Voodoo
08-03-2009, 10:22 PM
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Ladies and gentlemen, our pastime is one apparently always under fire of one sort or another. We suffer through draconian DRM schemes and the constant threat of hardware incompatibility only to see our exclusives bundled up and given to the X360 or the PS3. We wait months, maybe more, for a delayed port of the game that years ago would have come first on the PC, only to see that they haven't even put mouse control in the menus and the multiplayer doesn't work. We are treated as thieves by the companies we buy from, and as snobs by our console-playing brethren. The history of PC Gaming is long and storied, but at the end of the day, has it come to this?
Don't worry, we're not here to prophecy the death of the PC. There are plenty of overpaid analysts to do that for you. But man, sometimes it just feels like we get the short end of the stick. This week, Bryan [Smoof] leads Eric [Ravenlock], Robert [Trebor], Clayon [Bacalou] and Warren [Mayhem] in a brief lament over the state of the PC's often seeming sidebar status in the Console War.
When we're not whining about that, though, we also talk about some new free user-created content for Left 4 Dead (Dead City (http://www.l4dmaps.com/details.php?file=70), Dam It! (http://www.l4dmods.com/index.php?option=com_joomloads&view=package&Itemid=2&packageId=329), and Death Aboard (http://www.l4dmaps.com/details.php?file=33) - and you can find a lot more where they came from), the very Choose-Your-Own-Adventure-esque "How to Raise a Dragon (http://www.colonyofgamers.com/cogforums/showthread.php?t=10170)", and a smattering of recent news, and also take a lovingly terrified look back at Aliens vs. Predator 2. Oh, and Eric pimps his new column (http://www.colonyofgamers.com/cogforums/showthread.php?t=10585) with Bandango, just a little for good measure. ;)
As always, if you want to get in touch with us, podcast@immortalmachines.com is the address to send an email to, or just toss your thoughts in this here thread.
Immortal Machines presents... Don't Tread on PC (http://www.immortalmachines.com/public/podcast/Immortal_Machines_Dont_Tread_On_PC.mp3)
iTunes (http://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewPodcast?id=301414682) | Zune (zune://www.immortalmachines.com/public/podcast/immortal_machines_podcast.xml) | RSS (http://www.immortalmachines.com/public/podcast/immortal_machines_podcast.xml)
Ladies and gentlemen, our pastime is one apparently always under fire of one sort or another. We suffer through draconian DRM schemes and the constant threat of hardware incompatibility only to see our exclusives bundled up and given to the X360 or the PS3. We wait months, maybe more, for a delayed port of the game that years ago would have come first on the PC, only to see that they haven't even put mouse control in the menus and the multiplayer doesn't work. We are treated as thieves by the companies we buy from, and as snobs by our console-playing brethren. The history of PC Gaming is long and storied, but at the end of the day, has it come to this?
Don't worry, we're not here to prophecy the death of the PC. There are plenty of overpaid analysts to do that for you. But man, sometimes it just feels like we get the short end of the stick. This week, Bryan [Smoof] leads Eric [Ravenlock], Robert [Trebor], Clayon [Bacalou] and Warren [Mayhem] in a brief lament over the state of the PC's often seeming sidebar status in the Console War.
When we're not whining about that, though, we also talk about some new free user-created content for Left 4 Dead (Dead City (http://www.l4dmaps.com/details.php?file=70), Dam It! (http://www.l4dmods.com/index.php?option=com_joomloads&view=package&Itemid=2&packageId=329), and Death Aboard (http://www.l4dmaps.com/details.php?file=33) - and you can find a lot more where they came from), the very Choose-Your-Own-Adventure-esque "How to Raise a Dragon (http://www.colonyofgamers.com/cogforums/showthread.php?t=10170)", and a smattering of recent news, and also take a lovingly terrified look back at Aliens vs. Predator 2. Oh, and Eric pimps his new column (http://www.colonyofgamers.com/cogforums/showthread.php?t=10585) with Bandango, just a little for good measure. ;)
As always, if you want to get in touch with us, podcast@immortalmachines.com is the address to send an email to, or just toss your thoughts in this here thread.
Immortal Machines presents... Don't Tread on PC (http://www.immortalmachines.com/public/podcast/Immortal_Machines_Dont_Tread_On_PC.mp3)
iTunes (http://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewPodcast?id=301414682) | Zune (zune://www.immortalmachines.com/public/podcast/immortal_machines_podcast.xml) | RSS (http://www.immortalmachines.com/public/podcast/immortal_machines_podcast.xml)