Hosts:

• Chris Chamberlain
• Dan Smith
• Sue Mullan

This week we cover some headlines, questions from our listeners  and other cool stuff using our new  show format.  ( The plan is to post shorter and more frequent shows, and include new segments like “This Week in Gaming History!”)  Feel free to send us your feedback and/or comments at podcast@platformbiased.com.

We are also looking for help to title our new “show and tell” segment. Post your suggestions!  And as always…If you have any questions or comments for our hosts about games, the gaming industry or other gaming related topics please post them on Facebook, on our PlatformBiased.com site or email us at podcast@platformbiased.com and we will answer them to the best of our ability on our next show.

Games Discussed:

• Terraria
• Battleblock Theatre
• Diablo 3
• Candy Crush
• Heroes of Ruin
• Golden Axe
• GTA 4
• Cool Neo Geo X pack!

Links mentioned in the show:

• http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/darkseasgames/road-redemption
• http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1054244612/c-wars-roguelike-pixel-art-pc-game
• http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/discordgames/chasm
• http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1445624543/anne

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Hosts:

• Charles Porter
• Chris Hansen
• Tracy Lauricella
• Sue Mullan

This week we are trying out a new format for the show! The plan is to post shorter and more frequent shows, and include new segments like “This Week in Gaming History!” Feel free to send us your feedback and/or comments at podcast@platformbiased.com. We are also looking for help to title our new “show and tell” segment. As always…If you have any questions or comments for our hosts about games, the gaming industry or other gaming related topics please post them on Facebook, on our PlatformBiased.com site or email us at podcast@platformbiased.com and we will answer them to the best of our ability on our next show.
 
Games Discussed:

• Far Cry 3
• Double Dragon Neon
• XBLA Happy Wars
• Borderlands 2
• Don’t Starve
• Candy Crush
• Dwarf Fortress
• Solar 2

 
Links mentioned in the show:

• At the Calgary Comic Expo, a fan with a video camera asked Wheaton to record a message to her newborn baby daughter. What followed was an impassioned, heartfelt message from Wheaton on “Why it’s awesome to be a nerd.” Wil Wheaton – Why it’s awesome to be a nerd.
• Microsoft develops IllumiRoom peripheral projector – looks really cool. Microsoft IllumiRoom full demonstration.

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Hosts:

• Charles Porter
• Joel Gifford
• Tracy Lauricella

This week’s show is just as the title says but what you have to remember is our average show is above average in comparison to other shows. Our hosts discuss what games they are currently playing and what games have recently come out for Xbox, GFWL, XBLA, Game Add-ons, Games on Demand and answer a question from “Bob”. If you have any questions or comments for our hosts about games, the gaming industry or other gaming related topics please post them on Facebook, on our PlatformBiased.com site or email us at podcast@platformbiased.com and we will answer them to the best of our ability on our next show.

Games Discussed:

• Nike+ Kinect Training
• XBLA Terraria
• XBLA Happy Wars
• XBLA Battle Block Theater
• XBLA Capcom Arcade Cabinet
• Win8 Gravity Guy
• Win8 Shuffle Party
• Win8 iStunt2
• Win8 MLC
• Win8 Gunstringer
• Tomb Raider
• Terraria
• StarCraft II: Heart of the Swarm
• Borderlands 2

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Hosts:

• Tracy Lauricella
• Joel Gifford
• Charles Porter

Special Interviewee:

• Jim Griffin

For this week’s show we have a special guest, Jim Griffin, the Microsoft test lead for the recently released game, Gears of War: Judgment. He will discuss the in’s and out’s of testing this AAA tile and gives a unique perspective on what it takes to create a great title. Our hosts also discuss what games they are currently playing and what games have recently come out for Xbox, GFWL, XBLA, Game Add-ons and Games on Demand.

Games Discussed:

• Gears of War: Judgment
• Borderlands 2
• Bioshock Infinite
• Tomb Raider
• Nike+ Kinect Training
• XBLA Happy Wars
• Terraria
• Sine Mora
• BattleBlock Theater

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Hosts:

• Dan Smith
• Charles Porter
• Scott Lindberg

And special guest:

• Tor Ulstein

For this week’s show we have been overrun by dudes again! Sorry to all of those who are pining to hear Bex’s dulcet tones, maybe next show. She is a busy busy woman. We do have a special guest this show, Tor Ulstein. Tor was an SDET on the recently released Win8,XBLA and WP8 title, Skulls of the Shogun, and the upcoming XBLA title, Charlie Murder. Dan, Charles and Scott also provide their witty banter to round out the foursome. They discuss what games they are currently playing and what games have recently come out for Xbox, GFWL, XBLA, Game Add-ons and Games on Demand. Also Serg75 has given another interesting question, this time about how testing is done on ported XBLA titles.

Games Discussed:

• Skulls of the Shogun
• Charlie Murder
• Mercenaries 2
• Nike+ Kinect Training
• Battlefield 3
• XBLA Serious Sam Double-D XXL
• Karateka
• WP8 Alpha Jax
• WoW
• League of Legends
• Guardians of Middle Earth
• Lego Lord of the Rings
• Baldur’s Gate Enhanced Edition
• Monster Hunter 3 Ultimate
• Castlevania: Lords of Shadow Mirror of Fate
• Hawken
• Forza Horizons

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Hosts:

• Tracy Lauricella
• Chris Chamberlain
• John Noonan
• Charles Porter

For this week’s show our long lost host, John Noonan, has stopped by to chat about games! Throw in Tracy, Chris, and Charles and it’s a pajama jammy jam! They discuss what games they are currently playing and what games have recently come out for Xbox, GFWL, XBLA, Game Add-ons and Games on Demand.

Games Discussed:

• Assassin’s Creed 3
• Karateka
• HIVE
• The Cave
• Skulls of the Shogun
• Borderlands 2
• Aliens: Colonial Marines
• The Walking Dead Episode 5
• Far Cry 3
• Tomb Raider
• Lego LotR
• Nike+ Kinect Training
• XBLA Zuma’s Revenge
• Win8 Monsters Love Candy
• Win8 Gunstringer DMR
• Win8 Reckless Racing
• Win8 Solitaire
• Adera

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Hosts:

• Tracy Lauricella
• Chris Chamberlain
• Dan Smith
• Charles Porter

With special guest:

• Richard Newman

For this week’s show we have a special guest, Richard Newman, a Studio manager who acted as the Executive Producer on the recently released game Karaoke. Tracy, Chris, Dan and Charles also discuss what games they are currently playing and what games have recently come out for Xbox, GFWL, XBLA, Game Add-ons and Games on Demand.

Games Discussed:

• Karaoke
• DmC
• Aliens CM
• Destiny
• Skulls of the Shogun
• Leap Day
• Charlie Murder
• Robotek
• Mercenaries 2
• Nike+ Kinect Training
• Gunstringer
• WinPhone Crimson Dragon

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Hosts:

• Charles Porter
• Chris Chamberlain
• Dan Smith
• Tracy Lauricella

Today we present to you the “SPOILER SHOW”! In this show we spoil 10 games for your listening pleasure.

Here is the list of Spoiled Games:

• Mass Effect 3
• Gears of War 3
• Dead Rising 2: Case West
• Dead Rising 2: Off the Record
• Transformers: Fall of Cybertron
• Metal Gear
• Resident Evil: Operation Raccoon City
• The Darkness II
• Dark Souls
• Red Dead Redemption

The hosts also discuss what games they are currently playing as well as new Xbox Live Arcade Releases, Game Add-ons, Games on Demand, and Demos.

Other Games Discussed:

• Dragon’s Dogma
• DmC: Devil May Cry
• Resident Evil 4
• CoD: MW3
• Nike+ Kinect Training
• Win8 Sol
• Win8 Taptiles
• Win8 Reckless Racing
• Win8 The Gunstringer
• Win8 Cut the Rope
• Wordament

(Web)

• Lord of the Rings Online
• Skulls of the Shogun
• Fire Emblem
• Ni No Kuni

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Hosts:

• Chris Chamberlain
• Charles Porter
• Dan Smith
• Tracy Lauricella

Help yourself to some cake and welcome to show #100! To avoid making Bruce angry (you wouldn’t like him when he’s angry), we burn through a show in just over an hour covering what we’ve been playing over the holiday, what the latest releases for Xbox 360 are, and then what each hosts favorite 5 achievements, retail releases, and XBLA/Windows Phone titles are for 2012. Fasten on that seatbelt and prepare to qualify!

Games Discussed:

• Mass Effect 3
• XBLA Crazy Taxi
• XBLA Happy Wars
• XBLA Zumas Revenge
• XBLA The Simpsons
• Crimson Shroud
• Hawken
• The Wavy Tube Man Chronicles
• Darksiders II
• Dishonored
• Kinect Party
• Forza Horizon
• Dragon’s Dogma
• Pokemon White 2
• Pokemon Black 2

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Hosts:

• Chris Chamberlain
• Scotty “Too Hawty” Lindberg
• Charles Porter
• Tracy Lauricella

This week’s show is our second foray into doing a commentary show on a video game based movie. This viewing covers the masterpiece of cinema known as Resident Evil: Afterlife.

Game Movie Discussed:
• Resident Evil: Afterlife

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Hosts:

• Charles Poter
• Chris Chamberlain
• Dan Smith
• Joel Gifford

This is the last show of the year and we just wanted to take it easy. Some of the special topics include: “Ebay the Game & Griefers”, Valve release of “Steam’s Big Picture”, and a little discussion about the Wii U. Also they discuss what games they are currently playing and what games have recently come out for Xbox, GFWL, XBLA, Game Add-ons and Games on Demand.

The Platform Biased Team wishes all of you a Happy Christmahanakwanzika and we will see you all next year!

Games Discussed:

• The Walking Dead: Episode 4 of 5
• Forza 2
• Forza 3
• Forza 4
• Halo 4
• Mass Effect 3
• XBLA Spelunky
• XBLA SVC: Golden Axe
• XBLA SVC: Streets of Rage
• XBLA Wallace & Gromit EP1
• Win8 MS Solitiare
• Win8 MS Minesweeper
• Win8 MS Mahjong
• Win8 MS Taptiles
• Win8 MS Jetpack Joyride
• Awesomenauts
• Might and Magic Heroes 6
• Assassin’s Creed: Revelations

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Hosts:

• Bex Bradley
• Chris Chamberlain
• Dan Smith

With special guest:

• Kyle Lampe

For this week’s show we have a special guest all the way from Sesame Street! Kyle Lampe, the Development Lead for Kinect Sesame Street TV, has pulled himself way from his favorite bar stool at Hooper’s Store to chat with us about this new release for the Xbox 360 . Bex and Chris also discuss what games they are currently playing and what games have recently come out for Xbox, GFWL, XBLA, Game Add-ons and Games on Demand.

The Platform Biased Team wishes all of you a Happy Thanksgiving.

Games Discussed:

• Kinect Sesame Street TV
• Forza Horizon
• Forza 3
• Halo 4
• Call of Duty: Black Ops II

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Hosts:

• Chris Chamberlain
• Scotty “Too Hawty” Lindberg

With special guest hosts:

• Kari Toyama
• Joel Gifford

Unless you have been living under a rock you know that Halo 4 hit the streets this week and in honor of that we have a special guest host from the Halo 4 Test Team, Joel Gifford. Also we have a special guest host, Kari Toyama, The Don Wan to many, and she will be talking to us about the 7th Annual FLAG Halo Charity Tournament that runs November 16th through the 18th.

We also discuss what games the hosts and guests are currently playing and what games have recently come out for Xbox, GFWL, XBLA, Game Add-ons and Games on Demand. They also answer some questions from our loyal listeners and as a special treat, the show ends with everyone cracking open some Misfortune Cookies!

If you would like to get more information about the FLAG Halo Charity Tournament you can visit the official FLAG site !

Games Discussed:

• Halo 4
• Forza Horizon
• Dishonored
• Borderlands 2
• Darksiders II
• Magic the Gathering 2013

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Hosts:

• Chris Chamberlain
• Tracy Lauricella

With special guest hosts:

• Peter Connelly
• Jeremy Fischer

For this week’s show we have two special guests from the soon to be released (October 30th) Nike+ Kinect Training! Peter Connelly, the Executive Producer, and Jeremy Fischer, the Test Lead, have both taken some time out of their busy schedules to chat with our hosts about this exciting new Kinect product as well as their experiences in the games industry. Chris and Tracy also discuss what games they are currently playing and what games have recently come out for Xbox, GFWL, XBLA, Game Add-ons and Games on Demand. They also discuss their experiences during the Extra Life Game-a-thon. So please click on the play button and “Get Athlete Fit” with Chris, Tracy, Peter and Jeremy as they talk about Nike+ Kinect Training!

A huge thanks to all of our listeners who supported us during this year’s Extra-Life Game-a-thon. This year we raised $5500+! For our final total visit our Platform Biased Extralife fundraising site !

Games Discussed:

• Nike+ Kinect Training
• Resident Evil 6
• XCOM: Enemy Unknown
• Left 4 Dead
• Forza 3
• WP7 Crimson Dragon Side Story
• Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning
• Penny Arcade Adventures: On the Rain Slick Precipice of Darkness

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Hosts:

• Chris Chamberlain
• Dan Smith
• Bex Bradley
• Scotty “Too Hawty” Lindberg

This week we have no guests but a great show none the less. Our newest Host, Scotty “Too Hawty” Lindberg, discusses at length his fascination with the critically acclaimed Naught Bear series of games as the other hosts listen in abject horror. They also discuss what games they are currently playing and what games have recently come out for Xbox, GFWL, XBLA, Game Add-ons and Games on Demand. They also discuss what games they are planning on playing for Extra Life as well as answer a number of questions from our listeners. Please come on inside and warm yourself by the fire and take a listen as they extol their platform biases

Shameless plug and link to our Platform Biased Extralife fundraising site !

Games Discussed:

• Naughty Bear
• Kinect Sesame TV
• Marvel vs. Capcom: Origins
• Crimson Dragon: Side Story
• Dead or Alive 5
• Monopoly WP7
• XCOM: Enemy Unknown
• Torchlight 2
• Boarderlands 2
• Walking Dead
• Epic Raiders
• Batman Arkham Asylum
• Dungeon Fighter LIVE
• Rock Band Blitz
• WoW: Mists of Pandaria
• Diablo 3
• Magic the Gathering: 2013

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Hosts:

• Chris Chamberlain
• Dan Smith
• Charles Porter
• Tracy Lauricella

With special guest host:

• Scotty “Too hawty” Lindberg

This week’s show is the first, and hopefully not last, attempt at doing a commentary show on a video game based movie. Our inaugural voyage will be taken over the rough seas known as, Street Fighter: The Legend of Chun-Li!

Shameless plug and link to our Platform Biased Extralife fundraising site !

Game Movie Discussed:

• Street Fighter: The Legend of Chun-Li

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Hosts:

• Bex Bradley
• Chris Chamberlain
• Dan Smith
• Charles Porter

This week’s show is quite lengthy and full of sugary goodness. The hosts discuss what happened at PAX, the Xbox on Windows announcement, a sneak peek at what we are doing for our next show, the specs of the Nokia Lumia 920, and quite a bit of time on a new game for the Win7 Phone; Crimson Dragon: Side Story! Our hosts will also discuss what they are currently playing and what games have recently come out for Xbox, GFWL, XBLA, Game Add-ons and Games on Demand.

And per the request from our listener Bob, the link to our Platform Biased Extralife fundraising site !

Games Discussed:

• WP7 Crimson Dragon: Side Story
• Kinect Nat Geo TV DVD
• The Walking Dead: Episode 3
• Mass Effect 3
• Metal Gear MSX
• Dungeon Fighter Live
• Transformers: Fight for Cybertron
• PAX: Phantasy Star Online 2
• X-Com: Enemy Unknown
• Aliens: Colonial Marines
• Resident Evil 6
• Lost Planet 3
• Marvel vs. Capcom Chronicles
• RockBand Blitz
• Defense Grid
• WP7 Wordament
• WP7 Roll in the Hole
• Guild Wars 2
• Game Dev Story
• Triple Town
• AirMech
• Dead Island
• XBLA Spelunky
• XBLA Mark of the Ninja
• XBLA Dust
• WP7 Angry Birds
• WP7 Contract Killer
• Win8 Solitaire
• Win8 Minesweeper
• Win8 Mahjong
• Win8 Taptiles

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Hosts:

• Bex Bradley
• Chris Chamberlain

Special Guest Host:

• Joe Dunavant

We have an early show this week since our amazing producer, Bruce, is working the PAX (Gears of War: Judgment, booth 412). In this show we talk about all the great things happening at PAX Prime and have a special guest, Joe Dunavant, the Test Lead for the smash hit: Minecraft: Xbox 360 Edition. The hosts will discuss some of their highlights for PAX as well as their top choices for the panels that are going on. Our hosts will also discuss what they are currently playing and what games have recently come out for Xbox, GFWL, XBLA, Game Add-ons and Games on Demand.

Games Discussed:

• Minecraft: Xbox 360 Edition
• Dust: An Elysian Tail
• WP7 Wordament
• WP7 Text Twist
• Dungeon Fighter Live
• Transformers: Fall of Cybertron
• Mass Effect 3
• Kinect Nat Geo TV
• Deadlight
• Dark Souls: Prepare to Die Edition

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Hosts:

• Dan Smith
• Chris Chamberlain
• Bex Bradley
• Charles Porter

I have 2 words to describe this week’s show: “puddin’” and “piñata’s”. I mean seriously… What is better than those two things? While you ponder that age old question, I will talk to you about what else is in Show 090. We have a full house this week with 4 mic’s being used by Dan, Bex, Chris and Charles. Our hosts discuss what they are currently playing and what games have recently come out for Xbox, GFWL, XBLA, Game Add-ons and Games on Demand. Come for the show, stay for the “puddin’” and “piñata’s”.

Games Discussed:

• Need for Speed: The Run
• Dungeon Fighter Live
• Mass Effect 3
• XBLA Spelunky
• WP7 Contract Killer
• WP7 Gun Bros.
• Cribbage GO
• Feed Me Oil
• RAGE
• Starhawk
• Pro Pool Online 3
• Battle Pirates
• Planetary Annihilation
• XBLA Hybrid

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