The List: All The Games... Eventually

SUPER... HOT, SUPER... HOT, SUPER... HOT,...

"The most innovative shooter I've played in years!"

This week The List reviews another older game that Duncan chose, SuperHot from The SuperHot Team. Just about everyone says it's the most innovative shooter they've played in years (I promise we'll explain that joke in the episode); but, the truth is this game really was innovative and turned the shooter genre on it's head. If you played SuperHot, or even if you didn't, you can tell us all about your experience by writing to us at [email protected]

News Sources:

https://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2020-07-20-metacritic-now-blocks-user-reviews-until-36-hours-after-game-releases

https://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2020-07-16-twitch-orders-end-to-us-army-giveaway-promotion-on-its-channel

Supported this week by: Hotcorp (SuperHot)

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This week on The List we discuss an odd trend we've been seeing on Steam, early access games and The Chicanery of Penguin Cretins. The episode was a little less structured than usual and we had some silly content. If you like this style, let us know at [email protected]

News Sources:

https://www.theverge.com/2020/7/12/21320607/ubisoft-forward-biggest-news-far-cry-6-assassins-creed-valhalla-hyper-scape-watch-dogs-legion

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m5tztyiT99s

Main Topic:

https://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2020-06-15-the-chicanery-of-penguin-cretins

Supported this week by: You! and the Engine Within store.

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And, as always, a special thank you to Joseph McDade who wrote and preformed our theme music. Find more of his music at josephmcdade.com/music or support him by visiting www.patreon.com/josephmcdade

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On this podcast we typically review games from a couple years ago as we work our way through the backlog of the video game industry. This week we had an opening in our schedule. In the past we've filled these episodes with several different topics. Once we covered a book about the games industry. This week, it's a bit of a combination. We're talking about Spec Ops: The line. It's a little older than our usual fare and you hosts played it years ago but we are also covering a book that was written about this particular game, Killing is Harmless: A Critical Reading of Spec Ops: The Line by Brendon Keogh. It turned into an extra long episode but we think this game deserved it. Join us for a deep dive in Spec Ops: The Line and let us know what you thought of this game, book, or episode at [email protected]

News Sources:

https://www.polygon.com/2020/7/6/21314543/the-last-of-us-2-harassment-neil-druckmann-laura-bailey-naughty-dog-abby-death-threats-ps4

https://www.businessinsider.com/video-game-price-increase-60-70-nba-2k-xbox-ps5-2020-7

Supported this wekk by: Visit Dubai (Spec Ops: The Line)

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And, as always, a special thank you to Joseph McDade who wrote and preformed our theme music. Find more of his music at josephmcdade.com/music or support him by visiting www.patreon.com/josephmcdade

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This week we have a gap in our gaming schedule as Daniel plays through a particularly long game. So, we're taking the opportunity to rehash a debate we actually had to cut from an early episode. Long time listeners may remember Duncan saying "Maybe we'll do an episode about that sometime." Well, now is that time. Join us and listen to us argue about the value and merits of Free to Play video games.

What do you think? Do you play these kinds of games? Let us know by writing to us at [email protected]

News Sources:

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-06-24/video-game-industry-rocked-by-outpouring-of-sexual-misconduct-allegations

Supported this week by: Slurp Juice (Fortnite)

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And, as always, a special thank you to Joseph McDade who wrote and preformed our theme music. Find more of his music at josephmcdade.com/music or support him by visiting www.patreon.com/josephmcdade

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After a wibbly wobbly space-timey whimey accident, your hosts have been transported to a strange universe where Ubisoft and Nintendo coexist and have even produced a cross over game. It's Mario+Rabbids! Join us on our quest to discover if this new mash up kingdom is worth the battle!

If you played Mario+Rabbids: Kingdom Battle, we want to hear from you too! Write to us at [email protected]

News Sources:

https://www.gamespot.com/articles/microsoft-is-shutting-down-mixer-its-competitor-to/1100-6478822/

https://www.gamespot.com/articles/twitch-issues-statement-on-streamer-allegations-wh/1100-6478850/

https://kotaku.com/the-last-of-us-part-2-s-metacritic-page-shows-how-broke-1844106265

https://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2020-06-23-shawn-layden-gamelab

Supported this week by: Madame Bwahstrella

(Mario+Rabbids: Kingdom Battle)

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And, as always, a special thank you to Joseph McDade who wrote and preformed our theme music. Find more of his music at josephmcdade.com/music or support him by visiting www.patreon.com/josephmcdade

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On this show we try to keep you up to date on the news from the games industry as well as reaching back through the annuals of gaming history to find the treasures of the past! Well, we don't really reach THAT far. This week we've brought you something from 2017. Uncharted: The Lost Legacy. Join us as we discuss the latest installment and the Uncharted series generally. What did you think of The Lost Legacy? Let us know at [email protected]

News Sources:

https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/7kp89e/riot-games-investigating-exec-who-blamed-george-floyds-murder-on-his-lifestyle

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_NH4csfipes

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-jXwPnDpMD4

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cCgSyAZinNU

https://www.gamespot.com/articles/star-wars-squadrons-is-a-dogfighting-campaign-and-/1100-6478468/

Supported this week by: Shoreline (Uncharted: The Lost Legacy)

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And, as always, a special thank you to Joseph McDade who wrote and preformed our theme music. Find more of his music at josephmcdade.com/music or support him by visiting www.patreon.com/josephmcdade

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This week The List is really changing things up and instead of talking about a game that is three years old we travel back in time in out literal time machine to talk about a game that was new three years ago! But before we do we've still got news from this time period to talk about. Then we're off to 2017 again to talk about Subsurface Circular, a Mike Bithell game.

News Sources:

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-06-03/kerbal-space-program-2-release-disrupted-by-corporate-strife?utm_source=url_link

https://www.engadget.com/sony-europe-australia-fine-playstation-144552766.html

https://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2020-06-04-activision-blizzard-shareholders-upset-over-ceo-bobby-koticks-compensation

https://kotaku.com/after-massive-dmca-takedown-twitch-streamers-are-delet-1843954430

https://www.gamespot.com/articles/the-uk-wants-more-info-to-decide-whether-loot-boxe/1100-6478162/

Supported this week by: ELITE Energy Cells (Subsurface Circular)

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And, as always, a special thank you to Joseph McDade who wrote and preformed our theme music. Find more of his music at josephmcdade.com/music or support him by visiting www.patreon.com/josephmcdade

This week was a big week for the news. Video games had to take a backseat to real world crisis and we talk about that in this episode. Also, Undertale. That happened too and we had a special guest join us for our discussion. Find out about all of that stuff this week and let us know your thoughts about video games and social justice at [email protected]

News Sources:

https://www.businessinsider.com/amazon-games-crucible-fails-2020-5

https://www.gamesradar.com/ps5-games-event-delayed-to-allow-for-more-important-voices-to-be-heard/

https://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2020-05-29-sony-says-it-has-no-interest-in-making-its-ps5-games-compatible-with-ps4

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Supported this week by: Undertale: The Mettaton Story

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And, as always, a special thank you to Joseph McDade who wrote and preformed our theme music. Find more of his music at josephmcdade.com/music or support him by visiting www.patreon.com/josephmcdade

Hey team! We've got a brand new episode for you this week with lots of news. In fact, there was so much we had to create a "rapid fire" section that's little more than headlines! After that, we're getting out the Dream Eaters and jacking in for a conversation about Observer from Bloober Team.

Send us some feed back! Write to [email protected]

News Sources:

https://kotaku.com/insignia-project-aims-to-resurrect-xbox-live-for-the-or-1843600151

https://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2020-05-22-igda-database-interview

https://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2020-05-20-g2a-and-wube-software-settle-usd40-000-chargeback-dispute

Rapid Fire News:

https://kotaku.com/pac-man-the-japanese-game-that-took-over-the-world-tu-1843548980

https://www.gamespot.com/articles/alleged-rainbow-six-siege-copycat-gets-killed-by-u/1100-6477504/

https://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2020-05-26-the-last-of-us-part-2-reportedly-banned-in-the-middle-east

https://kotaku.com/skyrim-grandma-is-taking-a-break-because-of-internet-as-1843663799

Supported this week by: Chiron Medical (Observer)

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And, as always, a special thank you to Joseph McDade who wrote and preformed our theme music. Find more of his music at josephmcdade.com/music or support him by visiting www.patreon.com/josephmcdade

Unfortunately, this week we had a little less to say about the game , you'll have to listen to find out why, but our episode isn't any shorter as we had an abundance of news to bring you. Join us this week for Agents of Mayhem and, as always, let us know what you think by emailing [email protected]

News Sources:

https://www.gamespot.com/articles/unreal-engine-5-announced-impressive-graphics-show/1100-6477208/

https://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2020-05-15-free-grand-theft-auto-5-crashes-epic-games-store

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-05-16/ubisoft-sues-apple-google-over-alibaba-s-rainbow-six-ripoff

https://www.engadget.com/crucible-amazon-relentless-game-preview-interview-130013794.html

https://www.gamespot.com/articles/evo-online-2020-replaces-traditional-tournament-wi/1100-6477264/

https://www.gamesradar.com/mafia-trilogy-launches-today-with-a-mafia-remake-releasing-in-august/

Supported this week by: Ultor (Agents of Mayhem... a little)

You can help support the show too! Visit Patreon.com/EngineWithin

And, as always, a special thank you to Joseph McDade who wrote and preformed our theme music. Find more of his music at josephmcdade.com/music or support him by visiting www.patreon.com/josephmcdade