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Gaming Podcast 211: Short and SweetGaming Podcast 211: Short and Sweet
This week we had to cut some segments short due to some work we’re doing on our house that had us tied up. We’re just doing up some news this week and community feedback. This weeks news includes:
- Rumor: PS3 Pirates Unban Selves from PSN, Can Ban Others?
- Electronic Arts: We Drained Our Core IPs
- Bungie’s Next Game an MMOFPS?
- Diablo III Developers Love Torchlight
And, here is the story about The Boy Who Stole Half-Life II. Here is our Question of the Week: Will all MMOs eventually follow a free-to-play model?
Episode 383: Get Some Board Games InEpisode 383: Get Some Board Games In
This episode was recorded on short notice thanks to last week’s late posting, so the Listener Feedback that responded to 382 couldn’t make it here. Paul and Jonah discuss some board games with remarkably similar themes they played in the past few days. Paul also waits for his compensation for The Sims Freeplay.
The news of the week includes:
- Microsoft discontinues Kinect for Windows
- Microsoft says open source Windows is “definitely possible”
- OnLive shuts down streaming games service, sells patents to Sony
- Mario Maker gets release date
No Listener Feedback this week, so the Question of the Week remains the same: “What do you think the future is for old games?”
Episode 523: Valve Running Out of SteamEpisode 523: Valve Running Out of Steam
Valve continues to have problems in the wake of Epic (and now Discord) giving developers more of the earnings pie, as the year draws to a close. Meanwhile, T.J. explains his gamertag.
This week’s episode includes the following news items:
- Developers do not believe Steam is worth it anymore
- Canada announced for Civilization VI: Gathering Storm
- Studio Wildcard’s Atlas is delayed by a week
- Rainbow Six Siege chat filter and toxicity update
Let us know what your favorite game of 2018 was.
