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Episode 349: Better LateEpisode 349: Better Late

May 1, 2014| Jonah Falcon| 0 Comment| 9:52 pm

In this episode, Paul arrives in time for the letters, with some audio issues on his phone.

In the meantime, Jordan and Jonah cover some of the week’s news including:

Nintendo skipping E3 media briefing again
E.T. cartridges unearthed in New Mexico
Sony Online Entertainment rolls out All Access Program
Star Wars: Episode VII cast announced
Skype group calls now free on Xbox One & PC
Analyst: PC gaming now brings in more money than console gaming

All this and Listener Feedback.

Episode 335: Double XEpisode 335: Double X

December 11, 2013| Jonah Falcon| 0 Comment| 9:59 pm

This week, Jordan reveals that he actually won an Xbox One from work, making him the second owner of the console in the podcast, and the only one with both a One and a PS4. Unfortunately, Paul’s not available for the podcast, making it a podcast of two.

The news this week:

Square Enix confirms Tomb Raider: Definitive Edition for next-gen
EA donates $1.65 million to American Cancer Society following Humble campaign
Report: MMOs targeted by intelligence agencies
Ubisoft polling on Assassin’s Creed 5, non-Assassin pirate game
Report: Disney taking over Indiana Jones from Paramount

Also, listener Pawel Predki wrote his own review of Tearaway. Read it here.

Episode 324: Next-Generation ShowdownEpisode 324: Next-Generation Showdown

September 11, 2013| Jonah Falcon| 0 Comment| 7:07 pm

This week’s podcast has no Listener Feedback, and is sort of short because of it. However, in addition to the news items that were on script, there was the surprise news of how much Grand Theft Auto V cost to produce.

This week’s news includes:

Xbox One gets November 22 launch date
Each Xbox One to be sold at a profit
PS4 only supports 4 controllers
PS4 and Xbox One won’t support external hard drives for now
Sony refunds Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn PSN purchases

This week’s Question of the Week asks if you’ve ever gotten a new version of the console you already owned.

Episode 323: What Is Nintendo Thinking?Episode 323: What Is Nintendo Thinking?

September 4, 2013| Jonah Falcon| 0 Comment| 8:42 pm

Jonah Falcon and Jordan Lund discuss PAX Prime 2013, then delve into this week’s news, Listener Feedback, and discuss the 1990’s developer Psygnosis.

The news this week includes:

Nintendo announces 2DS, Wii U price drop
Inafune “fought hard” for risk taking at Capcom, creators must be “willing to fail”
Godus beta to hit Steam Early Access on 13th September
Diablo III‘s new loot system to “cut the legs out” from the auction house
Bethesda wants The Elder Scrolls Online available to non-Xbox Live subscribers

The Question of the Week: “How many times have you purchased a new form factor of a console you already owned?”

Episode 320: Like This Like ThatEpisode 320: Like This Like That

August 8, 2013| Jonah Falcon| 0 Comment| 12:42 pm

The posting of Monday’s podcast has been delayed a day, sorry about that. This week is fairly long, and the Gaming History gets into the venerable Sega Dreamcast, which still has some developers making new games for it.

Otherwise, this week’s news items include:

Assassin’s Creed series will have end, assures Ubisoft
EverQuest Next gameplay revealed, accepting beta registration
Blizzard confirms Project Titan overhaul, “unlikely to be subscription-based”
EA claims freedom of speech in NCAA lawsuit appeal, court rejects it
Region-based factions will be in The Crew

This week’s Question of the Week: “What makes you decide to preorder a game or console?”

Episode 319: Someone Is Butt-Hurt About MicrosoftEpisode 319: Someone Is Butt-Hurt About Microsoft

July 30, 2013| Jonah Falcon| 0 Comment| 10:26 pm

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 310: Halo Makes You Feel OldEpisode 310: Halo Makes You Feel Old

May 14, 2013| Jonah Falcon| 0 Comment| 10:02 pm

This week’s podcast features a Gaming Flashback of Halo: Combat Evolved, one of the longest such game segments in the podcast’s history, encompassing a third of the podcast.

This week’s news items includes:

Blizzard decides against rolling back Diablo III servers following gold exploit
Defiance to get 5 major DLC packs in the next year
Report: Next-gen Xbox console called “Xbox Infinity”
Obsidian expresses desire to develop Star Wars RPG
EA to stop licensing with weapons manufacturers, will keep using branded guns

There’s only one reader response, but there is a Question of the Week: “What videogame genre are you completely burned out on?”

Episode 298: Fireside PodcastEpisode 298: Fireside Podcast

February 19, 2013| Jonah Falcon| 0 Comment| 9:08 pm

This week’s podcast is rife with arguing between Jonah, Jordan and Paul regarding computer science in schools and have a long discussion about the future of the Wii U. In this episode, the earliest MMOFPS PlanetSide gets a Gaming Flashback.

As far as the news items for the week:

Obama: Games innovate technology, interest children in computer science
Destiny preorders at Best Buy reveal info about Bungie’s upcoming game
Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn beta begins the 25th February
Rumor: Sony will use Gaikai to stream PS3 games in PS4
Wii U sold around 50,000 units in US in January
Take 2 confirms acquiring WWE license

All this and Reader Feedback as well as the Question of the Week: “How important is backwards compatibility to you?”

Episode 294: Naked BribingEpisode 294: Naked Bribing

January 22, 2013| Jonah Falcon| 0 Comment| 9:33 pm

This week has a full crew again with Jordan, Jonah, Paul and Dan, and even though there’s no Gaming Flashback or Gaming History, there’s a ton of news to pour over.

This week’s news includes:

Jay Wilson steps down from Diablo III stewardship
The Secret World sees ‘400% increase in activity’ after December relaunch
Mojang: Minecraft XBLA outsold Minecraft PC in 2012
Gas Powered Games confirms major layoffs
Sony settles lawsuit with Kevin Butler actor Jerry Lambert
Pachter: Nintendo is “a few years late” in everything they do

On a sadder note, Dan announced a day after the podcast recording that he will be employed full-time and no longer have the time to be a regular member of the podcast.

This week’s Question of the Week: “What game do you want to see a sequel to the most?”

Episode 292: Goodbye 2012Episode 292: Goodbye 2012

January 1, 2013| Jonah Falcon| 0 Comment| 8:50 pm

This double stuffed episode makes up for last week’s week off, even without Paul in the podcast.

The news covers the following items:

Sony stops shipping PlayStation 2 in Japan
WWE may not get $45M owed by THQ for license
Asheron’s Call 2 returns

They then covered the top stories of the year, which leads to the Question of the Week, “What was the biggest news item in 2012?”