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Preys-World Podcast - Back up on iTunes

Monday 17th of August, 2009 - 00:12:36 GMT

We've resolved the RSS listing bug which meant that #15 and the E3 special podcasts were failing to download to iTunes listeners. Another podcast was recorded today and when it's edited and finished, we'll let you know as always and it should be ready to hear wherever you get it.

Visit the relevant section at the Magazine and pick the right hand arrow to access the Itunes listing, but if you're already signed up, the delayed files should download by the end of Monday 17th August or whenever you choose "Refresh".

- Ken

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Retro - Mechwarrior 4 free for Battletech 25th Anniversary alongside expansions

Saturday 11th of July, 2009 - 10:52:15 GMT

The company Smith and Tinker was founded by Jordan Wiseman. He was one the creative forces behind FASA with L. Ross Babcock III, which published firstly the Battletech table top game range, which gave rise to MechWarrior in 1989 for the PC. When the company branched out it also created the, Shadowrun and Crimson Skies series. Of those three franchises, the Mechwarrior series, particularly the second game in the range featuring a mixed-mode game CD whose music you could play through your hi-fi, was a massive bestseller.

It is also remembered for bringing Playstation-quality electronic soundtracks to the PC as well as those high sales, and spawning three further full sequels including the standalone expansion Mercenaries which departed from strict Battletech lore, but was still well received. S&T licensed the rights to the FASA Creations in 2007 and undertook digital distribution of the add-on packs for Mechwarrior 4, following Microsoft's effective abandonment of the franchise. To give Redmond credit, they have allowed the usage of the name and features for a Total Conversion in the Crysis engine.

Previously Smith & Tinker allowed a fansite, Mektek.net, to distribute the add-on packs online for MechWarrior 4, as they were effectively abandonware. However, to celebrate the 25th Anniversary of table-top Battletech, it will soon distribute the entire Mechwarrior 4 game for free. This is also handy timing for the recently announced fifth game in the series, and the biggest Retro giveaway since Command and Conquer. In an age where debates rage over DRM it's good to see one entrepreneurial firm using its old IP to promote the new up-and-coming full price sequel by trusting the fans.

- Kenneth Henry

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Retro - Videogame Collector grabs NES sampler for USD 17,500

Tuesday 7th of July, 2009 - 16:39:05 GMT

There are less than thirty mint copies of the game Nintendo World Championships for the original NES left in existence from 19 years ago. The mini-compilation gave samples of Tetris, Rad Racer and Super Mario Bros, but limited the playing time to 6min 21sec for all three titles – Understandable for the Mario classic, if a little stingy for the other two. The cartridge, created for a Nintendo competition, was also painted gold, which could only help its collectible status.

The NWC cartridge was originally priced at USD 25,000 on Ebay but American collector JJ Hendricks seemed to win his next best bid or nearest offer of USD 17,500. That certainly beats the £50 you might have snapped up for the right mint copy of Flight Simulator or Freespace when PC games were still distributed in boxes.

The moral of this story is to make sure your significant other will let you buy and sell videogames and keep the cardboard boxes in perfect condition – even if they might still give you earache for playing the new ones.

- Ken

(Source: Yahoo Games Blog)

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Preys-World Podcast - E3 Podcast Released

Thursday 2nd of July, 2009 - 11:30:36 GMT

For those of you who don't read Gaming Discussion, you can now download the two-part E3 Podcast from the usual FTP Section.

As ever, any of the usual sound issues, or download access problems, please let us know.

- Ken

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Preys-World Podcast - E3 Podcast Released

Thursday 2nd of July, 2009 - 11:28:55 GMT

The most recent podcast to be recorded was all about E3, following up issue 3 of the PW Magazine. It's in two parts, both of which are downloadable from the usual FTP Section.

As ever, any of the usual sound issues, or download access problems, please let us know, and if you're an iTunes listener you will receive it automatically in a few days.

- Ken

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Preys-World Podcast - Episode 15 Reminder

Sunday 28th of June, 2009 - 14:24:49 GMT

For those who don't frequent the Gaming Discussion forum, Podcast 15 has been released and you can obtain it from the usual FTP site here.

- Ken

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Preys-World Podcast - Episode 15 Released

Sunday 28th of June, 2009 - 13:03:54 GMT

The 15th Preys-World Podcast has been released, covering the events surrounding the death of Duke Forever contrasted with Activision's fortunes, Madworld on the Wii as reviewed in the magazine, the reviewing spat regarding the Darkfall MMO and videogaming fashion.

To contrast the larger E3 podcast, this is 40 minutes and a quick 46Mb to download. You can obtain it from the usual FTP site here otherwise it'll come down to iTunes subscribers in the next few days.

As ever, if there are linkage problems to the podcast files then please get in touch at the following address:

nethlyn AT preys-world.com

- or post in the forums.

- Ken

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Preys-World Podcast - 13 and 14 Reminder

Sunday 7th of June, 2009 - 06:58:11 GMT

For people not listening to the podcast through iTunes, if no.14 has failed to appear in your RSS list then go direct to the FTP Folder for 12 onwards to download it. We'll let you know when any issues with the iTunes linkup have been rectified in the meantime.

- Ken

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Preys-World Podcast - Episode 14 Released

Monday 11th of May, 2009 - 05:28:07 GMT

The next episode of the Preys-World podcast is ready for download, featuring general games chatter with the usual crowd and guest Ronin from the forums. We’ve finished recording another one which we’ll bring to you very soon.

For the moment, this 62Mb podcast will be on iTunes within the next 36 hours, otherwise it can be downloaded direct from the specific podcast folder if you just want to download the file.

As always if you have any issues with the direct link above, then the general link followed by clicking on the folder at the top will take you to the same area to download the file.

- Ken

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Preys-World Podcast - Episode 13 Released

Wednesday 6th of May, 2009 - 16:35:17 GMT

Podcast 13 has arrived and along with the regular crowd, we roped in Snowy and Taz the Prey’s-World forum dog and Ronin from the forums to talk about various big new games like Empire Total War to name two. Also under discussion was Left 4 Dead’s continuing takeover, Why Prey gave up on Red Alert 3 and much more.

The abrupt ending cuts straight into the next podcast which has been joined together and we will upload that at the end of the week. As ever, please let us know about any sound issues with 13 or 14, but now it’s my turn to have microphone problems, meaning a replacement will be necessary before we record episode 15 onwards.

If the file has not automatically updated in your iTunes directories, then check the FTP Link once more. If this direct link results in an error, then go through the original link and go to the subdirectory "/podcasts" to get to episodes 11 to 13.

- Ken

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