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.
Episode 602: Nintendo Directionless
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Nintendo Making Users Pay for Wii Hacks- Champions Online Coming July 14th
- Guild Wars Reaches 6 Million Units Sold
- Texas Trying to Entice Game Developers
We’re also taking a flashback peak at Return to Pirate Island and a bit of history on Scott Adams, the interactive fiction game developer (not the Dilbert guy). This week’s question is a reverse take on last weeks, thanks to Jonah Falcon: What games did you give up on, due to difficulty, despite wanting to see how it ended?
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This episode has some audio issues due to circumstances requiring Jonah to tape from outside in the NYC streets. Otherwise, this week’s news is Poke-mazing as some major issues hit the video game world this past week.
The news includes:
- Valve’s Counter-Strike illegal gambling controversy continues
- Red Dead Redemption sales jump 6000% after Xbox One backwards compatibility announcement
- Pokémon Go raises security concerns among Google users
This is the contest’s last week. The Question of the Week is “How much is too much data to share with a game company?”
Episode 722: Off the RailsEpisode 722: Off the Rails
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Podcast notes:
- Sony backs down on demand that Helldivers 2 players log into a PSN account
- Microsoft announces Xbox Games Showcase and mystery Direct for June 2024
- EU rules iPadOS must comply with Digital Markets Act, opening door for Fortnite
- Hades 2’s surprise early access release already has more stuff in it than the first game
- Square Enix announces it’s tanked $140 million in losses due to “content abandonment”
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