Podcast 40 – The Pachter Factor
This one’s a bit of a milestone, boys. Not only is it the 40th episode, but we’ve actually got a special guest, and he’s kind of bloody famous, if you like your video games. (And if you don’t, thanks for the interest, but why are you here?)
Yes, this week we’re joined by games industry analyst Michael Pachter. As some of you may recall, we said some rather harsh things about the guy a few months back, and he caught us red-handed. Several months (and grovelling apologies) later, we managed to coax him into making an appearance on the podcast. Those of you expecting the usual idiotic humour might be a little disappointed, as having a special guest means we’re all on our best behaviour. But those of you who occasionally see sneery news stories about Pachter’s out-of-context quotes might stand to learn a thing or two about what the man really does for a living.
We follow the usual structure – one half where we discuss the games we’ve been playing this week, and a second half where we put listener questions to Michael (thanks again for those, incidentally) and discuss a few recent developments that took our interest – particularly the recent Spike Video game Awards, and John Riccitiello’s recent comment that he thinks paid-for DLC is an effective way of turning pirates into paying customers.
Catch us next week for the ULTRA DARKZERO CHRISTMAS SPECIAL PODCAST. Which may or may not be that special. We’ll see. It’ll be up on Christmas morning, anyway. So feel free to play it while you’re sat eating Christmas dinner with your family. They’ll love you for that.
Cheers!