GFW Radio - Games for Window's Weekly Podcast

GFW Radio weekly podcast - 08/20/2008

Wed, 20 Aug 2008 12:00:00 PST

The fallout from Anthony Gallegos' resignation from GFW Radio, impressions of Space Siege and EA games, and a live candy-eating experiment from the mind of Shawn Elliott.

GFW Radio weekly podcast - 08/13/2008

Wed, 13 Aug 2008 12:00:00 PST

The studio gets steamy when Jeff and Shawn dramatically re-enact the recent Age of Conan GM cybersex encounter. Also, some smart stuff about Braid and smart things for smart people.

GFW Radio weekly podcast - 08/07/2008

Thu, 07 Aug 2008 12:00:00 PST

In an extra-special extra-long extra-everything giant mega podcast, brought to you by the makers of Yoda Milk, the GFW Radio crew welcomes two (2!) very special guests: Robert "Dr Max Chill, PhD" Ashley and, Gamers With Jobs cool dude (and frequent 1up.com contributor) Julian Murdoch, who converse with Shawn, Ryan, and Jeff on a variety of topics, both off and not. In this week's grab bag of nonsense: a protest against America's Army, a protest against Diablo 3, a lovefest for QuakeCon and GenCon, and oh so much more. Find out what all the cool kids are blogging about and download now!

GFW Radio weekly podcast - 07/30/2008

Wed, 30 Jul 2008 12:00:00 PST

Jeff, Shawn, Ryan and Anthony assemble to chat about The Wire, Grimm, Quake Live, selling Lich King beta keys on eBay, and Combat Arms. You are so respectable!

GFW Radio weekly podcast - 07/23/2008

Wed, 23 Jul 2008 12:00:00 PST

The gang returns to a regular, post-E3 world of podcasting, and EA's Rod Humble, who happens to be the head of the entire Sims franchise, stops by to chat about Batman, IKEA furniture, and giving bad E3 demos.

GFW Radio weekly podcast - 07/17/2008

Thu, 17 Jul 2008 12:00:00 PST

Relic's Mark Noseworthy (Dawn of War 2) drops by for the final E3 show. Topics include Dawn of War 2 (duh), Postal 3, and general closing thoughts on E3.

GFW Radio weekly podcast - 07/15/2008

Tue, 15 Jul 2008 12:00:00 PST

Jeff returns from Europe and heads to a place that's decidedly not European: E3. He joins Shawn, Ryan, and Jen Tsao in remembering E3 with revisionist history, plus impressions of Dawn of War 2, Borderlands, Crysis Warhead, and Dragon Age.

GFW Radio weekly podcast - 07/10/2008

Wed, 10 Jul 2008 12:00:00 PST

1UP Managing Editor Jennifer Tsao joins GFW regulars Robert Ashley, Anthony Gallegos, and Shawn Elliott to talk televised pro gaming and cyberathletics, Anthony's love life, Soul Calibur IV, and the digital gender divide as it exists in the mind of one demented DeviantArt.com member. Sadly, Ryan Scott -- deep in an EGM deadline -- skips out.

GFW Radio weekly podcast - 07/02/2008

Wed, 02 Jul 2008 12:00:00 PST

This week, it's Not GFW Radio, where Ryan Scott, Anthony Gallegos, and newly-rehired 1UP Editor Thierry "Scooter" Nguyen discuss Blizzard's Diablo III announcement and Microsoft's big GFW event.

GFW Radio weekly podcast - 06/26/2008

Wed, 26 Jun 2008 12:00:00 PST

Host Jeff Green is gone on vacation. The inimitable Sean Molloy has moved away. But the Brodeo must go on, even if that means posing as a market study group, roaming the streets of Berkeley, and then recording more material in Robert Ashley's bedroom. And that's the spoiler-free version. Don't miss this -- the most bizarre episode of GFW Radio ever.

GFW Radio weekly podcast - 06/18/2008

Wed, 18 Jun 2008 12:00:00 PST

It's a podcast of laughter and tears, as the joys of Anthony's romantic pursuits is countered by the departing of Sean, who is off for bigger and better things, the dumb bastard. In other news, Jeff waxes poetic on Mass Effect PC, and, with ample warnings to turn the thing off, the group takes on Metal Gear Solid 4, complete with massive spoilers and the kind of analysis that only a peasant could love. All this plus Robert Ashley's astonishing dolphin impressions.

GFW Radio weekly podcast - 06/11/2008

Wed, 11 Jun 2008 12:00:00 PST

This week, Shawn and Anthony found a guild city in Age of Conan but still need to purchase an outer wall -- won't you help? Also: Crysis Warhead examined, Lost theories expounded, Nexon's Combat Arms engaged, and more!

GFW Radio weekly podcast - 06/06/2008

Fri, 06 Jun 2008 12:00:00 PST

An extra special bonus episode! Listen to Shawn's impressions of Relic's new real-time sequel, Warhammer 40,000: Dawn or War II.

GFW Radio weekly podcast - 06/04/2008

Wed, 04 Jun 2008 12:00:00 PST

This week, the crew -- down one Jeff Green and up one Robert Ashley -- discusses developing a love/hate relationship with Trials II, innocence and creativity in LEGO Indiana Jones, and the connection between French rap and the upcoming S.T.A.L.K.E.R. prequel. Plus, more Age of Conan talk. If this episode seems shorter than normal, that's because there's more to come -- stay tuned for a special second podcast on June 6th.

GFW Radio weekly podcast - 05/28/2008

Wed, 28 May 2008 12:00:00 PST

With Ryan Scott in Las Vegas for the annual Siegfried and Roy fan festival, GFW Radio is remarkably quiet this week, with Shawn, Sean, Jeff, and Anthony all too shy and scared to speak up. Okay not really. Still, a post-vacation low-key podcast ensues, with more tales of Age of Conan griefing, Sean's Penny Arcade Adventures impressions, and Jeff's 1-minute look at Civilization Revolution. Also: Jeff, in a moment of senility, forgets that he's not on a cartography podcast and goes into a long lament about the end of the California Automobile Association's print map publication. All this plus the usual inappropriate noises and not-for-children-or-sensitive people idiocy.

GFW Radio weekly podcast - 05/22/2008

Thu, 22 May 2008 12:00:00 PST

Professional videogame experts Crispin Boyer and Anthony Gallegos join the regular GFW crew to discuss the launch of Age of Conan, the Indiana Jones phenomenon, and why today's games is dumber than them ones from yonder olden times. Also: An exclusive first look at Ryan's crazy Lost theory! Who's in the coffin? You, the listener!

GFW Radio weekly podcast - 05/15/2008

Thu, 15 May 2008 12:00:00 PST

GFW Radio supersizes this week with a big, fat, artery-clogging 2 hour plus wankorama featuring not just one but two of our regular special guests Robert "Dr. Maximum Chill PhD" Ashley and Anthony "Anthony Gallegos" Gallegos sitting in for maximum possible extra nonsense and immature potty humor. In this week's episode: The gang goes over some of the games seen at this week's "pre-E3" events, including a great PC showing by EA (Battlefied Heroes ,BattleForge, Left 4 Dead, Mass Effect, Warhammer Online), and, ahhhh, let's see... Banjo Kazooie from Microsoft. Also: Locke is revealed to be Ben's dad, Betty breaks up with Henry, and another supermodel is voted off the island.

GFW Radio weekly podcast - 05/07/2008

Wed, 07 May 2008 12:00:00 PST

The full crew is back this week, plus the cure for your GFW Radio fever: Dr. Maximum Chill, PhD, here with the medicine you need. Yes, pour a glass of your favorite non-alcoholic beverage and relax to the mellifluous sounds of the Brodeo, as they fill your eardrums with the tender sounds of Age of Conan talk, Ryan's obsessive Team Fortress 2 farming, and...that game with the cars and the hookers and the killing. Yes, we weigh in on it. But this week only. Next week it's all about Cooking Mama 12---we promise!

GFW Radio weekly podcast - 04/23/2008

Wed, 23 Apr 2008 12:00:00 PST

With Shawn out again on a mysterious vacation, GFW Radio morphs into CGW Radio with the return of two former CGW (and later OPM) editors, Dana Jongewaard and Thierry "Scooter" Nguyen, as they join the gang for a couple hours of talk about....absolutely nothing! Games are discussed, Lost is discussed, online vs. print writing is discussed, and a scary bag of candy is eaten. Also, more wacky tales of CGW's past, like the time Dana taped Jeff into his office so he'd finally finish his column. O the hilarity!

GFW Radio weekly podcast - 04/16/2008

Wed, 16 Apr 2008 12:00:00 PST

With Jeff Green broadcasting from 2006, due to some kind of Lost-style time wormhole, GFW Radio welcomes former CGW staff member Elliott Chin, who shares some laffs and golden memories of the magazine's past. Then, in part two, the gang gets all serious with discussion of the "race question" in Resident Evil 5, along with other random topics, which may or may not include PC games. You got a problem with that? Blame Ryan!

GFW Radio weekly podcast - 04/08/2008

Wed, 08 Apr 2008 12:00:00 PST

With the closing of GFW the print magazine today, the GFW Radio crew--Sean, Shawn, Ryan, and Jeff--gather for an impromptu online wake just hours after the announcement.. No game talk or comics talk or Lost talk this week, kids. Just some straight-up processing and group therapy, with the kind of gallows humor you might expect from a bunch of guys who just lost their magazine. But the Brodeo lives on, and here's the livin' proof, goddamit!

GFW Radio weekly podcast - 04/02/2008

Wed, 02 Apr 2008 12:00:00 PST

Host Jeff Green returns from the brink of oblivion after a bout with that superflu from The Stand, just in time to chat with Stardock CEO Brad Wardell about the state of PC gaming and stuff like that. Shawn reads a transcript from a recent Company of Heroes match, Flagship's Mythos is discussed, and everyone is insulted in this very special 100th episode of GFW Radio.

GFW Radio weekly podcast - 03/26/2008

Wed, 26 Mar 2008 12:00:00 PST

On this spectacular, action-packed 100th episode of GFW Radio, we cancel the spectacular, action-packed 100th episode of GFW Radio. Jeff's out sick and nobody's been playing anything of note, so we're saving all the good stuff for next week. But in the meantime, get acquainted with the "time bullet" theory of Lost.

GFW Radio weekly podcast - 03/19/2008

Wed, 19 Mar 2008 12:00:00 PST

You want PC game talk? Well put this podcast in your collective pipes and smoke it. The regular gang of idiots is joined by returning guest idiot Anthony Gallegos for an aural smorgasbord of PC gaming yammering, most particularly Sean and Jeff's first impressions of The Sims 3. But that's not all, folks!! Shawn shares the horrors of Turning Point, Jeff replays Fallout 1, Sean gets busy with Viva Pinata, Shawn and Anthony spread more CoH love, and Ryan....well, Ryan has a new Lost theory. All this plus a big comic book geek-out.

GFW Radio weekly podcast - 03/12/2008

Wed, 12 Mar 2008 12:00:00 PST

Jeff "Scoop" Green goes to Blizzard to see StarCraft 2, but all he wants to talk about is their cool bathroom. Awesomesauce. Fortunately, all is not lost, as Dr. Maximum Chill, PhD, makes a house call to GFW Radio to educate us all about game boners, and what to do about them. Also up for discussion, a look at InstantAction.com, an unpleasant new definition of DipRips that you won't be able to unhear, and an unruly digression into the messy circus that is Berkeley, California.

GFW Radio weekly podcast - 03/05/2008

Wed, 05 Mar 2008 12:00:00 PST

With Ryan out with a "broken heater," the rest of the GFW Radio gang try to soldier on without him. Expect long, awkward 10 minute gaps of silence. Other than that, the rest of the crew + MyCheats scholar Anthony Gallegos discuss such topics as: the legacy of Gary Gygax, the good and bad and utterly annoying of Frontlines, and a few of the PC games they're looking forward to most in 2008. All this plus Shawn's cautionary tale about why you should not become a meth addict. It's like our own podcast version of a TV afternoon special.

GFW Radio weekly podcast - 02/27/2008

Wed, 27 Feb 2008 12:00:00 PST

Did you ever want to shoot things with your eyeballs, just like Cyclops in X-Men? Yeah, us neither. Still, we were excited to see a contraption at GDC that let you do just that, kind of. The GFW Radio crew, with mascot Anthony Gallegos in tow, discusses that and other mind-boggling technology in this Very Special Post-GDC Wrapup Podcast. Also, Shawn's first thoughts on Frontlines, Jeff's new love affair with Civ 4, Sean's obsesssion with Devil May Cry 4, and Ryan's AudioSurf playlist. F yeah!

GFW Radio weekly podcast - 02/22/2008

Wed, 22 Feb 2008 12:00:00 PST

2K Boston's Ken Levine drops by for a very quick chat about how glad everyone is that GDC is over!

GFW Radio weekly podcast - 02/22/2008

Wed, 22 Feb 2008 12:00:00 PST

American McGee joins us for our last GDC show, talking about Grimm and the games industry in China.

GFW Radio weekly podcast - 02/21/2008

Wed, 21 Feb 2008 12:00:00 PST

GDC Week continues with Erik Wolpaw and Kim Swift from Valve.

GFW Radio weekly podcast - 02/20/2008

Wed, 20 Feb 2008 12:00:00 PST

Josh Mosqueira from Relic and Chris Taylor from Gas Powered Games stop by the studio for a chat on real-time strategy games. Also, a hilariously bungled sign-off from Jeff and the gang.

GFW Radio weekly podcast - 02/19/2008

Tue, 19 Feb 2008 12:00:00 PST

On the first GFW Radio of GDC Week, we welcome Warren Spector of Juntion Point Studios and Paul Wedgwood of Splash Damage for a deep conversation about stealing books and coming up with the idea for The Da Vinci Code, among others.

GFW Radio weekly podcast - 02/13/2008

Wed, 13 Feb 2008 12:00:00 PST

Jeff and Shawn go play Spore at Maxis and talk xenoevolution, "Spore-casts," and recent backlash against Will Wright's next big thing. Ryan chats up Sam and Max: Episode 2x03, and Sean/Shawn try to convince the others of the merits of graphic novelist Chris Ware. Added bonus: Anthony Gallegos from MyCheats.com takes the fifth chair!

GFW Radio weekly podcast - 02/06/2008

Wed, 06 Feb 2008 12:00:00 PST

With Shawn Elliott mysterious out on a "vacation" with someone named "Hans," the remaining GFW editors huddle around their microphones and attempt to pick up the pieces, with nary a 4th chair in sight. Yeah, that's right: We said "nary." Up for discussion this week: The glory that is Sins of a Solar Empire, the grandeur that is Puzzle Quest, and an inquiry into the ethics of real-life trading of MMO objects. Is it prostitution? The GFW call girls say no. Also: Lost Season 4: Finally a reason to live.

GFW Radio weekly podcast - 01/30/2008

Wed, 30 Jan 2008 12:00:00 PST

The time has come, the walrus said, to talk of many things, including a whole bunch of Battlefield Heroes details, Valve's unveiling of SteamWorks (the company's digital distribution answer to the NPD), new Team Fortress 2 achievements, and how Savage 2 just may be the very essence of PC gaming. Plus, we go all Retronauts and fondly recalls Turok: Dinosaur Hunter for the N64 and Aquanaut's Holiday for the PlayStation. Huh?

GFW Radio weekly podcast - 01/23/2008

Wed, 23 Jan 2008 12:00:00 PST

After a blissfully long weekend, the GFW crew are back and are serious about their game talk. For a few minutes. The Age of Conan delay is discussed, as is WoW's 10 million subscriber mark, and Jeff's few hours with Crysis. Soon, however, all hell breaks loose, and we are once again back in Second Life, hearing more horrific stories to keep away from your kids and the faint of heart (and stomach). Then, as if to seek redemption, a more spiritually uplifting game, Zoo Race, is discussed---and the GFW crew further cement their path towards eternal damnation. Yay!

GFW Radio weekly podcast - 01/16/2008

Wed, 16 Jan 2008 12:00:00 PST

With the GFW crew experiencing serious deadline burnout, Dr. Maximum Chill arrives on the scene to inject the podcast with some actual energy. He only partially succeeds. Among the topics mumbled about: New Team Fortress maps, Star Trek Online and the viability of licensed MMOs, Puzzle Quest, and Ubisoft's "boycott" of EGM and GFW. Also: Shawn Elliott's scary stories from the frontiers of Second Life. Be very afraid!

GFW Radio weekly podcast - 01/09/2008

Fri, 09 Jan 2008 12:00:00 PST

It's an epic two-hour gasbagathon, as the GFW Radio crew, loaded up on MSG, share, pontificate, cajole, and wheedle their way through more Game of the Year discussion, including a fierce debate on the level design of Half Life 2: Episode 2 versus ... Peggle. Huh? Also, Ryan goes ape**** over Puzzle Quest, and Jeff schools the kids on the backstory behind Mayor McCheese and the Hamburglar!

GFW Radio weekly podcast - 01/04/2008

Fri, 04 Jan 2008 12:00:00 PST

It's the first brodeo of 2008, and what better way to kick things off than with a discussion about Theodore Roosevelt! Also, what we played over Xmas vacation, more Mario love, and even more disturbing Sonic love, courtesy of this week's Hero of the Web. Also, in a token nod to PC gaming, the art direction of TF2 vs. Bioshock is discussed. Even Eli knows to download now!

GFW Radio weekly podcast - 12/20/2007

Thu, 20 Dec 2007 12:00:00 PST

In the final, epic brodeo of 2007, the GFW Radio crew pontificate, opine, rant, and whine for nearly two hours on all sorts of exciting topics, some of which include the Duke Nukem Forever trailer, the sad sales figures of Crysis and Unreal Tournament, the good and bad of Mass Effect, and the game that made Shawn Elliott use the word "delightful." Also, Jeff Green sees red over more bad game writing. And one GFW editor bids us all farewell. So laugh and cry with us as we kiss this year goodbye, GFW style. F' Yeah!

GFW Radio weekly podcast - 12/05/2007

Wed, 05 Dec 2007 12:00:00 PST

In the wake of Gerstmanngate, GFW Radio ponders, once again, the complicated relationship between game publishers and the media, and decides, in sum, that it all smells like dooky. Meanwhile, the gang ponders what it means when a company gives 5 stars to its own game (or did they?) and wonders why there appear to be only 52 people in the world playing Unreal Tournament 3. Big thanks to EGM's Greg Ford for producing this week, and now everyone get your flak helmets on...

GFW Radio weekly podcast - 11/28/2007

Tue, 28 Nov 2007 12:00:00 PST

It's a special Not Very GFW Radio this week, with Ryan, Darren, and Sean all slacking off for the holidays. Instead, special guests Robert Bobito Max Chill Ashley and Bryan I Can't Stop Yelling Inithar join GFWers Shawn and Jeff for 90+ minutes of rambling babble,.including more bad job stories, the sad uselessness of Holiday Buyer's Guides, and the annoyance of Xbox Live jackholes. Plus, Shawn spreads more COH: Opposing Fronts love, and Jeff breaks up with The Witcher. Extra special mad props to EGM's Mike Cruz and Greg Ford for producing/editing this week!

GFW Radio weekly podcast - 11/20/2007

Thu, 20 Nov 2007 12:00:00 PST

The GFW Radio crew gives thanks for the Internet by chatting more about The Witcher, the World of WarCraft 2.3 patch, the political agenda of Blacksite: Area 51, and what playing Rock Band says about your character -- plus, Shawn reveals his secret online alter-ego.

GFW Radio weekly podcast - 11/13/2007

Thu, 13 Nov 2007 12:00:00 PST

In honor of the fact that there are, like, a zillion PC games to play right now, the GFW Radio crew spends two hours actually talking about them! Seriously. Just PC games. Hellgate: London, Crysis, Call of Duty 4, the new Sam ns Max, The Witcher, and Mr. Magorium's Wonder Emporium. OK, so the last one's not a PC game, but really, it's just as good. Also: We gaze astonished at Ryan, who has 14 consoles connected to his television but has never played Diablo II.

GFW Radio weekly podcast - 11/01/2007

Thu, 01 Nov 2007 12:00:00 PST

On the downside, we're late again. On the upside, we have a special guest again! And it's Crispin Boyer from EGM! Wowie! Yay! Join the gang as they discuss a whole gaggle of exciting topics, such as Halloween hijinks, Bruce Springfield, Crispin's early life of crime, one naughty listener's drug solicitation, and a very special Ryan Scott Meltdown over his hatred of comic book scribe Mark Millar. Oh yeah, there's some game talk in here, too, somewhere. We think. We blame the Halloween candy.