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Forced Feedback Episode 15 Forced Feedback is the Podcast of The Feedback Force. We are Captain Wizard and Freckled Moon featuring various guests. The podcast is musings and general news from this week. It is published every Monday and may/will include some strong language, humour and subjective views!! Forced Feedback Episode 14 – 29/03/10 – 1hr 07 mins Sorry about the bad sound quality this week....my bad!!! i didn't set it up quite right. Download the MP3 (64K) Here (right click to save) Presenters - Captain Wizard and Freckled Moon Guest - No Guest this week Currently Playing - Just Cause 1, Just Cause 2, Game Room, C+C4, Pokemon Heart Gold Whats New - Splinter Cell Demo, New Releases of Rune Factory Frontier, Supreame Commander 2 - 360, Lips - We love the 80's, Mount and Blade, BBC Battlefield Acadamy PSP, Fallout 3 - Platinum and Classic, Dead or Alive Paradise - PSP. News - New Halo Figures, 3D-DS, USB Support of Xbox 360, Uk Tax Breaks, GameCrush, Hydrphobia, Crypic pulls Xbox Champions Online, Australia Attorny General, Atomic Operations Formed, Rare stop old franchises, Natel 2, Sony pulling Linux support, Feature - no feature this week Disclaimer - everything said in this podcast are opinions, sources are mentioned when known and everything is assumed to be subjective/speculative. Its just bit of fun and arguments about gaming. click here to subscribe to this podcast using iTunes or Preferred RssCatcher http://feeds2.feedburner.com/ForcedFeedback Or find us on iTunes in the 'Games and Hobbies/Video Games' section or by searching 'Forced Feedback' Please check out and join our Facebook Group http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=57517608266&ref=ts Check out and follow us on Twitter http://www.twitter.com/forcedfeedback

<p>It has been a rather long time since I wrote anything.&#160; I generally have a big break from writing then come back with some kind of ‘hey guys I’m back post’. This time may actually be for real but who knows. My life has been a strange one for the last 5-6 months but I won’t bore you with the details as this blog is about gaming. </p> <p>Games have been an interesting part of my day to day life. For a start I have been working in a computer games shop and spend most of my days selling crap Wii and DS titles to spoilt kids. However the odd customer comes along who actually values my opinion and wants to buy some real games, so the job is pretty awesome. I have also down sized the amount of gaming i do in my spare time. This is mainly because I haven't had spare time, but also as my photography and musical sides of me have become much more relevant. For various reasons I no longer have a Wii so must rely on Freckled Moon to keep me in that loop, but still enjoy our weekly gaming and podcasting sessions, and hope that you will tune into Forced Feedback every week. </p> <p>For me this year could be pretty impressive as far as titles are concerned. As my current gaming life consists of Star Trek Online and Sega Racing I thought I would bore you with what I am personally excited about for the next year instead of what I am currently enjoying. In no way is this a complete list of quality titles for the year, however these are the few which really jump out at me and my personal gaming flavours.&#160; </p> <p><strong><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_pIpYLosjvXU/S6dUYe9G-EI/AAAAAAAAAFo/babaL58S4wo/s1600-h/justcause24.jpg"><img style="border-right-width: 0px; display: inline; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; margin-left: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; margin-right: 0px" title="just cause 2" border="0" alt="just cause 2" align="left" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_pIpYLosjvXU/S6dUZNK-4OI/AAAAAAAAAFs/WA9uXDGAtlg/justcause2_thumb2.jpg?imgmax=800" width="102" height="102" /></a>Just Cause 2 – 26th March – </strong>If you have ever listened to Forced Feedback, you are most likely aware that I am very excited about the return of Rico. Simple ass kicking in an open world and base jumping off everything and anything. I like big explosions, pointless grind missions which give you added Kudos for various factions and I like to steal helicopters while they are in the air. When I play JC1 I feel happy inside. I hope this will make me feel the same if not better.</p> <p><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_pIpYLosjvXU/S6dUZhgIpbI/AAAAAAAAAFw/ZmxcUWZ45YQ/s1600-h/harrypotter4.jpg"><img style="border-right-width: 0px; display: inline; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; margin-left: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; margin-right: 0px" title="harrypotter" border="0" alt="harrypotter" align="left" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_pIpYLosjvXU/S6dUa896BmI/AAAAAAAAAF0/WWmilBpEqfg/harrypotter_thumb2.jpg?imgmax=800" width="91" height="124" /></a> </p> <p></p> <p><strong>Lego Harry Potter: Years 1-4 – 28th May – </strong>I love the Lego platformers. Travellers Tales did a fantastic job on the Star Wars, Indy and Batman titles. Here comes Harry Potter’s turn. From what I have seen in videos and current screen shots this will be more of the same but with the story of the first 4 books/films. I loved the game mechanics and setups of the previous games and I like Harry Potter. Therefore I’m sure I will be one happy wizard when this comes flying into my life in May.</p> <p><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_pIpYLosjvXU/S6dUbrDH65I/AAAAAAAAAF4/JRg69Ym64U0/s1600-h/blur8.jpg"><img style="border-right-width: 0px; display: inline; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; margin-left: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; margin-right: 0px" title="blur" border="0" alt="blur" align="left" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_pIpYLosjvXU/S6dUcMSduSI/AAAAAAAAAF8/H3aXkuJJR4k/blur_thumb6.jpg?imgmax=800" width="119" height="119" /></a> </p> <p><strong>Blur – 28th May – </strong>I’m currently playing the Beta version of BLUR and I love it. Fast like ‘Wipeout’ with the crashing and bashing of ‘Burnout’ and the weapon pickups of Kart racers makes this an amazing mix. What is more interesting is I heard rumours that It will be free for Xbox Live Silver players and it should be cross platform multiplayer so finally Xbox, Playstation and PC fan boys can live and fight in harmony. This is one to look out for!</p> <p><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_pIpYLosjvXU/S6dUcjtr5SI/AAAAAAAAAGA/HF2VCmdgPy0/s1600-h/bear4.jpg"><img style="border-right-width: 0px; display: inline; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; margin-left: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; margin-right: 0px" title="bear" border="0" alt="bear" align="left" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_pIpYLosjvXU/S6dUdFZGUaI/AAAAAAAAAGE/7FLYQEUbMWk/bear_thumb2.jpg?imgmax=800" width="131" height="131" /></a> </p> <p></p> <p><strong>Naughty Bear – 4th June – </strong>Introduced to me through Spirit of Jazz and Freckled moon, this game has got me rather excited. You are a Naughty Bear in a land of perfect teddies. Some sandbox style game play added with the dark twisted humour which I'm sure i will love. This will be the territory of Freckled Moon so I don’t want to give to many features away, however keep listening to Forced Feedback as we will be discussing this master piece in great detail. </p> <p><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_pIpYLosjvXU/S6dUeLXKnoI/AAAAAAAAAGQ/INsNHO2Z9AU/s1600-h/galaxy4.jpg"><img style="border-right-width: 0px; display: inline; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; margin-left: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; margin-right: 0px" title="galaxy" border="0" alt="galaxy" align="left" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_pIpYLosjvXU/S6dUehX8ggI/AAAAAAAAAGU/RunQE5al_b8/galaxy_thumb2.jpg?imgmax=800" width="125" height="164" /></a> </p> <p><strong>Super Mario Galaxy 2 – 11th June – </strong>This game will make me get a Wii again. I have 3 months to save up because this game is essential. I loved number one and even if this is simply more of the same, I don’t care!I have a kind of unjustified hatred of Nintendo at the moment, however Galaxy stole my heart and I am assuming that the production values and game play of the sequel will be the same if not heavily improved. I am looking forward to the cute stars, crazy upside down platforming and riding Yoshi around like nobodies business. </p> <p><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_pIpYLosjvXU/S6dUfIIRD0I/AAAAAAAAAGY/R6j_uYU8ojw/s1600-h/crackdown24.jpg"><img style="border-right-width: 0px; display: inline; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; margin-left: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; margin-right: 0px" title="crackdown 2" border="0" alt="crackdown 2" align="left" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_pIpYLosjvXU/S6dUfiw0o6I/AAAAAAAAAGc/MAtLpShP56A/crackdown2_thumb2.jpg?imgmax=800" width="120" height="164" /></a> </p> <p><strong>Crackdown 2 – July 8th – </strong>Crackdown made me lose around 200 hours of my life, if not more. I was hypnotised by the jumping, orb hunting and disregard for civilians. The art style was stunning, the game play was fun, the explosions were big. What can be improved? well lets add 4 player Co-Op, new weapons, a prettier engine and more Crackdowny goodness. I may book a week off work for this release. I just hope that Freckled Moon sorts her internet/Xbox live out before July as the Wizard/Moon Crackdown ass kicking team may be no more!!</p> <p><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_pIpYLosjvXU/S6dUgMZeNGI/AAAAAAAAAGg/8ayDz7LbchQ/s1600-h/Reach4.jpg"><img style="border-right-width: 0px; display: inline; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; margin-left: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; margin-right: 0px" title="Reach" border="0" alt="Reach" align="left" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_pIpYLosjvXU/S6dUgr3NpDI/AAAAAAAAAGk/IXUNuNLMfEc/Reach_thumb2.jpg?imgmax=800" width="116" height="159" /></a> </p> <p><strong>Halo: Reach – Q3, September Maybe – </strong>I am a raving Halo fan boy. I need to say no more to why I ‘need’ this game. The multiplayer will improve again on what is still the most popular multiplayer of all time. The story to me will answer questions which appeared in the Books and previous titles. I love the universe and the 5th FPS in the series will stun us all. My only criticism is that the Multiplayer Beta is going to be a bit of a farce as people will treat it as a demo or sneak peak and may not actually report bugs, however I’m sure Bungie will sell loads of more copies of ODST in the weeks before May 3rd. </p> <p>Other games I am excited about include Star Craft 2, Diablo 3, Medal of Honor, Star Wars: Old Republic and The Witcher: Rise of the White Wolf. But it may be far to soon to be able to get really excited about these titles. I have a busy few months to get my gaming back on form and look forward to reading and writing about all the moments and news surrounding.</p> <p>Keep on reading and Tune into Forced Feedback each Monday night (except tonight that is).</p>

Unfortunatey I won't be around this week to do a podcast but, perhaps surprisingly, I had already done some reserch for it. So, instead of letting my hard work go to waste I would put it into a written blog. Not the same, I know, but hopefully it's better than nothing. <br /><br />Well this week I haven't really been playing anything new because I decided to pick up my PSP for the first time in about a year and instantly found myself addicted to <span style="font-style:italic;"><a href="http://www.game.co.uk/Games/PSP/LocoRoco/~r328756/">LocoRoco</a></span> again! I did manage to try <span style="font-style:italic;"><a href="http://www.lordofultima.com/en">Lord of Ultima</a></span> though which went into open beta this week. Lord of Ultima is the new browser based 'strategic kingdom building simulation' from EA. First impressions are good but I'm sure we'll talk about it more at a later date. <br /><br />New releases for the week of March 26th include <span style="font-style:italic;"><a href="http://www.game.co.uk/search.aspx?&s=Just+Cause+2">Just Cause 2</a></span>. We talked about that a bit last week and I think CW might have mentioned that he was looking forward to it once or twice. Something I'm much more excited about that is also coming out this week is Pokemon <span style="font-style:italic;"><a href="http://www.game.co.uk/Games/Dsi-and-DS-Lite/Pokemon-Heart-Gold-Includes-Pokewalker/~r346085/">Heart Gold</a></span> and <span style="font-style:italic;"><a href="http://www.game.co.uk/Games/Dsi-and-DS-Lite/Pokemon-Soul-Silver-Includes-Pokewalker/~r346084/">Soul Silver</a></span>. I have Heart Gold on preorder so I'll let you know what I think of it in the next podcast. Multi-platform releases for next week include <span style="font-style:italic;"><a href="http://www.game.co.uk/search.aspx?&s=Prison+Break%3a+The+Conspiracy">Prison Break: The Conspiracy</a></span>, <span style="font-style:italic;"><a href="http://www.game.co.uk/search.aspx?&s=Resonance+of+Fate">Resonance of Fate</a></span>, <span style="font-style:italic;"><a href="http://www.game.co.uk/search.aspx?&s=How+to+Train+Your+Dragon">How to train your Dragon</a></span> and the Game of the Year edition of <a href="http://www.game.co.uk/search.aspx?s=arkham+aslylum"><span style="font-style:italic;">Arkham Asylum</span></a>. <span style="font-style:italic;"><a href="http://www.game.co.uk/Games/Wii/Red-Steel-2/~r346550/">Red Steel 2</a></span> is also coming out for the Wii and <span style="font-style:italic;"><a href="http://www.game.co.uk/Games/PC-Games/The-Sims-3-Create-a-Sim/~r346860/">Sims 3:Create a Sim</a></span> is released for the PC.<br /><br />Recent game related news has been a bit short now that GDC is over but there were still some interesting tidbits out there. First off Nick Gibson, a games investor consulting analyst, claims that a lack of a games adaptation of Twilight has cost Summit Entertainment millions in lost opportunity for revenue. I'm not sure how a Twilight game would work to be honest though it would have been successful no matter what. Other people are cashing in on it so I don't see why Summit Entertainment didn't. As we mentioned last week <span style="font-style:italic;"><a href="http://www.game.co.uk/search.aspx?s=scene+it+twilight">Scene it: Twilight</a></span> came out a few days ago so maybe that is the first of many. Resident Evil creator Shinji Mikami is going to open a new development studio when he has finished work on Platinum Games shooter Vanquish. It will only have a team of 13 to start with and he didn't speak too much about what he would be working on but he did say he would like to see a true-3D horror game. <br /><br />One of my favourite news stories this week was regarding Tommy Refenes and Apple. Tommy Refenes made a game called Zits and Giggles which was, until recently, sold on Apple's App Store. Last week at GDC he ranted about how terrible the App store was and he compared the iPhone and iPod Touch to the Tiger handhelds of the 80s and 90s. This may have been why Apple removed his game this week but it may have also been to do with the price 'experiment' he was conducting during the past 5 months. Zits and Giggles hadn't been selling too well so 5 months ago Refenes decided to increase the price to $15, surprisingly a few copies were then sold. After this the creators kept increasing the price every time a copy sold and the day it was pulled someone bought the game for $400! I find that crazy. It really shows that people assume something is good just because it's expensive. A lot of people playing 'games' on the iPhone and iPod Touch aren't really gamers and probably wouldn't even label themselves as such. <br /><br />A few other pieces of news I picked up but didn't really read too much into was that Miyamoto confirmed Pikmin 3 is well underway, Playstation Move title Motion Fighter will have a calorie counter and a gamer broke two fingers whilst playing <span style="font-style:italic;"><a href="http://www.game.co.uk/Games/PlayStation-3/God-of-War-III/~r335935/">God of War 3</a></span> after rolling over them with his knee. Not quite sure how that last one could happen. What position do they play games in?! I like the idea of a fighting game having a calorie counter though so you know how many you are burning whilst beating people up. <br /><br />Well I think that about sums up everything I would have talked about during the podcast. I haven't included a feature because we hadn't decided on one yet. Everything is quite brief because it's hard to have a debate on a subject with myself but just imagine it being padded out with CW's swearing and shouting! <br /><br />Sources:<br /><a href="http://kotaku.com/">Kotaku</a><br /><a href="http://edge-online.com/news?page=1">Edge</a><br /><a href="http://www.develop-online.net/news/latest">Develop</a>

Forced Feedback Episode 14<br /><br />Forced Feedback is the Podcast of The Feedback Force. We are Captain Wizard and Freckled Moon featuring various guests. The podcast is musings and general news from this week. It is published every Monday and may/will include some strong language, humour and subjective views!!<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Forced Feedback Episode 14 – 15/03/10 – 1hr 07 mins<br /><br />Sorry about the bad sound quality this week....my bad!!! i didn't set it up quite right.<br /></span><br /><embed type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always" src="http://www.archive.org/flow/flowplayer.commercial-3.0.5.swf" w3c="true" flashvars="config={&quot;key&quot;:&quot;#$b6eb72a0f2f1e29f3d4&quot;,&quot;playlist&quot;:[{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;http://www.archive.org/download/ForcedFeedbackEpisode14/ForcedFeedback14-150310.mp3&quot;,&quot;autoPlay&quot;:false}],&quot;clip&quot;:{&quot;autoPlay&quot;:true},&quot;canvas&quot;:{&quot;backgroundColor&quot;:&quot;0x000000&quot;,&quot;backgroundGradient&quot;:&quot;none&quot;},&quot;plugins&quot;:{&quot;audio&quot;:{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;http://www.archive.org/flow/flowplayer.audio-3.0.3-dev.swf&quot;},&quot;controls&quot;:{&quot;playlist&quot;:false,&quot;fullscreen&quot;:false,&quot;gloss&quot;:&quot;high&quot;,&quot;backgroundColor&quot;:&quot;0x000000&quot;,&quot;backgroundGradient&quot;:&quot;medium&quot;,&quot;sliderColor&quot;:&quot;0x777777&quot;,&quot;progressColor&quot;:&quot;0x777777&quot;,&quot;timeColor&quot;:&quot;0xeeeeee&quot;,&quot;durationColor&quot;:&quot;0x01DAFF&quot;,&quot;buttonColor&quot;:&quot;0x333333&quot;,&quot;buttonOverColor&quot;:&quot;0x505050&quot;}},&quot;contextMenu&quot;:[{&quot;Listen+to+ForcedFeedbackEpisode14+at+archive.org&quot;:&quot;function()&quot;},&quot;-&quot;,&quot;Flowplayer 3.0.5&quot;]}" width="350" height="24"></embed><br /><br /><a href="http://www.archive.org/download/ForcedFeedbackEpisode14/ForcedFeedback14-150310.mp3">Download the MP3 (64K) Here (right click to save)<br /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Presenters</span> - Captain Wizard and Freckled Moon<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Guest </span>- Lt. Shmoopy<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Currently Playing</span> -Sonic and Sega Allstars Racing, Enemy Territory, DoW: Chaos Rising, Borderlands General Knoxx DLC.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Whats New - </span>Supreame Commander Demo, Scene it Twilight, Moto GP 09/10, Metro 2033, Dragon Age: Awakening, God of War 3, Its my Circus, Sfar'Wii, C+C4 Tiberian Twilight<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">News - </span>Crackdown 2 dated, Insomniac Rumours, Codemasters Regect Natel, PS-Home 12 Million mark, SlashDamage Brink, PS3 Shovel Ware with Move, Super Giant Games formed, Move details, Gabe Newell's insight to future gaming.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Feature - </span><span>Special and Collector Editions</span><span style="font-weight: bold;"><br /><br /></span><span style="font-weight: bold;">Disclaimer - everything said in this podcast are opinions, sources are mentioned when known and everything is assumed to be subjective/speculative. Its just bit of fun and arguments about gaming.</span><br /><br /><a href="http://feeds2.feedburner.com/ForcedFeedback">click here to subscribe to this podcast using iTunes or Preferred RssCatcher http://feeds2.feedburner.com/ForcedFeedback</a><br /><br />Or find us on iTunes in the 'Games and Hobbies/Video Games' section or by searching <span style="font-weight: bold;">'Forced Feedback'</span><br /><br />Please check out and join our Facebook Group <a href="http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=57517608266&amp;ref=ts">http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=57517608266&amp;ref=ts</a><br /><br />Check out and follow us on Twitter <a href="http://www.twitter.com/forcedfeedback">http://www.twitter.com/forcedfeedback</a>

Forced Feedback Episode 13 - Our big comeback after 8 months!!! Forced Feedback is the Podcast of The Feedback Force. We are Captain Wizard and Freckled Moon featuring various guests. The podcast is musings and general news from this week. It is published every Monday and may/will include some strong language, humour and subjective views!! Forced Feedback Episode 13 – 11/013/10 – 1hr 24 mins Download the MP3 (64K) Here (right click to save) Presenters - Captain Wizard and Freckled Moon Guest - No guest this week i'm afraid Currently Playing -Sonic and Sega Allstars Racing, DDR/DU 360, Star Trek Online, Dante's Inferno, Monkey Ball Wii, Scribblenauts. Whats New - Yakuza3, Way of the Sameri 3, Dancing on Ice, Ben 10, Eye of Judgement: Legends, Fat Pricess PSP, Final Fantasy 13, Dawn of War 2 Gold + Chaos Rising Addon, Grid, Resident Evil 5 Gold. News - Playstation Moce, Steam for Macs + Unreal3, DRM issues with Ubisoft, Bodycount, Lara Croft Xbox Live title, Battlestar MMO, Games Master comeback, EA sports with microsoft, OnLive this summer + priced, Warren Spectre Speaks out plus loads of other ramblings!! Feature - No feature this week i'm afraid folks....just lots of returning happiness. Disclaimer - everything said in this podcast are opinions, sources are mentioned when known and everything is assumed to be subjective/speculative. Its just bit of fun and arguments about gaming. click here to subscribe to this podcast using iTunes or Preferred RssCatcher http://feeds2.feedburner.com/ForcedFeedback Or find us on iTunes in the 'Games and Hobbies/Video Games' section or by searching 'Forced Feedback' Please check out and join our Facebook Group http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=57517608266&ref=ts Check out and follow us on Twitter http://www.twitter.com/forcedfeedback