Twitter, MySpace, Facebook - love ‘em or hate ‘em, social networking is now an accepted part of our lives, but does that go double for the gamer? With things like Twitter embellishing the Internet-based convergence that’s occuring through things like forums, podcasts and news blogs, is the enthusiast gamer curling up into an inaccessible ball? In short, are the non-enthusiast gamer and the enthusiast gamer becoming increasingly segregated? Joe and Sinan are joined by returning guest journo extraordinaire Jared Newman and Chris O’Regan of SuperHappyFunTimeShow fame to talk this through, with conversation ranging from discussion of Uncharted 2’s Twitter updates to Charlie Brooker’s Gameswipe. All this, and two Brits talking about the weather, in this week’s Big Red Potion
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The Regulars
Big Red Potion: http://bigredpotion.com
TheGameReviews: http://thegamereviews.com
Unified Gamers Network: http://unifiedgamersnetwork.com
Sinan’s blog, You Have Lost!: http://shoinan.com
Joe’s blog, Pixelated-Glee: http://pixelatedglee.wordpress.com
Guest Links
Jared Newman: http://jarednewman.com
Jared on Twitter: http://twitter.com/ThePimpofSound
Chris O’Regan on Twitter: http://twitter.com/chrisoregan
SuperHappyFunTimeShow: http://www.shfts.com
SHFTS on Twitter: http://twitter.com/shfts
SHFTS on YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/SHFTTheatre3000
Show Links
Why We Love To Hate Activision - And Might Be Wrong: http://kotaku.com/5371156/why-we-love-to-hate-activision–and-might-be-wrong
Gameswipe: Partly Aimed At The Non-Gamer, Held Aloft By The Gamer: http://shoinan.com/2009/10/01/gameswipe-partly-aimed-at-the-non-gamer-held-aloft-by-the-gamer/
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