Pre-E3 Round Table

At the MCM Expo in London this week we were lucky enough to get into a lengthy discussion about E3 and what we’re expecting from it with Chris O Regan (AKA Kropotkin) of Superhappyfuntimeshow, David Turner (AKA Elmo) and Michael Fox of Joypod. We go over lots of the core interest points including what the big three can do to impress us, and what we’d most like to see.

Back in the main show, we take a look at two music games of wildly varying quality. Guitar Hero: Metallica and Rock Revolution. We also have Random Game of the week and your letters, including an explosive retort from Sean O Brien about our treatment of the PS3 and conclusive proof that games CAN be art.

To round off this bumper show we interview (along with Krop) Mike Oldman; community manager for Eidos who was at the MCM, showing off a demo of Batman: Arkham Asylum, which was, as we said, the best thing at the MCM.

Joypod is a games-focused radio show that you can (and should ) tune into every week on Play Talk Radio http://playradiouk.com/ They record live with different topics every week and take calls from their extended community and listeners. You can catch their shows in podcast form on iTunes as well. Check out their site here http://thisisjoypod.com/

Chris is a good friend of the show already and is lucky enough to be winging his way to E3 as you hear this (If you’re listening over the weekend). His show, which he records with Hendrix and Bloodshot Robot is broadcast on All Games Radio http://www.allgames.com/radio/shfts/ can be found here: http://www.shfts.com/ for your weekly dose of often hilarious, oddball comedy from three guys who know rather a lot about video games.

Thanks for the show guys, it was great meeting you at last. It’s also worth noting that we recorded the MCM round table part of the show before we interviewed Mike from Eidos and Leo from Capcom. We would have been a bit more enthusiastic if you’d caught us afterwards.

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