XBL Radio Podcast ver 365.1

On October 1st 2005 XBL Radio was only 3 guys, a mic and an Xbox. 365 days later we have grown to a presence in the gaming community that has been warmly accepted.

We invite you to join the Staff at XBL Radio as we take a look back at one year of podcasting. The good, bad, ugly and all the great moments that keep us at it week after week, including our memorable outtakes.

Check out Rusty’s favorite LIVE on LIVE show and Steve’s favorite interviews. Find out the moment that broke Carpals back with laughter and see if The Other Guy is gonna stick around now that he has a new born baby.  Plus a ton of other highlights…

It’s a look at the past and the future of XBL Radio! And then catch all the community shoutouts at the end! It’s a fun 45 minute treat for our fans.

For all of our frequent website visitors, get an exclusive download right now, here on the blogcast. Right click, save as… for best download experience. It will publish on Oct 1st at midnight CST on the RSS for iTunes and Feedburner.

Wanna play Gears of War before everyone else?

Wanna play Gears of War before everyone else? If you live in New York, Los Angeles, Chicago or San Francisco, you can have your chance. Microsoft is partnering up with New Line Cinema and together they are bring you GOW and The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning. On Wednesday, Oct 4 if you are one of the lucky gamers that get to see the pre-release screening of Texas Chainsaw Massacre, right after the movie you will get you chance to play Gears of War. All you need to do is register online today at XBox.com or at TexasChainSawmovie.com for your chance to play the game and see the movie. And for those of you that don’t live in those 4 cities, I’m being told that you should check back at the Texas Chain Saw movie website for future events.

Wow, this is pretty cool, I just wished I lived in one of those cities so I could try this game out.

Whats your Favorite Add-ON?

The Vision Camera is out. In the past week we’ve had a blast viewing our friends online. XBL Radio wants to know, “Whats your favorite add-on for any console?” Vote here: Forum Poll

The top additions to your consoles will be announced on the next XBL Radio Podcast…

Enough BRAN and GAMING too keep you regular!

XBOX and Kelloggs have teamed up. Certain cereals include an Xbox mini-game. The following games are running in the promotion -

• Spaceship Blaster - Eliminate the enemy spaceships before they reach you.
• Motorcycle Madness - Avoid or eliminate oncoming traffic to move up a level and win.
• Disco Mania - Copy the dance instructor’s moves to move through the levels.
• Robo Blast - Capture the robots before they escape.
• Mystic Castle - Navigate through the castle, collecting gems and defeating enemies.

I wish a mini-HALO was in the line-up. However at least you wont have to send off 30 proof-of-purchaces.Â

Xbox Live started in the 90’s?

I was going through some junk the other day and what did I find? Well, it was the Sega Channel cartridge!With this device you were able to get up to 50 saga games a month as well as demos of games to be released. It was the first downloadable console system out on the market. If I am not mistaken it cost around $20 a month. Wow! 50 games a month for only $20.

The only downfall was that the titles would change every month. So right when you were in the middle of a game, it was gone. Also, I can’t remember but I don’t think you could use in game saves, you would have to leave the system on.

It looks like Microsoft has picked up where Sega left off and improved a system which was the best thing out since slice bread. I just whish Xbox Live offered a monthly game library that you could play through. I would certainly pay an extra fee. Also they could still have it to where if you wanted to buy the game, you could. That way you can play the game of you choice every month.

- TOG OUT!

XBL Radio ver. 27.0 is out!

 STEVE519 from LIVE on LIVE joins Carpal this week!

• NEWS: -Microsoft Brings TGS and X06 to Live (get ready to use that download feature) -Wii to Retail for $250, Ships Nov. 19 (The house of Mario is ready to jump) -Microsoft Repeats: No Internal HD-DVD Planned (however they have been known to do a 360) -Peter Jackson on the Halo Movie (his next film after his 15th release of the Rings trilogy)
• Game News: -Sony Launching PSP Entertainment Pack for the Holidays (Santa likes UMDs too) -Dead Rising Fans: No Patch For You (But hey why not buy a new t.v. to get it to work) -Fans Heard, as Nintendo Contacts Telltale (Sam and Max may be hitting the road to the 360)
• Plus Console Crimes -Jack Thompson is back and hes pointing that narrow minded finger again. All this and more on XBL Radio ver 27.0!

Game Reviews:

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-Steve519 on Madden 07: Is it 1st and 10 for the franchise? Or is 07 all hype and huddles? -Carpal on Test Drive Unlimed You may run out of gas before you finish this game.

-TOG OUT!

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The Nutcracker Suite: Jackass 2

The first one was pure “SHOCK VIDEO”. So how were they going to top it. Well you have to give them an E for effort. JACKASS 2 is back, as if we would ever forget the 1st one, and the gang is reuinited once again. From the opening scene (a mock Running with the Bulls emulation) you know that this will be a train-wreck that you can’t stop watching. From complete gross-out scenes, to the usuall ball crushing, bruise inducing, body mangling stunts; Jackass 2 never lets up.

Johnny Knoxville and Co always seem to find a way to make me keep watching, even though I find myself cringing. I cant say this movie was “better” than the original. (the 1st installment had taken film to a new level) However, this film compliments your Jackass collection (if you have one) quite nicely with such scenes as: Snakes on a Ball-Pit, The Gas Chamber, a Beer-Enema, Terrorist-Taxi, and more…

In one scene a fellow Jackoff states, “Please no Jackass 3!” My gut instinct says he’s got a point. However if there is another, I would be a JACKASS not to go along for the ride!

-CARPAL

Gears of War on Sale Now! Who Screwed up?

LISTEN TO THE PHONE CALL AUDIO!

Steve519 of the XBL Radio Podcast gets verbal confirmation from TigerDirect.com that his Paid-in-Full purchase of Gears of War for the Xbox 360 will ship in “3-4 days”. Steve Purchased the game on Sunday Sep 24, 2006, well over one month before the official release, “Emergence Day”: Nov 12, 2006.

Stay tuned here at XBLRadio.com to find out if Steve really gets the game in “3-4 days”.

-Rust.

BTW: Some of you haven’t noticed this, but I’m not planing on getting this game through tigerdirect, I’m 99% positive that I wont. But as a gamer I felt like I had to try because it just might be the biggest game of the holiday season, so if I could get it early I had to give it a shot. - Steve519

UPDATE: THIS ITEM IS NO LONGER AVAILABLE as per tigerdirect.com, but i do have this…

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Xbox 360 issues? Microsoft will pay for it.

As reported on Kotaku, Microsoft has owned up to all the faulty consoles that they were shipping. If you have bought a console with a manufacturer date before Jan 1, 2006, which would make your Xbox currently out of warranty, Microsoft will repair your console for free, thats right, free. And for those of you that have paid for a repair, Kotaku is reporting that you can get a refund for the repair amount. Wow, this is really cool to see, and its about time. Mine was one of those systems that would have been in this date. So if you have had any problems with your Xbox be sure to call MS up about this.

Steve talks with Shotgun Bunny from XBLGlitchForums.com

Shotgun Bunny, creator of XBLGlitchforums.com, talks with Steve519 about his website and lets us know what is going on over there and what you can except to see in the future.

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