Date aired:
14 Dec 2018
Link to Recording:
Show Length:
02:46:23
Around the World: 00:11:13
- Nintendo ending their YouTube creator's program (mandatory 30% cut) in favor of "simplified" / "modernized" general rules across multiple official programs on major streaming services
- A retailer "accidentally" releases physical Super Smash Brothers Ultimate carts early; pirated copies with deluge of spoilers appears online
- Valve reducing their cut of revenue for high-earning games; from 30%, to 25% at $10M revenue, 20% at $50M revenue
- Epic Games no longer actively developing new Unreal Tournament title; focusing efforts on Fortnite
- Epic Games opens own game distribution store, taking 12% cut regardless of total revenue
- CAPY Games' BELOW finally released (as of Thurs, 13 Dec), five years after
- Discord opens own game distribution store, taking 10% cut
- Super Smash Brothers Ultimate released; online play is typical "Nintendo-bad"
- More classic NES titles released on Switch retro library
- Final Fantasy XV: Windows Edition launches, with DLSS support; 75% of remaining DLC canceled as Tabata leaves Square to form his own studio
- Our end-of-year 2018 party is 28-29 Dec, with cool streams
- PlayStation Classic released, 20 built-in games; runs on a mod of a mod (PCSX ReArmed) of an open-source emulator (PCSX)
- Walmart takes a crack at a "gaming" PC; cheap, shoddy construction, overall terrible value
Bonus Level 1: 01:07:22
- DaMonz, Christine Giguere, Denis Bluteau - Sweet Dreams, Koholint - Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening (OC ReMix)
- PsyNES - You Got the Power - Mega Man 3 (OC ReMix)
- Eino Keskitalo - Pale Ale from Bale - Legend of Dragoon (OC ReMix)
Personal Gaming: 01:17:55
- LA-MULANA (PC; Quest for Semi-Glory, now complete)
- ZeroRanger (PC; Quest for Semi-Glory, now complete)
- Dead Cells (PC; Quest for Semi-Glory, now in progress)
- Risk of Rain (PC; co-op)
- Batsugun SP (Arcade; Shmup Book Club, Nov 2018)
- DoDonPachi II - Bee Storm (Arcade; Shmup Book Club, Dec 2018)
- Strikers 1945 II (Arcade; Shmup Book Club, Dec 2018)
- Dimahoo (PC; Shmup Book Club, Oct-Dec 2018)
- Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past (SNES; weekly randomizers)
- Assault Android Cactus (PC; weekly speedrun practice, FPS mode, Infinity Drive)
- Tetris DX (Gameboy Color)
- Tetris: The Grandmaster (Arcade)
- Tetris: The Absolute The Grandmaster 2 PLUS (Arcade)
- Octopath Traveler (Switch)
- Mario Kart 8 Deluxe (Switch)
- Battletoads (NES)
- Jamestown (PC)
- World of Warcraft: Battle for Azeroth (PC)
- Pathfinder (tabletop)
- SiN Gold (PC)
- Quake II (PC)
- Unreal (PC)
Bonus Level 2: 02:06:03
- djpretzel - A Town That's Right for Me - Phantasy Star III: Generations of Doom (OC ReMix)
- Inrudiment - The Vast Glass Orb - Tyranst: Fight Through Time (OC ReMix)
- Chimpazilla, bLiNd - Nine Inch Super Mushrooms - Super Mario World (OC ReMix)
Ad-hoc Design: 02:18:22
- Nature-based survival platformer
- Musical puzzle platformer
- Lane-based ribbon rhythm game
Full date:
Fri, 14 Dec 2018 19:00:00 CST