Date aired:
30 Nov 2012
Link to Recording:
Show Length:
02:53:26
Intro background: 00:03:25 Jason Hayes, Tracy W Bush, Derek Duke, Glenn Stafford - Elwynn Forest - World of Warcraft OST
Shoutouts:
- The Midwest FurFest crew for making an amazing convention
- Farran, Cheesecake, Innerwolf, and many more who made the convention weekend incredible
- The listeners, who've had to wait for nearly a month for another show
- Participants in recent Twitter hashtag #1ReasonWhy - many interesting perspectives on sexism in the game industry (and plenty of trolls, too)
Housekeeping:
- Site - steady influx of blogs
- Show - more aggressive trimming of content
- Stream - continuing updates to song selection
Community:
- Kickstarter: Pier Solar HD
- Indiegogo: Maia
- DRM issues with Game Maker affecting legitimate customers
- Android app reviews in Play Store now require real name through Google Plus
- Binding of Isaac coming to console(s)(?)
- Zynga distancing itself from Facebook, leading to a 12% sink in share prices; Facebook possibly primed to make its own games
- Museum of Modern Art planning video game exhibit for March 2013, showcasing an initial 14 games based on behavior, aesthetics, and space and time use
- Lookout Gaming takes $1.3M seed round to accelerate Indie game revenues
Legal:
- Senate committee approves bill requiring warrants for e-mail obtained from the cloud
What are we playing?
- Mr. Bond:
- Console - Spelunky, Double Dragon Neon, New Super Mario Bros. U, Mario Kart Wii (new record!)
- Tormod:
- PC - Final Fantasy 7
- Console - Mario Kart Wii (same record as above!), Mario Kart: Double Dash!, The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess, New Super Mario Bros. Wii U, Nintendoland, Spelunky, Final Fantasy 8
Upcoming/Recent Hardware: 00:24:23
- Wii Mini Canadian release on 7 Dec, $100 - no Gamecube or online functionality
- Raspberry Pi port of Minecraft coming soon (very similar to current Android version)
- Occulus Rift dev kits delayed three months, to Mar 2013
- Wii U has been released; Satoru Iwata apologizes for lengthy day-one setup and firmware update requirement
- Sony sells 525K PS3 consoles and 160K Vitas during Black Friday week
- Microsoft sells >750K 360s during Black Friday week
- Wii U's first sales week nets 400K consoles, while the Wii saw 300K units, 3DS 250K, and DS 275K
- Razer updates its Orochi mouse with improved tracking and battery life
Upcoming/Recent Software: 00:28:58
- Lots of bundles in the past month: Indie Royale - Harvest, Stuffing; Humble Bundle - Android 4, THQ
- OpenELEC 3.0 reaches Beta, bundles XBMC 12
- Nintendo TVii launching in Japan, 8 Dec
- Doom 3: BFG Edition source code released
- Dear Esther to receive Linux client, in Beta now
- Other releases
- Atari celebrates Pong's 40th anniversary with free iOS Pong game
- "Woz With a Coz" 99-cent iOS game released, putting 8-bit gunslinging Steve Wozniak and sidekick Danny Trejo in your pocket
- Zynga's Ruby Blast launches on iOS; Bubble Safari coming soon
- Jet Set Radio now available on iOS and Android for $5
Upcoming/Recent Music: 00:38:13
- WillRock - WoodChipper - Megaman 2 (OC ReMix)
- Brent Kennedy - Kind of Betus Blues (Betus Blues Piano) - Super Meat Boy (OC ReMix)
- Magellanic - Enough Time to Dance - Castlevania (OC ReMix)
- TheGuitahHeroe - 120 Ways to Chill Out - Pokemon Ruby (OC ReMix)
- Rexy - Synthesize This! - Megaman 6 (OC ReMix)
- PRC 231 - Shadowgate
- PRC 232 - Tetris Battle Gaiden
- WiiU Grooves - pay-what-you-want, remix album of Wii U Menu / settings / general music
Song set #1: 00:40:21
Section #1: 00:50:07 From scratch - MMORPG
Song set #2: 01:05:02
Section #2: 01:18:34 Redux of existing game - RotMG, Ragnarok Online
Song set #3: 01:39:11
- Huepow00 - Aquilla 303 (No More Need Remix) - Need for Speed 3 Hot Pursuit (indie...sorry, no link)
- bLiNd - White Skies (Club Mix) - Final Fantasy X (OC ReMix)
Section #3: 01:53:00 Audience interaction - Unofficial game servers
Song set #4: 02:13:16
Section #4: 02:25:46 Unbounded by technology - MMORPG
Audience requests: 02:41:48
Outro background: 02:45:29 Jason Hayes, Tracy W Bush, Derek Duke, Glenn Stafford - Dun Morogh - World of Warcraft OST