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Xbox 360 Fancast 033 -- "Fanboys" No More


The Xbox 360 Fancast keeps on rocking and rolling towards a new era, an era where fanboys of all stripes can live in peace. This week we talk about the Time article on Halo 3 that received a lot of (unwarranted) complaints last week, the Call of Duty 4 beta, luscious Team Fortress 2 action, and the mind-melting insanity that is Silent Hill V. After the break we voice our opinions on the Xbox 360 repair process and take some time to address fanboyism. Be sure that there is a sharp distinction between a fanboy and fanboyism. A fanboy -- by our definition anyway -- celebrates gaming on all levels, though he or she may lean towards console or another. One who practices fanboyism, well, they're the kind of people you avoid in the dark recesses of the internet (of which there are many). Download the show below for an introspective look at the world of console fanboyism. Dr. Phil would be proud.

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Hosts: Richard Mitchell (SenseiRAM), Dustin Burg (SuperDunners), David Dreger (Knuckles Dawson)

Music: Intro/Outro: "Electromooq" by Uma Floresta. Break: "Shade" by Portugal The Man
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News:
Halo 3 in Time
No Viva Piñata DLC planned
CoD 4 beta rank cap raised, world gets in on the fun
CoD 4 beta exploiters ban't (or not)
BioShock gets updated, issues arise?
No Crackdown sequel planned
Video: Crashtacular Burnout Paradise gameplay
Halo 3 epsilon exploiter banned 'til year 10000
Team Fortress 2 gameplay video emerges
Rock Band gets Grateful Dead
Silent Hill V preview videos

Break

Fanmail: Thoughts on the 360 repair process

Fantalk: Console flaming and you: a look at Fanboyism

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Reader Comments

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1. Notice Guys


The BioShock title update is not responsiblefor the
Hitches in the game that happen sometimes where the game locks up for
a couple seconds, this happened to me before the update, and its been
roported prior to the update also..


and just to note, the game does
not simply freeze and then continue uninterrupted, there is in fact a
"jump" ..hard to explain but it is as if the image froze for a second
but your controller input still registered, so when the image comes
back to normal, you experience a jump, (like finding yourself further
in the direction you were moving when it froze-that kind of
thing)


as for Rare, they are currently working on Banjo Kazooie 3 for xbxo 360 ;)

-Xion

Posted at 6:50PM on Sep 10th 2007 by Xavier

2. Thanks for the podcast, makes my Monday bearable.

Posted at 6:51PM on Sep 10th 2007 by DaMan09

3. Ok.

Thnx guys, listening now ;)

Posted at 7:06PM on Sep 10th 2007 by BrianM

4. I saw the title of this podcast in my RSS feed and thought one of you guys was quitting the site D:

Posted at 7:22PM on Sep 10th 2007 by Aero

5. good show, went by faster than most for some reason

And i enjoy the off topic talk

AND where can i get the intro/outro song? I always have it in my head.

Posted at 8:00PM on Sep 10th 2007 by Wildcat1080

6. yes, we love it when you go off topic guys.

Anything to make the podcast longer to keep me out of my drab and dreary life as Junior in High School.

Posted at 8:17PM on Sep 10th 2007 by DaMan09

7. Why are you guys still ignoring the raging Space Giraffe debate?

Posted at 8:36PM on Sep 10th 2007 by Etchasketchist

8. Hey X3F, I have an extra CoD4 Beta token if you want to give it away in a contest or something of that sort.

Posted at 8:58PM on Sep 10th 2007 by Zack

9. 39:41

Posted at 10:05PM on Sep 10th 2007 by Zack

10. is the "special" guest Frankie from bungie?? For ep # 35? hmmmm....

Posted at 12:18AM on Sep 11th 2007 by jeff

11. That same stutter glitch in Bioshock happened to me as well.
It happened to me during the level where you 'spend a night with Sander Cohen.' The stutter felt almost like that of a scratched DVD where it starts and stops erratically, and it scared me into turning my 360 off for fear I was risking a bricked console somehow.

Posted at 5:37AM on Sep 11th 2007 by Magic Whiskey

12. first time comping the podcast...will be playing on xbox later.

just as soon as i find the bloody TH demo.

Posted at 5:41AM on Sep 11th 2007 by johnathonn

13. I'm not going to download tha bioshock update. Nice podcast, I am kind of new to your one but it still makes me laugh with the off topic talk, which I love.

I will send you a question for the podcast.

Posted at 5:47AM on Sep 11th 2007 by stukorn

14. sweet. i love this podcast. gonna listen to it while i work out later.

Posted at 8:31AM on Sep 11th 2007 by Captain Jody Anthony XVIII

15. @8
Zack, Ill take it if you dont want to wait for X3F to respond back.

Posted at 9:01AM on Sep 11th 2007 by zourskittles

16. PEOPLE! 2 WEEKS TODAY! I'LL HAVE BEEN PLAYING HALO 3 FOR ABOUT 10 HOURS!

MotoGP 07 is exclusive to the Xbox 360.

I got into the beta by bullshitting my credentials...LOL

I'm with Jeff...I think the special guest for episode 35 will be Luke Smith or Frankie as it'll be just a day or two before Halo 3 launch. It should also help get the site's readership up quite a bit as I can guarantee they'll reveal quite a bit then.

Yea, Dustin...i had that video up to about 6 months ago...it was a Saleen S7 ramming into walls in different ways.

The console repair process is horrible...that process you described Rich was awesome...laughed so hard.

I'm like Dustin. I love my 360 and I can appreciate some of the other stuff on either of the other 2, but I refuse to waste/spend my money on it.

YOU GUYS AREN'T TALKING ABOUT XBOX 360!! OMG!! NOOOES!! LOL AHAHAHHAHA

Divisible by 11...LOL...I just DIED laughing to that for some reason!

Ending cutouts were awesome! AHAHAHA FUCK video games! LOL

Another great fancast! X3F FTW!! Can't wait for the next one!

Posted at 10:53AM on Sep 11th 2007 by DjDATZ

17. Great show guys. I'd like to think you were referring to my comment about the Halo 3 Time article, on how other sites seemed to pick it up for all the wrong reasons. Whew, I'm glad that didn't go far, because a publication like Time covering video games as a cultural event or phenomenon (rather than a pasttime) is something that we as gamers should all welcome.

Posted at 11:31AM on Sep 11th 2007 by Robert

18. good podcast guys.

going off topic is quite alright with me. as long as its not boring im all for it. maybe you can "borrow" from Major and have a segment after the 'cast where you just shoot the shit. that'd be cool.

ZED WORD

Posted at 2:07PM on Sep 11th 2007 by Mauricio

19. "You neeed, to straightn ooouut your laaiife", Phil aka Richard (I think). That was hilarious, spot on interpretation.

Posted at 2:10PM on Sep 11th 2007 by TORO

20. I second that even with owning all three consoles, the Xbox 360 takes the majority of my time. I'll love FFXIII whenever the hell it comes out, but the Wii and PS3 just don't have enough to sustain my attention. I still have yet to play Metroid Prime 3 for more than 20 minutes. The other consoles severely lack content in my opinion.

Interesting discussion. Thanks, guys!

Posted at 4:58PM on Sep 11th 2007 by SuicideNinja

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