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Player One Podcast

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Join ex-game journalists Chris Johnston, Phil Theobald, and Greg Sewart as they talk about console/portable/PC games, raising kids, and the meaning of life.
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POP Ep.141: Johnny Sega and the Turbo Touches (Voicemail line: 713-893-8069)

This week! We talk about games and movies and Turbo Touch control pads and everything in between. Topics of discussion include movie games, game movies, Saturday morning cartoons, Ghostbusters, InFamous, Dynasty Warriors 6 Empires, The Adventures of Willy Beamish, The Bigs 2, Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, Bubble Bobble, Zelda II: The Adventure of Link, Mega Man Star Force 3, Strong Bad's Cool Game for Attractive People, Blaz Blue Calamity Trigger and more. Thanks for listening! Don't f...

Jul 06, 20091 hr 47 min

POP Ep.140: Open Worldy (Voicemail line: 713-893-8069)

This week! Games! Including Uncharted 2 multiplayer beta, Castlevanias on the DS, The Conduit, Dynasty Warriors 6 Empires, Ghostbusters The Video Game, InFamous, Red Faction Guerilla, Castle of Magic, Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen and much, much more. Plus, we've decided to do the Genesis version of Moonwalker for our next Game Club game (so get playin'). Thanks for listening! Don't forget to visit our new web site at www.playeronepodcast.com . You can leave us a voicemail by calling 713-8...

Jun 29, 20091 hr 20 min

POP Ep.139: Bustin' makes me feel Thievious (Voicemail line: 713-893-8069)

This week! Game Club about Sly Cooper and the Thievious Raccoonus, plus Ghostbusters, InFamous, The Maw, Uncharted 2 multiplayer beta, and more. Thanks for listening! Don't forget to visit our new web site at www.playeronepodcast.com . You can leave us a voicemail by calling 713-893-8069 or you can send a comment via MP3 to our email address, playeronepodcast@gmail.com. Don't forget to join our forums if you haven't already!...

Jun 22, 20091 hr 41 min

POP Ep.138: Tripping the moisture sensor (Voicemail line:713-893-8069)

Once again, we've put off doing our Sly Cooper game club to talk about other stuff (Sly will be talked about next week, we swear). This week! Post-E3 thoughts, Project Natal, Angry Barry, Lost Planet 2, Beatles Rock Band, InFamous, The Legendary Starfy, Indiana Jones and the Staff of Kings, Scribblenauts, DJ Hero, Invisible Tiger, Assassin's Creed 2, Lips, New Super Mario Bros. Wii, Saw, Castlevania: Lords of Shadow, Punch-Out and more. Thanks for listening! Don't forget to visit our new web sit...

Jun 14, 20091 hr 52 min

POP Ep.137: From Nowhere Near LA (Voicemail line: 713-893-8069)

It's an early show this week but it still counts as Monday's episode. This week CJ, Phil and Greg (Sewart) discuss the press conferences from the big three hardware manufacturers. From Project Natal to Project M and everything in between. Thanks for listening! Don't forget to visit our new web site at www.playeronepodcast.com . You can leave us a voicemail by calling 713-893-8069 or you can send a comment via MP3 to our email address, playeronepodcast@gmail.com. Don't forget to join our forums i...

Jun 05, 20091 hr 35 min

POP Ep.136: Not So Sly (Voicemail line: 713-893-8069)

We talk about many things in this episode, but not Sly Cooper. That's right, this was supposed to be our Game Club episode on Sucker Punch's first PS2 endeavor but instead we rambled on about other things for an hour and a half so we decided to push it two more weeks. But we did talk about InFamous, Buzz Quiz TV, Wallace & Gromit Episode 1, Penny Arcade Episode 2, Punch Out, Prince of Persia, Sonic the Hedgehog iPhone and Pokemon Platinum, among others. (Prince of Persia spoilers start at 56...

May 31, 20091 hr 33 min

POP Ep.135: Boxing Days (Voicemail line: 713-893-8069)

This week the usual suspects discuss: Punch-Out!!, Raiden Fighters Aces, Dead Space, Zen Pinball, Demon's Soul, Super Stardust HD, Grand Theft Auto Chinatown Wars, Peggle Dual Shot, Klonoa, ART STYLE: Pictobits, and Metroid Prime Trilogy, amongst other things. Next Game Club game is Sly Cooper and the Thievious Raccoonus for the PlayStation 2 Computer Entertainment System. Used copies are available cheaply (five bucks) at Gamestop locations nationwide. Start playing now! We'll be discussing the ...

May 24, 20091 hr 25 min

POP Ep.134: The Graphics are a Little Jackée (Voicemail line: 713-893-8069)

In this week's exciting episode of the Player One Podcast the usual suspects discuss many video game tapes. Such as Space Invaders Extreme, Star Trek D•A•C, Peggle Dual Shot (and iPhone), Burnout Paradise, Fat Princess, Ragdoll Kung-Fu, Valkyria Chronicles, Dynasty Warriors Gundam 2, and the 1 vs. 100 (beta). Plus: Redesigned PS3, Duke Nukem Forever, Clay Fighter and more. Next Game Club game is Sly Cooper and the Thievious Raccoonus for the PlayStation 2 Computer Entertainment System. Used copi...

May 18, 20091 hr 32 min

POP Ep.133: Pleased to Meet You, Soulless Automaton (Voicemail line: 713-893-8069)

This week! It's the usual lineup of CJ, Phil, and Gregs both Sewart and Ford as we talk about games, games, and more games. Which titles, you ask? Topics of conversation in this episode include the InFamous demo, iPhone games, an Apple home console, Xbox Live Community Games, Killzone 2, Resident Evil 5, Far Cry 2, X-Men Origins Wolverine, Patapon 2, Arkanoid Live, Space Invaders Extreme, Prince of Persia, Burnout Paradise, Outrun Arcade, Klonoa and Grand Theft Auto Chinatown Wars. Spoilers for ...

May 10, 20091 hr 53 min

POP Ep.132: Full of Intrigue (Voicemail line: 713-893-8069)

This week it's the usual lineup talking about such things as Resident Evil 5, Killzone 2, PSP Go rumors, Rock Revolution, Grand Theft Auto Chinatown Wars, Space sims/shooters, 360 repairs, Perfect Dark remakes, Space Invaders Get Even, Dynasty Warriors Strikeforce, Sonic Unleashed, Incredible Hulk and Ed Norton voiceovers, national tragedies, Marvel vs. Capcom 2, Wolverine, Dead Rising 2 trailers, Pokémon, DSi battery life, and more. Thanks for listening! Don't forget to visit our new web site a...

May 04, 20091 hr 49 min

POP Ep.131: Don't Got Time for a Time Attack (Voicemail line: 713-893-8069)

This week! Games, tangents, and a game club on Ys Book I & II. Plus, we have a special guest this week, 8-4's John Ricciardi. Games we talk about this week include Outrun Online Arcade, Final Fantasy XIII, Sonic's Ultimate Genesis Collection, Monster Hunter 3, Dynasty Warriors Gundam and PlayStation Home. Thanks for listening! Don't forget to visit our new web site at www.playeronepodcast.com . You can leave us a voicemail by calling 713-893-8069 or you can send a comment via MP3 to our emai...

Apr 27, 20092 hr 16 min

POP Ep.130: Insane Clown College (Voicemail line: 713-893-8069)

This week! We talk about Tomcat Alley, full-motion video games, Patapon 2, digital downloads, Stewy's 360 repair problems, Grand Theft Auto Chinatown Wars sales, and what one game CJ will finish this year. Plus Outrun Online Arcade, Galaga Legions, Killzone 2, Henry Hatsworth in the Puzzling Adventure and Noby Noby Boy. Plus, in the NEXT episode we're doing Ys Book I & II for our Game Club. You can find all the information here . Thanks for listening! Don't forget to visit our new web site a...

Apr 20, 20091 hr 16 min

POP Ep.129: The DSi of the Storm (Voicemail line: 713-893-8069)

It's a tangent-filled, thunderstorm of gaming discussion this week. CJ, Phil, Stewy and half an episode of Greg Ford. In this episode we talk about Rhythm Heaven, Grand Theft Auto Chinatown Wars, Noby Noby Boy, DSi Ware, ART STYLE Aquia, PuzzleQuest Galactrix, Flock and probably a couple others in there too. Plus a long, tangent-filled first segment where we talk about a lot of other things. The next generation, digital downloads, etc. Plus, in an upcoming episode we're doing Ys Book I & II ...

Apr 12, 20091 hr 53 min

POP Ep.128: Caturday Night Fever (Voicemail line: 713-893-8069)

This week: CJ, Phil, two Gregs talk about gaming, games, and game-related things. Oh, and this week only (hopefully): cats! Games we talk about include Rhythm Heaven, Killzone 2, Super Punch-Out!!, Grand Theft Auto Chinatown Wars, Suikoden Tierkreis, Pokémon Platinum and Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: Echoes of Time. Plus, in an upcoming episode we're doing Ys Book I & II for our Game Club. You can find all the information here . Thanks for listening! Don't forget to visit our new web sit...

Apr 05, 20091 hr 55 min

POP Ep.127: Throw Zelda from the Train (Voicemail line: 713-893-8069)

It's a live episode straight from San Francisco with regulars CJ, Phil and Greg Ford plus guest Shane Bettenhausen and another mystery guest who pops in halfway through. This week we chat about GDC, Nintendo and what we've been playing, which includes Punch-Out, Excitebots, Batman Arkham Asylum, Terminator Salvation, Henry Hatsworth, Noby Noby Boy and much more. You'll just have to listen and find out. Plus, in an upcoming episode we're doing Ys Book I & II for our Game Club. You can find al...

Mar 31, 20091 hr 38 min

POP Ep.126: Grow some gonads (Voicemail line: 713-893-8069)

This week! Format change! We switch things up a bit and do feedback (including playing a voicemail line call--GASP!), news and the tried-and-true What'cha Been Playing segment. Games we talk about include Resident Evil 5, Killzone 2, Street Fighter IV, Gears of War 2, Metal Gear Solid Touch, Henry Hatsworth in the Puzzling Adventure, Phantasy Star Portable, Final Fantasy III DS and Grand Theft Auto Chinatown Wars. Thanks for listening! Don't forget to visit our new web site at www.playeronepodca...

Mar 23, 20091 hr 50 min

POP Ep.125: All According to Keikaku (Voicemail line: 713-893-8069)

In this episode! Games! Games! Games! But not really much talk of Resident Evil 5 and Killzone 2 (sorry). No, instead we've got Peggle, Gradius ReBirth, Street Fighter IV, GTA IV Lost and the Damned, Kameo, Major League Baseball 2K9, Phantasy Star Portable and more! Thanks for listening! Don't forget to visit our new web site at www.playeronepodcast.com . You can leave us a voicemail by calling 713-893-8069 or you can send a comment via MP3 to our email address, playeronepodcast@gmail.com. Don't...

Mar 17, 20091 hr 21 min

POP Ep.124: Horshack Test (Voicemail line: 713-893-8069)

It's a long episode this week, but hopefully you'll find it entertaining. Kenneth "Slim" Miller joins the lineup of CJ, Phil and Greg Sewart this week to talk about Street Fighter, arcades, Watchmen and video games. More specifically, we discuss game tapes like Street Fighter IV, Bomberman Live, House of the Dead Overkill, Peggle DS, Top Trumps: Doctor Who, Watchmen The End is Nigh, Legacy of Ys Books I & II, Mass Effect, Star Ocean 4, Dead Rising Chop Till You Drop, Phantasy Star Portable (...

Mar 09, 20092 hr 22 min

POP Ep.123: Poop Detail (Voicemail line: 713-893-8069)

This week! Games! It's a CJ-Phil-Greg-Greg show, and the games discussed include Street Fighter IV, Race Pro, Retro Game Challenge, NASCAR Kart Racing, Sonic's Ultimate Genesis Collection, Kameo, Perfect Dark Zero, Noby Noby Boy, Dead Rising Chop Till You Drop, Star Ocean The Last Hope and House of the Dead Overkill. Also, our next Game Club game is Beyond Oasis (Genesis). It's available on Sonic's Ultimate Genesis Collection on PS3/360 as well as Virtual Console on the Wii. We'll be discussing ...

Mar 02, 20091 hr 46 min

POP Ep.122: Hands Across the Universe (Voicemail line: 713-893-8069)

This week! CJ, Phil and Greg (Ford) talk about the last week's worth of games. Including Noby Noby Boy and Street Fighter IV. In fact those are the main two things we talk about in this episode. Yeah there are a couple other games mentioned like Retro Game Challenge, GTA IV: Lost and Damned, Banjo-Kazooie, Sonic's Ultimate Genesis Collection (naturally). But it's mostly Street Fighter and Noby Noby. Oh and DSi in America. But that's about it. Also, our next Game Club game is Beyond Oasis (Genesi...

Feb 22, 20091 hr 20 min

POP Ep.121: Petal to the metal (Voicemail line: 713-893-8069)

This week CJ, Phil and Greg Ford (Sewart's away having a baby) discuss the following game tapes: Far Cry 2, Banjo-Kazooie, Sonic's Ultimate Genesis Collection, Retro Game Challenge, Lit, Flower, Super Street Fighter II Turbo HD Remix, Onechanbara Bikini Samurai Squad and Loco Roco 2, among others. Thanks for listening! Don't forget to visit our new web site at www.playeronepodcast.com . You can leave us a voicemail by calling 713-893-8069 or you can send a comment via MP3 to our email address, p...

Feb 16, 20091 hr 30 min

POP Ep.120: The Bird and the Bear (Voicemail line: 713-893-8069)

Game Club returns in this episode and we spend the last segment talking about Rare's original Banjo-Kazooie game for the Nintendo 64/Xbox Live Arcade. CJ and Phil and joined once again by Gregs Sewart and Ford for that plus a discussion of the game tapes that took up our free time in the last week. Those include R-Type Dimensions, Dead Space, 3 on 3 NHL Arcade, Fable II, Killzone 2 (demo), Halo Wars (demo), Ratchet & Clank: Quest For Booty, Sonic's Ultimate Genesis Collection, Burnout Paradi...

Feb 09, 20092 hr 4 min

POP Ep.119: A Zombie Demonstration (Voicemail line: 713-893-8069)

This week! CJ & Phil! Plus intermittent Greg flurries! We start the podcast with two Gregs, then go down to one, then back up to two for a short while before finishing it off again with just one. Yet we still manage to somehow discuss a slew of games including Resident Evil 5 (demo), Far Cry 2, Gravity Bone, Super Mario Bros. 2: The Lost Levels, Dynasty Warriors Strikeforce, Ratchet & Clank Future Tools of Destruction, Ratchet & Clank Quest For Booty, Prince of Persia, Super Street F...

Feb 02, 20091 hr 47 min

POP Ep.118: Teased by spoilers (Voicemail line: 713-893-8069)

In this episode of the Player One Podcast you will hear not one, not two, but FOUR people talking about the games they played this week. Once again it's CJ, Phil and Gregs Sewart and Ford, discussing games such as: Fable II, Final Fantasy III, Half-Life/Half-Life 2, Guitar Hero World Tour, Super Street Fighter II Turbo HD Remix, Castlevania: Portrait of Ruin, Gears of War 2 and The Maw. In addition, in this episode we announce the opening of our real website at playeronepodcast.com and the retur...

Jan 26, 20091 hr 28 min

POP Ep.117: Sounds Old-Tymey (Voicemail line: 713-893-8069)

This week Gregs Ford and Sewart join CJ and Phil to talk about games! In this action-packed episode you'll hear us talk about Guitar Hero Aerosmith, Super Street Fighter II Turbo HD Remix, Street Fighter IV, Grand Theft Auto IV, Fable II, Half-Life 2, F1 2001, Rock Band 2, Burnout Paradise, Loco Roco 2 (demo), Pirate Booty (bootleg NES cart), Prince of Persia and Fusion Fall, among others. Thanks for listening! You can leave us a voicemail comment by calling 713-893-8069 or you can send a commen...

Jan 19, 20091 hr 51 min

POP Ep.116: End of an era, start of another (Voicemail line: 713-893-8069)

No game talk this week. Instead, we dedicate the whole episode to talking about EGM's closure and the 1UP layoffs in the wake of Hearst/UGO's purchase of 1UP.com. In addition to regular hosts Chris "CJ" Johnston (ex-EGM News Editor) and Phil Theobald (ex-EGM editor and former GameNow Reviews Editor), we welcome a couple more ex-Ziff guests to the program: Kevin Gifford (ex-1UP editor and gaming magazine expert/Magweasel), Greg Sewart (ex-EGM Previews and Reviews Editor), Greg Ford (EGM Managing ...

Jan 12, 20091 hr 55 min

POP Ep.115: To and Fro (Voicemail line: 713-893-8069)

It's just CJ and Phil this week in a low-key episode to start off the new year. In it we talk games, our new years', iPhone games, and lots of other stuff. Not so much talk about new games since nothing new's come out. But we discuss a little Pac-Man CE, Katamari iPhone, Rolando, Picross DS, Game & Watch Collection and Sonic's Ultimate Genesis Collection, among some others. Thanks for listening! You can leave us a voicemail comment by calling 713-893-8069 or you can send a comment via MP3 to...

Jan 05, 20091 hr 8 min

POP Ep.114: A Year-End Holiday Special (Voicemail line: 713-893-8069)

It's a special show this week (in STEREO) live from a Giordano's restaurant in the Chicago suburbs. Special guests abound including Phil's fiancée Dana, Phil's Mom, and Chris Baker. We talk about what we've been playing, our games of the year, holiday memories and oh so much more. Check it out. Don't forget to donate to the Child's Play charity through Cheap Ass Gamer for a chance to win a prize in their raffle. Thanks for listening! You can leave us a voicemail comment by calling 713-893-8069 o...

Dec 29, 20081 hr 31 min

POP Ep.113: Have you seen my chance cube? (Voicemail line: 713-893-8069)

This week! We welcome ex-Official US PlayStation Magazine editor Chris Baker (currently Manager, Licensed Games at Marvel) to the program to talk games and various other stuff relating to games. The titles we discuss specifically include Left 4 Dead, Star Wars: The Force Unleashed, Dead Space, The Simpsons Game, Doritos Dash of Destruction, UNO, Metal Slug 7, Sim City for iPod Touch and Hot Shots Golf: Out of Bounds. Don't forget to donate to the Child's Play charity through Cheap Ass Gamer for ...

Dec 22, 20081 hr 46 min

POP Ep.112: Do you get to play as Jimmy Smits? (Voicemail line: 713-893-8069)

This week special guest Anthony Vaughn joins Phil and CJ to talk games, CompuServe, sushi and Back to the Future. Games discussed this week include Mirror's Edge, Left 4 Dead, Fable II, Star Wars The Clone Wars: Lightsaber Duels, Prince of Persia, Banjo-Kazooie: Nuts & Bolts, Namco Museum Virtual Arcade, Rock Band 2, Meteos Wars, Star Wars: The Force Unleashed, LEGO Batman, 1942 Join Strike and Amateur Surgeon. Don't forget to donate to the Child's Play charity through Cheap Ass Gamer for a ...

Dec 15, 20082 hr 10 min
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