TD Gaming Podcast 88: We Love Carebear Servers

September 16, 2008| schommer| 0 Comment| 10:48 am

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This weeks gaming podcast covers a bunch of hot topics along with a bit of gaming history. We take a flashback look at Tapper, a great arcade classic and we’ll hit up some popular news articles:

Microsoft Not Happy About 360 Defects Article
Spore DRM, Torrenting is doing the right thing?
Are RockBand 2 instruments really quieter than the original
Blizzard Allows PVE to PVP paid server transfers

This weeks history covers the Havok physics engine and we stand upon our soap box and talk about the rumor Starcraft 2 will arrive after Diablo 3 hits the store shelves.

Episode 632: Bobby Kotick Is TerribleEpisode 632: Bobby Kotick Is Terrible

This week comments on the crapshow that is going on with most of the third party publishers. That, and some updates to games that people really care about.

The news includes:

Bethesda shows another brief tease of Starfield
Kotick reportedly says he’ll consider leaving if he can’t fix Activision Blizzard’s culture problems
Minecraft 1.18 ‘Caves and Cliffs Update’ Part Two is officially available on all platforms

Let us know what you think.

Episode 438: League of DenzerEpisode 438: League of Denzer

As Jonah and T.J. chide Scott for going into an F-bomb rage over the iPhone’s price, the holiday season looms, and T.J. talks about his renewed relationship with League of Legends.

This week’s news items include:

All Battlefield 4 expansions are free until next week
Sony confirms layoffs at London, San Diego Studios
Valve tackles dodgy devs cheating Steam review scores
League of Legends surpasses 100 million monthly players

All this and one Listener Feedbnack we didn’t get around to listening to, so wait til next week.

Episode 522: Civving UpEpisode 522: Civving Up

This week’s episode is full of industry news in the wake of The Game Awards. There wasn’t many news items but there was plenty to talk about with the Awards, especially with this week’s Gaming Flashback, Unlimited Adventures.