QQ News: February 2015

A fire hose of geeky news headlines for the weeks leading to February 22nd, 2015.

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Headlines

• 00:00 - Date and Introductions
• 01:30 - The X-Files May Return to Television (IGN)
• 04:30 - Final Fantasy Puzzles and Dragons (Kotaku)
• 06:10 - Metroid Prime Trilogy Coming to Wii U (IGN)
• 09:50 - New 3DS XL Coming To America In February (Kotaku)
• 10:45 - Nintendo's AC Adapter Policy Isn't Fair (Kotaku)
• 11:45 - Final Fantasy XV Is 60 Percent Finished (Kotaku)
• 14:30 - Blizzard Rewards Ten-Year World of Warcraft Vets With Statue (Kotaku)
• 15:20 - Hearthstone Master Loses To Low Rank Player w/ Starter Deck (Kotaku)
• 16:15 - Dota 2 Tops 1 Million Players At The Same Time (RockPaperShotgun)
• 18:00 - Simon Pegg Will Co-Write Star Trek 3 (EscapistMagazine)
• 20:00 - Transferring games to New 3DS XL needs a Screwdriver (Polygon)
• 20:30 - Square Enix has trademarked "Square Soft" and "Enix" (Kotaku)
• 22:35 - Live-Action Zelda Series May Be in the Works (EscapistMagazine)
• 23:55 - Big Layoffs At EverQuest Studio Today (Kotaku)
• 24:20 - Sony Sells Off Studio Behind Everquest, H1Z1 (Kotaku)
• 26:50 - Amazon In Talks To Buy Stores From RadioShack (EscapistMagazine)
• 29:30 - Spider-Man coming to the Marvel Cinematic Universe (IGN)
• 33:10 - YouTube now defaults to HTML5 (Youtube)
• 34:40 - Disney Eyeing Chris Pratt for Next Indiana Jones (EscapistMagazine)
• 35:15 - Jon Stewart Is Leaving The Daily Show (Kotaku)
• 36:15 - Sonic Boom is the Worst-Selling Sonic Title in History (IGN)
• 36:50 - New Alien Movie Confirmed with Director Neill Blomkamp (Variety)
• 38:50 - Rapid fire news reel!

Music

• Donkey Kong - Swing, Monkey, Swing

QQ Recommends [eBooks]: The Game Design Forum

What makes a good game?

The game design forums have a series of great Reverse Design articles for some of the best video games ever made: Chrono Trigger, Final Fantasy 6, and Super Mario World. If you are interested in game design, or just a fan of the aforementioned games, you really need to read these articles!

• www.TheGameDesignForum.com

Enjoy,
Tom

Geek Out: February 2015

Tom and Jordan talk about what they geeked out on during the month of February, 2015.

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Minutes

• 00:00 - Mic Check and Introductions
• 01:45 - It's a boy!
• 11:25 - Reversing the Design: Chrono Trigger
• 24:45 - Besiege
• 27:00 - Master of Orion
• 20:00 - Hearthstone Tournaments
• 33:00 - iOS Development
• 37:10 - Wrap up!

Music

• Hyrule Party Mix

Relevant Links

• The Game Design Forum
• How To: Play GOG Games on Android with DosBox Turbo

Quest 33: What is happening in Virtual Reality?

Special Guest: Zach Mayer!

Quest 33 dives into the newly revived market of virtual reality. To celebrate we bring on our first virtual guest, all the way from Seattle!

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Minutes

• 00:00 - Mic Check and Introductions
• 02:00 - What is virtual reality?
• 07:20 - Has anything shipped from Oculus yet?
• 14:20 - Do you need peripherals to be engaged in VR?
• 20:10 - Which game genres are VR applicable to?
• 24:20 - What is the difference between augmented and virtual reality?
• 27:10 - Are there any cool AR or VR gadgets coming out soon?
• 33:00 - Which companies might be developing VR technologies?
• 38:25 - Do we have any predictions for VR in 2015?
• 42:05 - How long will it take to ship games for Oculus?
• 46:30 - Wrap up and hot seat!

Music

• Mega Man 9 'Lights Out'

Relevant Links

• Lightsaber Demo
• Road to VR
• Exploring Virtual Reality

QQ News: January 2015

A fire hose of geeky news headlines for the weeks leading to January 11th, 2015.

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Headlines

• 00:00 - Date and Introductions
• 03:00 - Apple, the Camera Company (PetaPixel)
• 05:30 - iPad Sales Slump Twelve Percent But Android Tablets Soar (Forbes)
• 06:40 - Samsung Shutters Flagship London Store Amid Falling Sales (TheVerge)
• 08:35 - Minecraft Creator Outbids Beyonce For $70 Million Mansion (IGN)
• 09:55 - Puzzle & Dragons Super Mario Bros. Edition announced (Joystiq)
• 11:30 - Nintendo Will No Longer Sell Consoles or Games in Brazil (Kotaku)
• 12:40 - She Hears A Nintendo Theme Once, Makes Beautiful Music (Kotaku)
• 14:45 - Nintendo Shows off The Majora's Mask Skull Kid Pre-Order Statue (IGN)
• 15:30 - OC Remix celebrates 15 years of remixes with more music (Joystiq)
• 16:45 - Dragon Quest Heroes May be My Favorite Warriors-Style Game (Kotaku)
• 19:10 - Instagram Hits 300 Million Monthly Users (TechCrunch)
• 20:30 - Final Fantasy XV Features The First Female Cid (Kotaku)
• 22:15 - Clock Tower successor 'Project Scissors' becomes NightCry (Joystiq)
• 23:00 - Roberto Orci Won't Direct Star Trek 3 (IGN)
• 23:30 - Commander Riker Would Love to Direct Star Trek 3 (EscapistMagazine)
• 23:50 - Justin Lin to Direct Star Trek 3 (IGN)
• 25:00 - League Of Legends Is Building Its Own Network To Kill Lag (Kotaku)
• 26:00 - Liberal Education: At This College, Videogames Are a Varsity Sport (WSJ)
• 27:15 - Destiny approaching 13 million players (Joystiq)
• 27:30 - Sony: PS4 sales surpass 18.5 million following holiday boom (Joystiq)
• 28:00 - Leaked Windows 10 Reveals Xbox, Cortana(EscapistMagazine)
• 29:10 - Spartan Browser Features Revealed (IGN)
• 31:10 - Paramount Cancels Team America Screenings (EscapistMagazine)
• 32:15 - Experts Skeptical of Korea's Involvement in Hack (EscapistMagazine)
• 32:50 - How Much Money did The Interview Make Online? (EscapistMagazine)
• 33:35 - Related: Algebra (DaringFireball)
• 35:10 - Rapid fire news reel!

Music

• Mega Man X - Tuck 'n Roll

Geek Out: January 2015

For their first standalone Geek Out session, Tom and Jordan review what they geeked out on in 2014...and inexplicably cover several 2013 topics while they are at it.

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Minutes

• 00:00 - Mic Check and Introductions
• 02:40 - What were the best movies of 2014?
• 11:10 - What were our favorite games of 2014?
• 25:15 - What were the best devices of 2014?
• 35:50 - Was anything else worth noting in 2014?
• 42:15 - Wrap up and predictions for 2015!

Music

• The Sound of Speed

Quest 32: How was The Hobbit Trilogy in retrospect?

We're back, baby! Quest 32 is going on an adventure where we discuss The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies and the trilogy as a whole.

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Minutes

• 00:00 - Mic Check and Introductions
• 03:00 - Was their finally closure for the first adventure in Middle Earth?
• 08:50 - What are the best and worst parts of the third Hobbit film?
• 16:45 - Should the previous movie have ended with the Smaug fight?
• 20:55 - How much screen time did the assistant really need?
• 25:20 - Did these movies set up the original trilogy well?
• 30:40 - Was the romance subplot between the Dwarf and Elf necessary?
• 33:55 - Why did the human characters not get a code?
• 35:30 - How did we like the actually ending of the movie?
• 39:05 - Wrap up!