Isometric

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Isometric episodes

December 08, 201432: Going Full Siracusa
Ultimate geek rockstar John Siracusa stops by to throw down his Power Glove and to fact check the show AS WE RECORD IT. Also, Brianna Super Scope Sixes Nintendo's future in VR, Steve bristles, and Maddy calmly explains that she could destroy everything in
Guest Starring:
John Siracusa
Links and Show Notes:
What We’re Playing:
John - Mario Kart 8
Maddy - Super Smash Bros
Georgia - Dragon Age Inquisition
Bri - Far Cry 4
Steve - Valiant Hearts
Links for this episode:
8-Player Super Smash Bros
Pokemon in the Oculus Rift
Hypercritical: Nintendo in Crisis
The Nintendo Revolution Helmet
ATP 94: Spirited Defense of Pong
Interview with the Crossy Road developers
Gasketball's in-app purchase disaster
Maddy’s Game Of The Year list
Amazon UK canceling Gamecube controller adapter orders
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1 hr 53 min
November 30, 201431: Stomp On Their Hands
Can you feel it? Isometric has awakened early this week in a special Thanksgiving episode, though Georgia just calls it Thursday. Maddy gushes about Super Smash Bros, and Steve and Brianna get into it about Nintendo again over the new Pokemon sequel.
Links and Show Notes:
What We’re Playing:
Maddy - Dragon Age Inquisition
Georgia - Candy Crush Soda Saga
Bri - Persona Q
Steve - Crossy Road
Links for this episode:
Giant Spacekat's Next Game
Maddy's Super Smash Bros review
Amiibos Are For Everyone
Gamecube adapters are sold out everywhere
Project M
Bri's super thick 3DS
Jonathan Mann’s Crossy Road song
1 hr 26 min
November 24, 201430: An Era Without Moisturizer
Since all the games came out this week, we took a break from the news to talk all about what we're playing: Bri laments that elephants in Far Cry 4 aren't innovation, Steve learns he's played Dragon Age: Inquisition completely wrong, and Maddy tries to ju
Links and Show Notes:
What We’re Playing:
Maddy - Dragon Age Inquisition
Georgia - Candy Crush Soda Saga
Bri - Far Cry 4
Steve - Never Alone and Rollers of the Realm
Links for this episode:
Unconsoleable #9 - Therapy With Georgia
Let's Make Mistakes #147 - The Ballad of Brian Nawu
The hair in Dragon Age
Shadow of Mordor’s DLC
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1 hr 21 min
November 17, 201429: Squeeze the Lemon Beyond
This week, fresh from basking in the glow of luring Georgia to Boston from Canada, we play CSI at the wreckage of the Assassin's Creed Unity launch fiasco, followed by a serious discussion of autism representation in gaming.
Links and Show Notes:
What We’re Playing:
Maddy - Beccaa
Georgia - Rayman Legends
Bri - Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare
Steve - Disney Infinity 2.0
Links for this episode:
Assassin's Creed Unity technical issues
Polygon's reaction to the Assassin's Creed Embargo
Kotaku's reaction to the Assassin's Creed Embargo
Ubisoft's stock price hit by AC launch fiasco
Ubisoft's response to the launch issues
Assassin's Creed: Rogue
Wired's roundup of the AC launch
Less Than Or Equal #12: Steve Lubitz
Steve's blog post: Sticks and Stones
Wikipedia: List of video game characters on the autism spectrum
Temple Grandin: The World Needs All Kinds of Minds
Auti-sim
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1 hr 33 min
November 10, 201428: R.O.B., I Love You
This week, Maddy announces her Street Fighter romantic comedy, Steve laments (read: whines about) missing out on the Evolve Big Alpha, and Bri presses X to say hello to Georgia's new robot BFF.
Links and Show Notes:
What We’re Playing:
Maddy - Ultra Street Fighter 4
Georgia - Rogue Vertex
Bri - Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare
Steve - Binding of Isaac: Rebirth
Links for this episode:
Up Up Down Down #30: Talking About Caragors
Revolution 60 Wikipedia page
David North's latest fan art
Oak
The Chamber
NBA 2K15 server issues
The PS4 Rest Mode bug
Evolve Big Alpha delayed and extended on PS4
DriveClub is still broken a month later
Press F for Farce
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1 hr 38 min
November 03, 201427: A Hat Made of Money
Isometric is back in one of our most fun post-Gamergate episodes! We struggle to discuss actual news, like the discovery that women make up half of PC gaming and the re-release of TIE Fighter, amidst a barrage of absurd distractions. At least until Georgi
Links and Show Notes:
What We’re Playing:
Maddy - Rayman Legends
Georgia - Katamari Damacy
Bri - Sunset Overdrive
Steve - Ziggurat
Links for this episode:
Steve on Less Than or Equal
Maddy discussing Bayonetta 2 on GaymeBar
Jonathan Mann’s Name That Game remix
Costume Quest 2
Female PC gamers outnumber males
A quarter of all Call of Duty gamers are female
War on Terror
Lucasarts releases X-Wing and TIE Fighter to GOG
Rogue Squadron
Humble Indie Bundle 13
Georgia's salacious tweet
Maddy's Dog Video
1 hr 37 min
October 30, 2014 26: (Special) Glenn and I Are Not Enemies
After being chased from her home by rape and death threats, Isometric host Brianna Wu has been under attack by Gamergate for 17 days. She sits down with journalist Glenn Fleishman and addresses the various accusations made towards her.
Guest Starring:
Glenn Fleishman
2 hr 22 min
October 27, 201425: Bri's Parenting Corner
In a return to normalcy, Bri dispenses questionable parenting advice, Georgia auditions for her next career as a game show host, and Steve yells at Nintendo (yes, again), all as Maddy tries to convince us how excited she is about everything.
Links and Show Notes:
What We’re Playing:
Bri - Dodging bad people on Twitter
Maddy - Borderlands 2
Georgia - Five Nights at Freddy’s
Steve - Sunless Sea and Mega Man 2
Links for this episode:
GameCube controllers aren’t compatible with other Wii U games
Rejecting the Wii U license agreement locks the system
Why Mega Man 3 is the best Mega Man game
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1 hr 25 min
October 20, 2014 24: Slippy Likes the Barrel Roll
After an in-depth recap of Bri's week fighting GamerGate, we try to cheer her up with a detailed discussion of Bayonetta 2, salacious StarFox fan fiction, and what the Muppets you like say about you.
Links and Show Notes:
Links for this episode:
The disturbing panda costume
Kotaku's report on Bri's death threats
Bri's editorial in XOJane
The terrible sea lion
How many GamerGaters are there?
Maddy’s Bayonetta 2 Review
Revolution 60 in the App Store
Revolution 60 on Metacritic
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1 hr 20 min
October 13, 2014 23: Georgia's Scary Murder Side
(Note: This episode was recorded on Thursday, just before the widely discussed events involving Brianna Wu began to occur.)
Links and Show Notes:
Links for this episode:
Soylent
Frozen censored
Patricia Hernandez's broken 3DS
Super Smash Bros 3DS Wii U version confirmed for November 21st
Project M
Harmony of Heroes
Imperialism in Shadow of Mordor
The lack of women in Shadow of Mordor
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1 hr 27 min

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Game developer Brianna Wu, technology journalists Georgia Dow and Mikah Sargent, and game enthusiast Steve Lubitz analyzed the week’s biggest stories in the video game industry from different…