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Aiming For Whales

28 August 2020 Invisible Editor Comments 0 Comment

EPIC WIN (OR FAIL): It has been a few weeks of high drama in the world of video games as Epic––the company behind Fortnite and the Unreal Engine––sued Apple after Apple delisted Fortnite from its storefront when Epic violated its terms of service as a developer. It’s a complicated, convoluted issue with a lot of far-reaching and severe consequences for those who don’t really have a dog in this fight––the players (not to mention the impact it could have on smaller indie developers). Andrew and D. Bethel attempt to unravel all the goings-on in this very interesting and possibly paradigm-shifting event.

RELEVANT LINKS:

Axon, Samuel. “The Mandalorian was Shot on a Holodeck-esque Set with Unreal Engine, Video Shows.” Ars Technica. Condé Nast, 22 Feb. 2020.
Brandom, Russell, Sean Hollister, and Jay Peters. “Epic Judge Will Protect Unreal Engine––but not Fortnite.” The Verge. Vox Media, 25 Aug. 2020.
Fahey, Mike. “Apple Court Filing Says Epic Asked for Special Deal Before All This Nonsense Started.” Kotaku. G/O Media, 21 Aug. 2020.
Sadler, Emily. “From EA to the NHL: How Synthetic Audio is Helping Tell Story of the Game.” Sportsnet. Rogers Media, 13 Aug. 2020.

RELEVANT EPISODES:

“Episode 27 – Super Sleep Mode” (28 Nov. 2014): Where Andrew first talked about playing Rogue Legacy.
“Episode 53 – With Space Hands” (12 June 2015): Where Dan first talks about his experience with Rogue Legacy.
“Episode 54 – Noun the Adjective” (19 June 2015): Where Dan continues to talk about Rogue Legacy.
“Shortcast 57 – Fair Point, Dude” (01 June 2018): Where Andrew talks about taking an Udemy course to learn to program in Unity.

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FEATURED MUSIC:

“Disco Medusae” by Kevin McLeod
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“District Four” by Kevin McLeod
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Google Saccharin

12 April 2019 Invisible Editor Comments 0 Comment

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CONSOLE WARS II: THE NEW CHALLENGERS: Things got shaken up in the world of video games––maybe––as Google announced its streaming-forward gaming platform––maybe––called Stadia while Apple announced its gaming-focused subscription platform––maybe––called Apple Arcade. Andrew and D. Bethel discuss the merits of these announcements and how they either apply, predict, or completely misread the gaming landscape.

RELEVANT EPISODES:

Episode 16 – Of Underwear Models & Wayward Sons: When D. Bethel and Andrew first talked about the hit CW show, Supernatural.
Episode 27 – Super Sleep Mode: D. Bethel talks about starting to read Blake J. Harris’ Console Wars––a book he’s still reading in 2019.
Plants Having Sex (05 April 2019): When Andrew and D. had a kind-of-fight about news coverage of games.

RELEVANT LINKS:

McWhertor, Michael. “Google Stadia is the New Streaming Gaming Platform from Google.” Polygon. Vox Media, 19 Mar. 2019.
Marks, Tom. “Valve Admits Artifact Has ‘Deep-Rooted Issues,’ Commits to Fixing It.” IGN. Ziff Davis, 29 Mar. 2019.
Walton, Mark. “The Fabled SNES-Playstation Prototype Has Been Turned On and Disassembled.” Ars Technica. Condé Nast, 09 Nov. 2015.
Warren, Tom. “Apple Arcade is a New Game Subscription Service for iOS, Mac, and Apple TV.” The Verge. Vox Media, 25 Mar. 2019.
Webster, Andrew. “Apple Arcade has Game Developers Excited, But Quetsions Remain.” The Verge. Vox Media, 26 Mar. 2019.

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FEATURED MUSIC:

“Disco Medusae” by Kevin McLeod
- Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3652-disco-medusae
“District Four” by Kevin McLeod
- Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3662-district-four
Tracks are licensed under Creative Commons BY Attribution 4.0 License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)