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SummaryIf you're a movie buff, you're going to love today's guest. She's a composer and multi-instrumentalist whose music has appeared in over 30 motion pictures and soundtracks like Porno, This Is Jessica, and Lotte That Silhouette Girl.Not to mention over 100 song placements in Emmy and BAFTA award-winning shows like Ellen DeGeneres, The Young & The Restless, Skins, Teen Titans Go, and Dance Moms. All you gamers out there may even recognize her sounds in the Microsoft video game Project Spark.She also records and performs as White Widow and recently released a new album “So She Howls,” which is nominated for a 2024 GRAMMY in the “Best New Age, Ambient or Chant Album” category.Her work has earned her over a dozen awards, nominations and fellowships since 2015, with two of her film scores presented at the Academy of Motion Pictures and Sciences Museum.I am so excited to welcome the musical champion for women, minorities, immigrants and the LGBTQ community, and the woman who Sandra Bernhardt calls “so fucking groovy that it scares the shit out of me!”Meet Carla Patullo!In This Episode* Carla's 2024 GRAMMY-nominated album So She Howls as music therapy for herself after grief and trauma* Soundscapes: what are they?* The differences in creating music for film/TV versus an album* The job of a film score's music director explained* How Carla's publishing deal got her into film and TV work* Projects she's drawn to based on personal valuesDisclaimer: Opinions of show guests are not necessarily those of Thea Wood Productions, LLC or its employees, volunteers, advisors, or contractors. Connect with CarlaBuy The MusicStream The MusicWebsiteYouTubeFacebookInstagramX (not Twitter)CreditsGuest: Carla PatulloHost and Producer: Thea WoodSong: “Earth” by Carla Patullo, Lily Haydn, Tonality Get full access to Herizon Music: The Newsletter at www.herizonmusic.com/subscribe
Meetings Today's Tyler Davidson sat down with PCMA President and CEO Sherrif Karamat at IMEX America 2023, where the association revealed the enhanced versions of artificial intelligence software Spark, to discover the major impact this tool made by and for meeting professionals will have on the business events industry.
In this episode of the Women on the Move Podcast, host Sam Saperstein is joined by Jamie Kramer, head of the Alternative Solutions Group for J.P. Morgan Asset Management, and Ali Rosenthal, founder and managing partner of Leadout Capital. Jamie and Ali connected after Jamie's team invested in Ali's Venture Capital fund. Here they discuss their career journeys and why they both believe asset management is a great career for women. The story behind Project Spark In more than 30 years at J.P. Morgan, Jamie's career has spanned both Asset and Wealth Management, with roles across public and private investments. Five years ago, she was named head of Alternative Solutions at the firm, where she's responsible for insights, analytics, and cross alternatives investment solutions. She's also the CEO of Global Hedge Fund and Alternative Credit Solutions business. Jamie recalls when she met a woman who was struggling to raise funds for her own venture fund in 2020. “I couldn't really understand why she wasn't as successful raising these assets,” she says. “And so I approached our CEO and asked on behalf of Asset Management if we could give her some capital.” That initial investment led to the creation of Project Spark, an effort aimed at providing capital to funds managed by diverse, emerging alternative managers, including minority-led and women-led venture capital funds and other private funds. “I'm really excited that the 33 managers that we've invested in and the $140 million has helped accelerate well over a billion in fundraising,” Jamie says. “And Ali is one of those managers.” Leadout Capital After a stint as a professional women's cyclist, Ali began her career in operating roles at consumer technology businesses (she was an early employee at Facebook) and in investment banking as both an angel investor and an institutional investor. “I got Leadout going because I saw a gap in the market with respect to who got access to capital,” she tells Sam and Jamie. “I believe today the numbers are still that fewer than 3 percent of companies are invested in by the venture capital community. And I thought that was really compelling.” Leadout's focus has been on women, underrepresented minorities, and people who according to data are less likely to receive venture capital funding. As Ali says, these are founders who “had great ideas, great momentum, but oftentimes were overlooked because they didn't fit pattern recognition. And so I wanted to use my platform, my network, my experience to back them and to connect them via bridge for them to other sources of capital, not only monetary capital but network capital and social capital and people and experts who could really help them go from zero to one.” “We really pursue what we call a founder market fit–driven thesis,” Ali says. “So we look for founders who themselves are customer segment experts, people who have lived a problem in a market that they know well either because they care enough about that market to embed with the customer, become a customer themselves, really understand the pain point that a customer is having and solve it with software.” “A great career for women” Ali and Jamie agree that asset management can be a great career fit for women. Jamie notes that the field is both relationship-driven and problem-solving oriented, two skills that women tend to excel at. It affords good life balance, she says, with relatively predictable hours. And she cites research that shows that although there aren't enough women in asset management, they tend to be successful in the field. In addition, it offers an opportunity for women to do well financially which in turn allows them to give back, which research shows women gravitate toward. “And something that Ali said, which is that asset management is not transactional,” she adds. “It's extremely relationship driven. No matter what aspect you're in, you are managing money as a fiduciary on behalf of someone helping corporations meet their goals. You're helping individuals retire.” Disclaimer: The speakers' opinions belong to them and may differ from opinions of JPMorgan Chase & Co. and its affiliates. Views presented on this podcast are those of the speakers; they are as of September 7th, 2023 and they may not materialize. Full transcript here
We're using Blades in the Dark to tell the story of Chaenao Lonshur leading his first mission for Project Spark. But can the young earthbender match the ruthless energy of the crew he gathers? Come follow us on and Twitch! Join us every Sunday at 11:30 am CST If you want to help the show directly, support us on Patreon! For the quenchiest merch, check out our store. We'd love to meet you. Come hang out with us on Discord. Instagram: @flyingbisonpodcast Facebook: @flyingbisonpodcast Twitter: @flyingbisoncast The Flying Bison Podcast is a weekly Avatar Legends Actual Play podcast set within the beloved Avatar the Last Airbender Universe. Come journey across the Four Nations with us as we tell stories full of humor and heart. Intro music is Dizu by Senbei Outro music is Tokyo Funk by LATG Music Logo and Art by Cate and Matthew Mahnke, find more of their work at pomekin.com Special thanks to our amazing supporters: Adam W., Caleb M./Lord Immortal, Alyssa, Klagada, ikoroki, Derek O., Topknots Hairpin, Chris, Rachel, Ben K., Bento Box, Merrai, Niko M., Paul C, vaeVictus, Kaychbee
Everyone has ideas for a new Donkey Kong or Banjo-Kazooie game, but what about the third pillar of the DKU? Being a more auteur-driven series, most people have written Conker off as a dead franchise. But what if it indeed got a new full-length game? In a unique Kongversation, three DK Vine staffers with wildly contrasting opinions on where to take the peeing squirrel all convene for a wild and messy panel debate!
Following Gears of War with...the biggest bomb of your career.Jess McDonell presents 10 Video Games With Massive Potential (That Still Failed). Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Born and raised in Cincinnati, Ohio, Jon grew up working in his dad's ice cream shop. Due to economic hardships, he was forced to bounce around, but ultimately made the change to the manufacturing industry. Since 2016 Jon has been with iMFLUX. He's filled a variety of rolls, including running lathes, working as a machinist in milling, doing EDM work on the Project Spark team, and ultimately accepting a roll as a CAM programmer for milling. During this episode of The Manufacturing Alliance Podcast we discuss leading with innovation, cutting tool selection, and so much more!
Our heroes need to find some way to stop the Project Spark agent and also convince the Chieftain of the Water Tribes that there are powerful enemies moving against him. In the midst of all of this intrigue though, a simple Air Bender joins a cooking competition. Chae and Leeko have a date, and Ren sets out to write the greatest play that anyone has ever performed. ----more---- If you want to help the show directly, support us on Patreon! https://www.patreon.com/flyingbisonpodcast. For the quenchiest merch, check out our store at https://www.flyingbisonpodcast.com. We'd love to meet you. Come hang out with us on Discord: Call me a cabbage! Instagram: @flyingbisonpodcast Facebook: @flyingbisonpodcast Twitter: @flyingbisoncast The Flying Bison Podcast is a weekly Avatar Legends Actual Play podcast set within the beloved Avatar the Last Airbender Universe. Come journey across the Four Nations with us as we tell stories full of humor and heart. Logo and Art by Cate and Matthew Mahnke, find more of their work at pomekin.com Special thanks to our amazing supporters: Adam W., Caleb M./Lord Immortal, Alyssa, Klagada, ikoroki, Derek O., Topknots Hairpin, Chris
Three months after saving Ba Sing Se from Project Spark, our heroes find themselves with more downtime than they know what to do with. That is until a message from an old friend piques Ren Song's curiosity. ----more---- The Flying Bison Podcast is a weekly Avatar Legends Actual Play podcast set within the beloved Avatar the Last Airbender Universe. Come journey across the Four Nations with us as we tell stories full of humor and heart. Check out our store! Find it at https://www.flyingbisonpodcast.com! If you want to support us directly visit our Patreon! https://www.patreon.com/flyingbisonpodcast. Come hang out with us on our Discord: Call me a cabbage! Instagram: @flyingbisonpodcast Facebook: @flyingbisonpodcast Twitter: @flyingbisoncast Logo and Art by Cate and Matthew Mahnke, find more of their work at pomekin.com Special thanks to our amazing supporters: Adam W., Caleb M./Lord Immortal, Alyssa, Klagada, ikoroki, Derek O., Topknots Hairpin, Chris
For this episode of Have the Nerve, Susan talks to Dr Camila Quel de Oliveira, Lecturer in Physiotherapy at UTS, and NeuroMoves Physiotherapist Hannah Maslen about the most amazing part of the human body – the brain. From in the womb to end of life, we talk about neuroplasticity and the information super highway that is the spinal cord. How does this relate for people with spinal cord injuries? Camila and Hannah will tell you all about it.Information in this episodeNeuroMoves exercise service (Australia wide): https://scia.org.au/neuromoves-exercise/Dr Camila Quel de Olivera - Lecturer in Physiotherapy at University of Technology Sydney (UTS): https://profiles.uts.edu.au/Camila.QuelDeOliveiraThe eWalk Trial - Neuroscience Research Australia (NeuRA): https://www.neura.edu.au/the-ewalk-trial-transcutaneous-spinal-cord-stimulation-to-improve-walking-in-people-with-incomplete-spinal-cord-injury/Project Spark - SCIA: https://scia.org.au/2022/02/07/project-spark-for-an-australia-wide-revolution-in-sci-treatment/Project Spark - SpinalCure: https://www.spinalcure.org.au/campaigns/projectspark/Professor V. Reggie Edgerton - Neurobiology, University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA): https://bioscience.ucla.edu/people/v-reggie-edgerton/CreditsThis episode has been written, produced and edited by Susan Wood with assistance by Cobie Ann Moore and Effie Manetakis. Logo art by Cobie Ann Moore.Spinal Cord Injuries Australia is a for-purpose organisation that supports people with a spinal cord injury and other neurological conditions. For more information about our supports and services, visit our Resource Hub at https://bit.ly/ResourceHubSCIA.
Episode 38 features Claude Jerome, a Lead Gameplay Designer for Firewalk Studios part of the Probably Monsters family. Claude's experience has led him from Vicarious Visions, 1st Playable, to Microsoft on Project Spark, and Bungie on Destiny to where he is today. We talk about how he got where he is, where he's trying to go, and everything in between. Chapters: (00:00) John's Life Notes (2:56) Who is Claude Jerome? (17:23) Island Mates (24:26) Firewalk Studios & Probably Monsters (46:08) Building Culture (50:18) Bungie (01:09:32) Project Spark at Microsoft (01:19:45) East Coast Dev (01:27:33) Origin (01:38:07) Final Round (01:49:19) John's Outro Links: Claude's Twitter: https://twitter.com/Claude_Jerome Claude's LinkedIn:https://www.linkedin.com/in/claudejerome/ Game Devs of Color Expo 2020: Advanced Game Feel: https://youtu.be/EABa8X3lEPM Project Spark E3 Demo: https://youtu.be/m37sVEgJrOA Connect with the host: http://elkingpin.com Come On The Show: https://outofplayarea.com Apple Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/out-of-play-area/id1550421307 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/0Da0qLAOBi6rV6ccSzx1gX?si=043f4ec5a6034bf0 Follow @outofplayarea & @elkingpin on Twitter Check out Descript using my affiliate url: http://descript.com?lmref=john@outofplayarea.com
It's the Season 1 Finale and nothing is left on the table. First our crew needs to figure out how to get out of prison with a little help from a classic Rozuk plan. That's only the beginning though as our heroes finally face Naozao Lonshur and the combined might of the Dai Li and Project Spark. Check out our store! Find it at https://www.flyingbisonpodcast.com! If you want to support us directly visit our Patreon! https://www.patreon.com/flyingbisonpodcast. Come hang out with us on our Discord: Call me a cabbage! Instagram: @flyingbisonpodcast Facebook: @flyingbisonpodcast Twitter: @flyingbisoncast Intro music is Dizu by Senbei Outro music is Tokyo Funk by LATG Music Logo and Art by Cate and Matthew Mahnke, find more of their work at pomekin.com Special thanks to our amazing supporters: Adam W., Caleb M./Lord Immortal, Alyssa, Klagada, ikoroki, Derek O., Topknots Hairpin, Chris, Bipple
The party hatches a dangerous plan to thwart Project Spark and draw out the armies of Ba Sing Se, but plenty stands in their way. Between a corrupt Dai Li, Nao Zao's invading force, and the struggles of Sho Bon's own mind, our heroes have much to do before they reach the Earth King's courts. Check out our store! Find it at https://www.flyingbisonpodcast.com! If you want to support us directly visit our Patreon! https://www.patreon.com/flyingbisonpodcast. Come hang out with us on our Discord: Call me a cabbage! Instagram: @flyingbisonpodcast Facebook: @flyingbisonpodcast Twitter: @flyingbisoncast Intro music is Dizu by Senbei Outro music is Tokyo Funk by LATG Music Logo and Art by Cate and Matthew Mahnke, find more of their work at pomekin.com Special thanks to our amazing supporters: Adam W., Caleb M./Lord Immortal, Alyssa, Klagada, ikoroki, Derek O., Topknots Hairpin, Chris, Bipple
Featured Voices in this Episode:Trent BrunsonTrent Brunson is a Principal Security Engineer and Research Practice Manager at Trail of Bits. He has worked in computer security since 2012 as a researcher and engineer at Assured Information Security in Rome, NY, and at the Georgia Tech Research Institute, where he served as the Threat Intelligence Branch Chief and the Associate Division Chief of Threat Intelligence & Analytics. Dan GuidoDan Guido is the CEO of Trail of Bits, a cybersecurity firm he co-founded in 2012 to address software security challenges with cutting-edge research. In his tenure leading Trail of Bits, Dan has grown the team to more than 80 engineers, led the team to compete in the DARPA Cyber Grand Challenge, built an industry-leading blockchain security practice, and refined open-source tools for the endpoint security market. In addition to his work at Trail of Bits, he runs Empire Hacking, a 1,500-member meetup group focused on NYC-area cybersecurity professionals. His latest hobby coding project, AlgoVPN, is the Internet's most recommended self-hosted VPN.Suha HussainSuha Hussain is a software security engineer who specializes in machine learning assurance. Her work also involves data privacy, program analysis, and applied cryptography. She's currently an intern at Trail of Bits, where she's worked on projects such as PrivacyRaven and Fickling. She's also pursuing a BS in Computer Science at Georgia Tech.Sam AlwsSam Alws is a computer science student at Vanderbilt University, hoping to take part in shaping the future of tech. He was a Trail of Bits wintern and also previously interned at Bloomberg LP. He serves as a volunteer software developer for Change++, writing code for charities, and spent two years with Project Spark, designing a programming curriculum for schools in India.Nick Selby (Host)An accomplished information and physical security professional, Nick leads the Software Assurance practice at Trail of Bits, giving customers at some of the world's most targeted companies a comprehensive understanding of their security landscape. He is the creator of the Trail of Bits podcast, and does everything from writing scripts to conducting interviews to audio engineering to Foley (e.g. biting into pickles). Prior to Trail of Bits, Nick was Director of Cyber Intelligence and Investigations at the NYPD; the CSO of a blockchain startup; and VP of Operations at an industry analysis firm. Production StaffStory Editor: Chris JulinAssociate Editor: Emily HaavikExecutive Producer: Nick SelbyExecutive Producer: Dan GuidoRecordingRecorded at Rocky Hill Studios, Ghent, NY - Nick Selby, Engineer22Springroad Tonstudio, Übersee, Germany - Volker Lesch, EngineerRemote recordings: New York, NY; Brooklyn, NY; Virginia; Atlanta, GA (Emily Haavik); Silver Spring, MD (Jason An). Trail of Bits supports and adheres to the Tape Syncers United Fair Rates Card.Edited by Emily Haavik and Chris JulinMastered by Chris Julin Special ThanksDominik CzarnotaJosselin FeistMusicTRAIL OF BITS THEME: DISPATCHES FROM TECHNOLOGY'S FUTURE, Chris JulinELEMENT, Frank BentleyFOUR AM, Curtis ColeDRIVING SOLO, Ben FoxOPEN WINGS, Liron MeyuhasSHAKE YOUR STYLE, Stefano MastronardiTHE QUEEN, Jasmine J. WalkerILL PICKLE, Phil DavidPIRATE BLUES, Leon LaudenbackSCAPES, Gray NorthReproductionWith the exception of any Copyrighted music herein, Trail of Bits Season 1 Episode 2; Internships and Winternships © 2022 by Trail of Bits is licensed under Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International. This license allows reuse: reusers may copy and distribute the material in any medium or format in unadapted form and for noncommercial purposes only (noncommercial means not primarily intended for or directed towards commercial advantage or monetary compensation), provided that reusers give credit to Trail of Bits as the creator. No derivatives or adaptations of this work are permitted. To view a copy of this license, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/. Referenced in this Episode:Learn more about the work done by Trail of Bits interns over the years on the company blog.Apply for an internship or winternship at https://www.trailofbits.com/careersSuha Hussain and lead engineer Evan Sultanik describe the Fickling project: Never a Dill Moment: Exploiting Machine Learning Pickle Files. The Python manual refers specifically to the security issues discussed in this episode: "The pickle module is not secure. Only unpickle data you trust... It is possible to construct malicious pickle data which will execute arbitrary code during unpickling. Never unpickle data that could have come from an untrusted source, or that could have been tampered with."Read more about PrivacyRaven and watch Suha's video introducing the project: PrivacyRaven Has Left the NestSam Alws describes his journey to speed up Echidna: Optimizing a Smart Contract FuzzerFor those interested in CTFs, especially for those who seek to start their own, Trail of Bits has posted a CTF Field Guide in the company github repository. It contains details on past CTF challenges, guidance to help you design and create your own toolkits, and case studies of attacker behavior – both in the real world, and in past CTF competitions. Each lesson is supplemented by links to supporting reference materials.Check out the AngstromCTF site here: angstromctf.comAnd here's the Montgomery Blair High School Cybersecurity Club's github repository: github.com/blairsecThe Blair students you met in this podcast were Jason An, Clarence Lam, Harikesh Kailad and Patrick Zhang. Meet the Team:Chris JulinChris Julin has spent years telling audio stories and helping other people tell theirs. These days he works as a story editor and producer for news outlets like APM Reports, West Virginia Public Broadcasting, and Marketplace. He has also taught and mentored hundreds of young journalists as a professor. For the Trail of Bits podcast, he serves as story and music editor, sound designer, and mixing and mastering engineer.Emily HaavikFor the past 10 years Emily Haavik has worked as a broadcast journalist in radio, television, and digital media. She's spent time writing, reporting, covering courts, producing investigative podcasts, and serving as an editorial manager. She now works as an audio producer for several production shops including Us & Them from West Virginia Public Broadcasting and PRX, and APM Reports. For the Trail of Bits podcast, she helps with scripting, interviews, story concepts, and audio production.
For a character with relatively few games, Conker's had some dramatic tweaks to his art style and presentation throughout the years. The Kongversation discusses the evolution of Conker's look (and his world) from marshmallow fingers to football head!
The Rarenaissance era, which we've been living in for the past eight years, has seen the embers of Rare reignite across the games and studios of the Donkey Kong Universe. As the era nears its end and we prepare to embark on what's next, Hyle and Mitchell reflect on the last near-decade of the DKU!
With the news that Nintendo is shutting down Dr. Mario World, rendering it inaccessible to play, the Kongversation takes a look at the history of Nintendo games that are lost to time, the Donkey Kong Universe's close calls over the years, and Nintendo's practices with game preservation compared to Xbox and others.
We bid farewell to Project Spark and discuss the future of Conker's Pocket Tales HD.
We sit down with Agent Ape, whose Conker's Pocket Tales HD project is in the process of recreating the GBC game fully in Project Spark.
This week we delve into Sushi Time, Lucy actually playing the Witcher 3, Dreams and Project Spark, Setting up a new PC, Microwaving CDs, PC games from school and the news that Blizzard has some TV shows coming. The beers are from Weird Beard, Deya, Utopian, Burning Soul and St Bernardus.
This week we delve into Sushi Time, Lucy actually playing the Witcher 3, Dreams and Project Spark, Setting up a new PC, Microwaving CDs, PC games from school and the news that Blizzard has some TV shows coming. The beers are from Weird Beard, Deya, Utopian, Burning Soul and St Bernardus.
Welcome to Dev Game Club, where we this week we turn to the start of our bonus content about DOOM. We look at 2016's re...boot? Reimagining? Re...launch? of DOOM and talk about its modernization of mechanics and its resource loop, before turning to catch up on the mail bag. Dev Game Club looks at classic video games and plays through them over several episodes, providing commentary. Sections played: First few levels Podcast breakdown: 0:41 DOOM talk 40:30 Feedback Issues covered: Tim likes to get into the lore and how this supposedly ties all the DOOMs together, Tim's free time, what it's like rebooting something, how do you deliver a modern version of a classic game, infinite interconnected positive reinforcement resource skill loops, drawing you in with glory kills, combat stats and finite enemies, how DOOM feels visceral, risk/reward in the glory kill mechanic, the limits of long-range combat in other shooters, dealing with the Hell Knights and being forced retreat, orthogonal enemy design, being put off by the demo, leaning into the heavy metal, corridor/arena design and length, having characters to interact with, thinking about the game when you're not playing, difficulty, how the game improves as level design starts to get more abstract, being a little at odds with itself, lack of aim-down-sites, lower maximum ammo, appreciating tight tuning, the NPC similarities, influence of art direction, having a space make sense as a place you've been, not stopping to think, playing as a designer, Tim vs Brett as how they play and disconnect if they can, WASD becoming a thing, what control schemes and controllers might work, VR controls, MOBAs and ability triggering, naturally using your hands, eye-tracking as another improvement in interfaces, finding the one game that encapsulates all sorts of play, player-created narrative vs authored narrative, "welcome to the Nether," teaching game design, using analysis to get at mechanics and their connection to dynamics and aesthetics, source ports, multiplayer being important to a campaign, being in communication with players through knowledge vs social media, the uniqueness of SIGIL, games as products, having multiple player types, figuring out your relationship with players, .plan files, designer/developer interaction through plan files, Usenet, art and games as a gift, being able to give more to your players, Brett's Book Recommendation, expansion and contraction in game design, the natural rhythm of play matching breathing, natural pacing, AI story direction to manage tension, focusing on a single enemy as a contraction. Games, people, and influences mentioned or discussed: id Software, Prey, Dishonored, Call of Duty, Zenimax/Bethesda Game Studios, Republic Commando, Rage, Quake (series), Wolfenstein (series), Machine Games, Raven Software, Half-Life 3, Bioshock, Terminator 2, Total Recall (1990), Viktor Antonov, Unreal Engine, Cry Engine, The Evil Within, Resident Evil, Tacoma, Gone Home, System Shock 2, Austin Powers (series), Logan's Run, Michael York, Gilmore Girls, LucasArts, Daron Stinnett, Tomb Raider, Mike Vogt, Apogee, Dark Forces, GOG, Ingar Shu, Valve Software, Kinect, DoubleFine Studios, StarCraft, WarCraft, Facebook, Oculus, Horizon Zero Dawn, Mass Effect, Mikkel Lodahl, Minecraft, Nintendo, Legend of Zelda (series), Mario (series), Metroid (series), Disney Infinity, Project Spark, Little Big Planet, This War of Mine, Sam Thomas, SIGIL, Unreal Tournament, LEC-Quake, Ryan Troock, John Romero, Mario Maker, Halo (series), Ken Levine, John Carmack, SiN, Levelord, George Broussard, 3DRealms, John Yorke, Masters of DOOM, James Franco, The Disaster Artist, Tom Bissell, Paul Reiser, Mad About You, Oscar Fiasco, Link's Awakening, Day9, Super Mario 64, Starfighter, Left 4 Dead, Silent Hill 2, Thief: The Dark Project, Eternal Darkness, Nathan Martz, Alan Wake, Control. Next time: Either a guest... or a bit of Eternal Darkness, check your local listings (i.e. Twitter) https://twitch.tv/brettdouville, @timlongojr, and @devgameclub DevGameClub@gmail.com
On this episode, the true name of the screaming madman at the beginning of every Kongversation is revealed! But that got us thinking about mysteries still left unsolved, namely the ones of the Donkey Kong Universe. From dangling cliffhangers to in-game oddities, Hyle and Jeff try to get to (and in) the bottom of some of their favorites!
Welcome to Dev Game Club, where this week we continue our discussion of Kingdom Hearts. Tim sings a bit, Brett raps a bit, and we talk about what makes this game work or not work, as well as delving into the combat. Dev Game Club looks at classic video games and plays through them over several episodes, providing commentary. Sections played: Through Monstro! Podcast breakdown: 0:42 Tim sings + Kingdom Hearts 44:03 Break 44:33 Feedback + Brett Raps Issues covered: birthday, the giant Kingdom Hearts collection, "I think this game might be bad," bizarre linearity, weird triggering, loving some films and not having connecting with others, lack of supporting systems, pushing strategy guides, lack of level logic, IP control and lack of public domain, what films they pair up with the games, being out of their design element with various choices, not connecting with FF characters, how the characters level, the lack of a moment when you level up, lack of boss requirements, zero XP, the camera is bad, paying attention to the technical points, handling the general case for graphics, why are they making this just a button mashy game, going in and out of the Bizarre Room, meeting Merlin or Jiminy Cricket, the occupation of Japan, strength/weakness collection mechanics, when we don't like a thing, enjoying analysis but respecting how hard it is to actually solve problems, applying the podcast day-to-day, designing for knucklehead stealth, embracing chaos and humor, lore in series, finding hooks that service new players, structural choices to bring in new players and opt-in to lore, how films deal with lore, play sets and toy box differences in Disney Infinity, Brett raps. Games, people, and influences mentioned or discussed: Tarzan (film), Chris Corry, LucasArts, Edgar Rice Burroughs, Hercules, Aladdin, Beauty and the Beast, Winnie the Pooh/The Hundred Acre Wood, Song of the South, Mary Poppins/Mary Poppins Returns, P. L. Travers, Tom Hanks, Emma Thompson, Saving Mr. Banks (obliquely), Alfred Hitchcock, Big Hero 6, Frozen, Monsters Inc, Toy Story, Tangled, Disney Infinity, Final Fantasy (series), Dark Souls, Tim Rogers, Kotaku, Vagrant Story, Alice in Wonderland, Cameron Daxon, Boss Key Books, Tim Dooley, Bobby Oster, Pokémon Let's Go, Persona/Shin Megami Tensei (series), Warren Linam-Church, Thief, Dungeons & Dragons, No One Lives Forever, Hitman 1 & 2, Giant Bomb, Mikkel Lodahl, Halo, Gears of War, Assassin's Creed, Fallout, The Elder Scrolls (series), Marvel Cinematic Universe, Saw (series), Disney Infinity, Wabash College, Project Spark, John Lasseter, Skylanders, The Incredibles, Teen Titans Go! To The Movies, Tasha Robinson. Next time: Up to the Hollow Bastion Links: Kotaku's Kingdom Hearts Review Cameron Daxon's Pokémon teams https://twitch.tv/brettdouville, @timlongojr, and @devgameclub DevGameClub@gmail.com
An award-winning executive, audio director and composer, Paul Lipson’s career has taken him all over the world and has helped him innovate and advocate as a leading figure in the interactive entertainment industry. As the creative leader of Formosa Interactive, he works as Senior Vice President, driving strategy, content development, and audio pipelines with the famed team in Los Angeles. Lipson previously worked as Senior Audio Director at Microsoft Studios/343 Industries, and the Chief Operating Officer of Pyramind Studios He has created award-winning content and managed extensive AAA teams and audio pipelines for leading clients like Microsoft Studios, SEGA, 343 Industries, Ubisoft, LucasArts, 2K Games, Sony Interactive Entertainment, EA, Hewlitt-Packard, Harmonix, etc. Recent AAA game credits include God of War, Halo Wars 2, Call of Duty franchise, Halo: The Master Chief Collection, Halo: Online, Halo: Spartan Strike, Halo: Nightfall, Halo Channel, Sunset Overdrive, Forza Motorsport 5, Halo:Spartan Assault, Crimson Dragon, Project Spark, Halo Combat Evolved Anniversary, Disneyland Adventures, Galactic Reign, Crimson Dragon, Microsoft Flight, Infamous 2, 5th Cell’s Hybrid, Rocksmith, Bioshock 2, Iron Man 2, Lego Indiana Jones: The Adventure Continues, and many more. Lipson and his team have been nominated for numerous awards, and recently won an 2018 MPSE Golden Reel Award for Halo Wars 2, Best Original Instrumental at the 2015 GANG Awards, Best Original Soundtrack Album at the 2014 GANG Awards, the Best Interactive Score and Best Use of Licensed Music awards at the 2012 GANG Awards, and the Best Audio – Other Award at the 2011 GANG awards/GDC for work on the Halo Universe. Paul was also awarded the GANG Distinguished Service Award at the 2006 GANG Awards/GDC for his wide-ranging work in interactive audio. Lipson holds a BM and MM with summa/highest distinction from the world-renowned New England Conservatory of Music in Boston. He is a member of the International Game Developers Association, The Academy of Interactive Arts and Sciences, BMI, The Recording Academy Producers and Engineers Wing Advisory Council, and the Game Audio Network Guild.
iTunes: https://goo.gl/CMv4fr Google Play: https://goo.gl/3Z3egeSupport on Patreon: http://patreon.com/makeusbetterJoin the Discord: https://discord.gg/DM7CvMBThe Most HorsePowerful Podcast On The Internet, The Xbox Drive is back with Episode 57! Sean played Hollow Knight. Luke played more Hollow Knight, Forza Horizon 4 and State of Decay Daybreak. Buckle up and drive safe.[Press Record When It Is Safe To Do So]Drive By ShoutOuts.Hi Rachel Avery!Congrats to Playstation on name changes. Welcome to almost 2006 because you can't really change your name without sacrificing your firstborn.Braking NewsForza Horizon 4 reaches 2 million playersMore than 4.6 million hours of Forza Horizon 4 gameplay have been watched across Mixer, Twitch, YouTube and Facebook as of Oct. 9***Players have logged more than 822.7 million mileshttps://news.xbox.com/en-us/2018/10/10/forza-horizon-4-sees-two-million-players-in-its-first-week/Darwin Project also hit 2 million downloadsOctober 2018 update rolling out nowNew Avatars, Alexa/Cortana integration, Dolby Vision, New Narrator https://news.xbox.com/en-us/2018/10/11/october-2018-xbox-update-available-now/Project XCloud -Uses the Azure cloud to stream console games to tablets, phonehttps://www.ign.com/videos/2018/10/08/project-xcloud-microsofts-global-game-streaming-serviceConnect your controllers via Bluetooth or use on-screen touchConsoles remain the flagship - already up and running, not for public use yetMicrosoft is close to acquiring Obsidian (KOTOR, Fallout: New Vegas, Pillars of Eternity)Deal is 90% doneMS cancelled a game that nearly killed the studio near X1's launch (Stormlands) but that was pre Phil Spencerhttps://kotaku.com/sources-microsoft-is-close-to-buying-obsidian-1829614135The State of the Xbox Empire:With obsidian rumors what plausible studios would you want Xbox to target next?Microsoft's currently contains 12 studios343 Industries – Halo seriesMicrosoft Casual Games – Solitaire, Mahjong, Minesweeper, Treasure HuntThe InitiativeTurn 10 Studios – Forza MotorsportUndead Labs – State of DecayLift LondonMojang – MinecraftNinja Theory – Hellblade: Senua's SacrificePlayground Games – Forza Horizon seriesRareThe Coalition – Gears of War seriesCompulsion Games – We Happy FewAssassin's Creed Odyssey has the best launch in franchise historyOrigins sold twice as fast as Syndicate. No definitive number son Odyssee yet.https://www.ign.com/articles/2018/10/10/assassins-creed-odyssey-has-the-franchises-best-launch-sales-of-this-generationWarface is now available on Xbox One with exclusive content. If you're not up for Black Ops or you're pinching pennies, it's free. https://news.xbox.com/en-us/2018/10/09/warface-now-available-for-free-on-xbox-one/For Honor (Former Games With Gold) getting a graphical remaster10.16 - new lighting, PvE elements, part of the “Marching Fire” update https://news.xbox.com/en-us/2018/10/12/for-honor-graphical-remaster-launching-with-marching-fire-on-october-16/Cruise Control - Topic of the ShowWhat announcements would make XO18 worthwhile?Splinter Cell?Perfect Dark?Conker?Project Spark?Ryse 2?Why is Luke excited for Starlink?Deals with Gold [definitely a skippable segment if running long]Shadow of the Tomb Raider - 25% offAs predicted...Games with GoldXbox One: OvercookedXbox One: Livelock Xbox 360: Stuntman Ignition Xbox 360: Hitman Blood MoneyUpcoming Titles:Forza Horizon 4 (10.2)Assassin's Creed Odyssey (10.5)CoD: Black Ops 4 (10.12)Red Dead Redemption 2 (10.26)Hitman 2 (11.13)Fallout 76 (11.15)Battlefield V (11.20)Under the Radar:Mega Man 11 (10.2)WWE 2K18 (10.9)LEGO DC Villains (10.16)Starlink: Battle for Atlas (10.16)Soul Calibur VI (10.19)Spyro Reignited (11.13)PlugsLuke: http://twitter.com/MLSReserveshttp://mixer.com/insipidghost Sean: http://twitter.com/seancapri http://twitch.tv/seancaprihttp://patreon.com/makeusbetter
Welcome to Dev Game Club, where we are finishing our series on 2005's God of War. We talk about when the game leans into the things it's not great at, the sense of epic scale, as well as turning to our traditional takeaways as we end a series. Dev Game Club looks at classic video games and plays through them over several episodes, providing commentary. Sections played: Finished the game! Podcast breakdown: 0:42 God of War discussion 54:45 Break 55:11 Takeaways and Feedback Issues covered: dying 20 - 60 times, the downward spiral rage, compounding challenge, adding elements at a good rate, enumerating the elements of a challenge, not earning the challenge, shelf-level events/wall mission, not knowing you're near the end of the game, being stubborn and maybe putting a game away for a while, representing Hades accurately as a Sisyphean task, leaning into disempowerment sections as a mistake, potential for usability testing issues, variant gameplay needs to be easier, getting bored as developers, it's a sorbet not a bowl of hot sauce, positive vs negative feedback loops, rich getting richer syndrome, strategies for dealing with small numbers of orbs, arguing with QA, rationalizing your poor choices, a combo game for the masses, difficulty levels as a Band-Aid (TM), a strategy for spending orbs, adjusting orbs for difficulty, puzzle scale, puzzles for pacing, merging of genres, enjoying geometry puzzle, macro puzzle, puzzles that fit or don't, physics puzzles (buoyancy, momentum), tests of the gods, Tim and Brett forget ballistas, Greek tragedy themes, melodrama being appropriate here, having to work for a more minimal story, overly simplistic motivations, conflating player and character motivations, finding revenge against Ares, never getting to care for Kratos, an unsympathetic hero, tragedy as a character issue vs a plot issue, evolving Kratos and his world, sequence saving the family, Brett confuses who the brothers are, music as the MVP, exotic and seductive soundtrack, pushing Pandora's Box to no soundtrack, full commitment to camera, a technical pinnacle on the platform, embracing spectacle, combo flow, Raiden: the best MGS hero, empowering games, assertion through domination vs self-expression, the opportunity to be clever, using tactics effectively. Games, people, and influences mentioned or discussed: Halo, Mark Garcia, Nintendo, Jamie Fristrom, Jak & Daxter, Devil May Cry, Uncharted, Tomb Raider, King Tutenkhamen, Noah Hughes, TR: Legend, Ray Harryhausen, The Bacchae, Shadow of the Colossus, Faustus, Oedipus, 300, Frank Miller, Conan, Medal of Honor, Michael Giacchino, Clint Bajakian, LucasArts, Outlaws, Gerard Marino, Michael Reagan, Ron Fish, Winifred Phillips, Winnie Waldron, Cris Velasco, Marcello de Francisi, Lawrence of Arabia, DarkSiders, Ninja Gaiden, Bayonetta, Platinum Games, Metroid: Other M, Metal Gear: Rising, Metal Gear Solid 4, Mikkel Lodahl, Sierra, Mark Crowe, Jordan Mechner, Karateka, Prince of Persia, Republic Commando, Mass Effect: Andromeda, Everything: The Game, Minecraft, Fallout 3, X-COM, Toy Story 3: Toy Box Mode, Disney Infinity, Project: Spark, else heart:break, The Magic Circle, Kim Kardashian's Hollywood. Next time: We'll figure it out soon! (Almost certainly more God of War-related content) @brett_douville, @timlongojr, and @devgameclub DevGameClub@gmail.com
Aired on May 23, 2016 Great Scott! It's only another podcast! This week: Project Spark is DEAD...Fable cries Racism...Disney Infinity is DEAD...Plus, Uncharted 4, Fallout 4, Doom and more!
Aired on March 22, 2015 Before this weeks podcast commenced, Cal was struck by the shit Lords at TalkTalk and his internet was broken. Well, his router at least, so we wasn't sure if we'd be able to do the podcast on time. Turned out we were able to. Salutations! This week: God of War III Remastered heading to Playstation 4! New Conker content heading to Project Spark! Star Wars: Battlefront III to be unveiled NEXT WEEK?! And Nintendo heading to mobile and a brand new console!?
Circle is making online payments easier to use, safer and more convenient than ever. Using blockchain technology, circle successfully manages to transfer funds securely and without any fees. Circle's AI risk engine, which runs on cutting edge algorithms, continuously keeps your money safe. Anders Brownworth, Chief Evangelist at circle.com, talks about enabling person to person payments, without fees or barriers. “Making it as simple as sending an email” as he says. Even iMessaging could be used to transfer money through circle.com. They are making it the most versatile money transfer service ever. Circle.com has taken over the US market and this year it is aiming for the European market. Anders explains that some areas are more receptive than others, while the financial system tends to operate differently in different countries, making it more difficult for transfer to occur. Currently circle is working on “Project Spark”, which is something to look out for in the near future. Listen, subscribe, review and stay tuned to Future Tech Podcast for more on Future Tech. Contribute Bitcoin to fuel our interviews and keep us going!
The Zed to Zed Podcast: The Show For Xbox Achievement Hunters and Gamerscore Junkies
054 - Zeds To Infinity And Beyond - Gameshow 2 Brandon and Tarragon discuss the podcast success and forward plans, and cover a bit of 2016 too; We have some community guests join us for Game Guru Gameshow #2; and Jo (angelsk) pops in to recap her 2016. Have a great new years everyone! Show notes are always available on the Zed to Zed website We are on iTunes, Stitcher and Google Play! Please give us a rating or review, it will really help us and is a free, easy way to support the show! Talk to us! Join our community! Discord Chat Zed to Zed Forums Twitter: @zedtozed Zed to Zed Xbox Club Zed to Zed Podcast Leaderboard with CUSTOM TRACKING! Email: contact@zedtozed.com Facebook: Zed to Zed Podcast Hosts: Brandon Fream aka "Freamwhole" - TrueAchievements / Xbox / Twitter Tarragon Allen aka "zzUrbanSpaceman" - TrueAchievements / Xbox / Twitter Jo aka "angelsk" - TrueAchievements / Xbox / Twitter Guests: MightyMango CSGeekSquad Big Ell Bsmittel (lost audio) Referenced during the show: Forum post: Community Highlights and Lowlights of 2016 TrueAchievements Game of the Year 2016 Thanks to all our guests this year: Rich Stone (TrueAchievement) Jack Watling (WebChimp UK) Unnamed TA Staff Member (interview to come) Sashamorning (provisional 24 hour 360 GS record) Rand al Thor 19 smrnov RedmptionDenied "Spark" Thomas Gratz, ex-Project Spark community manager Christian Allen from developer Serellen LLC Karsten from developer Happy Tuesday Maka of Maka91Productions David Paskett (XoneBros) Kyle (moroniccow) Franco (RavioliCaponi) Brandon's Brother Honourable Mention: Ski Bunny Community shoutouts: McLovinLegend, Big Ell, Matrarch, Grug, BEERME7, stushniken, Planting42, Silence42, mseweryn, Mattism, Giant Hunger, TheJoeDean, QuickMythril, doughboyee, WateryDrip37, z0mb13k1773r, Decoy1982 Shoutout to the Endless Bean Dive trio: Montana97, madeyepadeye, seamonkeypowder XONE Bros Podcast and Community All audio production and podcast backend support provided by Tarragon Allen. Songs and sounds that have been used in the show: "Jive Bot", “Dalmation Station (It Gets Better Mix)” by Jake Kaufman and “Jive Bot (Psycho Prismatic Mix)” by cancel from the games Mighty Switch Force! 1 and 2, developed and published by WayForward Technologies Epic Voice Announcements by RJBANKSWA Zed to Zed use and would like to thank the following products and services for making the podcast and the community possible: Zencastr for their podcast recording solution Adobe Audition for audio editing Audacity for audio editing and recording Libsyn Podcast Hosting iTunes for making podcasts mainstream Audio-Technica Microphones Blue Microphones NAD Electronics Headphones DreamHost Hosting Digital Ocean Hosting Skype chat Discord chat Discourse forum software TrueAchievements for making achievements awesome Glossary of Xbox Gamerscore and achievement jargon and terms
It’s a return to the realm of platform games as Rick and Ben discuss another set of genre defining characters and developers. From bandicoots to bears, our hosts realize that most successful platform games require an animal lead character. Plus, Rick forgets how to form correct words, and Ben gives some excellent insight into the elections. File Under: Video Games, Platform Games, Platformers, Spyro the Dragon, Insomniac, Skylanders, Crash Bandicoot, Naughty Dog, Crash Team Racing, Conker’s Bad Fur Day, Rare, Project Spark, Banjo-Kazooie, Collectathons, Playtonic Games, Yooka-Laylee Find us on the web: Rick on Twitter: https://twitter.com/WrathRainbows Ben on Twitter: https://twitter.com/theragu40 ThePastCast website: https://www.thepastcast.com
Marc starts off this week's short show talking about the big change coming to Hulu and then immediately dives headfirst into a handful of anime, including Kimi ni Todoke: From Me to You and Sweetness and Lightning. After that, Marc talks about their time with Project Spark days before its death and the scares they've encountered in Layers of Fear. Cheers and enjoy the show.
The Zed to Zed Podcast: The Show For Xbox Achievement Hunters and Gamerscore Junkies
028 - Spark Thomas This week we talk all things Project Spark with Thomas Gratz aka Spark Thomas, the community manager of Team Dakota; and a major announcement from Tarragon. Show notes are always available on the Zed to Zed website We are on iTunes, Stitcher and Google Play! Please give us a rating or review, it will really help us and is a free, easy way to support the show! Contact us! Twitter: @zedtozed Facebook: Zed to Zed Podcast Email contact@zedtozed.com PM any of the hosts on TrueAchievements Comment on the dedicated podcast post on zzUrbanSpaceman's blog Also check out the Zed to Zed Podcast Leaderboard on TrueAchievements. Hosts: Brandon Fream aka "Freamwhole" - TrueAchievements - Xbox Tarragon Allen aka "zzUrbanSpaceman" - TrueAchievements - Xbox Randy aka "Crandy" - TrueAchievements - Xbox Damien aka "Spazpol" - TrueAchievements - Xbox Guest: Thomas Gratz aka “Spark Thomas” of Team Dakota 0:00:00 - Intro 0:04:15 - Recap 0:31:58 - Listener Feedback 1:13:51 - News 1:39:34 - Talking with Spark Thomas of Team Dakota 2:56:27 - Knobs & Discos 2:58:45 - Shovelware Cemetery 3:23:21 - Game Delays, Backward Compatibility, Zombie News and Wrapping up Referenced during the show: Project Spark Conker Reaction Video Project Spark Developers GameJam Top 150 Project Spark Worlds DGJ Orbit 32 - Resilience DGJ One Time Hero Kodu Game Labs Bot Framework Elite Dangerous Lost Stars Expedition CronusMAX All audio production and podcast backend support provided by Tarragon Allen. Songs and sounds that have been used in the show: "Jive Bot", “Tally Screen” (x2), “Dalmation Station (It Gets Better Mix)” by Jake Kaufman from the games Mighty Switch Force! 1 and 2, developed and published by WayForward Technologies Epic Voice Announcements by RJBANKSWA crickets by rucisko Solo Zombie 1 by Slave2theLight Murder by Shovel by JenniferSJF Shovel digging into dry dirt (SFX) by MorneDelport FP_Burial_In_Wooden_Coffin by cmusounddesign Glossary of Xbox Gamerscore and achievement jargon and terms
The Zed to Zed Podcast: The Show For Xbox Achievement Hunters and Gamerscore Junkies
027 - Don't Rain on my E3 Hype Train An EPIC length show rounding up everything E3 2016. Join Brandon, Tarragon, Randy with special guest Kyle aka moroniccow, and a special report from Jo too. Show notes are always available on the Zed to Zed website We are on iTunes, Stitcher and Google Play! Please give us a rating or review, it will really help us and is a free, easy way to support the show! Contact us! Twitter: @zedtozed Facebook: Zed to Zed Podcast Email contact@zedtozed.com PM any of the hosts on TrueAchievements Comment on the dedicated podcast post on zzUrbanSpaceman's blog Also check out the Zed to Zed Podcast Leaderboard on TrueAchievements. Hosts: Brandon Fream aka "Freamwhole" - TrueAchievements - Xbox Tarragon Allen aka "zzUrbanSpaceman" - TrueAchievements - Xbox Randy aka "Crandy" - TrueAchievements - Xbox Jo aka "angelsk" - TrueAchievements - Xbox Guest: Kyle aka “moroniccow” - TrueAchievements - Xbox 0:00:00 - Intro Raincloud Randy Crandy's mortuary mug Fream's community challenge: CSGeekSquad vs Titanfall Wishlist: include games collection in game compare DR3 Arcade Mode 4-player Stream - July 2nd? 0:16:54 - Recap Leap Frog: Tarragon still hopping Tarragon completed Project Spark before Fream Kyle's team out of GTASC, Kyle now playing games for fun Crandy Ratio Dive: Thomas Was Alone, Barbie and her sister's Puppy Rescue Barbie stream didn't save :( Sorry Big Ell Crandy is selling entire game collection because Life Is Strange is so good Fream's Quest for E Rocket League! In Between achievement glitches Do the kill 100 times achievement first (dive it!) OMG people play games for fun? Freamwhole hits 123,456 with “Make It Count” Tarragon buys a lot of games for BALROG/Bean Dive 1:00:21 - News & E3 Recap Goat Simulator adds Moar Goatz as DLC Rand al Thor 19 hits 1 million GS at E3! Phil Spencer takes a shot at (lack of) release dates at E3 Hideo Kojima likes naked men Phil Spencer interview with Eurogamer Hank Scorpio VR Twisted Pixel's Wilson's Heart No killer app for VR yet? Mostly tech demos and short experiences. PS lock-in on their VR hardware? Scorpio supporting multiple headsets Lord Chabelo asks who is buying a Slim and Scorpio TheJoeDean buying both consoles, likes DR4, BF1, We Happy Few What will Scorpio be called? Who won E3? Crandy: Nintendo; Tarragon: We Happy Few; Fream: Todd Howard Custom controllers No Hololens No Crackdown 3? No wait, Ghost Recon Wildlands No Red Dead Redemption 2 New X1 Controller -> Bluetooth 3:25:45 - E3 Other Developers EA Fream nails EA originals, take that Damien Frostbite EVERYWHERE - makes single player games possible FIFA Story Mode? Titanfall 2 campaign Bethesda Quake meh Prey reboot/reimagination - not Prey really Skyrim remake Dishonored 2 Actual real game footage Fallout 4 VR … Wolfenstein 2? Sony Yawn Ubisoft Good conference vibe Just Dance bizarre intro Orlando tragedy referenced well New South Park Game The Lie Engine For Honor Division DLC New Trials: Blood Dragon Beyond Good and Evil 2 is a thing Go Pro™: Puke Simulator: The Game Big Ell preodering all of the things Star Trek: Bridge Simulator Conference http://artemis.eochu.com/ Watch Dogs 2 “Confetti was the best part of Ubisoft's conference” Activision/Blizzard Balls of Cuty mseweryn asks What about Skylanders Imaginators and Battlecast? Crash Bandicoot is drunk Square Enix FF XV at the MS conference?! No show for Middle Earth Shadow of Mordor 2 Gwent game State of Decay 2 MattQuin89's VR Experience Capcom Resident Evil 7 VR Pants Quota Raincloud Randy Strikes Again Xbox Update: Clubs - Zed to Zed Club! Forza Horizon in Australia - Cooper is exciTED Big Ell peed himself on E3 special Stushniken - not related to Rumpelstiltskin Randy's E3 Report Card 3:28:33 - UK Correspondent Mike Ybarra re PS fans complaining about Scorpio? 4:28:55 - Game Delays & Backwards Compatibility Crackdown 3 Ghost Warrior Sniper 3 Left 4 Dead Portal 2 4:29:31 - Zombie News DEAD RISING 4 Dying Light Xbox account was playing Mortal Kombat X Apologises?? 4:31:57 - Outro All audio production and podcast backend support provided by Tarragon Allen. Songs and sounds that have been used in the show: "Jive Bot", “Tally Screen” (x2), “Dalmation Station (It Gets Better Mix)” by Jake Kaufman from the games Mighty Switch Force! 1 and 2, developed and published by WayForward Technologies Epic Voice Announcements by RJBANKSWA Glossary of Xbox Gamerscore and achievement jargon and terms
The Zed to Zed Podcast: The Show For Xbox Achievement Hunters and Gamerscore Junkies
026 - Someone call a plumber Brandon is joined by Randy and Damien to breakdown the pre-E3 trailers, leaks and other stuffs. Show notes are always available on the Zed to Zed website, this week compiled by Jo and Tarragon. We are on iTunes, Stitcher and Google Play! Please give us a rating or review, it will really help us and is a free, easy way to support the show! Contact us! Twitter: @zedtozed Facebook: Zed to Zed Podcast Email contact@zedtozed.com PM any of the hosts on TrueAchievements Comment on the dedicated podcast post on zzUrbanSpaceman's blog Also check out the Zed to Zed Podcast Leaderboard on TrueAchievements. Hosts: Brandon Fream aka "Freamwhole" - TrueAchievements - Xbox Randy aka "Crandy" - TrueAchievements - Xbox Damien aka "Spazpol" - TrueAchievements - Xbox 0:00:00 - Intro Brandon likes the sound of his own voice Dastardly from Red Dead Redemption (Secret) - didn't we already have this one IIRC, still a horrific achievement :( Don't forget that Jo also recorded the pre-E3 special podcast with T and R. How many machines does Crandy own?! Also Damien seems to own loads too. Must be made of monies. Crandy's Mug - the gateway mug Crandy is married? Congrats. Ownage Pranks forums. Tarragon - 10 years - achievement unlocked :) Major congrats Consoles are dust traps SQUIRREL! 0:22:02 - Recap Tarragon Still LEAPFROGGING - woo! Go Tarragon! Brandon No achievements this week, pah, you call yourself a gamer?! Project Spark and Rayman Legends dailies Destiny Some new expansion in August - current gen only - splitting your character from 360/One, can't cross unlock anymore. Time is running out. Crandy Post-GRAW ratio dive (Crandy Bean Dive) Monopoly Plus Monopoly 360 Forza Horizon 2: presents the Fast and the Furious 360 Thomas Was Alone Killer Instinct (Win 10) DOOM Life is Strange 360 (FINALLY!) Project Spark (both) Original DOOM tea party! That sounds cool. Damien Swansong on Leap Frog - 8.6 ratio In Between Minecraft 360 TU Goat Simulator Project Spark Three Fourths Home 0:37:32 - E3 Discussion and News Leaks, leaks, leeks, everywhere! Agent of Mayhem - Volition #raincloudrandy Watch Dogs 2. GRAW! Injustice 2 XCOM 2 coming to consoles in Sept Deus-Ex Mankind Divided and Deus-Ex Go Remedy 2 new games - not Alan Wake 2, not at E3 Something, something, studios New Twisted Pixel game LEGO Dimensions Season 2 - SQUEE!!!!! You called it Brandon :) - J Minecraft Pocket Edition achievements live (as of June 7th) 2 new lists - Gear VR and Kindle Fire! Playstation News - Neo exists, but not at E3 (Playstation News….. ew!) - will Microsoft pass on announcing Project Scorpio? Takes the pressure off. The future of console gaming? THINK OF THE CHILDREN. Why won't anyone think of the children?! Console trade-ins - not a bad idea. Why are we talking about iPhones now….? Of course we want new and shiny - TEH SHINY! TV-DVR feature on hold; oh, darnit. Maybe Xbox pocket TV stick? Hotel Blind has VR support! (Vive compatible - inspired by ZedToZed) 1:34:21 - Listener Feedback KaibaChaos is avoiding podcasts until after E3 Stushniken donated a Dark Souls code (thanks!!
The Zed to Zed Podcast: The Show For Xbox Achievement Hunters and Gamerscore Junkies
025 - In Between a Frog and a Hard Achievement Tarragon breaks tradition and buys a lot of games; Brandon yells at a cloud; Crandy does his best impression of Krang; we review brand new puzzle platformer In Between. Show notes are always available on the Zed to Zed website We are on iTunes, Stitcher and Google Play! Please give us a rating or review, it will really help us and is a free, easy way to support the show! Contact us! Twitter: @zedtozed Email contact@zedtozed.com PM any of the hosts on TrueAchievements Comment on the dedicated podcast post on zzUrbanSpaceman's blog Also check out the Zed to Zed Podcast Leaderboard on TrueAchievements. Hosts: Brandon Fream aka "Freamwhole" - TrueAchievements - Xbox Tarragon Allen aka "zzUrbanSpaceman" - TrueAchievements - Xbox Randy aka "Crandy" - TrueAchievements - Xbox Jo aka "angelsk" - TrueAchievements - Xbox Damien aka "Spazpol" - TrueAchievements - Xbox 0:00:00 - Intro Random ToDo List Update Forums? Zed to Zed Fitbit Group Twitch streaming 012:48 - Recap Tarragon BALROG prep kicking off Tarragon's New Games Greg Hastings Paintball 2 (EU) Motorcycle Club The Escapists (360) Super Meat Boy Just Dance Disney Party 2 Xbox One Among the Sleep Tarragon Ordered: Tour de France 2015 Xbox One MotoGP 15 Xbox 360 Transformers Devastation Xbox 360 Psycho Break (Evil Within) Xbox One Zoids Infinity EX Neo (JP) Super Robot Taisen XO Army of Two: 40th Day (JP) Overlord (JP) Cross Edge Dash Hokuto Musou (Fist of the North: Ken's Rage) (JP) Double Clutch (Conflict: Denied Ops) (JP) IHF Handball Challenge 14 Rabbids Invasion TV Psycho-Pass Diario: Reverse Moon Legend Momotarou Dentetsu 16 Gold Leap Frog Freamwhole croaked - Project Spark let him down Tarragon is planned to about 13.0 Playing Zeds: Crandy vs Fream In Between: Crandy wins! Achievements are backloaded - candidate for preloading? Some glitchy achievements, counters are off Playing Zeds: Community vs Fream or Crandy? Fream played: Project Spark, In Between, Plants vs Zombies: Garden Warfare 2, Tarragon played: Among the Sleep, Minecraft 360, Killer Instinct, Rare Replay, Six Guns (Win8), Knight Squad, Factotum 90, Xbox Fitness, Blast ‘em Bunnies GTASC: Tarragon's team survived period 20 and cutoffs have changed 0:39:56 - Listener Feedback WNBA Kirkland = Wife of NBA Kirkland Burnah Bros: re: music Jjaldana: State of Decay 2 Kaiba Chaos: should MS give up on Japan? Big Ell: Crandy met his wife online, not on TA though Saucy Slingo: $1 million to never see an ending of a game or movie ever again? Saucy Slingo: topic - cross-platform unlocks? Big Ell: Crandy sounds like Krang from TMNT, should have an alt account called Kraangdy 0:59:42 - News Battlefield 1 - Kids don't know about World War I? Old man yells at cloud Window 10 Mobile Xbox App hints at console streaming Elite Dangerous: Horizons has dropped, 1.6 update introduced some funny quirks with AI, tutorials achievement is now possible Sega and Genesis compilations no longer give access to Sonic and Golden Axe BC games Fable Fortune Kickstarter Mojang bans branding in Minecraft Minecraft IOS/Android achievements Vivendi and Gameloft: The saga continues Vivendi and Ubisoft: The saga continues 1:34:02 - Leaderboard Update Only covering top 25 from now on Started tracking game completions and played Shoutout to the Endless Bean Dive guys: Madeyepadeye, Montana97, seamonkeypowder Game completions: 19% of people on TA have not completed any game, 25% have not completed a game including all DLC Big news: Celtic Force hit 2 million TA smrnov hits 1.3 million GS Stallion83 increases GS lead over smrnov ~7k, narrows TA gap to ~8k Top scorer: Stallion with 40,344 TA and 24,732 GS Other milestones GS 900k: jimmyhova 800k: lucas1987, Minioger, Matt DB87 TA 1.8m: Rand al Thor 19 1.7m BIGSXY1 1.6m red tanuki 1.5m ChaosSlayerX187 1.4m Sangriaz, Terrin Battles to watch GS Last month: BIGSXY1 closing on RedmptionDenied for 5th spot RedmptionDenied responded and widened the gap a bit Last month: Spots 14 through 18 are all very close around the 850k mark A lot of activity around this space, from 14 down to 25 almost everyone changed position Matt DB87, currently position 1 on the Games Started leaderboard, is on the cusp of the top 25 for GS TA Fairly quiet month for the top 25 Womi lost two positions, and Spawnycher very close to overtaking Sangriaz 1:36:55 - Shovelware Cemetery: In Between SANCTUARY 2:02:14 - Knobs and Discos NBA 2K14 discontinued 2:03:00 - Zombie News Corner Dead Rising 4 Death Valley in Hitman Sniper 2:06:00 - Outro All audio production and podcast backend support provided by Tarragon Allen. Songs and sounds that have been used in the show: "Jive Bot", “Tally Screen” (x2), “Dalmation Station (It Gets Better Mix)” by Jake Kaufman from the games Mighty Switch Force! 1 and 2, developed and published by WayForward Technologies Epic Voice Announcements by RJBANKSWA crickets by rucisko Solo Zombie 1 by Slave2theLight Murder by Shovel by JenniferSJF Shovel digging into dry dirt (SFX) by MorneDelport FP_Burial_In_Wooden_Coffin by cmusounddesign Glossary of Xbox Gamerscore and achievement jargon and terms
The Zed to Zed Podcast: The Show For Xbox Achievement Hunters and Gamerscore Junkies
024 - Ell, Michelle, and a Proulx This week both Randy and Tarragon were away, so Big Ell, Matrarch, and Proulx join Brandon to talk news, gaming and achievements. And there was much rejoicing. Show notes are always available on the Zed to Zed website We are on iTunes, Stitcher and Google Play! Please give us a rating or review, it will really help us and is a free, easy way to support the show! Contact us! Twitter: @zedtozed Email contact@zedtozed.com PM any of the hosts on TrueAchievements Comment on the dedicated podcast post on zzUrbanSpaceman's blog Also check out the Zed to Zed Podcast Leaderboard on TrueAchievements. Hosts: Brandon Fream aka "Freamwhole" - TrueAchievements - Xbox Guests Proulx - TrueAchievements - Xbox Big Ell - TrueAchievements - Xbox Michelle aka “Matrarch” - TrueAchievements - Xbox 0:00:00 - Intro Fream is all alone today Achievement sponsor: Hero of the Day from World of Tanks Fream's Dark Souls Twitch Stream Random To-Do List officially starting soon Tarragon's list of new games: Grand Prix Rock 'N Racing Active Soccer 2 DX Super Night Riders Level 22 Shred It Styling Garden Defense Coffin Dodgers Factotum 90 Krinkle Krusher Reagan Gorbachev Mega Coin Squad Fream's list of new games: Zombie Army Trilogy Rogue Legacy The Escapists: The Walking Dead Halo: The Master Chief Collection Monthly challenges Mostly a complete fail ;) Fream will beat Tarragon on Project Spark due to the weekly achievement Crandy beat Fream on Tomb Raider Fream and Crandy equalized on 5/12 in Geometry Wars Introducing segment: Playing Zed Host vs host weekly challenges First week: Fream vs Crandy - In Between We welcome community vs host challenges! 0:13:47 - Guest Introductions and Recap Introducing Big Ell, Matrarch and Proulx Come back McLovin', it's only for one show ;) Everybody still leaping in Leap Frog What achievements are you proud of unlocking during Leap Frog? What point did you start matching achievements to the Leap Frog requirement? UNEVEN GAMERSCORE OH GOD MY OCD Brandon: Project Spark Disney Infinity 2.0 PvZ 2 Quantum Break Proulx Disney Infinity 2.0 Killer Instinct Halo: MCC Mush (WP) Big Ell Shadow Complex Halo: MCC Matrarch The Cave Might and Magic: Clash of Heroes Letterquest 0:52:17 - Feature: Community Spotlight Proulx's podcast Earl Grey Podcast 1:24:41 - News Barbie and her Sisters Puppy Rescue and Monster High price drops TrueAchievements Redesign UHH is over: Cakau is winner DanielJJ14 post-mortem thoughts on the format Minecraft Battle Mode Rocket League Crossplay PC to Xbox One State of Decay and Xbox Fitness challenges Xbox Hardware E3 Rumours VR GamerScore Discounts in Canada 2:02:49 - Listener Feedback Thanks for the review Tatey! SaucySlingo asks about Hololens Keith271179 asks about predictions for surprise game announcements at E3 NBA Kirkland asks about Xbox hardware updates, and clarifies free multiplayer suggestion Kaiba Chaos asks why Big Ell hates leaderboards so much 2:21:08 - Knobs and Discos Nothing … oh wait! Mural is back in Killer Instinct. Thanks Big Ell! 2:21:53 - Backwards Compatibility and Game Delays New BC titles: Ducktales Remastered, XCOM: Enemy Unknown, Hexic 2, Magic 2012, Domino Master, Unbound Saga, SSX 2:24:06 - Zombie News Walking Dead Theme Park Attraction Deadlight: Director's Cut available for preorder for $10? 2:27:36 - Outro All audio production and podcast backend support provided by Tarragon Allen. Songs and sounds that have been used in the show: "Jive Bot", “Tally Screen” (x2), “Dalmation Station (It Gets Better Mix)” by Jake Kaufman from the games Mighty Switch Force! 1 and 2, developed and published by WayForward Technologies Epic Voice Announcements by RJBANKSWA Glossary of Xbox Gamerscore and achievement jargon and terms
The Zed to Zed Podcast: The Show For Xbox Achievement Hunters and Gamerscore Junkies
023 - Settling the (Musical) Score A news heavy show this week, with a tactical diversion into talking about game music (and music in general). Show notes are always available on the Zed to Zed website We are on iTunes, Stitcher and Google Play! Please give us a rating or review, it will really help us and is a free, easy way to support the show! Contact us! Twitter: @zedtozed Email contact@zedtozed.com PM any of the hosts on TrueAchievements Comment on the dedicated podcast post on zzUrbanSpaceman's blog Also check out the Zed to Zed Podcast Leaderboard on TrueAchievements. Hosts: Brandon Fream aka "Freamwhole" - TrueAchievements - Xbox Tarragon Allen aka "zzUrbanSpaceman" - TrueAchievements - Xbox Randy aka "Crandy" - TrueAchievements - Xbox Jo aka "angelsk" - TrueAchievements - Xbox Damien aka "Spazpol" - TrueAchievements - Xbox 0:00:00 - Intro Achievement sponsor: Louder Than Bombs and Eternity from Rock Band: Green Day Special thanks to Oddworld X of Hydro Thunder Hurricane fame Crandy's Mug: SF Alumni Fonts: Compacta, Comic Sans, Helvetica Tarragon's Helvetica T-Shirt A Sound of Thunder movie - thanks ThrashForever and BlueThunder7398 King Kong Remake? Threelock in Threes! is Tarragon's 300k achievement Smoke & Mirrors stream? For Tarragon's 333k - thanks @JackVGS Fream's Dark Souls streams Australia sourcing games and currency codes available via zzUrbanSpaceman BALROG update - for you McLovinLegend Community Show - thanks SinicideIII, Madeyepadeye, Big Ell 0:19:00 - Recap Tarragon Project Spark x2 Elite Dangerous NERO Rare Replay Games update: Pixel Piracy, Unravel, Sniper Elite 3, Mirror's Edge Catalyst, State of Decay: Year One, Enigmatis: The Ghosts of Maple Creek Crandy Geometry Wars Saints Row 2 DE Quake 4 Ghostbusters DOOM Grind Hero 360 Project Spark x2 Fream Project Spark Rayman Legends Geometry Wars, joined the 5/12 club to equal Crandy 0:35:52 - News Project Spark Hub world is flaky, get the 2 hub achievements ASAP Sashamorning: XP brain for levelling up characters Forum thanks milestone can be spammed for 13k Spark XP Windows 8 version of Community Surfer requirements are different OG Recycled Gamertags Off-region Games with Gold Support Engineer transcript Accessing off region games with gold article Batman: Return to Arkham July 29th Assassin's Creed movie pre-order bonuses Mighty No. 9 might be happening?! Battlefield ONE pitch was initially rejected Unravel 2 Announced EA Access free to gold members during E3 Talk of other publishers joining EA Access E3 predictions Free MP for silver members Slim X1 VR bundle Zuckerberg and VR Retailers trying to stay ahead of digital Elite Dangerous Horizons releasing June 3 1:15:07 - Listener Feedback Do or do not; there is no try Burnah Bros Tatey and Proux re: Day One Xbox Ones LordChabelo13: Dory DLC adding achievements to Disney Infinity KinectKid33: All about MIDI macros for Guitar Hero and Rock Band Arsenic 17: Gamerscore hunting a declining hobby? The Nyghty: What's your “out of this world” passion? Fream is Zombies … Tarragon: psychological supernatural horror, e.g. Paranormal Activity Crandy: dystopia NBA Kirkland and JStryker416: best and worst endings in games Limbo ending theories Madeyepadeye: How much is too much for a game? R56CooperS11: Lootcrate? Ozbundyboy: Woodchucks? 2:26:41- Feature Content: Music AC/DC gym music Fream likes Punk and Ska and Insane Clown Posse Tarragon likes everything and nothing Crandy is close to the metal and Vaporwave Game Soundtracks: Tarragon: Halo - IGN Unfiltered with Marty O'Donnell Quake (Trent Reznor of Nine Inch Nails) C64 composers: Martin Galway, Rob Hubbard, JCH, Jeroen Tel Portal 2 Silent Hill Sword & Sworcery Machinarium Late addition: AirMech Arena by Front Line Assembly Crandy Dead Rising Mall Music Bioshock Syndicate Saints Row Killer Instinct Party Hard Tetris for CDi Earthworm Jim Sonic CD Game Informer Podcast about game music Brandon: Dr Mario Tetris Life Is Strange Guile's Theme Goes With Anything Soundtrack of popular songs vs a score The Flame in the Flood Fallout 2:51:17 - Shovelware Cemetery Hero Defense by Happy Tuesday 2:58:03 - Knobs & Discos Forza 3 servers are back? 2:58:44 - Backwards Compatibility Call of Duty: Black Ops 3:00:23 - Zombie News Corner Resident Evil 7 to be announced at E3? Techland making two new games, Dying Light 2? Plants vs. Zombies: Garden Warfare 2 - Trouble in Zombopolis 3:08:52 - Outro All audio production and podcast backend support provided by Tarragon Allen. Songs and sounds that have been used in the show: "Jive Bot", “Tally Screen” (x2), “Dalmation Station (It Gets Better Mix)” by Jake Kaufman from the games Mighty Switch Force! 1 and 2, developed and published by WayForward Technologies Epic Voice Announcements by RJBANKSWA Glossary of Xbox Gamerscore and achievement jargon and terms
Mike and Steve discuss the announcements out of the Google IO conference, Amazon trying to create an Internet of Tribbles, eBay and Myer joining forces to create a VR shopping experience, the drama around Uncharted 4 and GhostBusters reviews and Microsoft cancelling Project Spark.
In this week's Gaming Week In Review, Christopher Berg and Matthew Brock cover the untimely ends for Disney Infinity, and Project Spark. Before long, they break down the new generation of YouTube celebrities, and the many complexities of Pokemon starters.
The Zed to Zed Podcast: The Show For Xbox Achievement Hunters and Gamerscore Junkies
022 - DEFCON Spark Infinity Zed A couple of server closure announcements spark a flurry of action, before the achievements are lost to the infinite void. Randy talks with Karsten from indie developer Happy Tuesday. Show notes are always available on the Zed to Zed website We are on iTunes, Stitcher and Google Play! Please give us a rating or review, it will really help us and is a free, easy way to support the show! Contact us! Twitter: @zedtozed Email contact@zedtozed.com PM any of the hosts on TrueAchievements Comment on the dedicated podcast post on zzUrbanSpaceman's blog Also check out the Zed to Zed Podcast Leaderboard on TrueAchievements. Hosts: Brandon Fream aka "Freamwhole" - TrueAchievements - Xbox Tarragon Allen aka "zzUrbanSpaceman" - TrueAchievements - Xbox Randy aka "Crandy" - TrueAchievements - Xbox Jo aka "angelsk" - TrueAchievements - Xbox Damien aka "Spazpol" - TrueAchievements - Xbox 0:00:00 - Intro Crandy's Mug: Starbucks Paris G.R.A.W. Update Ray Bradbury's “A Sound of Thunder” was inspiration for Butterfly Effect Tarragon's 300k achievement guessing contest: angelsk (Jo) picked it, prize still up for grabs 0:11:00 - News Capcom are doing just fine http://www.capcom.co.jp/ir/english/finance/review.html http://www.capcom.co.jp/ir/english/finance/benchmark_02.html http://www.gamespot.com/articles/three-major-unannounced-capcom-games-coming-by-apr/1100-6439650/ “Done, Unlocking …” achievements all unlocked in a batch last week Lionhead article/post-mortem: http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2016-05-12-lionhead-the-inside-story Disney Infinity discontinuing production, two more sets to come http://kotaku.com/sources-the-ambitious-now-cancelled-plans-for-disney-1776370484 Project Spark subset announcement (August 12th 2016), delisted from store http://forums.projectspark.com/yaf_postst214854.aspx Complete 10 weekly challenges - GET ON THIS NOW Forum thank you required for Tier 1 achievement Project Spark Forum Thanks Thread Fortnightly achievement X1/W8 might need 28 days 0:53:24 - Recap Crandy Wordament Snap Attack Wow, such glitch, many bug Guitar Grind Hero Live Geometry Wars Tomb Raider Saints Row 2 DE Tarragon The Park Aquazone Payday 2 Elite Dangerous Project Spark Windows 8 and One Games purchased this week: 0 - did buy in game currency for Elite though Fream Project Spark Knight Squad Geometry Wars Plants Vs. Zombies: Garden Warfare 2 Disney Infinity 2.0 Fable Heroes Left 4 Dead 2 1:19:58 - Listener Feedback Dan Tate - Day One Console is fine … oh wait Don't position your console vertically, it's not designed for it: https://support.xbox.com/xbox-one/console/position-console Montana97 - last full price game that didn't trigger instant regret NBA Kirkland, McLovinLegend1 on Fream's bike accident Handydarkness - Sega Mega Drive UC and Sonic's Ultimate Genesis Collection will allow play of Sonic 1, 2, 3 and the delisted Golden Axe XBLA titles via Backwards Compability Fream's Feed: 130+ comments!? Jjaldana - Australia Dark Souls Big Ell, MightyMango - Crandy's completion percentage The Nyghty - Crandy, antisocial? Big Ell - If everything could be unlocked like Fallout 3 PC, would you? McLovinLegend1 - Assassin's Creed Trailer Leaderboard Feedback Decoy1982 - Community Let's Play Skreens 2:07:06 - Interview with Karsten from Happy Tuesday Happy Tuesday Hero Defense - Haunted Island on Steam 2:52:28 - GamerScore Boot Camp: The Park The Park on TrueAchievements Maka's Guide: 100% Speed Run for The Park 2:54:35 - Knobs and Discos The Hight-Parking achievement in Trucking 3D (Win 8) fixed Project Spark sunsetting August 12th 2016, delisted Warning regarding Disney Infinity online and community achievements Disney Infinity Toy Box (Win8) Disney account connectivity dead Three/Fourths Home achievements completely broken now? Thanks Tim Blair and KaibaChaos for the heads up 2:59:53 - Game Delays and Backwards Compatibility Mass Effect Andromeda delayed to 2017 BC: Frogger 2 Puzzlegeddon Faery: Legends of Avalon Final Fight: Double Impact Deus Ex: Human Revolution 3:03:45 - Zombie News Corner Dead of Winter: The Long Night expansion Dead Island Retro Revenge Undead Labs: State of Decay contest (ends May 15th) : - Outro All audio production and podcast backend support provided by Tarragon Allen. Songs and sounds that have been used in the show: "Jive Bot", “Tally Screen” (x2), “Dalmation Station (It Gets Better Mix)” by Jake Kaufman from the games Mighty Switch Force! 1 and 2, developed and published by WayForward Technologies Marching sound by WebbFilmsUK Epic Voice Announcements by RJBANKSWA Glossary of Xbox Gamerscore and achievement jargon and terms
Welcome to our podcast! We talk about games and things we like!This week we talk DOOM and are hit with a bunch of Microsoft news! (They're only partially related)Doom Guy Brofist: https://goo.gl/KeXC7KThe Assassin's Creed movie trailer: https://goo.gl/lH0Q0PThe Disney Infinity that almost was: http://goo.gl/CFh7gHMicrosoft won't sell Fable: http://goo.gl/UtySNDLionhead's original Fable 4 plans: http://goo.gl/9AnCLAProject Spark is shutting down: http://goo.gl/OyMIGPCivilization 6 announced: http://goo.gl/YQBRs5If you like what we are doing, feel free to check out our other places:Website: http://www.sharksnthings.comFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/SharksNThingsTwitter: https://twitter.com/SharksNThingsTwitch: http://www.twitch.tv/sharksnthingsPatreon: https://www.patreon.com/sharksnthings
Lacking a familiar Scottish accent the U/Uncle_Jessy and two R/XboxOne mods discuss the end of Project Spark, Doom and what Gamertag will they choose
Esta semana dejamos horneando los análisis de Battleborn y Doom, pero a cambio os traemos unos mundos abiertos de la más rabiosa actualidad. Hablamos sobre el cierre de la sección de videojuegos de Disney, Star Wars y los shooters que tendremos en este 2016. Aparte de los debates, os traemos lo último en noticias sobre NBA Live 16, Star Trek Online, Dead Island Retro Revenge, Project Spark y The Banner Saga 2. ¡Sintoniza nuestra frecuencia podcast! Música utilizada en este programa: Miguel Ríos - Bienvenidos (Instrumental) Castle of Illusion (Remake) Music - Enchanted Forest DuckTales Remastered OST - Title Screen Final Fantasy - Main Theme
Esta semana tuvimos un programa muy divertido con el éxito del #MinifutoDeFer y muchas cosas más. En este programa hubo de todo y si se perdieron la transmisión en vivo el lunes a las 9:00 PM aquí podrán tener el programa completo en donde hablamos de los siguientes temas:Disney cancela Disney Infinity y dejará de hacer juegos.Fans le piden a Capcom un nuevo Marvel vs Capcom.Microsoft dejará de dar soporte a Project Spark.Capcom dará más tiempo de desarrollo a sus juegos.Los juegos más vendidos de abril en Estados Unidos.EA revela planes de lanzamiento de Titanfall 2 y Battlefield 1.Bloodstained será lanzado en partes.El PS4K Neo será lanzado antes de octubre.SEGA considera la posibilidad de Shenmue 1 y 2 en HD.Todos los detalles de Pokémon Sun and Moon.La reseña que tendremos son Stardew Valley y Valkyria Chronicles Remastered. Además recuerden que contaremos con la participación del Chavita Japonés, recomendaciones y los correos de la comunidad.
Esta semana dejamos horneando los análisis de Battleborn y Doom, pero a cambio os traemos unos mundos abiertos de la más rabiosa actualidad. Hablamos sobre el cierre de la sección de videojuegos de Disney, Star Wars y los shooters que tendremos en este 2016. Aparte de los debates, os traemos lo último en noticias sobre NBA Live 16, Star Trek Online, Dead Island Retro Revenge, Project Spark y The Banner Saga 2. ¡Sintoniza nuestra frecuencia podcast! Música utilizada en este programa: Miguel Ríos - Bienvenidos (Instrumental) Castle of Illusion (Remake) Music - Enchanted Forest DuckTales Remastered OST - Title Screen Final Fantasy - Main Theme
The Zed to Zed Podcast: The Show For Xbox Achievement Hunters and Gamerscore Junkies
017 - The GRAW Special with Christian Allen Christian Allen, CEO of Serellan LLC and lead designer for Ghost Recon: Advanced Warfighter (amongst many other things) joins us for a chat about GRAW, achievements, game development, and lots more. Oh, and Crandy finishes GRAW (spoiler alert!). Show notes are available on http://www.zedtozed.com/ Please give us a rating or review on iTunes and in your favourite podcast application, it will really help us spread the word and make the show a success, and is a free, easy way to support the show! Contact us on Twitter @zedtozed or email us at contact@zedtozed.com, we'd love to hear from you! Also check out the Zed to Zed Podcast Leaderboard on TrueAchievements and zzUrbanSpaceman's blog. Opening/closing music: "Jive Bot" by Jake Kaufman from the game Mighty Switch Force! developed and published by WayForward Technologies Break music: "Game Cool Dubstep Mode Logo" by Sparximer All audio production and podcast backend support provided by Tarragon Allen. Show notes by everyone! Hosts: Brandon Fream aka "Freamwhole" - TrueAchievements - Xbox Tarragon Allen aka "zzUrbanSpaceman" - TrueAchievements - Xbox Randy aka "Crandy" - TrueAchievements - Xbox Guest: Christian Allen of Serellan LLC 0:00:00 - Intro GRAW! Sponsored Achievements: World Champion, Solo Champion and Team Champion from GRAW 0:02:52 - Talking Zeds: Guest Christian Allen 9+ years in the making - Crandy finishing GRAW Christian Allen - CEO Serellan LLC, worked on Halo: Reach (Bungie), Middle Earth: Shadow of Mordor (Warner Bros), GR:AW and sequel Veteran of US Marine Corps (mid-late 90s) Making mods for Rainbow 6 - started with Rogue Spear (sequel) Started career at RedStorm (5 years) with military shooters WarGamer.com - Mario Kroll Ulus (Alaska) Bungie - Halo: Reach - cut two characters (team of 7 originally) Warner Bros - Mad Max and Middle Earth: Shadow of Mordor Something about the Forerunners…. I have no idea what is going on ;) (Halo ODST) - multiplayer maps on disc… originally 2.5 expansion pack? Epsilon Takedown vs Battlefield - Trying to price things appropriately is hard! Hotel Blind BIG MAPS - 60% of GRAW played on Boneyard (boosting map/smallest map) Killstreaks Rewards for stats… hit percentage, achievements - alter the way people play Full Metal Jacket How do I fly this thing? Takedown sprint speed based on fastest recorded human movement in history (gamers thought it was slow!) Trying to base accuracy on real life…. The most epic “Realistic” Ghost Recon mission never released! Desert Bus: Unreleased Penn and Teller game 0:51:27 - Talking Zeds: Achievements Suck GRAW Terminology - Cycle: Moving up and down four levels (In ranked matches) Invisible XP points Based on ELO system, not TrueSkill Designed before Xbox and Microsoft knew what achievements were going to be - Gary Stelmack driving the show on achievements Originally layered achievements for the leaderboard - before 50 achievement limit Seriously? Shipped with 890GS First time doing a ranking system in Ghost Recon Set up like Chess (LINK) GRAW Terminology – Blocking: Intentionally trying to prevent others from climbing a leaderboard and preventing others from earning the achievement. Kane & Lynch Blocking Clan BAFTA Game Of The Year Win and Worst Achievement Awards 1:07:15 - How Have You Seen Achievements Change and How Much Do You Hate Them? Combat Medic Buggy GRAW 2 Achievement: Untouchable Halo: Reach: Banshees Fast and Low Halo: Reach – Kodiak Christian yelling at a bear Fream's White Whale: If They Came to Hear Me Beg 1:14:10 - Are You Surprised At The Lengths People Go Through For Achievements? Fallout 3 Fallout Shelter Citizen Kane Bomberman Act Zero Takedown: Red Sabre Assassin – First Viral Achievement 1:30:02 - Microtransactions according to Christian Zynga Atari Crash Rovio Layoffs Halo Pelican 1:43:40 - Voice Acting in Epsilon 1:47:45 - Talking Zeds: The GRAW Journal Starflight 5.25” Floppy Disk The GRAW Journal Boosting ~300 traditional cycles for for team/solo leaderboards Yes GRAW is still possible! (just extremely time consuming) Time to complete GRAW ~five months playing eight hours a day Christian Allen thought "achievements are stupid" on original pitch from Microsoft GRAW consistently winning worst achievements ever Committed (Multiplayer) was not supposed to be eight consecutive hours What achievements have become Christian Allen on gaming habits of a game designer Arcade games The Division Fallout 3/NV/4 Dead Rising 1/2/3 Ryse "I'll get to it after GRAW" Crandy's post GRAW ratio dive My Horse and Me 2 Hannah Montana Monster High Barbie and Her Sisters Puppy Rescue Even more! Christian Allen on Takedown: Red Sabre and Kickstarter Gaming nostalgia Social media harassment Rainbow Six Siege Ubisoft corporate training "you-be-soft" not "oo-be-soft" Toilet logo Ad nostalgia in GRAW Dodge® cars are good cover in GRAW 2 2:37:25 - Talking Zeds: Zombie Interlude Zombie books Threat matrix (includes zombie apocalypse planning) 2:40:46 - GRAW IS COMPLETED 3389 days 21 hours 29 minutes later 2:43:40 - Shovelware Cemetery: Hotel Blind Hotel Blind Inspired by This American Life podcast episode and helping others get into indie development Development recorded and posted online from start to finish Big Rig Truck'n Possible future Goat Simulator episode Origin of "Serellan" 3:10:10 - Shovelware Cemetery: GRAW Too Brown Looks like a ten year old game Those achievements, wtf Too many big maps Can't use rockets akimbo Gunplay, damage and movement is “unrealistic”, unlike COD 3:15:43 - Talking Zeds: Wrap up Brandon offering guided tours thru Destiny Randy offering to play GRAW 2 (More Drinking!) 3:17:01 - Housekeeping and Recap Mug of the week: Starbucks Canada with Sencha Fuji Green Tea PM from Wise Yorick: Will there be a new great random to do list? Stay Tuned Join the ZedtoZed leaderboard to get in the closed beta PM from O NexusPlexus O: Will support Brandon quitting Dark Souls Catch Brandon play live on Twitch for 2 hours on April 23rd @ 22:00 CST (UTC -5) Tarragon was on Episode 98 of Achievement Hounds Community Show Brandon will be on Episode 100 Brandon's April Goals 6180 the moon Completed during a conference call (Multitasking FTW). SpongeBob SquarePants: Plankton's Robotic Revenge Kinect Fun Labs: Mars Rover Landing Magic 2014 - Duels of the Planeswalkers Ben 10 Alien Force: The Rise of Hex Tales from the Borderlands Destiny 3:27:11 - Listener Feedback iTunes Canada feedback from TheNyghty AB0MINAT10N: Clarify power brick tangent from Randy In short, throw out the power brick not from your region on your import console, and just use an in-country power adapter. Randy & Brandon explain how not to fix a RROD… Sinicide IiI Brandon apologizes for butchering the name. When do you release the show? Wednesday night Australia / Wednesday morning US. Saucy Slingo: Tarragon makes a guest appearance in OXENFREE Griffey95: Comprehensive list of demo games with achievements? Tron Runner Kung Fu Panda: Legend of the Legendary Legends Dead or Alive 5 Killer Instinct Make a ZedtoZed list? Montana97: Do I need to eject external HDD before disconnecting them? Unknown if you pull it while in use. Maybe turn off the console before you remove. Editor's note: generally it's probably fine to pull it whenever, but you may cause some hiccups if it's saving a game at the time. Note that game saves are always stored on the internal drive and the cloud though. GRAW (Drink!) Questions Facial: Favorite game in the GRAW series? Excited for Wild lands? Brandon has never played a GRAW game Randy has only played the original GRAW (No substitutes) Jury is still out for Wild lands, but skeptical. Don't give a company money in advance for 2 years in the future. Finance 101. xXxB1G311xXx: That guy? Please stop mentioning GRAW? (Drink)… Doubtful. GRAW has uneven Gamerscore (So you have to do the leaderboard to be even) Salsbar: How can I get the leaderboard achievements to even up my gamerscore? Anno Mundi: Would you recommend I try for the leaderboard achievements at this point? How much did it cost you for the gold subs? Randy says “No”. Cost of 8 accounts with Gold. So apx $80 a month. jjaldana: The leaderboard achievements takes about 6 months of playing all day everyday. This account for 8 hours of sleep days. YODA12320: Yes what other than graw do you talk about.. Listen to past Podcast episodes. ;-) IXI B1G3L1 IXI: Since GRAW is rated T for Teen, when does your mom say you will be allowed to play games that are rated M? Randy's mom will allow him to play rated M games if he chooses, since he is such a big boy. People are still pulling a Fream! (Marknocturnal, Damien, WebChimp UK: did it in Roblox and Project Spark) 3:50:51 - News Guitar Hero Live Freestyle laying off staff Xbox neXt? Sure, whatever Killer Instinct's Shadow Jago will be permanently available now DOOM open beta 15-17 April BattleBorn open beta 13-18 April 3:59:03 - Game Delays and Backwards Compatibility Long Dark Delayed Again Outland and Gunstar Heroes are Backwards Compatible 4:00:50 - Zombie News Telltale Games publishing 7 Days to Die 4:02:52 - Outro A timely generation Glossary of Xbox Gamerscore and achievement jargon and terms: http://zedtozed.com/xbox-gamerscore-and-achievement-glossary
The Zed to Zed Podcast: The Show For Xbox Achievement Hunters and Gamerscore Junkies
013 - Just PAL-ing Around This week we discuss the fallout of Microsoft's house cleaning, and of course we have Zombie News, Knobs and Discos and a couple of pals just "PAL"ing around. Show notes are available on http://www.zedtozed.com/ Please give us a rating or review in your favourite podcast application, it will really help us spread the word and make the show a success! Contact us on Twitter @zedtozed or email us at contact@zedtozed.com, we'd love to hear from you! Also check out the Zed to Zed Podcast Leaderboard on TrueAchievements and zzUrbanSpaceman's blog. Opening/closing music: "Jive Bot" by Jake Kaufman from the game Mighty Switch Force! developed and published by WayForward Technologies Gamerscore Boot Camp music: "Dalmation Station (It Gets Better Mix)" by Jake Kaufman (as virt) from the game Mighty Switch Force! 2 developed and published by WayForward Technologies All music by Jake Kaufman (virt) can be listened to and purchased here: https://virt.bandcamp.com/ All audio production and podcast backend support provided by Tarragon Allen. Show notes kindly collated, calmly and collectedly with 'credible candour by Jo Carter. Hosts: Brandon Fream aka "Freamwhole" - TrueAchievements - Xbox Randy aka "Crandy" - TrueAchievements - Xbox 0:00:00 - Intro Achievement Sponsor: Luck of the Irish in NBA LIVE 10 for St Patrick's Day Mug of the week: NCALM (FYI, Still with Earl Grey as per last week) 360 Regional Compatibility Testing Service - (Shoutout to Dwaggienite, DaveKinetic); Vote for "Filtering by regions". Registration officially closed for UHH, Brandon is happy :) Approx 1700 entrants. Good luck everyone. Giveaway for Beat da Beat on Steam, on Gleam (Shoutout to DoughBoyee) - closes 18th March (I think) Moved from Facebook Group to Facebook Page - LIKE us please. 00:12:35 What We've Been Up To Randy: Got a IBM Model M Keyboard - not the buckling spring version GHL - 100 million on Xbox One, 92 million on 360 version. Horrible game… clearly doesn't recommend this Finished ROBLOX (Didn't pull a Fream) Kameo: Elements of Power - finished story, 600-700G in 6-8 hours. Killer Instinct - hit Killer rank this week. Season 3 is out 29th March. GRAW (DRINK!) (Shoutout to McLovinLegend) Brandon: Rayman Legends - got teensies, doing the dailies Guacamelee - finished Assassin's Creed: Revelations - collecting animus fragments 00:25:18 Listener Feedback Thanks to spazpol, Griffey95, Big Ell, Avenged Against, Jellybigfoot, planting42, McLovinLegend, KaibaChaos, angelsk, Is That Hydro, Ms Dudette, JelliedBigfoot We have the Fream; what is the Randy and the Tarragon? The Tarragon (verb) Buy games wantonly The Crandy (verb) Play a garbage game ironically Fream's Absolutely Wonderfully Awesome and Fantastic Drinking Game: tonight's drinking words - Awesome, Fantastic, Wonderful, Absolutely GRAW (DRINK!) Recommend one game of all time, one game for the rest of your life? Crandy: Runescape (Overall), Rock Band 3 (Xbox), Driver 3 Freamwhole: Destiny, GTA5 Longest Episode == Most Downloaded Episode; clearly due to the extra Jo ;) #jk Favourite site wish list items - Regional filtering (Randy); My game collection (Brandon); Multiple ToDo Lists (Brandon - and JO!!!); Leaderboard filtering by Gamerscore/Achievement changes over time (Brandon); TrueAchievement titles (Brandon) I totally did doze off at work today (LOL - Jo) - I do love sleep. Urm, 4 hours a night is not enough Brandon! Earthworm Jim 3D - possibly the worst collectible task in a game (marbles); I prefer it when there's a story to collect; 20th anniversary of Pokemon 01:00:06 Featured Content - Just "PAL"ing around Shoutout to MightyMango and HandyDarkness PAL Regions - Europe, Australia and New Zealand Where? Amazon UK - £5 shipping rate internationally. Also, Game will ship console internationally for £5 (also used consoles). Power supply won't work outside of Europe - will need to get a country-specific power supply. Games: Amazon UK/ Game, best to buy in buik. Germany more difficult to get games from - Amazon DE. Get a friend in Europe :) Ebay. One retailer in Australia - JB Hifi GRAW (DRINK!) Lots of good PAL games. Notable/ Rare: Of Orcs and Men (N), My Horse and Me 2 (R), Mafia 2 (Eastern European) (R) - Platinum version with DLC (DLC removed from digital store), Solider of Fortune: Payback (AU - first run), Bloodbath and Kick-Ass 2 (unreleased on disc), Battle vs. Chess (Check vs Mate) Digital games: Need a PAL account and PAL console (Games on Demand) 01:27:14 News General RAAM leaked for Killer Instinct Season 3 Xbox Preview Build removed snappable achievements app; but it's coming back (Shoutout to PMaka1991) Fable Legends cancelled and Press Play and Lionhead Studios to be closed Other logos go missing (8 studios) - re-structuring, incorporated into other companies e.g: Team Dakota… worries that Project Spark disappearing? 6 months notice for server close-down.. no plans atm to close down game Sony jumps in to poach Lionhead employees. April 13th Fable Legends Beta closes. 01:45:24 Shovelware Cemetery Every 2 weeks now Karsten, developer from Happy Tuesday will be interviewed next week on Hero Defense - send in your questions 01:47:12 Gamerscore Bootcamp - OXENFREE Alternate with Shovelware Cemetery (every other 2 weeks) Excellent guide by amenazamenor JF for the achievement "This House Is Clear" (and pretty much the whole game without spoilers) 01:49:32 Knobs and Discos Three Fourths Home - some achievements are getting stuck locked - Devs asking for help (Shoutout to KaibaChaos) Machinima app delisted - assumption that achievements will be discontinued Rock Band 4 “Locked In” achievement fixed Fusion Dots achievements fixed - though TA still has them as unobtainable at time of writing (March 14) Smite achievement might become discontinued Call of Duty: Black Ops 2 "Big Leagues" appears to be discontinued 01:53:21 Zombie News Corner Dead Island 2 new developer (Shoutout to R56CooperS11 and KURSED SOULS) Plants vs Zombies Heroes Scooby Doo - PvZ in the commercial breaks; saw this at the cinema the other day (Jo) Rocket League getting Dying Light DLC (and vv) 02:01:30 Outro Not quite under 2 hours, but close. I'm not sneaky ;) GRAW Count: 20 (I think) Glossary of Xbox Gamerscore and achievement jargon and terms: http://zedtozed.com/xbox-gamerscore-and-achievement-glossary
Appearing on this show: Stallion83 (Ray) Omega Deez (Chris) Pigimus Prime (Anthony) Halo:MCC Achievements revealed, Minecraft pocket coming to Windows Phone, The Crew delayed, Alien: Isolation, Skylanders: Trap Team, Styx, Project Spark, Forza Horizon 2