This weeks gaming podcast we stroll down memory lane with Gauntlet, ponder Microsoft’s role as a PC game publisher, hit up some news:
We’ll also take a look at the history of the joystick and pimp our new gaming podcast forums. You can also checkout our new World of Warcraft guild, Fallen Souls.
Due to a malicious trojan virus that infected my desktop, this week’s podcast is delayed, perhaps indefinitely. The podcast was recorded, but there’s no way to edit it while the PC is in this state.
Worst comes to worst, a new podcast will be recorded next week.
This weeks episode covers some cool industry news and takes a look back at SEGA’s Hang On. This weeks history lesson involves the Bartle Test, created by Richard Bartle and his MUD. This weeks news:
Launch Day Xbox 360s No longer coveredAlso, don’t forget to take our survey! I apologize now for the bit of a head cold.
The news includes: Firaxis announces, “Today, we confirmed we’re testing dramatic changes to Legacy Paths, and continuous play as one Civ through all the Ages”, Baldur’s Gate 3 is about to become an Xbox Play Anywhere game. Jonah and T.J. have a long discussion of the games they’re playing.
This week features a Gaming Flashback: Master of Orion II
The rest of the news includes:
Let us know what you think.
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Wow, I was laughing at some of the stuff you were saying about MMOs. Like Mythic is new to MMOs (Dark Age of Camelot is still going strong – it isn’t WoW that hurts DAoC – it’s Warhammer Online.) Or that you need massive capital – look at EVE Online.