Built to Play

Hot to trot this week are the Mighty No. 9, Shantae, Free the Games Ouya contraversy, the Nintendo 2DS, the Xbox One release date, and the iPhone 5C. Then there's the BONUS ROUND. Plus an interview with the lead designer of Divinity: Dragon Commader, Farhang Namdar

We wrap up Gamescom, Elder Scrolls Online costs $15 a month, the Connecticut Speaker of the House thinks vidya games are corrupting the youth, and Microsoft is losing its CEO and Xbox One launch game, Ryse, has microtransactions. Plus an interview with Christine Love!

John Carmack is now CTO of Oculus, the Amazon might be developing its own console, Kickstarter finally arrives in Canada, and Microsoft won't require a Kinect in the Xbox One. Plus an interview with Gone Home designer, Steve Gaynor.

We go through a blooper reep in which we discussour fantasy Kingdom Hearts game, hentai, Nintenfriends: Is your body ready? and Nekrid.

This episode Bioshock Infinite is buried at sea along with the diginity of some JRPGs. Meanwhile Nintendo's earnings are way better than you'd think and soon we'll have all the voxels we could ever want thanks to Everquest. Plus an interview with TJ Lutz about Cloudberry Kingdom

In another catch-up episode, we talk about Andrew Hussie on Namco High, Ubisoft's mandatory online franchising plan, the mountain of news at Comic Con, and the virtual console release of Earthbound. Plus an interview with Mike Gale, the designer behind the recent Kickstarter funded game, Soul Saga.