GATTACAST 25 Year End part 2: Anticipation for 2012 + Portal 2 OST

Mandy, Jennifer, Jared, Jeff, & Jesse talk about what games we anticipate playing most in 2012. Then we make bold, stupid predictions about what will happen in the next year. 


We play a video game trivia contest. Are you smarter than us? Probably.


games: 
Mass Effect 3, Bioshock Infinite, Journey, Max Payne 3, Last Guardian, Alan Wake, and more more more


Music featured from Portal 2


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Bioshock: Infinite

Journey 

Portal 2 OST

GATTACAST: Games of the Year/ Year End Episode part 1 + Bastion OST

A rambunctious group of us get together to proclaim the best games of 2011, and also talk about what we've been playing recently. 


Assassin's Creed: Revelations, Uncharted 3, Batman: Arkham City, Portal 2, Skyrim, L.A. Noire, Flower, Stacking, Battlefield 3


music featured from Bastion by Darren Korb


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Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception

Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim

Bastion OST by Darren Korb

GATTACAST 23: 1 yr Anniversary! SKYRIM + music from Halo: Combat Evolved (remastered)

Audio from our midnight release adventure for SKYRIM
Then we talk about our experiences with the massive RPG so far...


Music feature:
Halo: Combat Evolved by Martin O'Donnell and Michael Salvatori


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Elder Scrolls V: SKYRIM

Halo: Combat Evolved OST (remastered)

GATTACAST 22: Batman: Arkham City, Battlefield 3, Interview w Leif Knutson of Microsoft, & Silent Hill 2 Music

Jesse and Jeff get together to chat about Battlefield 3, Batman: Arkham City, Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood, and Jeff's midnight release party adventure.

Interview with community developer from Microsoft: Leif Knutson

music featured from Silent Hill 2 by Akira Yamaoka

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Batman: Arkham City



Battlefield 3



Silent Hil 2 OST by Akira Yamaoka

21: HD Remakes, Alan Wake, ICO HD, BioShock, & Music from Shadow of the Colossus

We are back to talk about the HD remake trend. Is it good for gamers and the industry?

We talk about the games we have been playing:
Alan Wake, ICO HD, BioShock 1 & 2, Madden, Grand Prix Story, Contre Jour, Trauma

Music from Shadow of the Colossus by Kow Otani

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Alan Wake

ICO

Contre Jour (iOS)

Shadow of the Colossus OST by Kow Otani

GATTACAST 20: Resistance 3, Deus Ex: HR, Dead Island, Catherine, Music from LA Noire

We all got together at the Chatterbox Pub in Minneapolis to talk games.

Special guest Emily Reese joins us from Top Score Podcast.

game talk: Resistance 3, Dead Island, Deus Ex: Human Revolution, Catherine, Dragon Age 2 debate!

Music from L.A. Noire

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Deus Ex: Human Revolution

Resistance 3

Dead Island

L.A. Noire OST

GATTACAST 19: Cloud Gaming, Music from Deus Ex: Human Revolution + more

Jesse, Jeff, and Jennifer talk about the possibilities of the future with streaming and cloud based gaming like OnLive!


game talk: Bastion, Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood, Batman: Arkham Asylum, Rock Band, Deus Ex: Human Revolution


music from Deus Ex: Human Revolution
by Michael McCann


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Bastion

Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood

Deus Ex: Human Revolution OST
by Michael McCann

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18 Can Games Do Drama? + Video Game Trivia Pop Quiz & music from Deus Ex

Can video games give us a true emotional and human dramatic experiences outside of the typical sci-fi and fantasy milieu?


Plus a video game pop quiz challenge.


Jesse, Mandy, and Jeff talk about:


Fallout: New Vegas, Batman: Arkham Asylum, Battlefield Bad Company Vietnam, Groove Coaster, Tiny Tower, and a slew of demos


Music from Deus Ex: The Conspiracy


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Fallout: New Vegas

Batman: Arkham Asylum

Groove Coaster

Deus Ex: The Conspiracy OST

17 Dungeons & Dragons & Tabletop Games + Outland, Homefront, Catherine & more. music from Sword & Sworcery

Mandy and Gilbert join Jesse to talk about designer/tabletop board games. i.e. Dungeons & Dragons, Magic, Dominion, Battlestar Galactica, and more.


but first we discuss the video games we've been playing: 
Outland, Homefront, Catherine demo, Dead Nation, Fallout 3 & New Vegas


music from Sword & Sworcery by Jim Guthrie

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Outland 

Homefront 

Catherine

Sword & Sworcery OST

GATTACAST 16: THE SUMMER BLOCKBUSTER EPISODE

Jeff and Jennifer join Jesse to talk about the summer blockbuster movies, video game to movie adaptations, movie to video game adaptations, why those typically end up being failures, and if there is any potential for success in such projects.

video game talk:

Battlefield: Bad Company 2, Prince of Persia: The Forgotten Sands, Mass Effect 2, L.A. Noire (spoilers!)

music from movies based on video games:

Hitman - "The Belicoff Assassination (remix)"

DOOM - "Searching"

Mortal Kombat - "Techno Syndrome 7'' mix"

Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time - "Raid on Alamut"

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Battlefield: Bad Company 2

Prince of Persia: The Forgotten Sands



L.A. Noire (spoilers!)



Mortal Kombat and other movie soundtracks based on video games



GATTACAST 15: VG Music talk w/ Emily Reese of MN Public Radio, Chrono Cross OST, + game talk: Portal 2, FFXIII, BioShock 2, & more

If you love video game music this is the episode for you! 

We are joined by Emily Reese who hosts "Top Score" from Classical Minnesota Public Radio. You might want to take notes as she provides some great information on video game and classical music. 


Jesse & Mandy chat about the games we've been playing: 
Final Fantasy XIII, Portal 2, BioShock 2, & 007: Blood Stone


Musical Feature: Chrono Cross composed by Yasunori Mitsuda

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Final Fantasy XIII

Portal 2 

BioShock 2 

 

007: Blood Stone 

Chrono Cross OST

E3 Reactions, L.A. Noire, Interview w/ Ashley Erickson, & Music from Mass Effct

Episode #14 is huge!


Jesse & Mandy welcome Jeff as a guest to discuss E3 reactions:
PSVita, Nintendo Wii U, Microsoft Kinect, Mass Effect 3, Uncharted 3, Star Wars Kinect, Fable: The Journey, Halo 4, Disneyland Adventures, Playstation 3, XBOX Live, & more
 

Interview with  Game Developer and Animator Ashley Erickson of Hardshell Art


We have an in depth conversation about L.A. Noire (spoiler free)


Music from Mass Effect composed by Jack Wall & Sam Hulick


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L.A. Noire 

PSVita

Video Game Developer and Artist: Ashley Erickson

Nintendo Wii U 

Mass Effect OST composed by Jack Wall & Sam Hulick

GATTACAST 13: Great Video Game Protagonists & Music from Splinter Cell: Conviction

In this episode Jesse, Mandy, & Jennifer talk about video game protagonists:

Nathan Drake, John Marston, Samus Aran, Kratos, Ico, Abe from Oddworld, Isaac Clarke, Mass Effect's Shepard, Master Chief, Lara Croft, Sam Fisher, any number of silent protagonists, etc.


We also talk about the games we have been playing:

We have delved into LA Noire
Jennifer and Jesse both finished Dragon Age 2 and discuss it.
Mandy may give up on Dead Space
Jesse & Mandy sing praises for the sublime, music, puzzler Auditorium HD


featured music from

Splinter Cell: Conviction
composed by Kaveh Cohen & Michael Nielsen

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Dragon Age 2 

Auditorium HD 

Splinter Cell: Conviction OST

 

EPISODE #12: Japan, Retro Games, & a PS3 Binge

Jesse and Mandy get together to talk about her binge on the PS3, Jesse's trip to Japan, and retro games that are still worth playing today.

games: Heavy Rain (major spoilers!!!), Dragon Age 2, Gitaroo Man Lives!, Flower, Sword & Sworcery, Tetris, Flow

music from Hideo Kojima's Snatcher

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Heavy Rain (spoiler filled!)

Dragon Age 2

Sword & Sworcery

Flower

Out of This World

Snatcher OST