With the changes made to the XBox 360 dashboard, it feels like their new tag line will be "XBox 360: It plays games too." We discuss that, TapFish taking advantage of children, Miyamoto's position at Nintendo, EA Forum bans (again), and more.
Hosts: Jarret Redding, Robert Hill-Williams, Nick Santangelo
Theme: "Insert Coin" - Chris Geehan of Hyperduck Soundworks
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Taking advantage of children:
http://kotaku.com/5866694/the-daily-show-gleefully-rips-into-free+to+play-gaming
Sledgehammer working on new Call of Duty:
http://www.mcvuk.com/news/read/sledgehammer-developing-new-call-of-duty-game/088260
Miyamoto stepping down. Then not:
http://mashthosebuttons.com/2011/12/shigeru-miyamoto-is-stepping-down/
PS3 Moving towards younger, family audience:
http://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2011-12-05-jim-ryan-ps3-moving-towards-younger-family-audienCe
EA will ban you from games if someone else swears at you:
http://www.destructoid.com/ea-will-ban-you-from-games-if-someone-else-swears-at-you-217219.phtml
Xbox 360 Dashboard Update:
http://gamepolitics.com/2011/12/07/new-xbox-360-dashboard-causing-problems-some-users
http://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2011-12-09-indie-devs-shun-xbox-dashboard-update
http://mashthosebuttons.com/2011/12/new-xbox-live-dashboard-brings-rights-stripping-eula/
Microsoft to require Kinect support on all future apps:
http://www.develop-online.net/news/39314/Kinect-support-required-for-future-Xbox-360-apps
Onlive open to Playstation and Xbox intergration:
http://www.develop-online.net/news/39307/OnLive-open-to-PlayStation-and-Xbox-integration
