GC Podcast #4: Wind Waker Blows

This edition of “The GameCola Podcast” features Michael Ridgaway, Michael Gray, Nathaniel Hoover, and Colin Greenhalgh, and it is split up into three basic segments:

• Versus Mode: The Podcast Crew talks about gaming news. (starts 2:30)
• The two Michaels debate the quality of The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker (starts 16:45).
• What’s Coming Out Next Month and What We’re Playing Now (starts 42:35)

Various topics discussed include:

• Part of Your World.
• The atlasphere in Dead Rising 2 is awesome.
• Sony says the PS3 will take off any day now.
• Watching movies on your video game system.
• The podcast crew argue whether or not Shirley Temple would have done a better job in Wizard of Oz than Judy Garland did.
• Let’s Tap for Wii is coming States-side.
• Bad economy means lame games.
• Nintendo, cut your prices every once in a while.
• Michael Ridgaway plays Pokémon one-handed.
• It’s possible to kill Ganondorf with an empty bottle.
• The Michaels are confused by the lack of continuity in the Zelda series.
• The Michaels want to see another Majora’s Mask.
• Michael Gray explains what slash fanfiction is.
• The Michaels argue about whether or not it’s obvious that Tetra is Zelda.
• Michael Ridgaway thinks Michael Gray is lame.
• The Michaels argue about Wind Waker Link’s victory dance.
• The Michaels argue whether or not the impossible jumping challenge is impossible.
• Michael Ridgaway is tempted to play one of Tingle’s games.
• If you look at the Ocarina of Time Quote FAQ or Text Dump, Navi does not say all that much.
• Beethoven thinks the GameCola podcast is awesome.
• Michael Gray is trapped in the 1940s.
• Buy Guitar Hero: Metallica so Colin can feed his kids.
• A Thomas Edison impersonation.
• Paul Franzen is stalking the male GameCola staff members.
• Crystal Chronicles could be good.
• Halo Wars could be good, too.
• Michael Ridgaway wants to read The Miles Edgeworth Files.
• Pokémon Plantinum is coming out, so no one will hear from Michael Ridgaway for the next few months. Pikmin Wii? Maybe it’ll be good.
• Nobody is surprised at how nerdy Michael Gray can be.
• It’s over now.