VTW Radio : 2040

2040 Episode 100 Sep 23, 2012

This week Natural20 and Yorkshire Tea reach their epic 100th episode. Bringing together all the best parts of 2040 over the past two and a half years, the hundreth has awesome conversations, significant technical problems, offensive emails and amazing music abound.

Thankyou all very much for listening.

2040 Episode 99 Sep 05, 2012

This week Natural20 and Yorkshire Tea talk about the Apple-Samsung lawsuits and their effect on gaming and technology around the world.

They also manage to get their Skype connection working allowing Show X host Docdead and longtime listener Pusser on the show for chats about PAX and nerf guns.

As ever you can send in emails to the show at twentyfortea@gmail.com or check out the show forum at: http://media.vtwproductions.com/forum/index.php

Thanks very much for listening.

2040 Episode 98 Aug 23, 2012

This week Natural20 and Yorkshire Tea talk about the controversy surrounding Alex Hutchinson, the creative director of Assassin's Creed III who accused game journalists of "subtle racism" this past week. Tea and 20 spend time talking about the merits of Japanese narrative design, before being sidetracked into a conversation about lost game saves.

http://www.destructoid.com/assassin-s-creed-dev-accuses-game-journalists-of-racism-233345.phtml

Tea and 20 spend time talking about the merits of Japanese narrative design, before being sidetracked into a conversation about lost game saves.

As ever you can send in emails to the show at twentyfortea@gmail.com or check out the show forum at: http://media.vtwproductions.com/forum/index.php

Thanks very much for listening.

2040 Bonus Episode 1 Aug 23, 2012

This week, in an episode from August 5th, Yorkshire Tea goes it alone and talks about the Olympics whilst also playing some chill tunes owing to Natural20's absence in Belgrade.

As ever you can send in emails to the show at twentyfortea@gmail.com or check out the show forum at: http://media.vtwproductions.com/forum/index.php

Thanks very much for listening.

2040 Episode 97 Jul 16, 2012

This week Natural20 and Yorkshire Tea talk about the Ouya, the new $99 Android powered game console that's being funded by kickstarter:

http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/ouya/ouya-a-new-kind-of-video-game-console

Whilst Natural20 is convinced its a con, Tea remains more optimistic of the motives behind the console, if not on its prospects in the market. As ever distractions about anything and everything gaming are abound.

As ever you can send in emails to the show at twentyfortea@gmail.com or check out the show forum at: http://media.vtwproductions.com/forum/index.php

Thanks very much for listening.

2040 Episode 96 Jul 14, 2012

This week Natural20 and Yorkshire Tea return after a magnificent hiatus following what can only be described as a harrowing month of SAM refusing to actually work. This week is a bit of a hodge podge show because of the tennis, but you can look forward to discussions about EVO 2012 choosing to charge for viewing streams as well as a massive conversation about the state of the Pokemon world.

As ever you can send in emails to the show at twentyfortea@gmail.com or check out the show forum at: http://media.vtwproductions.com/forum/index.php

Thanks very much for listening.

2040 Episode 95 Jun 08, 2012

This week Natural20 and Yorkshire Tea talk about E3, attempt to predict what will happen at the conference and talk about games they are looking forward to. Watch as they make predictions that are hilariously incorrect and go completely off topic.

As ever, if you want to support the show please get in touch with us using our email, twentyfortea@gmail.com or follow us on twitter @twentyfortea. You can also like our facebook group: http://www.facebook.com/pages/2040/346987188254

2040 Episode 94 May 23, 2012

This week Natural20 and Yorkshire Tea talk about whether games need to grow up any further. They talk about the current state of gaming and what it might need to change to be considered more acceptable among the wider public. They even question whether games have already reached this hallowed ground without anyone actually noticing.

As ever, if you want to support the show please get in touch with us using our email, twentyfortea@gmail.com or follow us on twitter @twentyfortea. You can also like our facebook group: http://www.facebook.com/pages/2040/346987188254

Archive listeners are also welcome to participate in the poll located here: http://media.vtwproductions.com/forum/index.php?topic=9228.0

2040 Episode 93 May 11, 2012

This week Natural20 and Yorkshire Tea talk about the Elders Scrolls MMO, they talk about whether they think the MMO will be a success, coming to a fairly conclusive "no," before examining the rest of the MMO market and trying to understand what it would take for a game to be able to hold up against World of Warcraft. As ever, tangets about publishers, Free Radical studios and Final Fantasy 7 are abound.

As ever, if you want to support the show please get in touch with us using our email, twentyfortea@gmail.com or follow us on twitter @twentyfortea. You can also like our facebook group: http://www.facebook.com/pages/2040/346987188254

Archive listeners are also welcome to participate in the poll located here: http://media.vtwproductions.com/forum/index.php?topic=9228.0

2040 Episode 92 May 01, 2012

This week Natural20 and Yorkshire Tea talk about Gamer Cred, discussing what the term means initially, but moving beyond that into a discussion about how appropriate it is to ask people about whether they game or not. The discussion becomes even more intense when they bring forward the idea that Gamer Cred might just be an expression of natural human desire. Snide comments about EA, Sony, Nintendo and Microsoft are abundant as ever as is amazing music by the brilliant people at OCRemix and new entry into the 2040 musical lineup, Nubbin.

As ever, if you want to support the show please get in touch with us using our email, twentyfortea@gmail.com or follow us on twitter @twentyfortea. You can also like our facebook group: http://www.facebook.com/pages/2040/346987188254

Archive listeners are also welcome to participate in the poll located here: http://media.vtwproductions.com/forum/index.php?topic=9167.msg49305#msg49305

2040 Episode 91 Apr 24, 2012

This week Natural20 and Yorkshire Tea talk about Microsoft's woes regarding their Xbox division. They firstly discuss why the losses may have been incurred before going on to figure out exactly what Microsoft can do in order to mitigate its losses. The question is then posed to the irc audience who have some interesting ideas of how they can deal with the problem.

As ever, if you want to support the show please get in touch with us using our email, twentyfortea@gmail.com or follow us on twitter @twentyfortea. You can also like our facebook group: http://www.facebook.com/pages/2040/346987188254

Archive listeners are also welcome to participate in the poll located here: http://media.vtwproductions.com/forum/index.php?topic=9107.0

2040 Episode 90 Apr 16, 2012

This week Natural20 and Yorkshire Tea talk about the current controversy in the fighting game community regarding LI Joe. Specifically, that LI Joe is being sponsored by Brazzers, the rather famous porn site. They talk about whether Joe himself should have accepted the sponsorship and they talk about the impact on the fighting game community as a whole. Finally, the two examine whether the porn industry may be looking to legitimise itself through allowing sponsoring other activities. Jamz also makes an appearance, the less said about that, the better.

As ever, if you want to support the show please get in touch with us using our email, twentyfortea@gmail.com or follow us on twitter @twentyfortea. You can also like our facebook group: http://www.facebook.com/pages/2040/346987188254

Archive listeners are also welcome to participate in the poll located here: http://media.vtwproductions.com/forum/index.php?topic=9032.0

2040 Episode 89 Apr 09, 2012

This week Natural20 and Yorkshire Tea are accompanied by the full 2040 guest star crew, that means Shatner's Basoon, Requiem and C-Squared all contribute to the discussion. A brief period is spent discussing the two new Silent Hill games that have come out recently, Slient Hill Downpour and Silent Hill HD collection, with resident Silent Hill enthusiasts, Tea and Requiem providing their wisdom. Following that a discussion on PAX East recently and some controversy regarding a couple of individuals who were asked to leave the convention based on clothing requirements came about. Among other things, law regarding nudity in the U.S. was covered as well as whether PAX should seek to fight these laws in the future.