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Privilege of Ubiquity

15 September 2023 Invisible Editor Comments 0 Comment

STALLED ENGINE: Creators of the popular game engine, Unity, made some disquieting news this week when it announced some changes to its licensing policy for developers. Andrew and D. Bethel do their best to break down the changes and examine some of the response from developers.

RELEVANT LINKS:

Sinclair, Brendan. “Unity Adding a Fee for Each Time a Game Is Installed.” Games Industry.biz, Gamer Network Limited, 12 September 2023.

RELEVANT EPISODES:

“Fair Point, Dude” (1 June 2018): Where Andrew discusses his dabblings with game development in the Unity engine.
“An Optimistic Dystopia” (12 August 2022): Where D. Bethel shares his thoughts on his initial playthrough of Stray.

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An Accident of Flavor

12 November 2021 Invisible Editor Comments 0 Comment

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DIAMOND ANNIVERSARY: Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim turned 10 years old this week, celebrated with yet another re-release of the game across all gaming platforms. Andrew and D. Bethel talk about this milestone for a brief bit.

PLEASE STOP: NFTs continue to rear their ugly heads as major gaming publishers announce their interest in integrating blockchain weirdness into their games. After an explanation of the whole mess, D. Bethel and Andrew discuss NFTs’ possible impact on video games.

RIP DEAN STOCKWELL: After a long and storied career, actor and writer Dean Stockwell passed away this week. Nerds know him best as Al from Quantum Leap, but his strange choices and charismatic performances made him an actor everybody surely has a fond memory of in some way or another.

RELEVANT LINKS:

A screenshot from Reddit outlining the hit cryptocurrency may take after the institution of the recently passed legislation (via the Twitter account @CoinersTakingLs):

pic.twitter.com/g7R0ABywDe
— Crypto Bros Taking Ls (@CoinersTakingLs) November 7, 2021

Tweets from @outstarwalker about how NFTs may not be the game changer some people think they are:

Two very good takes for today. pic.twitter.com/YKo7FIVQ9B
— outstar 🧛🏻 "professional vampire simp" (@outstarwalker) November 10, 2021

McCaffry, Ryan. “Todd Howard on Skyrim‘s Legacy, Elder Scrolls 6, Starfield, and More!––IGN Unfiltered #61.” IGN, Ziff Davis, 09 Nov. 2021.
Smith, Graham. “EA CEO Says FIFA Players want NFTs, Which Are ‘Part of the Future of Our Industry.’” Rock Paper Shotgun, Gamer Network Limited, 04 Nov. 2021.
Valentine, Rebeka. “Ubisoft Plans to Create its Own Blockchain Games to ‘Enable More Play-to-Earn.’” IGN, Ziff Davis, 28 Oct. 2021 (Updated 01 Nov. 2021).

RELEVANT EPISODES:

“Milkbloods” (09 April 2021): Where D. Bethel and Andrew first discuss the cultural pandemic called NFTs.
“Meat Pops” (22 Oct. 2021): Where Andrew discusses the different ways Steam and the Epic Games store are approaching NFTs.

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“Disco Medusae” by Kevin McLeod
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“District Four” by Kevin McLeod
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Nothing But Feet

13 December 2019 Invisible Editor Comments 0 Comment

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WEEK IN GEEK (kind of): It turned out to be an accidental Week in Geek episode as D. Bethel talks about his disappointment with Valve Corporation’s sidelining of Campo Santo’s Firewatch followup, In the Valley of Gods. On the opposite side of breaking news, Andrew finally gets around to watching Star Trek: Discovery and kind of unabashedly loves it.

RELEVANT LINKS:

Bethel, D. “Week In Geek: Sacramento Indie Arcade Expo 2017.” A Website [ , ] For All intents and Purposes. 12 Apr. 2017.
McWhertor, Michael. “Firewatch Team’s Next Game ‘On Hold’ As It Works on Other Valve Projects.” Polygon. Vox Media, 03 Dec. 2019.

RELEVANT EPISODES:

Episode 84 – Your Cursor Is My Prisoner (19 Feb. 2016): Where D. Bethel talks about his time with Campo Santo’s Firewatch.
Shortcast 78 – Pat Riot (21 Dec. 2018): Where Andrew gives his impressions on the first season of
Increasingly Without a Difference (04 Jan. 2019): Where D. Bethel relays his excitement to play Campo Santo’s followup to Firewatch, In the Valley of Gods (before it got cancelled).

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