Episode 682: Sega Birds

This week’s news includes:

  • Nintendo Russia CEO running import company to skirt official sales ban
  • Sony is removing Spider-Man From PlayStation Plus
  • Tango Gameworks rumored to be making a JRPG next
  • Sega confirms it’s buying Angry Birds and pushing into mobile
  • Cult of the Lamb‘s Relics of the Old Faith update arrives this month

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This week’s news includes:

  • Nintendo deletes every stage by prominent Mario Maker speedrunner
  • Telltale’s take on Batman will be M-rated, launches this summer
  • Original Diablo design docs show it was to be a classic turn-based rogue-like
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Episode 383: Get Some Board Games InEpisode 383: Get Some Board Games In

This episode was recorded on short notice thanks to last week’s late posting, so the Listener Feedback that responded to 382 couldn’t make it here. Paul and Jonah discuss some board games with remarkably similar themes they played in the past few days. Paul also waits for his compensation for The Sims Freeplay.

The news of the week includes:

  • Microsoft discontinues Kinect for Windows
  • Microsoft says open source Windows is “definitely possible”
  • OnLive shuts down streaming games service, sells patents to Sony
  • Mario Maker gets release date

No Listener Feedback this week, so the Question of the Week remains the same: “What do you think the future is for old games?”