First Gaming Casts of 2011

Due to computer problems (ongoing) I have less and less time per day to work on podcasts, so it has been rather slow going of late for new casts. I am, however, working to get back on track with new casts. Here's the schedule so far for the new casts of 2011 in January.

DS Lite Life Max Week 3
A look at the 10 series I am looking to review in 2011. Professor Layton, Legend of Zelda (as we count down to the newest and first original Wii only release Zelda game coming in 2011), Fast Food Panic, my LEGO wishlist for 2011 (even if I am disappointed of late with LEGO on DS), Poke'mon and more made my list and I'll tell  you why and my efforts to review them all in 2011.

Retro Game Boy Life Max Week 2
Short games with simple concepts like Alleyway & Game and Watch 3, tie in games like Star Trek TNG and the first ever YuGiOh game as well as ports like Shadowgate Classic are reviewed in this mini muncher. And we'll see about going out and picking up the first GBA retro review of 2011 as well.

Retro Gaming Week 1
A new title covering what retro consoles I am presently reviewing off of. Abit limited at present but I crack into my N64 and SEGA Genesis for reviews this cast out and look at some other consoles I'm looking into trading for in 2011.

PSP Life Mini Max Week 5
Downloads from last year are reviewed as I look at the PS1 and Suikoden and the original Final Fantasy Tactics, demos like the newest Monster Hunters cloner from SquareEnix (with sword and sorcery instead of dinosaurs and dragons) and Phantasy Star Portable 2, as well as (yes) a review of Monster Hunters Freedom Unite (the last Monster Hunters on the PSP to date) and more.

Wii Life Max Week 2
I look at my favorite games of the past as I prepare to forge ahead and hopefully begin reviewing anew (even if I have to get a used Wii in order to begin reviewing again).

That's all coming soon, stay tuned!

PSP Life Mini Max Week 4 Now Available

Abit late but we're wrapping up Harry Potter Weeks with our first look at Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1 on the consoles and handhelds... except no PSP version for some reason! Oh well.

We also take our first look at Michael Jackson The Experience The Video Game, Valkryia Chronicles II and Split/Second!

Next cast it's LEGO week with reviews of LEGO Star Wars II The Original Trilogy, LEGO Batman, LEGO Indiana Jones The Original Adventures as well as LEGO Indiana Jones 2 The Adventure Continues, and finally we wrap with LEGO Harry Potter Years 1 to 4!

Casts for the Rest of November

We have one more cast to wrap up the launch of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1 (PSP Life) but what else is coming out?

Thanksgiving Weekend - Still planning this but I am planning at least a new Facebook Gamer to cover the newest stuff I'm reviewing like CSI : Crime City and Warstorm. Oh, and a food themed DS Lite Life pitting the cooking game franchises against each other on the day known for eating and giving thanks. And finally it's Silent Hill Special covering the series from the original PS1 version (now on PlayStation Network for PSP ad PS3) to the fail that was Silent Hill : Shattered Memories and what's next (off to Europe and it's new Czech game maker).

December should be a month for PSP owners (review of God of War Ghost of Sparta), and nostalgic look back  at the best games I reviewed (and what's worth snapping off the bargain bin, means a new go around all about with Game On Max, DS Lite Life, PSP Life and Retro Game Boy Life to wrap up the year as well as a retro horror game cast Christmas weekend.

PSP Life MIni Max Week 3 now up, Week 4 coming... tomorrow.

Since Harry Potter weeks was going on for so long I split the cast into two. Today it's PSP Life Mini Max Week 3, covering reviews of Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix as well as Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince (and a bonus review).

Next cast, Week 4, covers LEGO Harry Potter Years 1 to 4, as well as pre reviews of Michael Jackson the Experience Video Game as well as Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1 on consoles and DS but apparently not on PSP.

Game On Max Returns!

Game On Max returns, now covering PC, Microsoft XBox and XBox360, SEGA Genesis and Sony Playstation 1 and 2! This week we review the following!

Harry Potter Weeks begins as we cover Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone aka Philosopher's Stone for the Game Boy Advance and the PS1, and Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets for the PS1.

Game Gear/Genesis - Review of Defenders of Oasis for the Game Gear

XBox - Review of Syberia for the XBox.

Next week we're reviewing Harry Potter Quidditch World Cup (PS2), Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (PS2) and Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (Game Boy Advance)! Stay tuned!

A new batch of podcasts now available!

We got several new casts up and several new series like Wii Life Max, Retro Game Boy Max and DS Lite Life Max (which for two weeks was running as DSI Life Mini Max). We also have our Ghostbusters 2009 Special as part of our Halloween 2010 coverage! Check it all out!

Next Up is Retro Game Boy Life Max!

Covering the classic old school Game Boy, Game Boy Color and Game Boy Advance, Retro Game Boy Life covers it all. This week we're preparing you for our new reviews in PSP Life by covering Final Fantasy I-II Dawn of Souls, Final Fantasy Advance Tactics and Dragon Warrior III as well as the ideal travelling set up for gaming Game Boy on the road.

Next cast? We're presently planning the next cast, stay tuned for details as they become available.

Working on Facebook Gamer Max Week 5

Tinkering on it for next week, though if I get it done today maybe I'll get it out today. Who can say. Update coming shortly.

Next Week (Saturday)

We now have a set day for gaming. Every Saturday a new gaming cast, rotating right now between Facebook Gamer Max, PSP Life Mini Max, PC Gaming Max and a possible custom cast for the Wii alone (maybe).

Next week is Facebook Gamer Max Week 5, a new week of random reviews. Stay tuned.

All new Podcast series, PSP Life Mini Max, launches

All new cast this week covering game reviews off the PlayStation Store! Check it out!

This week we're reviewing a bunch of Minis. 5-in-1 Arcade Hits, Dyno Gems, Echoes, Stand O Food and two God of War cloners (Hero of Sparta and Tehra : Dark Warrior).

Next cast we'll review Suikoden, Final Fantasy Tactics and more! Stay tuned!

Facebook Gamer Max Week 4 Podcast released

Facebook Gamer is on hiatus for a few weeks, but we wrap up in August with a batch of reviews including Bar Society, Nightclub City, Pot Farm, Car Town, Tellywood and more.

Three weeks we'll have a cast apiece of Game On Max, PC Gaming Max and Pocket Gamer Max and then return in September with a new Facebook Gamer covering strategy and RPG gaming on Facebook.

Facebook Gamer delayed one week

Didn't get Facebook Gamer Max Week 4 done in time so it'll be released next week.
As for this week? I'll see if I can get a game cast out by tomorrow to fill the void until next week. Stay tuned.

Facebook Gamer Week 3 Released

Facebook Gamer Week 3 now available. This week we're covering food related games reviewing Baking Life, Cafe Life, Cafe World, My Vineyard, Restaurant City and Restaurant Life.

Next week it's random week of reviews then two weeks we'll swap out Facebook Gamer for a few weeks, and while it's on hiatus we'll run with PC Gaming Max and Game On Max while it's on vacation.

New Facebook Gamer on Sunday

Facebook Gamer Week 3 this Sunday, featuring reviews of food related gaming on Facebook. Reviews of Baking Life, Cafe Life, Cafe World, Chocolatier : Sweet Success, My Vineyard, Restaurant City, Restaurant Life (pre review) and Sweet World (Hostess) all this week.

In two weeks Facebook Gamer will take a break and we'll go with PC Gaming for one week while we recharge our Facebook reviews.

Facebook Gamer now weekly! (Check out podbean.com!)

Now we're finally going to get our cast out on iTunes (two casts actually) starting this week as we begin posting up casts over at podbean.com! Pity it's a paysite but it does give a little room for free casts so we'll still be using megaupload for all our cast uploads for the future, but check out our new home page over at...

http://darkeraven.podbean.com/feed

I'll also put that up on the link section for easier access!
So new cast out once a week now starting this week! Stay tuned!

Facebook Gamer Week 2 Released

This week we're featuring a whole piece on the new beehive offered up in Farmville, and how you can get your manditory Queen Bee once you finished building your hive!

Review wise we're covering Sorority Life, Fashion World, Mall World, Resort World and Farmville's cousin Frontierville.

Link is up now so download today and check it out!

Game On Max Week 2 delayed one week

Sorry to say while I am presently working on it, it is going to be delayed one week and released this coming week. Sorry.

Also after this cast it'll be set to rotate with Henshin Up Max while DVD Parade Max gets it's spot and runs more frequently (so we have two non video game casts running on a regular basis). More updates on upcoming casts as I get them out to you.

Facebook Gamer Week 1 Now Available

The first of the three casts coming out today, Facebook Gamer Week 1, is now up and available. Covering games you can play on Facebook this week's cast we review Mafia Wars, School of Wizardry, Treetopia, Ants Age, Vinyl City, Treasure Isles, a second look at Petville and finally 2010 FIFA Superstars (the only game from a major game company, in this case EASports).

Next up is DVD Parade Max Week 1 so stay tuned!

Sorry for the delay (everytime is coming today)

It's Sunday so we're releasing everything today (sorry for the delay).
That means today we're releasing first off Facebook Gamer Week 1 (premiere cast) and later today it's Game On Max Week 2 (Legend of Zelda Cast 1).

News on next week's casts coming once we get this week's stuff out.
(Two new cast coming next week). Stay tuned.

This Week's Casts (7/9 to 11)

This week's casts are coming. Here's the schedule though exact release is still up in the air abit.

Saturday - Facebook Gamer Max Week 1
As it turns out we did a new game cast, this one covers Facebook Games and rotates with Gaming Max. More info Saturday on release, stay tuned.

Sunday - Game On Max Week 2
Legend of Zelda week part 1! Yay!

What's my progress on both? Facebook Gamer is ready to go, and Game On Max is... not so ready. But give me Saturday and I'll have it ready on time. Stay tuned for updates.

This Coming Week (July 9th to 11th)

There's only going to be one gaming cast this coming week with the two new casts coming out relating to DVDs and ecomics and stuff, but it should be a nice one all in all with us reviewing a few new Facebook games (Fashion World, Verdonia) and Apollo Justice for the DS (the warm up for our Phoenix Wright comparision between the DS and Wii).

Stay tuned for updates as I begin working on the casts.

Gaming Max Week 7 Now Available

There. The whole week is now complete! Now I have to get to work on next week... sigh... get all caught up hopefully this week and get a few weeks casts ready early. Anyway it's Mario week in Gaming Max and we're reviewing Mario Party, Mario Kart for the Wii and, yes, Super Mario Galaxy.

Next time with Gaming Max it'll be the warm up to our comparison of Phoenix Wright on the DS (stylus) versus on the Wii (Wiimote), but that's next time. Anyway putting up the link now so enjoy!

Game On Max Week 1 Premieres

Sure it's abit backwards but we're still getting Gaming Max Week 7 out.
Anyway this week we're reviewing Harvest Moon : Tree of Tranquility (continued from last week's Gaming Max Week 6), two games from Facebook (Farmville and Family Feud), the newest Buzz for the PSP and finally Advance Wars for the Game Boy Advance (the first ever Advance Wars).

Now to get Gaming Max Week 7 out and then give you the 4-1-1 on next week's cast (1 of 3 casts goes here... so what of the other two? Guess that means one more blog for two new premieres).

Tomorrow is Saturday, so that means Gaming Max Week 7!

Gaming Max Week 7 hits this Saturday! This week we're doing the second week of Mario with reviews of Mario Party 4 (GameCube), Mario Party 8 (Wii), Mario Kart (Wii) and finally my review of Super Mario Galazy (Wii) and my pre-review of Super Mario Galaxy 2 (Wii)!

After that it's the premiere of Game On Max Week One but we'll talk about that tomorrow. Download update coming soon, stay tuned!

TODAY'S UPDATE : Work begins on Gaming Max Week 7

It's the last of the upcoming casts to be done, and I'm plowing right into it working all out. Hope to have it done by tomorrow if I work hard at it, taking time of course to look for work and get my writing off the ground again and so forth. We'll see. Update on Gaming Max Week 7's progress tomorrow, stay tuned!

A Career in Game Testing?

That's what I'm presently setting my resumes out to, looking for a career in game testing. I won't abandon the podcasting of course, we'll still have three casts a day... maybe less if I get busy beta testing games... but we'll still have casts! That I assure you!

I just need some work to do that brings in money that's all, so doing a job where I help beta test new upcoming games might be that job. We'll see. In the meantime I'm going to keep on working on Podcasts. Speaking of which...

Next Week in Gaming...

Next week's casts for gaming are as follows...

Saturday : Gaming Max Week 7
One more go since I want to run a special once every three week cast once a week, so this week it's Gaming Max. It's Part 2 of the Mario cast featuring reviews of Mario Party, Mario Kart and Super Mario Galaxy 1 & 2 (the all new Galaxy!)

Sunday : Game On Max Week 1
This week in the launch week of Game On Max we're reviewing Harvest Moon : Tree of Tranquility, Farmville & Family Feud for Facebook, the newest Buzz! for the PSP and Advance Wars for the Game Boy Advance.

Stay tuned!

Pocket Gamer Week 1 Premiere Now Up!

Our third mini Max cast for gaming is now out, Pocket Gamer Week 1. Coming out every three weeks Pocket Gamer will cover handheld gaming on both Nintendo and Sony's handhelds (and perhaps others past if we ever get ahold of more handhelds).

This week it's a Mario kind of week (part 1 of 2 casts, with the follow up coming next week in Gaming Max Week 7) and this week we're reviewing Super Mario Land 1 & 2 (Six Golden Coins) for the Game Boy, Mario Golf for the Game Boy Color, Mario Golf Advance Tour for the Game Boy Advance and Mario Kart DS and Super Princess Peach for the Nintendo DS.

New cast every three weeks, stay tuned for info on Pocket Gamer Week 3 coming in a few weeks (more on that coming soon too).

Gaming Max Week 6 Now Available for Download!

The second all new Gaming Max is out and available right now! Gaming Max Week 6 this week features reviews of Petville, Baking Life, and my first Harvest Moon review featuring Boy or Girl (PSP) and the original first Harvest Moon from the SuperNES (available on the Wii from the WiiStore).

Next week we continue with Game On Max with my review of Harvest Moon Tree of Tranquility for the Wii. But that's next week, stay tuned!

And finally here's what we're gunning for on Sunday, Pocket Gamer Max Week Zero, rotating every three weeks with Game On Max. This week... we'll we'll announce in a few hours what we're running with review wise! Stay tuned!

Tomorrow is Gaming Max Week 6

Sure it's week six. Since it alternates between Jukebox Henshin Max week wise it's Week 6... technically it should be week 2 but whatever... ok, tomorrow we're putting it out so stay tuned! I already covered it so let's instead turn to Sunday and a possible new cast.

I'm still working on that but since time is of the essence I'm going to make up my mind by tonight and start casting it right away for Sunday release. When that'll come out information wise should be in a few hours. Stay tuned. Just have to cast up one more ending to a cast and then work begins and an update goes up. Stay tuned.

Today's Update : Gaming Max Week 6 coming tomorrow!

Well as I write this in fact it's still Thursday (late) but since it's Friday somewhere we might as well look forward to the weekend, and the coming of Gaming Max Week 6 this Saturday (tomorrow if it's Friday where you are)!

This week we're reviewing Petville (Facebook), first look at Baking Life (Facebook), and reviews of Harvest Moon Boy or Girl (PSP) and Harvest Moon SNES (WiiWare).

As for Sunday? We are still planning a possible review cast for Sunday but let's see if we can get it done in time! Stay tuned!

Final Fantasy Review Schedule for Game On Max

Here's the schedule so far, no cast selected yet but here's what we're reviewing...

Cast 1
Final Fantasy I-II : Dawn of Souls for GBA
Final Fantasy III for DS
Final Fantasy IV for GBA
Final Fantasy IV : After Years for Wii

Cast 2
Final Fantasy VII : Crisis Core for PSP
Final Fantasy VII for PSOne/PSP/PS3
Final Fantasy VII Movie PSP/DVD
Final Fantasy VII : Dirge of Cebereus for PS2

Cast 3
Final Fantasy X-2 for PS2
Final Fantasy XII for PS2
Final Fantasy XIII for XBox360(?)

(?) - I hear it'll be for XBox360. Have to see if I can get one for XBox360.

Today's Update : To PSP or Wii?

Well we review both but I was more considering which to pursue with a dollar slash point card next time, the PSP or Wii? Maybe I'll make it a thing to vote on next week. How does that work out?

If it's the PSP then I'll pursue mini games and PSOne classics for review, get the most I can out of the card (and it'll get used to prepare for my second Final Fantasy week review in preperation for reviewing Final Fantasy XIII.

If it's the Wii then I usually split the card and use my half for review. This time out I'll use it for my first Final Fantasy week review in preperation for reviewing Final Fantasy XIII.

So really either way it'll go into preparing to review Final Fantasy XIII.
I need to pull some Final Fantasy images for putting up. That's something I'll do today for certain. Stay tuned.

Explanation of Poll

What the poll means in regards to Final Fantasy vs. Legend of Zelda.

Final Fantasy Cast 1 - The first cast on a path to reviewing Final Fantasy XIII.
Cast 1 - Final Fantasy I-II (GBA), Final Fantasy III (DS), Final Fantasy IV (GBA) and Final Fantasy IV : After Years (WiiWare)

Legend of Zelda Cast 2 - The second cast continuing to the first Wii exclusive Legend of Zelda game.
Cast 2 - LofZ Ocarina of Time (WiiWare), LofZ Majora's Mask (WiiWare), LofZ Link to the Past/Four Swords (GBA) and LofZ Windwaker (GameCube) (adjusted from posting on vote)

Game On Max Week 1 Launch Info

Launching on Independence Day 2010 (July 4th 2010) we have our newest podcast, Game On Max Week 1.

This first cast out we're reviewing the following...
Harvest Moon Tree of Tranquility for the Nintendo Wii
Family Feud on Facebook
Pre-Review of Buzz! World Quiz on PSP
Farmville on Facebook
Advance Wars on Game Boy Advance

That's in less than two weeks, stay tuned! Then it's once a week on Sundays with an alternating cast every three weeks starting July 18th (stay tuned for more information coming soon).

Posting up shortly links

I'll put up the links shortly to Gaming Max Week 3, so stay tuned!

Gaming Max Week 3 we opened with a commentary on Happy Pets and caged pets, reviewed Kingdom of VAE... I mean Camelot... did some demo reviews on the PSP... quite abit for 30 minutes! Check it!

This Friday is Gaming Max Week 6 featuring reviews of Petville (Facebook), Baking Life (Facebook), Harvest Moon : Boy or Girl (PSP) and Harvest Moon SNES (WiiWare).

One week after that we launch Game On Max Week 1, but that's next post up... stay tuned.

Welcome to Game On MaxBlog!

Welcome to the blog covering our gaming podcasts Game On Max and Gaming Max (every third week rotating with Jukebox Henshin Max). Game reviews every week starting Independence Day 2010 (Game On Max launching soon). Until then we'll warm you up with our present cast (Gaming Max) and get you ready for Game On Max coming soon!

Consoles Covered
Microsoft XBox and XBox360, Nintendo SNES and N64 and GameeCube and Wii, finally Sony PSOne & PS2.

PC Covered

Handhelds Covered
Nintendo Game Boy to Game Boy Advance and DS, SEGA Genesis & Sony PSP.

Future Coverage
Nintendo DSi