Video Game Podcast 3000 – 04 – 290614

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Video Game Podcast 3000 – 04 – 290614

http://tim-bro.podomatic.com/entry/2014-06-28T23_49_35-07_00

Hey everyone! Welcome to the Fourth episode of the Video Game Podcast 3000. This week not much happened but we found stuff to talk about anyway! Video game controllers, Kickstarter horror stories and even talk about what we thought was the best game of the year thus far! So many topics, so little time.

Mario Kart 8 Gets Super Nintendo Demake ROM Hack

http://www.retrocollect.com/News/mario-kart-8-gets-super-nintendo-demake-rom-hack.html

UK court rules against Nintendo in Wii patent battle

http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2014-06-20-uk-court-rules-against-nintendo-in-wii-patent-battle?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=socialoomph

The Sims 4 Launching Without Swimming Pools or Toddlers

http://au.ign.com/articles/2014/06/27/the-sims-4-launching-without-swimming-pools-or-toddlers

We would like to acknowledge the music which we have borrowed from Handheld Heroes Volume One by the artist Wizwars.

So please do enjoy and subscribe if we don’t bore you too much and you would like to hear more of our voice. Search for “Video Game Podcast 3000” on iTunes.

https://vgs3k.wordpress.com/

Tim’s Twitter : https://twitter.com/moh0k

Matt’s Twitter: https://twitter.com/Mawtful

Video Game Podcast 3000 – 03 – 220614

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Video Game Podcast 3000 – 03 – 220614

 

Hey everyone! Welcome to the Third episode of the Video Game Podcast 3000. E3 is well and truly over and we talk about random stuff that we though was newsworthy this past week.

Hyperdimension Neptunia VII confirmed for PlayStation 4
Read more at http://gematsu.com/2014/06/hyperdimension-neptunia-vii-confirmed-playstation-4#EW0cuaCzWDJorRMo.99

Capcom Currently Open to Takeover

http://operationrainfall.com/2014/06/16/capcom-currently-open-takeover/

Everyone Was Talking About Nintendo At E3 2014

http://www.nintendolife.com/news/2014/06/everyone_was_talking_about_nintendo_at_e3_2014

UK court rules against Nintendo in Wii patent battle

http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2014-06-20-uk-court-rules-against-nintendo-in-wii-patent-battle

The Sims 4: Sims Cannot Purchase Clothing

http://simsvip.com/2014/06/18/the-sims-4-sims-cannot-purchase-clothing/

The AI That Powers The Sims 4 Is Almost Too Smart

http://www.popularmechanics.com/technology/gadgets/video-games/inside-the-mind-of-the-sims-4-16906802

5 Things Nintendo Should have Announced at E3

http://nintendoenthusiast.com/article/5-things-nintendo-announced-e3/?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter

Nintendo 2013 Game Seminar Titles Coming to Wii U eShop This Week in Japan

http://www.nintendoworldreport.com/news/37833/nintendo-2013-game-seminar-titles-coming-to-wii-u-eshop-this-week-in-japan

Battlefield Hardline Beta Now Open on PC

http://au.ign.com/articles/2014/06/18/battlefield-hardline-beta-now-open-on-pc?utm_campaign=ign+main+twitter&utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social

Nintendo Hopes to Have Metroid News to Share in the ‘Near Future’

http://www.nintendoworldreport.com/news/37837/nintendo-hopes-to-have-metroid-news-to-share-in-the-near-future

You can be a female assassin in Sunset Overdrive

http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2014-06-20-you-can-be-a-female-assassin-in-sunset-overdrive?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=socialoomph

Halo to stay Xbox One exclusive – for now

http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2014-06-20-halo-to-stay-xbox-one-exclusive-for-now

How to get your DS and Wii back online, and the people who made it possible

http://www.polygon.com/2014/6/20/5775924/how-to-get-ds-wii-online

Ubisoft confirms deactivated graphics options in PC Watch Dogs

http://www.mcvuk.com/news/read/ubisoft-confirms-deactivated-graphics-options-in-pc-watch-dogs/0134302?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+mcvuk%2Fstream+%28MCV%3A+Home+Stream%29

Nintendo’s comeback strategy: Whale hunting

http://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2014-06-19-nintendos-comeback-strategy-whale-hunting

Japanese ‘Day One Edition’ Xbox One adopters are actually getting a pretty good deal

http://en.rocketnews24.com/2014/06/20/japanese-day-one-edition-xbox-one-adopters-are-actually-getting-a-pretty-good-deal/

Splatoon Release Window, Modes Revealed

http://www.nintendoworldreport.com/news/37886/splatoon-release-window-modes-revealed

Witcher 3 design documents leak endings, concept art, and beastiary [UPDATE]

http://ps4daily.com/2014/06/witcher-3-design-doc-leak/

THQ Relics Remain Untouched in Its Old Offices — Check Out the Photos

http://www.gamespot.com/articles/thq-relics-remain-untouched-in-its-old-offices-check-out-the-photos/1100-6419927/

We would like to acknowledge the music which we have borrowed from Handheld Heroes Volume One by the artist Wizwars.

So please do enjoy and subscribe if we don’t bore you too much and you would like to hear more of our voice. Search for “Video Game Podcast 3000” on iTunes.

https://vgs3k.wordpress.com/

Tim’s Twitter : https://twitter.com/moh0k

Matt’s Twitter: https://twitter.com/Mawtful

Video Game Podcast 3000 – 02 – 160614

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Video Game Podcast 3000 – 02 – 160614

Hey everyone! Welcome to the second episode of the Video Game Podcast 3000. In this second episode we discuss E3 2014 and what we saw, liked, disliked and talk way too long about it. We’ll try to not speak for this long ever again, at least not until there is so much to talk about from a single event.

Mass Effect 3 At 8K Resolution Will Make Your PC Weep
http://kotaku.com/mass-effect-3-at-8k-resolution-will-make-your-pc-weep-1590962124

We would like to acknowledge the music which we have borrowed from Handheld Heroes Volume One by the artist Wizwars.

So please do enjoy and subscribe if we don’t bore you too much and you would like to hear more of our voice. Search for “Video Game Podcast 3000” on iTunes.

https://vgs3k.wordpress.com/

Tim’s Twitter : https://twitter.com/moh0k

Matt’s Twitter: https://twitter.com/Mawtful

Video Game Podcast 3000 – 01 – 090614

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Video Game Podcast 3000 – 01 – 090614

Hello all!

Greetings from Tim and Matt. Yes, we are still alive and we are getting all excited for E3 2014 which is almost upon us! Now seems like as good a time as any to start up our podcast : Video Game Podcast 3000! We would like to acknowledge the music which we have borrowed from Handheld Heroes Volume One by the artist Wizwars.

So please do enjoy and subscribe if we don’t bore you too much and you would like to hear more of our voice.

Subscribe with iTunes : itpc://tim-bro.podomatic.com/rss2.xml (copy paste into your browser, the link will automatically open iTunes)

Thanks!

How to Pokémon

I wanted to share what I’ve learned about Pokémon. This short guide covers effort training, individual values and gathers a lot of information from across the Internet that I make use of in raising and training Pokémon myself.

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Oh, Yeah?

So for $99 I can play a handful of crappy Android apps, and a handful of probably decent indie games, on my TV.
I can connect an Xbox360 controller to my PC and do that now.

I also assume that these guys have done little to no market research. Sure, they’ve got the “nerd” numbers – but the customers they need if they’re going to crack into the market aren’t the ones savvy enough to follow a Kickstarter, they’re the ones that don’t even know how to shop online. A huge percentage of the population aren’t going to be able to really use this machine. They’ll get frustrated once and it’ll be given away or packed away and forgotten. And it’s only $99 – that’s cheap enough to use once or twice and forget; it’s still in the “child’s toy” price range.

I know I’m getting my grumpy on today, but I’ll keep my $99 thanks, and spend it on real games, on a real games platform.

Gotta something ’em all!

July is Shameless Gaming Month, you can check out details here, a time for reflection on the Pile of Shame that’s been left, neglected, unfinished, unplayed. It’s already the 2nd and I haven’t yet finished my preparations, so I’m not sure how successful this is going to be; there’s also the Steam Summer Sale looming, and we all know how that ended last year. Still, SGM is about setting and achieving your own goals, it’s not a competition – even if I am in it to win it.

So here’s a snapshot of my current-gen console games; Steam library is another tale entirely. For starters I’d like to finish Skyward Sword and Amnesia, since I’ve already put a bit of time in each of them.

That’ll be my goal this week, which should also give me time to plan for the rest of the month.

Mawt

Why does everything have maintenance on the same night?

It’s not even funny…

Aren’t Those For Kids?

So despite racking up some more hours in a galaxy far, far away I picked up a bunch of games last week that are getting most of my attention.

Shinobi (3DS) is fun, in an old-school you’re-going-to-die-hundreds-of-times-to-get-through-each-frame kind of way.

Dragon Quest VI (DS) seems to be pretty much what you would expect from having played any other Dragon Quest game.

Epic Mickey (Wii) has been almost wholly disappointing after hearing such good things about it and then taking such a long time to actually buy it. The camera controls are terrible, which makes a 3D platformer become frustrating. I think I need to reposition the Wii Sensor Bar and try again.

The Last Story (Wii) has surprised me. I’ve invested about eight hours, and I’ve enjoyed what I’ve seen so far – especially being able to dye all the clothes/armours that the heroes wear. Colour co-ordination and dress-ups are what make a good game, right?

Metal Gear Solid 3D (3DS) is not a very portable game. Nevertheless, I’ve put in almost as much time here as with The Last Story. Also, it has an EXTREME difficulty mode in which, when an enemy sees you, the game ends. A Kojima Production.

I wanted to talk about a bunch of other things: League of Legends and Why I Stopped Playing, Double Fine Adventure!, Mass Effect – but those will have to get pushed to another post.

So, what are you playing? Tell me about your “Epic Mickey”; that game that you waited for and it let you down. Let me in on your disappointments so I can feel better about mine.

Virtua Fighter’s Akira Yuki joins Dead or Alive 5!

So nice

I have to say, I’m not really that excited about the idea of Akira from Virtua Fighter being in DOA 5. The main thing that made me want to share this video is how nice the character redesigns of Ayane and Kasumi are. They have a slightly more mature and realistic look to their faces now and I’m really looking forward to playing the full game just to get a better look at them!

Thanks to IGN for the news information and the video.