Description

Buggy Games, Peter Molyneux, Broken Promises and Minecraft Violence

Follow-up & Listener Questions

• What’s up with BioWare cancelling Shadow Realms?
  • Cancellation announcement
• When will WoW Patch 6.1 drop?
  • Mists of Pandaria content dropped too fast
  • First tier content (Blackrock Foundry) just opened last week
  • Blizzard still adding content to the PTR
  • Probably not until March at the earliest
• B.E.L.F.I.E.
  • #SELFIE by The Chainsmokers

Story of the Week

• TODD: Dragon Age: Inquisition wins DICE Game of the Year honors, Gaygamer.com’s Gayest Game of the Year
  • ‘Dragon Age: Inquisition’ Wins Game of the Year at D.I.C.E. Awards
  • Gaygamer.net's Gayest Games of the Year
• JOE: Bethesda to hold a conference at E3 2015
  • Fallout: Shadow of Boston Hoax
• DUANE: Peter Molyneux & Godus
  • Populous
  • Dungeon Keeper
  • Black & White
  • Fable
  • Curiosity — What's Inside The Cube?
  • Godus
    • The God who Peter Molyneux forgot
    • Peter Molyneux in the hotseat over Godus promises

Focus Target: Provisional / Late Game Reviews and The Legacy of SimCity

The Wall of Shame

• SimCity (2013) by Maxis/EA
  • Connectivity
• Battlefield 4 (2013) by Digital Illusions/EA
  • Connectivity
• Diablo III (2013) by Blizzard
  • Connectivity
• NBA 2K15 (2014) by Visual Concepts/2K Sports
  • Connectivity
• WatchDogs (2014) by Ubisoft Montreal
  • Connectivity
• Halo: The Master Chief Collection (2014) by 343 Studios / Microsoft
  • Connectivity
  • Matchmaking
• Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare (2014) by Sledgehammer / Activision
  • Matchmaking
• DriveClub (2014) by Evolution / Sony
  • Connectivity
• Assassin's Creed Unity (2014) by Ubisoft Montreal
  • Graphical glitches
  • Gameplay bugs
• H1Z1 (2015) by Daybreak
  • Patching/Regressions

Commentary

• The Future of Video Games Is... Buggy?
• Why Do People Buy Broken, Buggy Games
• Blockbuster Games Have a Terrible, Horribile, No Good, Very Bad Day
• The plague of buggy, unfinished games explained by a video about tanks. Yes, really.
  • Pentagon Wars
  • Bradley Fighting Vehicle Evolution

Coliseum

• Elan Lee & Matt Inman's Exploding Kittens Raises $5.9M, Passes Both Reading Rainbow & Veronica Mars; Becomes 5th Most Funded Kickstarter Ever
  • Polygon
  • Exploding Kittens on Kickstarter
  • Potato Salad by Zack Danger Brown
• Netflix & Nintendo Working on Live Action Zelda TV Show
  • Super Mario Bros. Super Show
  • The Legend of Zelda (1989)
  • IGN Legend of Zelda April Fool's Day Trailer
• Joel Baker's LEGO Recreation of Flynn's Arcade from TRON
  • TRON
• Nintendo Sought Harry Potter License In Late 90s
• World of Warcraft to improve monthly Darkmoon Faire event in Patch 6.1
• Turkey Concerned About Minecraft Violence
• Cities: Skylines Set To Release 10 March 2015
• Star Wars Humble Bundle packs up to 12 titles until 17 February
• Wheel of Time Pilot

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