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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Episode 573: A Very Special Returning GuestEpisode 573: A Very Special Returning Guest
This week, Paul fills in for Scott, who has more pressing issues than discussing videogames, though some very serious topics about them do pop up, such as how misogyny became pronounced in the hobby. The Gaming Flashback is one of the legendarily panned titles, Bomberman Act:Zero.
The news for this week includes:
- Video game spending reaches record high during pandemic
- Epic Games Store keyless integration with other digital stores announced
- Minecraft sales now exceed 200 million (from PC Gamer)
- Star Citizen will hold a free fly event starting this week
There’s also some Listener Feedback from longtime fan Ralf from Germany.
Episode 319: Someone Is Butt-Hurt About MicrosoftEpisode 319: Someone Is Butt-Hurt About Microsoft
There’s no Gaming Flashback or Gaming History, but there is a crapton of news this week on TD Gaming Podcast, which Jonah Falcon and Jordan Lund eagerly read.
That, and Jordan really wants to know what you have been playing.
The news this week includes:
- Microsoft officially announces indie self-publishing, to be unveiled at GamesCom 2013
- Phil Fish explodes on Twitter, cancels Fez II in a huff
- Shadow of the Eternals back on Kickstarter, no longer episodic
- Neil Gaiman has announced his first videogame, Wayward Manor
- Lanning: Nintendo will be around for “100 years,” but probably not Zynga or Microsoft
- Activision-Blizzard buys out $8.2B of its own stock from Vivendi
- Paid subscribership of World of Warcraft down to 7.7M
All this and Listener feedback.
Episode 268: Fake Maple SyrupEpisode 268: Fake Maple Syrup
In this episode of Gaming Podcast, Daniel Quick discusses how to become a true Canadian, while Jonah Falcon talks about making blond, green-eyed characters. There’s no Gaming Flashback this week, but plenty of news items.
This week’s discussion:
- Nintendo announces XL version of Nintendo 3DS
- Dev claims Microsoft killed XBLA version of Stranger’s Wrath
- New users must now pass “review process” to unlock full Diablo III
- Dragon’s Dogma getting sequels after shipping 1M
- Valve and Cartoon Network collaboration hints at Team Fortress 2 show
All this, and the Question of the Week is “What weird rituals do you do when playing videogames?”