10/14/14 Show Notes

Hour one and two: It’s our Gamer Tuesday Show with Computer America Correspondent Grayson Hamilton!

Radio Show Topics (10.14.2014)

  1. Digging Deep: Microsoft Purchases Mojang for $2.5 Billion!
  2. Microsoft stance on acquisition, “We believe in the power of content to unite people.”
  3. Minecraft creator Markus Perrson leaving studio with co-founders, “I set out to make games, not run a business.”
  4. Has a list of smaller projects he wants to complete, no future comment on what they are or when they will arrive
  5. Minecraft will NOT be deleted from competing consoles and devices, games/apps will still continue to receive expansions and additional content
  6. Microsoft expects to break even on acquisition by April 2016
  7. One Month Later: Can Destiny Achieve its Destiny?
  8. Gamer and critic response to Destiny has been…mixed
  9. Hot fixes and patches every week, what are the biggest issues?
  10. The “Loot Cave” controversy!
  11. A Story? What Story? Where’s the story?
  12. Waving the White Flag: Blizzard Cancels Project Titan
  13. Originally planned as a next-gen MMO and in development for 7 years
  14. Project suspended indefinitely, “we didn’t find the fun, we couldn’t find the passion.”
  15. So after seven years… What WAS Titan??
  16. Monthly Highlights!
  17. ebay listing of MASSIVE video game collection for $164,000 : http://www.gamespot.com/articles/massive-video-game-collection-hits-ebay-with-askin/1100-6422818/
  1. Flight attendants want to reinstate the ban on video games during takeoff: http://www.gamespot.com/articles/flight-attendants-want-games-banned-during-takeoff/1100-6422948/
  2. China lifts ban on video game consoles after 14 years! http://www.gamespot.com/articles/xbox-one-hits-china-today-following-14-year-consol/1100-6422628/
  3. Super Smash Bros 3DS is causing many people to break their 3DS gamepads: http://kotaku.com/24-hours-in-playing-smash-bros-on-my-3ds-is-wrecking-1644450677