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 222: Gorilla LoveEpisode 222: Gorilla Love
This week is a big episode, as it is chock full of surprising news this week, as well as some long, long reader mail. If that weren’t enough, we take a look back at the IntelliVision game Maze-a-Tron, deal with too much love for Paul, and the mystery that is the popularity of gorillas.
This week’s news includes:
- Electronic Arts buys Popcap Games
- Microsoft: Only Master Chief in Halo from now on
- PlayStation Vita dev costs closer to PSP
- Netflix takes aim at usage based billing
- Expert glitcher hired to clean up Modern Warfare 3’s multiplayer
- Skyrim ‘less confusing’, not ‘more accessible‘
There’s no Gaming History this week, but the Question of the Week is: “What old game do you most want to see remade?” There’s no contest behind it, but you can always take heart in the fact that your question was probably the most awesome.
Episode 319: Someone Is Butt-Hurt About MicrosoftEpisode 319: Someone Is Butt-Hurt About Microsoft
There’s no Gaming Flashback or Gaming History, but there is a crapton of news this week on TD Gaming Podcast, which Jonah Falcon and Jordan Lund eagerly read.
That, and Jordan really wants to know what you have been playing.
The news this week includes:
- Microsoft officially announces indie self-publishing, to be unveiled at GamesCom 2013
- Phil Fish explodes on Twitter, cancels Fez II in a huff
- Shadow of the Eternals back on Kickstarter, no longer episodic
- Neil Gaiman has announced his first videogame, Wayward Manor
- Lanning: Nintendo will be around for “100 years,” but probably not Zynga or Microsoft
- Activision-Blizzard buys out $8.2B of its own stock from Vivendi
- Paid subscribership of World of Warcraft down to 7.7M
All this and Listener feedback.
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
Let us know what you think.
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