Comments on: The Geekbox: Episode 31

By: Dirk

Dirk — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 21:50:19 +0000

Ryan is wrong, there are only 15

1 Luke
2 Leia
3 Han
4 Chewie
5 C3P0
6 R2D2
7 Obi Wan
8 Darth Vader
9 Boba Fett
10 Yoda
11 Lando
12 Wedge
13 Dengar
14 Admiral Piett
15 The Emperor

Unless you count Bossk, which is far from definitive since he is barely visible and could have been some other Trandoshan in RotJ. 2-1b (the medical droid) also appears in RotJ, but there is no indication that this is the same droid that appears in ESB.

By: Peter Lount

Peter Lount — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 16:51:57 +0000

I wish people who do gaming blogs or podcasts would stopped referring to themselves as ‘journalists’. They are, for the most part, simply game enthusiasts or at best, video game critics.

Geoff Keighley, Morgan Webb & Adam Sessler aren’t journalists either: they are TV hosts.

If you want an example of a – REAL – video game journalist, go and check out “A life well wasted” by Robert Ashley.

But come on… putting a podcast where you talk about games or read press releases doesn’t make you into a journalist.

By: sdf

sdf — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 12:55:46 +0000

I’ve never claimed I was a writer.

Oh Shit – you’re an ass

By: Zack

Zack — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 01:45:09 +0000

I’m missing one (possibly two). Help!
1. Luke
2. Leia
3. Han
4. Chewie
5. Obi-wan
6. Yoda
7. Lando
8. Vader
9. Palpatine
10. Wedge
11. Boba Fett
12. R2D2
13. C-3PO
14. Piett
15. Medical Droid (?)
16. ???

By: OmniAvenger

OmniAvenger — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 19:57:24 +0000

Mark Hamill did the voice for Detective Mosely in the original Gabriel Knight.

@sdf “Games journalism has lots of problems. The GFW editorial was by no means the damn Beatles of games journalism. Also, just because you use the same coffee room as actual game developers – doesn’t make you a game developer”

So, what band would you equate them to? Totally agree with you on point two: using a sex toy previously used by a porn star does not make you an adult film star; it makes you contagious. Or just because you can comment on a blog doesn’t make you a writer.

…oh shit.

By: peter lount

peter lount — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 13:56:34 +0000

if I had to guess, my picks would be:

1. Luke
2. Leia
3. Han
4. Chewbacca
5. C3PO
6. R2-D2
7. Vader
8. Emperor
9. Obi-Wan
10. Yoda
11. Bobba Fett
12. Admiral Piett
13. Dengar
14. Wedge
15. Lando
16. Jabba (CGI in ep 4)
17. Storm Trooper
(since they are clones, who can tell one from another)

By: James

James — Sat, 19 Sep 2009 00:23:58 +0000

I want to know the answer to the star wars trivia question. Ryan has said it on a podcast before and i can only ever work out 14:
Luke, Han, Leia, Chewbacca, Obi Wan, Yoda, Vader, Lando, Wedge, R2, C3P0, Boba Fett, The Emperor, Piett…

By: sdf

sdf — Fri, 18 Sep 2009 19:11:04 +0000

Games journalism has lots of problems. The GFW editorial was by no means the damn Beatles of games journalism.

Also, just because you use the same coffee room as actual game developers – doesn’t make you a game developer.

By: d1nonlyclo

d1nonlyclo — Fri, 18 Sep 2009 18:41:56 +0000

I think it’s funny that this podcasts highlights what seems to be a problem to good journalism. If the people we are looking to to provide good objective coverage are just waiting to find jobs in the industry they are covering how can we rely on people being objective and hard-hitting on games that deserve it?

By: sdf

sdf — Fri, 18 Sep 2009 15:48:50 +0000

I rarely notice eating on the podcast. I’m only annoyed when they waste time talking about that topic because some scrubber complains about it.