Powetcast Episode 20: Be an Earthling First
by Sean "TheOrange" Corse, filed in Games, Powetcast, TV on Oct.05, 2009
What you don’t know can’t hurt you, right? Is that why the Japanese game industry has been slipping lately? Even prominent Japanese creators are seeing the writing on the wall, saying that they must innovate, “or die”. As if to prove their point, we talk about a mess of games we’ve been playing that were not made in the land of the rising sun.
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(Name your dream team comic merger! AT&T still doesn’t own a company. How about Dark Horse? Leave your comments below!)
Show notes after the jump!
Powet Panel
- Sean "Dojo Master" Corse
- Sindra "The One who lives by Rule #2"
- Crazy "Sindra’s Janine" Jaco
- Zac "Coupon for Sex" Shipley
- aDam Gardner "1.0"
- (Logan…?)
News
- Michael Bay announces story for TF3 completed. (No Orci or Kurtzman?) Will release July 1st, 2011.
Michael Bay eating a bowl of cereal – Video - Super Street Fighter 4 Announced. Why people shouldn’t bitch about buying a whole new game.
- Tim Schafer Talks Brutal Legend on Jimmy Fallon
- Good news, everyone! Heroes might get canceled if this keeps up!
(House and Big Bang Theory make great gains (14%, 28%))
Roundtable
- Has the gaming supremacy of the Land of the Rising Sun fallen?
- Capcom’s Inafune Says Japan’s Games Industry is ‘Finished’
- Itagaki: Be an Earthling first and a Japanese second
- Last Guardian dev: Japan must appeal to the West or DIE!
- Tokyo Game Show Slump Casts Shadow Across Industry
- Huge Hype for Modern Warfare 2 at TGS
(not really, booth is deserted! best selling game everywhere else in the world is flop in Japan!)
Cool Beans
Movies
- Evangelion 1.0
- Zombieland
- Superman/Batman Public enemies
- Invention Of Lying
- Nerdcore Rising
TV
- Flash Forward
- The Cleveland Show – Bad show or worst show?
Games
- Scribblenauts
- Guitar Hero 5
- Halo 3 ODST
Pimpin’
- PowetToys – Animated Activators Cliffjumper (this week)
- Keep Playing: Halo 3 ODST (next week)
- Powet Alphabet (O is for ? (Crazy), P is for ? (Jacknife))
- Geek.Kon 2009, Oct 25-27 Madison, WI
- NBA 2k10 Demo at Best Buy in DC (Zac) Oct. 10
- Follow the Gargoyle on Twitter