QQ News: February 19th, 2014 (a bit early!)

A fire hose of geeky news headlines for the weeks leading to February 19th, 2014.

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Headlines

• 00:00 - Date and Introductions
• 00:40 - Kickstarter Says It Was Hacked; Change Your Passwords (Kotaku)
• 02:50 - Ellen Page Comes Out as Gay: "I'm Tired of Hiding" (Gawker)
• 04:10 - Gearbox Says They're Not Making Borderlands 3 (Kotaku)
• 04:35 - Thousands Of People Are Playing A Single Game of Pokemon (Kotaku)
• 07:30 - 13 Minutes Of Gameplay From South Park: The Stick of Truth (Kotaku)
• 08:40 - GBA Games Start Hitting Wii U Virtual Console This Spring (Kotaku)
• 09:45 - Smash Bros.' Newest Contestant: Punch-Out's Little Mac (Kotaku)
• 10:30 - Final Fantasy Tactics Wasn't Supposed To Have Casting Times (Kotaku)
• 12:15 - Layoffs at Turbine Confirmed (IGN)
• 13:25 - Millennium Falcon in Star Wars: Episode 7 Concept Art (Escapist)
• 14:50 - PlayStation 4 Is Well Past 5 Million Units Sold Worldwide (Techland)
• 15:40 - Titanfall is Going Full Open Beta (Escapist)
• 16:50 - Final Fantasy 14: A Realm Reborn delivered on Steam (Joystiq)
• 17:35 - Former Steam Director Leaves Microsoft After Six Months (Escapist)
• 19:10 - The First Day of Steam Tags Is Both Funny and Sad (Kotaku)
• 21:05 - Microsoft Could Bring Android Apps to Windows Phone (Escapist)
• 24:55 - Built-In Advertising is Coming to Firefox (Escapist)
• 27:15 - Bill Gates Takes to Reddit For Another AMA (Escapist)
• 30:30 - Wrap up and rapid fire news reel!

Quest 21: What does St. Valentine and mobile gaming have in common?

Special Guest: Casey Rising!

To celebrate Valentine's Day, Quest 21 lovingly delves into mobile video gaming! What level are Casey's walls? Will Jordan join his Clan? Listen to find out!

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Minutes

• 00:00 - Mic Check and Introductions
• 02:55 - Does fun return in Final Fantasy XIII-3 Lightning Returns?
• 07:15 - Can you play Clash of Clans without spending money?
• 10:20 - What are the best 80s comedy movies?
• 13:40 - What does it take to be number one in Clash of Clans?
• 17:50 - Why is Clash of Clans more fun than it's clones?
• 23:50 - How do you get hooked on Puzzle and or Dragon?
• 30:50 - Are diminishing returns in micro transactions evil?
• 32:50 - Is giving away Flappy Bird like giving away free crack?
• 39:40 - What would your Flappy Bird escape plan have been?
• 42:00 - How much does art style matter in mobiles games?
• 44:50 - Do mobile games work with your lifestyle?
• 51:30 - Why did the chicken cross the road, or what is Ingress?
• 56:50 - What is the most addictive mobile game?
• 59:30 - Wrap up and hot seat!

Music

• Tetris 'Slavic Roots'

QQ News: February 7th, 2014

A fire hose of geeky news headlines for the weeks leading to February 7th, 2014.

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Headlines

• 00:00 - Date and Introductions
• 00:40 - Microsoft Appoints Satya Nadella As Its Next CEO (Escapist)
• 02:15 - Marvel And Star Wars Heroes To Appear In Disney Infinity (Escapist)
• 04:25 - Carmack: id Software Wasn't Interested in VR (IGN)
• 05:45 - Nintendo Wants Their Platforms To Be More Like iOS (Kotaku)
• 07:40 - Legend of Zelda: Four Swords Available For Free on 3DS (Escapist)
• 08:45 - Battered NES Cart Back On eBay, $65,000 Buyout Price (Escapist)
• 09:50 - Nintendo Planning Discount Program for Regular Customers (Escapist)
• 10:45 - EVE Battle Breaks $300,000 In Real-World Losses (Escapist)
• 12:45 - Flappy Bird Is Making $50,000 A Day Off Ripped Art (Kotaku)
• 14:40 - App Store Madness As Terrible Game Tops Charts (Kotaku)
• 18:00 - Rust Sells 750,000 Copies, Creator Apologizes For Updates (Escapist)
• 19:40 - SOE Announces Weekly Updates for EverQuest II (Escapist)
• 20:30 - Starbound Dev to Protect Indies From Publishers (Escapist)
• 21:15 - Titanfall on PC Will Require EA's Origin to Play (IGN)
• 22:30 - Lightning Returns adds Tomb Raider cosplay in day-one DLC (Joystiq)
• 24:30 - Square Enix's Final Fantasy XIII Retrospective is Retro-tastic (Escapist)
• 26:00 - Steam Music Will Soon Be A Thing You Can Have (RockPaperShotgun)
• 27:25 - Tomb Raider: Definitive Edition is UK No. 1 (Joystiq)
• 29:00 - Jeopardy! Contestant Is Hated For Playing Like Nobody Else (Kotaku)
• 30:50 - Metal Gear Solid 5: Ground Zeroes Reported to be Extremely Short (IGN)
• 32:00 - LoL Gets 27 Million Players A Day (RockPaperShotgun)
• 33:20 - Final Fantasy XIV Named Most Disability Accessible Game (Kotaku)
• 34:10 - The Elder Scrolls Online, no PS Plus, requires Xbox Live Gold (Joystiq)
• 38:40 - Wrap up and rapid fire news reel!

Quest 20: What are some obscure video game trivia questions?

Special Guest: James Rosensteel!

Quest 20 seeks to challenge each other with lots of obscure video gaming trivia questions. Most of our questions got answered, and most of those answers were true! Some exceptions apply, listen to the podcast for details.

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Minutes

• 00:00 - Mic Check and Introductions
• 03:00 - Should we revise the QQ Review scores?
• 05:45 - Does Jordan need a geeking out intervention?
• 18:20 - Should James need to geek out more?
• 31:25 - Did Tom geek out at all?
• 36:15 - What are some fun facts about Sonic?
• 39:30 - What are some obscure Nintendo facts?
• 48:10 - What is the worst thing about cyborg Hitler?
• 57:30 - What is some obvious Mario trivia?
• 67:40 - What are some SquareEnix trivia questions?
• 72:40 - What are some good and bad video game movies?
• 75:20 - Wrap up and hot seat!

Music

• Sonic the Hedgehog 'Green Hill Zone (Euroclub '95 Mix)'