Thanks to the influenza bug ravaging the United States right now, there’s no podcast this week. Check us next week for our pre-E3 podcast, however.
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TD Gaming Podcast 86: Trouble with Norse MythologyTD Gaming Podcast 86: Trouble with Norse Mythology
This weeks gaming podcast we stroll down memory lane with Gauntlet, ponder Microsoft’s role as a PC game publisher, hit up some news:
- Activision Blizzard CEO Bobby Kotick trying to scare off MMO developers
- Diablo 3 in content creation mode
- Sony may be thinking of charging for PlayStation Network
- Starcraft 2, may get a fourth race.
We’ll also take a look at the history of the joystick and pimp our new gaming podcast forums. You can also checkout our new World of Warcraft guild, Fallen Souls.
Episode 254: Mass Effect TrioEpisode 254: Mass Effect Trio
This week, the full man crew is back, and incredibly deep-voiced as they proclaim themselves the Protectors of Humanity™, as Mass Effect 3 launches today. The Gaming Flashback is a Gaming Preview of Assassin’s Creed 3.
This week’s news includes:
- Microsoft: Xbox Live Arcade will be phased out eventually
- Leaked images “nothing to do with” Doom 4, fans will “see awesome”
- SimCity 5 coming in 2013
- GAME drops 5% in shares after Mass Effect 3 no-show
- Rumor: PlayStation 4 ditches Cell processor tech
This, and the most contentious Reader Feedback ever.
Gaming Flashback: DOOMGaming Flashback: DOOM
DOOM is a PC game titlat that wasn’t initially released in stores. It was uploaded to an FTP server in the University of Wisconsin-Madison and on the Software Creations BBS on the 10th of December; released as a shareware game, people were encouraged to download and spread the game around to all their friends.
In days before social networks and the wildfire of the Internet (or high speed networking) this game still managed to spread around to everyone in the gaming community. From1993 to 1995 the title had an estimated install base of 10 million computers. We were one of them.
Granted, ten million copies were installed but most were not registered and simply remained as shareware. However, over one million copies were sold for the registered version of DOOM and this brought momentum to their next non-shareware copy of the DOOM series. The Ultimate Doom (version 1.9, including episode IV) was released, making this the first time that Doom was sold commercially in stores.
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