Episode 402: One and a Half Episodes

October 18, 2015| Jonah Falcon| 0 Comment| 8:09 pm

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This episode is so long, we actually had to cut on of the stories that went too long. We get some listener feedback for Scott as well.

The news includes:

EA data leak on Pastebin exposes emails and passwords
Adobe confirms major Flash vulnerability
Report: Nintendo’s next platform NX combines console and handheld
Remaining Batman Arkham Knight Season Pass content revealed
EA: Remakes happen when you’re ‘out of ideas‘
Bandai Namco pulls plug on Rise of Incarnates
Analyst: Preorders drive more sadness than anticipation

Let us know what you think.

Episode 617: Steam DeckedEpisode 617: Steam Decked

The Steam Deck has been released, and TJ and Scott are just excited about it. They’re able to play indie games on a Switch-like device even though many of the same games on the Switch. Jonah already has Xbox Game Pass Ultimate and therefore already plays games with a controller on his cellphone.

This week’s news includes:

Some Steam Deck preorders won’t ship until September 2022
PES is dead, replaced by the F2P ‘football platform’ eFootball
Humankind dev pulls controversial Denuvo DRM from game before launch
Xbox Game Pass is about to have an unbelievably good month

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Episode 430: Audio IssuesEpisode 430: Audio Issues

This episode has some audio issues due to circumstances requiring Jonah to tape from outside in the NYC streets. Otherwise, this week’s news is Poke-mazing as some major issues hit the video game world this past week.

The news includes:

Valve’s Counter-Strike illegal gambling controversy continues
Red Dead Redemption sales jump 6000% after Xbox One backwards compatibility announcement
Pokémon Go raises security concerns among Google users

This is the contest’s last week. The Question of the Week is “How much is too much data to share with a game company?”

Episode 595: Two Hours of Sound ProblemsEpisode 595: Two Hours of Sound Problems

This weekend’s episode is two hours long, but due to some software recording issues, the audio sounds like it was recorded from the desktop. However, there’s a ton of discussion of news from around the industry, not just the two news items listed below. In addition, this week’s Gaming Flashback is Alan Wake, which was actually one of the news items back in Episode 252: “Alan Wake on PC because Remedy ‘a nagging little kid’ to Microsoft”.