Gaming Podcast’s Jonah Falcon and Shack News’ T.J. Denzer do a totally-not-ripping-off-Zero-Punctuation’s-Let’s-Drown-Out video of the former playing Gears Tactics as they discuss some of the news of the day.
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Episode 283: A Little LateEpisode 283: A Little Late
This week’s podcast was delayed when the original recording didn’t take and had to go with Dan Quick’s backup. Otherwise, the Gaming Flashback this week is the supremely weird Master Chu and the Drunkard Hu.
The other news items include:
- Call of Duty: Elite for Black Ops 2 will be free
- Kickstarter comes to UK this Halloween
- Metro: Last Light dumping multiplayer
- Microsoft banning PEGI 18 apps from Windows 8 Store
The Question of the Week is, “What was the game with the worst title you’ve ever played?”
2008: The Year of Sequels? Too Much Risk?2008: The Year of Sequels? Too Much Risk?
While compiling a list of games to respond to a user question on the TD Gaming Podcast, I’ve noticed something about this years gaming lineup: their mainly all sequels! Are there any new franchises taking a risk in the market or just more of the same? Some are not really “sequels” but spin-offs of the same franchise.
A few examples of some October time frame titles: Fable 2, Far Cry 2, Gears of War 2, Rock Band 2, C&C: Red Alert 3, Saints Row 2, Rayman Raving Rabbids 3, Tekken 6, Call of Duty 5, Guitar Hero World Tour, Tom Clancy End of War, Sing Star Vol 2 and others.
There are a few original titles: Afrika for the PlayStation 3, Little Big Planet (PS3) and Huxley (360 and PC). Most of the original franchise creations seem to be PlayStation 3 related, probably because the console needs some major hits to spur more sales.
Is the market so competitive and risky that new franchises are becoming a rare breed? Last year we saw Assassin’s Creed and before that Viva Pinata and Gears of War exclusive on the Xbox 360. Consider Viva Pinata a “slight” failure in terms of excitement and Gears of War a success, that’s 50/50 in terms of risk vs. reward.
Episode 394: Paul Bravely DefaultsEpisode 394: Paul Bravely Defaults
Paul is back from being deathly ill, and joins a half-asleep Jonah and Scott, where he and Scott try to have better timing. There’s no Gaming Flashback this week but plenty of weird news.
The list of news items include:
- Disturbing portrait of Konami corporate environment alleged
- Deus Ex: Mankind Divided: player choices more impactful, boss fights optional
- ZombiU drops the “U,” preps for August launch on PC, Xbox One, PS4
- Fallout 4 fan releases schematic for 3D printed Pip-Boy
- Vote to play coming soon for PS Plus members
- Hitchhiking robot is decapitated, left in a ditch
There’s a new Question of the Week that wasn’t going to be the Question – listen and find out what it is.