Episode 532: Devil May Care

March 13, 2019| Jonah Falcon| 0 Comment| 12:00 am

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This week’s episode takes a look at the excitement caused by Devil May Cry 5, as well as some more discussion about upcoming games.

The news includes:

Halo: The Master Chief Collection on PC might have just been leaked by Microsoft
Microsoft’s ‘Xbox One S All-Digital Edition’ leaked
Government official wonders how Steam can ‘get away with this kind of stupidity’ after rape game is removed
Rainbow Six Siege‘s next operator will be invisible to cameras, leak suggests

Let us know what you think.

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[Note: Due to a mic issue, some of the podcast is slightly distorted.]

This week’s podcast was recorded a day early due to schedule conflicts, but we make up for it with an actual Gaming Flashback this week of one of the most famous recent RPGs, Knights of the Old Republic.

In addition, there’s a ton of news:

Brad Wardell states RTS’s aren’t dying – just waiting
Microsoft considered buying Sega at one point
UK: Wii U sells just 34,000 pieces of software in January
Next World of Warcraft update to arrive in the “coming weeks”
thatgamecompany had been bankrupt when Journey shipped
Report: Next-gen Xbox will feature Siri-like voice recog
Ubisoft plans new Assassin’s Creed game for 2013/14, set in a new time period

All that plus Reader Feedback and a Question of the Week: “What was the first roleplaying game you enjoyed?”

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Microsoft has come out and validated some earlier rumors about Xbox 360 Avatar’s and their 3D dashboard design. Apparently, this is to build more of a community and bring a bit of the Mii-like influence from the Nintendo Wii to the 360 hardware.

It seems Microsoft is taking some of the concepts from the Nintendo Wii which were poorly implemented due to the lack of any real network community and bring them to live with a more integrated useful system. This proves Nintendo was on the right track but shows off their lack of integration and fear of bringing people together.

“Create, share, and have fun with all of your friends… but avatars are just the beginning. The new Xbox is tailored for the living room. Here we are at the community channel — instead of a list of friends, you actually see them.” (joystiq)

Nintendo’s cute little idea of Mii’s and sharing them with friends was fantastic, a great bullet list feature, but rather useless. Typing in friends codes gets old way too fast and there really isn’t anyway to vocally chat with people on your friends list anyway, so who cares?

Microsoft has proven to know a bit about the community space, has parental controls and a fairly reliable LIVE system for making it all happen. Although Nintendo should look at this with a bit of pride, given duplication is the best form of flattery, they could learn a few things about how to work a community into your console too!

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In this episode, the guys discuss Riot Games reportedly canceled an unannounced platform fighter, Fallout getting nominated for 16 Emmy Awards, and a player coming back after a 11 year, 5 month ban to continue the same argument from 2013.