Archive for May, 2008

Hi folks, Cooper Hawkes here with an exciting announcement.
Platform Nation is part of a contest with Sierra to give away various pieces of Assault Heroes swag. And we’re part of Platform Nation.
So that means you have a chance to win some super sweet Assault Heroes 2 swag.
We have hats.
Details after the jump …

A Case of Weird Economics

In: Uncategorized by Edie Sellers

15 May 2008

This is a piece about Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots.
I’ll be the first to admit that I’m not a megafan of the series. Sure, I’ve played some MGS before, and I liked it well enough. But I’m not about to go get a MGS4 tattoo or anything. At least not while sober.
That [...]

Our very own Mr. Maynard’s entry into the GameHounds GTA XBox 360 Elite Contest not only was the overwhelming victor for our own site, but it’s cleared the next hurdle: It’s the official winner of the Platform Nation semi-finals.
“Dick’s Sandwiches” has advanced to the finals against all All Games Radio shows. Just by reaching this [...]

GameHounds Humpdate Debuts

In: Podcasts by Edie Sellers

14 May 2008

The feedback from our forums is in.
Almost without exception, you said you’d like to hear a mid-week GameHounds update, and we’re not ones to argue with popular opinion.
We’re still figuring out the bugs and the format, but in our debut episode of the Humpdate (that’s what we’re calling it for lack of a better title), [...]

 
 GameHounds Humpdate 05-13-08: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

Sony Online Entertainment announced today that it has partnered with LiveGamer.com to allow trade of real money for virtual items in The Agency and Free Realms.
According to a press release, LiveGamer’s service, dubbed Live Gamer Exchange, will “provide the
SOE gaming community within these new games with a trusted way to conduct real-money transactions.”
SOE already allows [...]

GameHounds T-Shirts are In!

In: Uncategorized by Edie Sellers

14 May 2008

You love the website, you love the podcast.
Now you can love the t-shirt!
GameHounds proudly presents our first limited-edition t-shirt, with concept design by one of our listeners, GamerAdvent!
They come in one color (smoke) with one design (metallic silver lettering). But they do come in two sizes — large and extra large.
If you’re worried about size, [...]

Video Mayhem

In: Uncategorized by Edie Sellers

14 May 2008

We’ve been pretty busy here at GameHounds HQ, so we haven’t had a chance to do regular news posts as frequently as we’d like.
Rather than bore you with a bunch of news items, which we pretty much cover in the new GameHounds Humpdate podcast (you HAVE listened to it, right?!) we’ll just entertain your grey [...]

It’s only Saturday, but lo, here through the muck and mire cometh the newest episode of GameHounds, Episode 16: My Testes Bring All the Boys to the Yard.
Testes? Indeed! Since we recorded before the release of the Gears of War 2 trailer, we discuss these most precious gems and other precious nuggest of the week [...]

 
 GameHounds Episode 16: My Testes Bring All the Boys to the Yard: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

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