Garnett start the show this week trying to talk about Sin and Punishment, but Jeff and and Brian aren’t having it and demand that he talk about Civilization V after spending a week with it. He has a lot to say about the game, and it sounds like a lot of changes have been implemented for the better. StarCraft 2 also gets another chunk of time with Brian regaling the crew with of few stories from his multiplayers romps. Garnett finishes the Whatcha’ Been Playin segment with Madden 11.
The Warning yields a few interesting discussion starting with one about why developers challenge current genre-definiing games. The guys also talk about a Gamasutra article that revealed that Activision has abandoned female leads in their game due to sales numbers of the past year’s games. There is some big news in the Front Page this week, including word of Torchlight II, Fable III lacking Kinect support at launch and more.
Covered games and topics: Civ V, StarCraft 2, Madden 11, game design vs. art design, women as protagonists, news
It’s anything but a lazy midsummer’s show as a Whatcha’ Been Playin? packed with heavy-hitters including Civilization 5, Starcraft 2, and Madden 11 gets Garnett, Brian, and Jeff off to rocking start. There’s so much in there that Cannata-ford a New Game spills over to the third segment before giving way to the Warning. Your thoughts on why developers try and compete with the likes of Halo and Modern Warfare for multiplayer shooters starts the conversation which also includes choosing the right place to sit when gaming, and a brief look at the issues raised this week on Gamasutra concerning whether focus testing resulted in Activision abandoning female action heroes. News from EA’s investor reports hits the Front Page along with one of our favorite games, Torchlight, getting the sequel we all hoped for announced.
Whatcha’ Been Playin: Start: 00:00:00 End: 00:31:37
Whatcha’ Been Playin and Cannata-ford a New Game: Start: 00:32:50 End: 01:01:40
The Warning: Start: 01:02:48 End: 01:38:25
Music Break “Weather the Storm” by Verbal: Start: 01:38:25 End: 01:41:26
The Front Page: Start: 01:41:26 End: 02:13:39
Runtime – 2:13:39
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