Recorded August 20th, 2007

Join hosts Tobin Coziahr and Yuzo Watanabe for another episode of your favorite independent gaming podcast, Noobtoob! Bioshock is finally upon us. ‘course, it actually came out the day after we recorded, so for this week’s episode we have Persona 3 (OMG we like a JRPG) and review our first game which was sent in as a review copy, Sam and Max: Season 1.

Games We’re Playing:

• (PS2) Persona 3
• (DS) Glory Days 2
• (PC) Sam & Max: Season One
• (PC) Space Cowboy
• (PC) Enemy Territories: Quake Wars Beta 2
• (PS3) Thought on the PS3 So Far

New Releases:

• (DS) Brain Age 2
• (360|PC) Bioshock
• (360|PC) Two Worlds
• (PS3) Ghost Recon: Advance Warfighter 2
• (XBLA) Space Giraffe & Street Trace: NYC

Culture:

• “The King of Kong: A Fistfull of Quarters” Movie Premiers!

Site News:

• Penny Arcade Expo
  • THIS WEEKEND! Head out to the forums and say if you’re going
  • CHANGE OF PLANS! Friday Night Meetup at GameWorks 8-10pm
• Sam & Max: Season 1 Giveaway
  • Design a flyer!

Voicemails:

• couple folks asked about recommended ds games, check out last week’s episode
• jam enslaver - ghetto core 360
• unknown - rock band on youtube
• barkeleyjr - favorite old game to port
• odion - games or girlfriends
• filipino13 - hyped games that will suck + wii headset

Community:

• Listener Homework: Is more of the same good?
• Retro Gaming Club: Knights of the Old Republic
• Discuss this episode in our forums!

 

 Noobtoob 055 [58:18m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

Recorded August 14th, 2007

Join hosts Tobin Coziahr and Yuzo Watanabe for another episode of your favorite independent gaming podcast, Noobtoob! The drought is almost over! We played a ton of demos this week, and our new crack-like addiction is Picross DS! We had a ton of site news to announce, and a crap ton of voicemails that we couldn’t entirely get through. At the very least, next week we’ll be able to wax poetic about Persona 3.

Games We’re Playing:

• (DS) Picross DS
• (360) Stranglehold Demo
• (360) Bioshock Demo
• (360) Eternal Sonata Demo

New Releases:

• (Multi) Madden 08
• (XBLA) Ecco the Dolphin
• (PS2) Persona 3
• (XBLA) Hexic 2
• (DS) Heroes of Mana

Site News:

• Gaming doldrum gaming suggestions
  • Ben Storm - Risk Your Life 2 Beta
  • KrnPimperX - Rappelz Online and Tales of Pirates MMOs
• Voicemail time limit (1 min)
• New moderator: Jam Enslaver
• New noobtoob store: Shirts, Hats, Mugs, Stickers
• New reviews forum
• New video distribution venues
• Penny Arcade Expo
  • 10 DAYS AWAY! Head out to the forums and say if you’re going
  • Friday Meeting in Console Freeplay Room: 9pm
  • Saturday Meetup at GameWorks: 7-9pm

Voicemails:

• Rownan - Rate My Junk T Shirt Idea - we forgot to put the picture in the episode, so here it is, as a mousepad:

  

  rate my junk

  OR this one if you don’t like that design:

  

  noobtoob logo mousepad

• Charlie - Joeodell translation
• Diee - 360 died on him, needs other games
• Gameshark - Which 5 rock band albums
• Kashi - Drum and keyboard hero
• Unknown - is the PS3 worth it and comic con

Community:

• Listener Homework: Is more of the same good?
• Retro Gaming Club: Knights of the Old Republic
• Discuss this episode in our forums!

 

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Recorded August 6th, 2007

Join hosts Tobin Coziahr and Yuzo Watanabe for another episode of your favorite independent gaming podcast, Noobtoob! This is yet another week, barren of game releases, where we wait patiently until Madden day, which signifies the start of the holiday gaming season. There’s still one more week of no games, so we’ll try and continue to fill the hours with the PS3 back catalog, and any indie games you guys can come up with. Oh and demos, lots and lots of demos.

Games We’re Playing:

• (Wii) Mario Strikers Charged
• (360) Fatal Intertia Demo
• (PS3) Ninja Gaiden Sigma
• (PC) Fiesta MMO
• (PS3) Calling All Cars
• (DS) Taiko No Tatsujin Touch de Dokodon
• (PS3) Super Stardust HD
• (360) Dynasty Warriors: Gundam Demo
• (XBLA) Marathon: Durandal
• (XBLA) Wing Commander: Arena

New Releases:

• (Wii) Boogie
• (XBLA) Track and Field

Site News:

• Penny Arcade Expo
  • August 24th - 26th, Seattle, WA

Voicemails:

• thechihuahuaking - heated debates
• Jam Enslaver - how to improve arcades
• Atheiss - where does noobtoob go from here
• LUMR - Good budget games
• Ed - Wii fit for mario kart
• Joeodell - ???
• CyberMousey - Movie to game tie ins

Community:

• Listener Homework: This holiday season, which games will you buy vs. rent?
• Discuss this episode in our forums!

 

 Noobtoob 053 [59:11m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download