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Reflections on a Save Crystal Episode 14

levelsavepodcasts — Wed, 03 Apr 2013 04:13:25 +0000

The lights dim, an aura transcends onto the center stage, illuminating the focus of you attention, a voice calls out, it rings through your ears, you know what time it is. It is time, for Reflections on a Save Crystal.

Now Playing- 2:30- James Pope, Barry Villatoro, and Chris Lock discuss all the hotness.

News- 48:45- Kenny Rioux, James Pope, and Chris Lock Talk about newsy things.

Reflection-1:50:00- Kenny Rioux, Karley Soup, and Chris Lock get into Sexism- “Sexism/racism in games. Recently that games industry has come under fire for it portrayal, or lack thereof, of women and minorities in video games. How do you feel about the current standard of these groups in games? Has this problem gotten better, worse, or stayed the same? What are some examples of both? What are some ways that game developers could change this? How could we, the community, change it? What do we hope the future holds for this issue?”

Community Feedback- Austin Griffith, Barry Villatoro, and Chris Lock answer your feedback.

If you like the show then send an email to RoSC@Levelsave.com. Giving us a review and rating on iTunes also helps.

Without Taking the Jewel by Cronamut – http://www.newgrounds.com/audio/view.php?id=638435&sub=32194

Metal Gear Solid Remake by Reel2 – http://www.newgrounds.com/audio/listen/248836

What is Love|Electro Positive| by Kirja100- http://www.newgrounds.com/audio/listen/468689

The Duel - Interview with E.C. Dryere of Ring Runner: Flight of the Sages

levelsavepodcasts — Wed, 20 Mar 2013 07:27:50 +0000

Good day there everyone! Here is my interview with E.C. Dryere from Triple B Titles and we discuss his game Ring Runner: Flight of the Sages. We talk about how it came to be, as well as his time on IGN’s The Next Game Boss online series. I’d like to thank Mr. Dryere again for his time and coming on the podcast. Enjoy!

Reflections on a Save Crystal Episode 13

levelsavepodcasts — Wed, 13 Mar 2013 04:45:32 +0000

How about them video games folks? We sure do love them down here at LevelSave. We love them so much that we talked about them in all sorts of ways. Those ways include-

-Now Playing- Barry Taryn, and myself discuss what we are playing right now.

-News- Taryn, James, and myself gather to discuss the PS4 and what impact it could have on the game space. Also some Mass Effect 3 news.

-Reflection- Austin, Kenny, and myself gather round the Save Crystal to dig into DRM with this question(s)- “Always on DRM in consoles. Rumors indicate that it could be present in the next Xbox. Is this possible? What about the PS4? What kind of DRM would we be OK with? Since piracy on the current consoles is not “much” of a problem what do we think the purpose of DRM is? Could this possibly promote piracy as opposed to stamp out used games? Is there anything we as gamers could do to combat this?”

-EA and Greedium- James Pope and myself have a one on one to really hash out why we disagree on microtransactions in videogames.

If you like the show, please support us by giving us a review on iTunes and sending an email to RoSC@LevelSave.com, we would love to hear from you.

At the end of the show I used the term ‘non-licensed” to describe the music in the show. What I meant by this is that all “licensed” music, that is, 90% of the music used underneath the tracks when talking about a particular game, is owned by the copyright owner and s used under the fair use law, wit the majority of that enforced by the fact that we make no money off this podcast. The other 10% of the music is released under a Creative Commons/ Attribution license and is cited below.

Without Taking the Jewel by Cronamut - http://www.newgrounds.com/audio/view.php?id=638435&sub=32194

Metal Gear Solid Remake by Reel2 - http://www.newgrounds.com/audio/listen/248836

Ending song is Sactuary by Envy - http://www.newgrounds.com/audio/listen/521252

The Duel - Interview with Jon Shafer of Conifer Games

levelsavepodcasts — Sat, 02 Mar 2013 18:40:44 +0000

Kenny Rioux’s first episode of his interview podcast starts with an interview of Jon Shafer from Conifer Games. They talk about Jon starting up Conifer Games, his work on Civilization 5, Jon’s new project At The Gates and more.

Reflections on a Save Crystal Episode 12- RoSC 2.0

levelsavepodcasts — Wed, 06 Feb 2013 03:04:03 +0000

Hey guys and gals, Scott Bakula here and ever since a time traveling acci- no, wait. This is Chris, and the Podcast is RoSC, 2.0. We have been gone for quite some time but I think it has been worth it. The podcast format has been drastically changed and enhanced. Instead of recording one giant podcast we travel the final frontier in the first ever warp capable sta- no wait, that’s Scott Bakula again. To be honest I don’t even know what the difference between myself and Scott Bakula really is.

The segments in this podcast include-

Now Playing at 2:30

News at 46:30

Reflection at 1:37:45

Fresh Spoils (The Walking Dead) at 2:51:45

The reflection for this episode was: I’m stuck in the body of a 19th century noblewoman. Al you gotta help m- Damnit!

Violence in games is a huge topic in the media now, or at least in games media. Is there some validity to the claim? Is there something the gaming community could do to shine in this moment where politicians want to tarnish our medium? Should the government become involved? Is the ESRB enough? What changes do we need to make to ensure minors are not exposed to inappropriate material? What even is “Mature?”

Transition song was Megaman Dubstep Remake by Lelion

Ending song was Horizon by Geoplex

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Save Game+ Episode 30 - Chris is Crazy

levelsavepodcasts — Fri, 25 Jan 2013 22:25:10 +0000

Hey everyone we’re back now, sorry for being gone for so long. In this episode Chris and Taryn both have TV show pitches for each other. We also talk about how crazy Chris is.

Special: GotY Podcast

levelsavepodcasts — Thu, 24 Jan 2013 04:51:06 +0000

So we finally did it. After scheduling conflicts, a botched Mayan apocalypse, and what can only be described as the worst water polo accident of 2012, we finally have our Game of the Year list. We at LevelSave have done our best to bring you our list with as much transparency and balance among the team as we could. Several team members (see: almost all) live in separate parts of the country(s) and so coming together to argue about videogames is not as simple as one might think.

So what we did was have every member send in their personal top 5, ordered from best to least best. Then through complicated mathematical jargon a list of the highest ranked and/or most mentioned were put into a list. The list of contenders are as follows-

Halo 4 The Walking Dead Mass Effect 3 XCOM Journey Borderlands 2 NBA 2K 13 Dust: AET FEZ

After the list was made a podcast was queued up in order to hash out the winners. In the end the podcast consisted of Barry, Taryn, Austin, and Myself. We trimmed down the list, ranked them in order, and nearly jumped through the internet to strangle one another. You can listen to the entire debate below, which I would suggest since I put quite some time into editing.

Save Game+ Episode 29 - The Green Ranger Returns

levelsavepodcasts — Fri, 14 Dec 2012 19:11:11 +0000

Time travel and food talk are back and joining them this week were Zombies, giving yourself animal parts and how the Green Ranger has returned as an MMA fighter.

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Beginning song - Chaoz Fantasy (8-bit) by ParagonX9

Ending song - The Bloody Beetroots - Chronicles Of A Fallen Love (Kyro & Bomber Bootleg)

Save Game+ Episode 28 - Thanksgiving Chimpanzee Beatdown

levelsavepodcasts — Mon, 19 Nov 2012 22:38:42 +0000

Not gonna lie, we talked about video games a little bit in this episode. Other than that we also talked about Thanksgiving food, pies, chimpanzees and Nickolodeon game shows.

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Save Game+ Episode 27 - Pizza box surprise

levelsavepodcasts — Fri, 09 Nov 2012 22:27:22 +0000

What’s up everyone. Chris talk about pooping this podcast, so there’s that. We also talk about, dinosaurs, zombies, food, you know, the usual stuff.

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Save Game+ Episode 26 - The week late Spookycast

levelsavepodcasts — Mon, 05 Nov 2012 21:36:27 +0000

What’s up everyone, here’s episode 26 Spookycast for you. I know it’s November and past Halloween, but Chris still wanted to have a Halloween themed podcast so here it is. We talk about scary movies, scary games, pulling pranks and what’s the worst item we got as a kid trick or treating. Hope you enjoy!

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Beginning song - Chaoz Fantasy (8-bit) by ParagonX9

Ending song- The Knocks Vs. Porter Robinson - The Language Of Feeling

Save Game+ Episode 25 - Food and Zombies, featuring Bobby Loertscher

levelsavepodcasts — Fri, 26 Oct 2012 10:36:28 +0000

What’s up everyone! We got more nothings this week for you. Bobby Loertscher, Community Manager of Zen Studios joined Barry and Taryn this week to talk about ring pops, zombies, mutant abilities, food and alien invasions! You know, everything that should have been spoke of at the Presidential Debates. Where’s Chris? Oh, he died.

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Save Game+ Episode 24 - All Hail Robot Dinosaur Car

levelsavepodcasts — Sat, 20 Oct 2012 02:00:09 +0000

What’s up everyone! We’ve got another random show for you. Discussion topics for this episode: Zombies (they’re back!), James Bond, Girl Scout cookies, and Transforming Robot Dinosaur Car. Enjoy!

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Beginning song - Chaoz Fantasy (8-bit) by ParagonX9

Ending song - The Catalina Rhyme Mixers - White Out (Fabolous x Tinie Tempah x Dem Franchize Boys)

Save Game+ Episode 23 - Listener Controlled

levelsavepodcasts — Wed, 17 Oct 2012 09:00:27 +0000

What’s up everyone, sorry this episode took a bit to get up. My excuses are life and general laziness, oh and XCOM. This week one of our listeners joined us, Keller Gilmore. We talked about our favorite hangover cures, first cell phones, we did some MBK’s and talked about whatever you wanted to hear.

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Save Game+ Episode 22 - It’s Tricky to Rock a Rhyme

levelsavepodcasts — Fri, 28 Sep 2012 22:08:05 +0000

Whats up with your beautiful faces today? Here’s episode 22, I call it 21 on the podcast because I’m not very bright. We answer questions like “What place, real or fictional, would be the best to play hide and seek?” and “Would you rather have a tricked out tree house or tricked out pillow fort?” Chris also teaches us to rock a rhyme, then Taryn and myself make dubstep with our mouths.

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Save Game+ Episode 21 - Discovery Zone Was the Best

levelsavepodcasts — Mon, 24 Sep 2012 21:38:24 +0000

What’s up everyone. Here’s the latest episode of the listener controlled podcast, Save game+. We’re answer more of your questions and one of them takes us down memory lane as we reminisce about Discovery Zone.

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Beginning song - Chaoz Fantasy (8-bit) by ParagonX9

Ending song - “Close” (Beat Connection Remix) by Sun Airway

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Save Game+ Episode 20 - “What City Would You Like to Visit? France!”

levelsavepodcasts — Fri, 14 Sep 2012 21:11:36 +0000

What’s up everyone. Chris and I said this would be a short as we’re going to be doing a full length SG+ on Sunday, that didn’t happen, this one is the usual length. Taryn has gone missing, if anyone has seen her, please contact Chris. Anyways, this episode we share some stories, answer questions and just have a good ol’ time. We are joined by Levelsave’s Lead News Editor, James, towards the end of the podcast, enjoy!

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Save Game+ Paxisode - Austin’s Trash Monster

levelsavepodcasts — Wed, 05 Sep 2012 18:58:02 +0000

What’s up everyone! We’re finally back home from PAX Prime 2012, kinda sad, but at least we get to sleep. We did a podcast from there! Thank Chris, although he did start crying about having to do one, anyways. We had a blast and in the spirit of Save Game+, no video game talk. Well, there’s a little, thank Chris for that also. No questions this week, but next episode we’ll ask for some! The wub wub at the end is a song Daemon Hatfield worked into his set on Saturday, hope you enjoy.

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Save Game+ Episode 19 - The Final Battle

levelsavepodcasts — Wed, 22 Aug 2012 19:05:36 +0000

We finally end the argument of who would win between Voltron and Megazord. No winner is picked because Chris doesn’t know what he is talking about. Chris tells us of the x-rated ending to Spiderman: The Animated Series, Vampiric gang members, we answer listener questions and more.

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Save Game+ Episode 18 - Who wins, Voltron or Megazord?

levelsavepodcasts — Thu, 16 Aug 2012 18:38:05 +0000

What’s up everyone, sorry for this episode for being a bit late. Life and stuff, but it’s here! Karley Campbell finally joins a LevelSave podcast and it’s with us, how about that? We talk about eating spicy food, that Girlfriend Mode stuff, introduce a new segment and also discuss who would win in a fight, Voltron or MegaZord?

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