80-Bit Podsmash

Penguin & Termite discuss entitlement in gaming culture. Some gamers are accused of being entitled when critiquing or discussing things in the industry. There has to be more to these "entitled gamers" than people lead on.

Music: Ozzed - No Fight But Cool http://ozzed.net http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/us/

Google has burst into the video game industry as a major contender with Google Stadia. This begs the conversation around video game streaming. What is it? Why does it matter? What's the future? Penguin & Termite discuss on this episode of 80 Bit Podsmash!

Music: Ozzed - No Fight But Cool http://ozzed.net http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/us/

Penguin & Termite lay it on thick with the most controversial discussion yet. Come listen to us debate some very hot button issues of our current day. Nothing is excused as our topic covers religion, politics and even science doubters.

Music: Ozzed - No Fight But Cool http://ozzed.net http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/us/

Penguin & Termite address the growing outcry in the video game industry to unionize! We debate and discuss the merit of unions as well as the pros and cons of how it could play out in the world of workers in video games.

https://www.google.com/amp/s/kotaku.com/it-s-time-for-game-developers-to-unionize-1823992430/amp https://www.google.com/amp/s/kotaku.com/survey-of-4-000-game-developers-says-half-of-them-want-1832028417/amp https://smartasset.com/career/the-pros-and-cons-of-unions https://www.gameworkersunite.org/

Music: Ozzed - No Fight but Cool http://ozzed.net

Penguin & Termite's latest entry in our Developer Profile series of topics. This time we talk all about Capcom! Did you know they weren't doing so well for awhile until about 3 years ago? What happened? Why are they so good!? Devil May Cry 5, Resident Evil 2 Remake, Monster Hunter Worlds, Mega Man 11, and Resident Evil 7 were major successes!

Notes: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capcom https://www.gamerevolution.com/features/366417-capcom-became-capcompetent

Music: Ozzed - No Fight But Cool http://ozzed.net http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/us/

Penguin and Termite discuss the state of Games as a Service GaaS or live service games in 2019. How is the new business model working as we wrap up the decade? Termite things it's unsustainable in its current state.

Ref:

https://www.forbes.com/sites/insertcoin/2019/01/04/in-2019-the-state-of-activision-blizzard-is-not-strong/#4a7224830398 https://kotaku.com/activision-blizzard-begins-massive-layoffs-1832571288 https://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2018-10-19-ea-and-activisions-usd79bn-games-as-a-service-growth https://techcrunch.com/2018/12/27/epic-fortnite-3-billion-profit https://kotaku.com/activision-says-its-not-happy-with-destinys-sales-1830322804 Music: Ozzed - No Fight but Cool http://ozzed.net

Penguin & Termite's second entry in the series of topics analyzing the different decades in gaming history. This time we visit the Aughts, 2000-2009, the entry of the "HD era" of gaming. Some say it's the emo, dark, grungy teenager decade of video games. We analyze the culture of the time, video game business during this era and talk about our favorite entries in this decade.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2000s_in_video_gaming https://www.morganstanley.com/ideas/video-gaming-publishers-2018 Music: http://ozzed.net Ozzed - The Misadventure Begins

Penguin & Termite, inspired by Coopatition Matt, discuss challenge runs! Anything from Speed Runs to Mario with no jumping is on the table. Why do gamers put themselves through this? What challenges do you like?

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/top10/2330-the-top-10-mostly-self-imposed-challenges-specific

https://kotaku.com/billy-mitchell-breaks-silence-about-donkey-kong-high-sc-1822815818

Music: Ozzed - City of Iron http://ozzed.net http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/us/

Excited about Anthem? Penguin & Termite discuss our impressions and experience during the recent demo. Alos, Deep Silver, @deepsilver, decided to publish Metro Exodus on the Epic Games store while honoring all current Steam pre-orders and DLC purchases. Penguin & Termite discuss what this means in terms of digital distribution of video games.

Notes:

https://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2019-01-03-uk-video-game-sales-now-80-percent-digital https://www.superdataresearch.com/worldwide-digital-games-market/ https://screenrant.com/video-games-digital-revenue/ https://gameoasisnews.com/2019/01/30/metro-exodus-abandons-steam-for-epic-games-store-two-weeks-before-launch/ Music: Ozzed - Wetmelon http://ozzed.net http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/us/

Penguin & Termite have a little fun on Valentine's Day by discussing video game companions. Don't we all love a little escort missions in our video games? We discuss all forms of companions; pets, duos, couch co-op, commentators and helpers!

Music: Ozzed - Seductive Space http://ozzed.net http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/us/