Podcast 12 – Max Payne May 22, 2012
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For the 12th gameXcess.net Podcast, the topic is Max Payne, and boy do I have a lot to say about these games. My history with this series goes quite deep and because of the release of Max Payne 3 last week, I thought now was the perfect time to talk about all of it.
I talk about my first exposure to the game series, the three games, the movie, and how this franchise became such an important part of my career.
Podcast 11 – Unreal April 25, 2012
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This is the long-awaited eleventh gamexcess.net podcast, and by request I’m keeping it old-school, and you really can’t get more old-school than the Unreal series by Epic Games.
In this new podcast, Maniac talks about the glory days of the original Unreal Tournament, LAN Parties with Linux users, being one of the first people to see Unreal Engine 3 and all the great steps and not so great steps that the series has taken over the years!
Podcast 10 – Jedi Knight March 29, 2012
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The gameXcess.net podcast has returned! In the latest episode, Maniac talks about the Jedi Knight series published by Lucasarts. In it, he talks about his first exposure to Jedi Knight, gives some behind the scenes information about the series and conjectures where he thinks the series is headed.
If you’re an old-school PC gamer, you’re going to love this!
Podcast 9 – The Darkness February 27, 2012
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It’s time for the next site podcast! Fueled by the recent release of The Darkness II and all the promotional events that have gone along with it, Maniac has devoted the ninth site podcast to The Darkness, a game series which has seen two game releases since 2007.
In it, Maniac talks about its origins as a comic book by Top Cow, his first exposure to the series, all the promotional events he participated in for the second game, and his favorite parts of the series. If you’re interested in the game series, give it a listen!
The Darkness II is out now for PC, Xbox 360 and PS3.
Podcast 8 – Uncharted February 12, 2012
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The latest site podcast covers the Uncharted series for the Sony Playstation 3 (and soon Playstation Vita handheld). In it, Maniac talks about his initial memories of it, what he thinks of the games, and what he’s seen of the upcoming Uncharted Golden Abyss for the Playstation Vita.
Hope you’re enjoying all the podcasts, I’m enjoying making them for you!
Podcast 7 – Gears of War February 7, 2012
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Maniac discusses the Gears of War franchise by Epic Games and Microsoft for the Xbox 360. He talks about the three games in the series, his experiences and some of his best memories.
Coming up for the next podcast, Uncharted!
Podcast 6 – Dead Space January 28, 2012
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For the sixth gameXcess.net podcast, I discuss the multiplatform franchise Dead Space from EA and Visceral Games. Since 2008, there have been two multiplatform main games, one Wii game, two animated features, an iPhone/iPad game, and several novels. In the podcast, I talk about my first experiences with the game, why I enjoyed it so much, my background with horror and where I think the series is headed next.
Check back next time for a podcast discussion on Gears of War!
Podcast 5 – Resistance January 16, 2012
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Since the last podcast I’ve done covered a currently Xbox 360 exclusive game, I decided to do a Sony exclusive property this time around and talk about the Resistance series, which has currently released three games for the Playstation 3, one for the Playstation Portable, an online social game, and one is currently in development for the Playstation Vita.
The very first Resistance game, Resistance: Fall of Man, was a launch title for the Playstation 3 and was considered by everyone to be the must have game for anyone interested in buying the Playstation 3 and the later games in the series were heavily anticipated (and in some cases controversial).
As I usually do with these podcasts I talk a little bit about the history of the game series, how it affected me personally, and what I’m looking forward to. Check it out!
By popular request, next up will be the multiplatform game series Dead Space by EA.
Podcast 4 – Alan Wake January 5, 2012
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Maniac does his new podcast on Alan Wake, which, unlike the previous podcasts which discussed franchises which saw many game releases, is a franchise that so far has released just one game. For a game that has only one release so far, has six years of stories from its development and with new games on the horizon the potential to become a major franchise.
In the podcast, he talks about the history of the game’s development, what has been released so far and what’s coming up next for the franchise.
Podcast 3 – God of War December 11, 2011
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The long promised third official gameXcess.net podcast has been released. I know I had talked about getting this done over a week ago on the twitter feed, but the preperation time for the podcast was a bit longer than I had expected.
It’s a hefty podcast, clocking in at over an hour and twenty minutes in length, my longest podcast to date. The reason for the extra length of the podcast is because I talked about more than just personal anecdotes involving the God of War game series, I also talk about the game’s history. There have been five games (with two bundled HD re-releases) over the past six years. There was A LOT to talk about.
Enjoy everyone, Kratos be with you!
