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TalkRadar 18

Our podcast is finally old enough to vote! We celebrate with talk of piracy, Wii Music and new franchises that already feel old

Words: GamesRadar US

After a long two-week absence, Shane Patterson rejoins the crew just in time to celebrate TalkRadar’s 18th birthday. With our podcast finally old enough to vote, buy cigarettes and go to the mall by itself, we briefly put aside our usual yammering for a weirdly serious talk about the ethics of software piracy.

But don’t worry - it’s then back to dick jokes and a spirited discussion about Star Wars, Wii Music, new games that already feel stale and an appearance by occasional guest reviewer Duke “Duke” Lombardi, who wants to talk to us about something called a “petz.” 

 
09-12-08 | Length - 1:26:07 | Opening song by Anamanaguchi 

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TOPICS

Top 7… New franchises that already feel old – They’ve been around for a few years at most, but they’ve already worn out their welcome.

Nintendo releases Wii Music “dog” trailer – Wow, really?

Yakuza 2 – This Japanese-flavored, PS2-only sequel finally arrives on our shores this week after a two-year wait. Does it have a chance in hell?

Spore DRM – The most hotly anticipated PC game of 2008 comes with the most hotly despised copyright-protection scheme ever.

Lock’s Quest – Who’s actually heard of this? Show of hands? Apparently it's good.

Piracy vs Theft – Turns out this is a touchy subject. Who knew?

Star Wars: The Force Unleashed – Oh, sure, it looks awesome. But how fun is it, really?

Mercenaries 2 on PS2: How bad is it? – Really bad. We have proof:

Finally, Brett poses two questions to the other editors – you can share your own answers by following the links below:
Question 1: Are you a liar?
Question 2: Are you a freak? 

THE VOICES

 

Quote of the week:
“Did that kid in the videogame shirt just say he has a crush on every boy?”


Above: Chris and Shane attempt to out-testosterone each other. Duke Lombardi wins


Above: Mikel disapproves, but not as strongly as Brett disapproves of the spider on the back of his neck


Above: SHANE WILL RUIN YOU FOR EVERY OTHER MAN, COMPUTER!


Above: Brett nonchalantly “stretches,” showing off his rippling, sculpted Spider-Man shirt


Above: Shane invents a new dance called the “hyperactive child”


Above: Meanwhile, Charlie Barratt prefers to capture video of old games instead of joining in the fun. We are shocked and outraged

Sep 12, 2008

 
26 Comments
Scotch - 2 months 9 days ago
yay new tdar! this makes my firdays like ten times better.
thanks for the awesome shtuff guys!
Tasty_Pasta - 2 months 9 days ago
w00t, I love you T-Dar
NintendoNerd655 - 2 months 9 days ago
Yay for Tdar! I've gotten a few friends to listen already! My GF likes Mikel o.o
Wubbles - 2 months 9 days ago
Shoop da whoop. Only thing that can describe Talk-Radar. Although it's weird, I have to listen to it like 3 times to know what's even happening.
TheSuburbiaRuins - 2 months 9 days ago
I love you guise.
Great podcast.
Elbo444 - 2 months 9 days ago
woot, this = cool
lewis42025 - 2 months 9 days ago
love the podcast. look forward to this every week
Schuultz - 2 months 9 days ago
yay, finally... how come they come out later during the with each podcast?
Johnny6Gun - 2 months 9 days ago
Casio keyboard demos! Ninchillas! Mammy!

I find it hard to believe that some folks didn't dig on last week's Capcast. I do believe however, that once Wii Music is out, that there will be a podcast on here that dedicates over an hour to it.
NathanXplosion - 2 months 9 days ago
When Chris brought up the episode of Tiny Tune Adventures when they got drunk, I called shenanigans. Then after listening to the podcast I went on youtube and saw it and remembered watching it as a kid. I maybe watched it once and they never showed it again. Another reason why the 90's were so great, because you could never do that with today's cartoons.
Tasty_Pasta - 2 months 9 days ago
An exclamation mark doubles for an upside down i, take your Spanish!
TENAXIS (PSN) - 2 months 9 days ago
tdar 18 finnaally, felt like a year waiting for this!!

downloading it right now
ClusterShart - 2 months 9 days ago
much better than 17
Johnny6Gun - 2 months 9 days ago
Once again! Hard to believe people didn't LOVE episode 17.

I loved the DRM chat in this ep and really liked the school skipping stories. In college I ditched to emulate Metroid Fusion the day it leaked, but that's about it. Oh wait! A piracy and ditching story rolled together? How embarrassing! MAMMY!
NintendoNerd655 - 2 months 9 days ago
"If playin' Nintendogs makes me a criminal, than pass me the mint jelly, cause I'm livin on the land." - Duke Lombardi, Resident Bad-ass.

I lol'd hard.
iluvmyDS - 2 months 8 days ago
I love how Brett is the scrawniest member of the T-dar crew. Also thank you for letting me know about "One Beer" I watched it and lol'd. And I would buy Nin-chillas.
Kehno - 2 months 8 days ago
TEEN GIRL SQUAD? 8D
Best pictures so far, I believe. xD
king_m783 - 2 months 8 days ago
you guys really are great every week i look forward to listening especially duke lambardi dont send him away
meetballz - 2 months 8 days ago
this site is the second best thing on teh interweb (second only to... pron)the thing that you speak on make my brain golaugh i have bean listining scince day numero uno i didnt listen to the whol first 1 because it bad...
meetballz - 2 months 8 days ago
have you know there is a super mario movie. i saw it on youtube it was crap... at first i thought it was a joke i was wrong... YOU GUYS SHOULD MAKE A FEATURE LENGTH FILM ABOUT YOUR WEBSITE AND CALL IT MOVIERADAR OR SOMTHING GAMESRADAR
THE MOVIE
YOU SHOULD GET WILL SMITH TO PLAY BRETT ELSTON
UHH ARNOLD SWHWARTZERNAGER TO PLAY SHANE PATTERSON... BRAD PITT TO PLAY CHARLIE BARRATT ... CARMEN ELECTRA TO PLAY CHRIS ANTISTA... AND KIM JONG IL TO PLAY MIKAL REPAREZ
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