Summary: Kotaku Au editor, Mark Serrels, joins Tim, Ken, James and Dylan so as to infuse the 35th PixelCast with his delightful Scottish brogue. What is a brogue exactly? I'm not sure! Dictionary.com says a brogue can be any strong regional accent (although it can also be specified to the Irish). Is this correct? It probably is! Is this relevant? Not at all! What is relevant? All the games we've been playing! We're on the cusp of a new handheld generation, one of exceptional uncertainty, and Mark is kind enough to share his thoughts about his 3DS experiences thus far with us. The rest of us, what with having to wait until retail, are instead playing games on our computers and swinging the full gamut between underground indie and mega-budget AAA releases. Regular sections follow, and include Dylan geeking over painting tin soldiers, some NEWS of a higher calibre than last time (hah!) and what becomes a fairly heated discussion surrounding the hype train of the videogame world followed by a few listener questions. Thanks to the magic of editing, you can't even tell that Tim's router dropped out... although you can still hear him mistakenly referring to Machinarium as Machinima. ____________________________________________________ You can listen and download the podcast directly (.mp3 file) through the player below, but please also subscribe to the Cast on iTunes! That way, you will automatically download new episodes as soon as they’re live on the site. 0:00:00 – Intro 0:03:32 – 3DS hijinks, Gemini Rue, and Crysis 2 0:19:54 – Tin soldiers 0:22:03 – Music – Shenmue Online Remix (by Red Rum) 0:24:00 – Nintendo and indies, hacker fixes MMO, and Metacritic madness 0:36:20 – Music – Before You Sleep (by Otomodachi) 0:38:13 – The hype train 0:56:16 – Q&A 1:02:25 – Wrap up Theme Music: Visitors from Dreams (by Mathieu Stempell Dma-Sc) Ken Lee sponsored by Mariah Carey Helpful Links: Nintendo angers bedroom programmers http://gamepolitics.com/2011/03/18/nintendo-won039t-support-039hobbyist039-and-039garage039-developers Rift fixed by hacker http://gamepolitics.com/2011/03/22/hacker-helps-fix-rift Matacritic does stuff... and then undoes stuff http://www.kotaku.com.au/2011/03/metacritic-responds-to-criticism-removes-ability-to-rate-developers/ Grasshopper released music in the wake of 9.0. We borrowed some. Please donate if you liked it... or even if you didn't http://www.vg247.com/2011/03/15/grasshopper-manufacture-memorialises-quake-victims-with-free-music-release/
