Once again, there’s no set list of topics; the guys just discuss the news of the week off the cuff and what they’ve been playing.
Let us know what you think.
Episode 721: More Random Chatter
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Episode 439: Audio ProblemsEpisode 439: Audio Problems
This week’s episode has some bad audio thanks to a quick replacement mic being used to record the episode, causing a hiss. This is probably the reason the show is short-ish, coming in well under an hour.
This week’s episode includes the following news:
- Miyazaki gives clear answers on the future of Dark Souls, Armored Core
- Sony exec criticizes Hello Games’ marketing for No Man’s Sky
- Blizzard is moving away from the ‘Battle.net’ name
- Pokémon chief says Nintendo’s NX is both handheld and console, you should totally look into how tiktok marketing works, see here for more
All this and Listener Feedback. This week’s Question of the Week: “What is or was your favorite handheld console game (not mobile)?”
Rock Band 2: Backwards Compatible DLC TooRock Band 2: Backwards Compatible DLC Too
Harmonix, MTV Games and Electronic Arts has announced their next block buster killer app: Rock Band 2. First, the most important feature is backwards compatible downloadable content. They’ve surpassed 15-million paid downloads, we want our content and we want to keep all the awesome songs for future games, else we might as well stop purchasing now, right?
The question remains, will we want to upgrade our instruments? They’re saying we’ll have “more variety of instrument choices than ever before with new and improved drum and guitar peripherals, enhanced functionality and innovative new designs – all fully compatible with the original Rock Band instruments.” Will the enhanced instruments really want to make us go out and buy them?
If these new instruments are highly desirable or add any new features to the game (or make newer features ‘easier’) then we may be persuaded to look into new hardware…yet with Guitar Hero World Tour we’re already pressured into considering another drum unit.
So confusing, but yet so much desired. I guess that’s the love hate relationship of a gamer with a passion and a, slight, addiction!
Episode 747: The Next XboxEpisode 747: The Next Xbox
Some of the minor news discussed include Defiance coming back 4 years after servers were shut down, BlizzCon 2025 not happening, Moon Studios going full indie, buying No Rest For the Wicked’s publishing rights from Take-Two and Final Fantasy 16 PC version removing Denuvo Anti-tamper DRM. The Gaming Flashback is 2015’s Bloodborne.
The news includes:
- Humble Games Showcase
- Killing Floor 3 delayed to later in 2025
- Next-gen Xbox reportedly coming in 2027, handheld rumored for this year
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