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Episode 408: Star Wars SpoilersEpisode 408: Star Wars Spoilers
It’s 2016, and the first podcast of the new year is now live. Be warned, there are Star Wars spoilers like Han Solo dying and the entire plot being a rehash of A New Hope, so don’t listen if you don’t want to have your The Force Awakens experience ruined.
This week’s podcast covers the following news:
- Valve explains Steam issues on December 25
- Star Wars Battlefront won’t be doing The Force Awakens or space battles content
- New pachinko laws pushes SNK back to videogames
Question of the Week: “Which game do you really want to play in 2016.”
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 573: A Very Special Returning GuestEpisode 573: A Very Special Returning Guest
This week, Paul fills in for Scott, who has more pressing issues than discussing videogames, though some very serious topics about them do pop up, such as how misogyny became pronounced in the hobby. The Gaming Flashback is one of the legendarily panned titles, Bomberman Act:Zero.
The news for this week includes:
- Video game spending reaches record high during pandemic
- Epic Games Store keyless integration with other digital stores announced
- Minecraft sales now exceed 200 million (from PC Gamer)
- Star Citizen will hold a free fly event starting this week
There’s also some Listener Feedback from longtime fan Ralf from Germany.