Powetcast Episode 27: Red-Green Herring

It’s not easy being green in the entertainment industry, yet suddenly everyone is trying it. We talk about how video game sequels are superior to other kinds of sequels, specifically the sequel-du-jour Mass Effect 2

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Show notes after the jump!

Panel

• Sean “Commander Shepard” Corse
• Zac “Open Face Spaghetti Sandwich” Shipley

• Crazy “is bad at Transformers Multiplayer” Jaco
• aDam “David Frank” Gardner
• Logan “LROO” Michael Roop

News

• Disney Closes Miramax
• Green Ranger Jason David Frank debuts at MMA
• First Peek at the Green Lantern Corps
• Marvel sees DC’s Brightest Day and raises with Heroic Age
• Planet Hulk DVD drops Tuesday, February 2nd
• Metroid Other M teaser – Website
• Toy Fair UK
• Large Scale AT-AT
• Transformers Updates
• Team Coco Update! (aka Maximum Letdown: Jay Leno):
• Conan signed $45 million deal to quit Tonight Show
• Staff splits $12 million
• Conan will supplement more from his severance
• Now that he’s gotten what he wanted, Jay comes clean
• Admitted to lying through his teeth on Oprah
• A poll conducted on Oprah.com found that 96% of Winfrey’s audience was on Conan’s side in this “mess.”

Roundtable

• Video Game Sequels (continued from Cool Beans 01)
• Usually better than the original
• Shenmue 2
• Mass Effect 2
• Halo: Reach breaks the “Prequel Rule”?

Pimpin’

• New Videos Every Wednesday (or your money back)
• KEEP PLAYING: Pac-man Championship Edition on iPhone (two weeks ago)
• Famicom Dojo: Season 2 – Train Your Game (last week)
• KEEP PLAYING: Rewind (this week)
• KEEP PLAYING: Mass Effect 2 (next week)
• Powet Alphabet
• (D is for Doom, E is for Enterprise)
• (F is for ?, G is for ?)
• Powet Monthly Digest – January 2010
• PAX East 2010