The lights are on
This week's podcast got a little hairy due to technical difficulties and me being out for part of the day with a family matter, but we got it done. First up, Phil Kollar and Adam Biessener save the day with a long, wide-ranging discussion about 38 Studio's much-discussed open-world RPG Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning. Does this new franchise have what it takes to compete with the likes of Skyrim? As it turns out, the answer to that question is a bit more complicated than "Yes" or "No." After that, I return to my post as host to talk to Andy Reiner, who's at the annual DICE Convention in Las Vegas. He checks in via phone to tell us about the year's most exclusive event in gaming.
NOTE: I know this is a shorter podcast and only one segment. It was, as they say, an "interesting" day. We had some technical problems that scuttled a couple of call-in interviews we had scheduled, and I was called out of the office until around six on some family business...so HUGE THANKS to Phil Kollar and Adam Biessener for stepping up and saving the podcast this week. Sorry it's late/short/missing bumper music/etc.
For more on Kingdoms of Amalur, check out Phil's review.
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yes baby one more episode to go!!!!!!!!!!
Sweet! I'm really interested in this game.
I am enjoying Kingdoms of Amalur very much. It reminds of the first Fable and I have greatly missed games like that so this is a welcome treat.
mediocre reception? you guys are supposed to buy games when they come out; this game looks awesome; BUY IT!!! It only got a mediocre reception because of you guys who go into game stores to buy games: this game wasn't flying off the shelves...
Love the podcast and glad its fixing to hit 100!
I'm going to wait until after SSX comes out to pick this up. I want to make sure I have enough money for SSX and then I'll see about getting it.
Good to hear that the problems you had with the game are things I don't care about, and everything that matters to me is there. I'll be starting Amalur in a few days. I played the demo a few times and really enjoyed it.
Damn, I envy you guys, here in my country the game hasn't arrived yet
Sorry I didn't have time to listen! But it's nice to see that next Thursday would be GIOS 100th podcast!
love the game with a passion within just three days i have put over 20 hours into the game
Nice!!! Can't wait!
Played the demo at least 3 times and loved it. Will be getting this game in the near future.
Chakram in the game rock, was going to be a rogue and decided to use all the fate weapons I got from per-ordering upon trying the Chakram I instantly these are the weapons I want, and started all over to be a mage and not a rogue, I have Chakram in main and dagger in secondly so I can do stealth kills if I want, or just wreck face with the Chakram
I'm not sure if I wanna go and pick this up just yet. Not that I dont have the money, but I have a feeling that I won't put much time into it after reading the reviews and playing the demo. I could be wrong though, I expected to be disappointed by dark souls, and now I've beaten it twice after 200 hundred hours.