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Episode 406. Diablo 3 Pre-Party
In this episode: Activision makes money! Awesomenauts and Walking Dead are awesome! Bioshock Infinite is delayed... but why? Torchlight II sucks in our time! Diablo 3 is next week. DIABLO III IS NEXT WEEK!
WHAT NOW, INTERNET?!
Hosts: Dali Dimovski, Eric Smith, Mike Bachmann, John Parie, Steven Strom
Music:
Intro: Gogol Bordello - Rebellious Love
Outro: Cake - Meanwhile, Rick James...
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Episode 405. Super Social Media Bros.
In this episode: Call of Duty: Black Ops 2! Elder Scrolls Online! THQ at E3! The new Xbox in production already? And how Ford (the car company) is getting into games!
WHAT NOW, INTERNET?!
Hosts: Dali Dimovski, Eric Smith, Mike Bachmann, Brian McClary
Links:
Music:
Intro: Gogol Bordello - Rebellious Love
Outro: Cake - Meanwhile, Rick James...
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Episode 404. Error
In this episode: Sports! Well, sports games. This week saw the reveal of Calvin Johnson as the Madden 13 cover athlete. LUCKY NUMBER THIRTEEN. There's also a curse associated with it. More importantly, we have experts on the show to tell us how sports games have changed and are changing, as well as some breaking news like Adam Sessler leaving G4.
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Hosts: Dali, Mike Suszek, Craig Gonzalez
Links:
Music:
Intro: Gogol Bordello - Rebellious Love
Outro: Cake - Meanwhile, Rick James...
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Episode 403. Masters in Chief
In this episode: We share a heartwarming confessional session with Mike Bachmann about the trials and tribulations of Trials, invoke a no-crying rule during election day, plan Eric's next 18 games (hint, they all involve sausage), and tell each other why delays are a good thing. Or, they're not.
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Hosts: Dali, Steven, Eric, Mike
Links: Fistfulofpixels.net
Music:
Intro: Gogol Bordello - Rebellious Love
Outro: Cake - Meanwhile, Rick James...
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Welcome to the SideQuest, your as-often-as-possible podcast devoted to gaming, culture, and gaming culture, with the occasional often tangent.
Episode 402 – This week we talk PAX East business as the guys (including new host Mike Bachmann) try to settle into their standard lives once again. No more dancing for Steven. No more stumbling into people’s rooms super-drunk at 2am for Eric. No more KILLING IT for Dali. No more being Mike Bachmann for Mike Bachmann.
Hosts:
Dali Dimovski, Eric Smith, Steven Strom, Mike Bachmann
Contained Within:
So much PAX East talk that it will literally make you sick.
Especially the talk about Steven dancing.
You will laugh so hard that you will expel previously eaten food.
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Music:
Intro: Supergrass – Alright
Outro: Cold War Kids – Louder Than Ever
WHAT NOW.
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Episode 401 -- Happy 3rd Birthday, SideQuesting!
Hosts:
Dali Dimovski, Eric Smith, Steven Strom, John Parie, Doug Lang, J Goldberg, Justin McElroy, Mike Suszek, Mike Wall, Erron Kelly, Taylor Bliss
Stuff in the show:
PAX to do: Flash mob line Laser-lassos for Catherine Giant cupcakes in space: The Mass Effect 3 ending we really want Don’t be weird about it. Bonkerz.net Three Ninjas. What? Fanny packs across the chest. US-Canadian exchange rates. Top-notch Eve machinima. MLB Shinobi City Ransom - The free-to-play MMO - The Kickstarter project
Music:
Intro: Gogol Bordello - Rebellious Love
Outro: Cake - Meanwhile, Rick James...
WHAT NOW.
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Tangent podcasts are tangent. The Random Battles are short mini-shows that will show up in your feed as we discuss one topic at a time. Yes, the do fit into the continuity of the SideQuest.
Today’s Monster: Mass Effect 3. It takes three party members in a 45 minute session to conquer the beast within. Romancing, fighting, romancing, talking, and romancing are the tools the battle party has at their disposal in taking down Mass Effect 3
Battle Party: Eric Smith (Lvl 1, 1/3), Steven Strom (Lvl 1, 2/3), Ousmane Mariko (Lvl 1, 1/3)
How does scoring take place and what does it mean?
For completing a Random Battle, the party member gains XP. For every 3 battles, the player levels up. At the end of the season, the highest level player gets a SideQuesting surprise gift. The XP then resets at the beginning of the next season.
Music: Mass Effect 2 – Two Steps From Hell – Heart of Courage
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Tangent podcasts are tangent. The Random Battles are short mini-shows that will show up in your feed as we discuss one topic at a time. Yes, the do fit into the continuity of the SideQuest.
Today's Monster: The Walking Dead Season 2 Finale. It takes four of us to tackle the remains of Season 2 of the hit show, but we do so with a katana in each hand a couple of zombies at our sides. Also: infinite ammo, themes of Survival vs Protection, the Prison(!), and Andrea's Olympic energy. And SPOILERS!
Missed our Season 2 mid-season finale episode? HERE IT IS!
Battle Party: Chris Majewski (Lvl 1, 1/3), Erron Kelly (Lvl 1, 1/3), Matt Champion (Lvl 1, 1/3), Dali Dimovski (Lvl 1, 2/3)
How does scoring take place and what does it mean?
For completing a Random Battle, the party member gains XP. For every 3 battles, the player levels up. At the end of the season, the highest level player gets a SideQuesting surprise gift. The XP then resets at the beginning of the next season.
Music: Final Fantasy VI - Battle Theme, Victory Fanfare - Nobuo Uematsu
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Welcome to the SideQuest, your as-often-as-possible podcast devoted to gaming, culture, and gaming culture, with the occasional often tangent.
Episode 325 – Eric and Steven are on there own while Daddy Dali is away on business. Don’t worry, in typical SideQuesting fashion many shenanigans and tangents are too be had.
Show Notes:
Hosts:
Segment 1
Intro:
Whatcha Playin’?
Eric: Too much NBA 2K12, Mass Effect 3, game organizing Steven: Batman Arkham City Lockdown, Mass Effect Infiltrator
Segment 2
News:
Assassin’s Creed 3 SFxT drama iPad Steam Box Mass Effect 3 Homophobic Review Bombing GDC/IGF Awards
Outro
Music:
Intro: Alright – Supergrass
Break: Super Meat Boy OST – Danny Baranowsky/Team Meat
Outro: Louder Than Ever – Cold War Kids
Mega!!1!
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Welcome to the SideQuest, your as-often-as-possible podcast devoted to gaming, culture, and gaming culture, with the occasional often tangent.
Episode 325 – Dali, Steven, and Eric sit down with Randy Nelson this week to discuss rapid beard growth and Peter Molychu. Our big third segment this week focuses on PXL Magazine, monsieur Nelson’s project that started as a Kickstarter project and will be seeing the first issue release on Android and iOS very shortly.
Show Notes:
Hosts:
Dali Dimovski, Eric Smith, Steven Strom, Randy Nelson
Segment 1
Intro:
Whatcha Playin’?
Randy: Asura’s Wrath, DEMOS
Eric: Alan Wake’s American Nightmare, Binary Domain
Dali: Hero Academy, WipEout 2048, Red Faction: Armageddon
Steven: Syndicate, WipEout 2048, Super Stardust Delta, Lumines: Electronic Symphony, Alan Wake’s American Nightmare, Starhawk Beta
Segment 2
News:
- Vita sales reach 1.2 Million, 686k in US/EU - Bethesda, Kojima shopping for Next Gen workers, Xbox Next being shown to devs? - Reports say PS4 won’t have Cell - Sony allows Mass Effect 3 pre-orders through the Playstation Store - Killzone 3 Multiplayer component FREE until Sergeant 1 rank, $15 for full unlock ($7.50 for Playstation Plus members) - UK retailer GAME refuses to stock EA games for the month of March, including Mass Effect 3
Segment 3
The Hot Topic:
The highly anticipated PXL Magazine!
Outro
Music:
Intro: Alright – Supergrass
Break: Super Meat Boy OST – Danny Baranowsky/Team Meat
Outro: Louder Than Ever – Cold War Kids
Mega!!1!
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