Welcome to the show notes for Downloadable Content 05/09/2007, "The Dangers of Exposure." The episode is available for direct download at this link, or feel free to subscribe to our iTunes compatible feed here. This guide will help you navigate our frequently insane and often rambling conversation.
0:04 - Yes, this is the story you've been hearing elsewhere, far outside the confines of our ultraspecific community.
0:43 - I'm right, I mean... right? You don't care that the old Guitar Hero controllers are based on the SG and the Explorer, and you don't especially care if Fender is in for Rock Band? My friend Joe always loved his Stratocaster, and I liked singing along with same, so I've got loyalty built up even if by proxy. But I don't think this is a huge motivator for people who aren't interested in actual instruments. I assume they think of Rock Band and Guitar Hero as "gateway games" that might set people on the path, as it were. I'm curious if this ever actually happens.
1:13 - Here's that 3D screenshot from Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare. The trailer for this game didn't especially move me, but Infinity Ward makes great shooters. Maybe I just have to see more.
1:31 Apparently, there's a new Spider-Man game already being announced. Because the last one was so good.
2:04 - The Catan strip can be found here.
8:00 - The Last Remnant, huh? On UE3? Maybe this will finally put to rest the some of the rumors about Final Fantasy XIII on the Xbox 360.
8:12 - 2k Games challenged the Threadless design community to communicate the strange, subaquatic grandeur of Bioshock, and many of the resultant designs are completely amazing.
8:43 - It's been announced before, and with screens, but there's a new article about the next PSP Wipeout that might be nice reading for fans of the franchise. The first one had some issues relating to multiplayer that were somewhat troubling - when playing with the full compliment of racers, the networking seems to fall apart.
9:12 - Here's the Joystiq story linking to a Bits, Bytes, Pixels, And Sprites story regarding a curious review.
17:21 - The Ursula/Digipen stuff (about who owns the rights to your school projects) can be found here. Robert tells me this is common in most of these programs.
20:13 - The regrettable singing that occurs here is an excerpt from Adina Howard's (ahem) "Freak Like Me." No, I don't know why.
21:12 - Yes, Blue's News is still in operation. Here's the old loonygames archive, as well. UGO apparently continues to throb?
22:22 - The X-Entertainment article that references the McDLT can be found here. I exchanged a few mails with the site's proprietor a million years ago, during the Dot Combustion. Matt is a tremendous talent, and you should definitely stop by his electronic "crib."
23:42 - My wallpaper can be found on this page, down a little bit on the sidebar. You should be warned that this wallpaper will appeal only to a very precise demographic: people named Tycho Brahe who write Penny Arcade.
24:16 - What I'm singing is the theme music that goes at the beginning of the Major Nelson podcast. Sorry about that. It's just that when I was queuing up the audio, I heard a snip of it and then it kept going in my head.
30:26 - [in-trak-tuh-buh
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42:01 - I don't own the custom physics hardware this game demands, because I'm not sure if I want to endorse some new hardware arms race. But as a tech demo, Cell Factor certainly impresses.
44:35 - Here's an ancient review of the execrable Timeline, based on the Michael Crichton book of the same name.
47:53 - [tawr-per] - I pronounced this word incorrectly, I always do, and the shame is intense. And I learned it from my time with Vampire: The Masquerade, which only compounds my anguish.
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