http://interactivedistractions.com so many games... so little time... Mon, 21 May 2012 13:22:18 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc so many games... so little time... Interactive Distractions yes Interactive Distractions email@interactivedistractions.com email@interactivedistractions.com (Interactive Distractions) 2006-2012 so many games... so little time... http://www.interactivedistractions.com/images/id_mic_logo_144x144.png http://interactivedistractions.com Atlanta, Georgia, USA Weekly http://interactivedistractions.com/4957/indis-ep-230-the-way-of-things/ http://interactivedistractions.com/4957/indis-ep-230-the-way-of-things/#comments Mon, 14 May 2012 14:24:08 +0000 Chris http://interactivedistractions.com/?p=4957 http://interactivedistractions.com/4957/indis-ep-230-the-way-of-things/feed/ 0 3,360,3DS,Distractions,DS,Effect,InDis,Interactive,Mass,Nintendo,play,playstation Normal Crew this week! - Distractions to start.  Travis hits up some Minecraft and talks a little more Witcher 2 with both guys.  Geoff played... well... nothing really.  Chris is back on Valkyria Chronicles II. - Normal Crew this week! Distractions to start.  Travis hits up some Minecraft and talks a little more Witcher 2 with both guys.  Geoff played... well... nothing really.  Chris is back on Valkyria Chronicles II. In news we talk a little about a new Vita game as well as a couple of other good mentions. After a Mega Remix, we talk a lot about subsidized consoles and if it is the way of the future or if this is going to be a failed experiment by Microsoft. A hellish new release list with a couple of obvious winners, an email, a couple of InDisQuestions and we take a suggestion from a listener for a new question of the week. And that's 230.  Enjoy! 000:00 - Introductions and Announcements 021:26 - Travis' Distractions 033:56 - Geoff's Distractions 039:12 - Chris' Distractions 042:48 - News 046:23 - Intermission 051:42 - Subsidized consoles 087:42 - New Releases 091:09 - Listener Emails 099:14 - New Question of the Week QotW: What difficulty to you play your games on and why? Remember, the InDis email line is open 24/7. Have a suggestion for the Question of the Week? Drop us a line at email@interactivedistractions.com or … SEND US A VOICEMAIL! 706-760-4337  (it's almost leet, but it's not) Google talk - InteractiveDistractions@gmail.com Interactive Distractions yes 1:44:53 http://interactivedistractions.com/4942/indis-ep-229-carbonated-herzogs/ http://interactivedistractions.com/4942/indis-ep-229-carbonated-herzogs/#comments Mon, 07 May 2012 03:00:00 +0000 Travis http://interactivedistractions.com/?p=4942 http://interactivedistractions.com/4942/indis-ep-229-carbonated-herzogs/feed/ 0 3,360,3DS,Air,Airmech,Carbon,chrome,Distractions,DS,Effect,Fat,Games Regular crew this week plus a special guest for today's feature. But first... - In Distractions... Trav talks Walking Dead and Dragon's Dogma... Geoff still hasn't beaten Mass Effect 3... Chris brushes on a few things including more PSO2. - Regular crew this week plus a special guest for today's feature. But first... In Distractions... Trav talks Walking Dead and Dragon's Dogma... Geoff still hasn't beaten Mass Effect 3... Chris brushes on a few things including more PSO2. In today's feature, the boys are joined by James Green of Carbon Games to chat about their take on the classic Genesis game Herzog Zwei, Air Mech and the present and future of browser based gaming. After the feature we hit up the usual new releases, InDisQuestions, and new Question of the Week. Here be ye show notes: 000:00 - Introductions and Announcements 006:41 - Travis's Distractions 022:59 - Geoff' Distractions 026:07 - Chris' Distractions 028:54 - News 037:30 - Intermission 038:57 - AirMech with James Green from Carbon Games 114:55 - New Releases 126:54 - New Question of the Week QotW: Do you think subscription subsidized game consoles are coming and are you in or out? Remember, the InDis email line is open 24/7. Have a suggestion for the Question of the Week? Drop us a line at email@interactivedistractions.com or … SEND US A VOICEMAIL! 706-760-4337  (it's almost leet, but it's not) Google talk - InteractiveDistractions@gmail.com Interactive Distractions yes 2:09:30 http://interactivedistractions.com/4904/indis-ep-228-sucks-on-either-side-of-the-counter/ http://interactivedistractions.com/4904/indis-ep-228-sucks-on-either-side-of-the-counter/#comments Mon, 30 Apr 2012 15:20:14 +0000 Chris http://interactivedistractions.com/?p=4904 http://interactivedistractions.com/4904/indis-ep-228-sucks-on-either-side-of-the-counter/feed/ 0 3,360,3DS,Distractions,DS,Effect,InDis,Interactive,Mass,Nintendo,play,playstation Travis has to duck out this week so Glenn fills in for him. - Distractions to start.  Glenn is playing Street Fighter X Tekken and Geoff joins him to talk about Trials.  All three of us talk more about Mass Effect 3, Travis has to duck out this week so Glenn fills in for him. Distractions to start.  Glenn is playing Street Fighter X Tekken and Geoff joins him to talk about Trials.  All three of us talk more about Mass Effect 3, then Chris just has a few more games to talk about including the PSO2 Beta! Nintendo got ripped off in news this week.  But for some reason, we're kinda interested in it. After the OCRemix throwback (that no one will know), we talk about our retail stories.  Not just us venting about Gamestop... we talk about frustrations we've had both as sales people at a game store as well as customers. A very uninteresting new release list hits before we hit up an email. Interview next week for our Question of the week, so go get this FREE GAME, give it a try and let us know what you want to know about the game. That's 228... Hope you like. 000:00 - Introductions and Announcements 009:43 - Glenn's Distractions 019:16 - Geoff's Distractions 034:30 - Chris' Distractions 061:00 - News 075:49 - Intermission 079:48 - Retail experience 126:39 - New Releases 128:28 - Listener Emails 132.53 - New Question of the Week QotW: AirMech interview with CarbonGames. Send us questions about AirMech and/or Browser development in general! Remember, the InDis email line is open 24/7. Have a suggestion for the Question of the Week? Drop us a line at email@interactivedistractions.com or … SEND US A VOICEMAIL! 706-760-4337  (it's almost leet, but it's not) Google talk - InteractiveDistractions@gmail.com Interactive Distractions yes 2:16:36 http://interactivedistractions.com/4879/indis-ep-226-kickstarting-new-jingles/ http://interactivedistractions.com/4879/indis-ep-226-kickstarting-new-jingles/#comments Mon, 16 Apr 2012 13:43:52 +0000 Chris http://interactivedistractions.com/?p=4879 http://interactivedistractions.com/4879/indis-ep-226-kickstarting-new-jingles/feed/ 0 3,360,3DS,Distractions,DS,Effect,InDis,Interactive,Mass,Nintendo,play,playstation Regular crew this week. - Distractions are first as normal.  Chris is still playing a ton of Mass Effect and Geoff is too!  He also plays some King of Fighters and Skull Girls!  Travis is playing some more Corpse party, Xenoblade and Dark Souls. - Regular crew this week. Distractions are first as normal.  Chris is still playing a ton of Mass Effect and Geoff is too!  He also plays some King of Fighters and Skull Girls!  Travis is playing some more Corpse party, Xenoblade and Dark Souls. In news this week, we talk about Street Fighter X Tekken. After the OCRemix break, we hit up some kickstarter projects and talk about what we think of them. The Witch Trials hit with new releases, we get a pretty good email section going, then end it off with a new question of the week. We wrap up 226... hope you enjoyed it. 000:00 - Introductions and Announcements 011:31 - Geoff's Distractions 027:22 - Travis' Distractions 036:25 - Chris' Distractions 037:35 - News 046:26 - Intermission 051:44 - Kickstarters 073:19 - New Releases 075:23 - Listener Emails 096:47 - New Question of the Week QotW: Have you ever been in a gaming rut? What got you there and what got you out of it? Remember, the InDis email line is open 24/7. Have a suggestion for the Question of the Week? Drop us a line at email@interactivedistractions.com or … SEND US A VOICEMAIL! 706-760-4337  (it's almost leet, but it's not) Google talk - InteractiveDistractions@gmail.com Interactive Distractions yes 1:38:48 http://interactivedistractions.com/4795/indis-ep-224-gamin-is-what-we-got/ http://interactivedistractions.com/4795/indis-ep-224-gamin-is-what-we-got/#comments Mon, 02 Apr 2012 13:53:13 +0000 Chris http://interactivedistractions.com/?p=4795 http://interactivedistractions.com/4795/indis-ep-224-gamin-is-what-we-got/feed/ 0 3,360,3DS,Distractions,DS,Effect,InDis,Interactive,Mass,Nintendo,play,playstation Regular crew this week. - Distractions are first as normal.  Geoff is still playing Street Fighter x Tekken but he also picked up Kid Icarus and we go into some detail there.  Travis is playing Dark Souls and Sine Mora. Regular crew this week. Distractions are first as normal.  Geoff is still playing Street Fighter x Tekken but he also picked up Kid Icarus and we go into some detail there.  Travis is playing Dark Souls and Sine Mora.  Chris is still talking Mass Effect 2 and plays a little Super Stardust Delta. News hits and we talk about Journey, Fez and Trials 2 a bit and we also talk about PSO2 again! After the [Guess Game Here] break, we talk about endings of games and if they have ever affected the way we felt about the game as a whole. We hit up some new releases, then remind everyone that next week is a mail bag week... so get those emails in while you're enjoying episode 224 000:00 - Introductions and Announcements 008:57 - Geoff's Distractions 024:44 - Travis' Distractions 033:35 - Chris' Distractions 035:43 - News 046:54 - Intermission 051:55 - Game Endings 093:24 - New Releases 096:47 - New Question of the Week QotW: MAILBAG! What do you want to know from us? Remember, the InDis email line is open 24/7. Have a suggestion for the Question of the Week? Drop us a line at email@interactivedistractions.com or … SEND US A VOICEMAIL! 706-760-4337  (it's almost leet, but it's not) Google talk - InteractiveDistractions@gmail.com Interactive Distractions yes 1:38:39 http://interactivedistractions.com/4733/indis-ep-222-massive-effect-of-phantasy/ http://interactivedistractions.com/4733/indis-ep-222-massive-effect-of-phantasy/#comments Mon, 19 Mar 2012 13:38:09 +0000 Chris http://interactivedistractions.com/?p=4733 http://interactivedistractions.com/4733/indis-ep-222-massive-effect-of-phantasy/feed/ 0 3,360,Distractions,DS,Effect,InDis,Interactive,Mass,Nintendo,ps2,PS3,PSP Regular crew this week, but we do things a little differently. - Distractions are first as normal.  Geoff talks some Street Fighter x Tekken, Chris beat Uncharted on the Vita and then he joins Travis with some Mass Effect 3 talk. - Regular crew this week, but we do things a little differently. Distractions are first as normal.  Geoff talks some Street Fighter x Tekken, Chris beat Uncharted on the Vita and then he joins Travis with some Mass Effect 3 talk. Intermission comes right after Distractions today. Afterwards we come back and talk about the wondrous Phantasy of the news this week. We hit up some new releases, then do some email and we repeat the question of the week that we are extending to next week. We also announce that episode 224 will be a mail bag show... so keep that in mind. Enjoy Episode 222. 000:00 - Introductions and Announcements 011:43 - Geoff's Distractions 021:32 - Chris' Distractions 026:31 - Travis' Distractions 035:29 - Mass Effect 3 046:47 - Intermission 050:31 - News 072:43 - New Releases 075:08 - Emails 083:23 - New Question of the Week QotW: Have you ever had to defend your gaming hobby? (http://retroids.com/site/showthread.php/329471-Ep-223-QotW-Have-you-ever-had-to-defend-your-hobby) Remember, the InDis email line is open 24/7. Have a suggestion for the Question of the Week? Drop us a line at email@interactivedistractions.com or … SEND US A VOICEMAIL! 706-760-4337  (it's almost leet, but it's not) Google talk - InteractiveDistractions@gmail.com Interactive Distractions yes 1:25:08 http://interactivedistractions.com/4690/indis-ep-220-cross-closet-play/ http://interactivedistractions.com/4690/indis-ep-220-cross-closet-play/#comments Mon, 05 Mar 2012 17:32:44 +0000 Chris http://interactivedistractions.com/?p=4690 http://interactivedistractions.com/4690/indis-ep-220-cross-closet-play/feed/ 0 360,3DS,assassin,creed,Distractions,DS,InDis,Interactive,Nintendo,PS,ps2,PS3 Travis is back so normal crew this year. - First... School is good!  So kids... stay in school! - In Distractions... Travis talks about Vita since he missed out last week.  Lots of Uncharted talk.  Geoff talks a lot of SSX and Chris hit up some more ... Travis is back so normal crew this year. First... School is good!  So kids... stay in school! In Distractions... Travis talks about Vita since he missed out last week.  Lots of Uncharted talk.  Geoff talks a lot of SSX and Chris hit up some more Vita and Star Wars... including a little Rayman. News is up next.  Some chit chat about Vita as well as a lot of chit chat about Assassin's Creed. After the Sephiroth makes your ears bleed, we talk about cross play between Vita and PS3 and if it could help the portable gaming space stay relevant. A big week in new releases. A good bunch of InDisQuestions and a new Question of the Week finish it up. Enjoy episode 220! 000:00 - Introductions and Announcements 015:37 - Travis' Distractions 036:55 - Geoff's Distractions 052:22 - Chris' Distractions 066:19 - SFxT 076:18 - News 094:15 - Intermission 099:03 - Cross-play 134:31 - New Releases 141:45 - InDisQuestions 157:15 - New Question of the Week QotW: How does free sexuality in games affect your experience? (http://retroids.com/site/showthread.php/329418-Ep-221-QotW-How-does-free-sexuality-in-games-affect-your-experience) Reference Links (http://penny-arcade.com/comic/2012/02/15) Remember, the InDis email line is open 24/7. Have a suggestion for the Question of the Week? Drop us a line at email@interactivedistractions.com or … SEND US A VOICEMAIL! 706-760-4337  (it's almost leet, but it's not) Google talk - InteractiveDistractions@gmail.com Interactive Distractions yes 2:40:05 http://interactivedistractions.com/4604/indis-ep-218-effect-of-massive-trends/ http://interactivedistractions.com/4604/indis-ep-218-effect-of-massive-trends/#comments Mon, 20 Feb 2012 15:00:52 +0000 Chris http://interactivedistractions.com/?p=4604 http://interactivedistractions.com/4604/indis-ep-218-effect-of-massive-trends/feed/ 0 360,Distractions,DS,InDis,Interactive,Nintendo,ps2,PS3,PSP,PSP2,Wii,Xbox Normal crew as usual lately. - First... Travis lays into Geoff about not getting a Vita. - In Distractions... The group talks about Reckoning and the Mass Effect 3 Demo and Chris throws into a little Monster Tale. - News next. Normal crew as usual lately. First... Travis lays into Geoff about not getting a Vita. In Distractions... The group talks about Reckoning and the Mass Effect 3 Demo and Chris throws into a little Monster Tale. News next.  A little talk about Street Fighter x Tekken and a reprint for one of the best DS RPGs? After the break, we go into new industry trends this generation... some good, some not so much. The Vita launches next week so that takes up most of our new releases. A listener email, a couple of InDisQuestions and a new Question of the Week finish it up. 218! Have a listen.  Who knows... you might like it. 000:00 - Introductions and Announcements 005:24 - Dammit Geoff, buy a Vita! 021:28 - Geoff's Distractions 036:01 - Travis' Distractions in < 30 Seconds 036:28 - Chris' Distractions 039:05 - Mass Effect 3 Demo 048:45 - News 053:20 - Intermission 053:46 - Industry Trends this Gen. 094:22 - New Releases 095:53 - Emails 111:06 - New QotW QotW: What type of marketing works on you, and what kind doesn't? Reference Links Penny-Arcade comic reference (http://penny-arcade.com/comic/2012/02/15) Remember, the InDis email line is open 24/7. Have a suggestion for the Question of the Week? Drop us a line at email@interactivedistractions.com or … SEND US A VOICEMAIL! 706-760-4337  (it's almost leet, but it's not) Google talk - InteractiveDistractions@gmail.com Interactive Distractions yes 1:53:22 http://interactivedistractions.com/4556/indis-ep-216-anticipated-sensitivity/ http://interactivedistractions.com/4556/indis-ep-216-anticipated-sensitivity/#comments Mon, 06 Feb 2012 16:05:28 +0000 Chris http://interactivedistractions.com/?p=4556 http://interactivedistractions.com/4556/indis-ep-216-anticipated-sensitivity/feed/ 0 360,Distractions,DS,InDis,Interactive,Nintendo,ps2,PS3,PSP,PSP2,Wii,Xbox Editor's note:  I attempted to clean up the audio a different way this show... and I failed miserably... The second part of the show sounds off.  Hopefully you guys can deal with it.  I sincerely apologize and hope it doesn't deter from your enjoyment ... Editor's note:  I attempted to clean up the audio a different way this show... and I failed miserably... The second part of the show sounds off.  Hopefully you guys can deal with it.  I sincerely apologize and hope it doesn't deter from your enjoyment of the show.  Sorry. Normal crew this week. In Distractions... Battlefield talk from Travis and Geoff.  Geoff played some demos that he talks about and Chris talks a bit about some a new humble bundle.In news, some more about the Vita, some online pass talk and a bit about Playstation Plus. After the break, we talk about your most anticipated games and then let you guys know what ours are. A kingdom for new releases, listener email with a highlight from InDisCosby and a new Question of the Week round off our show. 216 is here... we hope you like it. 000:00 - Introductions and Announcements 007:48 - Geoff's Distractions 033:14 - Travis' Distractions 034:40 - Chris' Distractions 040:50 - News 072:32 - OC Intermission 077:56 - Most Anticipated Games 106:43 - New Releases 108:50 - Emails 137:19 - New QotW QotW: Are there any INDIVIDUALS in the industry that mattered once... but really don't anymore? Remember, the InDis email line is open 24/7. Have a suggestion for the Question of the Week? Drop us a line at email@interactivedistractions.com or … SEND US A VOICEMAIL! 706-760-4337  (it's almost leet, but it's not) Google talk - InteractiveDistractions@gmail.com Interactive Distractions yes 2:19:34 http://interactivedistractions.com/4527/indis-ep-214-best-podcast-with-no-topic-award/ http://interactivedistractions.com/4527/indis-ep-214-best-podcast-with-no-topic-award/#comments Mon, 23 Jan 2012 16:10:51 +0000 Chris http://interactivedistractions.com/?p=4527 http://interactivedistractions.com/4527/indis-ep-214-best-podcast-with-no-topic-award/feed/ 0 360,Distractions,DS,InDis,Interactive,Nintendo,ps2,PS3,PSP,PSP2,Wii,Xbox Normal crew this week. - In Distractions... We all played Star Wars.  Geoff talks about Battlefield 3. Geoff and Travis talk the Darkness 2 demo.  And we all talk the Kingdoms of Amalur demo. - In news, well... we mostly skip it, Normal crew this week. In Distractions... We all played Star Wars.  Geoff talks about Battlefield 3. Geoff and Travis talk the Darkness 2 demo.  And we all talk the Kingdoms of Amalur demo. In news, well... we mostly skip it, but Geoff mentions something early in the show. After the break, It's email and InDisQuestion time... but we start off finishing up our contest from last week. Empty new releases lead us right in to the Question of the Week that you guys unanamously decided we should do! And there you have episode 214... Hope you like it. 000:00 - Introductions and Announcements 007:09 - Geoff's & Travis' Distractions 027:06 - Chris' Distractions 028:46 - Kingdoms of Amalur 048:04 - Intermission 048:48 - Mail bag 134:16 - New Releases 134:42-  New Question of the Week QotW: What are your predictions for 2012? Remember, the InDis email line is open 24/7. Have a suggestion for the Question of the Week? Drop us a line at email@interactivedistractions.com or … SEND US A VOICEMAIL! 706-760-4337  (it's almost leet, but it's not) Google talk - InteractiveDistractions@gmail.com Interactive Distractions yes 2:16:11