Written by: Alex Shaw

As mentioned in this weeks episode. I got the new Street Fighter figure of Ryu. There’s a whacking great vile misprint on the back concerning Ryu’s Country of Origin. Kids should look away. On a side note, the figures are awesome. Â9.99 on Play.

Sonic’s Ultimate Genesis Collection.

(Or Sega Mega Drive Ultimate Collection to our British listeners)

After being hooked on 16-bit gaming for a week, Alex and Tony delve into why this is a landmark title in nostalgic game packages from past generations.

We also talk about Race Pro and Street Fighter IV, along with the latest news from the gaming world, including swearing Street Fighter figure packaging and speculations on a PS3 price cut.

Fans of Firefly get a treat at the end.

For Further episodes on Sega, check out Digital Cowboys 59 (June 12/08) for the Sega Special.

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The Next Five Years.

This episode we discuss the decisions Sony, Nintendo and Microsoft might make in the next five years, the directions that the market might move and possible strategies that the makers of the consoles we love could execute to regain their former glory or press their advantage.

Paul dissects Flower, Tony busts an eyeball ranting about the Bladder of Steel achievement on Rock Band 2, and we get cocky over GTA IV’s new expansion pack.

All this on the day that the long awaited Street Fighter IV launches. We have celebratory music to match and are likely to be discussing it repeatedly over the coming weeks.

We’re definitely nearing the quality in terms of content, focus and audio that we want to achieve with this podcast. We’re very proud of this episode.

Hadouken.

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Here in precise order are my favourite scrolling beat-em-ups. I’ve been playing a lot of these lately and I really would love to see this dead-and-buried genre brought back to us.

1. Streets of Rage 2 (Mega Drive)
2. Alien Vs. Predator (Arcade)
3. Final Fight (Arcade)
4. Asterix (Arcade)
5. Streets of Rage (Mega Drive)
6. X-Men (Arcade)
7. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (Arcade)
8. Die Hard Arcade (Saturn)
9. The Punisher (Arcade)
10. Kung Fu Master (Game Boy)

Come and find us.

Here: http://twitter.com/Digitalcowboys

Kropotkin on Mobile Gaming.

We’re immensely pleased to have on Chris O’Regan AKA Kropotkin from the podcast Superhappyfuntimeshow this week.

We talk iPhone and Nokia gaming and how far it’s come along with the news, what we’ve been playing and your emails.

We close on a really interesting James Lipton-esque Q&A session.

-Apologies for the horrible sound quality of this episode. We had some technical difficulties and even after exhaustive editing it still sounds rough. We’ve ordered desk microphones so this shouldn’t happen again. A special hello to all listeners of SHFTS and GWJ. Please DO keep listening.

As promised, here’s a list of previous episodes you might want to check out.

Episode #75 – 16/Oct/08 = We talk about the community that’s built up around us personally in our gaming lives
Episode #70 – 11/Sep/08 = The SNES Special
Episode #68 – 15/Aug/08 = Piles of Shame and Braid
Episode #64 – 18/Jul/08 = E3 2008
Episode #59 – 12/Jun/08 = SEGA Special
Episode #58 – 5/Jun/08 = The NES Special
Episode #56 – 22/May/08 = The 10 Greatest Films Ever

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Well, as has been mentioned on the podcast many times before, I tend to Tony things, i.e. complete stuff as and when I buy/rent them.  So I guess this means that I don’t have a big pile of shame as such.  Don’t get me wrong though, there are still achievements, quite literally, I want to get in games, so here is a list of a few that might interest you.

1. Eternal Sonata – The only true pile of shame game I have.  Never have and never will play it.
2. Gears of War 2 – Need to complete on Insane difficulty.
3. Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter 2 – Need to complete all DLC Co-op missions.
4. Rock Band 2 – The Endless Setlist awaits me.
5. Kingdom for Keflings – So sweet, so time consuming.

I’ll keep you posted but don’t hold your breath for Eternal Sonata!

Tony

Below, there’s a link to the Gamers with Jobs website. If you’re looking for similar game-related discussions from non-paid though nonetheless incredibly professional and likable folks, you’ll find good stuff here.

http://www.gamerswithjobs.com/

Sequels.

This week, our audience is expanding thanks to the efforts of Gamers With Jobs producer Rob Borges mentioning us on their show so hello to all our new listeners. We hope to be able to keep you entertained enough to stick around.

After the news, featuring a fracas over Resident Evil 5, Leipzig, a petulant Ludlum-estate spokesperson backhanding Activision and a rare moment of humility on Sony’s part, we focus this week on sequels.

Specifically we’ll be chatting about all things Gears of War 2, but many other games get dragged in as we try to figure out just what we want out of the follow ups to our favourite games.

The winner of this weeks competition gets announced and a there’s a new music-based question for this week. We also get some interesting emails, including one from Superhappyfuntimeshow’s own Chris ‘Kropotkin’ O’Regan.

Finally, Paul has a two minute, uninterrupted rant over what he (and others) consider to be one of the most pretentious games of all time; Braid.

Next week… something special.

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