This is Only a Test 87 – 10/6/2011 – [PREMIUM]

On the video version of this week’s podcast,, Will, Norm, Gary, and Brad talk about the legacy of Steve Jobs, the end of the Zune HD, TV coming to Xbox Live, and the state of PC games.

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43 thoughts on “This is Only a Test 87 – 10/6/2011 – [PREMIUM]

  1. I like that this is archived. I was able to watch the first hour or so on 3G away from home, but then had to duck out. Now I can catch up, with video!

  2. awww I can’t watch this. The whole ‘mystic’ of podcasting would be ruined for me. Cool it’s archived though.

  3. I like that this is archived. I was able to watch the first hour or so on 3G away from home, but then had to duck out. Now I can catch up, with video!

    yeh, same for me. Archiving is awesome =)

  4. Good to see the archive. It’s a shame I always listen in the car though. A video version is probably a bad idea!

  5. If it is as easy as this was, I can do it every time we do video.

    That would be very welcome, I rarely have the chance to watch it live.

    Giant Bomb should do this too!

  6. I actually had a discussion with someone during the chat that no-one would really care about seeing a video version if it wasn’t live but I guess I was wrong. I guess it is a nice little extra for my fellow testers from different areas around the globe who don’t usually get to see it live. Though if I don’t see the live version I think the audio version of the podcast will do me just fine.

  7. awww I can’t watch this. The whole ‘mystic’ of podcasting would be ruined for me. Cool it’s archived though.

    I know, right? It’s weird that they’re wearing clothes. 🙂

  8. 9/6/11 was a month ago. You people are horrible death-predicting wizards!

    Or there’s a typo in the date…

  9. Ah, no, it’s premium alright. I just thought for a second that this was an extra premium podcast. But I soon realized that the video version of it, is what’s premium. And I thank you for putting this up.

  10. This was the one greatest This Is Only a Test, and definitely deserving of an archival, even if it wasn’t planned for archival.

  11. Does anyone else see that picture and think of Inception? They’re sitting in a ring with a device in the middle that they’re all wired to.

  12. It’s totally a legit beta norm, come on! EA would not have put out such an unpolished product to advertise their biggest game of the year.

  13. If it is as easy as this was, I can do it every time we do video.

    This is great!

    Edit: I am so glad this works on my iPad!

  14. Thanks This was great, it’s really nice to hear educated people who understand the industry speak about Jobs and Apple and the future, I rarely find a group of people who’s ideas/thoughts I tend to agree with more, everyone always seems to have something relevant to add

  15. Watched this on my iPod Touch 4 with the shitty screen and dithering. Kinda surprised to hear Will say that. Other than better viewing angles, iPhone 4 and iPod Touch 4 have screens that look identical.

  16. Why do people feel they need to pander to the PC community? It’s like I’m supposed to feel I’m a lesser gamer for playing on a console since 1986?.. I don’t think so. Grab a controller guys, the war is over!

  17. Dumb question, but is Octoberkast getting uploaded afterwards? It sounds like a good thing to listen to over like a week. Probably more.

    Edit: Oh, you answered that.

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