The MaldenCast 522

The Short Battery Life Edition

This week, we get our hands on the 3DS. We build it up, tear it down and let you know how we really feel about the first major hardware release in over four years.

Sure, we talk about other things too.

iPhone pick of the week: Lane Splitter

Wanna help Japan in a gamer related way?  Play For Japan (@PlayForJPN)

All this and more! Do you like ‘ums’ AND ‘uhs’? You came to the right place!

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The MaldenCast 521

The Ski Patrol Edition

This week the gang carves their way through the powdery slopes of video game land.

Ian shreds the double black diamond of text adventures, on his way toward the 3DS launch.

Chad emerges from the lodge with a hot toddy and tales of faulty motorcycles.

Mike negotiates the moguls of Dragon Age, Swarm, Full House Poker and the fresh powder of WWE All-stars.

And Steve is a miserable pile of secrets. (sorry the metaphor was already wearing thin.)

iPhone pick of the week: Disc Drivin’ And the runners up: Surveillant , Robot Wants Kitty and Forget Me Not.

Wanna help Japan in a gamer related way?  Play For Japan (@PlayForJPN)

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The MaldenCast 520

IT’S THE LIBYANS Edition

This week, Peter rejoins the gang to talk about anime and his comic.
Ian talks about Libya and his Grandma (We suspect there’s a connection).
Steve talks Arnold and Nerd Bait.
And Mike, talks about feeding the needy and laments the earthquake in New Zealand. Because he CARES harder than you do.

Games Discussed: Dead Space 2, Battlefield 3, Captain Commando (!?), Jurassic Park and Dead Island.

iPhone pick of the week: Tiny Wings

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The MaldenCast 519

The Super High Energy Edition

We found this episode lying around on the Malden HQ floor.
We slobber all over the greatest show on TV: Community.
Steve is Hard Corps. Ian is _____? And Mike is in (Dead) Space.

All this and more! Do you like ‘ums’ AND ‘uhs’? You came to the right place!

iPhone pick of the week: Cover Orange

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The MaldenCast Episode 518

The ‘Don’t Call It A Comeback’ Edition

We’re back! And we’re rusty. BUT we plan on doing this regularly again.

This episode Steve goes to Sundance, Ian goes skiing and Mike is obviously hiding something.

We talk about the coming handheld war: 3DS vs. PSP2 (NGP(WTFBBQ))

Also we talk about Bulletstorm, Crysis 2 and we get all old man about the state of online multiplayer.

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The MaldenCast Episode 515

The Better Never Than Late Edition

This episode Chad, Mike and Steve talk Olympic fever, Nintendo and speculate about Ian’s where-a-bouts. Then we learn that game developers have feelings too. Also we have a rather lengthy and spoiler free discussion about Heavy Rain.

And then there’s Goblin.

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The MaldenCast Episode 514

Are YOU ready for some football? We talk about the Big Game, Haiti and our ailing economy. You know, the topics you WANT to hear on a video game podcast.

Actually we do talk games. We look forward to the Wii’s future line-up. We run down our Top Ten Games from 2009. And we sneak a little Mass Effect 2 and Assassin’s Creed 2 talk in as well.

All musical interludes are from ocremix.org

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The MaldenCast Episode 513

Appropriately in time for the holiday weekend it’s a very NSFW episode of the MaldenCast. Seriously, we have no idea what got into us or how things went down hill so quickly.

This week we talk CES, True Companions, Steve’s frogs, Mike’s balls, Gil’s impending irrelevance and Chad going all Ted Kaczynski on us. Ian also stops by to talk about games. Speaking of…

The Games:
Bayonetta, Borderlands, Ace Combat Xi, Castlevania: Rebirth and some more goddamn Ogre Battle.

The Music: Teddy Pendergrass (RIP) Jay Reatard (RIP) and Vic Chestnutt (RIP)

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The MaldenCast Episode 512

This episode it’s a five man crew… for about seven minutes.

Steve was so excited to have seen Avatar he couldn’t stick around to talk about it. Special guest Gil Ruta stops by to talk about Soccer and his arcade collection. Chad talks about quitting. Ian talks about, what else? Sports. And Mike can barely keep the whole show from imploding. Issues with Skype and Garageband conspired against him but, well shit, at least it’s free.

The Games: Assassin’s Creed 2, DJ Hero and Silent Hill: Shattered Memories

The Music: Nerf Herder, Tenacious D and Stephen Lynch.

Links!: The Red Pill 2051, Emerald City Supporters, Pinball Show, Mini Squadron, Blimp, Hornet Smash and Machinarium.

Merry Christmas, jerks!

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The MaldenCast Episode 511

This week Mike, Steve and… well, that is it.

Still, they talk about tuna pies; they take hostages; and they can’t be stopped. Their army is small but oh, is it fierce!

The Games: Excitebike: World Rally, New Super Mario Bros. Wii, Muramasa, Dragon Age: Origins.

The Music: Animal Collective, Real Estate and Evahn with an OCRemix.

The Links: Tuna Pies! Chocolate eating, Japanese sissy boys! Canabalt!

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