Uncompressed Episode 46
With Thom mysteriously missing, the dynamic duo of Tony and Sean forge on with the latest episode. This week we talk about a topic we don’t often give a ton of time to: Mobile Gaming. Some reviews of products sent to us by our friends at Glu, discussion of the Vista launch, Uwe Boll’s continued destruction of the game movie genre, and Sean’s Wii adventures help to round out the rest of the episodes. We run a bit shorter this week, but we figured that might be a good thing after the behemoths we’ve been slinging lately. 
Enjoy!
News
- Windows Vista is upon us. Check out the performance tests.
- Intel begins talking about 45nm parts. More.
- Make sure your neighbors know exactly who to call — for only $150K!
Gaming
- PS3 launches in Europe March 23rd.
- Mod your Wii with Wiinja.
- Some asshat got a bit talky on XBL.
- Nintendo is readying original content for the virtual console.
- Uwe Boll hates both movies and games.
- Star Fox barrel rolls onto the Wii.
Mobile Gaming Goodness
Other Stuff We Didn’t Get To…
- The State of HDTV
- I got a kick out of this: Charlie Brown gone anime.
- Guy selling every NES game ever made on Ebay.
- PS3 hacked before X360.
YouTube of the Week
Although we didn’t talk about it on the show, I thought this was dorky, but pretty rad.
That wraps it up for this week. Hope you all enjoyed the show! 
January 31st, 2007 at 2:08 am
Sorry about the disappearing act. I got *another* stomach bug.
I’ll be glad when this winter is over.
January 31st, 2007 at 9:35 am
There has been some sort of Bird Flu going around my office, I had it twice this year. I thought you built up an immunity to bird flu if you don’t die, guess not!
Do you guys think that they are going to release Rock and Roll Racing on the Wii Console? I got 9000 points and mad blocks to fill but I only like a handful of the classics they have currently. How do we find out what games are coming to the Wii console?
I was playing F-Zero last night for a while because I am on the 15 day disabled list with elbow tendinitis haha wiiii!
January 31st, 2007 at 10:19 am
Thom: Feel better, dude!
Sean: They have been releasing new VC games weekly. I dont think you will have a hard time using those points over the next couple of weeks!
January 31st, 2007 at 11:55 am
I love Google, you are always one search away!
I found a link that has a listing of what is currently out for the Wii VC and what is new for this week! It looks like Contra 3 and Mario Kart 64 came out on the 29th. I am gunna grab these two titles and start checking this link often.
http://wii.nintendo.com/virtualconsole_en.jsp
January 31st, 2007 at 1:20 pm
If you’ve never played Contra 3 it’s one of my favorite SNES games. Tons of fun - esp for two players.
February 1st, 2007 at 9:40 am
Re: Vista
I bought the Vista Ultimate Upgrade Signature Edition with Bill Gates’ signature on the cover. I want to finally get the Media Center so I can finally stream video to my 360. I’m planning on buying a new machine this year for DirectX 10 titles, but this machine will end up in my basement as my media server and it’ll come in really handy for that.
Re: Postal
Postal games are stupid. I played both of the demos for like 10 minutes and was just astounded at the racism and violence in the games. I think Running With Scissors is definitely doing gamers a disservice by making these games.
Re: High school student brings gun to school
Penny Arcade had a funny strip about this http://www.penny-arcade.com/comic/2007/01/25
It’s not something I’d normally find funny but Penny Arcade does make a good point — it’s not like the 360 records what’s said over Live.
Re: Starfox
I liked the original SNES game. SuperFX chip ftw, Tony!
Re: Mod Chips
Suck. Companies need to stop region encoding games to remove the legal reason they exist.
Re: Sean got a Wii
lol @ tennis elbow. Even funnier knowing you haven’t even hit Pro. You = old. hahaha
lol @ you sucking at bowling too. “Wicked hook” hahaha
Re: Wii blow-em-ups
You’re talking about Battalion Wars 2 I think. http://media.wii.ign.com/media/849/849911/imgs_1.html
Re: Michelle …
… is going to kill you. haha
Re: Heroes
It was good as always. Love that stupid show. Sulu at the end A++. haha
Re: Thom Soundboard
I cannot wait to hear this thing. I’m not going to show up anymore to force you guys to make it. MUHAHA
Good show guys!
February 3rd, 2007 at 6:43 am
This is the game in question is Battalion Wars 2.
http://www.gamespot.com/wii/strategy/battalionwars2/index.html
Its cartoon-y but it looks fun.
If you like fighting games the new Mortal Kombat: Armageddon
looks cool you use gestures to use final and special moves.
February 3rd, 2007 at 10:08 am
Thanks Rich!
February 3rd, 2007 at 11:37 am
Didn’t I say Batallion Wars 2 two days ago?
February 3rd, 2007 at 3:28 pm
Yeah but since you didnt make the show youre practically required to chime in.
I *need* to thank Rich, he’s one of our most loyal listeners — im pretty sure hes heard every single show!
February 3rd, 2007 at 11:18 pm
Yep that 46 plus hours of Tony talking if you’re keeping track.
Almost two full days.
Hee Hee
February 4th, 2007 at 6:10 pm
Yeah but you know me in person. You know I could talk *way* more than that.
haha
February 5th, 2007 at 1:20 pm
Tony does not talk a lot……. And I am always cheerful.