Egghead Anarchy

After a slow news week Alex & Bryan sit down for an informal, intimate chat about Dune, Warhammer, My Little Pony, X-Men movies, religion, god, and other light-hearted topics.

Music (available free at http://badass3.ocremix.org/)

Monument of Non-Existence (Kefka Palazzo - Final Fnatasy VI)

Fortress of Doom (Koopalings - Super Mario World)

Soiled by the Egyptians (Orbot Purple - Vectorman series)

This week Alex & Bryan discuss Overwatch and the newest Star Trek Beyond trailer. As usual, they also veer off topic and discuss multiplayer games in general, Team Fortress 2 specifically, Star Trek The Next Generation, Star Trek (the original series), Deep Space Nine, and Rogue One/Rogue Squadron.

Links:

Tips for playing Overwatch: http://kotaku.com/tips-for-playing-overwatch-1779003395

Star Trek Beyond Trailer 2: https://youtu.be/bzD8H6o1awQ

J.J. Abrams' response to Axanar lawsuit: http://io9.gizmodo.com/paramounts-lawsuit-against-axanar-productions-star-trek-1777959978

More info on Axanar lawsuit: http://trekmovie.com/2016/03/22/everything-you-need-to-know-about-the-current-state-of-the-axanar-lawsuit/

Axanar's YouTube page: https://www.youtube.com/user/startrekaxanar

MUSIC: (available free at http://ff9.ocremix.org/)

Late Night Lindblum (Lindblum)

Exploda (Battle 1)

Vamo alla Django (Vamo alla FLamenco)

Zaghnol Comes (Festival of the Hunt)

I'll Always Be There (Elko's Theme)

Alex & Bryan (but mostly Bryan) talk Naughty Dog and Uncharted. A lot of love is shown for Uncharted 4, and the series as a whole.

MUSIC: Available free at http://ff6.ocremix.org/

Fiddlesticks Rag (Spinach Rag)

The Narshemellow (Umaro)

Meditations of an Apocalypse (Catastrophe)

Electro de Choco (Techno de Chocobo)

Humble Beginnings, Great Expectations (The Prelude)

LINKS:

Scathing review: https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/comic-riffs/wp/2016/05/12/uncharted-4-a-thiefs-end-review-this-four-part-series-should-have-ended-after-part-one/

A touching story about Uncharted and accessibility: http://www.polygon.com/2016/5/19/11716174/uncharted-4-accessibility-options-disabled-gamers

Way of the Warrior 3D0 Fatality Demo: https://youtu.be/-_Ya4mSkDMI

This week you get a behind the scenes listen to what Alex & Bryan discuss when they're not recording the show. This episode was recorded as part of the warm up segment - where the funny line that opens the show usually comes from.

Alex & Bryan got into an excellent debate about let's plays, copyright, and how/if/when developers should be compensated when they're games are in let's play videos.

Enjoy!

In this episode we cover we review Captain America: Civil War!

tl;dr It's excellent, go see it!

We also cover two news items from the week; The release of a new line of graphics cards from Nvidia, and SpaceX's plans for a mission to Mars.

Finally, we added a new segment to end end of the show. In the segment's first week, we discuss weird design decisions in games - focusing primarily on Deus Ex: Human Revolution.

LINKS

Nvidia's new graphics cards are a big deal

http://www.theverge.com/circuitbreaker/2016/5/7/11615806/nvidia-gtx-1080-1070-pascal-specs-price-release-date

SpaceX plans to send a spacecraft to Mars as early as 2018

http://www.theverge.com/2016/4/27/11514844/spacex-mars-mission-date-red-dragon-rocket-elon-musk

MUSIC (all tracks available free: http://ff6.ocremix.org/)

A Fistful of Nickels (Shadow)

There Will Be Blood (Metamorphosis)

Evisceration (The Fierce Battle)

Aggressive Blue Magic (Strago)

Event Horizon (The Day After)

TOPICS:

Sega Classic Game Mods: Sega has opened some of their classic games to modding! All games in the Sega Genesis & Mega Drive Classics title are now open to modding via a Steam Workshop: http://steamed.kotaku.com/sega-lets-modders-get-freaky-with-its-classic-games-1773702716

NEO GEO Mystery Solved: One of the people responsible for the game found on the NEO GEO game board bought recently by NeoTurfMasta was found, and they had some very interesting things to say about the game! http://kotaku.com/the-mystery-of-the-unknown-neo-geo-game-has-been-solved-1773710404

Lara Croft Actor Cast: Alicia Vikander of Ex Machina and Man from U.N.C.L.E has been cast as the next actor to portray Lara Croft on the big screen: http://kotaku.com/meet-the-new-lara-croft-1773711654

New Dwarf Planet moon discovered: A dwarf planet in the Kuiper Belt, Makemake, has been found to have a moon: http://www.nasa.gov/feature/goddard/2016/hubble-discovers-moon-orbiting-the-dwarf-planet-makemake

Civil War debate: This is what we all came here for, right? Alex & Bryan go deep on this one - and things get heated! They summarize what has happened in the Cap and Iron Man movies (as well as the Avengers movies) so far in the MCU. This lights the match on a fierce debate about Tony Stark and just how bad he is. Alex & Bryan then speculate about why these superheroes are on the sides they are. They also speculate how things may end in the film.

MUSIC:

The Sound of Speed

Bubble Junkie

Final Progression

All tracks available free at http://sos.ocremix.org/

TOPICS

Amazon Prime lol: Discussing the silliness of Amazon only selling certain games to Prime members (except that anyone could still buy the games from third party vendors... on Amazon).

Throw a dev a map!: An in depth discussion about the article recently posted by Alex St. John.

St, John's VentureBeat article:

http://venturebeat.com/2016/04/16/game-developers-must-avoid-the-wage-slave-attitude/

Amelia St. John's response:

http://www.wired.com/2016/04/alex-st-johns-daughter-wrong-women-tech/

Article on employee motivation:

http://deliveringhappiness.com/the-motivation-trifecta-autonomy-mastery-and-purpose/

Jimquisition episode about St. John's article:

https://youtu.be/Z8RCV0UWJgE

Another, older, post by St. John:

http://www.alexstjohn.com/WP/2016/04/18/recruiting-giants-2/

NO SALE FOR YOU: Thinking through the why devs would want to promise not to put a game on sale - would that be a good thing for gamers?

Inhumans bumped: What movie(s) might be taking their place? What might this mean for a Marvel X-Men movie?

Suicide Squad/Civil War: In depth discussion of both movies as well as Marvel's approach to super hero movies, and why it might be wearing thin.

MUSIC

Available free at http://dkc3.ocremix.org

Mad Jack's Drop (Mad Jack - Donkey Kong 64)

Available free at http://shellshocked.ocremix.org

Rock the Plant (Skull & Crossbones [Stage 6 BGM])

Oroku Like a TurtleCane (BGM 12)

Not for April! (Turtle Swing [Stage 1 BGM])

Cowabunga! (Technodrome ~ Let's Kick Shell! [Stage 4 BGM])

Maken' Turtle Soup (Battle [Boss BGM])

Rock You Like a Dinosaur (Prehistoric Turtlesaurus [Stage 5 BGM])

Shellocolypse (Allycat Blues [Stage 2 BGM])

TOPIC LINKS

The story behind NetHack's long-awaited update--the first since 2003

http://gamasutra.com/view/news/269726/The_story_behind_NetHacks_longawaited_updatethe_first_since_2003.php

Unknown Neo Geo Game Discovered (And Now Playable)

http://kotaku.com/unknown-neo-geo-game-discovered-and-now-playable-1770610123

AMC Theatres decides against allowing texting during movies, citing intense backlash

http://www.polygon.com/2016/4/15/11438196/amc-theatres-no-texting-during-movies-backlash

Studios, Exhibitors Consider Revolutionary Plan for Day-and-Date Movies at Home (EXCLUSIVE)

http://variety.com/2016/film/news/studios-exhibitors-consider-revolutionary-plan-for-day-and-date-movies-at-home-exclusive-1201725168/

Stephen Hawking and a Russian Billionaire Want to Build an Interstellar Starship

http://gizmodo.com/a-russian-billionaire-and-stephen-hawking-want-to-build-1770467186

Facebook’s bots are already revolting

http://arstechnica.com/staff/2016/04/facebooks-bots-are-already-revolting/

MUSIC

Intro:

Thump Brothers (Brothers Bear GBA)

Segment tunes:

The Paper Chase (Chase GBA)

Arichnophobia (Arich Boss)

Thrill of the Chase (Hot Pursuit)

Outro:

Spanish Jitters (Jungle Jitter GBA)

All available free from http://dkc3.ocremix.org/

LINKS

New Punch-Out!! Tell Comes To Light 29 Years Later:

http://kotaku.com/new-punch-out-tell-comes-to-light-29-years-after-rele-1770049133

PS4 Firmware Update:

http://kotaku.com/theres-a-bunch-of-hidden-features-in-ps4s-latest-firmwa-1769646176

Batman v Superman Box Office Update:

http://www.ew.com/article/2016/04/03/box-office-report-batman-v-superman-drops-second-weekend

State of the DC Universe:

http://kotaku.com/the-state-of-the-dc-universe-1769943329

Square Enix says Final Fantasy XV needs to sell 10 million copies to be successful:

http://www.geek.com/news/square-enix-says-final-fantasy-xv-needs-to-sell-10-million-copies-to-be-successful-1651264/

Final Fantasy 15 is getting an anime prequel series and a CG movie:

http://www.polygon.com/2016/3/30/11335780/final-fantasy-15-is-getting-an-anime-prequel-series-and-a-cg-movie

Rogue One trailer scene-by-scene breakdown:

http://www.polygon.com/2016/4/7/11385922/rogue-one-a-star-wars-story-trailer-breakdown

Here’s How the Internet Reacted to Rogue One A Star Wars Story Having a Female Lead:

http://time.com/4285348/star-wars-rogue-one-female-lead-felicity-jones/

Film Dialogue from 2,000 screenplays, Broken Down by Gender and Age:

http://polygraph.cool/films/index.html

MUSIC

Intro: 2D Beat (Super Mario 3D Land)

Outro: Underground Pipe Society (Super Mario Bros. 3)

Both available for free from OCRemix: http://cartography.ocremix.org/

This week Alex & Bryan discuss:

TOPICS

Street Fighter V March Update

PS4.5

Alison Rapp/Nintendo

Batman v Superman

MUSIC

Intro: Shifting Islands

Outro: Subsonic Sparkle

Both tracks available for free from OC Remix: http://sos.ocremix.org/