Press Any Key Podcast

Show Notes

PSA

Amazon UK is altering the deal on SNES Classic pre-orders. (http://bit.ly/2tNsy6n)

Topics

A year in, millions still play Pokémon Go (and will likely attend its festival). (http://bit.ly/2tOb61L)

Halo-inspired fan-game gets conditional thumbs up from Microsoft. (http://bit.ly/2tNY5p0)

StarCraft Remastered devs unveil price, explain how much is being rebuilt. (http://bit.ly/2tNSiQ7)

China extends lead as the world's biggest video game market. (http://ubm.io/2tNSf71)

Why Some Men Don’t Work: Video Games Have Gotten Really Good. (http://nyti.ms/2tNMWEq)

W.T.F

John Romero’s Doom II floppy disks sell for over $3,000. (http://bit.ly/2tNVzyW)

Assassin's Creed anime coming from Castlevania showrunner Adi Shankar. (http://bit.ly/2tO5Ivg)

This browser game simulates workplace tedium and soul-crushing, endless memos. (http://bit.ly/2tObsp7)

Show Notes

Follow Up

Single-player modding returns to GTA V after publisher takedown. (http://bit.ly/2ufyClg)

Definite Topics

Fears of limited SNES Classic supply lead to 150% online resale markup. (http://bit.ly/2ufbeEz)

Plug-and-play SNES Classic coming Sept. 29 for $80 with two controllers [Updated]. (http://bit.ly/2ufdewv)

Valve tries to one-up Oculus Touch with five-finger “Knuckles” VR controller. (http://bit.ly/2ufpCwt)

Report: Valve’s former augmented reality system is no more. (http://bit.ly/2ufs8CZ)

Botched Sega Forever launch blighted by poor emulation. (http://bit.ly/2ufbxPJ)

Sony’s PlayLink links your phone to your PS4 for multiplayer minigame madness. (http://bit.ly/2ufpM73)

W.T.F

This augmented reality Super Mario game is going to kill its maker. (http://bit.ly/2uf9dYH)

Go fast with Sonic shoes. (http://bit.ly/2ufqyRv)

Show Notes

Konami reportedly blacklisting ex-employees across Japanese video game industry. (http://bit.ly/2sMfttN)

Microsoft’s Spencer: Xbox One X is not the console “most people will buy”. (http://bit.ly/2sMieLC)

W.T.F

Dream Daddy is a hot dad-on-dad dating sim from Game Grumps. (http://bit.ly/2sLVA5W)

What? Atari is working on a new console. (http://bit.ly/2sM6cll)

Timestamps

Nintendo  E3 : 00:00:42:21

XBox One X: 00;14:35:07

Konami Blacklist: 00:23:02:13

Jim Ryan: 00:30:03:15

New Atari Console: 00:38:39:07

Dream Dads: 00:48:08:25

PSA

Ubisoft's Metroidvania game Outland is free on Steam for the next two days. (http://bit.ly/2shli2v)

Show Notes

Fig CEO talks about the future of crowdfunding and a little Shenmue 3. (http://bit.ly/2shhtdH)

Want to get your game on Steam? $100 is all you need [Updated]. (http://bit.ly/2shFAbU)

Xbox One users largely ignore backward-compatible Xbox 360 games. (http://bit.ly/2sgMBtO)

Xbox Unleashed: Our deep-dive study of how millions use Xbox Live. (http://bit.ly/2shj2Z0)

How different is Project Scorpio going to look compared to its dev kit?. (http://bit.ly/2sh5Tza)

Xbox isn't bringing its virtual reality plans to E3. (http://bit.ly/2shjhDo)

Everything Sony Told Us About the Future of PlayStation. (http://ti.me/2shkmuM)

PlayStation 4 will be discounted to $250 through E3. (http://bit.ly/2shiSAN)

Show Notes

Far Cry 5 takes series to deadliest land of all: Disenfranchised America. (http://bit.ly/2rSHKif)

Google announces untethered, fully tracked, standalone VR headsets. (http://bit.ly/2qyP1j1)

The Witcher coming to Netflix as a TV series. (http://bit.ly/2qyG49K)

Steam tries to shut down “fake” games that abuse Trading Card system. (http://bit.ly/2qyR9Ya)

W.T.F

After uproar, Minecraft maker to stop feeding cookies to in-game parrots. (http://bit.ly/2qyY4kf)

Pokémon Go hackers getting put in Pidgey-filled purgatory. (http://bit.ly/2qyVElI)

PSA

Phantom Dust's Remaster Out Tomorrow, Will Be Free. (http://bit.ly/2pU1Jbe)

Follow Up

Blizzard broadly disputes report of $20M entrance fee to its Overwatch League. (http://bit.ly/2pUjYNw)

 

Show Notes

ZeniMax sues Samsung over Gear VR tech. (http://bit.ly/2pUdgHx)

Alan Wake will be removed from digital stores after this weekend. (http://bit.ly/2pUjzKZ)

Microsoft’s new VR controllers will be great—until SteamVR “Knuckles” arrive. (http://bit.ly/2pUtLTW)

NIS America boss: 'The Japanese video game market is getting smaller'. (http://bit.ly/2pTYC30)

Sega is planning a 'revival of major IPs' as a new business plan. (http://bit.ly/2pUkFGV)

Show Notes

Arcade group promises ticket and claw games will no longer be “rigged”. (http://bit.ly/2pxcIrr)

Four Pro Gaming Teams Drop Overwatch In One Week. (http://bit.ly/2pxiQjE)

Prey developer: Go ahead, use Steam refunds to demo our game. (http://bit.ly/2pwXwed)

Users request nearly 50,000 Steam refunds per day. (http://bit.ly/2pxnZIo)

W.T.F

Men In Suits Crash A Pikachu Dance And Brutally Drag The Weakest One Away. (http://huff.to/2pxo3b6)

After basically being ousted from Oculus, Palmer Luckey lets loose in Japan. (http://bit.ly/2pxlh5E)

Show Notes

Nintendo figured 2.3 million NES Classics was enough (it wasn’t) (http://bit.ly/2qKbut9)

Nintendo 2DS XL: A handheld for gamers who can’t afford a Switch. (http://bit.ly/2pFpVkI)

Nintendo plans to ship 10 million Switch consoles in the next year. (http://bit.ly/2q4ZaHN)  (? maybe mention in passing?)

Fan project makes 2D Breath of the Wild prototype a reality. (http://bit.ly/2pAw4i3) (has since been canceled not sure if worth discussing)

Epic, near-EVE-worthy troll sabotages Elite: Dangerous community event. (http://bit.ly/2pFbVXY)

Why is this a thing?

 

W.T.F

Sims 4 sex fiends bankroll modder to almost $4,200 a month. (http://bit.ly/2pAwNQj)

Overwatch Pro's Racist Tirade Ends His Career. (http://bit.ly/2pAcmCU)

Gaming Themed Drinks "HP" And "MP" Launched In South Korea. (http://bit.ly/2pAqwUV)

Show Notes

Latest version of Denuvo’s DRM cracked yet again. (http://bit.ly/2py7LSI)

Nintendo hates money, discontinues the NES Classic. (http://bit.ly/2pxWaCY)

Xbox One, Windows 10 become more Steam-like with “self-service refunds”. (http://bit.ly/2py2Ot1)

How Microsoft is future-proofing for Xbox’s “multi-generational” future. (http://bit.ly/2py8QtK)

Gears of War is going to start mixing PC and Xbox players for ranked matches. (http://bit.ly/2py8vHr) / (http://bit.ly/2py1YfI)

Esports Will Become A Medal Event At The 2022 Asian Games. (http://bit.ly/2pylLfn)

W.T.F

Marry your waifu at a wedding chapel in Tokyo. (http://bit.ly/2pyfP5M)

Show Notes

The Super Nintendo is next in line for a visual compendium. (http://bit.ly/2o29cUo) / (http://kck.st/2o2cU0u)

Blizzard hints Nintendo Switch may not be powerful enough for Overwatch. (http://bit.ly/2o28kPV)

Square Enix says it'll prioritize the Nintendo Switch over the Xbox Scorpio. (http://bit.ly/2o25pqg)

Pewdiepie starts crowdsourced channel on Twitch with new weekly show. (http://bit.ly/2o2apeB)

Twitch unleashes scorched-earth attack to unveil malicious spambot creator. (http://bit.ly/2o27Itm)

Review: Windows 10 Creators Update is quite a small major update. (http://bit.ly/2o2bwLr)

Minecraft is getting its own marketplace where content creators get a 'majority cut'. (http://bit.ly/2o2dA6a)

Xbox One Project Scorpio specs: 12GB GDDR5, 6 teraflops, native 4K at 60FPS. (http://bit.ly/2o24Gp2)