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We have a very special guest this week on the FBP podcast. Cole, Loomx, and Rudy (er, I mean Fungus) are joined by Shaun, founder of Edenic Era gaming studio. He has joined us to discuss the upcoming launch of his new game Valgrave: Immortal Plains and what his journey as a game developer has been like. Give it a look at Valgrave.com and on Steam under Valgrave: Immortal Plains. Check it out! Send us your feedback and questions by email at FairandBalancedPlay@gmail.com and on Twitter at @BreezyStarfish or @ColeD117 Music used: "Intro" by Azureflux on the album Pocket Boy URL: freemusicarchive.org/music/Azureflu…reflux_-_intro Copyright: Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International: creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/
What constitutes a good video game? What constitutes a bad video game? Why does Fungus hate Uncharted so much? Some questions are simply too complex and intangible to ever truly discover the concrete answer. This week, though, the boys Cole, Loomx, and Fungus are going to give it a shot. Join us to discuss Playstation's move to PC, Riot's settlement, and what makes games good or bad in our opinion. What makes a game good for you? Send us your feedback and questions by email at FairandBalancedPlay@gmail.com and on Twitter at @BreezyStarfish or @ColeD117 Music used: "Intro" by Azureflux on the album Pocket Boy URL: freemusicarchive.org/music/Azureflu…reflux_-_intro Copyright: Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International: creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/
BAM! Welcome back.. TO BONUS BARREL (arrel.. arrel...). On episode 50 (!!) we tackle some news, have some discussions about games and talk about our topic: Self-imposed Game Challenges. Not sure what that means? We look at various ways gamers have come up with insane (or very sane) challenges to make games they love more interesting. News in this episode: Giana Sisters Physical game Splatoon Artbook Mario Kart/Wii U Bundle Metal Gear (featuring Cob!) Segata Sanshiro's triumphant return Apple TV Games Persona Non-announcement announcement Pokemon-Go (and a lot of weird Poke-talk) Laracraft Go and more! Don't know who Segata is? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gc3AK8k90xw You do now! Check out our youtube episodes too: www.youtube.com/watch?v=hTt2EcGHud0 All of the awesome music and SFX can be found at the following: Music in today's episode: Chibi Ninja and We're all under the stars (Erik Skiff) @eric-skifffreemusicarchive.org/music/Eric_Ski…_-_chibi_ninja ericskiff.com/music/freemusicarchive.org/music/Azureflu…eflux_-_catnip SFX www.freesound.org/people/ishao/sounds/253713/ www.freesound.org/people/Adam_Joseph/sounds/60844/ www.freesound.org/people/benjaminh…n/sounds/315921/ www.freesound.org/people/ximian/sounds/259598/ www.freesound.org/people/Robinhood76/sounds/94933/ Liscenses: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/ http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ In addition: www.freesound.org/people/ishao/sounds/253713/ www.freesound.org/people/Adam_Joseph/sounds/60844/ www.freesound.org/people/benjaminh…n/sounds/315921/ www.freesound.org/people/ximian/sounds/259598/ www.freesound.org/people/Robinhood76/sounds/94933/ https://www.freesound.org/people/acclivity/sounds/22952/
Bonus Barrel is back after our MASSIVE (one episode) hiatus! And this time we bring the NEWS. Or rather, we get into long discussions over digital games versus physical games, as well as pricing, limited editions, etc. It's pretty cool. Our main topic today is Failed or Forgotten Mascots. There's so much to discuss that we're going to be carrying it on to the next episode too! Woo hoo! Also discussed: Fatal Frame Digital Only Nintendo NX Patents Just Cause 3 Island contest Earthbound Vinyl Bit.Trip Runner Vinyl Splatoon Physical OST Pokken Wii U announcement Dragon Ball Xenoverse Tournament Trine 3 stuff The worth of the game: Length vs Price Amiibos stuff (Shovel Knight WAS confirmed) Check out our youtube episodes too: www.youtube.com/watch?v=hTt2EcGHud0 Music in today's episode: Chibi Ninja and We're all under the stars (Erik Skiff) @eric-skiff freemusicarchive.org/music/Azureflu…eflux_-_catnip
Bonus Barrel time! Todays topic is a weird one! We each made a list of our top 10 games to talk about BUT with a huge set of rules that forced us to make very specific choices (and insured us that the ones we usually pick aren't there). The iists might very well surprise you! Also discussed: -A new Boy and his Blob -DeNA announcement (coming?) -Touch screen controls -Dragon Ball Z Extreme Butoden Demo -FF7 Remake News -Splatoon Web App -FFXV news -Everybodys Gone to the Rapture Sprint button -Free Shiny pokemon! -Ps4 September Update! and.. MORE! Check out our youtube episodes too: www.youtube.com/watch?v=hTt2EcGHud0 Music in today's episode: Chibi Ninja and We're all under the stars (Erik Skiff) @eric-skiff freemusicarchive.org/music/Azureflu…eflux_-_catnip
Bonus Barrel time! Leff's dreams come true - he gets to talk about historical games. He also reveals his love for Napoleon. The relationship seems one sided which is not healthy but we support him anyways. If nerdy history talk isn't enough for you we also cover the following: -Gangplank returns! -FF12 Remake? -Vega appears! -Everybody's Gone to the Rapture (and so is Rob) -WoW Update -PSNow to Vita -Poi Kickstarter -Red Ash's failed Kickstarter? -Mighty no 9 to 2016. -Dev - Talk (Kickstarters and delays?) -Ghost in Destiny Recast -Mega Man Collection -Scalebound -FFXV trailer -Games we're excited for -Splatoon Update... -And Amiibos! Check out our youtube episodes too: www.youtube.com/watch?v=hTt2EcGHud0 Music in today's episode: Chibi Ninja and We're all under the stars (Erik Skiff) @eric-skiff freemusicarchive.org/music/Azureflu…eflux_-_catnip SFX http://freesound.org/people/qubodup/sounds/160512/ http://freesound.org/people/xtrgamr/sounds/239595/
Boom! Bonus Barrel time. What's Bonus Barrel? Come on, we're on episode 45, you know by now. We talk about games, game news, and game-related topics. To cap off our DRAGON BALL themed month we're going to talk about a bunch of different DB/Z games that I happen to own. Maybe there's a few hidden gems in there? Also we tackle some news we heard about recently. Some news covered this episode: Dragon Quest X/XI for the NX? Windows 10 PC game streaming to xbone Grandia 2 hd addition solitaire monetized on win x Wii u 3ds miiverse gets makeover Riot kills of LoL character Dota international tourney Seriously, if you're not listening you're probably not reading this. So I guess I can't convince you. I had a really good speech ready too.. Check out our youtube episodes too: www.youtube.com/watch?v=hTt2EcGHud0 Music in today's episode: Chibi Ninja and We're all under the stars (Erik Skiff) @eric-skiff freemusicarchive.org/music/Azureflu…eflux_-_catnip SFX http://www.freesound.org/people/ishao/sounds/253713/ http://www.freesound.org/people/Adam_Joseph/sounds/60844/ http://www.freesound.org/people/benjaminharveydesign/sounds/315921/ http://www.freesound.org/people/ximian/sounds/259598/ http://www.freesound.org/people/Robinhood76/sounds/94933/
Bam! Welcome to Bonus Barrel! Episode 44 starts off with some recent news and then we go into Dev-Talk. Basically we talk about some game industry stuff and some of our opinions/experiences in it (we also discuss a gamasutra article). Todays main topic is Yoshitaka Amano. What a great guy! Some news covered this episode: Class Action Lawsuit against the 360 (And Cob makes a return visit). Devils Third Last of Us Vinyl Pokemon Diancie Odin Sphere Ps4/3/Vita Crash Bandicoot Cartoon (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lnkR52xnI38) Dishonored Remake Wii U vs Ps4 Libraries Talk Esports drugging Link to the Gamasutra Article: http://gamasutra.com/blogs/TanyaXShort/20150722/249118/5_Ways_to_be_a_Terrible_Game_Designer.php Check out our youtube episodes too: www.youtube.com/watch?v=hTt2EcGHud0 Music in today's episode: Chibi Ninja and We're all under the stars (Erik Skiff) @eric-skiff freemusicarchive.org/music/Azureflu…eflux_-_catnip and some music from Cheetah Men and FF7. Also some SoundFX from freesound https://www.freesound.org/people/bennstir/sounds/80928/ https://www.freesound.org/people/pagancow/sounds/15419/
Bam! Welcome to Bonus Barrel! This here is episode 43 and it's time to get real. This episode we continue on with the feeling of Dragon Ball Month by talking about Manga and manga-based games! Some of the ones we discuss is Astro Boy, Naruto, Sailor Moon, Gundam Wing, One Piece, Captain Tsubasa and more. Manga is a really cool thing and we're glad to talk about it! Some news covered this episode: Wreck-It Ralph 2 and Pixels talk. Devils Third Street Fighter 2 Vinyl Prototype 1/2 Scalebound non-update And finally the TOPIC of today- Games based on Manga and some manga history. It's great stuff! Check out our youtube episodes too: www.youtube.com/watch?v=hTt2EcGHud0 Music in today's episode: Chibi Ninja and We're all under the stars (Erik Skiff) @eric-skiff freemusicarchive.org/music/Azureflu…eflux_-_catnip and some music from Gundam Wing Endless Duel!