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Oct04

Digital Gonzo 150: Gonzo Adventures #1 – Tower of the Sorcerer

Posted By Alex Shaw on Oct 4, 2013

Welcome to the first of an ongoing monthly series of role-playing game podcasts. Inspired by the episode of Community ‘Advanced Dungeons & Dragons‘ each episode will be a single, sit-down gaming session conducted over Skype with myself as Dungeon Master and my guests as a team of adventurers. To kick us off we’re using the flexible, simple ruleset of Advanced Fighting Fantasy by Graham Bottley which itself stems...

Sep26

Digital Gonzo 149: Fan Response

Posted By Alex Shaw on Sep 26, 2013

This episode I invited on Bob Chipman, AKA MovieBob along with Daniel Floyd and Leelee Scalaferri of Extra Credits to talk about the age old scenario of fans flipping their lids when something they love is perceived as being meddled with. With the ascent of Twitter and Facebook, forums, comments sections and YouTube we have more opportunities than ever before to voice our discontent, and voice it we have in ways often so hostile and...

Sep19

Digital Gonzo 148: Mass Effect 3 [The Round Tables]

Posted By Alex Shaw on Sep 19, 2013

Now that much of the debate has been heard regarding the end of the game, this episode focuses on the rest of it. There are definitely still issues with combat and structure that affect the gameplay experience regardless of how you felt about its close, but there is also a deep and rich adventure to be had finding everyone and everything in the last hours before the galaxy takes on the Reapers. There were so many people who wanted to...

Sep16

Digital Gonzo 148: Mass Effect 3 [The Civil War]

Posted By Alex Shaw on Sep 16, 2013

This has been the most requested Gonzo show in history. For a project of this magnitude we needed a Dynamic Analysis, and one that stretched out to cover the real world aspects of the controversy surrounding Mass Effect 3. So what I have assembled for you guys is a document of opinion. I have accrued the strong viewpoints of many many people, some of them Gonzo regulars, some of them newcomers, some of them are representations of the...

Sep12

Digital Gonzo 147: Green Lantern

Posted By Alex Shaw on Sep 12, 2013

This is the first of several Justice League related podcasts that will be releasing on Gonzo in the long run up to the Justice League movie. Our intent is to explore the lesser known League members, so you can expect in the next year or so… * Wonder Woman * The Flash * Superman / Batman * Green Arrow * Young Justice * Justice League We chose Green lantern to kick this off because he’s the first proper DC hero to get a big...

Sep04

Digital Gonzo 146. Y: The Last Man

Posted By Alex Shaw on Sep 4, 2013

This episode we take a look at my favourite non-superhero -related graphic novel series of all time. This was released under DC’s Vertigo label and is suitably adult in theme. It ran for 60 issues from 2002 to 2008 and can be found in ten volumes in graphic novel form. The premise is simple, the execution is complex and the characters are fascinating and multi-layered. In the middle of the afternoon (US time) every male on the...

Aug29

Digital Gonzo Episode 145: The Sound of Gonzo – Vol. 9 [Orchestral Video Game Music]

Posted By Alex Shaw on Aug 29, 2013

This is the first Sound of Gonzo with two guests: TSOGG mainstay James Batchelor of GameBurst and returning for his first appearance (this was recorded before the Vice City show) is Matt Ramsey of DorkTunes. The theme today is orchestral video game music, whether that be originally recorded by an orchestra for the game itself or re-orchestrated by one of the many professional teams who bring this material back to our ears renewed with...

Aug21

Digital Gonzo 144: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles [Part 2]

Posted By Alex Shaw on Aug 21, 2013

On this episode we continue the Ninja Turtles discussion through the 2003 show, the 2007 CG movie and the 2012 Nickelodeon CG show. Two things become clear over the course of events. One is that despite being less popular now than at the height of early 90′s Turtle Power the output itself is getting better and better, the other is that on a long enough timeline without a full reboot every so often, the TMNT framework descends...

Aug14

Digital Gonzo 143: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles [Part 1]

Posted By Alex Shaw on Aug 14, 2013

This is the first of two podcasts for 2013 covering the first 29 years of Turtle history, from their monochrome single issue comic book published by Mirage Studios back in 1984 all the way up to the new Nickelodeon TV show in 2012. It’s hard to remember now for some of us who were there at the time but turtlemania was a thing and we shall remind you of it. For the younger listeners this will be a window into what things were...

Aug07

Digital Gonzo 142: The Sound of Gonzo – Vol. 8 [Vice City Radio]

Posted By Alex Shaw on Aug 7, 2013

The Sound of Gonzo – Vol. 8: Vice City Radio If you exclude music-rhythm titles like Rock Band and Guitar Hero, this is the greatest soundtrack of all time, for a narrative-driven video game. To celebrate our unseasonably long, hot summer this show commemorates Grand Theft Auto: Vice City with its 1986 setting and strong flavours of naive excess, obsessive style and oblivious glamour. Joining me for a lightning-powered cruise...