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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

Latest Episodes:

22: Steve's Existential Crisis Can Wait Oct 06, 2014

Show notes

PERSONA! This week, Brianna reveals unhealthy passion for P4: Arena Ultimax. Maddy praises the Steam curation system before decimating it. Georgia bonds with special guest and fellow nice person Jonathan Mann. And Steve tricks everyone into talking about

Links and Show Notes:

What We’re Playing:

Maddy - Ultimate Marvel vs Capcom 3
Georgia - Crypt of the Necrodancer
Bri - Forza Horizon 2 and Persona 4 Arena Ultimax
Steve - Hyrule Warriors

Links for this episode:

The #PhotoshopGeorgia Gallery

They Bleed Pixels

Who Curates the Curators?

Forgotify

The Isometric theme song

Song a Day: Desert Golfing

Samurai Gunn

Jonathan Mann's Kickstarter

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21: Speak Softly and Carry a Huge Lancer Sep 28, 2014

Show notes

This week, special guest Danielle Riendeau of Polygon joins us to discuss the art of Gears of War with Maddy, geek out with Bri on Unreal and Unity, try to sell Steve on Alien: Isolation, and design Georgia's new Canadian fighting game.

Guest Starring:

Danielle Riendeau

Links and Show Notes:

What We’re Playing:

Maddy - Broken Folx, This is a Real Thing That Happened, Curtain
Georgia - Desert Golfing
Bri - Mass Effect 3
Steve - The Banner Saga
Danielle - Road Redemption

Links for this episode:

Steam introduces curation

Steam curator curation

Our Steam curator page

Titan cancelled

Jacked

Alien Isolation's Survivor DLC

After Isometric 14: "T2 Was OK"

Alien Isolation full cast DLC

Aliens Trilogy for PS1

Treachery in Beatdown City

20: DayQuil Dance Party Sep 22, 2014

Show notes

Neither DayQuil haze, nor pneumonia, nor Skype disasters will keep us from our appointed rounds of destroying 3DSes with the Super Smash Bros demo, analyzing the Minecraft sale, and plotting to hand out crystal hand turkeys for game of the year.

Links and Show Notes:

What We’re Playing:

Maddy - Super Smash Bros demo
Georgia - Joinz
Bri - Danganronpa 2
Steve - Destiny and Desert Golfing

Links for this episode:

Super Smash Bros 3DS shutting down system functions to run at 60fps

Ice Climbers scrapped for performance reasons

Super Smash Bros is breaking 3DS slide pads

You can use a 3DS as a controller for Super Smash Bros Wii U

Homebrew SNES emulator for the 3DS

NES Remix would have been "more difficult" to bring to 3DS, but Nintendo never said it was impossible

Legends of Beforia

A City Sleeps

Red Survivor

Microsoft buys Minecraft for $2.5B

Notch on why he’s leaving

Terraria

Starbound

GOTY 2013: Badass Girls Need Not Apply

Wii U Super Smash Bros release date confirmed

Legendary Engram on Twitter

Every Final Smash in Super Smash Bros [spoiler warning]

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19: Corruption Tastes Like Chocolate Covered Bugles Sep 15, 2014

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After making Steve answer for his heinous crimes of corruption, we try to get back to normal by arguing about the new 3DS, wildly speculating about games for the Apple Watch, and making Georgia suffer through a thorough analysis of Destiny's story.

Links and Show Notes:

What We’re Playing:

Maddy - Hatoful Boyfriend
Georgia - Limbo
Bri - Danganronpa 2
Steve - Desert Golfing

Links for this episode:

Tim Bennett's ultimate Fanda photo

Duck Hunt dog confirmed in Super Smash Bros

Pacifist World of Warcraft player reaches level 90

Nintendo announces the New 3DS

Pixelkin's chart of Nintendo consoles

Nintendo announces an NES-styled 3DS

Resident Evil Revelations 2 not coming to 3DS

Nintendo claims NES Remix won't run on 3DS

Circle Pad Pro

Arm wrestling game for the Apple Watch

EA prototyping games for the Apple Watch

Bounden

Johann Sebastian Joust

Furby without fur

Destiny sells $500M at launch

18: Rainbows and Sunshine Sep 08, 2014

Show notes

You asked us to talk about GamerGate. So we talked about GamerGate. A lot. (But also PAX Prime, the PokeRap, and dating tips for birds.)

Links and Show Notes:

What We’re Playing:

Maddy - Hatoful Boyfriend
Georgia - Puzzix
Bri - Crypt of the Necrodancer and Danganronpa 2
Steve - Madden 15 and Azure Striker Gunvolt

Links for this episode:

Boston Festival of Indie Games

WiiWaa

The Pokerap

Maddy’s Metroid EP

PAX Prime - "The F Word"

Altconf - Nine Ways to Stop Hurting and Start Helping Women in Tech

Fandas.biz

Handas

RobotKnights.com

Critical Distance's roundup of general GamerGate articles

Leigh Alexander - "Gamers Are Over"

Dan Golding - The End of Gamers

Justice Points #54 - "Follow the Money"

Kotaku on their Patreon Policy

Jenn Frank - "How to Attack a Woman Who Works in Video Gaming"

Paste - "Why We Didn't Want to Talk About GamerGate"

Open Letter from Game Devs condemning harrassment

Be awesome to parents of autistic kids

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17: The 90s Were a Dark Time Sep 01, 2014

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In a surprisingly lucid episode, Maddy talks about the necessary evil of PAX. Steve gets twitchy when it’s suggested that an F-Zero remake might not be the best, and Georgia recommends gateway games to a life-destroying habit. Plus, Bri talks about her sm

Links and Show Notes:

What We’re Playing:

Maddy - Ultra Street Fighter IV (again)
Georgia - Tapper
Bri - Pokemon X and Diablo 3 Ultimate Edition
Steve - Diablo 3 Ultimate Edition and OlliOlli

Links for this episode:

Georgia's Ice Bucket Challenge injury

Full video of Georgia's Ice Bucket Challenge

Revolution 60

Gone Home

The Swapper

Evoland

Hard Corps Uprising

Peggle

EDGE

Girls Like Robots

Zuma's Revenge

FTL

Rogue Legacy

Crypt of the Necrodancer

Bri’s viral e-mail (NFSW)

New Star Trek Online expansion announced

Boston Festival of Indie Games

GaymerX Kickstarter

Polygamer Interview with Matt Conn

Twitch finally bought by Amazon

Interview with Twitch and Amazon execs

Maddy's fighting tournament article

Pokken Tournament announcement

Mario Kart DLC Announced

Miyamoto interview

16: Bro Up Like a Football Bro Aug 25, 2014

Show notes

This week, Bri invents an exciting (and embarrassing) new catchphrase for Georgia. We decide if it's too early to plan a funeral for game demos, dissect the fun and sad Madden 15 ad, and predict a future where indies are paid in mehs and not dollars.

Links and Show Notes:

What We’re Playing:

Maddy - K.O.L.M.
Georgia - Spellfall
Bri - Transformers: Human Alliance
Steve - Rez HD

Links for this episode:

Spawn On Me Episode 26: #MikeBrown lived in Brookago too

Outrage culture is pretty silly

The Madden 15 ad

EA limits Madden demo access to six hours

Ben Kuchera's editorial on the death of demos

Because You're Worthless: The Dark Side of Indie PR

Maddy's editorial on what makes Metroid great

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15: The Full Georgia Aug 18, 2014

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This week. we address the Alderaan levels of anguish about Tomb Raider being an Xbox exclusive, challenge the dubious Night Trap Kickstarter, and have a serious adult conversation about gamers and depression. We also affirm your life choices if you play g

Links and Show Notes:

Maddy - Ultra Street Fighter IV

Georgia - Boggle

Bri - The Last of Us and Mass Effect 2

Steve - Wolfenstein: The New Order and Rock Band Blitz

Links for this episode:

PS4 hits 10M units

Silent Hills announced

Rise of the Tomb Raider is an Xbox exclusive...

It's confirmed to be a timed exclusive...

It’s coming to 360...

...And the Internet is ANGRY

Night Trap Kickstarter page

The Night Trap devs defend their Kickstarter

Leigh Alexander on Leisure Suit Larry remake

Zoe Quinn on the decision to release Depression Quest

Robin Williams to be included in World of Warcraft as an NPC

Youtube Highlights of Renegade FemShep

14: Yoshi’s Suffering Invitation Aug 11, 2014

Show notes

This week's episode is old-school Isometric. Maddy speculates about Twitch, Steve freaks out about Yoshi’s real name, and Bri discusses iOS Bioshock using jargon everyone else pretends to understand. Meanwhile, Georgia wonders what she’s doing with her li

Links and Show Notes:

What We're Playing:

Maddy - Kirby Triple Deluxe
Georgia - The Swapper
Steve - Peggle 2 and The Last of Us
Bri - (deep breath) Crypt of the Necrodancer and Mega Man Battle Network and Fire Emblem: Awakening and Super Mario 3D Land and X-Men Arcade and Peggle 2 and Portal 2 and Mass Effect

Links for this episode:

Attack turkeys!

Twitch policy changes

Theory of what's really going on at Twitch

Data centers use 2% of US energy

Campaign to switch from Twitch to Hitbox

Fandas.biz

Yoshi's full name revealed

Bioshock announced for iOS

Xibalba

Irrational's promise of a Bioshock game for Vita

Lawsuit because Killzone isn’t 1080p

Gearbox trying to remove itself from Alien: Colonel Marines lawsuit

Codemasters offering refunds for misleading Colin McRae Rally game on Steam

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13: The Maddy Myers Test Aug 04, 2014

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This week, we pour one out for the writers lost from GameSpot, gush about the Bayonetta anime, and decide if PlayStation Now rentals are expensive or VERY expensive. (Bonus: Isometric decides which Sailor Scout Steve is.)

Links and Show Notes:

What We’re Playing:

Steve - Crypt of the Necrodancer
Bri - Blood Dragon (again)
Maddy - Rayman Legends and Dark Souls
Georgia - Puzzix

Links for this episode:

A real panda robot

Panda mech fan art

Scarecrow, Chipotle's iOS game

Crown Prince Henrik of Denmark in a panda suit

Massive layoffs at Gamespot

Video game web sites ranked by page views

Google buys Twitch, "confirmed"

Bayonetta anime trailer

CNet's Revolution 60 review

EA Access announced

Playstation Now beta opens

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