What ho, podcast faithful! We’re two casts into this new year and 2014 has been kind to us with many topics to converse about. It’s a three-man cast this week as Anthony and myself were off doing secret best-friend stuff (Askarnian handshakes) so Eddy, Jeff and Nick shared the load. Well, Jeff and Nick tried to, but Eddy was dishing out some USDA-choice trolling. Seriously, it’s kind of ridiculous.
There were also some interruptions which I tried to cut around, but you can probably tell at a couple points that “real life” was calling on our intrepid heroes. Anyways, you know what to do, listen, rate and be merry. See you next time!
0:00 – 3:12 Intro
3:13 – 10:54 The Legend of Zelda: A Link Between Worlds
10:55 – 18:04 Don’t Starve
18:05 – 47:07 Nintendo in trouble and the Wii U’s development
47:08 – 51:24 Joe Staten leaves Bungie
51:25 – 56:10 SimCity’s Offline mode
56:11 – 1:12:19 DayZ and Early Access
1:12:20 – 1:15:13 Outro
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I gave Luigi’s Mansion: Dark Moon a C. It bucked the 3DS grading trend!
I’m still heeeeeere.
I’ve got to say I’ve had more good experiences with Early Access than bad ones. A few games like SpeedRunners, Dream, Kerbal Space Program, Overgrowth, and Sir, You Are Being Hunted are already really great and fairly solid. Then there are games like The Dead Linger (which is basically unplayable), Under The Ocean and CastleStory It’s a sort of “You never know how ‘alpha’ is alpha” type deal.
The biggest reason I get games on early access or alpha/beta signups is because you often get them cheaper than the finished game.