Negative World Podcast

Negative World Podcast 032 - I'm Buying Freedom

gveillette@negativeworld.org (Negative World) — Tue, 22 May 2012 17:42:21 PDT

Hey hey, NWP fans! DrFinkelstein hosts an all new episode and brings along some friends, Ninsage and Davoid. Ninsage lets us know what it's like having a Dreamcast in 2012 and Davoid talks a bit about Etrian and the game club. DrFink has been sinking his teeth into a double-whammy of Xenoblade and Rhythm Heaven Fever.

When the Doc asks, 'What Do You Fink?', the guys discuss Community's 'video-game' episode, the upcoming Kirby Compilation Disc, and the 'hardest platformer ever'.

After the break they continue on to the main topics and chat about Nintendo entering the realm of full digital downloads, the evolution of the 'casual' market, and what they're looking forward to most with E3 2012 just around the corner.

As usual, the theme music comes from Negative World's owner and dictator, Zero. The music throughout the podcast is taken from The Lion King on the SNES. Stick around after the end credits to hear a super secret, but totally awesome, tip.

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Negative World Podcast 031 - Never Letting Go of Our Sega Disdain

gveillette@negativeworld.org (Negative World) — Sun, 06 May 2012 17:25:36 PDT

After a brief announcement, Guillaume welcomes veteran Anand and rookie David (a.k.a. Davoid) on the podcast's 31st episode. Amongst the games discussed: GNOMZ, Kid Icarus 3D Classics, Xenoblade, Etrian Odyssey, and more!

The gang then discusses what "Nintendo magic" is (and bashes Sega mercilessly along the way) and Nintendo's different shows and faces of PR. Someone sets the living room carpet on fire.

As usual, the theme music comes from Negative World's owner and dictator, Zero. The music throughout the podcast is taken from Kid Icarus: Uprising on 3DS.

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Negative World Podcast 030 - Better Late Than Never

gveillette@negativeworld.org (Negative World) — Thu, 19 Apr 2012 17:50:46 PDT

Believe it or not, we've been working on a new podcast for a while! After some scheduling conflicts and then free-time-to-work issues in general, the new episode of the Negative World Podcast is finally upon us! Better late than never eh!?

Gamewizard65 and Ninsage talk about their latest gaming endeavors while DrFinkelstein laments about his broken Wii.

Then, the crew discusses things like whether or not Nintendo needs to rely on gimmicks, how nostalgia affects our gaming experiences, and finally how our hype for the video game hobby we love changes over time!

As usual, the theme music comes from Negative World's owner and dictator, Zero. The music throughout the podcast is taken from Super Mario Galaxy, it's sequel, and Super Mario Sunshine. Songs from mario games which were intended to elicit a nostalgic response of some kind. ;)

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Negative World Podcast 029 - Noobs everywhere

gveillette@negativeworld.org (Negative World) — Sun, 11 Mar 2012 18:46:14 PDT

After more than a year, 29 episodes into the grand Negative World Podcast experiment, we still manage to get newcomers to volunteer! Host and editor Guillaume welcomes Anton (a.k.a. Scrawnton) and Joe (a.k.a. Ninsage) on the podcast for the very first time. Together, they talk about Tales of the Abyss, Kirby's Return to Dreamland, Resident Evil Revelations, StarCraft 2 and Serious Sam 3!

They then delves into topics such as special edition hardware, GBA connectivity and its link (get it?) with the Wii U, and party games. Anton waits until the very last second before hitting the homerun that wins the game.

As usual, the theme music comes from Negative World's owner and dictator, Zero. The music throughout the podcast is taken from Final Fantasy: Crystal Chronicles for the GameCube.

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Negative World Podcast 028 - Two and a Half Canadians

gveillette@negativeworld.org (Negative World) — Thu, 01 Mar 2012 22:02:42 PST

Back by popular demand… or an editor's will, it's another episode of the Negative World Podcast!! This episode, listen in as Ploot, Guillaume, and DrFinkelstein discuss Dillon's Rolling Western, Rhythm Heaven Fever, and Wario Land Shake It in the Now Playing segment. Stick around to hear the answers in another rousing round of "What Do You Fink?"

Finally the guys discuss the importance of release-date timing, their favorite Squaresoft titles from yesteryear, and if or why gaming merchandise has any importance to a gamer.

As usual, the theme music comes from Negative World's owner and dictator, Zero. The music throughout the podcast is taken from Rhythm Heaven Fever, so be forewarned of the delightfully weird interludes.

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Negative World Podcast 027 - Self-conscious gamers

gveillette@negativeworld.org (Negative World) — Mon, 13 Feb 2012 18:13:46 PST

Time for your bi-weekly (or is it bi-monthly?) dose of the Negative World Podcast! Listen to Andrew (Zero), Paul (Ploot) and Guillaume (duh) talk about Actraiser, Uncharted 2, Pr. Layton and the Last Specter, Zen Pinball, The Simpsons Arcade Game and Fire Emblem: The Sacred Stones.

The crew follow this up with discussions about the stigma of playing dedicated handheld systems in public; is there a place in Nintendo's future for stuff like F-Zero, Pilotwings, etc; and games that combine several genres. Zero shocks Guillaume and Ploot by announcing his upcoming sex change.

As usual, the theme music comes from Negative World's owner and dictator, Zero. The music throughout the podcast is taken from Actraiser.

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Negative World Podcast 026 - Franchide Mose On Madden

gveillette@negativeworld.org (Negative World) — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 22:35:20 PST

Fashionably late to the party, it's Episode 26 of the Negative World Podcast! Rob (Mr_Mustache), Anand (Anand), and Lewis (Ludist210) join their host, Stephen (DrFinkelstein), in discussing some hot games being played right now such as Mutant Mudds, Radiant Historia, Kirby's Mass Attack, and a whole slew of games from deep in the past from a year known to some as 2005.

Soon after the guys dive into the real meat and potatoes by discussing the Community factor in gaming, Storytelling, RPGs, and Licensed Games!

As usual, the theme music comes from Negative World's owner and dictator, Zero. The music throughout the podcast is taken from a mixed assortment ranging from Okami to Tiny Toons.

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Negative World Podcast 025 - Still fewer eps than there are MM games

gveillette@negativeworld.org (Negative World) — Sun, 15 Jan 2012 18:13:42 PST

Already, it's time to gather around and listen to another Negative World podcast! Jamie a.k.a PogueSquadron and Paul a.k.a. Ploot recorded with host Guillaume a.k.a. Guillaume to discuss Limbo, Mighty Switch Force, Super Meat Boy, Fluidity and Kirby Dream Land.

The crew then discusses how we see and how we think Nintendo will handle DLC and GOTY editions, the length of games, and Mega Man's forgotten 25th anniversary.

As usual, the theme music comes from Negative World's owner and dictator, Zero. The music throughout the podcast is taken from Mega Man 9. Comment on the topics, the podcast, the guests, the host, etc. on Negative World! Or, be a weirdo and post them on Facebook or Twitter instead.

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Negative World Podcast 024 - Let Yourself Get Face Hugged

gveillette@negativeworld.org (Negative World) — Mon, 02 Jan 2012 06:22:36 PST

Happy New Year! To start you off right we have a brand new episode. CPAWei returns to the podcast along with TriforceBun, Guillaume, and DrFinkelstein as host. They talk about some games they've been playing like Aliens: Infestation, Super Meat Boy, Pushmo, and even Swapnote!

Then came the real meat and potatoes starting off with some Game of the Year banter replacing "What Do You Fink?" this time. Topics in this episode include; Metroid's 25th Anniversary, the Zelda Timeline, how much Challenge in games affects the Fun Factor, and finally some hopes and dreams for the WiiU 2012 launch!

As per usual, the theme music comes from Negative World's owner and dictator, Zero. Throughout the podcast you'll be treated to music from VVVVVV, a game also discussed early on. The tail end of the podcast contains a special song from TriforceBun in association with Brawl In The Family.

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Negative World Podcast 023 - Poutine Poon Tang

gveillette@negativeworld.org (Negative World) — Mon, 19 Dec 2011 23:49:23 PST

The prodigal son Guillaume has returned to host episode 23 of the Negative World podcast! Listen to RoyKoopa64 and SirMasterSephiroth speak on the podcast for the very first time! Also, DrFinkelstein is still hanging around.

The gang talks about the games they've been playing: Pushmo, Mario Kart 7, Rocksmith, more Kirby and Rayman Origins.

Things get serious when the discussion turns to winter levels in games, what makes a game series faithful to itself, reboots and remakes, and Nintendo's QA process!

As usual, the theme music comes from Negative World's owner and dictator, Zero. The wacky music throughout the podcast can only come from Rayman Origins!

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Negative World Podcast 022 - GuiBA

gveillette@negativeworld.org (Negative World) — Tue, 13 Dec 2011 19:15:51 PST

Yes, it's been two weeks already! DrFinkelstein hosts for the second time in a row along with Ploot and PogueSquadron in this 'saturated with greatness' podcast. In the first hour you'll find that the guys take care of the almost obligatory Zelda: Skyward Sword discussion being that all three have conquered the game. In the the second hour you'll find a lot of variety!

Ploot explains why you Americans now have NO EXCUSE not to buy Xenoblade Chronicles, PogueSquadron heads a discussion of heroic proportions about superhero games, and DrFinkelstein gets semi-old school as he gets the gang to ponder some "What If" titles they'd like to see from the Gameboy Advance on the 3DS Virtual Console.

During the Zelda discussion, (from the 36 minute mark, lasting for about six minutes) the guys discuss some boss battles and later game stuff. It's probably the most spoilerish part of the discussion, so you have been warned!

As usual, the theme music comes from Negative World's owner and dictator, Zero. The music throughout the podcast is taken from Skyward Sword, Xenoblade Chronicles, Batman (NES), and Golden Sun.

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Negative World Podcast 021 - Someone To Bake Them Evil Cakes

gveillette@negativeworld.org (Negative World) — Mon, 21 Nov 2011 05:53:48 PST

Negative World is at it AGAIN (will they ever quit? sheesh!) with another podcast for your listening pleasure. Cryojin and Gamewizard65 join DrFinkelstein during his first hosting gig ever! They start off with some discussion about Twilight Princess and Gears of War 3, only to finish it off old school with Donkey Kong 94' and DuckTales 2 chatter.

Then, the crew discusses the social stigmas found in the gaming community before launching into an all out drool-fest over Super Mario 3D Land. Finally, DrFink yet again introduces a topic where he agrees with both sides of the argument and thus negates himself in a rousing discussion about the Mario Kart series and why it hasn't gone full throttle in a "Brawl-esque" manner.

From the 00:47:53 minute mark thru the 00:49:07 minute mark are some light Super Mario 3D Land post-game spoilers.
From the 01:14:19 minute mark thru the 01:15:52 minute mark are some Mario Kart 7 New Character spoilers.
You have been warned, both here and in the podcast!

As usual, the theme music comes from Negative World's owner and dictator, Zero. The music throughout the podcast is taken from the Mario Kart series.

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Negative World Podcast 020 - Punching keeses in the face

gveillette@negativeworld.org (Negative World) — Sun, 06 Nov 2011 11:43:35 PST

A very special episode of the Negative World Podcast this week! Special guest Julius Riecke talks about the ongoing development of his homebrew NES game, Super Bat Puncher! Play the demo now to have fun with physics and punch bats with a giant spring-loaded boxing glove! And don't miss bonus Riecke after the closing music...

Then, Guillaume and Stephen a.k.a. DrFinkelstein find themselves alone to talk about Mario Kart Wii, Picross DS, Layton and Kirby.

Moving on to the topics, Stephen hopes to discuss The Legend of Zelda franchise with other excited fans, but finds himself locked in a room with only "killjoy" Guillaume. To make matters worse, Guillaume then decides to rant about an iPhone game no one cares about, and proceeds to mercilessly attack the capitalist system in Animal Crossing, another one of Stephen's favorite franchises!

Most unusual: the theme music comes directly from the Super Bat Puncher soundtrack by Dave Harris. The end music turns out to be an OCRemix by our very own Cubed777! And of course, the music throughout the episode comes straight to you from the Zelda franchise.

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Negative World Podcast 019 - Accidentally relevant

gveillette@negativeworld.org (Negative World) — Sun, 30 Oct 2011 20:23:40 PDT

A week in the making! In this scary Negative World Podcast episode, Alaska_Gamer talks about the disturbing Alien VS Predator 2, Guillaume talks about the spooky first NES Castlevania as well as the eerie Castlevania X: Rondo of Blood, and Anand discusses his grotesque Nintendogs + Cats adventures.

The gang then talks about Western RPGs turning into action games in order to sell better, the necessity of game critics, and predictable or unpredictable enemy patterns in old school action games. Featuring bonus talk about cooperative action!

As usual, the theme music comes from Negative World's owner and ghoul, Zero. Those creepy notes you hear are coming to you from beyond the grave. Also, Castlevania.

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Negative World Podcast 018 - Weak to fog

gveillette@negativeworld.org (Negative World) — Mon, 10 Oct 2011 16:18:19 PDT

Yes, really: it's another Negative World Podcast episode. Guillaume can't believe what a jerk Jim Sterling is and discusses BloodRayne Betrayal, Paleo returns after a long absence to talk about Fragile Dreams, and newcomer Chris "Rebonack" Dunn has decided to check out this TMNT fad all the kids are into with TMNT3 on the Game Boy. (You can hear even more of his ramblings on the tvandlust.net podcast!)

They then discuss what makes someone stick with games one finds mediocre, being obsessed about a particular game, and what makes a good superhero video games. Side conversations include drawing sexy pics of Sonic and being pigeonholed into a topic by Guillaume!

As usual, the theme music comes from Negative World's owner and dictator, Zero. The wonderful music throughout the podcast is taken from Super Mario Galaxy.

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Negative World Podcast 017 - Eating worms in the school yard

gveillette@negativeworld.org (Negative World) — Tue, 27 Sep 2011 23:42:45 PDT

You want to hear about games? That's great, because Kriswright, ludist210 and Guillaume won't stop rambling about Kirby Mass Attack, Fire Emblem: The Sacred Stones, and Jerry Rice & Nitus' Dog Football! Special appearance by Stephmonster, the first (gasp) female to grace the Negative World podcast with her presence!

Then, the crew attacks various topics (and each other!): Kris (and his wife!) collect games, ludist210 has the future of music games on his mind, and Guillaume wonders if Sega even ever knew what good game design is. Sorry for the rambling!

As usual, the theme music comes from Negative World's owner and dictator, Zero. The funky beats throughout the podcast are from the "classic" game Toejam & Earl.

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Negative World Podcast 016 - Games games games

gveillette@negativeworld.org (Negative World) — Sat, 10 Sep 2011 14:00:19 PDT

Negative World Podcast is evolving! Zero, ploot and Guillaume start by talking about the games they have been playing: Ghost Trick, God of War 3, The Longest Journey, The Legend of Zelda, Space Invaders Extreme 2, Gargoyle's Quest and Demon's Crest! Whew.

As if it weren't enough, they also dig into the topics of the day: how special circumstances may influence our enjoyment of certain games, hacking your Wii and general homebrew talk, and the announced free GBA games for Ambassadors: Mario VS Donkey Kong, Mario Kart: Super Circuit, Super Mario Advance 3: Yoshi's Island, Metroid Fusion and WarioWare, Inc.: Mega Microgame$.

Tons and tons of content. And bear with us and the poor sound at the beginning: it gets better.

As usual, the theme music comes from Negative World's owner and dictator, Zero. The rest of the soundtrack is taken from Yoshi's Island.

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Negative World Podcast 015 - NYCast

gveillette@negativeworld.org (Negative World) — Thu, 01 Sep 2011 21:37:47 PDT

After a month-long break (missed us?) explained by poor planning on the host's part, the Negative World Podcast returns to tell you all about the International Negative World Meet-up 2011 that took place in the Big Apple

Listen to Anand, Mr_Mustache, Abdooooo and Guillaume talk about what it is like to meet with people you've never seen before, but have talked to for years; and discuss party games, arcade games, food, karaoke, and hot, sweaty (censored).

Thanks go to Mrs_Mustache and Jargon and his wife for participating in this very special trip, and HUGE thanks go to CPA_Wei and Deathly_Hallows, the New York City residents who had to put up with us.

As usual, the theme music comes from Negative World's owner and dictator, Zero. The rest of the soundtrack is taken from Mario Kart 64.

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Negative World Podcast 014 - Legend of the Sentient Quesadillas

gveillette@negativeworld.org (Negative World) — Mon, 01 Aug 2011 20:52:03 PDT

The Negative World Podcast welcomes Andrew Eisen (the "Nintendo why won't you take my money?" guy) to revisit the Operation Rainfall topic. Along with Guillaume, Chrisbg99 (Chris) and the fashionably late Xbob42 (Rico), we also discuss the 3DS price drop and Nintendo's situation in general, and also choosing the other gender in games that allow us to do so.

As usual, the theme music comes from Negative World's owner and dictator, Zero. The rest of the soundtrack is taken from Sonic the Hedgehog.

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Negative World Podcast 013 - Crumbling under its own weight

gveillette@negativeworld.org (Negative World) — Tue, 19 Jul 2011 01:53:47 PDT

For the first (and last) time, five NWers appear on the podcast! Listen to Hendrik (Jargon), Andrew (Zero), Santi (GelatinousEncore), Anand and Guillaume talk over each other as they attempt to discuss Metroid Prime, ignored gems on the Wii, the future of 2D games, and the evil of downloadable titles!

As usual, the theme music comes from Negative World's owner and dictator, Zero. The rest of the soundtrack is taken from Metroid Prime.

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Negative World Podcast 012 - Operation Rainfall

gveillette@negativeworld.org (Negative World) — Sun, 03 Jul 2011 21:36:23 PDT

In this episode, gamewizard65 and Alaska_Gamer make their podcast debut! Along with Paleo_Orca and, sigh, Guillaume, they discuss Operation Rainfall and the weird publishing decisions of Nintendo, preferred graphical styles, Ocarina of Time 3DS and other remakes, and sim games (mostly of the "god game" variety).

As usual, the theme music comes from Negative World's owner and dictator, Zero. The rest of the soundtrack is taken from Xenoblade.

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Negative World Podcast 011 - E3!

gveillette@negativeworld.org (Negative World) — Sun, 19 Jun 2011 13:24:03 PDT

This special episode of the Negative World podcast is about one thing and one thing only (and yet still manages to be longer than any previous episode somehow): the Electronic Entertainment Expo!

Listen to Guillaume and TriforceBun talk about their experience at E3, getting their hands on demos for games that will not come out for months! Carlosrox plays the role of the everyman who did not get to go to E3 but really wishes he had.

The Wii U, The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword, Luigi's Mansion 2, Mario Kart 3DS, Super Mario, Kid Icarus, Rhythm Heaven, Resident Evil Revelations and many, many more are discussed. Perfect for those 2 hours and a half commutes! Hey, we had to make up for a 3 weeks long absence, right?

As usual, the music comes from Negative World's owner and dictator, Zero.

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Negative World Podcast 010 - Shtooloo?

gveillette@negativeworld.org (Negative World) — Sun, 29 May 2011 00:31:09 PDT

The Negative World Podcast celebrates its tenth episode by doing nothing special at all! Celebrate with us in much the same way by listening to it!

Warerare starts us off by asking what E3 represents for us. We are discussing not so much the even itself as we are discussing how we feel about it. Yes, grown men talking about their feelings. The Negative World podcast has taken estrogen and is liking it.

Guillaume, who DOES know the proper pronunciation of Cthulhu thank you very much, discusses licensed games simply to have an excuse to use the music from the moon level of Duck Tales as a transition.

Finally Paleo flat out asks us to justify paying for the Virtual Console when it's so easy and so free to get these games elsewhere. Is the answer "just because"? Listen and find out!

As usual, the music comes from Negative World's owner and dictator, Zero.

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Negative World Podcast 009 - Dumb kids with more money than sense

gveillette@negativeworld.org (Negative World) — Sun, 15 May 2011 00:10:15 PDT

On this episode, only three people could make it, but that's okay: they ramble a lot!

The ever topical Anand ponders about the possibilities that Project Café could bring to the table if the rumored specs are true, especially the touch screen integrated in the controller. Does he have a better answer than just checkers and solitaire? You will have to listen to the end to find out!

Guillaume, ever repentant, tries to be positive for once in his life and asks about the positive things gaming has brought YOU, the listener. He is immediately accused of being stealthily negative.

Finally kriswright, ever the newb, decides to simply talk about what he loves the most in the whole world: pinball. He does not, however, deign answer why he simply doesn't marry it. Kris also tackles the big question of the death of arcades and whether they could be brought back.

As usual, the music comes from Negative World's owner and dictator, Zero.

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Negative World Podcast 008 - Bear with us

gveillette@negativeworld.org (Negative World) — Sat, 30 Apr 2011 20:10:00 PDT

On this chapter of the Negative World Podcast, listen to four Nintendo nerds discuss video games, for a change!

Guillaume wonders what happened to role-playing games, and role-playing gamers. Hear him admit to the world that he may have judged Final Fantasy VII unfairly (but its clones still suck)

Chrisbg99, inspired by Negative World's Adventure Island review, asks about difficulty in games: most of us can agree that gamers have it too easy these days, but do we really want to go back to the days of hair-pulling difficulty?

Octorockin, ever curious to learn more about the gaming industry, asks why more games don't include special features: commentary tracks, documentaries, and other bits of info about the process of making the game we're playing.

Finally, Marsh shares his conclusions as to why he is not more interested in the 3DS than he is and asks why we play video games. Everyone seems to agree that playing games is simply rad, save for one. Can you guess who it is?

As usual, the music comes from Negative World's owner and dictator, Zero. (The lyrics are gone this time).

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