Paul’s attending BentCon, Jonah has additional work, and Devin passed out. See you next week.
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This week’s podcast is rife with arguing between Jonah, Jordan and Paul regarding computer science in schools and have a long discussion about the future of the Wii U. In this episode, the earliest MMOFPS PlanetSide gets a Gaming Flashback.
As far as the news items for the week:
- Obama: Games innovate technology, interest children in computer science
- Destiny preorders at Best Buy reveal info about Bungie’s upcoming game
- Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn beta begins the 25th February
- Rumor: Sony will use Gaikai to stream PS3 games in PS4
- Wii U sold around 50,000 units in US in January
- Take 2 confirms acquiring WWE license
All this and Reader Feedback as well as the Question of the Week: “How important is backwards compatibility to you?”
Episode 551: Mac Owners Are Not Real GamersEpisode 551: Mac Owners Are Not Real Gamers
Jonah makes the controversial statement in this episode, as well as a Gaming Flashback on the popular open world FPS Borderlands.
The news this week includes:
- Blizzard calls off public event to promote Switch Overwatch launch
- Divinity: Fallen Heroes has been put on hold indefinitely
- Vampire: The Masquerade – Bloodlines 2 delayed
- Vampire: The Masquerade — Swansong is a new RPG from the developers of The Council
Let us know what you think.
Gaming Podcast 140: Cookie CutterGaming Podcast 140: Cookie Cutter
This week we’re pulling a 2-person shift while Don is away being sick and tired. We substituted his astute comments with extra epic insight… okay, we just did as best as we could without him. We flash back to Venture, we do an audio review of Zuma’s Revenge and we kicked it free style with some news:
Halo: ODST Reviews are in- Turbine working on an MMO for the console
- Price Cuts boost sales, initially, but not over the long term
- Infinity Ward Responds to Gearbox … sort of
- Red Octane considering Natal controls
This week’s question of the week, can big companies still innovate with new games?