/17/directv-teams-up-with-ps3-for-sunday-nfl-ticket/

Some Small New Xbox Dashboard Details

http://www.joystiq.com/2011/08/11/xboxs-david-dennis-on-july-npds-kinect-growth-and-the-new-da/

Princess Leia Comparison

http://www.nitrolicious.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/princess-leia-metal-bikini-570×790.jpg

http://s3.hubimg.com/u/3149814_f520.jpg

http://www.wolfgnards.com/media/blogs/photos/miscellaneous/slave_leia.jpg

Since I mentioned it on the show – Brooklyn Brewery’s The Concoction:

http://www.brooklynbrewery.com/blog/2011/05/27/announcing-the-brooklyn-concoction-nee-tonic/

YouTube Gems
Anne Hathaway Raps

Jim Breuer About Alcohol

Jim Norton on Fox 5 Atlanta

Episode 30: Sombrero’s and Strippers

August 4th, 2011

Episode 30: Sombrero’s and Strippers

- With a sad heart, do we bring you this show. We talk about the tourist trap called South of the Border, midget strippers, and Zombie Strippers and how there is no nudity in strip clubs in the state of Virginia. We also get in some game news, which was plentiful. Thanks for listening and enjoy.

BORDERLANDS 2 CONFIRMED!

http://www.2kgames.com/blog/borderlands-just-got-a-helluva-lot-more-badass-announcing-borderlands-2

BulletStorm Didn’t Make Money but “Was Worth It”

http://kotaku.com/5823810/bulletstorm-didnt-make-money-but-it-was-worth-it

Star Wars Xbox Kinect Bundle $449

http://majornelson.com/2011/07/21/limited-edition-star-wars-console/

3Ds Drops $80 in Price…Bad for Nintendo

http://arstechnica.com/gaming/news/2011/07/3ds-drops-to-16999-in-august-early-adopters-given-free-games.ars

Nintendo Heads Take Pay Cut

http://www.joystiq.com/2011/07/29/iwata-taking-50-pay-cut-over-3ds-performance/

Avatar Kinect Is Free…Until 9/8, Here Is A Review

http://arstechnica.com/gaming/reviews/2011/07/the-loneliest-talk-show-host-ars-tests-out-avatar-kinect-on-the-xbox-360.ars

EA’s $25 Season Pass Details

http://arstechnica.com/gaming/news/2011/08/eas-season-ticket-program-gets-you-early-games-cheaper-dlc.ars

ESA Wants 1.1 Million from California for SCOTUS Battle

http://www.joystiq.com/2011/07/25/esa-wants-1-1-million-reimbursement-from-california-for-scotus/

Prices Rising on XBLA

http://www.joystiq.com/2011/07/24/xbla-prices-slowly-rising-says-microsoft/

Guitar Hero Provides Lesson on What Not To Do

http://www.joystiq.com/2011/07/23/bobby-kotick-talks-guitar-and-dj-hero-the-fall-and-the-coming-r/

How to Kill Your PC Ported Game

http://arstechnica.com/gaming/news/2011/08/ars-guide-how-to-ruin-your-pc-port-in-five-easy-steps.ars

Diablo 3 Will Use Real Cash In-Game

http://arstechnica.com/gaming/news/2011/08/diablo-3-will-let-you-buy-and-sell-items-for-real-world-cash.ars

Roku Channel List

http://www.roku-channels.com/