Ian Buck and Ian Decker with returning guest Andrew Bailey discuss Steam for the Oculus Rift, GameFace running on Android, another augmented reality game tying into Endgame, Gabe Newell's selfie, Nintendo's losses, news from Steam Dev Days and a reviews of Broken Age from Andrew and Ingress from Buck.
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