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UPDATE: I checked our stats last night, and in three weeks, our feed has received exactly 1,000 hits and 100 subscribers! Thanks again for your feedback and support - the GIO community has definitely helped us get this show off the ground. I'd like to give a special thanks to everyday blogger, Saint, for mentioning our podcast in his posts - it means a lot. Also, thanks to Hist for sharing the link to our feed on Twitter.
Episode 2 is available now. This week, we discuss the fall TV premiers, Hulu Plus, the newest Mass Effect 2 DLC, Kinect, True Achievements and more.
UPDATE: The first episode of the Robot in the Corner podcast is available now! It's not showing up in the iTunes search results (yet), so for now, here is the direct URL for the podcast:
Confession: Last night, I spent several hours online researching, "How to remove games from my gamerscore."
A few weeks ago, I finally got an iPhone. To be more specific, I got the new iPhone 4. :)
In the latest edition of Gamer Gorilla Radio, Andy McNamara asks, "Are gamers fatigued about the video game violence topic?" I'd say we're fatigued by that topic and several others. Personally, I rarely do topical blog posts. Why? Because nearly every major topic has been discussed eight ways to Sunday. Many people complain about the lack of quality activity here at GIO, but maybe there is just nothing new to talk about. Think about it...
I'm excited for Capcom and Namco's partnership to bring us Street Fighter X Tekken and Tekken X Street Fighter, but I'm a bit concerned...
A good quote sticks with you for a long time. You can't shake it...
Like many of you, I play video games for a variety of reasons, and the reason I'd like to highlight here is stress relief. Video games are a great form of stress relief, IF you play the right game with the right task. I won't name EVERYTHING I've ever enjoyed in video games (to relieve stress), but I'll name a few of my favorites:
Roger Ebert’s Candid Admission got me thinking...
Gaming has always been a social thing for me. As far back as I can remember, I've played video games with friends and family. Even now that I'm married and have a career, I still play video games with my friends. In fact, thanks to online gaming, we actually have more opportunities to play together and we're not as limited by our busy schedules. With several close friends who are also gamers, I never thought I'd need or want to play with people I don't know, online. It's been a concept that hasn't peeked my interest - until recently. Here's how it all went down: