Eight Bit

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Eight Bit is a show about gaming news, gaming hardware, gaming reviews, and pretty much anything that starts with gaming, hosted by Ian Buck and Ian Decker.... more

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December 29, 2013Eight Bit #59: 50 Caliber Boop
On the final episode of Eight Bit in 2013, Ian Buck and Ian Decker commit final reviews of Assassin's's Creed 4 and Far Cry 3, and then proceed to the Eight Bit Gaming Awards.

Links
James Marsden – IMDb
Kenway’s Bandana Mishap – YouTube
Far Cry 3: Blood Dragon | Riding the dragon (Gameplay) – YouTube
Ian Buck: Assassin’s Creed IV Review
This episode of Eight Bit has a Fringe episode. You should really listen to The Fringe #175: EB #59 — It Came Out My Nose And It Tickles!
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1h 33min
December 23, 2013Eight Bit #58: Give Me The Hairy Eyeball
Ian Buck and Ian Decker with first time guest Martin Worely-Myers discuss the new Xbox One, along with initial Steam Machine videos, an interesting Super Smash Bros. mod, early access to DayZ for just $30, Obsidian's impending Kickstarter, more on the YouTube ContentID scandal, eight bit gift giving and so much more!

Links
shane sings 5 octaves on piano – YouTube
Collective Noun for Geeks – Good Math, Bad Math
Different Assassin’s Creed Games May Hit Current, Next-Gen in 2014 – IGN
Corey Nelson – YouTube
Hands-on with Valve’s Steam machine and the Steam controller: part one | PC Gamer
Rosalina and companion Luma join Super Smash Bros. roster | Polygon
How To Play Project M, The Best Smash Bros. Mod Around
League of Legends launches Showdown, its second experimental game mode | PC Gamer
Tea Party Facebook group begins posting Bioshock Infinite propaganda | Polygon
Rust: The Terrifying Minecraft + DayZ Open World Survival Sim – IGN
DayZ on Steam
Borderlands 2 $100,000 Loot Hunt Stats Revealed – IGN
DayZ players propose a Christmas ceasefire | PC Gamer
Anal Probes Caused South Park: The Stick of Truth’s Pain Down Under – IGN
Obsidian planning to unveil new Kickstarter project in early 2014 | Polygon
Signups Nixed from Dota 2, Game Now Open to Everyone – IGN
Developer forms group to fight YouTube copyright claims | Polygon
Star Wars: Attack Squadrons is Disney’s free-to-play space combat game | PC Gamer
Year Walk coming to Steam in early 2014 | PC Gamer
Natural Selection 2 developer Unknown Worlds announces ocean-based Subnautica | PC Gamer
Former EA exec to lead Oculus VR publishing initiative | PC Gamer
Fa’el: Beyond the Gate discovers 2.75th dimension, has Game Boy companion app | PC Gamer
When You Start Up The Xbox One, It Plays A Pretty Song
Is Gabe Newell Watching Me?
This episode of Eight Bit has a Fringe episode. You should really listen to The Fringe #173: EB #58 — Everything Tickles My Fancy!
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1h 24min
December 14, 2013Eight Bit #57: Virtuality Reality
Ian Buck and Ian Decker discuss YouTube sudden onset rampant kinda-but-not-really-DMCA takedowns of videos with game footage and music, the setting of Fallout 4, the release date for Firefly Online, the Valve Steam Machine beta-units shipping, the SteamOS release and so much more.

Links
Arduino Playing “The Fox” – YouTube
GOG announces new Worldwide Money Back Guarantee | PC Gamer
Mighty No. 9 to Appear in Yaiba: Ninja Gaiden Z – IGN
Telltale’s Game of Thrones deal is a ‘multi-year, multi-title partnership’ | Polygon
Microsoft Bringing a ‘Beloved Franchise’ to Windows 8 – IGN
CronusMAX CronusMAX Core » CronusMAX
Amalur IP Remains Unsold After 38 Studios Auction – IGN
Double Fine cryptically announces new puzzle game Hack ‘n’ Slash | Polygon
Oculus Raises $75 Million in Additional Investments – IGN
YouTube video game shows hit with copyright blitz | Polygon
Dota 2’s Frostivus cancelled for the return of the King, and the arrival of Legion Commander | PC Gamer
Law firm kicks off investigation into EA and Battlefield 4 | Polygon
Jazzpunk hands-on: a surreal, hilarious espionage adventure that aims to amuse | PC Gamer
The Elder Scrolls Online launches April 4, 2014, on PC and Mac | Polygon
How much does the Large Pixel Collider cost? – YouTube
Third Borderlands 2 Headhunter mission brings abominable snowmen Dec. 17 | Polygon
Leaked Documents Reveal That Fallout 4 Is Real, Set In Boston
Firefly Online brings the television series to PC and Mac in summer 2014 | Polygon
Clusterfuck!
First prototype Steam Machines, Steam Controllers shipping December 13 | PC Gamer
Download SteamOS now — Valve’s free Linux-based operating system releases | PC Gamer
This episode of Eight Bit has a Fringe episode. You should really listen to The Fringe #169: EB #57 — Kind Of A Parallel!
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1h 13min
December 12, 2013Eight Bit #56: One End Kisses The Mouth
Ian Buck and Ian Decker review the results of the still-Hollywood style VGX awards, discuss the 2.1 million PS4 units sold so far, Destiny's release pushback, confirmation of the Game of Thrones game by Telltale and the impending release of The Walking Dead season 2, and so much more.

Links
No girls allowed | Polygon
Riot Games reverses policy restricting players from streaming other games | Polygon
More than 2.1M PlayStation 4 consoles sold since launch, Sony says | Polygon
How a love of tabletop D&D helps video game designers tell their stories | Polygon
PC Gaming Alliance certification program aims for March launch | PC Gamer
Dota 2’s Frostivus 2013 Event is Coming Soon – IGN
NBA 2K14 penalizes your profanity in an effort to make online gaming more civilized | Polygon
Dead Space, Star Wars Developer Hiring for New IP – IGN
Valve engineer makes a mouse you control with your tongue | Polygon
Resident Evil Creator: People Resistant to Horror – IGN
Destiny launching Sept. 9, 2014 | Polygon
Ken Levine on BioShock Infinite’s Explicit Violence – IGN
Broken Age: Voice Cast Part 2, with Wil Wheaton! – YouTube
Elijah Wood joins the cast of Broken Age as Shay | Polygon
Warhammer 40,000: Storm of Vengeance MOBA Announced – IGN
Telltale teaming up with Gearbox for Tales from the Borderlands | Polygon
Game of Thrones game coming in 2014 from Telltale | Polygon
The Walking Dead: Season 2 Release Date Revealed – IGN
Train Simulator 2014 developer flagging negative Steam user reviews as “off-topic” | PC Gamer
Hello Games announce No Man’s Sky, a stunning procedural sci-fi adventure | PC Gamer
Titanfall videos detail Ogre and Stryder classes | PC Gamer
Battlefield 4 screenshots: maxed settings at 7680×1440 on LPC | PC Gamer
Reactive Grip – Touch Feedback for VR & Video Games by Tactical Haptics — Kickstarter
Thief – Channeling the Primal (VGX 2013 Trailer) – YouTube
Skywind mod trailer shows Morrowind remade in Skyrim | PC Gamer
EA scores 100 percent on Human Rights Campaign index | Polygon
EA Donates $1.65 Million to the American Cancer Society – IGN
Joel McHale – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
VGX (award show) – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
This episode of Eight Bit has a Fringe episode. You should really listen to The Fringe #168: EB #56 — Logic Logic!
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1h 28min
December 01, 2013Eight Bit #55: Talk Like Barack Obama
Ian Buck and Ian Decker discuss the TWITCH crackdown on PS4 stream spam, Nvidia's claim that PC is superior, a new Steam Machine, the way Microsoft is making up for the Xbox One's launch hardware flaws and so much more.

Links
Twitch cracking down on non-gaming livestreams from PS4 users | Polygon
PC is “Far Superior” For Gaming, Says Nvidia – IGN
Introducing Steam Reviews
Steam Community :: Wolf Revo :: Games
Comically Terrible Ashes 2013 Game Officially Cancelled – IGN
A new Steam Machines prototype emerges, from iBuyPower | PC Gamer
New Batman: Arkham Origins Story DLC Coming in December – IGN
Sony issues PSN password reset notice following ‘irregular activity’ | Polygon
EA Canada Developing Open World, Next-Gen Star Wars Game – IGN
Diplopia – A VR Game to Help Strabismus and Amblyopia | Indiegogo
Take-Two Files New Bully Trademark in Europe – IGN
Double Fine acquires Costume Quest and Stacking rights, retail releases coming | Polygon
Scraps is a physics-based vehicle construction and combat game, now on Kickstarter | PC Gamer
Destiny Developer Bungie Hires Skyrim Community Modder – IGN
Pathologic developers are considering a remake of the horror RPG | PC Gamer
Fan-made Renegade X brings first-person shooting to Command & Conquer | Polygon
Clandestine: asymmetrical espionage co-op, coming to PC next year | PC Gamer
Dev planning new game release every two weeks | Polygon
The Saxxy Awards 2013 winners announced, provide many minutes of animated merriment | PC Gamer
Xbox One owners with hardware issues get complimentary game | Polygon
GameMaker Studio’s Standard Edition now free for budding game creationists | PC Gamer
Typing of the Dead: Overkill brings culture to the damned with its Shakespeare DLC | PC Gamer
This episode of Eight Bit has a Fringe episode. You should really listen to The Fringe #166: EB #55 — Cat Balls!
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59min
November 25, 2013Eight Bit #54: Such A Gold Digger
Ian Buck and Ian Decker discuss the launch of the Xbox One, PS4 sales results, an incredible Large Pixel Collider from PC Gamer, John Carmack's departure to Oculus exclusivity and reviews of Burial at Sea and Contrast.

Links
Amazon Web Services Blog: Amazon AppStream – Deliver Streaming Applications from the Cloud
Plants vs. Zombies: Garden Warfare is a Cute, Crazy, Customizable Shooter – IGN
PS4 sells more than 1M units in North America on launch day | Polygon
PS4 hardware issues, and what you can do to resolve them | Polygon
How Steam In-Home Streaming Works – IGN
PS4 failure rate gets revised to ‘under 1 percent’ | Polygon
Lara Croft: Reflections Trademarked in America, Europe – IGN
PC Magazine: LPC
Borderlands 2: Horrible Hunger of the Ravenous Wattle Gobbler DLC – IGN
Fighter Within – Launch Trailer [UK] – YouTube
Pirate-based YARRRPG Raven’s Cry gets May 7th release date | PC Gamer
Steam Community :: Group :: Black Mesa
Planetside 2’s anniversary brings birthday bundle, contest to turn player stories into graphic novel | PC Gamer
Telltale is Developing a Game of Thrones Game – IGN
Valve’s third Saxxy Awards now open for submissions, so here’s a cute film about a Pyro plushie | PC Gamer
Team Fortress 2 “Mannhattan” update reveals new map, weapon effects, leaderboards | PC Gamer
Team Fortress 2 “Rottenburg” update completes two-part announcement, gives Medic new powers | PC Gamer
Patch 3.14 Notes | League of Legends
id Software founder John Carmack resigns | Polygon
Story of a Sentry [Saxxy Awards 2012] – YouTube
Some Xbox Ones sound like they’re eating discs | Polygon
Xbox One sells more than 1M units worldwide on launch day | Polygon
Ian Buck: Burial at Sea Review
Ian Buck: Contrast Review
Show notes will be coming soon.
Listen to the last 15 minutes to hear Ian Buck’s epic connection problems. (Sorry about that).
This episode of Eight Bit has a Fringe episode. You should really listen to The Fringe #165: EB #54 — Pictographic Proof!
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1h 5min
November 16, 2013Eight Bit #53: Get On That
Ian Buck and Ian Decker with returning guest Sam Roth discuss the new Humble Bundle store, a Minecraft documentary, removed quicktime events from Thief, and of course the big launch of the PlayStation 4, out-of-the-box broken units, PSN troubles, a fantastic launch trailer and initial impressions, along with a review of Batman: Arkham Origins from Sam.

Links
The Forest Trailer 2 – YouTube
The Forest (1982) – IMDb
Batkid Saves San Francisco! – IGN
The Humble Store: Great games. Fantastic prices. Support charity.
Batman: Arkham Collection Edition Announced – IGN
FTL getting a free expansion, iPad version in early 2014 | Polygon
Moebius Hands-On Preview – IGN
Minecraft: The Story of Mojang (Official Version!) – YouTube
Dragon Age: Inquisition Gameplay Footage Surfaces – IGN
Steam update allows background downloading while playing a game | PC Gamer
Dota 2 update adds a trio of spirits and the return of Diretide | PC Gamer
Assassin’s Creed 4 companion app trailer shows how tablets can aid your piracy | Polygon
Bloom: Memories heads to Kickstarter to fund a new take on the ARPG formula | PC Gamer
The next Uncharted is coming to PlayStation 4 | Polygon
Planetside 2’s first Performance Update goes live, makes faster game | PC Gamer
Naughty Dog teases The Last of Us: Left Behind DLC | Polygon
Thief no longer has QTEs, does still contain customisable UI | PC Gamer
Dallas Cowboys receiver buys Wal-Mart shoppers PS4s on launch night | Polygon
Sony: PS4’s technical problems are ‘isolated’ to 0.4% of units shipped | Polygon
PSN suffering network issues, Sony asks for patience (update) | Polygon
How to Install a Hard Drive in a PlayStation 4 – YouTube
PlayStation 4 Launch | The PS4 Launch Video – YouTube
This episode of Eight Bit has a Fringe episode. You should really listen to The Fringe #161: EB #53 — Peg Leg!
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1h 39min
November 09, 2013Eight Bit #52: Five Chest Lasers At Once
After a week off, Ian Buck and Ian Decker are back with connections among Assassin's Creed IV and Watch Dogs, CnC's canceled free-to-play game, the imminent arrival of The Walking Dead season 2, Ingress' upcoming emergence from beta status, the first look at Steam Machine prototypes and all that you ever wanted to know about the PS4 that is launching later this week.

Links
Assassin’s Creed 4’s secret connection to another Ubisoft game | Polygon
Mod of the Week: Skyrim Unbound | PC Gamer
EA cancels Command & Conquer, devs admit to “not making the game you want to play” | PC Gamer
Early look at Featured Gameplay Modes | League of Legends
Oculus Rift will launch for Android mobile devices | Polygon
Chivalry: Deadliest Warrior release date announced, cemented with two minutes of screaming | PC Gamer
The Walking Dead: Season Two will star Clementine, premieres this year | PC Gamer
Humble WB Games Bundle (pay what you want and help charity)
Humble Bundle now lets you gift extra Steam keys to friends and family | PC Gamer
FAA approves electronics use for duration of flights | Polygon
Kingdoms of Amalur Auction Moved to December – IGN
Minecraft to add integrated Twitch.tv streaming | PC Gamer
Final Fantasy 14 Success Lifts Square-Enix’s Fortunes – IGN
British Gas Rampage – YouTube
Heroes of the Storm – Cinematic Trailer – IGN Video
Heroes of the Storm: Battlegrounds Revealed, Beta Signups Open – IGN
Ingress – Google+ – We, at Niantic Labs at Google, are really excited to let…
Battlefield 4 dogged by major launch issues: connection errors, glitches, dodgy netcode | PC Gamer
N7 Day 2013 – Bioware Says Thank You to Mass Effect Fans – IGN Video
BioWare Teases Next Mass Effect With New Images – IGN
We play with the Steam Machine, Valve’s game console of the future | The Verge
Destiny for PC would spread Bungie too thin; no port planned at present | PC Gamer
Extra Life 2013 pulls in record-high $3.7M in spite of DDoS attack | Polygon
Sony PS4 NA FAQ
Watch Our Exclusive Teardown of the PlayStation 4 | Game|Life | Wired.com
Game Cinema – YouTube
The Walking Dead by Ian Buck – YouTube
Game Cinema Second Game Survey
This episode of Eight Bit has a Fringe episode. You should really listen to The Fringe #160: EB #52 — Google Play Edition Sony PS4!
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1h 1min
October 27, 2013Eight Bit #51: This Achievement Is Impossible To Get
Ian Buck and Ian Decker discuss Leauge of Legends Season 4 gameplay changes, Sony's updates on PS4 game sharing, 1.5 million Final Fantasy 14 players, a wrap up of the Golden Joystick Awards, Buck's review of The Stanley Parable and Gone Home, a sneak peak on Minecraft 1.7 and so much more!

Links
Minecraft mod incorporates quantum physics into gameplay | Polygon
Hidden Blade & Pirate Cutlass (Assassin’s Creed 4) – MAN AT ARMS – YouTube
Octodad: Dadliest Catch – “Wedding Bells” Gameplay – YouTube
The preseason draws closer! | League of Legends
Nexon and Valve launch Dota 2 in Korea | Polygon
Kevin Tancharoen Exits Mortal Kombat Movie Reboot – IGN
Final Fantasy XIV Tops 1.5 Million Registered Accounts – IGN
Star Citizen trailer introduces Anvil Aerospace, $24 million stretch goal achieved | PC Gamer
Alienware Offering $200 for Old Game Consoles with PC Purchase – IGN
Star Wars: The Old Republic set to wipe long-abandoned character names | PC Gamer
The Witcher 3 to Have Over 100 Hours of Content – IGN
Watch the 2013 Golden Joystick Awards live. UPDATE: winners announced! | PC Gamer
Ian Buck: The Stanley Parable Review
Ian Buck: Gone Home Review
In The Games Of Madness: Gone Home – The Amnesia Edition
Minecraft 1.7 gets pre-released, will change the world on Friday | PC Gamer
Let’s Show Minecraft – Lb Photo Realism Texture Pack (256×256) – Wild Grass Mod – YouTube
This episode of Eight Bit has a Fringe episode. You should really listen to The Fringe #157: EB #51 — There’s My Face!
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1h 3min
October 21, 2013Eight Bit #50: Have You Tasted Your Shampoo?
Ian Buck and Ian Decker along with first time guest Savannah Haslow discuss the Kickstarter castAR, the WolframAlpha Pokedex, the October 28th launch of Nvidia's ShadowPlay, Nvidia's new G-Sync, motion sickness fixes for the Oculus Rift and so much more!

Links
castAR: the most versatile AR & VR system by Technical Illusions — Kickstarter
Kickstarter
League of Legends boss gets Twitter account hacked, new card game prototype revealed | Polygon
Wolfram Alpha creates a Pokedex of its own, searchable with Siri | Polygon
Stardock announces Galactic Civilizations III on its 20th anniversary, releases trailer | News, Videos | PC Gamer
GTA 5 PC Petition Passes 600,000 Signatures – IGN
Official PlayStation 4 Perfect Day Commercial – YouTube
Rekoil’s K.I.S.S. Philosophy – IGN
This Halloween, there’s No More Room in Hell—as a free standalone game on Steam | News | PC Gamer
Watch Dogs delayed until Spring 2014 [Update: The Crew delayed too] | News | PC Gamer
Rockstar Working on the ‘Next Version of a Famous IP’ – IGN
Nvidia ShadowPlay game-capture software coming Oct. 28 | Polygon
Nvidia Shield PC streaming launches Oct. 28, TV play added | Polygon
Goodbye, V-sync! Nvidia G-Sync synchronizes monitor refresh rates with GPU render rates | News, Tech | PC Gamer
Grand Theft Auto’s creator remaking original game in Game Maker | News | PC Gamer
Oculus Rift could ‘eventually’ run Android as a standalone system | Polygon
Obduction by Cyan, Inc. — Kickstarter
The Stanley Parable Launch Trailer – YouTube
Oculus CEO gets sick from VR, but says he’s found the remedy | Polygon
League of Legends Infographic Highlights Eye-Popping Numbers – IGN
PlayStation 4 to cost more than 1,800 USD in Brazil (update) | Polygon
Borderlands 2 gets TK Baha’s Bloody Harvest DLC Oct. 22 | Polygon
Paper Sorcerer: an indie first-person RPG set inside a book
Batman: Arkham City, Asylum PC Saves Lost in Steam Transition – IGN
This episode of Eight Bit has a Fringe episode. You should really listen to The Fringe #154: EB #50 — Energized Screws!
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1h 14min

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The podcast currently has 119 episodes available.