Welcome to the Combobulater, June 20th 2009 wherein we discuss:

Lord of the Rings Online

Half Life 2 + episodes

inFamous and Overlord 2 demos

Mass Effect

WoW

God of War 2

Plus our thoughts on the new Vidzone service that appeared on Sony's Playstation network this week.

Our main topic looks at a couple of articles found on gamesindustry.biz that report Sony on target to cut costs and put their profit margin back on track. Meanwhile Activision threaten to pull their support from the Sony platform unless a prcie cut is announced!

Controversial talking points aplenty in this weeks show so get involved and have your say at the Combobulater forums and blog. Point your browser to www.combobulater.co.uk or email us at combobulater@gmail.com

Cheers for tuning in,

Emeny. 

This week on The Combobulater we discuss what we’ve been playing, including:

WoW

LotrO

Plants Vs. Zombies

Half Life 2: episodes 1 & 2

We then move onto a topic suggested by listener Andrew Anderson who wanted to know of our experiences in the gaming industry. Join us as we discuss the ‘crunch time’ of a project and run you through how we got into our tester role with Rockstar Lincoln.

Be sure to check-out our website at www.combobulater.co.uk  and sign up to the forums, big changes are on the horizon so get involved now and stake your claim in the Combobulater community!

Thanks for tuning in,

Emeny.

Welcome to the Combobulater for May 9th 2009 which finds us discussing:

LotrO

WoW

Saints Row 2 and

Killzone 2

Our main discussion point this show is 'Why do we play games?' which sees us digress into how the media has changed and what impact the internet is having on our anticipations.

It's a packed show so be sure to have your say on the forums found at www.combobulater.co.uk, sign up and help generate discussion points and debate. You can also drop us a mail at combobulater@gmail.com

Thanks for tuning in,

Emeny.

Hey Everyone,

This week finds us discussing the 'end of the world' as the media seems to be gearing up to flood us with its version of 2012 and the prophecies that surround it.

Join us as we dive into this topic and wander into some personal insight and cover what is an intriguing topic.

To wrap up we cover what we've been playing including some WoW talk, a look at Resident Evil 5 and some further thoughts on Burnout Paradise.

Cheers for tuning in.

Emeny.

Welcome to season 2, episode 17 where we discuss:

Resident Evil 5

World of Warcraft

Flower

Left4Dead

Burnout Paradise

and various other things that crop up in our discussion.

Thanks for tuning in, catch you guys in 2 weeks.

This week Emeny is joined by the crew of the Rawrcast podcast, be sure to check them out at www.rawrbitchrawr.com

In this show we cover the 'virtues of a good raider' inspired by an article found at http://www.mmorpg.com/gamelist.cfm/game/15/feature/2754/The-Virtues-of-the-Effective-Raider-Part-One.html    

So what makes a good raider? Attitude, critical thought...all this and more is discussed as we work out the key elements to a successful raid setup. Let us know what you think and if we missed anything at all, you can contact the show at combobulater@gmail.com

Thanks for tuning in,

Emeny

This week on the Combobulater we cover:

What we've been playing: inc. WoW, Hawx demo, GoW, Fallout 3, Flower & more.

We go into our mailbox and revive our discussion on subscription gaming, join us as we explore Redbore's opinions.

We wrap the show up with a discussion on Piracy, does it impact the industry in as big a way as we're told? Burnsy has some interesting points of view that Emeny contends.

Finally, the link provided in our 'Eye on the Web' feature is this: http://www.computerandvideogames.com/article.php?id=175552

Thanks for tuning in.

Welcome to Season 2, episode 14 of the Combobulater where Emeny finds himself flying solo once again.

This week I chat about a couple of pieces of WoW news, including the announcement of Ulduar (is this really going to be all that Bliz make it out to be?) and the departure of Jeff Kaplan as he moves to the unnamed MMO.

To wrap up I share my impressions on the one month Warhammer trial I took up. I struggle to be optimistic but to be fair I was quite tired on the night so maybe this had an impact...

Thanks for tuning in guys and look out for another show soon! We have mail :-O I shall read through that in the next installment.

Please forgive our audio issues! With no headset this week Emeny may not come through as well as usual and when it came to editing the show I noticed Burnsy comes through very quietly!

It is an epic show! This week we cover a lot of what we've been playing including:

Resident Evil 5
Fear 2
Killzone 2
Left 4 Dead
Dead Space
Half Life 2
Gears of War
Lost Odyssey

Following on from that we delve into an article found on gamasutra that discusses companies feeling the pinch when it comes to innovation in the market.

Join us as we discuss our gaming habits and how they will be affected by the current economic climate. Plus, are we heading towards a subscription based gaming service? All is revealed in this weeks epic Combobulater featuring Emeny & Burnsy!

Is Warcraft going Supernova?

Join Emeny this week as I discuss my thinking behind the observation that WoW could be going supernova on us!

I also share my thoughts on LotR: Conquest and chat about WoW in general.

Contact the show at: combobulater@gmail.com