Update This Episode 6, “Bleak Bright Future”

We were a few days off schedule, but we’re finally here with the latest episode of the Update This Podcast.  This week’s discussion finds your hosts Neal, Jake, and John covering some Left 4 Dead patch and DLC information, several “shocking” PC statistics, a few stories from CES 2009, and we wrap up the show with a couple stories that take us into the future of video gaming.  Check out the mp3 here, or subscribe to us on iTunes!

Shownotes:

• Viewer Mail – Email Fxdm506e@Gmail.com
• “What We’ve Been Playing”
• Left 4 Dead PC Patch
• Age of Conan Servers to merge
• Best selling PC games of December 28 to January 3
• Microsoft to expand Xbox Live Friends List
• Video games to dominate entertainment of 2009
• Next Xbox?

Update This Episode 5, “That Weird Kid’s Brother”

In this week’s episode, your hosts Jake, Neal, and John cover several topics, and, although its been slow in the gaming world for the past few weeks, we’ve got a few news bits to go over, as well as a Lord of the Rings: Conquest preview followed by a brief Left 4 Dead tricks.  Check out the top selling PC-Titles, the most played Xbox Live games, and even more in Episode 5 of Update This.  Thanks for listening.

By the way, we’re still working on getting a routine time established.  I think we’ll be shooting for somewhere in between 30 and 40 minutes, so stay tuned.

Be sure to subscribe to us on iTunes, or just download the mp3 here.  Comments are welcome, and please tell your friends about us.

Shownotes:

• “What We’ve Been Playing”
• Xbox 360’s Best Holiday Season
• Best Selling PC Games of Mid-December
• Xbox Live Activity for 2008
• Lord of the Rings: Conquest Demo Preview
• Left 4 Dead Tips and Tricks – “Turret Glitch”

Update This, Episode 4

In today’s episode we bring you a bit of news regarding Xbox Live Statistics and cover several websites’ various game of the year nominees and winners. In addition, we go over The Update’s very own game of the year winner, and Jake reviews a new “surround-sound” headset for the average gamer. Be sure to download, rate, review, subscribe, and tell your friends! And happy 2009!  Download the mp3 here, or subscribe to us on iTunes!

Shownotes:

• The Update’s Official Game of the Year
• “What We’ve Been Playing”
• Xbox Live Activity for the week of December 22nd
• Video Game Awards from various sites
• Turtle Beach Headset review
• Call of Duty 5 Zombie Mode Tips and Tricks
• Prince of Persia “Defeat the Warrior” Tip

There aren’t any links in the shownotes for this week because there wasn’t really any “official” gaming news this week.  Check back next week for our next episode.

Update This, Episode 3

In today’s episode your hosts Jake, Neal, and John go over The Update’s Game of the Year Polls, “What We’ve Been Playing,” Lord of the Rings: Conquest, Metal Gear Solid Touch, and some DLC from the Xbox Live Marketplace. We also cover Gears of War 2’s latest ground loss in terms of hours played over Xbox Live, and finish off with a few more tips and tricks that’ll help you beat the campaign mode in Call of Duty 5. Check out Episode 3 right now.  Grab the mp3 here, or subscribe to us in iTunes.

Shownotes:

• Game of the Year Poll Results
• “What We’ve Been Playing”
• Lord of the Rings:  Conquest Previews
• Metal Gear Solid Touch Announced
• Free on the Xbox Live Marketplace:  Dorito’s Dash of Destruction
• Free for your Xbox Live Avatar:  New Winter Clothes
• Gears of War 2’s most recent stats
• Call of Duty 5 Tips and Tricks

Please rate, comment, subscribe, send feedback, tell your friends, etc.  Enjoy the episode and be sure to visit the blog constantly to stay up to date on all things gaming.

Update This, Episode 2

Sorry on the short delay, but we’re back with the second Episode of Update This. We’ve got some discussion regarding the official Update This home page and blog, known in short as The Update, a rather lengthy segment regarding what we’ve been playing since our last recording, and three news stories followed by some tips and tricks for Call of Duty 5’s online multiplayer. All that and even more in Round 2 of Update This.  You can listen to this episode using the mp3, or by subscribing to us on iTunes.

Shownotes:

• Game of the Year Preliminaries Poll
• iTunes feed is up
• “What We’ve Been Playing”
• Halo Wars to arrive March 3, 2009
• GTA IV released for PC
• Xbox 360, most played games on Live
• Tips and Tricks for Call of Duty 5 multiplayer

Please rate, comment, subscribe, send feedback, tell your friends, etc.  Enjoy our second episode, and thanks for listening!

Update This, Episode 1

In the very first episode of Update This, we introduce ourselves, talk about games we’ve been recently been playing, jump into a few bits of news regarding new releases and some Burnout Paradise DLC, and we also go over some tips and tricks for Valve’s new shooter, Left 4 Dead.  All that and more in Episode 1 of Update This, thanks for listening.  Feeds for iTunes and Podcast Alley will be up soon, but until then, listen to Episode 1 by downloading the MP3.

Shownotes:

• Introductions
• Podcast Production Information
• Podcast Formatting
• “What We’ve Been Playing”
• The Witcher coming to Xbox 360 and PS3
• Uncharted 2: Among Thieves announced
• Burnout Paradise DLC, “Big Surf Island”
• Tips and Tricks for Left 4 Dead

Please be sure to rate, comment, and subscribe.  I’ll be putting feeds on popular podcasting communities like Podcast Alley and iTunes, and will get links to those up soon enough.  Until then, be sure to download the MP3.