This week has a new recording date, Wednesday, so the crew can have more timely discussions about newly released games and more of the week’s news. Thanks to the Star Trek Convention, the podcast is still delayed a little.
This week’s news includes:
- People buy PS4 Slim consoles before it’s announced
- Rumor: Nintendo NX could be region-free
- Devs can now publish Windows apps straight to Xbox One
- Fallout 4 PS4 Mods not broken, but Sony hasn’t pushed it live yet
All this and Listener Feedback. We also have a new Question of the Week: “What is your favorite fan convention?”
The patience of PlayStation 3 owners is
The World of Warcraft community can be harsh if you don’t know what you’re doing, which is one reason why I haven’t played it for years now; it requires specific actions for certain events during raids for example, and you are often required to watch videos beforehand and have voice chat for choreography among your guild. Another reason for my absence from WoW is addition of unprecedented content requiring time to learn new functions, and it can take away from core gameplay, in my opinion. A lot of people like “Vanilla” WoW.
While all FPS games are point and click based, Counter-Strike for example requires strategies for map positions except pubs. I recall trying to run around maps not obeying orders back when I was in a clan/guild, while the leader was barking at me.
I’m anticipating Doom’s plain Deathmatch mode, unlike Team Deathmatch, so that I can be solo, but we don’t know when it’ll be released…