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Episode 331: Videogame Music TimeEpisode 331: Videogame Music Time

November 6, 2013| Jonah Falcon| 0 Comment| 11:37 pm

This week’s episode has a long discussion on videogame music of the past, while Jonah discusses Batman: Arkham Origins and iPad adaptations of board games.

This week’s news includes:

Surprises found in the PS4 FAQ
Xbox One will support DLNA, MP3 and audio CD
Valve working to make offline mode indefinite
Nintendo: We have failed to establish Wii U as a “worthy” Wii successor
Wii U bundle announced

This week’s Question of the Week is: “What was your favorite videogame music?”

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 311: Podcast Two, Xbox OneEpisode 311: Podcast Two, Xbox One

May 28, 2013| Jonah Falcon| 0 Comment| 8:36 pm

This week is just Jonah Falcon and Jordan Lund, but the podcast is double length as the Xbox One dominates the last part of the podcast. There’s also the Gaming Flashback of Bungie’s Oni.

This week’s news includes:

Games Industry Biz eulogizes Wii U, states it suffered “death by apathy”
Xbox One revealed by Microsoft
Microsoft: No fees for used games, special dispensation for gamers without internet
Microsoft’s Greenberg: E3 presentation will be “all about the games”

All this and Listener Feedback.

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 297: Intendo With An IEpisode 297: Intendo With An I

February 11, 2013| Jonah Falcon| 0 Comment| 9:13 pm

[Note: Due to a mic issue, some of the podcast is slightly distorted.]

This week’s podcast was recorded a day early due to schedule conflicts, but we make up for it with an actual Gaming Flashback this week of one of the most famous recent RPGs, Knights of the Old Republic.

In addition, there’s a ton of news:

Brad Wardell states RTS’s aren’t dying – just waiting
Microsoft considered buying Sega at one point
UK: Wii U sells just 34,000 pieces of software in January
Next World of Warcraft update to arrive in the “coming weeks”
thatgamecompany had been bankrupt when Journey shipped
Report: Next-gen Xbox will feature Siri-like voice recog
Ubisoft plans new Assassin’s Creed game for 2013/14, set in a new time period

All that plus Reader Feedback and a Question of the Week: “What was the first roleplaying game you enjoyed?”

Episode 290: No One Listens ForeverEpisode 290: No One Listens Forever

December 11, 2012| Jonah Falcon| 0 Comment| 11:15 pm

No Paul this week, no Gaming Flashback this week – just Jonah, Dan and Jordan discussing a ton of news items where Jonah expresses shock that Jordan had never heard of No One Lives Forever.

The items this week include:

Wii U sells 1.2 games per console
BioWare was planning spy action title in 2009
Sony Santa Monica outline reasons for sticking with God of War franchise
Hitman Facebook app removed for off-color joke
Activision: Black Ops II grossed $1 billion in 15 Days
Spike VGA 2012: The Phantom Pain announced, probably MGS5

This week’s Question of the Week: “What’s the most offensive thing you’ve seen in a videogame?”

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 287: Dead CatsEpisode 287: Dead Cats

November 20, 2012| Jonah Falcon| 0 Comment| 2:29 pm

This week’s Gaming Podcast is chock full of news and reader feedback. Rather than do a Gaming Flashback, a conversation about the middling sales of the PlayStation Vita is discussed, while Paul is anxiously looking for a black Wii U so he can play Epic Mickey 2. We also hand out the indie game prizes to our two winners.

This week’s news includes:

Star Citizen hits $4.5M stretch goal, biggest crowd fundraiser ever
Black Ops 2 1.03 patch doesn’t fix server issues
Deus Ex: Human Revolution film director tabbed
Spector: Epic Mickey 2 takes “choice and consequence to new levels“

This week’s Question of the Week: What was the best game you ever played that cost less than $5?

In addition, this is the two days of Kickstarter funding. Help the TD Gaming Podcast with its Kickstarter fundraising.

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 281: Weeyoo SeepeeyooEpisode 281: Weeyoo Seepeeyoo

October 3, 2012| Jonah Falcon| 0 Comment| 9:41 pm

In this long episode of Gaming Podcast, the show runs long because of the tons of entries made to win a Steam code of XCOM: Enemy Unknown. Paul gets upset at Jonah for a topic about the Wii U, while Dan is delighted to say the F-word again. The latest Gaming Flashback is about the oldest coin-op arcade game from 1971, Galaxy Game.

The news includes the following items:

Sony drops 3D support, saying customers rejected it
Oddworld creator to EA: “F— you very much”
Wii U launch developer complains of lackluster CPU
Mists of Pandaria sales below expectations according to analyst firm
Microsoft enhances security at Xbox offices to stop next-gen leak

Finally, Paul eulogizes Nintendo Power, which is closing its doors after 24 years.