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This time, we're organized! We talk about all the fake Nintendo stuff that (supposedly) isn't meant to be, the western launch of Miitomo, Microsoft cross-play and what it *really* means, the PlayStation 4(K?), and some tl;VR. Tune them dials!

It's been a while, but the Bundle Roulette drawings are in, and I hate Chris SOOOOOO much. I mean, SO much. I kinda hate Howie, too. Is this the proper venue for this?  I'm sure it's fine. But we're talking some GAMES this week, in addition to how to introduce a console stick'er to the mouse and keyboard. Oh, and I don't hate special guest Bret Lonaker... YET.

On the Gaming Docket

Howie - Star Wars: Galaxy of Heroes, Rocket League

Chris - Helldivers, Gauntlet, Non Nom Galaxy, Incredible Adventures of Van Helsing II

* Corey - Rocket League, Star Wars: Battlefront

* Bret Lonaker (@breticles) - Smite (Season 3), Rocket League, Fallout Shelter, WWE 2k16

Free Game of the Week: Glob Trotters (iOS, android)

Bundle Roulette - Exasperated Reviews and Reluctant Drawings

Questions from the Ether...

Former show guest Bevan Bowles wrote in with the following:

My brother in law is really into playing games, but he limits himself to mostly console (he

has an xbox one). Somehow we got on the topic of first person shooters and I was

surprised to learn that he thought they were best played with a controller and he could

not imagine how they could be played with a mouse and keyboard, turns out he has

never tried. I told him that he should try it out and he was willing. So what games would

be ideal for someone to be introduced to a mouse and keyboard setup? 

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We're racing to get on the Fallout 4 DLC train before the price hike (which happens in t-minus already), plus talkin' game awards, PLUS gushing over classic gaming on a new Coleco console.  You like games? DO YOU LIKE THEM?! Then strap on your ear-bags!

NOTEWORTHY DEALS

XBL Games for Gold for February (link)

* XB1: Hand of Fate

XB1: Styx

360: Sacred Citadel

* 360: Gears of War 2

* PSPlus Games for February (link)

* Grid Autosport, PS3

Helldivers: Democracy Strikes Back , PS4, PS3, PS Vita

Lemmings Touch, PS Vita

Nom Nom Galaxy, PS4

Nova-111, PS Vita

* Persona 4 Arena Ultimax, PS3

* Humble Bundle (link)

* BundleStars (link)

* Cheapshark (link)

NEWS TICKER

* Bundle Stars “win steam wallet $$$” by playing games from bundles

* Fallout 4 DLC is coming this spring, and the price of a Season Pass is going up by 20 bucks on March 1st (link)

* Automatron, Wasteland Workshop and Far Harbor.

* The 19th Annual DICE awards gave top prize to none other than Fallout 4 (link and full list of awards) 

* in addition to best RPG and game direction

* Fallout Shelter won best mobile game

* Rocket League took home best Sports Game and outstanding achievement in online play awards, in addition to the DICE Sprite Award (for success and exposure despite having disproportionate resources)

RETRO ROUNDUP

* RETRO ROUNDUP – Coleco Chameleon is a new retro console coming to Kickstarter very soon (link) (video)

* If you pledge $135, it’ll land you a console

* Recently added rights to the Atari 2600 catalogue

* Can also play ColecoVision, Intellivision, and SNES games. Is promising unreleased Genesis games, as well.

* Comes with controller, but uses USB so players can use virtually any controller they want

* Uses a chip that can emulate hardware configurations of the classic consoles for more accurate emulation of the games

THE RUNDOWN

* OpenGL’s replacement is here at last (better late than never). It’s called Vulkan, and it’s supposed to clear away a lot of the muck in regarding to GPU and CPU overhead (link)

* Elite Dangerous: Arena cuts out all the muckity mucking and lets you get straight to the dogfighting – for only $7.50 on Steam (link)

* Xbox Live, doing its best PS Network impression, went down across 360 and XB1 yesterday for more than 12 hours, and various services such a purchases and content usage were still limited as of this morning – apparently the network slowly died over several days (link) (status page)

* Dragon Quest Builders mixes Minecraft and RPG strategy-sim (link) 

Boom! It's time to talk about what we've been playing, and we have certainly been playing!  Some of the usual stuff and a lot of new stuff on account of Corey's discovery of Amazon Underground - only... wtf is it? Howie doesn't like the idea of someone doing awesome things on non-Apple products, so debate ensues!  FIRE UP YOUR HORSES or whatever.

On the Gaming Docket

Howie - Rocket League, Heroes of the Galaxy, Blocky Football

Chris - Cards + Castles, Diablo III, Kingdom Rush Origins

* Corey - Rocket League, Jetpack Joyride, Sonic Dash, Goat Simulator, Fruit Ninja, Star Wars Rebels: Recon Missions, Riptide GP2Rocket League, Rocket League, and more Rocket League, Hammer Time!, Dashy Crashy

Free Game of the Week: Creativerse (link)

Questions from the Ether...

@TheMarriedGeeks asks: “Are you guys fans of the Lego games & if so, what unused franchise would you like to see get its own game?”

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Better late than never!  Listen here: things were said. Mistakes were made. BUT NOW THIS EPISODE IS FINALLY OUT! Sony is gettin' all democratic with the PSPlus free games, Nintendo is still trying to find its face in this world, and WoW wants you to GO FISH! But don't forget your earbuds cuz this ep is hot hot hot!

 

NOTEWORTHY DEALS

XBL Games for Gold for February (link)

* XB1: Hand of Fate

XB1: Styx

360: Sacred Citadel

* 360: Gears of War 2

* PSPlus Games for February (link)

* Grid Autosport, PS3

Helldivers: Democracy Strikes Back , PS4, PS3, PS Vita

Lemmings Touch, PS Vita

Nom Nom Galaxy, PS4

Nova-111, PS Vita

* Persona 4 Arena Ultimax, PS3

* Humble Bundle (link)

* BundleStars (link)

* Check for sales (link)

NEWS TICKER

* IT'S VOTING SEASON! Starting February 8th, you can vote for which of three games will be a PS Plus game for March! (link)

Action Henk (video)

Assault Android Cactus (video)

Broforce (video)

Nintendo profitable, but still not all that much so - running on the fuel of software and the fumes of hardware. (link) (link) (video)

CS:GO player and Reddit user AndroidL got sick of hackers in game, so he made a hack package of his own, built to attract players and get them banned as soon as possible (and it appears to have worked really well). (link) (video)

World of Warcraft introducing ARTIFACT FISHING POLES! AT LAST! (link) (video)

Offers varying abilities and customization

LEGO The Force Awakens coming on June 28, promises content to bridge the gap between Return of the Jedi and Ep VII. (link) (video)

RETRO ROUNDUP

* imgur user IAmMurloc working on an Unreal Engine 4 version of the first stage of the classic Spyro the Dragon (link) (video)

CURRENT RELEASES

* PS4

Not a Hero (PS4) -Feb 2

Gravity Rush Remastered (PS4) - Feb 2

Nitroplus Blasterz: Heroines I... (PS4) - Feb 2

XB1

Fortified (XONE) - Feb 3

PC

* XCOM 2 (PC) - Feb 5

* American Truck Simulator (PC) - Feb 3

THE RUNDOWN

* Designers may want to put EA sports titles under the microscope - you may just find one of you...

We played some games, son!  But things got done turned upside down: Howie is playing CONSOLE games, and Corey is playing MOBILE games!  Aaaand Chris is still playing old stuff because he's an old soul.  Either way, we've got A LOT to talk about, plus all new Path of Exile content, and Bundle Roulette punishments!

On the Gaming Docket

Howie - Rocket League, Lego Dimensions, SW Galaxy of Heroes, Dungeon Defenders II

Chris - Diablo III season 5, Runescape, Cards + Castles

* Corey - Rocket League, Rocket League, and more Rocket League, Hammer Time!, Dashy Crashy

Free Game of the Week: Path of Exile (again) (link)

Bundle Roulette

* REVIEWS

* Howie - Runespell:Overture

* Corey - Steamalot: Epoch's Journey

* Chris -  LOVE

* "Spin" for new punshiments, errr, games.

 

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