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ChatterBox Video Game Radio - Show 315

Role-playing games - a story of evolution, imagination, and scandal. OK, maybe not scandal, but Alon does tell a quick story of accidentally watching some gay porn in college.

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Ara's upset about the comments on his recent Gamasutra.com article - http://fwd4.me/E3o - so we're led to clarify his intentions and further consider the difficulty of combining narrative and gameplay. Go read it and email us your thoughts. Alon questions the motives of Playboy in its appeal to the gamer demographic.

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Ara wrote an article for Gamasutra.com - The Uneasy Merging of Narrative and Gameplay. We talk about it.

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ChatterBox has now officially been on the air for over six years. Though we don't do anything out of the ordinary to celebrate, we do have a great show. Maybe it's because Rich is gone. We discuss the upcoming XBOX 360 controller from Razer, we interview Ashish Mistry from KontrolFreek.com, and we tell stories of 8-bit pranksters and durability tests. FYI, get 10% off products from KontrolFreek.com with the code CHATBOX. Ara kind of loves their stuff, so you might too.

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Alon and Rich return from CES with stories of porn stars and boredom. Alon and Ara give an etymology lesson. We're reminded, once again, that gamers often don't know what they want.

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It's 2010, and we haven't heard a peep about the next generation. Are game reviews valid, useless, or just flawed? Why did Alon spend any time playing at all playing Assassin's Creed II?

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In this episode, we learn all about pachinko machines, satire in video games, and pricing disparity. We also learn about how much Pen loves Modern Warfare 2.

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Ara and Danny Baranowsky take the reigns while Alon is away for the holiday.

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Due to popular (or singular) demand, we return to the topic of review scores and how they affect game sales. While we're at it, we consider how advertising, like cover art, might affect sales as well.

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Is it okay to take advantage of a bug in a game? Forza 3 players are faced with this question right now. In other news, Alon bought a Killer Instinct machine, Ara can't stand the Critter Crunch character, and no one really understands Bayonetta.

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Alon continues to love New Super Mario Bros. Wii and goes on about the well-developed multiplayer components; Ara continues to hate Project: Natal and goes on about how Mark Whitten, General Manager for XBOX Live, is a bit of a tart; and both go on about some less meaningful topics like the lawsuit of the day and the objectification of the male and female form in gaming.

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Always one to educate, Ara explains in deep detail why your television sucks. After playing Drag Me Home on the iPhone, he revisits the definition of a casual game and suggests it's actually the player who's casual, not the game. Finally, he and Rich debate whether or not Microsoft has a responsibility to those whose XBOX 360 consoles it has banned from XBOX Live.

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Everyone's been talking about Modern Warfare 2, and wouldn't you know it... killing swarms of civilians is just too much fun. As a result, though, we revisit the question of how interactivity is affected by narrative.

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While we're busy forgetting to mention that there's no show next week, we do remember to complain about reviewers who don't complain about Demon's Souls - apparently Ara is a big fan of consistency. And words. He pushes Rich and Josh to express themselves in an effort to explain what makes Borderlands so "good". It's not so easy.

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For this very special episode, number 300, we've got Justin Wong, virtual street fighter extraordinaire. For extra credit, check out the EmpireArcadia.com website.

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Remember when Ara whined about Demon's Souls and how he couldn't even get past the first stage? He felt strongly enough about this game that he arranged for Alon and Rich to experience it as well. They didn't get much further... In other news, Gabe Newell is pretty awesome. We also bring you some World of Goo sales stats and find out just how cheap gamers can be.

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Although Ara opens up the show with a heated response to Demon's Souls, this week is really all about Adam Atomic and Danny Baranowsky. If you haven't played Canabalt for free at AdamAtomic.com or payed some cash money to play it on the iPhone/iPod touch, you're missing out.

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In the spirit of the season, we've devoted this week to evil. In studio, we have Greg and Jonah of Evil Controllers. You know who they are... they're the ones who modify controllers so you can be a big, fat cheater. Pretty nice guys, actually, with some pretty sweet gear, even if they do totally break the game. You can learn more at evilcontrollers.com, or just listen to the show.

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In the spirit of the season, we've devoted this week to evil. In studio, we have Greg and Jonah of Evil Controllers. You know who they are... they're the ones who modify controllers so you can be a big, fat cheater. Pretty nice guys, actually, with some pretty sweet gear, even if they do totally break the game. You can learn more at evilcontrollers.com, or just listen to the show.

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Reverend Anthony Burch joins us this week for a candid look into what it means to be a true worldwide internet sensation. Or not. We may just sit around and talk a bit about his nifty videos and what he thinks Konami's new Tornado Outbreak game could be. Turns out, by the way, that he was pretty much on the mark. He also wants to push the new series, Once Upon A Pixel, available soon (or now) at GameTrailers.com, so go check that out.

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