Player One Podcast

POP Ep.28: Don't be an a**hole, don't be a fanboy (Voicemail line 713-893-8069)

The title of this episode is a choice piece of advice on how to get into the industry from this week's special guest, 1UP.com's Patrick Klepek. If you've always wondered how to get your foot in the d…

01:29:21 | Mon 07 May 2007

POP Ep.27: Kutaragi is Leaving the Building (Voicemail line 713-893-8069)

Ken Kutaragi. He wasn't just the CEO of Sony Computer Entertainment, he was also the father of the PlayStation. Without him, Sony never would've gotten into the gaming business to begin with. So it s…

01:29:32 | Mon 30 Apr 2007

POP Ep.26: Our Pokemans, we will talk about them (Voicemail line 713-893-8069)

To mark the glorious occasion of the release of a brand-new Pokemon game, we take a look back on the series as a whole -- the ups, the downs, the seizure-inducing TV show, all of it. Is it wrong that…

01:18:53 | Mon 23 Apr 2007

POP Ep.25: To the Losers Go the Spoilers (Voicemail line 713-893-8069)

Warning: Depending on your stance on game spoilers, you'll either love or hate this episode of the Player One Podcast. Because Gamestop locations are running a video in-store that shows the ending of…

01:31:02 | Mon 16 Apr 2007

POP Ep.24: Red Lights and Metal Might (Voicemail line 713-893-8069)

We kick off this episode on a bit of a sour note -- Phil's Xbox 360 was visited by the system-killing three red lights just two weeks after CJ's died. Clearly, Greg and Dan's systems are next. But we…

01:19:43 | Mon 09 Apr 2007

04/02/07 - Episode 23: Going Elite

This week all four regulars are back, and just in time too for a rousing discussion of the pros and cons of the newly announced Xbox 360 Elite. With its 120GB hard drive, HDMI port (plus included cab…

01:41:53 | Sun 01 Apr 2007

03/26/07 - Episode 22: Welco Metot Henex Tlevel

CJ's away in San Francisco, which means Phil and Greg are taking over this week and spending way too much time talking about one of their favorite systems--the Sega CD. Thrill to stories of the Sega …

01:17:34 | Mon 26 Mar 2007

Fan Commentary 01: Captain N The Game Master (Enhanced)

Welcome to a very special edition of the Player One Podcast. This is not a regular episode. It's a fan commentary for Episode 1 of Captain N: The Game Master (available now on DVD from Shout Factory)…

00:27:36 | Thu 22 Mar 2007

Fan Commentary 01: Captain N The Game Master

Welcome to a very special edition of the Player One Podcast. This is not a regular episode. It's a fan commentary for Episode 1 of Captain N: The Game Master (available now on DVD from Shout Factory)…

00:27:39 | Thu 22 Mar 2007

03/19/07 - Episode 21: The Race Ain't Over Yet

The February NPD numbers are out, and we take the opportunity to talk about each company's strategy or lack thereof for the upcoming months. Is Nintendo's continued success with the Wii going to pete…

01:02:51 | Mon 19 Mar 2007

03/12/07 - Episode 20: Home Invasion

The 2007 Game Developers Conference was held last week in San Francisco. While Greg, Chris and Phil did not attend, the "magic" of the Internet allowed us to keep tabs on the goings on. The major new…

01:22:39 | Mon 12 Mar 2007

03/05/07 - Episode 19: Home is where the PS3 is

Outside of the first segment, this week's episode is all about the latest news surrounding the PS3. Some good, some bad, but we haven't talked about PS3 much lately so we decided to devote the whole …

01:18:08 | Sun 04 Mar 2007

02/26/07 - Episode 18: Looking for Love in Several Wrong Places

This week we present to you a very special episode of the Player One Podcast. Greg and Phil sit down with Al Lowe, creator of the Leisure Suit Larry series (not including the recent and craptacular M…

01:09:35 | Mon 26 Feb 2007

02/19/07 - Episode 17: When a stranger calls

This week there's no one overarching segment. Instead, we talk about a few little things, starting with the top 10 entries in Next-Gen.biz's list of the Top 100 games people played in 2006 (though th…

00:55:08 | Mon 19 Feb 2007

02/12/07 - Episode 16: Lost in Translation

There's no more controversial figure in console role-playing game fandom than Ted Woolsey. During the '90s he worked at Squaresoft and was responsible for the English translations of games like Final…

01:33:56 | Sun 11 Feb 2007

02/05/07 - Episode 15

Virtua Calamity?Should a game reviewer be allowed to review a product when they were involved in its development, however little? Last week this question came to the forefront as word came that chara…

01:40:32 | Mon 05 Feb 2007

01/29/07 - Episode 14

It was supposed to be a nice little segment about Zelda......But oh how it derailed. Yes, it's true -- in this episode we spend a fair amount of time talking about Nintendo's beloved Legend of Zelda …

01:21:32 | Mon 29 Jan 2007

01/22/07 - Episode 13

World of DreamcastIt's a special podcast this week, and not only because it's very long (and what you have here is still the result of quite a bit of editing). In Episode Lucky 13 we talk about Sega'…

01:36:32 | Mon 22 Jan 2007

01/15/07 - Episode 12

Tackling DifficultyThis week we take on the question of difficulty in games. Discussion includes talk of how game difficulty has changed in the past 20 years, the hardest games we've ever played, and…

00:58:03 | Mon 15 Jan 2007

01/08/07 - Episode 11

The Dead PoolThis is an episode you may want to keep around to reference later. Why? Because it's our first-annual 2007 Dead Pool episode, where we go 'round the circle and choose three games each we…

01:25:47 | Mon 08 Jan 2007

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