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Game developer Brianna Wu, technology journalists Georgia Dow and Mikah Sargent, and game enthusiast Steve Lubitz analyzed the week’s biggest stories in the video game industry from different perspectives. Hosted by Brianna Wu, Georgia Dow, Steve Lubitz, and Maddy Myers.

Copyright: Copyright © 2019 Relay FM

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12: Mech Suit President Jul 28, 2014

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Brianna rants epically on the Yogscast decision to not refund their Kickstarters. The ecstasy of the Destiny beta to the agony of the human race after Mech Suit Georgia becomes president.

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Maddy: Boston FIG curations, Kim Kardashian: Hollywood

Georgia: Doctor Who Legacy

Steve: NES Remix and Liberation Maiden

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Revolution 60 is live on the App Store!

Maddy's guest spot on Justice Points this week

Bri’s Polygon piece on harrassment

The Girl Scouts host their first gamedev course

Yogscast takes credit for Minecraft's success

Yogventures Kickstarter cancelled

Breakdown of the Yogventures budget

Epanalepsis (Cameron Kuntzelman's Kickstarter)

Amplitude

Unsung Story

Boston Festival of Indie Games

Gita Jackson's Paste review of Kim Kardashian's iOS game

11: We Were All Terrible in 2010 Jul 21, 2014

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With Revolution 60 about to launch, Amanda Winn-Lee joins Bri to tell us everything we wanted to know about the game, including the decisions that went into the character design, writing a story starring powerful women, designing morality, allowing for en

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Amanda Winn-Lee

10: Empress Wu Jul 14, 2014

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Bri, Maddy, Georgia and Steve discuss fanboy complaints about the Destiny beta, why all "adult" video games need to be violent, and why people aren't downloading free indie games from PS+.

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What We’re Playing:

Steve - Infamous: Second Son
Maddy - Child of Light
Georgia - Drop 7
Bri - Civ V

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Karyl’s panda hat

Justice Points podcast

Destiny beta starts July 17th on PS4, July 23rd on XB1

Watch Dogs preorder grid

Xbox fans feeling betrayed by Bungie

Leigh Alexander’s piece on whether games for adults need to be violent

Alpaca Run

PlayStation Plus members aren’t downloading free indie games as much as Sony hoped

FitDesk

Rogue Vertex

9: Hashometric Jul 07, 2014

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Bri, Maddy, Georgia and Steve try to distract themselves from a tough week in video games by discussing vitally important topics like Butt Mode in Shovel Knight, buying stuffed Pokemon on the internet, Atari games about breakfast food, and why all the maj

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What We’re Playing:

Bri - Tomb Raider
Maddy - Threes
Georgia - The Bearded Hero
Steve - Shovel Knight and Goat Simulator

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Shovel Knight contains a secret “Butt Mode”

Murdered: Soul Suspect dev Airtight closing

The controversy surrounding the Bioshock cover

Bri’s murder pillow

Uber releasing Planetary Annihilation Early Access as a boxed retail version

New Sailor Moon leaked transformation sequence

US Pokemon Center site opening

Atari reborn as some sad weird Denny’s advertising arm

EA’s learned lessons from Dungeon Keeper

EA no longer allowed to advertise Dungeon Keeper as free to play in the UK

Civilization Revolution 2

Monster Hunter Freedom Unite

Indie game Big Action Mega Fight goes from freemium to paid only

Big Action Mega Fight’s release notes

Dragon Age Inquisition will have a fully gay character

All the games coming out in October

8: I Play Games, I Don't Read Jun 30, 2014

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Bri, Maddy Georgia and Steve share a big announcement about the show, and then move on to discussing whether gamifying sales and discounting Early Access games during the Steam Summer Sale are good ideas, and the challenges women face when breaking into g

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What We’re Playing:

Georgia - Outlast
Maddy - Civ 5
Steve - Transistor

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Recycled iCarly cartridges

Conspiracy theories around the Steam sale teams

Maddy’s editorial on games journalism

Who Died and Made You Khaleesi?

7: The Dungeon Master's Guide to Bri's Marriage Jun 23, 2014

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Bri, Maddy, Steve and Georgia are joined by Square-Enix’s Justin Kranzl to discuss early impressions of Super Smash Bros, taking risks in game development, the disparity of reviews of narrative-based games, dealing with negative reviews, and the new Trope

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What We're Playing:

Justin - FIFA 14
Georgia - Street Fighter IV and Mortal Kombat Komplete
Maddy - Metroid 2
Bri - Ultra Super Street Fighter IV (and Metroid 2)
Steve - Metroid Prime Pinball (and Metroid 2)

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Smash Bros demo at Best Buy

Conan O’Brien’s Clueless Gamer featuring Super Smash Bros

Maddy’s review of Murdered: Soul Suspect

Danielle Riendeau’s review of Murdered

Tropes vs Women: Women as Background Decoration, Part 1

6: It's Hard to Animate Zelda Shivving People Jun 16, 2014

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Bri, Maddy, Steve, and guest host Amanda Warner discuss the Assassin’s Creed Unity female character controversy. Oh, and some games were announced this week, too.

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The initial Assassin's Creed Unity interview

Far Cry 4 “missed it by inches”

Mass Effect’s animator on female animations

Lichdom:Battlemage hiring separate writers for the male and female characters

Playstation TV

Vita’s last reported install base numbers

No Man’s Sky

Destiny

Mortal Kombat X

Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare

Dance Central Spotlight

Dragon Age: Inquisition

Phantom Dust

Sunset Overdrive

The LA Times reports that Nintendo announces the new White Playstation

Super Ultra Dead Rising 3 Arcade Remix Hyper Edition EX Plus Alpha

Valiant Hearts

Mirror’s Edge 2

Alien: Isolation running on Oculus Rift

Nintendo closing one of their offices in Europe

Lady Palutena announced for Super Smash Bros

Bayonetta’s Samus, Peach and Zelda costumes

Amiibo

Zelda Wii U

Splatoon

Mario Maker

5: The Rock of Power Jun 09, 2014

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This week, a review of the gaming-related announcements out of WWDC, whether an Apple game console is finally on the horizon, if Mario Kart 8 is enough to quiet our Wii U pessimism, and playing with non-gamer significant others.

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Watch Bri’s Altconf talk on women in tech

Watch Dogs is still coming out for Wii U

Valve denies their franchise sequels will be SteamOS exclusive

Pac-Man Vs.

Apple announces ability for developers to sell their apps in bundles

Enhanced controller support in iOS 8

Bri’s article on Metal

Apple ignored Spotify as it was building iTunes Radio

The Apple Pippin

Mario Kart 8 sells 1.2 million copies in the first weekend

The best Luigi Death stare videos

The Fire Hopping Controversy

Wendy O. Koopa and Female Personality Syndrome

4: The C-Stick Is For Cheaters Jun 02, 2014

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Bri, Maddy, Georgia and Steve discuss the good, the bad, and the ugly of the Watch Dogs launch; whether delaying Steam Machines to 2015 makes them irrelevant; and marvel in awe and disgust at the Mario Mercedes commercial.

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What We’re Playing:

Bri - Assassin’s Creed IV: Black Flag
Maddy - Analogue: A Hate Story and Hate Plus
Georgia - They Breathe
Steve - TwoDots and Wolfenstein: The New Order

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Watch Dogs sets UbiSoft launch records

Performance issues running Watch Dogs on PC

UPlay issues preventing users from playing Watch Dogs at launch

The portrayal of women in Watch Dogs

Steam Machines delayed until 2015

GameCube adapter announced for Wii U

Nintendo announces YouTube affiliate program for Let’s Players

The infamous Mercedes commercial

3: Five Generations of Shame May 25, 2014

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Bri, Maddy, Georgia and Steve discuss what a Google purchase of Twitch would mean for the gaming community, why the new screen shots from Hyrule Warriors are so disappointing, and whether there is an indie bubble about to burst.

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What We’re Playing

Bri - Transistor
Maddy - Super Puzzle Fighter II Turbo
Steve - Block Legend

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Tomodachi Life demo announced with unlockable panda suit

Google reported to be buying Twitch for $1 billion

Concerns in the eSports community about YouTube’s copyright policies

Twitch mobile API for streaming iOS and Android games

Twitch and YouTube’s copyright policies

In The Plex

Hyrule Warriors announced with two player mode

The infamous Hyrule Warriors screenshots

Bravely Default outfits toned down for American release

Console Wars

More Steam games released in 2014 YTD than all of 2013

Jeff Vogel’s editorial on the indie bubble

The Not on Steam sale

Unreal’s Flappy Bird clone

Steve’s Mii with a panda courtesy of @jessicadennis

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