3 Hit Combo 123: Missing Ocean Master

This week Matt and Andy go without Skyler as they talk about weddings, games of the year, and much more!

http://ia600702.us.archive.org/25/items/3HitCombo123MissingOceanMaster/123.mp3

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3 Hit Combo 122: Reunited

This week Skyler joins Matt and Andy as they talk about engagements, the Navy, The Walking Feels, bad criminals, and much more.

http://ia601408.us.archive.org/28/items/3HitCombo122Reunited/122.mp3

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3 Hit Combo 121: Tunnel Snakes Rule

This week Matt and Andy talk about snakes, minecraft, Valve, trees, sword wielding taco lovers and much more.

http://ia601401.us.archive.org/25/items/3HitCombo121TunnelSnakesRule/121.mp3

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3 Hit Combo 120: Long Skype Edition

Andy joins Matt over Skype to discuss tons on gaming news including VGX and Telltale, the FBI in your webcam, Krokodil and much more.

http://ia601006.us.archive.org/11/items/3HitCombo120LongSkypeEdition/120.mp3

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3 Hit Combo 119: Xbox One Launch

This week Matt and Andy talk Xbox One sales and issues, Crash Bandicoot, spiders, itunes, and much more.

http://ia601902.us.archive.org/34/items/3HitCombo119XboxOneLaunch/119.mp3

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3 Hit Combo 118: PS4 Launch

Matt and Andy talk a lot about the PS4, LAN party stories, abusing 911, and much more.

http://ia601008.us.archive.org/15/items/3HitCombo118Ps4Launch/118.mp3

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3 Hit Combo 117: The Future is Now

This week Matt and Andy get hype for the PS4 release, review Call of Duty Ghosts' box art, talk about powering a home with wifi, selling children, burger slippers, and much more.

http://ia601000.us.archive.org/1/items/3HitCombo117TheFutureIsNow/117.mp3

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3 Hit Combo 116: Cheating the System

This week Matt and Andy talk about PS4 launch titles, saving yourself from the Kinect, finding supernovas, Halloween Candy, and more!

http://ia601003.us.archive.org/0/items/3HitCombo116CheatingTheSystem/116.mp3

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3 Hit Combo 115: Block of Touch

This week Matt and Andy talk via Skype about a lot of PS4 news, anonymous, saving beer from a fire, and much more.

http://ia601007.us.archive.org/23/items/3HitCombo115BlockOfTouch/115.mp3

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3 Hit Combo 114: Oh My God We're Back Again

After another week off Matt and Andy return with tons of gaming news, booze stories, wifi light bulbs, and much much more.

http://ia601005.us.archive.org/28/items/3HitCombo114OhMyGodWereBackAgain/114.mp3

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3 Hit Combo 113: Gubment Shutdown

This week Matt and Andy talk about GTA Online, steam box, Reboot...reboot, Gubment Shutdown, Hornets, and 5 tons of grapes.

http://ia801000.us.archive.org/13/items/3HitCombo113GubmentShutdown/113.mp3

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3 Hit Combo 112: We're Back!

After missing a week Matt and Andy are back with a lot of GTA V news, tons of gaming news, nukes, plastic, gators, and more!

http://ia601006.us.archive.org/28/items/3HitCombo112WereBack/112.mp3

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3 Hit Combo 111: Don't Tell Your Parents

This week Matt and Andy get hyped for GTA V, talk about Apple's new iphone, share a story about car lovin' and much more.

http://ia601002.us.archive.org/28/items/3HitCombo111DontTellYourParents/111.mp3

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3 Hit Combo 110: The Game Master Cometh

This week Matt, Andy, and Austin talk about 8 controllers for the Xbox One, GTA V, Playstation 4 camera, lava lamps, goats, and much more.

http://ia601904.us.archive.org/24/items/3HitCombo110TheGameMasterCometh/110.mp3

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3 Hit Combo 109: Footbaw

Matt and Andy talk about the beginning of football season, 2DS, testing out sheds, holograms, and much more.

http://ia601007.us.archive.org/30/items/3HitCombo109Footbaw/109.mp3

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3 Hit Combo 108: Butt Ghosts

This week Matt and Andy talk ghosts, twitch.tv on ps4, brain parasites, and much more

http://ia601002.us.archive.org/35/items/3HitCombo108ButtGhosts/108.mp3

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3 Hit Combo 107: Story Time

This week Matt shares his pathfinder adventures, him and Andy talk about the Xbox One changing more policies, prison hacking, mosquito drones, and much more!

http://ia601900.us.archive.org/34/items/3HitCombo107StoryTime/107.mp3

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3 Hit Combo 106: Xbox 180

Matt and Andy talk about eventful parties, Xbox going back on another policy,
Florida being Florida, and much more!

http://ia600901.us.archive.org/5/items/3HitCombo106Xbox180/106.mp3

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3 Hit Combo 105: Ridin' Solo

This week Matt is all by his lonesome as he talks about the Phil Fish Saga, Xbox One headsets, Chinese hackers, palm readings, sharks in odd places, and much more!

http://ia600907.us.archive.org/4/items/3HitCombo105RidinSolo/105.mp3

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3 Hit Combo 104: Download Twice Listen Once

This week Andy and Matt talk giant alligators, Fez 2, Phil Fish, next gen RAM, grenades, raccoons and much more!

http://ia600904.us.archive.org/26/items/3HitCombo104DownloadTwiceListenOnce/104.mp3

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3 Hit Combo 103: Missing Andy

This week Matt and Tyler discuss The Stick of Truth, cancer knives, throwing babies, and much more.

http://ia600903.us.archive.org/33/items/3HitCombo103MissingAndy/103.mp3

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3 Hit Combo 102: Are You Ready For A Miracle?

This week Matt and Andy talk about the steam sale, bionic legs, gross lunches, and much more!

http://ia601807.us.archive.org/27/items/3HitCombo102AreYouReadyForAMiracle/102.mp3

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3 Hit Combo 101: Car Lovin'

This wee Andy Matt and Tyler talk about people who REALLY love their cars, Xbox One not launching with a headset, summer sales, and much more!

http://ia601802.us.archive.org/1/items/3HitCombo101CarLovin/101.mp3

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3 Hit Combo 100: 100 Episodes Later....

This week Matt, Andy, and Tyler celebrated by streaming live. They talk about new Xbox policies, Iwata maybe stepping down, anti-matter, knife throwing, and nude pictures.

http://ia600906.us.archive.org/19/items/3HitCombo100100EpisodesLater/100.mp3

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SGC 2013 Recap

This episode Matt and Andy discuss SGC 2013 and their adventures in Dallas.

http://ia601801.us.archive.org/22/items/Sgc2013Recap/sgc2.mp3

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Heroscape 4 Player Free for All #2 (The Finale)

So in rare fashion we finished this game in our second sitting. Although our second day was pretty long (4 hours). Let's get right down to it and see where I stand.

Ah, right, the base thing.

So, the party area is still in my base and I need to get them the hell out so I can play a little offense. Right now I've got Captain Marvel controlled by Tyler next to Lobo and Doomsday (Leeper) adjacent to Marvel. Time to do work.

Mission complete!

Base cleared, time to get ready for an attack. Stephan still has Superman who really needs to go. Leeper, Tyler, and I seem to all have the same idea.

AHHHHHH

Okay, fucking Solomon Grundy (Stephan) is blocking me now back to step 1...

Getting real sick of this...

DOOMSDAY IS BACK. Yay. Mentallo (Stephan) brought him into my base. Although I think Leeper and I are on the same page at the moment and decide to go for Superman.

Finally! Offense!

I used Dr. Fate to bring over Lex Luthor, Tyler has brought Thor close and Leeper is bringing in Non. So far things are not looking good for Superman.

Wow what?

So Stephan had a dastardly dickish plan. I admire that kind of work. He used Mentallo to take control of Thor (Tyler) and wasted his God of Thunder attack which can only be used once per game. I say "wasted" because he could have attacked far more people. Unfortunately for me, 3 wounds were inflicted on Dr. Fate and Leeper did him in. Ugh..

Go get 'em Lobo

So Lobo has gotten caught up in a little pickle. He's adjacent to Doomsday and Non (Leeper) and Thor (Tyler) is near. Lobo does have healing so let's hope he can hold them off.

Can't say I'm surprised

The whole "kill Superman" plan got aborted and I didn't get the memo. Lex did his best but it wasn't good enough.

Bad roll

Lobo rolled bad defense once, and it did him in. Classic Lobo..

Wut

Somehow I took a blurry picture of Leeper.

1 vs 3

Leeper has brought 3 characters out on the left (Parasite, Thanos, Bane) while Stephan tries to put a dent in them with Silver Surfer.

Plan B

I brought a couple of tanks out in Colossus and Abomination. I have an odd plan with them so I hope it works out because I could really do some damage with them if that is the case.

Step 1

Colossus used fast ball special and threw Abomination at Doomsday, giving him one wound.

Step 2

Abomination caused wounds and rolled high enough to throw Doomsday towards Colossus. Unfortunately he did not cause an extra wound but he now has to deal with Colossus.

That's how it's done

How do you kill Doomsday? Roll 6 dice and get 6 skulls. Plan worked perfectly.

Let's try it again!

I fast ball special'd Abomination to the top and attacked Parasite, then threw him back to Colossus.

Get wrecked

Plan works again! Parasite was killed by the Colossus/Abomination throwing combo.

Dammit.

Abomination had a poor roll of the dice, and that's the way it can go in Heroscape. You did good work, Abomination.

There goes his partner

Colossus was hurt going into the center of the map so I'm not surprised he was killed, but I'm on the ropes big time.

"Hey I'm playing a board game!"

I've got another plan. Deadpool and Wolverine both have healing abilities. Arm Deadpool with energy rings which will give him 3 attacks, give Wolverine super speed and attack.

Sup, Green Arrow?

Leeper wasn't happy that I was able to attack twice with Deadpool then attack with Deadpool's rings. Good.

Uh oh.

Okay so Leeper now has Deadpool nearly surrounded with Thanos, Green Arrow, and Doomsday. Good thing Deadpool can attack all 3 in one turn.

Wolverine to the rescue!

Wolverine comes in for support while Leeper also brings in Ms. Marvel turns out while trying to move into Tyler's base to take out the new #1 threat after Superman (Dark Phoenix) we created quite the log jam.

Not enough healing...

Well that wasted my whole round. Deadpool gone.

Time to accept my fate

I'm now really down there on characters. I decide the point of my game now is to play spoiler and try to take out a couple strong characters.

 Elektra, I choose you!

Elektra is sneaky good. Not a power character by any means but enough to cause a fit and take some people out.

This fucking game...

I was able to do a couple things with Elektra but not enough. Tyler's base is packed with strong characters and I lack firepower.

My boy Weather Wizard!

Weather Wizard came on out to attack Archangel (Tyler) I was finally able to use his lightning re-strike attack to it's full potential and gained attack dice for each space Archangel moved this turn. I did end up doing a little damage to that annoying Archangel.

Can't say I'm surprised.

Low life, low defense, low attack. I brought out a support character on offense and he died, but at this point I had to do something he did what he could though.

My final push.

Punisher, Batman, Two Face. My last stand if I could do something decent it would be a little moral victory but things don't look so hot.

Bringing the war to Tyler

Dark Phoenix (Tyler) is getting attacked from all angles. The only hope for this game is Dark Phoenix dying soon without losing...anyone. Batman is to the left of this picture actually doing decent damage to Dr. Doom and Darkseid

Look at sexy Two Face at the bottom

Two Face...TWO FACE one of the weakest characters in this game delivered the kill shot against one of the strongest, Dark Phoenix. Small moral victory on my side but Dark Phoenix did quite a bit of damage to all of us.

So long, Dark Knight.

Batman was taken down by Dr. Doom. At this point we did something we don't often do but we called the game. Stephan and Leeper may have had an outside shot at taking down Tyler but since we're going out of town to SGC soon and want to set up a new game for when we get back we conceded victory to Tyler. I've had much better runs but that concludes a game of Heroscape. Can't wait to play again.

3 Hit Combo 99: Mama Mia!

Andy is back! This week Matt and Andy talk a lot about Andy's trip to Italy. A ton about E3 and then jog through technology and news.

http://ia601804.us.archive.org/30/items/3HitCombo99MamaMia_702/99.mp3

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Heroscape 4 Player Free For All #1

So I've mentioned Heroscape a lot on the podcast and figured I'd give people some context. So I'll be making posts of our current Heroscape game. Typically when we start a game it takes us 3-4 days to finish. We usually play twice a week so as you can tell the games are quite epic in scale. This one is no different with each player having between 14-17 characters. The only way to win is be the last team standing. First things first...check out this map.

Intimate setting.

As you can see the 4 dark areas are bases, the white tiles are road which give you +3 movement as long as you stay on the road. This particular map is somewhat small so I'd have no problem drafting a lot of people with 1 range. Typically due to the size of the map having too many people with only 1 range can be a downfall. With that said let's get to drafting....

Look at all those characters, well over 100

We have 3 ways of drafting. First is everyone gets a certain amount of points (say, 2000) and roll a d20 for order and start picking. The second is an auction draft where we go through alphabetically and auction off characters. The third and most popular method is random draw. This is the most complicated but assures a wild mix of characters every time. We have characters separated into tiers. (Support, Low, Medium, High). We then decide how many of the top 3 tiers we get. This game we decided to get 5 Low (3 random, 2 picked) 5 Medium (3 Random, 2 picked) 4 High (2 Random, 2 Picked) and 3 untradeable choices (1 random from random tier, 1 picked from random tier, 1 picked from high tier). You can also trade 1 Low tier for 2 support tier or 2 of a lower tier for 1 of the tier above it. Also there are random trades along the table with 1 character from each tier and a veto. Yes it is confusing at first and text doesn't do it justice. But it all starts with a roll of the dice.

Dem Bones

So we'll be following my team, I decided to get Lobo again even though I have had bad luck with him. Sentinel Mk. III is my high tier guy so I always get him unless someone randoms him before me. And of course I gotta get Weather Wizard (who I would have never thought of getting had we not drafted this style, makes you learn new characters). So here is my team after draft and before trades.

Punisher, Emma Frost, Two Face, Lizard, Weather Wizard, Zatana, Dr. Fate, Batman, Colossus, Deadpool, She-Hulk, Hulk, Sentinel Mk. III, Lobo, Elektra, Mandarin, Abomination

Pretty solid team. Not too happy with Emma Frost and Two Face but that's why we have trades. I think I will trade up two from low tier to get a mid tier given that I'm not too fond of any of them other than Weather Wizard. Let's check out how it looks post-trade

Punisher, Two Face, Weather Wizard, Wolverine, Dr. Fate, Batman, Colossus, Deadpool, Lex Luthor, She-Hulk, Zauriel, Sentinel Mk. III, Lobo, Elektra, Mandarin, Abomination

So as you can see Lizard got randomly traded for Blob. I then sacrificed Emma Frost and randomly sacrificed Blob to trade up and get Lex Luthor. Zatana was Traded for Wolverine and Hulk was traded for Zauriel (after I vetoed Sentinel Mk. III for Zauriel). Let's get the characters on the table.

It's going down!

Now I have my cards and figures, red damage markers and hit dice are ready. I also have my order markers (I chose green this game) and my glyphs for Mandarin and Batman. Let's place them on my base and get to it!

Ready for battle!

I've got my team ready. Weaker and support characters behind the walls, ranged characters in the back, and tanks up front. Let's get out there and fight.

Welp...

Not a great start. I sent She-Hulk and Sentinel Mk. III out into the middle to start dealing damage. Lobo I sent out onto the road but not too far. She-Hulk had a hell of a time against Solomon Grundy controlled by Stephan. Strong character out early is never a good sign.

Here comes Zauriel

I decided to bring Zauriel out and was able to take care of Grundy and join this battle on the right. Doomsday at the top is Leeper's. Black Adam is Stephan's and of course Zauriel at the bottom is mine.

Son of a bitch..

So Black Adam was able to take care of Zauriel, two strong characters gone early but I'm not out of it by any means. Sentinel took care of Black Adam but now I have Mentallo taking control of my characters. Luckily I have an ace in the hole against mind control. Mandarin and anyone adjacent to him can not be controlled by other figures. Time to teleport him with Dr. Fate and try to take down Mentallo.

He's the hero we need...

So I brought Mandarin right to Stephan's base. My plan got foiled a little bit by Leeper randomly bringing Nova over and getting 3 wounds onto Mandarin (he has 5 health) none the less I decide to use my energy rings and do damage to a figure withing 3 clear sight spaces. I rolled a 19 which is 3 automatic wounds. I know I wanted to go after Mentallo at first but with Superman right there, 3 wounds right now is huge so I chose Superman.

Whoa wtf?

So Hulk came on over while Mandarin was doing his thing. Luckily I have him surrounded by Lobo (6 attack) and Wolverine (4 attack +1 for being higher) Hulk is a beast but I have my characters placed well and both have healing abilities. Time to let loose.

RIP Mandarin 2013-2013

Looking back I think I got too aggressive with Mandarin. Keeping him in my base would have kept a lot of people from being controlled by Mentallo or Gorilla Grodd (who died early anyway). He's not a HUGE loss to me but losing his glyphs doesn't make me happy. Also I still have this Hulk problem...

Dead sucka!

Getting rid of Hulk without him doing a ton of damage is huge since he gains attack die for every wound he has on him up to a maximum of 5. (Base attack 6 so he can roll up to 11 attack die) Dr. Fate came in and helped, Lobo actually got the kill. My plan now is to retreat to my base for a bit and heal Lobo up. (he's at 3 out of 6 life).

Bullshit

So apparently my base is the party area. Lobo was able to fully heal. Leeper brought Nova close, Stephan (via Mentallo) brought Nova right into my base. Tyler then decided bringing Captain Marvel over was a good idea and eventually Stephan brought Red She-Hulk close. Nova ends up getting killed while Doomsday comes in to take his place. Sentinel was killed by Red She-Hulk and we eventually called it a night. Two players ended up losing 4 characters and 2 players lost 3. All in all a pretty even battle....so far.

3 Hit Combo 98: Patent Pending

This week Matt and Tyler discuss EA, E3, a little Xbox One, Anonymous, NSA, Porn Stars, and Jail

http://ia601705.us.archive.org/26/items/3HitCombo98PatentPending/98.mp3

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3 Hit Combo 97: Power Up Podcast

This week Matt is joined by Stephan, Tyler, and Leeper. They discuss Xbox One, Kindergarten brawls, hacking, and do a little bit of trivia. Also, sorry bout that echo, folks.

http://ia601803.us.archive.org/13/items/3HitCombo97PowerUpPodcast/97.mp3

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3 Hit Combo 96: 3 Hit Combo One

This week Matt and Andy talk about the Xbox One, Italy, GTA V, early internet memories, stealing Poptarts and much more.

http://ia601709.us.archive.org/2/items/3HitCombo963HitComboOne/96.mp3

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3 Hit Combo 95: Bennigan's

Matt and Andy talk about the up coming Microsoft conference, Yahoo buying Tumblr, super charging batteries, and EA doing the consumer right.

http://ia601705.us.archive.org/10/items/3HitCombo95Bennigans/95.mp3

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3 Hit Combo 94: 2 Hot 2 Scratchy

This week Matt and Skyler talk Xbox infinity, Diablo III patch, Windows phone, Alligators, dead memes and much more!

http://ia601708.us.archive.org/2/items/3HitCombo942Hot2Scratchy/94.mp3

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3 Hit Combo 93: Distractioncast

Matt and Andy get off course a lot while trying to talk about Florida, SGC, the new Xbox, and much more!

http://ia601702.us.archive.org/19/items/3HitCombo93Distractioncast/93.mp3

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3 Hit Combo 92: Pant-less Podcast

This week Matt and Andy talk at length about what they want to see in the new Xbox, the death of AOL, Bongy the mascot, Ambien, T-Mobile's scam, and much more!

http://ia601704.us.archive.org/2/items/3HitCombo92Pant-lessPodcast_722/92.mp3

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3 Hit Combo 91: The Opening Segment From Hell

This week Matt and Andy get a little serious in the long opening segment. They then follow that up with mind control, terrible burglars, class action law suits, Skyrim, and much more.

http://ia601700.us.archive.org/14/items/3HitCombo91TheOpeningSegmentFromHell/91.mp3

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3 Hit Combo 90: Smell Bros

This week Matt and Andy talk SGC, Jurassic Park streaming, Far Cry 3, Apple paying out more money, Home Depot sawing, and much more.

http://ia601701.us.archive.org/5/items/3HitCombo90SmellBros/90.mp3

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3 Hit Combo 89: Snuggle Party

In this episode Matt and Andy are fed up with EA, talk about road trips, return to Florida many times and get hyped over the Ouya.

http://ia601700.us.archive.org/28/items/3HitCombo89SnuggleParty/89.mp3

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3 Hit Combo 88: Delivered in Under 45 Minutes or it's Free

In this April-fool's shortened episode Matt and Andy chat about The Walking Dead, Assassin's Creed IV, human computers, and a 4 Loko heist.

http://ia601700.us.archive.org/24/items/3HitCombo88DeliveredInUnder45MinutesOrItsFree_406/88.mp3

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3 Hit Combo 87: Where is that 3rd Host?

This week Matt and Andy talk about EA losing their CEO, Google Glass being outlawed on the road, missed child support, and much more.

http://ia601701.us.archive.org/3/items/3HitCombo87WhereIsThat3rdHost/87.mp3

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3 Hit Combo 86: Hey You Up There

This week Matt and Andy talk about the king of tea, birds, karma, Xbox 720, Sim City, HIV, robberies, meatspin, and much more.

http://ia601609.us.archive.org/32/items/3HitCombo86HeyYouUpThere/86.mp3

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3 Hit Combo 85: Snowstorm Surprise

This week Andy joins Matt via Skype as they talk about 3D printed skulls, Sim City's multiple problems, PETA mad at Assassin's Creed 4, pulling a gun over a coupon and much more.

http://ia601605.us.archive.org/6/items/3HitCombo85SnowstormSurprise/85.mp3

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3 Hit Combo 84: Burrito Assault

This week Matt and Andy discuss Samsung vs Apple, Playstation 4 news, Andy's giant wallet, Girls Gone Wild, and assault via burrito.

http://ia601605.us.archive.org/4/items/3HitCombo84BurritoAssault/84.mp3

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3 Hit Combo 83: Oven Assault

This week Matt and Andy give their take on the PS4, share a Day Z update, talk about piracy and notices, and someone gets shot by a kitchen appliance.

http://ia601608.us.archive.org/35/items/3HitCombo83OvenAssault/83.mp3

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Matt's Impressions of the Sony Press Conference

Well, here I am actually WRITING a post for our blog. This feels...unfamiliar, but necessary. Instead of waiting until Sunday on the podcast to share my thoughts (I still will). I figured I better run down my thoughts on the entire thing while they're still fresh and the news is hot.

I do not normally sit through press conferences. Usually I wait for the news to come out on IGN or ScrewAttack and get the interesting bits from there. After sitting through this one I can say this: I was right, press conferences suck. If the time they took for "hype" was boiled down to substance the conference would have topped out at an hour instead of slightly over two. Now I should admit that in the past console generation I have been on the side of the Xbox 360. I do understand, though that this type of press conference is not unique to Sony but is more of what the entire industry is now: hype. I should digress though and get to the meat of this (while being as objective as possible).

• The Controller

I went through 4 stages of thought with the PS4 controller. They went: neat, weird, cool, oh god what. The design of course stayed pretty much unchanged which I thought was neat. I don't like to use this term a lot but "if it ain't broke don't fix it". That being said I thought that adding that touch pad in the middle was a little weird, we didn't really get to see what it was used for. All we saw was the fact that it is there. I liked the new share button and headphone jack, very cool additions. My "oh god what" moment was the light bar, which is a bar that interacts with a light on the back of your controller. It is supposed to feel the depth of the room and allow you to use motion controls with your controller. I can't help but think how goofy our entertainment set ups are going to look if we invest in more than one console. (Playstation Move, light bar, Kinect, Wii Motion Plus, sound bar). I'll have to wait and see but the light bar is a big turn off.

• The Interface

A lot of the interface looked messy at times and I even thought it looked similar to Windows 8 tiles at one point (which I loooooathe). The interface when you're viewing a profile, however looked great and showed relevant information without cluttering the screen. They also talked about everything working much faster than before. I don't have any experience on the matter but I'll take Andy's word for it that change is needed when it comes to interface speed.

• Playstation Move

I don't like to tell companies or people they are trying too hard but I must do it. Sony, you are trying too hard. The same can be said for Microsoft's Kinect. These motion control add ons (I guess they aren't add ons anymore) are being shoved down our throats. I consider myself pretty plugged into the gaming community and I don't remember hearing anyone clamoring for more motion controls and mediocre motion controlled games. The move demonstration did nothing to change my opinion, all we got were ugly models created with the move and a video of people seemingly jerking off to music. I was hoping this motion control fad would have stayed just that, a fad. Instead it's being integrated into the new generation of consoles. I'm not ready to live with it yet, but I might just have to.

• Gaikai's Cloud Gaming

This is awesome. I was wondering for a long time what Sony would do with Gaikai and from what we heard at the press conference, they are going to impress. Being able to play trails of full games, not demos, but full games without downloading them is fantastic. You will also eventually be able to play PS1, PS2, and PS3 games on your PS4 via Gaikai. Also, when you buy games you'll be able to play them right away, while the game finishes downloading in the background.

• Streaming

If anything is going to pull me over to the Sony side, this is it. With the PS4 you will be able to stream your game directly to your channel on UStream. While I really hope you'll be able to chose from more streaming services in the future I would totally switch over to UStream if need be. Many people know how difficult streaming can be, especially with all the added hardware you need to do so. Being able to do so directly from your console is huge and will no doubt add to the every growing game streaming fan base. Not only that but your friends can sit in and watch you play your game if you so choose without streaming it publicly.

Now with those out of the way, let's get to some games.

• Knack

Hey, did you know your kids can play PS4 too? This game looks like the family friendly launch title that every console seems to have. Interesting game play mechanics of growing smaller and bigger. Not for me but I'm sure it will sell well

• Killzone: Shadow Fall

Looks like another Killzone, kinda obvious, right? While they game looks cool I can't help but think PS3 would have been able to run it just fine. It doesn't look particularly "next gen" especially not when you compare it to the POLYGOOOONS demonstration from later in the conference. Seems to me like another run of the mill shooter. Killzone fans will love it, non fans won't.

• Drive Club

This one got on my nerves to no end. 95% of the demonstration was all about how it looks, the detail, the shine, the shadows. While I get a new console will show off it's graphics peen, this took it to a whole new level. Drive Club should have come with more game play to show, especially since it will have to compete with Gran Turismo.

• Infamous Second Son

I could almost copy and paste what I said from Killzone. While this game does look to have more appeal outside it's core fans it is still another Infamous game. This one though did look like it was taking more advantage of the PS4's processing power.

• The Witness

From the creator of Braid comes this 3D puzzle game. And you know what? It looks down right fun and pretty, seems like a good relaxing sort of game.Unlike others so far in this list, it seems this game will be multi-platform

• Deep Down (working title)

Capcom really impressed me here. This game looks AMAZING and also seems like it's a blast to play. The medieval style was something I didn't expect from Capcom. If I were to jump ship to PS3, this is a title I would probably buy.

• Watch Dogs

This game looks like the next big thing. The graphics, the game play, the setting, the style all seem very fresh and new. I can't wait for this game to come out. From time to time I catch myself drooling at the hacking ability and the open world look of it. Won't get me to change allegiances though, it'll be out on multiple platforms.

• Diablo III

Not being a close follower of Blizzard or Sony I was confused to see Blizzard making an appearance at this conference. After a little bit of hype they announce Diablo III would be coming not only to the PS4, but to the PS3 as well. This seems like an interesting partnership that could bridge a little of that PC-Console gap.

• Destiny

Bungie making an appearance was weird to me since for so long they were Microsoft only. They showed of a little of their new game "Destiny". This game looked almost like an mmofps which got me real excited. They labeled it as a "shared world". While I need to see a little more before I'm hooked it does look quite impressive. They also did mention that while Destiny will be multi platform that PS4 will get exclusive content.

• Final Thoughts

It seems to me that the PS4 is going to start off a lot stronger than the PS3 did. It is shaping up to be worth the purchase on launch day. There are some things that if I bought it I wish I could do without but ultimately it looks worthy of "the next gen". What I noticed though is the game play and graphics are not taking that huge generational step. Instead we're getting a myriad of new things you can do with the console itself to make it more personal and connected. Sony is keeping up with the changing gaming community and it has made me very impressed.

• tl;dr four things I love, four things I hate.

Love

1. Streaming
2. Gaikai
3. Desitny
4. Deep Down

Hate

1. Light Bar
2. Move
3. Drive Club
4. Messy Interface

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3 Hit Combo 82: Meteors and Beer

This week Matt and Andy discuss PS4 launch news, Microsoft taking shots, meteors, forest animals, twerking, and much more.

http://ia601502.us.archive.org/29/items/3HitCombo82MeteorsAndBeer/82.mp3

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3 Hit Combo 81: Skylertron 3000

This week Matt and Andy are joined by the robot version of Skyler. They discuss Sony's big announcement, FBI torrents, pretending to be the sun and much more!

http://ia600803.us.archive.org/8/items/3HitCombo81Skylertron3000/81.mp3

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3 Hit Combo 80: Gnome to the Dome

This week Matt and Andy discuss game cancellations and delays, creating life, and taking it via garden gnome.

http://ia601601.us.archive.org/14/items/3HitCombo80GnomeToTheDome/80.mp3

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3 Hit Combo 79: Geneva and the D

This week Matt and Andy talk Civ V, BUSINESS, new video codecs, fake kidnappings, and much more.

http://ia601604.us.archive.org/30/items/3HitCombo79GenevaAndTheD/79.mp3

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3 Hit Combo 78: Texts From Skyler

This week Matt and Andy butt heads over video games and music, they also share messages from Skyler and the best sports gimmick since the bobble head

http://ia601603.us.archive.org/9/items/3HitCombo78TextsFromSkyler/78.mp3

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3 Hit Combo 77: Exploding Water

In this episode Andy and Matt talk at length about the walking dead, PS3 vs 360 sales, internet piracy, and flammable water.

http://ia601604.us.archive.org/11/items/3HitCombo77ExplodingWater/77.mp3

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Skyler joins Matt and Andy this week in a non-traditional episode. Skyler shares some stories, everyone makes some jokes, and some news will be shared.

http://ia601601.us.archive.org/11/items/3HitCombo76ReturnOfTheOceanMaster/76.mp3

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