Xbox 360 Fancast 048 -- Holidazzle
by Richard Mitchell 
{ Dec 25th 2007 at 3:45PM }
Even the tremendous power of the holiday season is not enough to stop the might Xbox 360 Fancast. This week, we bring you the latest on things gaming, including Duke Nukem Forever, GTAIV, Rock Band, and more. We also take on tough topics like video game careers, the burgeoning semi-hardcore demographic, and Elmo abuse. Truly, it's a touching and stirring episode of the show. Download your favorite flavor below, and savor the holiday goodness.
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Hosts: Richard Mitchell (SenseiRAM), Dustin Burg (SuperDunners), Alexander Sliwinski (Sli Xander)
Produced by Richard Mitchell
Music: Intro/Outro: "Electromooq" by Uma Floresta. Break: "Ultimate Ultimate Christmas" by The FuMP
Interested in contributing music? Let us know.
News:
Saint's Row 2 co-op details and more
C&C Tiberium FPS announced
Over half of 360 owners purchased Halo 3
Duke Nukem Forever teaser trailer
Sensible Soccer's interesting release
Rock Band Community site
GTAIV dated April 25 for UK
Xbox 1 games show up on Gamercards
Mass Effect headed to PS3?
Break
Fanmail: Dustin / Alex hostilities, video game careers, and the emergence of the casi-hards
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
CB17 @ Dec 26th 2007 5:07AM
During the fancast I really hope the word you guys weren't trying to say repeatedly is "quasi" cause that's definitely NOT how it's pronounced...
http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/quasi
Richard Mitchell @ Dec 26th 2007 9:30AM
Nope. In fact, it's not a real word at all: casi-hard.
Casual/Hardcore -- Casi-Hard
I like the sound of Quasi-Hard though.
JAKEJAX @ Dec 26th 2007 11:35AM
I am half way through. So far so good. I would like to put in my two sents and say that I like Alexander I think he should stay.
SoxFan13 @ Dec 26th 2007 4:22PM
"Sox" for me stands for White Sox. Also, I agree with JakeJax-- keep Alexander if possible.
SoxFan13 @ Dec 26th 2007 4:29PM
Oh, I forgot- link for Dustin-- http://multiplayerblog.mtv.com/category/pronunciation-guide/
itsburnsie @ Dec 27th 2007 10:11AM
Just got a chance to first listen to it this morning on the commute, fine job as always.
Alexander's doing a really good job too, sure you can't keep him as a regular?
Also, you guys put the fancast up on the Zune store right? My old iPod mini is starting to crap out, and those Zune 80's are mighty attractive...
DjDATZ @ Dec 27th 2007 12:16PM
Dustin! You're SICK! omg!
Happy birthday Rich! :D
Dustin you squeaked when you said "NO its not!"
I think Duke Nukem won't be out till 2011 anyways.
LOL...at 21:50 into the fancast, someone has a bird in the background that is making NOISE. lol
Yea, I don't think Mass Effect is going to the PS3 either.
LOL...on the C&C FPS comments.
Awesome break song. ABSOLUTE GOLD.
Do you guys want me to post the email address again? :P LOL
LOL...FAIL on the knock knock joke.
Oh, and I like Quasi-Hard better than Casi-Hard...LOL MUCH better.
Great podcast! :D
AHAHAHAHHAHAHAH...the Elmo part was hilarious! Dustin was a bit creeped out. Sorry Dustin.
Btw, as much as I like Alexander, I want KD back. :( Knuckles was teh uber awesome.
Arnie @ Dec 27th 2007 11:34PM
Alexander is really funny guys, you should keep him full time and let me us know if he has another podcast on Joystiq which I would gladly subscribe to.
Also the last part about the casi(is that even a word?) was really funny esp when Alexander ripped into Dustin. Nice podcast guys.
ALso there is something seriously wrong with your RSS feeds cause I am not getting them on all my sources. Even the Zune one is not working.
beej @ Dec 28th 2007 1:02PM
agreed...i am unable to download via your rss feeds also...
Richard Mitchell @ Dec 28th 2007 1:08PM
Yeah, not sure what's going on, but all of X3F's RSS feeds are borked right now. We're working on a fix, but with so many people on vacation, it may be a while. You should still be able to grab the MP3 file by itself though.
Arnie @ Dec 28th 2007 1:11PM
Dont worry Richard my zune is borked too(brand new!!) right now so been listening on my computer anyways. Keep those podcasts coming and happy belated birthday.