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SPOnGCast

by SPOnG.com Video Game Minions

A regular look across the video game landscape

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Episodes

  1. SPOnGcast 18: FIFA, PES, Absolutely no Taliban

    Mat discusses the highs of Bulletstorm and the disappointment that was Crysis 2 at the Eurogamer Expo. EA faces SPOnG's 'we're not angry, we're just disappointed' face in a 'goat or boat' session over the Taliban/Opposing Force debacle. Svend weighes in on Castlevania: Lords of Shadow, while Mark...

  2. SPOnGcast 17: Move, Reach, Michael Jackson, APB...

    The chaps chat about Move and Halo. Svend goes to Cologne. Mark talks Dead Rising 2. The attack of the Michael Jackson fanboys brings Nirvana and Courtney Love into the frame. We want FantaVision for Move. Ape Escape get mentioned too. We also manage to ask, "Should people who have never played a...

  3. SPOnGCast 16: It's illegal to hate Portal!

    With Halo Reach in the headlines and Mark on holiday, we descend into discussions of jetpacks, Portal hatred, our sponsor - Nottingham Game City - Hooters, and famous actors in games, what's the point of them? Why, we want to know, did Sony launch Move in the same week as Microsoft launched Halo...

  4. SPOnGcast 15: Blast Shard OCD

    Post-Gamescom 2010, Mark shares his thoughts on the event along with his interview with Kinect Creative Director, Kudo Tsunoda. Mat "comes out" with his completist OCD and reveals something unexpected about PS3 Move. In this week's Rayment's Payments, Paul sticks it to THQ over plans to make...

  5. SPOnGcast - The Pre-Gamescom & Halo Reach One

    The independent voice of video gaming from the United Kingdom. This time around we talk a bit about Games Com. We play on Halo Reach. We talk PlayStation Move. And we ask..."What can Nintendo do??" Basically, we sit in the office discussing all that's marvellous or bemusing in video games. You'll...

  6. SPOnGcast - the Kinect Pricing WTF?! one

    We talk positively about videogames again! We also become confused about why Microsoft's man in Holland should say that Sony doesn't give a sh*t about Move. We also have words regarding the fact Tim Schafer is a very nice man. We try and decide what Mark is going to get up to at GameCom in…

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  7. SPOnGcast - the Xbox 360 Slim & Positive Gaming One

    We talk positively about videogames! We assess the Xbox 360 Slim, Crackdown 2, Singularity, Rayment's Payments and more. Want to hear about new consoles? How old stuff is actually better than new stuff? How Moat vs Boat will never beat Goat vs Boat? How Tetris is still worth a chat? Course you…

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  8. SPOnGCast - the 'Who Won E3' One

    With E3 2010 over, it's about time that somebody told you "Won" it. This is our job at SPOnG.com. We discuss Kinect, Move, 3DS, Kevin Butler... Reggie Fils-Aime getting eaten. We avoid discussing the World Cup of Soccer. We do discuss Xbox 360 Slim. Not only that but we talk about Fallout 3, Halo...

  9. SPOnGCast - the Pre-E3 One

    Be prepared for a long, long podcast this time around in which we discuss E3 (and the World Cup by the by). Yes, this one has everything from failing mics, to phone calls and drop-ins from David Turners of JoyPod, Michael Fox from Joypod and LittleMetalDog, Svend from here. Be prepared, this one…

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  10. SPOnG Cast Episode 9 - Natal, Red Dead and Alpha Protocol + MORE

    English people discuss video games. Yes, we do. Fancy a made-up name for Project Natal? We'll, the Internet did, but we got there first. Find out what it's definitely going to be called... as far as we're concerned. Also, Red Dead Redemption, is it all that? Or is it just GTA IV with horses…

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  11. SPOnGCast - Video Games Discussed Rudely

    The crew from SPOnG.com discuss video gaming from the Underwater Castle in England. Alan Wake, iPads, DLC, men, women and many things that are very definitely not safe for work. A trip to EA, and some argument that doesn't bear close analysis. Enjoy! Running time: 01:19:46

  12. SPOnGcast Episode 7

    Episode 7 of the spong.com podcast - the SPOnGcast - features insight into PlayStation Move, Just Cause 2, the return of Gamesmaster and more video games fun. We also discuss the various forms of DLC from Activision's pricey Modern Warfare 2 effort to 2K's controversial Bioshock 2 on-disc output....

  13. SPOnGcast Episode 6

    The UK's brighest independent video games webite thrusts further into 2010 than Kratos in a snit. God of War III gets its review on, as Final Fantasy XIII slips along. We look at Mac gaming and start up the Top SPOnG challenge of Miata/MX5 versus bandwidth and download. Be warned, as well as...

  14. SpongCast Episode 5

    The Underwater Castle sees the fifth of SPOnG's videogame podcasts with the regular crew plus DrunkenGamer's MMO outlook. Hear how after several plays of Heavy Rain an Xbox 360 fanboy's head is turned. Hear how a bet can turn bad. Experience language of a salty nature. Disagree with our opinions...

  15. SpongCast Episode 4

    SPOnG's wintery Underwater Castle sees the fourth of SPOnG's videogame podcasts with the regular crew, some sparkling shiraz, lager, pretzels and much video game talk. Mark bemoans that fact that comics (and graphic novels) rarely if ever cross-over to or from video games. Tim and Mat take issue...

  16. SPOnGCast Episode 3

    SPOnG's wintery Underwater Castle sees the third of SPOnG's videogame podcasts with the regular crew, some wine, some vodka and a discussion of Slaughter and Piñatas. Tim's played Heavy Rain; everybody's played Modern Warfare 2, we also talk about how music games are dying. The bet is on for DJ...

  17. SPOnGCast Episode Beta 0.1

    SPOnG's wintery Underwater Castle sees the second of SPOnG's podcasts with Gavin, James, Mark and Paul - and Paul's girlfriends pink cakes joining a particularly disgruntled Tim. Heavy Rain, Modern Warfare 2, iPhone games, adults being treated like children, an insult from Crytek's Rob Yescombe,...

  18. SPOnGCast Episode Beta

    It's a full house in the underwater castle for SPOnG's first podcast with Gareth, Gavin, James, Lizzie, Mark and Paul joining ringmaster Tim. We'd love to hear from you, so post your comments at http://spong.com/podcast/168/SPOnGCast-Episode-Beta or follow us on Twitter @SPOnGDotCom or Facebook…

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A regular look across the video game landscape

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SPOnG.com Video Game Minions

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