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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 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 308: That’s What She SaidEpisode 308: That’s What She Said

April 30, 2013| Jonah Falcon| 0 Comment| 10:56 pm

The regular podcast is back, after the Dr. Who outtakes podcast last week. The show runs a little long but it’s full of insight and wonderfulness. Mostly. This week’s Gaming Flashback is the classic arcade motorcycle racer Hang-On.

The podcast also has two week’s worth of news items, including:

Next-gen Xbox formally being unveiled on 21st May in Redmond, WA
Rumor: Next-gen Microsoft console will have DVR feature
Leisure Suit Larry Reloaded out in June, “re-made, expanded and enhanced”
BioShock Infinite, Xbox 360 lead March 2013 US sales according to NPD
Nintendo bowing out of E3 Keynote
Microsoft turned profit in fiscal 3rd quarter
Batman: Arkham Origins inspired by Legends of the Dark Knight

Plenty of Listener Feedback, but no Question of the Week – just ask us anything.

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 289: Princess PodcastEpisode 289: Princess Podcast

December 4, 2012| Jonah Falcon| 0 Comment| 2:42 am

In this episode of Gaming Podcast, Jonah states he got to see Wreck It Ralph, while Paul still can’t find a black Wii U. This week’s Gaming Flashback is the 2002 Gamecube launch title Super Mario Sunshine.

This week’s news includes:

The Lund Report: Black Friday 2012 NPD
Nintendo Power’s last issue released
Blizzard acquired ‘Project Blackstone‘ domain November 26th
Rumor: Next gen Xbox coming Holiday 2013
Dead Island: Riptide banned in Germany

All this and Reader Feedback, and the Question of the Week is, “Did you read many issues of Nintendo Power?”

Episode 288: Wii U-tiful PodcastEpisode 288: Wii U-tiful Podcast

November 26, 2012| Jonah Falcon| 0 Comment| 10:43 am

This week’s episode is short due to Jonah Falcon’s impending trip to San Francisco to cover a preview event of Company of Heroes 2, while Paul Nowak gets irritated at the complaints coming out of the Wii U launch.

The news items include:

Wii U’s launch day update reportedly causing major problems
Nintendo DRM traps $400 of downloaded games
GTA: Vice Cityremoved from Steam over music licensing
Report: Next-gen Xbox TV device coming in 2013
Sony: Our iPhone and Galaxy S3 challenger is coming

The Question of the Week: “Do you play real-time strategy games. If so, what is your favorite. If not, why not?”

Episode 286: Free Indie GamesEpisode 286: Free Indie Games

November 14, 2012| Jonah Falcon| 0 Comment| 1:26 pm

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.

Episode 272: Whinny 8Episode 272: Whinny 8

July 25, 2012| Jonah Falcon| 0 Comment| 9:27 pm

This week’s Gaming Podcast deals with Jordan Lund discussing how much negative flak Windows 8 has been getting, Daniel Quick being his usual Canadian self, Paul Nowak returning triumphantly, and Jonah Falcon just taking infamy in stride. This week’s Gaming Flashback is the derided Super Pitfall! for the NES.

As far as the news:

“Super-slim” PS3 will be a no-show at Gamescom
UbiSoft claims lack of new consoles penalizes creativity
Diablo III ‘God mode’ exploit for Wizard discovered
EA: Nintendo “on track to become primarily a software company”
Electronic Arts settles in Madden and NCAA monopoly suit

There is no Question of the Week – rather, the crew is waiting to hear your questions for them instead.

Episode 268: Fake Maple SyrupEpisode 268: Fake Maple Syrup

June 27, 2012| Jonah Falcon| 0 Comment| 9:54 pm

In this episode of Gaming Podcast, Daniel Quick discusses how to become a true Canadian, while Jonah Falcon talks about making blond, green-eyed characters. There’s no Gaming Flashback this week, but plenty of news items.

This week’s discussion:

Nintendo announces XL version of Nintendo 3DS
Dev claims Microsoft killed XBLA version of Stranger’s Wrath
New users must now pass “review process” to unlock full Diablo III
Dragon’s Dogma getting sequels after shipping 1M
Valve and Cartoon Network collaboration hints at Team Fortress 2 show

All this, and the Question of the Week is “What weird rituals do you do when playing videogames?”

Episode 253: Future GenerationEpisode 253: Future Generation

February 29, 2012| Jonah Falcon| 0 Comment| 6:20 pm

This week, Paul is still not available, which is unfortunate, since the Gaming Flashback is the classic DuckTales for the NES. There’s also a bunch of scintillating news items including:

Pachter: Nintendo “Blew It” With Wii U, “In Disarray”
Bethesda hiring talent for Xbox 720, PlayStation 4 game
EA reveals Mass Effect 3 preorders well ahead of Mass Effect 2‘s
Pachter: Next generation Sony and Microsoft consoles will have 4GB SKU
Sony filed patent For Kinect-like motion device
PSN Minis not working on Vita

We also reveal the winner of the Pixie Diamonds contest.