Halcyon Frequency Podcast

It's Women's History Month! FG, Kiri and Suwey join to chat about their desire for an MMO, and surviving the zombie apocalypse

Project Zomboid: https://store.steampowered.com/app/108600/Project_Zomboid/

Halo 2: https://store.steampowered.com/app/976730/Halo_The_Master_Chief_Collection/

Against the Storm: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1336490/Against_the_Storm/

One Military Camp: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1743830/One_Military_Camp/

Bear & Breakfast: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1136370/Bear_and_Breakfast/

Company of Heroes 3: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1677280/Company_of_Heroes_3/

Phantom Brigade: https://store.steampowered.com/app/553540/Phantom_Brigade/

Diablo III: https://us.diablo3.blizzard.com/en-us/

News:

Pax Dei Announcement:
https://playpaxdei.com/en-us

New Colossal Order game

https://www.paradoxinteractive.com/paradox-announcement-show-2023 

DOTA production Studio BTS closes its doors:
https://twitter.com/LDeeep/status/1630276843185254401

South Korea’s last big Starcraft 2 tournament significantly downsizes:

https://tl.net/forum/starcraft-2/607610-gsl-2023-significant-contraction-announced

THQ Nordic opens flagship store

https://store.steampowered.com/news/group/7564110/view/3642886460575008828 

Blind and Kiri sit down to talk about their highlights of the week, and Kiri gets jury duty! 

Company of Heroes 3:

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1677280/Company_of_Heroes_3/

Frostpunk

https://store.steampowered.com/app/323190/Frostpunk/

Garden In

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1953860/Garden_In/

System Shock remake

https://store.steampowered.com/app/482400/System_Shock/

Warsim

https://store.steampowered.com/app/659540/Warsim_The_Realm_of_Aslona/

News

Hogwarts Legacy banned from GDQ https://www.pcgamer.com/the-worlds-biggest-charity-speedrunning-event-just-banned-hogwarts-legacy/

Atomic Heart music charity for Ukraine https://twitter.com/Mick_Gordon/status/1625495826247319556

Dwarf Fortress wins best strategy at dice

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FvnWWiuHIKw&t=5178s

Blind and FG are joined by special guest alynotallie_ to stage a Canadian takeover and discuss buying dynamite in Canada, TwitchCon plans, and say sorry Canadian style

Catch Alynotallie_ here:

https://twitter.com/alynotallie_

https://www.twitch.tv/alynotallie_

Games:

Ultima Ratio Regum

https://www.markrjohnsongames.com/games/ultima-ratio-regum/

Oxenfree

https://store.steampowered.com/app/388880/Oxenfree/

Pharaoh: A New Era

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1351080/Pharaoh_A_New_Era/

HiTMAN: World of Assassination

https://store.steampowered.com/bundle/30335/HITMAN_World_of_Assassination_Deluxe_Pack/

News:

Workers and Resources removed from steam: https://steamcommunity.com/games/784150/announcements/detail/3647388792201529685

Roblox reports a $1bn loss: https://www.gamesindustry.biz/roblox-reports-a-nearly-1bn-net-loss-during-2022

CDPR adds a mod with a patch that included an uncredited Vagina mod: https://kotaku.com/witcher-3-update-vagina-nexus-mods-permission-cdpr-1850109216

Microsoft confirms Game pass cannibalizes first-party game sales: https://www.gamesindustry.biz/microsoft-confirms-game-pass-cannibalizes-sales

FG and blind talk cleaning phones, FG's Next Fest misadventures, and filling a fort with otters

Games:

Galaxy Pass Station

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1571990/Galaxy_Pass_Station/

Mars First Logistics

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1532200/Mars_First_Logistics/

The Magical Mixture Mill

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1883800/The_Magical_Mixture_Mill

Pan’orama

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1730250/Panorama/

Dwarf Fortress

https://store.steampowered.com/app/975370/Dwarf_Fortress

Caves of Qud

https://store.steampowered.com/app/333640/Caves_of_Qud

News: 

AMD Admits to Undershipping Cards to Keep Prices High

https://www.thegamer.com/amd-undershipping-graphics-cards-cpus-keep-prices-high/

Etrian Odyssey Origins Collection Developer Talks About the Next Major Release

https://personacentral.com/etrian-odyssey-origins-colleciton-developer-comments/

Zelda Tears of the Kingdom Will be $70

https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/confirmed-zelda-tears-of-the-kingdom-is-the-first-70-switch-game/

Advance Wars 1-2 Re-boot Finally Releasing!

https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/advance-wars-12-re-boot-camp-will-finally-release-in-april/

UK Regulator Suggests Removal of CoD From Activision-Blizzard Aquisition

https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/uk-regulator-suggests-removing-call-of-duty-from-microsofts-activision-blizzard-acquisition/

Blind and Suwey sit down to define the bare minimum, discuss allergies, and Suwey’s discovery of Halo

Nominate the Rimworld Hot Potato in this year's Streamer Awards! 

https://thestreamerawards.com/

Games:

Caves of Qud

https://store.steampowered.com/app/333640/Caves_of_Qud/

Dwarf Fortress

https://store.steampowered.com/app/975370/Dwarf_Fortress/

Trackmania

https://store.steampowered.com/app/2225070/Trackmania/

Halo Master Chief Collection

https://store.steampowered.com/app/976730/Halo_The_Master_Chief_Collection/

Final Fantasy XIV

https://store.steampowered.com/app/39210/FINAL_FANTASY_XIV_Online/

Project Zomboid

https://store.steampowered.com/app/108600/Project_Zomboid/

News

Turtle rock moving on from back4blood https://turtlerockstudios.com/news/b4b-2223

Arch, Drongo and Jess get together for episode 54 of the Halcyon Podcast and talk about the Steam Base Builder Fest, the cuter side of Australian wildlife, and fall down a techbro rabbit hole

Games

Against the Storm

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1336490/Against_the_Storm/

Stardeus

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1380910/Stardeus/

Lumencraft

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1713810/Lumencraft/

Homeseek

https://store.steampowered.com/app/2093000/Homeseek/

Moonstone Island

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1658150/Moonstone_Island/

WW2 Rebuilder

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1573280/WW2_Rebuilder/

SteamWorld Build

https://store.steampowered.com/app/2134770/SteamWorld_Build/

RISK: Global Domination

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1128810/RISK_Global_Domination/

The Mutalk! (And other Techbro Fantasy items)

https://en.shiftall.net/products/mutalk

FG and Blind take a trip down several memory lanes as they celebrate one year of the Halcyon Podcast, talking about their oldest memories of JustinTV and revisiting games from ages past, as well as the games of 2023 they're looking forward to.

Games

Dwarf Fortress: 

https://store.steampowered.com/app/975370/Dwarf_Fortress/

Aquatico

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1812300/Aquatico/

Viscera Cleanup Detail

https://store.steampowered.com/app/246900/Viscera_Cleanup_Detail/

High on Life 

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1583230/High_On_Life/

Details:

Twitch streamer status breakdown for Q4:

https://twitter.com/CommanderRoot/status/1610281678555189251

Link to video with Putnam!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=79J3X8ulER0

News:

Lost Ark Steam Bans: https://www.pcgamesn.com/lost-ark-online/steam-ban-inactive-players

Their Response:

https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/1599340/view/5251793712052809901

Games of 2023:

https://www.gamespot.com/articles/2023-upcoming-games-release-schedule/1100-6508202/

n this week's episode, Arch, Jess and Drongo explore the core memories and pivotal moments in games, the DnD OGL debacle, and Jess uses the Dwarf Atomiser on her squad

Dwarf Fortress: 

https://store.steampowered.com/app/975370/Dwarf_Fortress/

Escape from Tarkov

https://www.escapefromtarkov.com/

Against the Storm

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1336490/Against_the_Storm/

Fallout 3:

https://store.steampowered.com/app/22370/Fallout_3_Game_of_the_Year_Edition/

WOTC OGL Breakdown:

Leaked WotC document w/ plans to restrict DnD's open gaming license: https://www.thegamer.com/dungeons-and-dragons-ogl-update-clamp-down-unofficial-rpgs/

Paizo (roleplaying game publishing company responsible for Pathfinder) announces new Open RPG license in response to leaked document: https://paizo.com/community/blog

WotC responds to the community backlash: https://www.dndbeyond.com/posts/1423-an-update-on-the-open-game-license-ogl

We start this year with Blind, Jess, Kiri, FG and Belannaer looking back on the year of games that was 2022, picking their top three and talking about what made them stand out

Dwarf Fortress: (Everyone)

https://store.steampowered.com/app/975370/Dwarf_Fortress/

Atari 50 (Blind)

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1919470/Atari_50_The_Anniversary_Celebration/

Citizen Sleeper (Blind)

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1578650/Citizen_Sleeper/

NORCO (Blind)

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1221250/NORCO/

Potionomics (FG)

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1874490/Potionomics/

Dinkum (FG)

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1062520/Dinkum/

Expeditions: Rome (FG)

https://store.steampowered.com/app/987840/Expeditions_Rome/

Dorfromantik (Jess)

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1455840/Dorfromantik/

Dome Keeper (Jess)

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1637320/Dome_Keeper/

Cult of the Lamb (Jess)

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1313140/Cult_of_the_Lamb/

Elden Ring (Belannaer)

https://store.steampowered.com/agecheck/app/1245620/

Warhammer (Belannaer) 

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1142710/Total_War_WARHAMMER_III/

Card Shark (Kiri)

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1371720/Card_Shark/

Papers, Please (Kiri)

https://store.steampowered.com/app/239030/Papers_Please/

Lost In Play (Kiri)

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1328840/Lost_in_Play/

The team gathers to share well wishes for 2023!