Making this short and sweet. Going to GDC Canada this week. Maybe another conference this week. Hope to blog from both. Definetly twittering. Have a great week.

Game Trivia:

• Trivia of the Week
• Konami Code
• Three most played Wii games (according to Stephen Totilo)

Top Anticipated Games in the US at GameFly
Top Games in Japan
Top Games in UK
Top PC Games

My Game Addiction:

• Duke Nukem Forever gone forever?

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Game of the Week

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I came late for PAX interviews so all I got was one interview. Luckily, it’s an awesome one with Rob Yescombe, a screenwriter for Free Radical. In this interview, we talk about their new PS3 game Haze, what else Free Radical is up to, and working in the UK. A XPlatform show is coming up this week so stay tuned.

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So no show as I went to my parents house to visit while my brother was home from the state Jaffe hates so much. Instead, I’m giving all the links to the Gamezebo podcasts I did at Casuality last month. I hope you enjoy.

• Erik Goosens of RealArcade
• Kenny Dinkin from PlayFirst
• Kenny Rosenblatt of Arkadium
• Garrett Link of GameHouse
• Arthur Humphrey of Last Day of Work
• John Vechey of PopCap Games
• Erik Bethke of GoPets
• Derrick Morton of Flowplay
• Paul Thelen of Big Fish Games
• Colin Wilkinson and Megan Kans about Puzzle Quest
• Martha Quinn and Funkitron
• George Donovan of Gogii Games
• Mike Suarez of MumboJumbo
• Beatrice Spaine of Pogo.com
• Dan Bernstein of Sandlot Games

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Well, the Duke Nukem Forever of my career is over and I am very happy it’s out before my next conference comes up in less than 2 weeks. I got a lot of interesting interviews and talked to a lot of great people. I really enjoyed my time at the Game Developers Conference being able to learn more about the industry and the people in it. I also enjoyed seeing all the other podcasters who were there also. Hope you enjoy this one hour show.

To make your listening experience better, here is a Time Log of the interviews.

• 00:39 Introduction
• 02:21 Pierre Maloka of Wizards of the Coast.
• 04:19 Michelle Lucey-Roper of Federation of American Scientists
• 06:39 David B. Martz of Muzzy Lane Software
• 09:14 Dr. Mark Ollila of Nokia Games Publishing
• 14:16 Trip Hawkins of Digital Chocolate and a gaming pioneer.
• 27:26 Kevin Bonner of eGames
• 31:48 Alex St. John of WildTangent
• 40:12 Sande Chen of Writers Cabal
• 42:32 Drew Angloff of AMD
• 45:57 Dr. Mark Ombrellaro of TN Games
• 48:46 Don Daglow of Stormfront Studios
• 53:30 Christopher Schlechter of Viacom
• 1:00:47 Conclusion

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This episode is an interview with Mastiff. Their latest game is Gurumin: A Monstrous Adventure. It’s a PSP Role Playing Game that has you playing as a little girl saving spirits that only children can see with her magic drill. It is originally from Nihon Falcom, the creators of the Y’s RPG series. The game is Rated E 10+ for Mild Fantasy Violence, Mild Suggestive Scenes, and Tobacco Use.

My interview was with

• Bill Swartz: CEO/Head Woof
• Kenan Alpay: Production Pup

Here are some gameplay videos for Gurumin.

For more info on Game Localization and another interview with Bill Swartz, check Tom Kim’s Gamasutra Podcast series. (Episode 1, Episode 2 of Game Localization Panel)

If you enjoyed this episode, please leave a comment or email me at
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This interview is with author and chair person for WIGI (Women in Games International), Sheri Graner Ray. This interview talks about the Quality of Life for game makers and some of the challenges of creating games for women and girls.

If you would like to read more about her, news.com had a more indepth article with her.

Episode 1:

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Episode 2:

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Well PAX was crazy. Too many people in such a small area and hopefully we’ll see even more vendors and game makers at the next event. I have a Photo/Video Galleries for both days and two episodes of the Daily Game Addiction showing off the attendees and people that make the game industry what it is. So enjoy the media and hope to see you all at PAX 2007

Episode 1:

• Justin Ziran from Wizards of the Coast. (Magic: The Gathering Online Ver. 3)
• Randy Buehler from Wizards of the Coast (Goblin Game not official name)
• Jenny Bendel from ArenaNet (Guild Wars Series)
• Chris Paladino (former gaming podcaster) and John Pocaro from Gamerscore Blog. (Microsoft Xbox 360)
• An interview and closing music from Optimus Rhyme

Interviews with PAX Attendees.
Background music courtesy of Nullsleep.

Episode 2:

• Tom Fulp from The Behemoth. (Castle Crashers)
• Brian Crecente from Kotaku
• David Young from Nintendo.
• Violet from Pink Godzilla Games.
• Kyle Rechsteiner from Red Octane. (Guitar Hero 2)
• Darion Lowerstein, Ben Johnson, Wil Paredes from Rockstar Games. (Rockstar Presents Table Tennis)
• Kevin Bruner from TellTale Games. (Sam & Max)
• Jerry Holkins from Penny Arcade.

Interviews with PAX Attendees.
Background music courtesy of Nullsleep.

Pictures and Photos from Day 1

Pictures and Photos from Day 2

Benaroya Hall – Home of the Seattle Symphony ©2006 Rendermack.com

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I finally have completed the Casuality podcast and would like to than all of you who attended the event. I thank all of those who let me interview them and also the event organizers. I also want to thank King.com for there time and for all the sponsors.

This show is very long so I thought to give those who don’t want to listen to the entire show can go to a spot and listen there. Here is the Time Code for the interviews.

• 0:02:38 Introduction to Casual Games
• 0:04:46 Dave Walls: President of Funkitron
• 0:10:14 Miguel Olivera: Director of Digital Distribution at Encore
• 0:16:48 Andrew Pederson: VP, Executive Producer of Web based games and Pogo.com at Electronic Arts
• 0:25:56 David Selle: VP of WildStudios for WildTangent
• 0:38:38 Paul Jensen: President of Mumbo Jumbo
• 0:47:40 Tomer Ben-Kiki: CEO of Oberon Media
• 0:58:00 Ed Dille: President of Fog Studios
• 1:12:24 Rob Lewis: Sr. Director Product Management & Mktg at Trymedia for Macrovision
• 1:28:38 Erik Bethke: CEO of GoPets.net
• 1:35:00 Chris Early: Studio Manager, Online Games at Microsoft

If you are interested in reading more about Casuality, Gamasutra had a special article talking about the event.

If you are interested in learning more about the casual market here is the casual game report disscussed on the show.

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Yesterday, Brier Dudley wrote a column on the new iPod killer that Microsoft is developing called the “Argo”. I got a chance to speak to him and ask a few gaming questions about what it will do for gamers. I’ll discuss the Argo more in the next Game Addict Hotline Podcast. Hope you enjoy.

I screwed up the name in the podcast. I’m very sorry and will remind myself to say it right in the next podcast.

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Hey gang. I got the chance to sit down with Xbox Live Director of Programming Larry Hyrb (aka Major Nelson) today about Xbox Live. I really have to thank him for letting me get the oppurtunity to talk to him.

I also want to thank Joel for the his help in recording the show.

I also have a smaller WMA file here. Sorry 56kers.