Ranting After Dark Podcast (RADcast)

This week Tim and Elaine get to talking about the divisive No Man’s Sky, Persona 5 release dates, Metroid fan remakes, dirty Internet pirates, more Pokemon, the resurfacing of the THQ name, a final date for Pacman fever dream nonsense 2, the potential delay of Final Fantasy 15, the curious death of the NVIDIA Shield, and a hot Japanese Video game progress update. Do you have a drink? Good, you’ll need it we’re into dirty talk about hardware and maybe commiserate over our clutter prone spouses!

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News:

The developers of Long War have released some DLC for XCOM 2 

No Man’s Sky Day 1 patch makes significant changes to the game 

Persona 5 coming out Feb 14 in Europe too! 

Pacman Championship Edition 2 hits September 13. 

Metroid 2 fan remake gets shut down by Nintendo. No one is surprised. 

Pirates are saying they cracked the Denuvo DRM 

Pokemon Uranium releases after 9 years of fan work. 

THQ comes back from the dead….kind of. Nordic rebrands themselves to THQ Nordic. 

No Man’s Sky on PC seems like a port of the PS4 game. Running poorly for lots of folks. 

Sony to unveil the PS4 “Neo” at a September 7 event. 

Leaked images are showing a FF15 delay to November. We’ll see if this is true. 

Nvidia kills recently FCC filed Shield tablet successor. Cites ‘business reasons’ as cause. 

TIM IS ON IMDB. 

On this episode Elaine and Karf convene to discuss Japanese fever dream video games, the one VR headset, playing Videoball with children, getting those Hits on the man, a slew of game release dates and delays, plush dogs, their indifference towards Telltale games, rad Metroid 2 fan projects, and an update on DOTA spectating in VR. Don’t forget to mix your biscuit dough well and preheat your oven!

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News:

* Inside coming to PS4 August 23 

* The Vita has been hacked to allow homebrew and getting around the PS TV white list 

* Third party Pokemon Go sites shut down 

* Five Nights at Freddy’s Spinoff arrives in October 

* Outlast 2 delayed to 2017 

* Fallout 4 mod support still hasn’t come to PS4 

* Telltale’s new Batman game is broken on PC 

* PC Patch for Marvel Ultimate Alliance out now. DLC to be free. 

* Darkest Dungeon coming to PS4 and Vita in September 

Super Awesome Metroid 2 remake project 

* Indigo prophecy coming to PS4 next week 

* Hitman Episode 4 lands August 16

* XCOM 2 console editions delayed almost a month

* Battleborn didn’t meet expectations. Color us not surprised. 

* This is fine dog gets a plushie. Elaine wants it. 

* DOTA 2 gets a VR spectators mode, just in time for the International (22 million pot currently).

 

Elaine and Scott get together to discuss a bunch of 2015 games, a Japanese fever dream update, VIDEOBALL, mini consoles and whether or not they care, the Pokemon, NX details, and condiments. How much would we have to pay you to chug a 16oz bottle of mustard? Asking for a friend.

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News:

* Current Xbox one can be had for as low as $250 right now 

* Sources claim they have some details about the NX…. 

* Adam Boyes is now the CEO of Iron Galaxy 

* Sign in to Xbox Live at least once every 5 years or lose your gamertag 

* Hyperlight Drifter drops on Xbox One and PS4 

* The 500GB and 1TB versions of the Xbox One S get dates and bundles 

* No, that mini genesis is not official. Yes, it sucks. 

* The Pokemon Go Plus accessory got pushed to September 

* The Marvel Ultimate Alliance PC ports are a total nightmare

* Life is Strange is being adapted into a live action series. 

Darksiders is getting a HD remake and it’ll be at 60fps….except on WiiU 

* Xbox 360 and PS3 versions of Destiny receive their final update this week. 

* The folks who made Burnout are working on a new game. Of course it’s a driving game. 

* DOOM is getting a revamped board game. 

This episode Elaine and Roxie get together to discuss Elaine’s continuing adventures in Tokyo Mirage Sessions, the weirdness that is Danganronpa, hot new Persona 5 videos, Dead Rising coming to current consoles, UNO making a return (get your cameras ready!), devs leaving studios, new heroes, and some free video game goodness. We hope you’re ready for some fever dream sounding nonsense!

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News:

More EA games on GOG DRM free 

Rare N64 DD discovered by a dude in Seattle 

Eyedol is coming to Killer Instinct 

McDonalds Japan confirms Pokemon Go Collab 

Playdead co-founder leaves studio 

Dark Horse is going to release Art of Gwent in 2017 

UNO is coming to consoles and PC with video chat! (August 9) 

Persona 5 has a new video including its intro! 

Dead Rising is coming to PS4, Xbox One, and PC 

Life is Strange Episode 1 becomes free on all platforms indefinitely 

Pac-Man Championship Edition 2 is coming in September 

Animal Crossing New Leaf is getting updated with Amiibo support this Fall. 

Overwatch adds Ana who is now live on all platforms. 

Marvel Ultimate Alliance 1 and 2 coming to PS4, Xbox one, PC on July 26

Stardew Valley coming to Mac July 29 

In this episode Elaine and Carolyn discuss the Pokemons, the influence of certain SNES RPGs, some Persona grade JRPG nonsense, lawsuit settlements, how much they hate Flash, porkchops, and the necessity of frequent pelvic floor exercises. Yes, you read that last one correctly. Yes, we are sorry. Yes, that apology was a lie.

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News:

Pokemon Go drove Nintendo’s stocks up by a pretty significant amount. 

If you signed up for Pokemon Go using your Google account – guess what? They have access to EVERYTHING. (FYI only on IOS)

And that account access nonsense was fixed.

Pokemon Go to partner with McDonalds? Color me shocked. 

Warner settles with the FTC over the undisclosed Shadow of Mordor endorsements 

Looks like Batman Return to Arkham is now slated for November 

Huge update incoming for Fallout Shelter and the PC version hits this week 

Doom is getting Vulkan API support 

Rocket League is getting unlockable crates for cosmetics but skipping the Steam Marketplace to avoid gambling and other nonsense 

Occulus claims all Rift preorders have finally shipped 

NPD numbers to include digital sales figures 

Nintendo is releasing a mini NES loaded with 30 games in November. 

Grow Up is releasing on August 16. 

Twitch is finally switching from Flash to HTML5. THANK GOD. 

On this episode Elaine and Karf sit down to discuss Pokemon and the art of catching them all, the deeply stupid story mode of Street Fighter V, Persona and Personalikes, executives leaving, games that are being made, hot new Xbox Avatars, and of course watching people eat. If you spend more than $13,000 you can achieve the highest level of this podcast!

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Super Mario RPG can be purchased on the WiiU Virtual Console. 

The Bioshock Collection is official 

Xbox Play Anywhere will launch September 13. 

Microsoft changes some language around the Play Anywhere service. 

The Hotel Dusk successor, Chase, will be coming to the West. 

Xbox Avatars are getting wheelchairs and possibly new designs. 

Red Dead Redemption is backwards compatible on Xbox One at last. 

GTA Online gets… A trackmania mode?!

Fallout 4’s Nuka World DLC is the final piece of content. 

Fallout 4 mods delayed on PS4.

Ubisoft is shuffle people into board member spots. This Vivendi takeover is getting real. 

Twitch now lets you watch people eat and the new rules are….interesting. 

Gamecube emulation gets better as Dolphin gets a new update. 

Evolve is going free to play on PC. 

A dude spent $13,000 to get his Steam level to be the highest 

Adam Boyd leaves Sony to go back into game dev 

System Shock remaster hits funding goal and should be out in 2017 

 

On this episode Elaine is once again joined by Tim of Widget show fame! The duo discusses Tokyo Mirage Sessions #FE (aka NOT PERSONA WE PROMISE), Limbo, a whole bunch of stuff turning 20 years old, reboots, remasters, and delays OH MY! We’ve also got some hot discussion of HD Retrovision and PSIO. You’re going to want to get a beverage, settle in, and prepare to get some knowledge dropped on you. Warning: this podcast may cause retro fever. We claim no responsibility for what could happen to your wallet.

News:

Nintendo 64 turns 20. 

Quake is 20 and Romero shows us some of his original vision for the game 

Wolfenstein Developers celebrate Quake’s 20th birthday with new levels 

Keyboard and Mouse support coming to Xbox One in “months” 

A woman sued MS after her computer automatically updated to Windows 10. She won $10,000. 

Pacman Championship Edition 2 is coming to PS4, PC, and XBox One 

Occulus has stopped blocking the app allowing Vive owners to play Rift exclusive games 

DOOM demo (the whole first level) has been extended indefinitely 

Doom’s next update comes with a cool throwback feature 

Street Fighter V will get Blarog, Ibuki, and story mode on July 1 

A Ford dealership decided to straight rip off Firewatch artwork 

Camp Santo responds 

There is a video with 8 minutes of gameplay from the System Shock reboot and you can now play a demo.

Batman Return to Arkham collection delayed. No new date set. 

Overwatch Competitive Mode rolling out on PC. Consoles to follow shortly. 

HD Retrovision is finally releasing their first batch of component cables. SNES and Genesis are available July 1 for $44 each. 

PSIO is finally being released. It allows you to play disc images from an SD card. Initially only for original Playstation hardware with the parallel slot. 

On this episode Elaine returns and is joined by Justin! The duo discusses Saints Row IV, ridiculous basketball nonsense, WADs of DOOM, the disaster of Might No. 9, snarky Hedgehogs, open world Zelda, Burger King’s newest creation, and an army of angry beavers. This podcast is totally good enough.

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News:

Rythm Heaven Mega Mix is out now for 3DS! 

Nioh got a new trailer and is getting another demo in August 

A Bulletstorm remaster appears to be coming 

Indigo Prophecy is coming to PS4 in July 

Mighty Number 9 is a hot mess and the reviews are a little rough

Apparently the game is “Good enough” according to its creator though

The Xenoblade team is helping out with Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild

Sony may have to pay out a whole bunch of cash to PS3 owners who used or intended to use the Other OS feature

Someone created Seinfeld’s apartment in Doom 2

Burger King has no regard for humanity

Assassin’s Creed creator hasn’t played a Ubisoft game since 2012. He played 2 hours of AC3 and was all “nope. I’m out!” 

⅓ of staff at Valve are now working on VR / AR projects 

No Man’s Sky settled lawsuit with Sky TV

All is lost in this world. In 2016, our podcast heros awoke to find that their stalwart host had gone missing. With the realm still under attack, they must press on and cast pods without her. Especially because it’s the week of E3, and just because Elaine has no internet, doesn’t mean we the forces of Podtopia aren’t still fighting our troops.

This is a long one, people. Sorry we didn’t get to listener questions – we had A LOT of news go wade through.

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News:

* EA Press Conference

* Titanfall 2

* Battlefield 1

* Bethesda Press Event

* Quake Champions

* Dishonored 2

* Fallout 4 DLC

* Fallout 4 VR

* Prey

* Microsoft Gathers the Game Journalists Into a RoomT

* State of Decay 2

* ReCore

* Ubitsoft

* Watch Dogs 2

* Star Trek Bridge Crew

* For Honor

* Ghost Recon: Wild Lands

* Sony

* God Of War

* Detroit

* Horizon: Zero Dawn

* Star Wars X-Wing Pilot VR

* Resident Evil VII

* The Last Gaurdian

* Death Stranding

* Crash Bandicoot Remasters

* Nintendo doesn’t play by your rules

* The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild

* FFXII remaster is coming!

* Persona 5 NA release date!

This week Elaine, Justin, and Karf sit down to discuss the murdering of demons, finding lost pirate treasure, Overwatching, controversial mods, goats in space, the great delay of No Man’s Sky, and much more. Don’t worry guys, we’re just out for a run.

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News:

* Uncharted 4 sells 2.7 million copies, sets record

* Unravel 2 confirmed by EA

* Paradox removes a discriminatory Stellaris mod from Steam

* Cross-platform play coming to Rocket League on Xbox One

* Rumor Mill: Small Xbox One announced at E3, Xbox 1.5 next year 

* Goat simulator is headed to space in most recent update

* No Man’s Sky officially delayed until August. Devs cite needing extra polish 

* Monster Hunter is getting amiibos now. This may have gone too far.

* Nintendo is going to let some folks play The Legend of Zelda on Wii U at the Nintendo World Store in NYC

* Mighty No. 9’s latest trailer upsets people by telling people to “Make the bad guys cry like an anime fan on prom night” 

* PS4 Neo exist because Playstation VR was going to be terrible 

* Is a Mirror’s Edge tv series in the works?