CE #26: Jeff Vogel

This week we welcome Jeff Vogel of Spiderweb Software, makers of a wide catalog of indie RPG games. In addition to learning how much Jeff loves money, we revisit Spencers love of Bioware, we discover how disgusted Wes is with Venetian canals, and we find out how all three despise one common question.

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• [LINK] Blizzard and Valve come to an agreement over DOTA trademark
• [LINK] NVidia announces cloud GPU services
• [LINK] Gamestop sells Steam wallet cards
• [LINK] Subsidized X-box 360 deal bad for customers
• [VID] Avadon: The Black Fortress: An Indie Test Drive created by Paul Soares Jr.

CE #25: Luke Peterschmidt

Welcome back to the laboratory! We've spent weeks in the lab cooking up a new experiment, and this week we bring you Luke Peterschmidt of Fun to 11. Luke is a prolific board game designer, and we had the privilege of meeting him at Minecon. In this episode we discuss naked vomitous piles of exploding zombies, Spencer's hatred of Kickstarter, and we ask Luke what it's like at the bottom of the barrel.

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• [LINK] PS4 for Free?
• [LINK] Diablo 3 launch day preparation guide
• [LINK] 230,000 people attend the Smithsonian video game exhibit
• [LINK] Binding of Isaac expansion to release on May 28th
• [LINK] Beyond Good and Evil 2 may... or may not be cancelled.

CE #24: Zach Barth

This week we feature Zach Barth of Zachtronics Industries, maker of Space Chem! In addition to discussing how his game has become a truly terrifying behemoth of awesomeness, we talk about whether one can steal his way into Mordor, the relative success of Infiniminer, and how Japanese games are sucky... or not sucky... depending on who you are listening to.

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• [LINK] Phil Fish says people have gotten his Japanese games suck comment all wrong
• [LINK] Four free mods that will bring you back to old games
• [LINK] Witcher developers abandon DRM forever
• [LINK] Notch: “If someone copies your game a trillion times, you won’t have lost a single cent”

CE #23: Daniel Cook

My fanboy fascination with Triple Town has finally struck gold! This week we welcome Daniel Cook of Spryfox! Although he can't really talk about the ongoing lawsuit, he can talk to us about the other pressing matters of today... the meritocracy of flash portals, the validity of Guild Wars 2 reporting, and the changing paradigm of ever-updating games.

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• [LINK] Skyrim beta patch removes 50 mod limit
• [LINK] Skyrim and Guild Wars 2: Changing the Face of Gaming
• [LINK] Fake Pokemon Yellow removed from App Store
• [LINK] Vita to launch with 2nd most games of any platform
• [LINK] A Global Ratings Initiative

CE #22: Michael Pachter

This week we welcome Michael Pachter, game industry analyst extraordinaire with Wedbush Securities. Michael is known for his insight into the business of games and currently hosts a show on Game Trailers called Pach Attack. In this episode, we discuss the way THQ has done the right thing all the way to the poor house, how MMO subscription models may take over your FPS, and what we can expect from the unholy union between Notch and Tim Schafer.

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• [LINK] Double Fine Kickstarter Asks Big Questions
• [LINK] L.A. Noire: Four Main Reasons There Should Be a Sequel
• [LINK] Ace Attorney is the Best Video Game Movie Ever
• [LINK] Minimalist superhero posters

CE #21: Lexie & Terence

This week we are joined by Lexie and Terence of Hitbox Team, makers of the stylistic platformer, Dustforce. In this episode, we discuss the audacity of cloning, the evil alliance of Tim Schafer and Notch on Psychonauts 2, and the curious case of old game sales. We had some pretty serious Skype issues this week, so please forgive our audio difficulties.

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• [LINK] Rift going free to play
• [LINK] LOTRO adding mounted combat
• [LINK] Notch to Tim Schafer, let's make Psychonauts 2 happen
• [LINK] Spryfox suing 6waves LOLapps
• [LINK] The problem with buying old games
• [LINK] Take a moment to fill out this gaming survey
• [LINK] The Curse of Cow Clicker

CE #20: Kellee Santiago

This week we are joined by Kellee Santiago, co-founder of That Game Company... makers of Flower, Flow, and Journey. In this episode, we discuss whether Lineage is too old to be relevant, cognitive dissonance as it applies to saving the world, ethical considerations of game cloning, and how much Space Chem sandbox mode terrifies us.

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• [LINK] NCSoft seeks to prevent US release of Tera
• [LINK] Dear Zynga
• [LINK] Dear Nimblebit
• [LINK] Tim Schafer celebrates 20 years in the industry
• [LINK] Ibb and Obb