Tired of gaming podcasts being so pretentious and boring, some current and some former gaming industry folks have gotten together to form Tapezilla—a weekly dose of gaming updates, news and humor, including the now infamous Shenmue prank calls. Tapezilla finally drags the 'gaming podcast' out of the mundane, uninteresting and self-important quicksand it's been stuck in for far too long.
Drac calls an old woman and tries to sell her video-game related insurance with surprisingly little success.
It’s a show about nothing. In the most tangential episode of Tapezilla yet, the guys briefly discuss Bionic Commando: Rearmed, Fable 2 Pub Games, Braid and Fallout, while also touching on baseball, the Jonas Brothers and the death of Sugar Ray Robinson.
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On the very special Olympics episode of Tapezilla, all 3 guys are present to discuss last week’s big release - Soul Calibur IV. Tempers flare over who possesses the greatest sword swinging skills, though, leaving only one way to resolve the situation. Other topics include PAX and Alone in the Dark 4 and how awful both are, Pete’s obsession with undead nurses and the reason why Dual Shocks should be very, very scared of Bob.
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After a disappointing E3, the guys get together for a little E3 roundtable, discussing both the best and worst of the show. Other topics include how NeoGAF nerds ruined samurai swords, Pete’s new favorite natural disaster, Titan Quest, and everyone wonders just what the hell is so special about Little Big Planet.
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Nintendo demonstrated “Wii Music” on stage at E3 by assembling five people to play the Super Mario Bros. theme. Did anything else think this was utterly embarassing shit? I mean, this was worse than anything I’ve seen at any Microsoft press conference. Pretty sure that drummer, “Ravi Drums,” will never work in music again.
Nintendo announced a new version of Wii Sports called “Wii Sports: Resort”
- Uses new “MotionPlus” controller
- Three sports demoed
- Frisbee
- Jet skiing (resembles Wave Race)
- Sword fighting
- “MotionPlus” and “Wii condom” included in every package
At the Nintendo press conference “Animal Crossing: City Folk” was announced by designer Katsuya Eguchi.
- It is not an MMO, but the town persists when the user is not playing, similar to past titles.
- Wii version includes a new “City”–includes a shopping district, beauty salon, post office.
- “WiiSpeak”–microphone lets all players talk simultaneously. Not an individual microphone, but a “party” microphone. Resembles a conference phone extender.
- Coming 2008.
In our first E3 impressions episode, the guys put forth a valiant and mostly successful effort to talk about relevant games of the day, rather than games of Old. Fallout 3, Resident Evil 5, Gears 2, Final Fantasy XIII, and the garbage that is “You’re In The Movies” are discussed. Also, Tapezilla breaks the news about a brand new Microsoft handheld (or so Pete thinks).
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