The List: All The Games... Eventually

The next game on The List is another ground breaking indie game, or is it? Ninja Theory challenged the realities of how games get made while making a game about a woman challenging reality itself and they seem to have knocked the ball out of the park on both fronts. The game isn't flawless and Daniel breaks down it's strengths and weaknesses for us in this exciting episode of The List. Join us to hear about gaming news and a review of Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice. If you disagree with our evaluation, or agree, or just want to, you can contact the show at [email protected]

News Sources:

https://www.gamespot.com/articles/in-place-of-e3-devs-are-teaming-up-for-an-announce/1100-6477069/

https://www.pcgamer.com/ubisofts-e3-style-showcase-is-coming-in-july/

https://www.techradar.com/news/the-xbox-series-x-showcase-was-disappointing-and-microsoft-knows-it

https://www.pcgamer.com/youtube-secures-pewdiepie-with-an-exclusive-livestreaming-deal/

Supported this week by: Gramr Giveaway by Odin (Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice)

You can help support the show too by visiting 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

The List is back with the news and another game review. This week we played Tacoma! This walking sim is perhaps a bit short but it explores some interesting implications about our possible future. Join us and let us know if you've played Tacoma at [email protected]

New Sources:

https://kotaku.com/massive-nintendo-leak-reportedly-includes-wii-source-co-1843248357

https://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2020-05-05-billy-mitchell-suing-twin-galaxies-for-defamation-over-disqualified-donkey-kong-scores

https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2018/04/premiere-game-scoreboard-bans-billy-mitchell-in-donkey-kong-cheating-scandal/

https://jalopnik.com/elon-had-some-pretty-crappy-ideas-about-video-games-and-1843240292

Supported this week by : The Venturis Belt (Tacoma)

You can help support this show at 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

This week The List is bringing you something unique. Pyre is a sort of blended game featuring elements of fantasy rpg and sports games. It's not something we've seen before or since and we have thoughts about it. Find out all that and some news as well in this episode.

If you played Pyre, or for any other reason, you can contact The List by emailing [email protected]

News Sources:

https://www.theverge.com/2020/4/27/21238450/sony-playstation-4-the-last-of-us-part-2-ghost-of-tsushima-launch-date

https://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2020-05-01-geoff-keighleys-summer-game-fest-is-his-latest-push-to-rally-the-industry

https://www.polygon.com/2020/4/24/21234262/nintendo-account-hack-nnid-security-fortnite-vbucks

Summer Game Fest:

https://www.summergamefest.com/

Supported this week by: Ol' Fenrick (Pyre*)

You can support us too by visiting 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

This week the list continues it's tradition of reviewing games with strong narrative by bringing you Get Even. This little masterpiece of psychological suspense and mystery is quite a polarizing game with its good writing and strong performances; but, the gameplay has a few faults we just can't overlook. Find out more by listening in and if you disagree with our conclusions let us know at [email protected]

News Sources:

https://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2020-04-21-unity-will-not-participate-in-any-physical-events-until-2021

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.gamesindustry.biz/amp/2020-04-20-kotakus-jason-schreier-joins-bloomberg-news

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-04-16/sony-is-said-to-plan-limited-playstation-5-output-in-first-year

https://kotaku.com/former-white-house-press-secretary-blames-china-after-g-1842949977

Supported this week by: Future Defense Group (Get Even)

You can support us by visiting 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

Broken Age is the adventure game from Double Fine that started the trend of funding games on Kickstarter. This week we review the game and bring you some of the news from the industry. If you've played Broken Age, or any other game, let us know by emailing [email protected]

News Sources:

https://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2020-04-14-switch-firmware-update-adds-controls-remapping

https://www.pcgamer.com/nascar-driver-fired-after-dropping-a-racist-slur-in-an-online-race/

https://kotaku.com/riot-tries-to-force-league-of-legends-player-named-coro-1842889237

https://www.videogamer.com/news/china-to-ban-online-games-because-they-are-an-authority-vacuum

Learn more about Quantum League:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZWdPuK2qJrw

Supported this week by: Grabbin' Gary from Hazmatbro

Support the show at Patreon.com/EngineWithin

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

Last week we fought aliens and this week it's monsters. Zombies! Your hosts are out there braving the zombie apocalypse to bring you a podcast about news from Amazon about games, Sony's PS5 controller and Rockstar fighting COVID-19. Then we hash out the third installment of Telltale's The Walking Dead franchise, A New Frontier. Let us know if you've played any games from Telltale by writing to us at [email protected]

News Sources:

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/02/technology/amazon-making-video-games.html

https://www.polygon.com/2020/4/7/21212720/ps5-wireless-controller-dualsense-dualshock-5

https://www.gameinformer.com/2020/04/01/rockstar-donating-in-game-revenue-to-covid-19-relief

Supported this week by: New Frontier (The Walking Dead: A New Frontier)

You can support us at https://www.patreon.com/enginewithin

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 is a pretty long episode. We've got a lot of news and a pretty big game to discuss with you this week. It's Prey, the 2017 action RPG. Also, please excuse our technical difficulties. Due to scheduling conflicts with work we weren't able to record on time and therefore didn't get the editing done on time. Apologies. We hope you enjoy the show in any case and send us your feedback to [email protected]

News Sources:

https://www.gamespot.com/articles/amd-admits-its-new-graphics-tech-has-been-stolen-r/1100-6475287/

https://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2020-04-01-us-court-dismisses-humvee-trademark-infringement-suit-against-activision

https://kotaku.com/the-last-of-us-ii-delayed-indefinitely-1842646231

https://kotaku.com/gamestop-will-close-over-300-stores-this-year-1842549613

https://www.polygon.com/2020/4/1/21197360/xbox-series-x-launch-microsoft-phil-spencer-analysis

Supported this week by: TranStar Neuromods (Prey 2017)

As always, a special thank you to Joseph McDade who wrote and preformed our theme and ad music. Support him by visiting: josephmcdade.com/music www.patreon.com/josephmcdade

The show is racing to keep up with how quickly Daniel is churning through games! This week we bring you Mario Kart 8 Deluxe! There was also a whole lot of news and we'll cover it all here. Get your thoughts on the show by writing us at [email protected] or come check out our Patreon https://www.patreon.com/enginewithin.

News Sources:

https://www.eurogamer.net/articles/digitalfoundry-playstation-5-vs-xbox-series-x-specs-comparison-cpu-gpu-storage-tflops

https://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2020-03-19-untitled-goose-game-a-short-hike-take-home-top-prizes-at-gdc-and-igf-awards

https://kotaku.com/gamestop-we-can-stay-open-during-lockdowns-because-wer-1842415962

https://www.gamespot.com/articles/gearbox-co-founder-passes-away-tributes-pour-in-fr/1100-6475240/

https://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2020-03-26-epic-launches-publishing-label-with-remedy-playdead-and-gendesign-onboard

https://www.gamespot.com/articles/nintendo-switch-is-sold-out-everywhere-dramaticall/1100-6475217/

Supported this week by: MARIOKART (Mario Kart Franchise)

https://nascar.nbcsports.com/2020/03/16/nascar-postpones-five-more-race-weekends-covid/

As always, a special thank you to Joseph McDade who wrote and preformed our theme music. Support him by visiting: josephmcdade.com/music www.patreon.com/josephmcdade

It's time for a fan favorite! Actually, I have no idea. Maybe. We can hope. We're talking this week about Little Nightmares! A puzzle platformer from Tarsier and Bandai Namco. This is a beautiful little platform game with fantastic horror elements. If you want to see adorable things that make your skin crawl this is the game to play. Check it out with us and write in to let us know what you thought at [email protected].

News Sources:

https://www.gamespot.com/articles/new-ps5-details-will-be-revealed-on-wednesday/1100-6474848/

https://www.gamespot.com/articles/xbox-series-x-official-specs-target-performance-an/1100-6474792/

https://kotaku.com/all-the-announcements-from-todays-nintendo-indie-direct-1842379716

https://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2020-03-17-gamestop-cancels-in-store-events-indefinitely-in-response-to-covid-19

https://www.polygon.com/2020/3/17/21184063/gamestop-stores-coronavirus-covid-19-employees

https://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2020-03-09-reggie-fils-aim-appointed-to-gamestop-board-of-directors

https://www.theverge.com/2020/3/16/21181272/steam-concurrent-user-record-set-cs-go

Supported this week by: The Maw (Little Nightmares)

As always, a special thank you to Joseph McDade who wrote and preformed our theme music. Support him by visiting: josephmcdade.com/music www.patreon.com/josephmcdade

What Remains of Edith Finch was a game that really brought out the differences in your hosts. This episode has a lot of news and some great discussion about the way a game effects a player. Daniel and Duncan felt very differently about this one. Listen to find out more.

And share how you felt about the game at [email protected]

News Sources:

https://www.gamespot.com/articles/prior-to-postponement-gdc-faced-unprecedented-drop/1100-6474243/

https://www.theverge.com/2020/3/11/21163570/e3-canceled-coronavirus-outbreak-xbox-nintendo

https://gamerant.com/evo-2020-snubs-mortal-kombat-11-why/

https://www.techradar.com/news/nvidia-geforce-now-is-bleeding-games-is-it-still-worth-your-time-and-money

https://www.polygon.com/2020/3/10/21172310/nfl-2k-sports-football-video-games-deal-ea-madden

https://www.ign.com/articles/bungie-to-remove-paid-loot-boxes-from-destiny-2-next-season

https://www.pcgamer.com/one-of-eas-unannounced-star-wars-games-has-leaked/

Supported this week by: Dreadful Stories (What Remains of Edith Finch)

As always, a special thank you to Joseph McDade who wrote and preformed our theme and ad music. Support him by visiting: josephmcdade.com/music www.patreon.com/josephmcdade