Alex is at work. Sam’s at Lake Tahoe. Jonathan is moving. Show notes will be posted when one of us can. In the meantime, know that Scott joined us this week to discuss his Top Ten.
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Jonathan’s unexpectedly gone this week, but that’s okay, because Becca from The Geek Parent is here!
News: Battlefield 4 is leakannounced. The Internet goes, “Meh.”
Becca brings our first Wii game to the ‘cast in a while: Phineas & Ferb: Across the Second Dimension. Sam’s still playing Kingdoms of Amalur and blah blah blah. Alex has a couple free-to-play games: one’s good (Tribes Ascend) and one’s bad (Warhammer Online: Wrath of Heroes). Also, Alex is playing more Ghost Recon and blah blah blah.
Longtime listeners of the podcast will recall our (Alex’s really) unhealthy fascination with gamer hookup site, GameCrush. Now, there’s a new site for The Producer to obsess over: Shag a Gamer.
Finally, we introduce a new game to the show: Identity Thief! One host picks a character. The second host asks yes or no questions and has unlimited guesses. The third host has only three chances to steal the identity of the character away.
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This week, someone gives Jonathan some ice cream.
In the news, all we have to talk about is the success of the Ouya Kickstarter.
In games, Jonathan found Armored Core V to be utterly incomprehensible. Alex has rekindled his love for Brutal Legend and watched a whole lot of people play fighting games at Evo. Sam continues to play Kingdoms of Amalur and brings some thoughts about MMOs.
Also this week, we discuss Peter Molyneux’s claim that Curiosity’s prize will be “life-changingly important.” Should this bother us as much as it does? Does this have the power to finally kill Peter Molyneux’s credibility? Does Molyneux even have any credibility with you anymore?
Finally, we wrap up with our first entry into the Way of the Game’s Ten Commandments of Gaming: Thou shalt finish a game before buying another.
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We had some audio issues this week, delaying the show, but they’ve been worked out because we’re here for you, dear listener. Enjoy.
News!
Games!
Scripture!
What are the games that you must play in order to understand our hobby and the industry as a whole as it stands today? What are the games you must play in order to be able to claim the mantle of Gamer? When games become a part of the liberal arts curriculum, what games will constitute the classics that every school child will dread being forced to play through?
Alex puts forward Final Fantasy 7, Sam offers Portal, and Jonathan nominates Journey. Tweet, comment, post, or call in your nominations, and we’ll include them in future discussions of what constitutes gaming scripture.
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