Hour one and two: It’s our Gamer Tuesday Show with Computer America Correspondent Grayson Hamilton! Now that the amazing Xbox One and PlayStation 4 are here, we’ll discuss even more options, new games and so much more! Don’t miss this show!
Radio Show Topics (4.8.2014)
- VR Facebook?! Facebook Acquires Oculus Rift for $2 Billion
a. Announced March 25th, entire deal was completed in 72 hours
b. Mark Zuckerberg, “Oculus has the chance to create the most social platform ever, and change the way we work, play and communicate.”
c. Internet/Twitter EXPLODE; many gaming fans and industry veterans speak out against deal.
d. Markus “Notch” Persson, founder of Minecraft, cancels Oculus Rift port of game after hearing the announcement, “Facebook creeps me out.”
d. Did the Oculus Rift “sell out”?
e. What began as a kickstarter project, isn’t this what most startups dream about? If not Facebook, what other companies should have thought about acquiring them?
f. What might be the long term effects, if any?
- Listening to the Fans: Diablo 3 Expansion Rights many Wrongs
a. Diablo 3: Reaper of Souls…Wait, who is there left to fight?
b. Content wise, a standard expansion—another campaign, new character class, lots of new loot (remember, this is a Blizzard game we’re talking about here.)
c. New “Adventure Mode” finally taps into Diablo’s best features
d. The Auction house is SHUT DOWN!
e. Sells 2.7 million copies in the first week (about 20% of all Diablo players). Is player demand meeting expectation? What about overall quality?
- Industry Gossip: Amy Hennig “Departs” Naughty Dog Studios
a. Creative Director and writer of the acclaimed Uncharted games, leaves Naughty Dog studios after 10 years…
b. …But sources claim Amy was “forced out” by Neil Druckmann and Bruce Straley, directors and writers of “The Last of Us”
c. What exactly does “forced out” mean? What does this mean for Uncharted for PS4?
d. After departing, Hennig is now with EA studios, working on the next Star Wars game for PS4/Xbox One
e. Uncharted writer working on Star Wars 1313? TAKE MY MONEY ALREADY!
- April Fools! Some of the Best Video Game Pranks of 2014
- IGN announces Titanfall “Optimus Prime” DLC:
- Blizzard announces new “Happy Reaper” Flappy Bird clone: http://media.blizzard.com/d3/games/happyreaper/
- Square Enix debuts new 16-bit version of Thief franchise:
- Google Maps Pokemon Challenge!
- Razer announces Eidolon, a drone that helps you live real life in 3rd person: http://www.razerzone.com/eidolon
- Thinkgeek debuts new interactive Portal shirts!: http://www.thinkgeek.com/stuff/41/portal-tshirt.html?pfm=af14_rightcolumn_NewStuffFTW_13
- Other Industry News!
- Script for Assassin’s Creed film is being rewritten… again – http://www.deadline.com/2014/04/exodus-scribes-adam-cooper-bill-collage-take-assassins-creed/
- Stanford Engineers create a video game controller that monitors brain activity and emotions: http://news.stanford.edu/news/2014/april/game-controller-excitement-040714.html
- AMD announces new video card to compete with NVidia’s Titan Z card at half the price: http://www.gamespot.com/articles/amd-looking-to-beat-the-performance-of-nvidia-s-3000-graphics-card-at-half-the-price/1100-6418837/