Do Not Want Matt, Joe, and Luke

This is episode 6 of the Do Not Want podcast, special contest edition!

Luke is back for the latest episode of the Do Not Want podcast. Here are some notes from the show:


The X-box 360 keyboard is coming out soon. mgroves.com had mentioned a leak
about this back in November, 2006.
The Halo 3 Beta now has dates: May 16th to June 7th.
Joe is signed up for the Joost Beta, which actually has some decent channels on it.
Check out the latest DO NOT WANT list. What else
should be on there?


Contest Details

This is the first ever Do Not Want Xbox Live Achievement Points Challenge. All you have to do is send us your gamer tag. You can
send it any number of ways:


Email any one of us at webmaster@mgroves.com, dreadhead@jards.com, or
lbusler@50pixelsofevil.com.
Email is the preferred method, but you can also just leave a comment below if you want to. Your gamer tag is all we really need,
but your name and email address would be useful too.
If you don't leave a comment below, just leave a comment on one of our blogs: mgroves.com,
The Daily Priapism, or 50 Pixels of Evil.
If you don't want to do any of the above...well, uh, smoke signals? Carrier pigeon? Whatever--just get us your gamer tag somehow!


Once we have all the gamer tags, at 5pm on April 16th, we will take a snapshot of your current achievement points. We will take
another snapshot on May 1st, 2007. The gamer who has gained the largest amount of points in the meantime will be the winner!

Prize(s):


The first place winner is guaranteed to receive a
3 Month Xbox Live Gold membership for you
to use or to extend your current membership.
There are no other prizes for sure at this point (this is only the first contest after all), but we will definitely try to throw something else in for the 1st-3rd place winners.
Authographed pictures, or CDs of our podcasts, or other equally worthless material. Got something you want to give away? Used carpets,
old toasters, some pocket lint? Contact us!


You are free to enter the contest after the April 16th start date, but no entries will be excepted after May 1st at 5pm. Cuz
that's when the contest ends. Duh. Please email one of us if you have any questions at all so we can supply additional confusion.

Sorry, forgot to post this.

Episode 5.

Here are some show notes from Episode 4. This is podcastin'!

News


You get to watch some pre-show banter. This was mostly for sound-test purposes, as we were first trying out our crazy PS2 headphones/microphones.
Sony's crazy "This is livin'" commericial. We were gonna edit it in, but, uh, we didn't. You can check it out on youtube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WTG36Wa8zt8
Luke's excellent article comparing the cost of all three consoles: Console Wars: The Price Factor. Matt's conjecture is that Xbox Live is a necessary part of the Xbox experience, thus bridging the price gap as a legitimate comparision point.
Our Xbox gamer tags: larrycsonka (Matt), Dr3adh3ad (Joe), Sithlet (Luke)
The Nintendo online gaming news I discuss is somewhat outdated, since Nintendo has since revealed that they are working with Gamespy to provide online gaming. Friend codes: still DO NOT WANT.
The "free Pokemon videos on the Wii" was a joke. Yeah, they can't all be winners.


What are we playing:


Luke - Ninety-Nine Nights, Starcraft, Xbox 360 Demos
Joe - Crackdown, GRAW 2, Alien Hominid, UMK3
Matt - Blazing Angels (X360), Tony Hawk's Downhill Jam


DO NOT WANT list


Gamez 'n' Flix - One word: SLOW. They are very cheap, their site is great, their stock is great, their flexibility is great, but everything is slow. So I guess: quality, speed, and price. PICK TWO.
Battlestations: Midway. This game is just horrible.
Check out the updated DO NOT WANT list, and let us know what YOU think should be on there, and why.


Definitely check out Luke's miniatures at 50 Pixels of Evil.

The audio podcast is a slightly different version with theme music and what not, so check it out too.

Podshow Summary: This is our first attempt at a *video* podcast. Though there is nothing really visual going on, you get to see our hideous visage. Enjoy!rnrnI will also be posting an audio-only version for your convenience.

Episode Notes:
Most of this show involves a discussion about HD-DVD, Blu-Ray, and other mediums/alternative content delivery system.

Show notes:
The article I was referring to is from Blu-ray.com, so take that as you will. There's lot of stuff about there claiming one way or another with sales figures. Caveat emptor.
Luke's gamer tag is Sithlet
Joe's gamer tag is dr3adh3ad
We were eating tasty Jimmy John's for lunch as well as slurpees from 7-11
We introduce the DO NOT WANT list. Tell us what YOU "do not want" and we'll consider adding it to the list.

That's is for now. Email us at mailto:webmaster@mgroves.com, lbusler@50pixelsofevil.com, or dreadhead@jards.com.

Here is the second episode of the Do Not Want podcast. Some notes:


Matt gets all defensive about being called a Nintendo fanboy.
We all talk about comment spam and various methods to detect & avoid it.
Latest updates in the Xbox achievement points competition
Joe reveals that he purchased the Halo 3 beta (aka Crackdown)
Luke talks about Warhammer
Wii "drought" and more talk about online strategy
PS3 breaks their drought


In this episode, we introduce a new regular feature called "What We're Playing This Week". Luke's playing Gears of War, Joe's playing Fight Night Round 3, and Matt was playing Elebits.

This is the inagural episode of "Do Not Want", the podcast featuring Joseph Ferguson (josephdbferguson.com), Luke Busler (50 Pixels of Evil), and Matthew Groves (mgroves.com).

In this podcast, here are some of the topics we discuss:


The present of the Xbox
The future of the Wii
Renting vs. buying
Dead Rising
WarioWare
Valentine's Day