Couch Athletics Presents - CouchCast

Music Selection:

Theme From Peter Gunn - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_CHjYHwNzx0

Maio Dead Sound - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L-3XbeRzISc

Mario Metal - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NBgMk4X9MzA

F-Zero - Rainbow Road - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cXqJEEAA-sw

It's business as usual this week at the CouchCast.  The guys, Tino, Nick, Type, Trev and Amanda... HOLD THE PHONE! Amanda?  This week the guys are joined by community member Nectar.  They look back at the past two weeks at what they've been playing, and what's coming up in the next couple of weeks too.  The group take a look into Bobby Kotick's latest public address at DICE, Ubisoft's DRM scheme, the next Unreal Engine, and what is being called "The Xbox Effect".

Questions were a little slim this week, but the group have fun with it anyways.  As always a "Would you rather" gets snuck in, and much hilarity ensued.

Music Selection:

Megaman 3 - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1_Mm4FMA3ks

Goldeneye N64 Theme - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DiQOyVBOFBI

Double Dragon theme - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hPgQl4DJ_uc

Street Fighter 2 Guile Theme - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Iof5pRAIZmw

This week on The Couchcast the regular crew plus a community member, Cypher, talk about what they've been playing.  News this week about the Xbox Live shut down and some Wii-nanigans get's discussed.  And as always we have some listener questions.

Music Selection:

Contra 3: The Alien Wars Stage 1 - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DajDViVEqUI

Battletoads Main Theme - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pHfxXHDWrMU

Battletoads Pause Music - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jhl9pJB-2Ak

F-Zero Mute City Snes - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-WvubjKUkCI

The Heavy Song - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7uGhZPiv0Cg

This week the guys sit on the imaginary couch we all pretend to be on while recording and talk about some games they've been playing.  They also discuss wether or not Xbox is a monopoly and if games are spoiling themselves due to over saturation.  Plus a triumphant return to Ranny submitted Would you rathers.

It's the first podcast of the new year!

It's been a busy couple of weeks, a lot has been going on.  Of course we had a new year, bringing in 2010.  Also of interest was the Consumer Electronic Show (CES) which lead into a lot of interesting new gadgets we'd be experiencing in the next couple of years, a wonderful kick-off for the new year.  2009 was a big year in games, will 2010 be as big?  The guys talk about what they are looking forward to this year and what their gaming resolutions are.  As always; Trevor, Nick, Tino and Type answer listener questions and talk about what they've been playing for the past couple of weeks.

This week the boys discuss the new tf2 update and the new LoL update.  The also go over the winners of the VGA's and conmpare them to the winners of the IGA's.  Last but never least we answer listener mail which includes a hilarious Ranny (Would you Rather?) question.

All and all, it's been a great year here at CouchAthletics and we look forward to seeing you guys next year!

This week the regular cast of the Couch (Type, Trev, Nick and Tino) discuss amonst other things why they don't care at all about the DSi.  The ask for opinions on the VGAs and remind PC users of IWnet that their ISP now hates them, but they won't get the message because their still downloading this on a 56k down-throttled connection.

    This week the guys are joined by a new staff writer for CouchAthletics, Tino.    We asked you to submit what you're thankful for in gaming.  The response were solid and they came to a sort of consensus; I don't think you'll be suprised to hear what it is.  Games discussed are Left 4 Dead 2 and New Super Mario Bros. for the Wii.

     This week the guys are joined by Chris Remo, editor-at-large for Gamasutra and of the Idle Thumbs podcast/website.  They discuss a great many things as this is our longest cast yet.  Dragon Age: Origins and Torchlight take the spotlight as well as discussions on life, love and the pursuit of defining what is game.

      I completely expected a joke answer when I asked Chris a inside joke for Thumbs listeners, but turns out he came prepared and makes a final decision on what is game.

Hi Guys,

Type-ZERO here. I just wanted to let you know that there were a couple technical difficulties that poped up during the recording. Nothing major.

To make up for it, I'm adding in something a little special.  If someone can name me the artist(s) and the names of the three songs used during this CouchCast, I'll put up a song of your choosing onto the Public TF2 Server.

This week we look at Borderlands, and Infinity Ward's announcement of no dedicated servers for Modern Warfare 2.  How did we react? Take a listen and find out.