CAGcast No.61 – Cheapy’s Choice
Cheapy D and co-host Wombat pull up a chair via Japan and New York City to discuss the latest happenings in life and the latest news, deals and releases in the world of video games. This week, Cheapy voices his opinion as to why the Playstation 3 should have been released this fall and Wombat gets on his soapbox and proclaims free male neutering.
Behind the Scenes at MotorStorm
Outside of Gran Turismo HD & 5 for PS3, the big driver simulation game people are looking forward to is MotorStorm.
After Burner: Official blog from developer Chris Kaminski
Hi everyone and welcome to the first installment of the producer’s blog for After Burner: Black Falcon…So you might be wondering what we did to update it? Well…we thought about what we could add to the experience that would make a great game even better. We added a ton of new planes…
Price Cuts Sony’s new plan for the PS3
Although Sony is blaming its faltering profits partly on PlayStation 3 price cuts in Japan, a senior executive said Wednesday that further slashing prices may be in store for the just-launched video game machine. Pricing is among the factors Sony Corp. is studying as it expects to break even in its money-losing gaming business next fiscal year.
XBox 360 User Created Content Coming
During a recent discussion over at Evil Avatar, Mark Rein (Epic Games President) hinted that we could be seeing user created content on the XBox 360.
NY Times Talks Wii Success
The NY Times has an article online about the ‘unexpected success’ of the Wii. They highlight how Nintendo has changed gaming and is giving Sony and Microsoft a run for their money.
From one female gamer to others: Miss Video Game is a joke
I understand sex sells. But what are we trying to sell females? We have breasts, we don
’t need to look at anyone else’s. If this is supposed to appeal to the female anti-gamer, getting a woman to hold a game controller pressed up against her cheek while her other hand rests a little too firmly on her bosom is hardly the way to do.
Sony Doesn’t Take the Bait for SplitFish PS3 Rumble
Still hopeful that Sony might one day bring rumble back to the PlayStation 3? It doesn’t look like it’s going to happen!
GRAW 2 Demo First Impressions
We just got done playing through the demo for Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter 2, and it was awesome. However, there are still some big “what-ifs” that could spoil this upcoming title.
Einstein, HDTV, and the Error You Just Made
OK, show of hands: who got a new HDTV-ready flat-screen this year – maybe just in time for the Big Game? Yeah, me too. Too bad. If only Santa, the FCC, you and I had done our physics homework…
High Def, it turns out, actually isn’t. It’s just a tiny bit higher than low; and, sadly, not nearly high enough at all.



