Penguin and Termite wish you and yours a very Happy New Year! We discuss highlights from the 2017 year in gaming. Spoiler! It was an amazing year! We discuss our vision and hope for 2018.

Music: Ozzed 8-Bit Party http://ozzed.net/ http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

Penguin & Termite wish you all a very Merry Christmas! We discuss our favorite Christmas video games and memories around them, our Christmas wish lists and we want to know what games you guys play for Christmas! Music Ozzed - JingleNES http://ozzed.net/music/site-releases.shtml http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

Penguin & Termite discuss controllers! What makes them good? Which ones are the worst? What are your favorites? Why do they matter?

Footnotes: https://thebests.kotaku.com/the-best-video-game-control-pads-1785680071 https://kotaku.com/the-quest-to-make-a-better-video-game-controller-1818823822 - compares controller design to musical instruments https://waitbutwhy.com/2017/04/neuralink.html -brain machine interfaces Controller Poster: https://scontent-iad3-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/23795612_137866810203206_1621028561958585697_n.jpg?oh=9740b1a30e2f0914e63981e1a1eec442&oe=5A89FF1A Music: Eric Skiff - Resistor Anthems: Chibi Ninja http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Eric_Skiff/Resistor_Anthems/eric_skiff_-_03_-_chibi_ninja http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

Penguin & Termite discuss the first person perspective and compare/contrast it to various other ways to portray video games as art

Footnotes: http://www.denofgeek.com/us/games/12152/the-superiority-of-third-person-shooters Music: Ozzed Ferrous Rage http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/us/

Penguin & Termite discuss the value of holding onto video games. We also talk about the ethics around buying used games vs pirating software and its affect on the gaming industry.

Gamestop PowerPass https://kotaku.com/gamestop-offering-unlimited-6-month-access-to-preowned-1819957746 Music: ozzed - Game at Heart http://ozzed.net/

Penguin & Termite discuss the best franchi.... their favorite franchise in all of video games, The Legend of Zelda. We talk favorites, as well as the impact of Zelda on industry.

Reference:

http://www.escapistmagazine.com/articles/view/video-games/16779-How-The-Legend-of-Zelda-Changed-Gaming

Music:

8-bit Hell All Hallows Eve -H-Pizzle - Ghosts of a Fallen Empire https://archive.org/details/AllHallowsEveIn8bitHellCompilation http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/us/

Penguin & Termite reflect on the gaming industry and discuss what we're thankful for this year in gaming as well Thanksgiving gaming memories.

Music http://ozzed.net Ozzed - Lesser than Three - 04 Delicious Keys http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/us/

Penguin & Termite interview an Actor, Motion Capture Performer, Fight Director, Certified Stage Combat Instructor, Andrew Ray a.k.a A -Ray.

Resources: http://a-rayfights.blogspot.com/ https://www.polygon.com/2017/9/27/16373944/volition-layoffs-agents-of-mayhem-sales Find A-Ray on Twitter: @adr612 Music http://ozzed.net/ Lesser Than Three - No Fight But Cool http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/us/

Penguin & Termite banter over their most wanted wish list of video games. Sequels, remasters, and completely off the rails requests.

Marvel and Square Enix article: https://na.square-enix.com/us/blog/marvel-entertainment-square-enix-announce-avengers-project

Music: Ozzed.net - Nackskott http://ozzed.net/music/nackskott.shtml

The journalism website, The Atlantic, posted an article questioning the existence of storytelling in games. Penguin and Termite take them to task in this episode of 80-Bit Podsmash!

https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2017/04/video-games-stories/524148/

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