Episode 522: Civving Up

December 6, 2018| Jonah Falcon| 0 Comment| 3:38 am

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This week’s episode is full of industry news in the wake of The Game Awards. There wasn’t many news items but there was plenty to talk about with the Awards, especially with this week’s Gaming Flashback, Unlimited Adventures.

This week’s news items include:

Rumor: Starfield in trouble
Epic launching Steam rival
Maori announced as second civ for Gathering Storm

Let us know what you think.

Episode 325: Civilized PodcastEpisode 325: Civilized Podcast

This week’s podcast has Dan Quick filling in for an ailing Jordan Lund, while Civilization V inevitably comes up in conversation with the Polycast host with Jonah Falcon. There’s no Gaming History or Gaming Flashback, but tons of news items.

The news includes:

Andrew Wilson named Electronic Arts CEO
PlayStation Vita TV announced
Sega buys Atlus for 14 billion yen
Star Trek video game “big disappointment” to J.J. Abrams
Chair on Shadow Complex 2: Fans “don’t want it more than we do”
Steam adopts Xbox One’s former family sharing program
Diablo III auction house closing in March 2014

There’s also some Listener Feedback from the T-shirt winning contestant.

Episode 379: DizzneyEpisode 379: Dizzney

This week’s episode was going to be short thanks to a lack of news, but Paul and Jonah get into a long discussion about the Disney Afternoon from the 90’s. which makes up for the lack of a Gaming Flashback or History.

This week’s news includes:

Lenovo preinstalled Superfish adware on its laptop
The FCC approves strong net neutrality rules
Capcom takes co-op out Of Resident Evil, modders put it back in
No One Lives Forever re-release isn’t happening after all
Star Trek Online players pay their respects to Leonard Nimoy

All this and Listener Feedback too.

Episode 549: PS4 CrossplayingEpisode 549: PS4 Crossplaying

The crew realize how prickly gamers are getting. Lootboxes may make them complain, but it won’t stop them from paying. Exclusive DLC? That seems to be a bridge too far.