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Episode 236: Now With Pandas

October 26th, 2011 · 3 Comments

This week, Paul is not around, as Jonah Falcon and Jordan Lund discuss the latest news, which includes pandas. Lots and lots of pandas. That, and a Gaming History profile on David Crane. The news this week includes: World of Warcraft: Mists of Pandaria announced Sony: April PSN outage has resulted in improved service Deep [...]

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Tags: Industry News · MMO · playstation 3 · Podcast · Show Notes · starcraft · world of warcraft

Episode 232: Remember Pong?

September 21st, 2011 · 5 Comments

This week, there’s no Gaming Flashback or Gaming History, but there is a ton of news and Reader Feedback as Paul is finally present to react to some hate mail. The news includes some huge items, like: No PSN unless you waive lawsuit Netflix adds game rentals to Qwikster DC Universe Online goes free-to-play Xbox [...]

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Tags: Industry News · MMO · Nintendo · PC Gaming · playstation 3 · Podcast · Show Notes · Sony · Xbox 360

Episode 231: Plus One Paul

September 14th, 2011 · 5 Comments

Paul has some angry comments, Jonah has some angry comments, while Jordan just chuckles and makes a Freudian mistake. In between complaints, the Gaming Flashback looks at the Amiga classic Syndicate, and the following news items: The Lund Report: August 2011 NPD Tiger Woods PGA Tour 12 PC controversy rages THQ: Next-gen consoles will be [...]

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Tags: 3DS · electronic arts · Industry News · PC Gaming · Podcast · Show Notes · THQ

Episode 230: Zombie Nazi Monkeys

September 7th, 2011 · 6 Comments

This week, Jonah Falcon rants about the bosses in Deus Ex: Human Revolution while Jordan Lund expresses a desire for cold, rainy weather. This week’s Gaming Flashback is The Elder Scrolls II: Daggerfall, with the following news items: Lord British wants to make another Ultima, EA not so much Crytek rebukes “unlawful layoff” claims Gabe [...]

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Tags: Casual Games · Industry News · playstation 3 · Podcast · PSP · RPG · Show Notes · Steam · Xbox 360

Episode 229: Jonah Versus Paul

August 31st, 2011 · 3 Comments

It’s another brief episode as frictions rise between New Yorkers Jonah Falcon and Paul S. Nowak, while Washington State native Jordan Lund looks on. This week’s gaming flashback in the Nintendo 64′s The Legend of Zelda: Majora’s Mask, as well as the following news items: GameStop pulls PC copies of Deus Ex: Human Revolution off [...]

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Tags: Industry News · Podcast · Show Notes

Episode 228: Two Thirds Show

August 24th, 2011 · 1 Comment

This week is a shorter-than-usual show as Paul S. Nowak is away on a birthday vacation. Instead, Jonah and Jordan discuss the Sega Saturn game Burning Rangers, and the following news topics: Dragon Age III will be a ‘mix’ of the first two games GameStop developing console and PC game streaming Is the Xbox 720 [...]

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Tags: Industry News · Microsoft · Podcast · Show Notes · Sony

Last Day for 3DS Ambassadors

August 11th, 2011 · No Comments

Today is the last day for Nintendo 3DS users to sign up as a 3DS Ambassador to qualify for 20 free games. From Nintendo: Today (Aug. 11) is the last day for current Nintendo 3DS owners to register for the Nintendo 3DS Ambassador program. Just connect your Nintendo 3DS to the Nintendo eShop by 11:59 [...]

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Tags: 3DS · Industry News · Nintendo · Press Release

Bethesda’s Hines: Don’t Shoehorn Multiplayer

July 23rd, 2011 · No Comments

Bethesda Softworks vice president of marketing Pete Hines is critzing publishers and developers who shoehorn multiplayer into their games that doing such a thing is “a waste of time” and advises, “Just drop it, don’t bother…it’ll make for a worse game.” In an interview with Next Gen BIZ, Hines states that using online multiplayer as [...]

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Tags: Editorial · Industry News · PC Gaming · playstation 3 · Xbox 360

Episode 223: Snake Flinging

July 20th, 2011 · 3 Comments

This week is a strange one, as snakes are flung at horses to turn them into unicorns, and Paul keeps finding videogame soulmates from the reader feedback. This week’s Gaming Flashback is the Amiga classic Shadow of the Beast, while the Gaming History takes a look back at the Apple Pippin. This week’s news items [...]

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Tags: Industry News · Podcast · popcap · Show Notes · xbla

Episode 222: Gorilla Love

July 13th, 2011 · 5 Comments

This week is a big episode, as it is chock full of surprising news this week, as well as some long, long reader mail. If that weren’t enough, we take a look back at the IntelliVision game Maze-a-Tron, deal with too much love for Paul, and the mystery that is the popularity of gorillas. This [...]

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