iGame Radio

 

What’s inside this episode:

• Omaha reviews Eschalon: Book II by Basilisk Games. Just like Eschalon: Book I, but bigger, better, and…well, no, not really. Listen to why Omaha had problems locating the fun in this game.
  

Show Notes:

• Host Omaha Sternberg chats with co-host Corey Tamas of MacGamer about Angry Birds: The Movie! What, aren’t you excited?? Maybe Uwe Bolle might even direct!
• Valve finally decides when they will release Portal 2. Now we all get to wait MONTHS to play. Aren’t you happy now?
• Omaha and Corey talk about the FTC settlement with Reverb Communications. Do you trust the reviews on the iTunes App Store now? Or do you even care?
• Australia’s about to require App game developers to use the Aussie game classification board to sell their games. But does it actually help consumers, or Australia’s government?
• Corey and Omaha talk about other games they’ve played, and games soon to be released.

Music Notes:

• Digital Droo produced our theme music here at iGame Radio.
• Pedro Camacho featured some of his game demo music.
• Rob Howard featured music from The Broken Hourglass, in development by Planewalker Games.

 

What’s inside this episode:

• A review of iSlice, by Appular. An iPhone game that let’s you slice it all up while reading pithy quotes.
  
• Also, a review of Real Trophy Hunting Sunstorm Interactive. Hunting for the couch potato. Be patient, aim well, and you too can have a virtual Elk that you virtually shot in virtual Montana to mount in your virtual trophy room. Virtually cool!
  
• And a review of The Tudors Game, Season 1 by Slitherine Studios. Wander through the rooms of the Palace of Whitehall as you follow the intrigues of King Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn on their way to ruling England. And wander, and wander, and wander, and wander…
  

 

What’s inside this episode:

• A review of Vampire Saga: Pandora’s Box by Alawar Entertainment. Something mysterious has caused the ship’s crew to disappear. An old man tries to murder a young woman in terror of her. Secrets are hidden in every corner. And I have to visit every damn room five times to find them!
  
• Also, a review of Uphill Rush 2 by Spil Games. A cool idea, but every time I race I keep flipping over. I never knew gravity worked that way.
  
• And a review of Flick Bowling 2 by Freeverse. A dandy time throwing your ball. Just don’t expect to learn bowling playing it.
  

 

What’s inside this episode:

• Corey Tamas of MacGamer reviews StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty by Blizzard Entertainment. A true inheritor of the StarCraft crown with superbly balanced gameplay and gorgeous graphics, Corey still wishes that Blizzard was willing to go out on a limb and evolve it.
  

Show Notes:

• Host Omaha Sternberg chats with co-host Corey Tamas of MacGamer about the announcement of Torchlight II and Steam’s impact on Mac gaming in general.
• Apple is rumored to be acquiring Chinese online game developer Handseeing. Is Apple finally getting into the publishing business?
• Corey and Omaha talk about other games they’ve played, and games soon to be released, including the pending launch of Supreme Commander 2.

Music Notes:

• Digital Droo produced our theme music here at iGame Radio.
• Digital Droo for featuring music from Burning Monkey Solitaire.
• Rich Carlson for featuring music from Dr. Blob.

 

What’s inside this episode:

• Omaha reviews Torchlight for the Mac by Runic Games. A lightweight 3rd person adventure dungeon crawl with fun monsters to defeat and cool swag to find. Comfort food for your Mac gaming habit.
  

Show Notes:

• Omaha hosts alone as she talks about the StarCraft II launch, and whether it signals the beginning of the end of midnight launches.
• Apple has announced a new Mac Pro for August. Is it worth it to upgrade? Will it compete with other gaming machines?
• Other games for the Mac have been announced or released this past week, and Omaha talks a little about them all, including Ubisoft’s announcement of Assassin’s Creed 2 and Tom Clancy Splinter Cell: Conviction in their financial statements.
• No Plants vs Zombies 2 this year, and say goodbye to the dancing zombie, and hello to the disco zombie.

Music Notes:

• Digital Droo produced our theme music here at iGame Radio.
• Zach Young for featuring music from The Great Tree.
• Tomas Dvorak for featuring music from Machinarium.

 

What’s inside this episode:

• Omaha reviews Osmos HD for iPad by Hemisphere Games. A great port of a beautiful ambient arcade game, Osmos HD has taken everything good from the original and dumped any bad stuff. Except for getting it to go fast, fast enough.
  

Show Notes:

• Apple announced today their fixes for so-called “antennagate”, the issues with the iPhone 4 antenna and connectivity. Free bumper cases for all (till September 30, at least). So, what does this all mean? How will gamers benefit? And shouldn’t Apple have figured this one out during testing?
• Omaha Sternberg and Corey Tamas of MacGamer talk about Blizzard’s re-decision to nix requiring their RealID to use their official forums. They do the Strike-Counterstrike thing and come to some interesting conclusions.
• A mysterious picture is floating around the net, sporting an image of a zombie hand holding up the date of August 2. Could we be looking at an announcement of Plants vs. Zombies 2??
• DS Effects has created what is probably the first HTML5 gaming portal. What could this mean for the future of iPhone gaming?

Music Notes:

• Digital Droo produced our theme music here at iGame Radio.
• Digital Droo featured music from Active Lancer; pick up the Active Lancer soundtrack
• John Gatti for featuring music from El Ballo; pick up the El Ballo soundtrack

No podcast today. I am still battling Teh Pollen attack, and suffocating during recording doesn’t sound so great, no matter what awesome Mac games you are talking about. I’m looking at trying to do a recording tomorrow. However, even if I don’t, next week is Casual Connect, and I have a full line-up of interviews and articles that I plan to come out of that for the entirety of the week, for your enjoyment. Then I take the following week off for vacation.

 

What’s inside this episode:

• Omaha reviews Drawn: The Painted Tower by Big Fish Games. A beautiful hidden object game that integrates puzzle with storyline, graphics with sound. If only she could have done something at the end! But, don’t worry, there’s that cave…
  

Show Notes:

• Omaha Sternberg and Peter Cohen of The Loop talk about Blizzard’s decision to require their RealID to use their official forums. And one Blizzard employee finds out the hard way that, yes, you CAN find out a hell of a lot of info from just one’s first and last name…
• The App Store and a number of iTunes accounts were hacked last week to increase the ranking’s of a bookseller online. But is this an isolated incident?
• Apple gave many indications that iAds would be kind of the hill come launch time. Yet there are still apps getting approved using AdMob and other competitor’s adware. What’s the deal? And what impact could this have on gamers?
• Peter and Omaha start talking about 3Dchat and eventually get around to erotic hamburger (in 3D!). Bet you want to listen to the show NOW!

Music Notes:

• Digital Droo produced our theme music here at iGame Radio.
• Michael Hu-wong for featuring music from Fizzball.
• Steven Johnson for featuring music from Escort Wing.

 

What’s inside this episode:

• Corey Tamas of MacGamer gives a review of GodFinger for the iPhone by ngmoco. Use your finger to be god. I mean, what else would you use your finger for? Make charming critters worship you, then roast them when you had a bad day. All for free!
  

Show Notes:

• Omaha Sternberg and Corey Tamas of MacGamer talk about the iPhone 4 first impressions. Despite over 1.7 million iPhones sold in 1.5 weeks, only 48 apps have been updated for iOS4. What gives? Omaha and Corey talk about what that means. Also, what do people think about the gyroscope, multitasking, and retina display so far?
• OnLive is live. But Omaha can’t connect. Find out why.
• Feral Interactive has announced a teaser for their next game announcement, and Omaha thinks she knows what it is.
• Virtual Programming reissued X3: Reunion as a native Mac port because they didn’t feel the Cider was “good enough”. Omaha and Corey talk about what the means, and whether this is the start of a trend.
• Contests! More contests than you can shake a crashed iPhone at!

Music Notes:

• Digital Droo produced our theme music here at iGame Radio.
• Matt Jarvis for featuring music from Osmos.
• Bobby “Glorian” Slavov and Victor Stoyanov for featuring music from Eschalon: Book 1.

 

 

What’s inside this episode:

• Due to the length of the podcast, it had to be cut into two parts. The first part has the second half of the Tales of Monkey Island review and coverage of the iPhone 4 pre-orders. The second part has the interview with Chris Hazard of Hazardous Software and coverage of E3.
• Omaha revisits Tales of Monkey Island by TellTale Games to complete her review. Even with the graphical issues, the game comes off with the same engaging charm and deep storyline that Mac gamers have come to love in the Monkey Island series.
  
• An interview with Chris Hazard of Hazardous Software about Achron. Hazardous Software just recently released an experimental port of their time-traveling game to the Mac. Omaha discusses the port, how the game has been developing, and what Chris has learned since the last time iGame Radio spoke with him.

Show Notes:

• Omaha Sternberg and Corey Tamas of MacGamer talk about the iPhone 4 pre-orders. Servers down, interminable wait times to pre-order, no white iPhone included (Corey doesn’t care!), and purchase information security broken all over the place. But, hey, 600,000 pre-orders in one day!
• E3 used to be a place Mac gamers could look at from far away and just dream. Now dreams can become reality. Omaha and Corey talk about what actual Mac games were shown at E3, and what games announced might turn out for the Mac in the future.
• Corey finally got his iPad months after Omaha got hers. But he can still brag that he can tether.

Music Notes:

• Digital Droo produced our theme music here at iGame Radio.
• Rich Carlson featured music from Weird Worlds: Return to Infinite Space.
• Digital Droo featured music from Neon Tango.