Episode 14 - No Man's Hype

What we have been up to:

• Nick

  • Uncharted done

  • Not far off effectively lvl 1000 on infinity loop (#970)

  • Witcher 3/Birthday hype

  • NMS pre-order? (free money!)

  • Final Games Podcast- DID for games (high fives Kate)

  • RE: Handhelds etc- Could Facebook enter the fray?

• Brad

  • Laying on the floor still. But making progress!

  • Was able to play some Ark: Survival Evolved for more than an hour last night

  • Preparing our house to sell!

  • Giving on talk on being an “Every day leader” to small business on monday

• Rena

  • Other stuff

News

• Crash Course!

  • http://thecrashcourse.com/

• Why we play games

  • https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2016/jul/03/games-brexit-escapism-halo-animal-crossing-mario?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other

• Tesla Autopilot leads to fatality

  • https://www.teslamotors.com/en_GB/blog/tragic-loss?redirect=no

• Xbox Play Anywhere launches Sept 13th

  • http://www.gamespot.com/articles/xbox-play-anywhere-feature-goes-live-in-september/1100-6441463/

• Making sense of the scale of No Man’s Sky

  • http://www.gamespot.com/articles/making-sense-of-no-mans-skys-massive-universe/1100-6441344/

• Bioshock: The Collection Announced ( launches in North America on September 13, Australia on September 15, and internationally on September 16.)  

  • http://www.gamespot.com/articles/bioshock-remastered-collection-confirmed-for-ps4-x/1100-6441390/

• Steam users can delete dev responses to reviews

  • https://www.reddit.com/r/Games/comments/4q4qs3/dev_responses_to_steam_reviews_can_be_deleted_by/

• Games Done Quick speed runs for charity: Doctors Without Borders

  • https://gamesdonequick.com/schedule

Special Segment - Drum Off

Main topic:

• Open world vs linear gameplay

Community Involvement!

Jon: @GWBPod what is the one skill you wish you were good at, but for some reason you just can't grasp.

What’s new with the podcast?

• Very pleased to announce that Dapper Paper Bag will be joining the team on a semi regular basis

Where to reach us:

• Podcast twitter: @gwbpod

• Podcast gmail: gwbpodcast@gmail.com

• Brad Twitter: @majesticsteed55

• Brad Steam: Scrub10000

• Nick twitter: @anothergmgblog

• Nick Steam: Merciful Fate

• Nick blog: https://nickpjenkins25.wordpress.com/

• Rena instagram: stillreading238