This week’s episode covers a wide variety of topics, with no set news list save talking about Nintendo Direct’s oddly uninspiring conference. There’s no news list, so feel free to discuss what you found interesting or frustrating about Nintendo’s stream or anything else mentioned in the podcast.
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This week we’re giving away a free copy of BioShock Infinite for the Xbox 360! How do you win? Well, simply post a good comment! The contest winner will be announced two weeks from now.
In the meantime, the Gaming Flashback this time is the PlayStation One classic Chrono Cross, while Paul tries desperately to avoid listening to BioShock Infinite spoilers.
This week’s news includes:
- THQ’s UDraw failure “invalidated” Saints Row: The Third‘s success
- Levine: BioShock Infinite cost $100M to develop, and $100M to market
- American McGee doesn’t “see anything meaningful” in the PS4, SimCity players “need to relax”
- Schafer’s Double Fine Adventure project from Kickstarter is now Broken Age
- Capcom announces DuckTales Remastered, developed by WayForward
All this and some Reader Feedback.
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This week’s podcast begins on a sorrowful note, as since in the past week guest host Andrew Yoon (who co-hosted episode #374) passed away after drowning during a trip to Texas, while Jonah and Paul eulogize him.
No Gaming Flashback this week, but plenty of news items:
- League of Legends tourney places limit on LGBT players
- SOE acquired, becomes Daybreak Game Company
- Nintendo wants to make a comeback with cheaper software
- EA exec: “Our games are actually still too hard to learn”
This week’s Question of the Week: “What videogame do you still get emotional about?”
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This weeks gaming flashback? Scorched Earth, a great artillery style title. We’re also taking a historic look back at the game innovations developed by Don Daglow. Of course it’s not a full news week without some actual news! This weeks news includes:
Walmart Pushing New Madden Game- Bestbuy takes on Gamestop
- Halo 2 and Halo 3: ODST possibly coming to Games on Demand
- Nintendo not happy with E3 briefing
- Nintendo Even baffled by Vitality Sensor
- WoW Rumor: Two new playable classes in next expansion
This weeks community feedback was epically cool, we’re continuing the questions this week by asking: What game would you invent using the Wii balance board and vitality sensor? Do you have some ideas to solve Nintendo’s problem?