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Episode 286: Free Indie GamesEpisode 286: Free Indie Games
This week, Gaming Podcast is giving away free indie games: Dungeon Defenders and the Zeboyd 2-Pack including Cthulhu Saves the World and Breath of Death VIII. The Gaming Flashback includes the original Splinter Cell from 2002.
There’s also plenty of news items including:
- Blizzard facing class action lawsuit over Battle.net security
- Former Square boss calls merger “a complete failure” between Square and Enix
- Nintendo details Wii U network ID system
- Molyneux skeptical about tablet/TV gaming
- Halo 4 makes $220M in first day, Forward Unto Reach garners 46M viewers
- Analyst: Grand Theft Auto V will sell 25M units
No Question of the Week – just let us know if you’d like to win either Dungeon Defenders or Cthulhu Saves the World/Breath Of Death VIII.
In addition, this is the final week of Kickstarter funding. Help the TD Gaming Podcast with its Kickstarter fundraising.
Toy’s R Us Find’s Wii ProfitableToy’s R Us Find’s Wii Profitable
The success of the Nintendo console, the Wii, has proven to change the industry in many new and creative ways including reinvigorating slow product sales at Toys R Us. “The company went from a loss of $42 million at the same time last year to a profit of $13 million for the three months ended August 2nd,” says Gamasutra who spoke with CEO Gerald Storch.
Revenue was up 6.3%, in part, thanks to the Nintendo and its hot moving Wii and Wii Fit products. While Nintendo struggles to supply enough units for the strong demand, Toys R Us has no problem emptying their stores of any hardware they receive.
Months after the Wii launch we witnessed parents waiting in lines before the store opens just to see if they had Wii’s arrive for the opening. Although we’re sure it was a hassle to answer the phones with the typical response, “no, we’ve got no Wii’s in stock,” the long term plan has proven successful.
Have you finally managed to get yourself a Wii? Did you pick it up at Toys R Us?
Episode 321: Always Chaotic GoodEpisode 321: Always Chaotic Good
This week, Jonah Falcon and Jordan Lund discuss a little pen-and-paper Dungeons & Dragons, while the Gaming Flashback this week is the Microsoft Xbox, ending the coverage of the sixth generation consoles in the past few podcasts.
This week’s news includes:
- All PS Vitas $199 at Target August 18th to the 24th
- Communist border crossing immigration official sim Papers, Please! now available
- New Jersey court approves used game lawsuit against GameStop
- Wasteland 2 dynamic NPC interaction detailed
This week’s Question of the Week is a simple one: “Which do you do most of your gaming on, console or PC?”