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May06

Digital Gonzo 73: Gonzo Planet Audio Magazine [Vol. 2]

Posted By Alex Shaw on May 6, 2012

This is the second volume of the Gonzo Planet Audio Magazine compiling the continually growing library of audio articles. It also starts off with a very important announcement about the Gonzo Planetary Expo 2012. The time-codes after each article here are for where they stop so if you want to skip to the end of a piece you’ll know where to land. 1. [James Batchelor: GameBurst] The Nintendo Difference #2 – The 3DS 05.00...

Dec01

Digital Gonzo 50: Gonzo Planet Audio Magazine [Vol. 1]

Posted By Alex Shaw on Dec 1, 2011

To celebrate the 50th instalment of Digital Gonzo here is a new format of show. It compiles the first six weeks worth of audio articles on Gonzo Planet from various members of The Freelancers Guild. This way everyone who missed them the first time around can catch up on some fantastic material and we also get to showcase the site to a broader community in one easy-to-digest omnibus edition. Joining me in presenting and discussing...

Oct09

Digital Gonzo 40: Forty Pounds [Audio Article]

Posted By Alex Shaw on Oct 9, 2011

Due to the amount of complaints on the internet about the meagre twenty hours of gaming in Portal 2 and various other new games, this is a look at just what else that £40 could buy you. http://traffic.libsyn.com/gonzogaming/Gonzo_Gaming_16_-_Forty_Pounds.mp3 Podcast: Play in new window |...

Oct09

Digital Gonzo 37: Sneering [Audio Article]

Posted By Alex Shaw on Oct 9, 2011

A look at something that divides us. http://traffic.libsyn.com/gonzogaming/Gonzo_Gaming_15_-_Sneering.mp3 Podcast: Play in new window |...

Oct09

Digital Gonzo 24: The Truth About Santa [Audio Article]

Posted By Alex Shaw on Oct 9, 2011

This is an article I got emailed eleven years ago that always gives me a chuckle. It’s the aeronautical engineers report on the incredible feats of physics required, should Santa turn out to be real. Full credit goes to the original author, I just gave it the Gonzo spin and some neat music and sound FX. http://traffic.libsyn.com/gonzogaming/Gonzo_Gaming_14_-_Truth_About_Santa.mp3 Podcast: Play in new window |...

Oct09

Digital Gonzo 21: The Truth About Noah’s Ark [Audio Article]

Posted By Alex Shaw on Oct 9, 2011

A closer look at the story of Noah’s ark inspired by the early stand-up routines of Ricky Gervais. Particularly religious listeners may want to skip this one. http://traffic.libsyn.com/gonzogaming/Gonzo_Gaming_13_-_Noahs_Ark.mp3 Podcast: Play in new window |...

Oct07

Digital Gonzo 11: Surviving Zombieland [Audio Article]

Posted By Alex Shaw on Oct 7, 2011

A look at how the rules laid down by the 2009 movie; Zombieland apply neatly to the game Dead Rising 2 and serve as excellent research for survival in any possible approaching Zom-Pocalypse. http://traffic.libsyn.com/gonzogaming/Gonzo_Gaming_11_-_Surviving_Zombieland.mp3 Podcast: Play in new window |...

Oct07

Digital Gonzo 10: A Warrior’s Dilemma

Posted By Alex Shaw on Oct 7, 2011

This article was recorded on the 24th of August 2010. Defense minister for Britain Liam Fox called for a ban on the forthcoming Medal of Honour game because players get to play as the Taliban in the multiplayer mode. This prompted quite a response. http://traffic.libsyn.com/gonzogaming/Gonzo_Gaming_10_-_A_Warriors_Dilemma.mp3 Podcast: Play in new window |...

Oct07

Digital Gonzo 09: Omni-Consumer Products [Audio Interview]

Posted By Alex Shaw on Oct 7, 2011

This is an interview I conducted at PAX 2009. The file was missing, presumed dead for the longest time but I have recovered it and can now bring you the twenty minutes I spent with Pete Hottelet; founder of Omni Consumer Products. OCP are a company that specialises in bringing fictional consumables into real life. Go check out their website here. Products include Brawndo; the energy drink from Idiocracy. Sex-Panther the cologne from...

Oct07

Digital Gonzo 08: My Old Friend Nintendo [Audio Article]

Posted By Alex Shaw on Oct 7, 2011

Click on the player down the bottom to hear the author reading an audio version of this article. Let us know what you think of this style. This is a transcript of a piece I wrote in mid 2009 exploring how I and many other people felt around Nintendo’s E3 press conference in 2008 (You know, the one with Wii Music.). Considering their turnabout two years later at the most recent show I felt it deserved a different ending.I sit gazing...