Plug in and Play

Twisted Pixel in da house

2009-11-05T15:54:00.003-06:00

Tonight we have Josh Bear from Twisted Pixel coming to talk to us. Maybe we will squeeze some new Comic Jumper details out of him! Regardless, a good time will be had and you should all tune in.

Jordan

Plug in and Play airs every Thursday from 8pm to 8:30pm on kvrx.org and 91.7 FM Austin.

Does this mean gold prices will increase?

2009-11-04T12:12:00.002-06:00

A Chinese government agency has revoked the license Blizzard needs to operate World of Warcraft.

Link

Hopefully, four million Chinese won't die from Warcraft withdrawals.

Zelda Mashups

2009-11-04T00:54:00.001-06:00

Here is another video game related album. It's a Zelda music / Rap song mashup album.

http://teamteamwork.bandcamp.com/album/the-ocarina-of-rhyme

Jordan

2009-10-26T13:22:00.003-05:00

Since Austin mentioned chiptune, I figured I should share a few sites I go to for chiptune music. My favorite is 8bitpeoples. Pretty much every EP on there is solid and it's all free! A few of my favorite artists are: Nullsleep, Anamanaguchi, IAYD (who is from Texas!), and The Depreciation Guild.

Another site I visit from time to time is 8bitcollective. It's more user run with single songs instead of EPs. You can find some interesting remixes, as well as free songs people create. Recently I discovered this Journey cover: Don't Stop Believin' by Kkrusty.

Also random chiptune videos on YouTube can be really cool. This is a favorite of mine.

Oh also here is a Weezer chiptune album. http://www.ptesquad.com/more/pte018.html

Enjoy,
Jordan

chiptune.com

2009-10-24T14:37:00.002-05:00

So, chiptune.com is a pretty wicked website. It has all the cool chiptune music you could ask for and the site design is something to be envied. Talk about throwback.

2009-10-23T10:48:00.006-05:00

So I'm riding the bus to school and I look out the window to this:

This was drawn in the window of the Kerbey Lane on Guadalupe. Here's another picture.

VIDEO GAMES ARE COOL NOW YOU GUYS!

Jordan

Future News Topic

2009-10-19T01:40:00.006-05:00

GameDaily

It seems more and more games are switching to a matchmaking multiplayer systems. Modern Warfare 2 is doing the same and getting rid of dedicated servers. There is a petition within the link if you are against the idea of eradicating dedicated servers. I know I am.

Austin

To add on to what Austin said, I'm against it as well. I'm all for a matchmaking system option. But making a game matchmaking only is going destroy communities based on people who play in the same public dedicated servers all the time. I know I only play in a handful of dedicated Team Fortress 2 severs. It's not because everyone is on par with my level. It is because I find the people who frequent that server entertaining and have a lot of fun going back time and time again. A matchmaking system would eliminate this type of community.

Jordan

Game On Austin and the new Mohawk Rock Band Champion

2009-10-15T22:24:00.004-05:00

So Austin and I just got back from Game On Austin at the Mohawk. There was a Rock Band 2 tournament, and I barely won. Seriously I won by maybe a 1,000 points. Fun Fun Fun Fest here I come! Also Austin and I had a ton of fun playing Splosion Man and GoldenEye. If you didn't go, you really missed out.

Me and the host Jason.

Jordan

2009-10-13T13:29:00.003-05:00

Hey everyone. I have to inform you that Austin and I will not be on the air this week. Instead we are attending Game on Austin at Mohawk on Thursday. You can find more information here. Anyone interested should come hang out with us!

Jordan

EDIT: I will actually be participating in the Rock Band 2 tournament, so I invite you all to come out and be my cheerleaders.

First Entry!

2009-10-11T19:29:00.004-05:00

Hello everyone! My name is Jordan and this is the first blog post on Plug In and Play's super sweet blog. Well not yet. But soon. Anyways, I just wanted to take this first entry to kind of give an idea of what Austin and I hope to accomplish with the show. We want to look at different aspects of the game industry. We don't want to do a show just about gamers. Ideally, we want to have different guests and representatives come talk on our show. Also, we want to give our own opinions on the state of the game industry. All in all, we want to educate other people about games and get our ideas out into the world. I guess that's about it for the first entry. As for the blog, I want to keep people updated on the show and put some of my thoughts out that I don't have time to cover in the show. Keep checking back for updates.

Jordan

Plug in and Play airs on KVRX Austin every Thursday from 8pm to 8:30pm. Tune in on 91.7 FM or listen online using kvrx.org.