Geeking with the Moms

Steve Lubitz from gaming podcast Isometric joins us this week! He is Nicole's eternal rival in Hearthstone, which has a new holiday update out. But where's all the snow? Come on, Blizzard.

Get it? Blizzard...

News:

New Ratchet and Clank looks goodRez in VR: is it trippy or awesome?Game Awards winnersMinecraft on Wii U - 30 dollars isn't too much, is it? Also, this feels like it should've happened years ago.Sparrow Racing League in DestinyFinal Fantasy VII Remake is episodic because it's huge.Psychonauts 2 passed its Fig funding goalAlphabear has multiplayer!

Courtney, Linda, Simone, and Nicole run down this week's video game news.

VTech Kids' Toy Company HackedRemote Play With PS4 Coming to PC?CONTROVERSY! At the Hearthstone TournamentDisarming Nukes in MGSVDisney XD Runs a Mario Kart 8 TournamentCourtney explains Nintendo accountsCensorship in Dead or Alive Xtreme 3?More PS4 Black Friday SalesPikachu's arrival at Build-A-Bear

The Main Course:

Facebook to make a big Oculus announcement-- is it release date or price?Amazon patents for an AR living room revealedSubmit ideas for new Hololens apps

Courtney joins Simone, Linda, and Nicole for an all-news episode about Black Friday Deals, Billy Mitchell, and war in the Captain America fandom.

Black Friday deals:

PlayStation 4Xbox Live GoldNintendoTarget

 Simone has recs on the best Skylanders to buy, as well as a rundown of the Amazon Fire TV.

Billy Mitchell tried to sue Cartoon NetworkGuitar hero mobile works wellDestiny's Refer a Friend program is adorableGameStop’s third quarter not so good

Greg Toppo, the education writer for USA Today, joins us to talk about his awesome book, The Game Believes in You. The book basically covers all the efforts being made by teachers today to include games in the classroom. 

Here is Greg's page on USA Today.

Here's this week's news:

Yo-Kai Watch Could Be The Next PokemonBig Spenders in Mobile Games are Mostly Young MenThe next Hour of Code is Minecraft-themedIs Linkle Girl Link, and is she going to be in a Zelda game?NBA 2K16 is FREE this weekend for Xbox Live Gold members on Xbox One.

The editor of our aweome friend-site, Stephen Duetzmann, joined us to talk about what we're putting on our holiday gift guides. He has some great suggestions, from console memberships to giant robots.

News:

There's an upcoming Skylanders TV show from Activision Blizzard.Disney Infinity 3.0 on Apple TV is more expensive because of the SteelSeries Nimbus controller it comes with.Nintendo is doing a holiday mall tour.New video game charity benefits soldiers overseas.JJ Abrams is producing a video game called SpyJinx.

Check out EFG's holiday gift guide here. Pixelkin's will be up soon!

This week we chat with children's book author Leonard Kenyon, who also did the art and music for the game Go To Bed! Go To Bed is a bedroom defense game where you have to keep shadows away from your bed at night. Leonard talks about the joys and difficulties of doing art for games, and how he finally got that sweet book deal that he's been waiting for his whole life.

Here's this week's news:

Doctor Who Expansion Packs for LEGO DimensionsA massive League of Legends updateMore women own consoles than menActivision bought King, the makers of Candy Crush. Holy crap!Miitomo is Nintendo's first mobile app, and it's not really a game.

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