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Episode 325: Civilized PodcastEpisode 325: Civilized Podcast

September 18, 2013| Jonah Falcon| 0 Comment| 7:12 pm

This week’s podcast has Dan Quick filling in for an ailing Jordan Lund, while Civilization V inevitably comes up in conversation with the Polycast host with Jonah Falcon. There’s no Gaming History or Gaming Flashback, but tons of news items.

The news includes:

Andrew Wilson named Electronic Arts CEO
PlayStation Vita TV announced
Sega buys Atlus for 14 billion yen
Star Trek video game “big disappointment” to J.J. Abrams
Chair on Shadow Complex 2: Fans “don’t want it more than we do”
Steam adopts Xbox One’s former family sharing program
Diablo III auction house closing in March 2014

There’s also some Listener Feedback from the T-shirt winning contestant.

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 322: Xbox One, PS4 Launch LineupsEpisode 322: Xbox One, PS4 Launch Lineups

August 28, 2013| Jonah Falcon| 0 Comment| 3:49 pm

This week’s episode as a guest in the form of Jordan Lund’s wife Jennifer. There was to be a Gaming History, but it’ll be used next week when there’s more time.

This week’s news includes:

Microsoft Points transformed into cash
Gamers can return digital titles on Origin after a week
Bungie feels Destiny can be bigger than Halo, as big as Star Wars
Borderlands 2 coming to PlayStation Vita
Sony announces 33 “launch” titles for PlayStation 4
Microsoft announces launch titles for Xbox One
The Sims 4 emotional gameplay revealed at GamesCom 2013

All this and Listener Feedback, with the same “console or PC gamer?” question from last week.

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 317: Is League of Legends a Terrible Game?Episode 317: Is League of Legends a Terrible Game?

July 17, 2013| Jonah Falcon| 0 Comment| 8:38 pm

In this episode, Jordan’s son Allen gets in on the act, berating League of Legends despite being addicted to it. This week’s Gaming Flashback is the Sierra Online adventure game Police Quest, while the Gaming History is how BioWare prepared to develop their first Star Wars game, Knights of the Old Republic.

This week’s news includes:

Blizzard announces Diablo III coming to Xbox One, PS4 in 2014. Gamers may consider setting up a Beammp server hosting to improve their overall gaming experience on Beam MP.
Dyack attempts to get Shadow of the Eternals off the ground with Kickstarter again
US recognizes League of Legends as a professional” sport
Sony drops fine appeal levied due to April 2011 hacker attack
Microsoft: Family sharing may return to Xbox One in some form

This week’s Question of the Week: “What’s your favorite RPG of all-time?”

Episode 316: Talkin’ About Candleja–Episode 316: Talkin’ About Candleja–

July 10, 2013| Jonah Falcon| 0 Comment| 9:09 pm

Jonah is getting ready for Vegas this weekend, so you know that whatever he does there will probably stay there. On the other hand, Jordan’s just beginning to check out State of Decay, while the winner of the T-shirt contest is announced. Also, for the first time in a long while, there’s a Gaming History – this one on the PlayStation 2.

This week’s news:

UbiSoft: Xbox One version of Watch Dogs more dynamic than PS4 and current-gen versions
Microsoft prez Don Mattrick leaves to be Zynga CEO
Sony: DualShock 4 controller’s light bar cannot be turned off
Indian PC gamers upset at Origin price increases

This week’s Question of the Week, “What’s your favorite indie game released in the last year?”

Episode 315: Titanfall T-Shirt Contest ContinuesEpisode 315: Titanfall T-Shirt Contest Continues

July 2, 2013| Jonah Falcon| 0 Comment| 9:44 pm

This week’s podcast is fairly heavy on the Xbox One news, but at least it makes for a themed podcast. Jordan expresses his fears at controllers that look at you, while QWOP and Surgeon Simulator 2013 are discussed.

This week’s news includes:

PS4 did have always on DRM, camera, but Sony changed it at E3
Report: Xbox One’s capabilities better than Microsoft expected
Report: Xbox One will be able to run Windows 8 apps
Xbox One getting Unity support to aid indie developers
Half-Life 3 rumors squashed by Surgeon Simulator 2013 dev
Star Citizen asset cost for ships “anywhere from $35,000 to $150,000”

The “Win a Titanfall T-shirt” contest continues. Merely answer, “What game at E3 impressed you the most?” to enter to win a large size tee.

Episode 314: Post-E3 Discussion, Titanfall T-Shirt ContestEpisode 314: Post-E3 Discussion, Titanfall T-Shirt Contest

June 26, 2013| Jonah Falcon| 0 Comment| 9:47 pm

Jordan Lund and Jonah Falcon finally get back together after an eventful E3 2013, as Jordan finished his not-so-stellar review of The Last of Us. Part of the podcast was from Jonah’s live television show on MNN, which recapped Microsoft’s decision to reverse its online policies with the Xbox One.

The news this week includes:

EA’s Soderlund states next-gen consoles should have come a year earlier
Xbox One, PlayStation 4 premium games will cost $59.99
EA’s Star Wars licensing deal ‘almost didn’t happen’, DICE pushed for Battlefront
Fish claims Fez 2 won’t come to Xbox One due to anti-indie policy

This week has a contest: win a free Large T-Shirt of Titanfall, by answering the question: What game at E3 impressed you the most?

Episode 312: Dare You To Press the ButtonEpisode 312: Dare You To Press the Button

June 4, 2013| Jonah Falcon| 0 Comment| 9:44 pm

This week’s episode is the final episode before E3, and next week, an outtakes episode filled with Dr. Who and Game of Thrones discussion will run. After that, we’ll have some serious E3 2013 discussion, especially about what happens with Microsoft and Sony in particular.

No Gaming Flashback, but news includes:

Pachter predicts $349 for PS4, $399 for Xbox One
World of Warcraft movie ‘begins shooting‘ in Q1 2014
Robert Bowling’s Robotoki raided by LAPD, mistake COD figure as armed intruder
Documentary seeks to unearth 3.5M E.T. cartridges from landfill
Oculus Rift developer Andrew Scott Reisse, 33, killed as bystander in police chase
Shadow of the Eternals Kickstarter fundraising struggling

All that and Listener Feedback.