Random Encounter #18
The Savestate
Podcast | GOTG #51 | Titan Souls
After seeing Titan Souls on Zach Fleeman’s top five handheld games of 2015 list, Chase wanted to get him back to talk about this interesting little adventure. We chat about its overt references to games like Shadow of the Colossus and The Legend of Zelda, Chase’s certain love for an oft-forgotten Godzilla enemy and what it all means…if it means anything at all.
Show Notes:
- Zach put up a YouTube video that details even more of his thoughts on the game.
- In the show, we talk about a specific Steam forum thread that explores the origins of the Titans’ names and how that may inform the game’s story. Read more about it here.
- And really, you should read Nick Suttner’s book on Shadow of the Colossus. An excellent book on an excellent game. Grab a copy at Boss Fight Books.
Geekly Podcast #95 | Orcs to Kung Fury
Geek Headlines
Kanye West may dump Tidal to release new album "Swish" on the new Beats Music
Periscope is changing media
DC Comics and Rihanna beefing over "Robyn" trademark
Jaden Smith will be playing Static Shock Geek TV/Movies
Flash Season Finale - King Fury Review short film on YouTube
The Hobbit "Battle of Five Armies"
HBO Now already looking at a price drop
Hulk Hogan to be in "Expendables 4"
First screen shots of Ridley Scott's " The Martian"
Michael B. Jordan comments on his role as "Johnny Storm" in Fantastic 4 Break Song
"Guilty All The Same" by Linkin Park ft. Rakim https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XiL9ABfZsPg
Everything Games
Splatoon first impressions
"Neverwinter" free to play on Xbox One impressions
Kung Fury 8 bit mobile game
Trent Reznor of "Nine Inch Nails" does the music for Batman Arkham Knight Trailer
Need for Speed reboot will be running on the same engine as Star Wars Battlefront
Xbox One digital TV tuner releases in US and Canada
D_Jedi1's Collectibles
Hot Toys "Luke Skywalker"
Mortal Kombat X "Scorpion"
Melwheezy in hand Arrow collectible review Tech w/Tech Dre
Apple Watch first impressions
Android M will has standardized fingerprint login system
Google announces Android Pay to replace Google Wallet for NFC payments
YouTube brings 60fps live streaming
Google Project Vault made to secure devices with a micro SD Ending Song
"Kung Fu Treachery" by Mega Ran
STL Swap Meet Podcast
Today out podcast with St. Louis Swap Meet went live! check it out here https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/episode-9/id980911322?i=342022335&mt=2
We talk about what we are brining to the swap meet this Sunday May 17 and everything else nerdy going on these days. Make sure to give it a listen and learn more about how we started and what we are about!
We hope to see everyone May 17 at the St. Louis Swap Meet its going to be a great event! We are going to be selling video games and vintage toys. We will also be doing a few free giveaways and we are sponsoring Blaire Agnew and awesome artist from Stl who makes really cool nerdy paintings and prints. Check her stuff out and what we are going to be bringing this week end below.
For more information on the swap meet check out the facebook event page by clicking https://www.facebook.com/events/1430809223883895/
Blaires Art work.
Items we will be selling
If you have Toys are Video Game items you are wanting to get ride of you can always email at Teamnerdlife@gmail.com and we would love to see what you have.
C2E2 - Cosplay Celebration
Huge thanks to beatdownboogie for making more amazing cosplay mash ups! If you missed C2E2 or you just wanted a recap of the awesome cosplays at C2E2 watch beatdownboogies awesome videos capturing the best cosplays there!
SmuggleCraft A New Kind Of Racing Game
We are super excited to announce that our friends over at Happy Badger Studio out of St. Louis, Mo are set to release a new game called SmuggleCraft in Spring of 2016. SmuggleCraft will be released on 4 of the largest platforms PC, Mac, Linux and PS4. From the images and short teaser it looks like the world has a very unique look and feel. I found myself quickly falling in love with the geometric look of the landscape along with the lovely color pallet that is being used and hope that those things make it to the final version of the game.
SmuggleCraft is a quest-based hovercraft game in which players smuggle contraband, improve their hovercraft, and run from the authorities as they discover the incredible stories of the inhabitants of the unforgiving and troubled world Dirah. The game features randomly generated tracks, fully upgradeable hovercrafts with hundreds of combinations, quest-based missions complete with illegal contraband and high-speed chases, and a branching story with alternate endings that change based on player choice.
Any one of the list of features that are set to be in this game would be enough. With all of them together they might have a real hit classic on there hands. The idea of a story that has different endings depending oh the choices you make in game always gets me excited. Check out the full list of features below.
- Randomly generated tracks that provide a unique series of driving conditions for every player
- Fully upgradeable hovercraft with hundreds of combinations
- Quest-based missions, complete with illegal contraband and high-speed chases
- Immersive branching narrative with multiple endings based on player choice
- Stylized abstract 3D environments
- Original Soundtrack by Bravendary merges classical with 80s synth pop
Ready to finally make a game you could sink your teeth into, Happy Badger Studio decided to question what's typically expected of a racing game, and make something totally unique. SmuggleCraft is a racing game that not only feels great to play, but also gives players a greater sense of purpose. SmuggleCraft is set on a politically divided world in which the player must decide who to help in order to get the upgrades they need, even if it means doing a favor for someone with questionable intentions.
Look out for more on SmuggleCraft once we have been able to play it!
Nintendo Goes Mobile!
Nintendo has announced their smartphone plan for making games. Is their partnership with DeNA a good thing or a bad thing for gamers?
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Flop Rocket Arrives on iOS
Butterscotch Shenanigans had some major game updates yesterday!
We are very excited to see Flop Rocket and Roid Rampage now available on iTunes! Flop Rocket has been sitting in the top spot for Best New Game since it was released yesterday. Both games are very simple and fun and should be an automatic download for any mobile game lovers out there.
Want some more? Well Quadropus Rampage and Towelfight 2 have been updated as well.
All games feature full BscotchID integration, so you can start earning your way toward those crazy cross-game perks and cloud-saving your data like AN EVIL DATA SCIENTIST.
GET TO FLOPPIN' and discuss your floppiest strategies over in the forums!