The best of The HotSpot (2005) -- highlights podcast

 

The debut year of a seminal gaming podcast hosted by Rich Gallup and featuring talents Bob Colayco and Jeff Gerstmann. Rather than a diffuse discussion about the games everybody was playing, with Gallup at the helm The HotSpot spoke exclusively about the news. The personalities of the cast filled in the blanks and made this unique show special.

0:02:15 - Introduction
0:06:00 - Perfect Dark: Initial Vector
0:12:30 - Splinter Cell: Double Agent
0:19:00 - Nintendo
0:26:00 - The Halo movie
0:32:30 - Xbox 360
1:12:00 - Jack Thompson and video game violence
1:32:00 - Freeform discussion and random clips 

Brings me back to high school, god i miss the sluts at my school.

I JUST STARTED LISTENING AND THIS MUSIC AT THE BEGINNING WHILE YOU TALK IS REALLY RELAXING. I MAY HAVE A HALFIE BUT THIS MUSIC IS CALMING IT DOWN. 
 
THANK YOU.

" Brings me back to high school, god i miss the sluts at my school. "

" I JUST STARTED LISTENING AND THIS MUSIC AT THE BEGINNING WHILE YOU TALK IS REALLY RELAXING. I MAY HAVE A HALFIE BUT THIS MUSIC IS CALMING IT DOWN.  THANK YOU. "

" I JUST STARTED LISTENING AND THIS MUSIC AT THE BEGINNING WHILE YOU TALK IS REALLY RELAXING. I MAY HAVE A HALFIE BUT THIS MUSIC IS CALMING IT DOWN.  THANK YOU. "

" @Vinchenzo said:

" I JUST STARTED LISTENING AND THIS MUSIC AT THE BEGINNING WHILE YOU TALK IS REALLY RELAXING. I MAY HAVE A HALFIE BUT THIS MUSIC IS CALMING IT DOWN.  THANK YOU. "

It's http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WEeuetOsxKg  YW "

" @ZanzibarBreeze: Wow!  Thanks for doing this!  As someone who didn't discover the delightful antics that are Giant Bomb until mid 2009, this history lesson is quite appreciated.  And by the way, you have a good radio voice.  Thought I might throw that out there.  "

This is too hot to jaywalk.  For about eight months I had to drive every weekend a total of 12 hours and I listened to The Hotspot, and would even relisten to old episodes so I'm excited to hear this.  Btw if you ever get to a clip where Jeff describes machinima by saying something to the effect of "I'm gonna put this Linkin Park song under the shot of the warthog getting his head blown off and it's gonna be RUDE" be sure to include it.  Or, if you already did include it...awesome.  I'll be listening to this in a few minutes.

This reminds me of when i used to torment Calbear back on the old GX forums in like '98, I havent thought of Colayco in years.

This is awesome, I never got into the Gamespot podcasts back then so this is a nice history lesson. Cheers mate!

" Btw if you ever get to a clip where Jeff describes machinima by saying something to the effect of "I'm gonna put this Linkin Park song under the shot of the warthog getting his head blown off and it's gonna be RUDE" be sure to include it.  Or, if you already did include it...awesome.  I'll be listening to this in a few minutes. "

Damn you Dietrich!

" This is awesome, I never got into the Gamespot podcasts back then so this is a nice history lesson Cheers mate! "

• The brilliance that is Perfect Dark Initial Vector
• Jeff dissing Crime Life: Gang Wars
• Jeff doing the voice of the guy that sued Microsoft over 360 malfunctions
• Jeff doing the voice of the guy that claimed he invented the Madden superstar mode
• Carrie getting annoyed over the guys mocking Hideo Kojima's blog
  

I love you for this. I seriously do man.

This shit ain't casual. It's hardcore. Traditional can suck ma ballz.

Thanks. I still expect Rich Gallup "Still your only audio source for all the hot topics from the world of video games" every time I start listen to an episode of the Hotspot ^^

How do I put this into iTunes?

I, I think I love you.

" @sterbacblu said:

" Btw if you ever get to a clip where Jeff describes machinima by saying something to the effect of "I'm gonna put this Linkin Park song under the shot of the warthog getting his head blown off and it's gonna be RUDE" be sure to include it.  Or, if you already did include it...awesome.  I'll be listening to this in a few minutes. "

If I recall correctly -- and I remember the phrase you speak of -- that's sometime in 2006, which we'll be getting to very soon. I actually can't wait, because the whole Dietrich/Gizmondo saga is some of my favorite HotSpot material.
 

Damn you Dietrich!

Oh god... they are still calling wii the revolution. Totally forgot about that.

This is pretty sweet, cheers for that. I can't wait for the 1UP Yours one, that was definitely my favourite podcast back in the day, Luke and Shane arguing were the highlights of my week.

"I don't think Xbox Live Arcade will do very well" - Jeff Gerstmann 
 
Not a great prediction there ^^ 
 
Rich Gallup predicting that people will buy games just for easy points even if the game is crap. That's a good prediction ^^

" How do I put this into iTunes? "

" Oh god... they are still calling wii the revolution. Totally forgot about that. "

" "I don't think Xbox Live Arcade will do very well" - Jeff Gerstmann  Not a great prediction there ^^ "

Great intro, man. Very NPR.

" "I don't think Xbox Live Arcade will do very well" - Jeff Gerstmann  Not a great prediction there ^^  

I was going to yell "DAMN YOU DIEDRICH" at the top of my internet-lungs, but...   

It's hilarious hearing them defend the Xbox 360 and its overheating problems knowing what we know now.

" i never listened to the hotspot or know much about gamespot from the old days, but is this Carrie perhaps one...Carrie Gouskous, now at EA? because in the bombcasts she was in, she always seemed close to guys (jeff in particular) and this would explain why "

" Great intro, man. Very NPR. "

Just want to extend my appreciation good sir. Didn't listen to the Hotspot back in the day and I can't stand it now but I loved this. Look forward to listening to your future best ofs.

Wow great work dude, really digging this.
 
Edit: Also Great intro dude, if that was you great job very professional.

This is awesome since I had never listened to any hotspot episodes since I wasn't into podcasts back then but now I am and having these somewhere where I can easily access them is great.  thanks! 
 
Update: I just finished listening to the podcast and I must say you did an amazing job.  I couldn't stop laughing (smiling) throughout, the editing between skits made the podcast run very smoothly.

oh jack thompson, what the hell what up with him?

Creepy

" Edit: Also Great intro dude, if that was you great job very professional. "

" oh jack thompson, what the hell what up with him? "

That stuff on Spielberg's link up with EA is actually pretty interesting now given the stuff that was uncovered in the last few months about project LMNO.  Some of the guy's prediction's about what kind of game it were be were pretty spot on from what we know about what that was intentioned to be, i.e. yes there was basically going to be an alien in it and yes there was a whole government conspiracy involved in it all.
 
It's kind of crazy how you need at least 5 years to appreciate that kind of stuff but I guess that's just the nature given the long development time of games.
 
Nice compilation by the well.  I only listened to The Hotspot a bit for maybe a few months before everyone followed Jeff in leaving and it's a pretty good thing to turn if I have surplus podcast listening time.

thank you  
and remember the other  Adam Carolla Show I think it was called "too late"

Great work. 
 
I listened to them all during my temp job last summer. I made it till Tom Mc Shea started coming on every week and finally gave up listening to it.

" thank you   and remember the other  Adam Carolla Show I think it was called "too late" "

" That stuff on Spielberg's link up with EA is actually pretty interesting now given the stuff that was uncovered in the last few months about project LMNO.  Some of the guy's prediction's about what kind of game it were be were pretty spot on from what we know about what that was intentioned to be, i.e. yes there was basically going to be an alien in it and yes there was a whole government conspiracy involved in it all.  It's kind of crazy how you need at least 5 years to appreciate that kind of stuff but I guess that's just the nature given the long development time of games.  Nice compilation by the well.  I only listened to The Hotspot a bit for maybe a few months before everyone followed Jeff in leaving and it's a pretty good thing to turn if I have surplus podcast listening time. "

This stuff was awesome though, is there anyway to listen to old episodes? "

" @sixghost said:

This stuff was awesome though, is there anyway to listen to old episodes? "

The full archive is in the scroll box on the right side of the page. "

Wow! It was almost 3 hours long and I enjoyed every minute of it, ending was great! Thanks!

" Wow! It was almost 3 hours long and I enjoyed every minute of it, ending was great! Thanks! "

MIA I AM WAITING IN LINE. I WONDER IF. I WONDER IF MY FATHER IS IN THERE.

DLing now, I love the 'best of' stuff because I don't have the time to go back and listen to all those old podcasts.

Also might I suggest a different host? 
The speed from the link is atrocious.

I listened to the whole thing while I played pacman DX last night and I really enjoyed it. I was a bit creeped out when they were talking about HD as a new thing. Also, the xbox 360 discussions were very interesting. It's funny to hear Jeff's burgeoning addiction to Gamerscore as well. Makes me want to go dig up some old episodes.

I know I already posted here but I wanted to bump it and say something. I listened to it twice while doing my Zombie Genocider achievement in Dead Rising. It peaked my interest to hear some more classic Hotspot stuff, because I never really listened to it, and so I did some YouTube searches. In somebody's video they used the newer episodes with Tom Mc Shea and all of those people I hate. What I'm trying to say is I hope you don't go into the present, and stop when all of the key problem have gone. Looks like you should only be going into 2007 though so it looks like it'll be fine.