The Combobulater: Going Live!!

Hey Everyone,

The Combobulater recently dragged itself out of a wintery hibernation with three podcasts in the last three weeks!!

We're still not quite in a stride of podcasting and updating the blog, but hey we're doing our best! All of this is in preperation for The Combobulater moving into a new platform, OMFG.

Original Media for Gamers will host our little cast on their live stream, every Thursday evening at 19:00 EST (will need to double check the time zone). An archive will also be available since technically we are are not recording live on a week to week basis.

This Monday though, for one hour we will be live!!

Feb. 1st is launch day for the station and we have been invited to join the 24 hour party to introduce ourselves to the community. Come enjoy the train wreck as we get to grips with real life broadcasting...no safety net!!

The Combobulater is slotted in for a 22:00 GMT session.

It ought to be interesting.

Emeny.

The Combobulater 14th November

Hey Everyone,

This week sees us change the format of the show ever so slightly as we look to fit in with our potential new hosts, The WoW Radio network!!

There are still some details to be worked out so I can't say exactly when (or if just yet) we'll be presented by the station but in the meantime this show was knocked up as our pilot episode. Join us as we kick off the show with a brief discussion on kids and gaming. It's amazing to see how quickly kids pick up our gaming habit, and at such a young age!!

We then move into what we've been playing including a look at Fallout 3, S.T.A.L.K.E.R and Burnsy's latest attempt to replay games including Assassins Creed.

To conclude the show we examine Left 4 Dead which is due to be wheeled into the morgue on November 18th as Left 4 Dead 2 goes live. We look back at the games strong points and its let downs, reminisce on those intense movie climaxes and lament the fact we can't afford L4D2!

Music on this week's show is provided by:

Koch - a work friend of ours that knocked up an awesome Mario theme remix.

Big Giant Circles - Check out this Sonic 3, Ice Zone remix at OCremix.org

Cheers for tuning in,

Emeny.

The Combobulater: October 31st 2009

Hey Everyone,

This weekend saw myself and Burnsy catch up on what we've been playing including some talk on Fallout 3, recent 'Ultimate game of the Year' winner and Burnsy's third playthrough of Mass Effect. Yes, I did say third!!

We cover a variety of other things including a quick run through the Golden Joystick awards which saw a record breaking 1.2 million votes cast.



To wrap the show up we discuss our visit to the Eurogamer Expo in Leeds, 2009. We share our opinions on what we got to gawp at, including God of War 3 (and Emeny gets his hands bloody with the exclusive demo mailed out by Sony this weekend!), Dante's Inferno, Sabateur, Split Second and a few other bits and pieces.
Enjoy the podcast and thanks for tuning in!


Emeny.

The Combobulater & the Eurogamer Expo

Hey Everyone,

This week Burnsy and myself took a trip to Leeds to swim in the tide of over 2000 gamers that took part in the Eurogamer Expo 2009.

Armed with a camcorder we took a look at a host of games set for release in the near future, including Dante's Inferno, Left 4 Dead 2, Split Second, God of War 3 and more.

Check out part one of the video here.

*edit* Part two and part 3 are now live!! There is some slight audio issue where it is out of synch but nothing so harsh you'll be upset!! I hope :-D

In short the show didn't quite live up to our expectations, perhaps we were expecting too much from the event but the venue wasn't all that big so it didn't take long to absorb all that was there. Crowds populated certain areas more than others, it was hard work getting a look at Assassin's Creed 2 for instance and Dante's Inferno had steady interest. Surprisingly God of War 3 wasn't all that busy and nor was the Star Trek online area, though these were both housed in a seperate building so I do wonder how many people realised there was somewhere else to go!

Join us on the podcast this weekend where Burnsy and I will share our thoughts on the games we got to gaze at and those we had some hands on time with. If you're a gamer that likes to pick up as many of the top titles as you can then you're going to be very busy in the coming months!!

Emeny.

The Combobulater 11th October & 16th October

Hey Guys,

We are anything but consistent as last week saw two shows put together back to back only for us now to take our usual two week break!

The latest shows are a little off the wall, covering topics from me getting dangerously close to quitting WoW only to decide that I need to go on a WoW diet instead. I did that and come the next show I'm discussing how I completed Fear 2 and had almost wrapped up Killzone 2 as well.

Burnsy joins me on the 16th (with the 11th being a solo effort) and we discuss the cost of PC gaming in comparison to consoles. Is it worth spending so much money on various PC upgrades, what is the difference between the PC and the console experience? We intend to take this apart in more detail in a forthcoming show as I think there is good room for discussion in this area.

Things have been a little slack round here lately, I could blame the hangover from a tough few weeks at work...so I will!

Next week sees Burnsy and myself head off to the Eurogamer Expo for a day so we shall be back very soon to share our thoughts on that. I'm tempted to do a post mortem on Fear 2 and Killzone 2, so look out for that too in the near future. In the meantime studying and avoiding WoW is keeping me busy.

Cheers for tuning in,

Emeny.

The Combobulater 8th August 2009

Greetings Combobulater fans,

The latest episode of the Combobulater has been released into the wild where we hope it will propagate and run free!

Join us this week as Burnsy explains why he sat through Watchman, twice! Emeny is fed up with LotrO but finding new life in WoW and Fat Princess may have been a sting on the wallet.

We're joined this week by Riknas, part of the Free to play Podcast on Virginworlds Riknas is setting up an ambitious project 'EndGrind' in an effort to catalogue and review the world of MMOs.

Exactly how long should you spend playing an MMO before you can apply a reasonable score, or offer a critique? Project EndGrind sets out to answer this tough question and is on the hunt for contributors. If you are a keen blogger and willing to dedicate yourself to offering your critical insight on an MMO of your choice (assuming it isn't already taken) then be sure to get in touch with Riknas.

We wrap up the show with a look at Kotick's latest comments that have incensed the Combobulater crew, and it would appear ars technica share our feelings (enjoy their art!). Are activision pushing their luck and just how much will the gaming community take before it wakes up and snaps back?

This crew hope it's sooner rather than later, especially knowing that the WoW community sit in the palm of Activision!!

Be sure to check out our forums which are coming to life, a big thanks to everyone that has posted so far.

Cheers for tuning in and be sure to share your thoughts.

Emeny.