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Episode 258: New BloodEpisode 258: New Blood
Because you asked for it, the podcast features four guys, including Jonah Falcon, Paul S. Nowak, Jordan Lund, and Dan Quick. This is the no frills edition, however, as due to travel to PAX East, there’s no Gaming Flashback, and only a few news items.
They include:
- Rumor: Xbox 720 will require constant internet connection
- Spector saw “look of fear in people’s eyes” over musicals in Epic Mickey 2
- GAME acquired by OpCapita, no store closures planned
- Sony confirms Zipper Interactive closure
- Wii U less powerful than PS3, Xbox 360, developers say
We also include Reader Feedback. We’ll have a Question of the Week next week, we promise.
Episode 223: Snake FlingingEpisode 223: Snake Flinging
This week is a strange one, as snakes are flung at horses to turn them into unicorns, and Paul keeps finding videogame soulmates from the reader feedback. This week’s Gaming Flashback is the Amiga classic Shadow of the Beast, while the Gaming History takes a look back at the Apple Pippin.
This week’s news items include:
- Survey: Female gamers enjoy gaming more than sex
- June 2011 NPD sales figures released
- Publishers spend XBLA budgets, expect retail content
- Gamestop thinks next gen consoles will hit in 2014
- Zynga offered $1B for Popcap
- Ubisoft confirms multiplayer pass system to combat used game sales
Finally, the Question of the Week is “What games do you play in bed?” Yes, it’s been a weird week.
Episode 314: Post-E3 Discussion, Titanfall T-Shirt ContestEpisode 314: Post-E3 Discussion, Titanfall T-Shirt Contest
Jordan Lund and Jonah Falcon finally get back together after an eventful E3 2013, as Jordan finished his not-so-stellar review of The Last of Us. Part of the podcast was from Jonah’s live television show on MNN, which recapped Microsoft’s decision to reverse its online policies with the Xbox One.
The news this week includes:
- EA’s Soderlund states next-gen consoles should have come a year earlier
- Xbox One, PlayStation 4 premium games will cost $59.99
- EA’s Star Wars licensing deal ‘almost didn’t happen’, DICE pushed for Battlefront
- Fish claims Fez 2 won’t come to Xbox One due to anti-indie policy
This week has a contest: win a free Large T-Shirt of Titanfall, by answering the question: What game at E3 impressed you the most?