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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.

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42: Destroy All Video Games Feb 16, 2015

Show notes

This week, Steve worries that Evolve is a harbinger of games priced like iPads, Maddy tries to figure out why anyone ever liked Sonic, and Georgia tries to scare up the courage to send inappropriate things to Bri's Apple Watch.

Links and Show Notes:

What We’re Playing:

Maddy - Metroid Prime Trilogy
Georgia - Evolve: Hunter’s Quest (but not really)
Bri - The Evil Within and Meme Run and Mass Effect 3
Steve - Life is Strange and Black Ice

Links for this episode:

The Gamergate Law and Order SVU Episode

Georgia's appearance at NerdLearn

Georgia on Less Than or Equal

What Buying Evolve Gets You

Evolve's DLC beyond the Season Pass

Destroy all video games

Take Two's CEO on the price of Evolve

PC Master Race

Why don't today's kids love Sonic?

Sonic Boom sells less than 500K copies

Sega announces downsizing and move to LA

Sonic the Hedgehog 4 Episode 1

Sonic CD

Pac-Man and the Ghostly Adventures

Netflix producing a live action Zelda series

Sabriel Mastin's What I've Been Playing

Derezzed

Jupiter Ascending Is The Worst Movie Ever Go See It Immediately

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41: Bri's Butt List Feb 09, 2015

Show notes

This week, Maddy warns the human race about our nightmarish future of cat GIF journalism, Bri talks about her struggle to stay in gamedev after harassment on Steam Greenlight, and Steve and Georgia ask for a Persona 5 to English translation.

Links and Show Notes:

What We’re Playing:

Maddy, Georgia, and Bri - Life is Strange
Steve - Drawn to Kill and the Codename STEAM demo and Rogue Legacy

Links for this episode:

The Persona 5 Trailer

Persona 4: Dancing All Night

Joystiq's final post

Blizzard Watch Patreon

EPBOT: Mailbag: Is It Still Possible to Make a Living Blogging?

Revolution 60 comes to Steam Greenlight

Revolution 60's (now successful) Greenlight page

Steam's online conduct policy

Disability in Gaming: The Problem of Representation

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40: The Lair of Dr. Dow Feb 02, 2015

Show notes

This week, Steve reports from Disney World while everyone else is freezing, Bri and Maddy have constructive criticism for Gamestop’s survival plan, Grim Fandango is examined, and Georgia is revealed to be a supervillain yet again.

Links and Show Notes:

What We’re Playing:

Maddy - Grim Fandango Remastered
Georgia - Dragon Age: Inquisition and Revolve
Bri - Resident Evil Remastered and Saint’s Row IV: Gat Out of Hell
Steve - Final Fantasy VI and Gravity Ghost

Links for this episode:

Ull 2015

Women In Tech: The Book

Pancham

GameStop wants a marketplace for used digital games

Gamestop's gadget refurbishing facility

Steam family sharing

How the Grim Fandango Remaster came to be

Maddy's review of Grim Fandango Remastered

Archive.org's browser based DOS archive

Steve's post on Final Fantasy VI and ADD

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39: Water Balloon Fight Jan 26, 2015

Show notes

Steve dreams of a new Battletoads game that he won't be hardcore enough to play, Georgia derails Bri's very technical discussion of boob physics, and Maddy sets us straight, once and for all, on ethics in game journalism. Plus, stay past the closing music

Links and Show Notes:

What We’re Playing:

Links for this episode:

GTFO

Samus and Sagat

Rocket

Phil Spector's Battletoads shirt

Battletoads speed run from Awesome Games Done Quick

Absurd boob physics in the new Resident Evil remake

Maddy's preview of Resident Evil Remastered

The Destructoid op-Ed on "ethical journalism"

Capcom CAPtivate cancellation

The Kane and Lynch Gamespot controversy

Layoffs at The Escapist

Star Command

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38: Invite Him Over to Play Street Fighter Jan 19, 2015

Show notes

Isometric gets heated! This week, we get back to covering news the only way we know how: Georgia fires sniper rifles at CES, Maddy and Bri swoon over hot guys in Final Fantasy, and Steve gets charged up about the charger Nintendo left out of the new 3DS.

Links and Show Notes:

What We’re Playing:

Maddy - Tea Leaves
Georgia - Mass Effect 2
Bri - Star Trek Trexels
Steve - The Marvellous Miss Take and Dungeon of the Endless

Links for this episode:

ThinkGeek Mega Buster

Bri's Appearance on Nightline

NSNorth 2015

Georgia’s sniper rifle at CES

Vector 73: Nous Sommes Charlie

Belfie

The Final Fantasy Guy

The Hawkeye Initiative

Life is Strange devs on being pressured to make their protagonist male

Remember Me

Commander Shepard was first animated as a woman

Metroid Prime Trilogy to be offered as a digital download

Amiibo can only hold one game's worth of data at a time

No smaller New 3DS in US

No charger with the New 3DS XL

Myke Hurley’s “Free Gift"

Tiny Death Star pulled by Disney

Phreakmods Link

Web Crush Wednesdays: Isometric

Planet Full of Robots: Isometric

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37: Steve is a Special Snowflake Jan 12, 2015

Show notes

Since we're still recovering from the Game of the Year discussion, we decided to take it easy this week and answer some listener questions. In between a couple of Bri's Mass Effect rants, Maddy's stint as a Girl Scout, and a discussion of pictures of Geor

Links and Show Notes:

Since we're still recovering from the Game of the Year discussion, we decided to take it easy this week and answer some listener questions. In between a couple of Bri's Mass Effect rants, Maddy's stint as a Girl Scout, and a discussion of pictures of Georgia's butt online, that is.

What We’re Playing:

Maddy - Street Fighter
Georgia - Bayonetta
Bri - Mass Effect
Steve - Skylanders: Trap Team

Links for this episode:

iMore iPhone 6+ Review

Name That Game (Isometric 25)

Name That Game Remix

Hashteroids (Isometric 9)

P.N.03

Steve's post about discovering he has ADD

Ni No Kuni

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36: We're All Leaving Angry Tonight Jan 05, 2015

Show notes

The conclusion of Isometric's Game of the Year spectacular is finally here! Will Georgia need all of her therapy training to keep Bri and Steve from blowing up the podcast over Danganronpa and Desert Golfing? Will Maddy use her position as the tiebreaking

Guest Starring:

Gita Jackson and Danielle Riendeau

Links and Show Notes:

Best Handheld Game:

Danganronpa
Bravely Default
Fantasy Life
Pokemon Omega Ruby/Alpha Sapphire

Best Mobile Game:

Monument Valley
Desert Golfing
Puzzix
Crossy Road
Candy Crush: Soda Saga

Best Indie Game:

This War of Mine
Shovel Knight
Curtain
Dreamfall Chapters
Crypt of the Necrodancer

Best AAA Game:

Dragon Age: Inquisition
Danganronpa
Super Smash Bros (Wii U)
Shadow of Mordor
Bayonetta 2
Alien: Isolation

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35: Go Bug Your Mom About Bayonetta Dec 29, 2014

Show notes

It's all come down to this, part one of Isometric's Game of the Year spectacular. Special guest stars Gita Jackson and Danielle Riendeau shock the Isometric cast with their tiebreaking votes. Hearts will be dashed, dreams will be ruined, and nothing will

Guest Starring:

Danielle Riendeau and Gita Jackson

Links and Show Notes:

The Nominees:

Biggest Disappointment:

Destiny
Assassin’s Creed: Unity
Watch Dogs

Best Representation:

Wolfenstein: The New Order
Never Alone
Captain Toad
Dragon Age: Inquisition

34: PokeRapper.com Dec 22, 2014

Show notes

The 2014 season of Isometric is hurtling to a close and nothing will ever be the same! Special guest Andrea Rene of GameTrailers.com gives Maddy the inner strength to be a Pokerapper, Bri is less than excited that Hatred fans are requesting her addition a

Links and Show Notes:

What We’re Playing:

Andrea - Destiny: The Dark Below and Kingdom Rush Origins
Maddy - Fantasy Life
Georgia - Street Fighter
Bri - Pokemon Alpha Sapphire, Candy Crush Soda Saga
Steve - Danganronpa and Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker

Links for this episode:

Persona 5 announced for PlayStation 4

Day of the Tentacle HD remaster announced

New Zelda Wii U footage from The Game Awards

King’s Quest reboot trailer

Hatred pulled from Steam Greenlight...

...And then put back

Hatred developers' political leanings

Papers, Please iOS altered to remove nudity and then restored

Georgia's 2014 gift guide

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33: Orc Murder Enthusiast Dec 15, 2014

Show notes

Georgia's orc obsession is becoming a bit of a concern. Nevertheless, we decide whether Bri or Maddy bought the wrong fight stick now that Street Fighter V is a PS4 exclusive, and debate the merits of pulling GTA V off the shelves in Australia, before Ste

Links and Show Notes:

What We’re Playing:

Maddy - VVVVVV
Georgia - Journey
Bri - Wolfenstein: The New Order, Shadow of Mordor and Lara Croft and the Temple of Osiris
Steve - Far Cry 4 and This War of Mine

Links for this episode:

Tomb Raider to be published by Microsoft

Street Fighter V announcement

SFV will be exclusive to PS4 forever

Kmart and Target in Australia pull GTA V from shelves

Colin Campbell's editorial on GTA's misogyny

Claire Hoskin's editorial on GTA and Australian culture

First person mode in GTA V

Jacked: The Outlaw Story of Grand Theft Auto

Banned games in Australia

Georgia's Dragon Age Inquisitor

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