Our first week with just Ben and I kicks off with a great start!  We have our first “serious” El Juego de Palabras with Sense Sensei, an awesome co-op game exploring sense to complete puzzles!  Really excited about this one, I hope someone actually further develops the concept!

*PSA* —CRUNCH TIME WILL AIR LIVE THURSDAYS AT 8 EST, 5 PACIFIC—

www.livestream.com/crunchtime

E-Mail us text or MP3 responses to fans@crunchtimepodcast.com . If it’s an MP3, try to keep it short and sweet! so we can play it on the podcast! Also, please leave some nifty reviews & comments on our iTunes page! Thanks!

[podcast]http://media.libsyn.com/media/jeremybogdan/Crunch_Time-_Sense_Sensei.mp3[/podcast]

|

Show Notes:

Hosts: Jack Bogdan- www.twitter.com/jackbogdan

Ben Kirby- www.twitter.com/benkirby

News Discussed:

id Working on Three Lines of iPhone Games, One Potentially Rage-Themed

id’s Having A QuakeCon Fire Sale On iPhone Games

Lionhead Teases Impending News with Che’s Head?

Battlefield Heroes’ 1.5 Million Players Have Spent A LOT Of Money [Update]

Xbox 360 Games on Demand Region Locked [Update]

Two Minutes of Risk: Halo Wars GameBoardplay

GRIN Is Officially Dead, Spawns Outbreak

Elite 360 Dropping In Price, RIP Pro Model – Xbox 360

Sony Announcing Its Announcing Something At Gamescom About Video Store

The Wii Will Soon Play DLC Straight Off A 32GB SD Card (Who Needs A HDD?)

Borderlands Box Art Might Blow Your Mind

Ozzy Osbourne to Headline BlizzCon Concert

Xbox 360 Has “Exclusive Partnership” For Consoles With Netflix

Microsoft: Halo Movie Still “On Hold” – Halo

Community:

E-Mail us text or MP3 responses to crunchtime@jeremybogdan.com . If it’s an MP3, try to keep it short and sweet! so we can play it on the podcast! Thanks!

Music:

Music by Steadman

Read the rest of this entry »

This week gets a tad mad, and we loved every second of it!  This week, Brendan and I our joined by our new co-host Ben Kirby!  We are also joined by our friends Warren Davis and Zach Swasey for a bit of El Juego de Palabras mayhem!  It might taste so good, you’ll sing!

*PSA* —CRUNCH TIME WILL AIR LIVE THURSDAYS AT 8 EST, 5 PACIFIC—

www.livestream.com/crunchtime

E-Mail us text or MP3 responses to fans@crunchtimepodcast.com . If it’s an MP3, try to keep it short and sweet! so we can play it on the podcast! Also, please leave some nifty reviews & comments on our iTunes page! Thanks!

[podcast]http://media.libsyn.com/media/jeremybogdan/Crunch_Time-_Tongue__The_Tiddybits.mp3[/podcast]

|

Show Notes:

Hosts: Jack Bogdan- www.twitter.com/jackbogdan

Ben Kirby- www.twitter.com/benkirby

Brendan Kelly- www.twitter.com/brendandk

News Discussed:

The Pause That Irradiates – Oddities – Kotaku

Huxley Still Alive, You Can Play It, Right Now – Huxley – Kotaku

Modern Warfare Has A Competitor For “Stupidest Collector’s Edition” – Operation Flashpoint 2 – Kotaku

A Steering Wheel For Your iPhone – Iphone steering wheel – Kotaku

Amazon Lops Off Fifty From Uncharted’s PS3 Bundle – Deals – Kotaku

StarCraft II Officially Delayed To 2010 – starcraft ii – Kotaku

StarCraft Delay, Weak Economy Has Activison Expecting A Lot Less Money – activision blizzard – Kotaku

Your U.S. Xbox 360 Games On Demand Launch Titles – Games on Demand – Kotaku

Apple’s Next Product Also A “Gaming Platform”? – Apple – Kotaku

Aliens vs. Predator Site Says February 2010 – AvP – Kotaku

WipEout HD Gets Loading Screen Ads, Adds User Fury – wipeout hd – Kotaku

Sony Trademarks P.S. Thanks, Which Is Interesting – Sony – Kotaku

Brutal Legend Lawsuit Settled, Free To Rock October – brutal legend – Kotaku

Fat Princess Problems Detailed, Fix Coming – Fat Princess – Kotaku

Community:

E-Mail us text or MP3 responses to crunchtime@jeremybogdan.com . If it’s an MP3, try to keep it short and sweet! so we can play it on the podcast! Thanks!

Music:

Music by Steadman

Read the rest of this entry »

With a record amount of news covered this week, we introduce our new retro game segment, Old and Busted, spearheaded by our guest and good friend, Ben Kirby!  Our El Juego de Palabras was also quite great this week, with a book themed brawler!  Next week look forward to a Monkey Island giveaway , and our special interview with a Tell Tale artist, Gary Lu!  Be sure to send your questions in ahead of time or join us in the live show, it’s going to be a great episode!

*PSA* —CRUNCH TIME WILL AIR LIVE THURSDAYS AT 8 EST, 5 PACIFIC—

www.livestream.com/crunchtime

E-Mail us text or MP3 responses to crunchtime@jeremybogdan.com . If it’s an MP3, try to keep it short and sweet! so we can play it on the podcast! Also, please leave some nifty reviews & comments on our iTunes page! Thanks!

[podcast]http://media.libsyn.com/media/jeremybogdan/Crunch_Time-_Page_Pluggers.mp3[/podcast]

|

Show Notes:

Hosts: Jeremy Bogdan- www.twitter.com/jeremybogdan & Brendan Kelly- www.twitter.com/brendandk

Special Guests: Ben Kirby- www.twitter.com/benkirby

News Discussed:

We want this Fallout 3 Brotherhood of Steel costume

Social Game Mafia Wars Hits 4 Million Daily Users

Last.fm on XBL: free to gold subscribers, 3 hours per month for others

Ads Coming To Xbox Live Within The Next Year

The PSPgo Is Expensive Because, Well, “There Is A Certain Premium”

What Does Blizzard Want With The Word Cataclysm?

New Uncharted 2 multiplayer demo incoming

Pachter: PlayStation software sales will account for 31% of all games sold worldwide in 2009

Pachter: Mobile games are a fad, EA’s emphasis on sector ‘misplaced’

Rolando Being Pulled From App Store

Rolando almost removed from App Store

Doom Resurrection getting DLC, ‘possible’ for other id titles [update]

The Pirate Bay sold, going legit

Sony Patents Method To Emulate PS2 On PS3

PS3, 360 price drops coming this fall

Fable III “Confirmations” Come From The Darndest Places

Win Prizes in 1 vs. 100 Next Week?

Bethesda’s Big Move

Sony expands ‘Official Licensing Program’ for PlayStation peripherals, accessories

It’s no stretch that Halo: Reach could use Natal

A peek (and head tilt) into the future: head-tracking in FPS games

In Defense Of The Classic Controller

Uncharted: Drake’s Fortune Getting The Film Treatment

Community:

E-Mail us text or MP3 responses to crunchtime@jeremybogdan.com . If it’s an MP3, try to keep it short and sweet! so we can play it on the podcast! Thanks!

Music:

Music by Steadman

Read the rest of this entry »