Episode 406: The Oops! Edition

November 23, 2015| Jonah Falcon| 0 Comment| 10:49 pm

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If you’re wondering what happened to Episode 405, it was recorded, but Jonah’s power supply self-destructed, and wasn’t available til Wednesday, and by then it was too late to post it. (It will be posted at some point in the near future.)

Instead, check out these week’s news:

Afro Samurai 2 removed from online stores, players get refunded, episodes 2 and 3 canceled
Activision apologizes for Nuk3town pre-order mix up
PlayStation 4 is getting PlayStation 2 emulation, Sony reveals
Electronic Arts doesn’t want to “nickel and dime” gamers with microtransactions

Question of the Week: Do you or have you pulled videogame all-nighters on weeknights?

Episode 677: Let’s Try AgainEpisode 677: Let’s Try Again

Where’s episode 676? Completely unlistenable. Not to mention this episode had to be reuploaded due to file corruption.

The guys discuss Valve luring cheaters into a trap, Nvidia predicting AI models 1,000,000 times more powerful than ChatGPT within 10 years, Sons of the Forest being inexplicably popular, EA making Dead Space 2 and 3 remakes, and an absolutely adorable Tunic plushie.

The news includes:

Next Civilization game officially announced by Firaxis
Beyond Good & Evil 2 studio reportedly under investigation for “unprecedented” burnout and sick leave
Sony’s State of Play 2023
Blumhouse’s new gaming division will focus on “indie budget” games

Let us know what you think.

Call of Duty 5: World At War TrailerCall of Duty 5: World At War Trailer

One thing Activision does very well with the Call of Duty series is making you feel like you’re part of the war and not just a gamer. It may be the coloring, the life-like environments, explosions or movie-style filtering, whatever it is makes their series feel like a world at war.

Now, we’re heading back to WWII but from a brand new perspective, the Pacific Theatre. Why did it take so long to produce a game in this area of the world? Our guess, to gain the intensity and power of the battle we needed higher end console/pc processors to properly render the jungles, waters and terrains in a life-like manner.

Or, maybe nobody thought of it? In any case this is a must buy game for myself and probably many others, regardless to multi-player capabilities. World at War will be released for Wii, PS3, PS2, Xbox 360, and PC.

Episode 402: One and a Half EpisodesEpisode 402: One and a Half Episodes

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.