Podcast 10 is online! We know we’ve been lacking on content but that’s because we are SUPER busy preparing for a BIG contest and we’re also going to begin phase 1 of our video content! Skits! Interviews! Much more!  But for now check out podcast 10 by clicking the image above or here.  This week we discuss the death of arcades and why there are few good ones, if any, left.  We also touch upon Alien Swarm and other good stuff.  Check it out! Podcast video content after the jump

Sometimes good games go bad.  No, not in a Will Smith “bad means good” kind of way.  We mean they suck.  In this week’s podcast the GNSU Crew has a round table discussion about some pretty awful entries in popular franchises.  Three words: Mario’s Time Machine.  Need we say more?

We also give our thoughts on the new TF2 update and Crackdown 2′s multiplayer components.

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Videos relating to the podcast after the jump.

Blizzard’s RealID controversy, TF2 finally updates the Engie, Crackdown 2 and much more.

Things have been hectic in GNSU HQ (especially with the holiday cutting the week short) but despite being insanely busy a lot has been going on game wise so let’s take a look at this past week in gaming.

A leaked photo from the RealID Meetings

The first thing on everyone’s mind this week is most definitely the Blizzard RealID Controversy.  The backlash against the RealID announcement has been massive.  Any gaming blog you hop onto has something to say about it, and with good reason.  Penny Arcade made light of it while drawing attention to the fact that people want to be someone else when they play.  Yet it also makes mention of the focal point of it all – safety and anonymity.  A plethora of jokes, comics, rants, videos and more have centered in on our online privacy.  This blog addressed what you could dig up with a Blizzard employee’s name and job title.  Now they’re doing the same to millions in their playerbase.

Or is it Blizzard?  Rumors are flying that it’s not actually Blizzard’s doing and I wouldn’t be surprised.  Activision, now their parent company, is not necessarily the most trustworthy bunch of individuals.  Mr. Kotick, pictured on the left in our blatant propaganda photoshop, has gone on record stating that he’d make Modern Warfare games  a subscription based service as soon as possible if it were up to him.  This isn’t to say he’s not a smart business man – this would surely draw in a ton of profit – it’s to say he doesn’t give a shit about what the player base thinks.

As of right now, Blizzard is going to go through with RealID, and based on that we can only wonder what’s next in the gaming world.  EA is trying to clamp down on  sales of used games.  There has been more than enough complaints about all of these but nothing happens.  As much as people protest the general public will continue to buy the product without questioning it.  The gaming industry has become huge in the past 5-10 years and is rivaling Hollywood in sales and scale.  With big companies doing these sort of things it’s kind of frightening because they know they can take a hit and get away with it.  Even with other companies refusing to go along with strict DRM, or Valve being as community oriented as they are, what is to stop others from following suite?

Podcast 8 is here - we give our initial thoughts on Crackdown 2, discuss the Blizzard “Real ID” controversy, and more as we try to deal with the intense heatwaves from THE SUN.

Click here to listen – relevant media after the jump!

Blizzard Controversy:  RIGHT HERE, BOSS

Kotaku: Weed + Rap + Chrono Trigger

The Escapist:  Counter Strike Stabbing

Crackdown 2 footage:

I do… except it’s Tuesday but with a three day weekend today is this week’s Monday and that means a return to work like the rest of you poor souls.  As the rest of the crew is recovering from the weekend we won’t have much up until tomorrow starting with our new podcast.  We’ll announce the winners of our Killing Floor contest (I almost typed Left 4 Dead 2) as well as discuss plenty of fun things so tune in.

In the mean time I’ve done some music inspired heavily by both The Protomen and Danger as well as a host of  other fantastic chip tune artists like Anamanaguchi.  I only have two tracks so far but I intend to do a lot of stuff in this style that fits together album style.

Introduction
The Research Facility 2.0

Enjoy!

Podcast 7 is here! – this week Arien, Brian, Angel and myself discuss Co-op gaming, what’s new in the industry, and what we’ve been playing.  Plus we throw some EXCITING SPECIAL SURPRISES this week!  You’ll want to listen carefully and listen ASAP if you want to take advantage of those!  WIN THINGS.

Ahem.

For those of you who want to check out some of the stuff we talk about check it out after the jump

Star Craft 2 Metal Slug

Cowboys of Moo Mesa Cartoon

Cowboys of Moo Mesa Arcade Game

Since it’s cheap as balls today we bought up 2 copies of TF2 on steam to give away! So not only do you have a shot at killing floor but now you can get TF2 – how though? Simple:

Listen to Podcast #7 on our website. This will be up at 12:00 AM EST and will have a secret phrase in it! E-mail that phrase tojames@goodnewsshutup.com.

The 1st person to e-mail it to me and the 13th person to e-mail it to me will get the glory. Multiple e-mails won’t count towards the “count” so firing off one will be fine.

You can check out our podcasts here: http://www.goodnewsshutup.com/podcast/

or on iTunes at: http://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/t…gn-mpt=uo%3D4#

Get on this one folks because it’s the last contest we’ll have for a while other than our E3 Swag Giveaway which is coming soon.

Whattup!  This week’s podcast which is due out Wednesday morning will be strictly about Co-op gaming! Games that make you want to high five your pal after kicking some ass.  So that leads us to the first of our new series of polls.  What is YOUR favorite co-op game?  Vote after the jump!

On this week’s podcast the GNSU Crew share their strong feelings about those little bastards known as “achievements” (or trophies if you are PS3 exclusive like Brian). Speaking of Brian, that jerk has gone AWOL this week so we conjure up a guest who we name “Mike”.  Check it out here! or on iTunes!

Microsoft, Sony, and Nintendo came and gave it their all but there was only one true standout winner…

E3 2010 is over and we’re here to offer our thoughts on what went down this year from the good to the bad to the ugly – there is also a fair amount of discussion regarding Shaun White’s hair but that’s besides the point.

Give it a listen! or you can subscribe on iTunes!

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