Episode 354: E3 Swag Bag Part 2

June 27, 2014| Jonah Falcon| 0 Comment| 6:37 pm

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The E3 Swag Bag contest is still going on, while Paul, Jordan and Jonah discuss the latest in videogame industry news.

This week’s news includes:

Nintendo loses Wii patent lawsuit to Philips
PlayStation Now beta gets six new games, but those high prices remain
Crytek claims it’s doing fine, despite rumors
Oddworld: New ‘n’ Tasty heading to Xbox One with ID@Xbox
Google announces virtual reality app Cardboard

All this and Listener Feedback. The contest question is still up: “What was your biggest takeaway from E3?”

SimAnimals, The Next Gen Black & WhiteSimAnimals, The Next Gen Black & White

Electronic Arts has announced SimAnimals, a game where you play the godlike hand and control the lifestyle of over 60 animals. In the game you’ll play the role of a disembodied hand which moves around and life animals, pick flowers and interact with the environment much like a past Lionhead Studios game: Black and White.

EA’s not exactly being the most creative with this Wii and DS game based on the sounds of it so far, as it clones a lot of the features in Black and White, including how “animals react” when you treat them a specific way. However, we’ve not had this style of game on the Wii or DS, both very “touchy” in methodology.

Black and White had the touch sensitive control scheme using tactile feedback with the mouse implemented with Immersion technology. This brings the style of gameplay to a new level, but nothing we’ve heard thus far makes us think originality. Cute and cool, perhaps but it’s nothing new. Of course, who said it had to be new?

We know old gaming concepts sell well at this point!

Episode 738: StalkeredEpisode 738: Stalkered

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Google to sell Chrome AND be banned from re-entering the browser market for five years, recommends US Department of Justice, Stalker 2 sells over a million copies, Steam has changed its policy on DLC content and season passes, so now players are entitled to proper compensation if future plans fall through (“Customers will be offered a refund for the value of unreleased DLC”), and Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth won’t receive any DLC.

The news includes:

PlayStation Portal update adds cloud gaming support in beta, no PS5 required
Path of Exile 2 early access has a 25-hour campaign
Dragon Quest 3 Remake producer wants to give Final Fantasy 6 some HD-2D love

Let us know what you think.

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Episode 709: Eat PikachuEpisode 709: Eat Pikachu

This week’s episode has the entire podcast crew reacting to Palworld. It’s priceless. They also discuss Alan Wake is coming to Dead by Daylight later this month and a Tetris prodigy triggering a “true killscreen” in record-setting run.