PB & Jason: Issue 15: Band Together

PB & Jason Issue 15: Band Together

This time, PB & Jason is back and in full force... As in not about one specific game!

Surprise! There's a press release early on in this one.

Lots of news and news opinions after that, along with a little bit of Wii, Kinect, and Move talk to go along with that.

Follow it all up with a teeny bit of talk about RUSE, Blue Dragon: Awakened Shadow, and Final Fantasy: The 4 Heroes of Light, along with an appeal for subject-oriented listener mail! What makes a series a series? What doesn't? When is a series a franchise? Is Kirby's Epic Yarn part of the Kirby series? I discuss these ideas a little, but be sure to write in your opinion, too, in the comments or in emails. As always, it's jasonr_AT_pixlbit_DOT_com. If you can't figure that out, leave a comment and I'll help you do it.

Like always, you can find the show's (brief) notes in the forum thread.

No rubber bands were stretched in the making of this podcast.

Why am I talking about rubber bands?

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Music by Kathrine Theidy.

Emers0n

10/27/2010 at 12:45 AM

nice post

Jason Ross Senior Editor

10/27/2010 at 12:56 AM

Why thank you... Emers0n.

Joaquim Mira Media Manager

11/30/2010 at 12:22 AM

I think that we are all just gamers, despite the varying level of intensity towards the hobby/pastime that we might have. A stamp collector is just a stamp collector, and it doesn't matter what type of stamps he collects, or what he focuses on his collection.

However if I were to define the extremes of the gaming populace, I would say that there are those that just play video-games, and then there are those that follow the video-game industry attentively, and also play video-games of course, and also collect them. To me the latter are what could be called either a hardcore, or an enthusiast gamer.

11/30/2010 at 12:36 AM

A Sonic game is a Sonic game only because it is part of the franchise. For example, Sonic Pinball Party isn't really a Sonic game in the vain of the Sonic the Hedgehog series, but it's a Sonic game within the Sonic franchise.

It's all about how carefully worded we speak out about them that makes the difference, but we usually infer a lot of definitions behind our opinions because we all assume we all know what we are referring to. Even if that isn't really the case. It's just improper linguistic communication because we are trying to convey our opinions as fast as possible so as to keep the attention of those listening, or reading.

04/01/2011 at 02:14 PM

Hey guys! The iOS version of Silly Bandz was just updated! Great news! Go download the new, improved version with more than 30 new physics based levels right away!