Friday, January 24, 2014

QQ News: January 24th, 2014

A fire hose of geeky news headlines for the weeks leading to January 24th, 2014. Also, some drinking; listener discretion is not advised.


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Headlines

  • 00:00 - Date and Introductions
  • 00:40 - People Are Getting High On An Actual Drug Called "Nintendo" (Kotaku)
  • 02:15 - Hearthstone Enters Open Beta (RockPaperShotgun)
  • 05:30 - Nintendo Makes Reductions in Wii U Sales Projections (Escapist)
  • 07:50 - Nintendo CEO Iwata Says He Won't Resign (IGN)
  • 11:30 - Nintendo Considering Smartphone Games, Restructuring (Escapist)
  • 14:20 - Lightning Returns: Final Fantasy 13 Demo Available Today (IGN)
  • 17:30 - Final Fantasy VI Mobile Releases, Adds Typos (Escapist)
  • 19:00 - Final Fantasy VI Mobile Remake Unbeatable Thanks to Bug (Escapist)
  • 20:20 - Report: Pixar Will Make A Star Wars Movie (Kotaku)
  • 23:00 - DC's Batman vs Superman Delayed Until 2016 (Escapist)
  • 24:50 - Marvel Confirms Paul Rudd for Ant-Man (IGN)
  • 26:20 - Cortana Actress Will Voice Microsoft's Version of Siri (Escapist)
  • 29:45 - Tomb Raider Made Money Despite Early Disappointment (Escapist)
  • 32:00 - League of Legends Nets $624 Million in Revenue Last Year (Escapist)
  • 38:20 - EA pays YouTube personalities to promote new games (Verge)
  • 44:00 - Games Workshop Stock Plummets By 24 Percent (Escapist)
  • 50:20 - Wrap up and rapid fire news reel!

Sunday, January 19, 2014

Quest 19: What was the most surprising and disappointing releases in 2013?

Special Guests: Dan Bach and Lynn DeVries!

Quest 19 kicks of 2014 by QQ'ing about 2013! We talk about our most disappointing (and surprising!) games/movies/etc from 2013.


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Minutes

  • 00:00 - Mic Check and Introductions
  • 01:25 - What is Dan up to, or what is a Ninhog and how do I stab it?
  • 04:15 - What is Tom up to, or what is the bottom of the Sci Fi barrel?
  • 08:05 - Is Her so awesome that it makes you want to date an AI?
  • 13:30 - What is Jordan up to, or what is it like not playing video games?
  • 18:20 - What is Lynn up to, or how many stars are in Starbound?
  • 25:20 - Is the younger generation more adept to sandbox games?
  • 32:45 - What is the worst movie of 2013?
  • 41:00 - Was the Ender's Game movie bad or just disappointing?
  • 49:40 - What is the best thing to happen in 2013?
  • 55:00 - Hot seat and wrap up!

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Friday, January 10, 2014

QQ News: January 10th, 2014

News is a new show we plan to do in-between the normal Quests! It's intended to be a fire hose of headlines followed by brief discussion compressed into about 30 minutes. We hope you enjoy it! Let us know either way :D


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Headlines

  • 00:00 - Date & Introductions
  • 03:15 - Sony sells 4.2 million PS4s, Microsoft sells 3 million Xbones (IGN)
  • 05:25 - Nintendo 3DS Sales Rose Over 45% in 2013 (Escapist)
  • 09:15 - Apple makes 10 Billion from the App Store in 2013 (Apple)
  • 13:15 - Nintendo To Pay Royalties to Tomita on Every 3DS Sold (Escapist)
  • 18:00 - Steam Machine Prices Range From $499 to $6,000 (Escapist)
  • 24:00 - Starbound Sells One Million Copies While Still In Beta (Escapist)
  • 27:10 - DayZ Beta Not Coming Until End of 2014 (Escapist)
  • 29:25 - New Oculus Rift Prototype Includes Tracking Camera (Escapist)
  • 33:50 - Alien: Isolation Trailer Returns To Its Roots (Escapist)
  • 34:40 - Playstation Now introduced at CES (Time)