Hour one and two: It’s our Gamer Tuesday Show with Computer America Correspondent Grayson Hamilton!
Radio Show Topics (10.14.2014)
- Digging Deep: Microsoft Purchases Mojang for $2.5 Billion!
- Microsoft stance on acquisition, “We believe in the power of content to unite people.”
- Minecraft creator Markus Perrson leaving studio with co-founders, “I set out to make games, not run a business.”
- Has a list of smaller projects he wants to complete, no future comment on what they are or when they will arrive
- Minecraft will NOT be deleted from competing consoles and devices, games/apps will still continue to receive expansions and additional content
- Microsoft expects to break even on acquisition by April 2016
- One Month Later: Can Destiny Achieve its Destiny?
- Gamer and critic response to Destiny has been…mixed
- Hot fixes and patches every week, what are the biggest issues?
- The “Loot Cave” controversy!
- A Story? What Story? Where’s the story?
- Waving the White Flag: Blizzard Cancels Project Titan
- Originally planned as a next-gen MMO and in development for 7 years
- Project suspended indefinitely, “we didn’t find the fun, we couldn’t find the passion.”
- So after seven years… What WAS Titan??
- Monthly Highlights!
- 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/
- 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/
- 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/
- 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