Donkey Kong Movie!?

Wow! After I saw this, I knew that cruddy attempts at turning video games into movies have become TRUELY cruddy. And yes, the subject line is deceiving and makes it sound A LOT better than it actually looks. If you don't believe me, I put the trailer at the bottom of this post (of couse, if you got this via the newsletter you'll have to go on the site to see it).

Yeah, it's a movie about Donkey Kong (the arcade version, not the NES one). But no, it isn't based on the game, it's about two guys PLAYING THE GAME! I probably wouldn't be able to stand listening to a MIDI for two straight hours in a theather starring at 8-bit graphics. I don't even think I could last that long without stopping (thank god for suspend points, nowadays). It's a movie, about who can set the highest record in Donkey Kong.... The movie's official site is: BillyVSSteve.com What is this movie called? King of Kong: Fistfull of Quarters (...) And Nintendo isn't even involved in making this film! Isn't that some sort of copyright violation? (Guess not....)

Anyway, as promised here is the 2-minute trailer:

Episode 21: Caskey RAGE

You also directly download episode 21 now, using the following download link:
CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD EPISODE 21 OF GAMERSCAST!!



Well, at long last, the very highly anticipated episode 21 of GamersCast is being released and uploaded as I type this. Yeah, it was originally supposed to be titled "BETAlicious Pokemon" because of the Halo 3 BETA and pokemon being released, but then we thought that title was kinda..... something. So, we're titling it "Caskey Rage", because good 'ol Steve Caskey co-hosts on this episode, and he ranted about pretty much everything we talked about. :P

Though this was recorded a couple of weeks ago, nothing in the episode is out-dated, so your mind can be at ease about that. However, when we talked about Super Smash Brothers Brawl we wondering about which controller would be used, and we actually all predicted what it was when it was officially announced. (Wasabi peanuts for all! (You have to listen to understand what I meant....))
The show spans about 90 minutes long (I edited about 20 minutes of pointless pauses out). And is only a 40MB download. As always you can download all of GamersCast's episodes on iTunes and almost every other major podcasting client. This episode will also be playable on the Flash Player located off of our website's homepage. To view GamersCast's page on the iTunes Music Store go to:

http://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewPodcast?id=79240767
OR
http://iTunes.GamersCastPodCast.com

And if you are using another podcasting client (such as the PSP), you should know that our podcast feed is located at:

http://www.GamersCastPodCast.com/GamersCast.xml

The topics that were discussed in episode 21, include but are not limited to the following:

- We take a moment of silence for those effected by the Virginia Tech shooting
- We unveil a new podcast host (again), Steve Cask! (1st time was episode 20 :P)
-The Halo 3 BETA
- Pokemon Diamond and Pearl
- Is pokemon getting old?
- We unveil a new segment and go "Around the Cube"!
- I make a bet with the listeners (if I lose, we'll you'll have a good laugh! :P)
- Super Smash Brothers Brawl updates!
- Who will have the most online users?
- The classic debate of which console will come out on top
- We prepare for E3 2007 and a summer to remember!
- The South Korean PS3 launch (Steve will probably rant here....)
- Is the PS3 turning around?
- Game Franchises that should die!
- Games that turned to movies (DOA)
- Why do movies that turn into games usually suck?
- We hype Episode 22: The 1st Annual GamersCast Awards!
- We finally decided to re-open our gaming tournaments!!
- Podcast gets a new logo and design
- What's the appeal in "Brain Games"
- I thank the listeners for supporting the show
- We unveil a new podcast that is already #27 on iTunes! (or was.... :P)
- Steve goes on summer break, Matt and Adam are still in school....
- Where's our new Wii Channels?
- New games brick out mod chip users (Wii)
- The website development nears completion!
- And MUCH more!

GamersCast Episode 21: BETAlicious Pokemon

Well, episode 21 actually was recorded as planned and edited just a bit for some mild language (I'm looking at you Adam, you potty-mouth!) and minor interruptions during the show. So, the show flows rather smoothly (though Steve wanted us to go in the EXACT order shown in my last post, which threw things off just a bit). It spans at about one hour and forty minutes long and it's only about 65MB to download (not bad, considering the length). Now, though the show is ready to be posted, it's unfortunate to say that I cannot yet post it at this time. You see, from mirroring software from both Red Kawa and LSmaker, it drove our bandwith just a little bit high. And in short, if we go over our bandwith, bad things happen, and the site may cease to exist. So, I unfortunetely had to temporarily remove the Red Kawa mirror from the site, until our servers can better support it. However, I promise that once our bandwith goes down, we will post episode 21 ASAP. However, that does not mean to stop going on the site. By all means, we still continue to encourage more and more people coming to the site, and removing the mirror (for now) should lower it enough that there isn't really anything to worry about. So, as long as I don't get a phone call from GoDaddy.com in the next week, we should be fine. I sincerely apologize for the delay, however.

If anyone is interested in being in the new segment featured in the episode ("Around the Cube") just send an e-mail to: GamersCast@GamersCastPodCast.com with "Around the Cube" in the subject line.

Episode 21 to be Recorded Tonight!!

Well, it's been a long while since we last recorded an episode, but it's finally time for another QUALITY episode of GamersCast. It's time for episode 21! Yes, I do know how to count, but trust me, you don't want to hear what happened in episode 20. Maybe if there's a gap when there's nothing to put up on the feed, I might post it as a blooper, but that'd be pretty much it. I mean, episode 20 was actually title "Episode 20: Worst Episode Ever". Now, if you saw that go up on the feed, would you honestly download it!? I also got a new system setup, so that way I won't have to do any editing at all! Which means, the episode will be posted relatively quickly. Anyway, here's some of the highlights you'll be hearing in episode 21:

- We take a moment of silence for those effected by the Virginia Tech shooting
- We unveil a new podcast host (again), Steve Cask! (1st time was episode 20 :P)
-The Halo 3 BETA
- Pokemon Diamond and Pearl
- Is pokemon getting old?
- We unveil a new segment and go "Around the Cube"!
- I make a bet with the listeners (if I lose, we'll you'll have a good laugh! :P)
- Super Smash Brothers Brawl updates!
- Who will have the most online users?
- The classic debate of which console will come out on top
- We prepare for E3 2007 and a summer to remember!
- The South Korean PS3 launch (Steve will probably rant here....)
- Is the PS3 turning around?
- Game Franchises that should die!
- Games that turned to movies (DOA)
- Why do movies that turn into games usually suck?
- We hype Episode 22: The 1st Annual GamersCast Awards!
- We finally decided to re-open our gaming tournaments!!
- Podcast gets a new logo and design
- What's the appeal in "Brain Games"
- I thank the listeners for supporting the show
- We unveil a new podcast that is already #27 on iTunes! (or was.... :P)
- Steve goes on summer break, Matt and Adam are still in school....
- Where's our new Wii Channels?
- New games brick out mod chip users (Wii)
- The website development nears completion!
- And more!

As you can tell, we have A LOT planned, and it'll all be coming your way on Episode 21 of GamersCast! Also, our tournament update will also be available via our special GamersCast Tournaments podcast. Wanna subscribe or listen to GamersCast? Simple. You get it on any podcasting client, iTunes, or listen to our audio episodes on the site's homepage.
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http://www.GamersCastPodCast.com/GamersCast.xml

DOA Movie Trailer

Well, to tell you the truth, I didn't think they would go far enough into the production to come out with a trailer yet. But hey, maybe this is one game movie that might actually hit theaters. But don't hold you breath, just because theirs a trailer, doesn't mean it'll come to theaters, it could be cut back to DVD-release only, but I already heard stuff about it being confirmed for June, so you never know. And for you perverts out there, prepare to be disappointed. It's rated PG-13, meaning no nudity. Here's the trailer, anyway:

Gears of War Movie

Well, New Line Cinema just secured the rights to a Gears of War movie! WOW, we have seen way too many possible game movies. Well, I guess there's yet another thing you can tack on to our list of things to talk about in episode 20 (see post below this).