The Upper Memory Block Podcast from billybob

[Bromptonboy]

Arrgh!  How did I miss this one.  I would have sent in a comment.  Loved this game, and the sequel - although I never played the 3rd and final game.

I'll listen during the commute on tuesday.

[billybob476]

Feel free to send in a comment for the next show, I'll play it at the start!

[Feathers]

I thought I'd played one of this but I don't recognise the stories. Weird.

Good episode though... :)

[davekill]

Been catching up on the UMB casts and don't recall if you mentioned a few shows ago that Space Core has actually made it to space in your discussion of Portal 2.
Sorry if this is old news, I think it's still very cool!

"An anonymous NASA employee has added a little customization to a panel for the International Space Station, adding an image of the Space Core from Portal 2."
http://www.egmnow.com/articles/news/nasa-launches-portal-2-character-into-space/

[billybob476]

Been catching up on the UMB casts and don't recall if you mentioned a few shows ago that Space Core has actually made it to space in your discussion of Portal 2.
Sorry if this is old news, I think it's still very cool!

"An anonymous NASA employee has added a little customization to a panel for the International Space Station, adding an image of the Space Core from Portal 2."
http://www.egmnow.com/articles/news/nasa-launches-portal-2-character-into-space/

Very cool! I little tidbits like that!

On another note, if anyone has comments regarding Syndicate, anything else I've covered or that you'd like me to cover, as usual I'm always looking for emails/voicemails to podcast@umbcast.com

Deadline this week is Thursday evening eastern time.

[billybob476]

Also, if anyone has given the new X-COM game a whirl, I'd love any thoughts you may have!

http://store.steampowered.com/app/200510/

[billybob476]

Episode 15 all about Syndicate is out!

http://umbcast.com/episode-15-syndicate/
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Hi Blockers!

Welcome to episode 15! This week we talk about Bullfrog's 1993 game, Syndicate.

Before we get to that though, lots of news this week:

Pledge Quest, the fan game supporting the Two Guys SpaceVenture released a second part. Give it a look!

X-Com: Enemy Unknown has released to great reviews!

In SimCity 5 News, it appears the game will not allow you to restore or delete your cities.

Wing Commander's Chris Roberts launched a crowdfunding campaign to create an ambitious new space sim called Star Citizen / Squadron 42.

Finally, Mechwarrior Online is going to open beta, giving everyone a chance to give the game a try.

After all this news and an email, we get to the main topic of the show, 1993′s Syndicate. Lots of great info here.

Get Syndicate on GoG:
http://www.gog.com/en/gamecard/syndicate/?pp=1106a1dda2d680438ecfb0bb70fd479c55a1791f

Get Syndicate 2012 on Origin:
http://store.origin.com/store/ea/en_US/pd/productID.108004900

Next week, we take a look at another game from 1993, Star Control. Hope to see you then!

Direct download:
http://umbcast.com/podcast/015-UMBCast-Syndicate.mp3

[PaulECoyote]

Good show, thanks for playing my comment.  Didn't realise you were a fan of the Fable series, it's always nice to hear someone enjoying them :)

Funny you should mention the Baked Bean thing, for Creative Day one of the other teams did a parody of that using the Fable III tools and engine... http://www.develop-online.net/features/1197/Not-Lionheads-next-project :)

[billybob476]

It was a great comment, thanks for sending it in. Nice to get thoughts from someone "on the inside" :)

[billybob476]

Based on the last few weeks, I'm going to be changing my targeted release date to every second Sunday instead of Thursdays, the weeks have been getting busy! So, look for the next show all about Star Control this coming Sunday! Get those comments in!

http://www.gog.com/en/gamecard/star_control_1_2/

[billybob476]

New show all about Star Control is out!

http://umbcast.com/episode-16-star-control/
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Hello again Blockers!

The time has come for episode 16 where I cover the great 1990 game series from Toys fr Bob, Star Control.

Before I even get to the news, a small program note: From now on, the show will be releasing on Sundays instead of Thursday as it has been in the past.

Housekeeping aside, news time!

Hero-U, the new game project from Lori and Corey Cole, creators of Quest for Glory now has an active kickstarter! If you want to give to this project, go check out their page.

Big news over at GoG.com, they have released over 50 games with native mac support! OSX-ers rejoice! The developer of Boxer, who is working with them also posted a great article talking details of his work.

Finally, SimCity 5 now has a release date!

After an email, we get to the main topic, the great Star Control series. I cover all the usual suspects for the first two games in the set. We end off with an email and a cool look into the lego community with a set of Star Control ships competing to be made into a real licensed lego set! If you want to see these happen put in your vote.

Buy Star Control on GoG: http://www.gog.com/en/gamecard/star_control_1_2/

Get the open source Ur-Quan Masters: http://sc2.sourceforge.net/

Check out Project 6014: http://code.google.com/p/project6014/

Direct download:
http://umbcast.com/podcast/016-UMBCast-Star-Control.mp3

[billybob476]

Just to let everyone know, being away all last week messed me up good, so the show will be delayed by 1 week. Just more time to get me some memories on Doom!

[billybob476]

And episode 17 all about DOOM is out!

http://umbcast.com/episode-17-doom/

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One week late, but here's episode 17 where I cover the iconic first person shooter series from id software, DOOM.

There's so much to say here that I don't spend much in the way of time on news, I only mention that Chris Roberts' Star Citizen project has concluded its funding campaign successfully. They are still collecting for stretch goals so check it out!

I then read a quick email and jump right into things with the main topic, id software's DOOM series. I cover the story (such as it is), gameplay, get reasonably deep into the design of the game engine and look at the very interesting development story.

Play DOOM for free online: http://www.kongregate.com/games/mike_id/doom-1

Buy Doom 3: BFG Edition on Steam: http://store.steampowered.com/app/208200/

Next week, we cover a very interesting game series: Alone in the Dark. Hope to see you then!

Direct download:
http://umbcast.com/podcast/017-UMBCast-DOOM.mp3

[billybob476]

Just a reminder: Even though the Doom show came out, I always accept comments about the games after the fact! Got a few stories from folks for next week, I'd love more!

Emails/voicemails to podcast@umbcast.com as usual! Also you can use the send a voicemail tab on umbcast.com.

I love feedback!

[billybob476]

Here comes episode 18 all about Alone in the Dark!

http://umbcast.com/episode-18-alone-in-the-dark/
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Hey there Blockers!

Time for episode 18. This time around, we're talking about the grandaddy of 3D survival horror games, 1992′s Alone in the Dark.

But first, there's lots of news this week!

Hero-U, the new game from Quest for Glory's Lori and Corey Cole has successfully funded! They just made it to their 400,000 dollar goal. Congrats!

I wasn't quite correct last show when I said Chris Roberts' Star Citizen had funded. It had a day or so left and instead of raising 5 million dollars, they raised 6.5 million! Incredible.

A new remake of 1998′s Baldur's Gate is already out and ready for purchase.

Peter Molyneux has launched a kickstarter to bankroll a new god game in the vein of Populous. I'll be keeping an eye on this one.

I also found a new site where you can play an online version of Dune 2. This is a really great port to the web.

Finally, if anyone is interested in health, fitness and nutrition, check out this cool new podcast, Fit for Radio! It's awesome.

Whew! After all that news, we get to the meat of the show, Infogrames' 1992 game, Alone in the Dark. We take a look at all the usual suspects here and cover a lot of cool info.

Buy Alone in the Dark 1, 2 and 3 on Steam:
http://www.gog.com/gamecard/alone_in_the_dark

Next time I'm doing something a little different. I'll be doing an in-depth review of the new game X-COM: Enemy Unknown. Kind of a look at an old series in a new incarnation.

Enjoy!


Direct download:
http://umbcast.com/podcast/018-UMBCast-Alone-in-the-Dark.mp3