Show Notes for February 26, 2006 - Game Addict Hotline



Show Notes for February 26, 2006

- Podcast Hotel was this week. Got to see a lot of people who Podcast outside the Seattle area. Also met up with Eric Rice of and some friends from the Seattle podcasting network.

- We will try and start a new thing called The modder’s minute. It will be done by my friend Mikhaven. Here’s what he sent me so you can get to know him.

Video Game News

Merrill Lynch thinks the PS3 will cost $900. Sony thinks otherwise.

Early last week Merrill Lynch financial analyst placed the PS3 price at $900 due to the high price of production for the Blu-Ray drive and cell processor technologies inside the PS3. On Sunday of last week, Sony’s spokesman Kei Sakaguchi denied rumors of the price and also rumors of the PS3 being delayed. The rumors have created a problem in Sony’s stock as it fell about 3.5% in America and 1.75% in Japan. There still hasn’t been a price placed on the PS3 as of today though many rumor it to be around $500.

Nintendo Revolution Developers Kit will sell for $2000

In a recent article at , IGN interviewed a few developers and found out that the Nintendo Revolution developers kits are being sold for $2000. The price of the SDK is well under the development kit prices of the PS2 which runs for $20,000 and even the original Playstation which is between $4,000 - $5,000. Developers commented that they received three different kits that have increasingly shown the power of the revolution. Developers hope to receive a final developer kit in June of this year.

Infinium Labs shows huge losses for the company

Infinium Labs is in real trouble as this week it was report that the company has lost almost $62.7 million in the last 3 years. The company announced this week that the Phantom gaming system, its biggest product in production, will be put on the back burner as the company tries to gain from its losses with their wireless keyboard and mouse combo called the Lapboard. Infinium has been in default with multiple gaming companies and the company is in a move after failing to pay their rent here in the Seattle area.

Link turns 20 this past week

Shigeru Miyamoto ideas of being in a huge forest and fighting imaginary creatures which latter became Legend of Zelda is now 20 years old. With over 20 titles being released since this year it has been one of the best franchises in Video Games. We all thank Shigeru Miyamoto for his work and creating a fun franchise.

Top Rentals at

1. Full Auto Xbox 360

2. Gradia III PS2

3. Condemned: Criminal Origins Xbox 360

Top Games in Japan

1. Monster Hunter 2 PS2

2. Kahashima Ryuuta Kyouju Kanshuu: Motto Nouo Kitaeru Otona DS Nintendo DS

3. Eigo ga Nigate na Otona no DS Training: Eigo Duke Nintendo DS

4. Oide yo Doubutsu no Mori NintendoDS

5. Bleach: Hanatareshi Yabou PS2

Top Games in the UK

1. Shadow of the Colossus PS2

2. Star Wars: Empire at War PC

3. Need for Speed: Most Wanted All formats

4. Rugby 06 PS2/Xbox/PC

5. The Sims 2 All formats

New Releases

No Xbox 360 games

All systems

FIFA Street 2 EA Sports

Xbox/PS2

*Black* EA Games

Final Fight: Streetwise Capcom

No independent Xbox games

PS2

24: The Game 2k Games

Greg Hastings' Tournament Paintball Max'd Activision Value

No independent GameCube games

PSP

MX vs. ATV Unleashed: On the Edge THQ

Street Supremacy Konami

Generation of Chaos Nippon Ichi Software

FIFA Street 2 EA Sports

DS

Super Princess Peach Nintendo

FIFA Street 2 EA Sports

No GBA games

PC

Station Access Collection (5 MMO games) Sony Online Entertainment

Dungeons & Dragons Online: Stormreach Atari

SWAT 4: The Strechkov Syndicate VU Games

The Sims 2: Open for business EA Games

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Video Game Trivia

Midway

1. This football franchise game let you maliciously tackle opponents and made you go 20 yards for a first down. What is NFL Blitz

2. This 1983 arcade game let you play a spy driving to get away from terrorists while using oil slicks, smoke screens, and a machine gun. What is Spy Hunter

3. This fighting game revolutionalized the genre with violence, gruesome fatalities, and was made into 2 movies. What is Mortal Kombat.

Horrible Game Controllers

(IGN had a top ten worst controller list. Let’s look at a few)

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1. This NES controller was said to let you control the game with your hand movements and had a star role in the movie: The Wizard. What is the Power Glove

2. This Genesis controller was a ring you’d put around yourself and use for your fighting games such as Eternal Champion. What is the Sega Activator.

3. This Atari Controller had not only a D-Pad, Start and Select buttons, and 3 action buttons, but also came with an extra 12 button interface on the bottom making it the worst controller ever. What is the Atari Jaguar controller.

Legend of Zelda games

1. This is the title of the first Game Boy Legend of Zelda game. What is Legend of Zelda: Links Awakening.

2. This is the world Link lives in. What is Hyrule

3. This is Zelda’s alter-ego in Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time. What is Sheik

Final Question

IGN and other sites talked about how THQ’s Raw vs Smackdown had some slow loads time. Well one ingenious guy decided to test how long it would take to get from the PSP logo to acutual game play in Season mode. What I want to know is, How long did it take? What is 6:28.

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