Paul returns to the show to drown his sorrows in the discontinuation of a game series he loved, and the podcast ran so long it has to be split into two parts.
The first half of this podcast includes the following news items:
Stay tuned for Part 2.
Episode 425: Paul’s Return Part 1
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Episode 315: Titanfall T-Shirt Contest ContinuesEpisode 315: Titanfall T-Shirt Contest Continues
This week’s podcast is fairly heavy on the Xbox One news, but at least it makes for a themed podcast. Jordan expresses his fears at controllers that look at you, while QWOP and Surgeon Simulator 2013 are discussed.
This week’s news includes:
- PS4 did have always on DRM, camera, but Sony changed it at E3
- Report: Xbox One’s capabilities better than Microsoft expected
- Report: Xbox One will be able to run Windows 8 apps
- Xbox One getting Unity support to aid indie developers
- Half-Life 3 rumors squashed by Surgeon Simulator 2013 dev
- Star Citizen asset cost for ships “anywhere from $35,000 to $150,000”
The “Win a Titanfall T-shirt” contest continues. Merely answer, “What game at E3 impressed you the most?” to enter to win a large size tee.
Gaming Flashback: The Incredible MachineGaming Flashback: The Incredible Machine
The Incredible Machine (TiM) is a game designed and developed by Kevin Ryan and produced by Jeff Tunnel (now co-founder of GarageGames and their successful title Marble Blast Ultra on the 360 and co-founder in Dynamix makers of A-10 Tank Killer and The Red Baron). At the time, The Incredible Machine series came out of the shop known as Jeff Tunnel Productions.
Jeff Tunnel Productions published the first Incredible Machine games from 1993 to 1995 while Sierra Entertainment published all the rest of their titles all the way up to 2001. What is The Incredible Machines all about? It’s a game where you must build a series of Rube Goldberg devices in a “needlessly complex fashion” all to perform some simple tasks. That is the entire point to a Rube Goldberg device, which was originally defined as “accomplishing by extremely complex roundabout means what actually or seemingly could be done simply.”
I think everyone has seen a Rube Goldberg device, their are examples in science museums, and entire Myth Busters Episode about them, they appear in many movies (Goonies used one to open the fence to let in Chunk after he does his dance as did Doc Brown in Back to the Future to cook his breakfast and get his dog food).
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Episode 669: Quick Pre-PAX ShowEpisode 669: Quick Pre-PAX Show
Jonah’s heading off to cover PAX Unplugged on Thursday morning, so this week’s podcast has been a quick, sub-40 minute show, even with a Gaming Flashback of Infamous 2, a game that former co-host Jordan Lund is probably far more familiar with.
This week’s news includes:
- Report suggests Microsoft soon to offer concessions in Activision deal
- Two Point Campus goes boldly into space for brand new expansion
- Pokemon Scarlet & Violet sells 10 million units in three days
- Monster Hunter Rise reportedly heading to PlayStation and Xbox in January
Let us know what you think.