E3 2008 - Day Two - In Cars

We're back again from Sunny California to bring you another episode of UncleGamer Radio! 

OK, sort of.  Due to circumstances beyond our control, Parris was unable to record the full show tonight.  Instead, we're bringing you a series of recordings we made during our car trips throughout the day.  These clips were taken as we were either driving to a press conference, or just leaving a press conference.  Or both.  Joining us in the car were Godfree from Gamertag Radio and Rodsmack from The10K Club. 

We talk about our predictions for upcoming press conferences, then follow it up with our reactions once the press conferences were done.  Who was the heavy hitter?  You might be surprised what we think about certain games. 

There's a little more cursing in the episode than normal, due to our sleep deprivation.

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miataborg said:

Hey Guys - please keep up the great coverage. I really appreciate all the time and effort you guys are all putting into this coverage. really enjoyed the format today as well - what a great way to get the info out.

July 16, 2008

JVB said:

I have a pretty mouth.

July 16, 2008

Egg Zack Li said:

The E3 podcasts is awesome and MOST had some credible theories. Parris...Wow! Hypocrite... Decide do you want a dynamic presenter and weak game presentation or dynamic games and corporate executives trying to be hip. Of course we want it both. Nintendo, Microsoft and EA was better press conferences than Sony. Jack Trenton was better than Don Mattrick or Iwata in presentation skills? Really? I "theorize" that Parris has become stagnate with the 360 and maybe even the Wii. He is a confirmed videophile and audiophile which most of the populous is not(Wii owners)and this is where the PS3 excells. Which is great! Despite his negative view of "presentation" of Microsoft's Parris didn't mention compare games for games, features for features and content to content. Also presentation to presentation. I agree with his reasoning for the PS3 price drop and PSP downloading movies. During the press conference did I or others go WOW or Amazing. It's fine but more exciting than Nintendo or Microsoft? I personally already have a device that where I can put my TV shows and Movies on once I convert it. I recently sold my PSP to get a DS. Where are the games? Nintendo is the King, Microsoft is the Prince and Sony is the plotting Duke. Watch yer back!

July 16, 2008

John Mactavish said:

It's ok Parris, we'll hear about Afrika coming soon at e3 2009..then maybe even get a demo in 2010. j/k man

July 16, 2008

furio311 said:

wow a very angry paris...maybe someone else should drive...I kid I kid...not really I understand paris points about sony, but he made a comment about the mainstream gamer going in this holiday, and getting a ps3 due to some of the announcements made by Sony. IMO, the mainstream person won't know about anything talked about at the press conferences come this holiday when they go out to buy a system. I do think msft needs to drop the (now 60gb) to $250, and the elite to $325. Maybe they will do there price drop around the launch of madden like last year. As for the movie content on the 2 consoles. I side with msft offering over sony's. I haven't had a psp in over a year, and tranfering it to a psp isn't a motivator for me to go another one. (I can do that on my iphone...now if msft offered that on an ipod/iphone that is another story). The psp is big/clunky to be on the go with IMO. It is great sony has a decent amount of studio support, but it isn't better/greater then msft current support. They also charge more for the HD content then msft. (espically if you factor in the fact that getting point cards a lot cheaper then msrp is easy to do...ie toys r us buy 1 get 50% off accessory sales, or the $15.00 1600 point card sales) It is nice to buy a movie, but if you are going to buy a movie why wouldn't you want the disc? I also don't think blu ray is going to be a deciding factor. I don't think it will become the defacto player of movies period. IMO blu ray (hd dvd to a point) are the tweener format, much like laser disc. I think there will continue to be a market for it, but IMO DLC will be king in the next 2 - 4 years. Comcast announced at CES a 100mbps service to be starting up this fall tested in New England. Fios is getting laid all over the country. When I watch a blu ray movie, or a HD movie DL off of xbox live, there is minimal difference in the picture quality. Yes I do notice some, but I also manipulate images all day so I am a little bit on the videophile side of things. As for MAG, the idea sounds great, but I do think it is pie in the sky thinking...Personally I enjoy 8 v 8 matches like on the earlier socoms and halo. It is big enough to have some great matches, it is small enough so everyone is on the same page. Didn't mag say they were going to have teams broken into squads of 8. What is the point of 256 people in a map, if you are only going to be in a squad of 8 fighting a different squad of 8. I used to be a big supporter of having as many people online in matches as possible, but I have yet to find a game that has more then 8 v 8 that I have enjoyed in online play. Another big issues with sony and having games like this (resistance 2/mag) is everyone does not have a headset.

July 16, 2008

streety519a said:

Great podcasts guys but just one point to make. When Parris mentioned the downloadable episodes for Ratchet and Clank and that Microsoft are not offering this for their games, has he forgot the Xbox 360 only content for the biggest game of the year?

July 17, 2008

RangerPrimeX said:

Cool way to do in the car coverage. I like it. I got to say I disagreed with your take on the conferences. For me it was Microsoft then Sony then Nintendo. Microsoft had Gears 2, Fable 2, a ton of exclusives from games and DLC. The Netflix exclusive will be awesome. They are going to expand on the offerings and work to stream HD in the future which I am sure MS will help out. I signed up for Netflix already in preparation. I own a PS3 as well asnd was pretty unexcited. Home is delayed until whenever. Little Big Planet looked goods as always. God of War 3 is whenever. MAG did not excite me. Sony lost the FF13 exclusive. I have a large DVD library and have bought a few blu-ray titles but I am much less inclined to buy. I would rather get my titles online and watch them when I want to see them and less about owning them which is why the Netflix offering has me excited. I may end up just selling off my blu-ray as well as my PS3. As for the pricing advanatage to Sony that you touted, I am not so sure. 360 20GB is $299 (while they last) and the 60GB will be $349 while the 80GB PS3 will be $399 so if you want to watch blu-ray movies which are currently more expensive than standard DVD then $50 would be worth it. For me, not so much. I do think MS should lower the Elite to $399

July 17, 2008

furio311 said:

I do agree with paris that sony has the better value. Even if DLC movies are the wave of the future, a blu ray player and wi fi included in the box IMO is worth the $50 jump in price.

July 17, 2008

Parris said:

This ruby studded Sony vest is great!!

July 18, 2008