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BioShock Infinite! Deus Ex! PSP2! Kinectimals!

Guten tag! Wie gehts?! Yes we've been to Germany again and have now returned with exciting tales of new games, exotic unannounced hardware and more.

This week on the podcast we discuss at least eight games, including BioShock Infinite, Deus Ex: Human Revolution, Marvel vs. Capcom 3 and - at long and exciting last - Kinectimals.

Yes, podcast host Tom Bramwell has now played Kinectimals - the spiritual successor to Viva Pinata, at least in his eyes/head - and has stories to tell about rolling on the floor and being gobbed on by a fictional tiger.

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In the news section we discuss the big stories coming out of gamescom, like this site's revelation that the next generation PSP has touch-sensitive controls, the PS3 being hacked, and the news that some Italian city officials are pissed off about flags in Gran Turismo 5 or something.

We also touch on British Defence Secretary Liam Fox's reaction to Medal of Honor, and the ongoing war of words between him, the tabloids and EA about whether it's cool to play as the Taliban in multiplayer. Rabble rabble!

Brammers is joined for this digest of news and sausage by veteran games industry man, former 2K Games PR and current Eurogamer contributor Al Bickham, and by our own news editor Wesley Yin-Poole, who even sells us on the idea of Marvel vs. Capcom 3 (you can play as a dog!)

Finally, we announce the winner of the recent SteelSeries competition to win a StarCraft II mouse mat signed by the game's developers, and we give away an exciting Xbox Live Arcade game.

Well, we give away an Xbox Live Arcade game.

Background reading!

The Eurogamer.net Podcast goes out every Tuesday at 3pm UK time!

About Tom Bramwell

Tom is Operations director of Eurogamer Network and Editor-at-Large of Eurogamer.net. He joined the company in February 2000.

Read more articles from Tom by visiting the Tom Bramwell archive page.

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FreudianTrip #1 1 year ago

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Just seen that if you direct download this iTunes files it under 'Blues'. A mistake or just an apt description of how listeners feel while experiencing it?
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roquey Verified Lead Quality Assurance Tester and Compliance Specialist, Universally Speaking #2 1 year ago

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Speak for yourself, i dont feel blue, i lookforward to the podcasts whatever is in them, breaks up my tuesday at work

Also is anyone else getting someones mic really low? occasionally i get someone talking normal volume then othertimes its as if someone isnt near the mic.

Edited by 1 at 24/08/10 @ 15:23
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chadrtc #3 1 year ago

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Why are the participants panned around the sound field? It's hugely irritating when listening on headphones.
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knightmt #4 1 year ago

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Lets hold our luminous sticks in the air, I do enjoy it but think it is probably twice as long as it should be.
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FreudianTrip #5 1 year ago

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I'd like to add that I enjoy this podcast and the previous statement was just joshing. Needs more bin men smashing glass though.
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LeSpank #6 1 year ago

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This is really painful to listen to on headphones! It's like everyone in the room is either on the right or left audio channel but never both.

Sorry I can't listen to the entire thing like this
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ashmatuk #7 1 year ago

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The levels are all over the place.
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Hendo #8 1 year ago

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100% pan? What were you thinking? 30% stereo panning is fine but putting a voice on one extreme side is a terrible idea.
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Metalfish #9 1 year ago

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This is unlistenable on my speaker set up.
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Alivada #10 1 year ago

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What went wrong here?
Can here some people clearly but others as if they are far away.
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AtomicBanana #11 1 year ago

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Thighs of Gibson was clearly the best entry . . .
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Ryze #12 1 year ago

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Right - when are you giving away some PSMove Wands? Get on the case EG - surely Sony must have a ton of promotional ones to give!?!
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swills #13 1 year ago

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I listened to the entire thing on headphones. While the left/right channels make it slightly off-putting it certainly isn't "unlistenable".

Although if you really, really can't stand to have someone's voice coming out of only one speaker then you should write to EG and demand your money back.
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Ryze #14 1 year ago

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Aeroshock: Infinite?
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X201 #15 1 year ago

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A vast improvement over last weeks effort
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Metalfish #16 1 year ago

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You obviously haven't heard my speaker set up

(Hint: it's not very good)
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muttler #17 1 year ago

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First of these podcasts I've listened to, like it, pretty cool. Had to turn the tv volume way up to hear them all though.
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mcwildcard #18 1 year ago

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Win!
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Veracity #19 1 year ago

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Anyone complaining that this is like trying to hear people mumbling at you from opposite ends of a very long tunnel: set your player's output format to mono and it'll put everything down the middle.
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Arwin #20 1 year ago

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It's hard for a Move fan like me to have two Moves on this podcast and yet have none of the games discussed. Oh well, I guess come September the floodgates will probably open.

I was really happy with the sound-quality, but I agree that it's generally not done to have a podcast with people on the left and right channels only. I'm also not so sure all devices actually support switching on mono output, let alone do it conveniently somewhere not hidden deeply in a settings menu.
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Nephirion #21 1 year ago

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They certainly won't win the podcast award for best sound production values ^^
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Shikasama #22 1 year ago

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Swills, good point. The fact that our continued visitation to the website funds their careers in journalism and this entire website doesn't mean we can ask for even mediocre quality because we aren't paying them directly. Excellent point.
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swissorc #23 1 year ago

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Sound was rubbish but atleast Ellie wasn't chairing please don't let her again until she has practised on someone elses less important pod cast first. I recommend IGN UK podcast listened to it for the first time yesterday and it is tripe
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Arwin #24 1 year ago

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So while you have those Move controllers lying around, I'm sure one of you Eurogamers has a Playstation Plus account to download the R.U.S.E. demo with and give us some hands on impressions? Would be appreciated.
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MaxHughes #25 1 year ago

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"Horsey rider man" Brilliant!
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Arwin #26 1 year ago

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Oh while you're at it, apparently the just released MAG beta supports the Move as well! So get on it!
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Bremenacht #27 1 year ago

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Oh bugger - I missed that competition.

Starcraft 2: Curtains of Honour
Starcraft 2: Deus Ex /\/\0t0rb1k35
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KDR_11k #28 1 year ago

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Annoyance aside it's much harder to hear what's being said with this strong stereo separation. Traffic is loud as fuck compared to podcasts.
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Bradach #29 1 year ago

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i think separating the channels was a great idea on paper but in practice it is very disconcerting. i don't like it. please change it back.
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