The List: All The Games... Eventually

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News Sources:

https://www.cnn.com/2020/02/26/tech/kazuhisa-hashimoto-konami-code-dead/index.html

https://nypost.com/2020/02/28/chinese-regulator-yanks-popular-virus-video-game-plague-inc-from-app-store/

https://www.polygon.com/2020/3/3/21162861/bloodstained-stretch-goal-roguelike-canceled-randomizer

https://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2020-03-02-the-long-dark-dev-says-nvidia-didnt-ask-permission-to-distribute-on-gefroce-now

https://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2020-03-03-control-and-death-stranding-nominated-for-11-baftas-each

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If you ever wondered what it was like to passively watch videos try YouTube. If you want a semantically similar video game experience I have just the thing for you! Well, I have two guys talking about just the thing for you. This week Daniel and Duncan talk about Her Story, a video game all about... well... that's kind of the question isn't it?

Let us know what you thought of Her Story by emailing [email protected]

News Sources:

https://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2020-02-18-kickstarter-becomes-one-of-the-first-major-us-tech-companies-to-unionize

https://www.polygon.com/2020/2/21/21147821/nvidia-geforce-now-list-of-games-fallout-skyrim-bethesda-softworks-pulled

https://www.polygon.com/2020/2/19/21132128/gamestop-employees-report-extreme-pressure-desperate-bosses

https://gizmodo.com/activision-subpoenas-reddit-to-uncover-mysterious-call-1841834584

https://gamerant.com/nintendo-box-patent/

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This week your hosts are tackling the news from Disney speaking at DICE to The IRS getting involved in our games. Then, for once, we're talking about a new game. Call of Duty: Modern Warfare! The last Call of Duty Duncan played was World at War in 2008 but he felt that was preparation enough. Daniel, however, felt a need to “play the actual title we’re discussing” and “have a take less than a decade old”. *eyeroll*

Let us know if you've played Modern Warfare by writing to us at [email protected]!

News Sources:

https://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2020-02-13-disney-wants-developers-to-reimagine-its-ip-for-video-games

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-02-14/sony-is-struggling-with-playstation-5-price-due-to-costly-parts

https://www.gamespot.com/articles/coronavirus-might-put-nintendo-switch-in-short-sup/1100-6473788/

https://www.theverge.com/2020/2/13/21137045/irs-provision-virtual-currency-tax-returns-fortnite-v-bucks

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It's the thrilling conclusion to our two part series on Persona 5! Join us for a synopsis of the plot, some fun stories from the game and about ten minutes of Duncan rambling about Journey to the Savage Planet wedged in too. But before we get to all that, Nintendo is the good guys(?), Nvidia has a new streaming service, Tim Sweeeney put his foot in his mouth and E3 has some news too. Aw, isn't cute how E3 thinks it's still relevant. (Just teasing E3. Can we come?)

Let us know your thoughts on the show by emailing us at [email protected]

News Sources:

https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/z3b3z4/the-pursuit-of-cheap-video-games-has-been-getting-switch-owners-banned

https://www.forbes.com/sites/kevinmurnane/2020/02/05/nvidias-geforce-now-exits-beta-with-a-new-and-exciting-way-to-stream-video-games/#582d4aca4c44

https://www.polygon.com/gaming/2020/2/12/21135469/epic-boss-tim-sweeney-politics-games-controversy-dice-mockingbird

https://www.pcgamer.com/leaked-e3-2020-exhibitor-list-confirms-whos-attending/

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Hey everyone! It's finally arrived! Everyone has been waiting to hear Daniel tell us about Persona 5 and the time has come. But first! The news. We've got Dan Houser leaving Rockstar, more leaks from the Series X, Blizzards continuing PR nightmare and FIFA's gambling is in the news again. Let us know if you've played Persona 5 or your thoughts on the news at [email protected].

Find out more about Persona 5:

atlus.com/persona5/

News Sources:

www.polygon.com/2020/2/4/21123170…ames-red-dead-gta

www.ign.com/articles/xbox-serie…-prototype-revealed

kotaku.com/warcraft-3s-remake-…ng-insta-1841434474

kotaku.com/new-lawsuits-say-ea…gambling-1841457833

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Elephants in pink skirts! That was random, right? That means I'm funny, right? This week on The List we're talking about randomness in video games. How games use randomness, how they hide randomness and, sometimes, how they lie about randomness. Dun dun DUN! In the news this week is an update to the Rockstar-UK tax story from.... well... forever ago, Disney and video games, and viruses in China. Very interesting. Come listen.

Contact the show:

Read more about Randomness:

https://kotaku.com/randomness-in-video-games-is-not-all-the-same-1841049263

https://twitter.com/gaohmee/status/903510060197744640?lang=en

http://nautil.us/issue/44/luck/how-designers-engineer-luck-into-video-games

News:

https://wccftech.com/rockstar-got-37-6-million-in-video-games-tax-relief-this-year-report/

https://screenrant.com/disney-sells-fox-video-game-studio/

https://www.polygon.com/2020/1/27/21083611/coronavirus-outbreak-china-esports-tournaments-lpl-canceled-wesg

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The List is back with a new episode! This week we've got news about game devs unionizing, Joe Biden doing Joe Biden things, gamer tags and game delays. Then we're posing a question, can a game be lesser than the sum of it's parts? Find out what we think and send us your thoughts! [email protected]

News Articles:

https://www.latimes.com/business/technology/story/2020-01-07/major-union-launches-campaign-to-organize-video-game-and-tech-workers

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/01/17/opinion/joe-biden-nytimes-interview.html

https://kotaku.com/microsoft-recently-changed-the-character-limit-for-game-1841139254

https://screenrant.com/2020-video-game-delay-release-dates-cyberpunk-final-fantasy-last-of-us/

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What?! I recognize that intro! That's the scripted Intro Duncan used to do at the beginning of each episode, but whaaaa... There's a third person here!

This week we're bringing you an episode we recorded for a rainy day. Donovan, from Planeswalkers Anonymous, joined us and we spent the episode talking about how we started doing these gaming things. There's quite a bit about Magic that also aired on Planeswalkers but some really juicy family secrets about video games as well. We hope you have fun listening. We sure enjoyed recording.

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This week we're bringing you all the news that's fit to hear, assuming it's video game related and I noticed it. We're talking about The Big O from Origin PC and the PS5 and Series X leaks. Then we have quite the discussion about the problematic game industry. Ostensibly this episode is about the book Blood, Sweat And Pixels by Jason Schreier. But we couldn't really talk about the book without being drawn into the rabbit hole of the books overarching themes. Come have a listen and let us know what you thought by emailing us at [email protected].

You can get a copy of Blood, Sweat And Pixels here! https://smile.amazon.com/Blood-Sweat-Pixels-Triumphant-Turbulent/dp/B0731MCF1R/ref=sr_1_1?crid=110694K31UJWY&keywords=blood+sweat+and+pixels&qid=1578796069&s=books&sprefix=blood+sweat+and+p%2Caps%2C163&sr=1-1

And find the Anthem article here! https://kotaku.com/how-biowares-anthem-went-wrong-1833731964

And find more about this week's news from these links!

https://www.polygon.com/2020/1/6/21052200/origin-big-o-gaming-pc-ps4-pro-xbox-one-s-price-size

https://www.ign.com/articles/2020/01/06/leaked-ps5-devkit-photos-reveal-new-controller

https://www.polygon.com/2020/1/6/21054060/xbox-series-x-ports-hdmi-usb-c-power

https://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2020-01-02-record-usd120-1-billion-earned-by-games-and-interactive-media-in-2019

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It's a new year and we're kicking it off by reflecting on the previous year. This is our favorite games that we played in 2019! They're not all from 2019 but they are our favorites played that year. Before we get into it we discus a little news and then you get an extra long episode of The List. We had 20 games to get through. Whew! Come check it out. Let us know if you agree, disagree, or what you played in 2019 by emailing us at [email protected]

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