Big Boss Battle — Big Boss Babble

Toby, Terry and Dann meet up once more for the seventeenth episode of bigbossbattle.com's Big Boss Babble.This time the team discuss 2017 in retrospect, reflecting on some of the games and events which have stuck with them through this fantastic year for video games.Thanks for listening! Intro music: “Cyborg Ninja” Kevin MacLeod(incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

Toby, Terry and Dann meet up once more for the seventeenth episode of bigbossbattle.com's Big Boss Babble.This time the team discuss Take Two's movement into the 'Indie Publishing' scene and how the continued entrance of large-scale publishers into that space, I.E. their eagerness to attach themselves to the indie term, underlines the fact that the term cannot continue to be one-size-fits-all.The team also discuss the Nintendo Switch and its merits some more, as another member of the team —Toby— joins the platform's owners.Thanks for listening! Intro music: “Cyborg Ninja” Kevin MacLeod(incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

Matt & Dann meet up to discuss Hush Hush Games' recently released Fog of Love, a game which sees two players have to roleplay mismatched lovers, each trying to twist and alter the relationship to benefit their own hidden scoring system. Keep your eyes peeled over on the website for our review!Thanks for listening! Intro music: “Cyborg Ninja” Kevin MacLeod(incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

Toby, Terry, and Dann meet up for the sixteenth episode of Bigbossbattle.com's Big Boss Babble. This time the team talk over the announcements from this year's Game Awards, as well as spin off on a massive tangent about remastering of old games following news of an approaching remaster of Medievil, a timeless Playstation one classic. Thanks for listening! Intro music: “Cyborg Ninja” Kevin MacLeod(incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

Toby, Terry, and Dann meet up for another discussion about video games. This time discussing the announcement of Super Mario cereal which doubles as an Amiibo, the news that Epic Games are suing a minor for breaching an EULA contract, and the approaching digital future for games.For more information on the Super Mario cereal, Warpzoned wrote up some of the earlier information on the strange gimmick. For a quick sit-rep on the current Epic Games hoo-haa you would suffer none to read the (at time of posting) latest news on it over on PCGamer, and our source for the quote in the final piece, on the digital future, was from this article quoting Take Two president Karl Slatoff over on Gamesindustry.biz.As ever, thanks for listening!Intro music: “Cyborg Ninja” Kevin MacLeod(incompetech.com)Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

Toby, Terry, and Dann meet up for another discussion about video games. This time discussing the recent Rimworld update, Gazillion shutting down, bloody lootboxes again, and the hacking of consoles — specifically the repurposing of consoles into other forms.If you’re interested in reading more about Rimworld’s beta, as opposed to listening to the childlike rapture of Toby and Dann as they read through the notes, then you can do it over on the Ludeon blog. Regarding the Gazillion shut down, Haydn Taylor has posted a concise recap of the recent changes to the fate of the studio over on Gamesindustry.biz.Thanks for listening!Intro music: “Cyborg Ninja” Kevin MacLeod(incompetech.com)Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

Toby, Jorge, Dann & Terry meet up for another discussion about recent gaming news, this time discussing the following topics:ESRB Charging Physical ReleasesEA Acquisition of RespawnXbox One X Release — Opinion on mid-gen upgradesBlizzcon News2007: An anniversary. What a year!For those interested in reading more about the Blizzcon announcements, we’ve got a roundup of the biggest announcements just here. A decent read on EA’s acquisition of Respawn can be found over on Kotaku, and a good read to accompany the ESRB news can be found in Alex Wawro’s 2015 piece on Gamasutra titled: How paying for content ratings is hurting devs who release in Europe.Intro music: “Cyborg Ninja” Kevin MacLeod(incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

Jorge, Dann & Terry meet up for another discussion about recent gaming news, this time discussing the following topics:Call of Duty’s controversial loot-box powered matchmaking.Ubisoft’s statement on DRM affecting game performance in Assassin’s Creed OriginsLast of Us 2 & Detroit: Beyond Human’s touchy trailers.Retrospective: The DreamcastValve’s crackdown on ‘non-beta’ betas on adult games.Bossa’s direct statement regarding Decksplash’s launch.We touched on the trademark of Activision’s loot-box matchmaking in last week’s podcast, as well as discussing games which addressed real world issues — although I must admit we were rather flat on the end, and this week’s Last of Us 2 conversation is much more spirited.Those interested in reading up on some of the other topics would do well to read Glixel’s coverage of the Ubisoft DRM topic. If finding out about Decksplash’s target ‘free users’ for this week is the kind of thing you’d like then you can get it st

Jorge, Dann & Terry meet up for another discussion about recent gaming news, this time discussing the following topics:-Indie games on the Switch-Activision’s Matchmaking Patent-Visceral’s closure-The new Animal Crossing (mobile) game-Patreon’s crackdown on adult games-Games which deal with real world issues in their own ways.Apologies for the late upload this week folks, we’ve had to change where we host our podcasts and so have had to take a little longer to get it all online. In classic, industry form several of the stories have advanced since they were discussed on the website; with Sony’s crude Detroit and Last of Us 2 trailers (Telegraph, discussing Jim Ryan’s follow up to the event) advancing the ‘real world issues’ discussion, and news of Activision’s Call of Duty WWII showcasing loot boxes in public spaces (PC Gamer).We’ll have the rest of the podcasts transferred over across the next while, and our iTunes and RSS feed should resolve shortly.Intro music

This week’s host was Dann, who was joined by Toby, the Spirit of Terry, and Jorge to discuss a bevy of topics.You can find each of the discussed topics below.00:00:52 – Toby – IGN's acquisition of Humble Bundle - The team discuss the possible repercussions of media giant IGN acquiring digital storefront, publisher, and donation platform Humble Bundle. While this has definitely not been the first case of similar acquisitions and partnerships, a single entity controlling a review platform while earning from game sales does lay out potential for unprecedented conflict of interest, depending on how it is managed.00:06:27 – Toby– Blizzard's lawsuit against an Overwatch Clone - The team discuss the swirling whirlpool of litigiousness which threatens to consume the industry as game giant Blizzard threaten to take the creators of a Chinese clone of the game to court.00:13:20 – Toby – Delayed Launches through Censorship - The team completely misread the date on a piece of news and cel