Podcasts about Xbox Live

50 episodes strong and we're leveling up!In this milestone episode of Co-op Chronicles, Blacklabel, PintsizedGeisha, and Azzilee dive deep into one of gaming's greatest rivalries: the Console Wars.From the rise of Xbox Live and Halo LAN parties, to PlayStation's cinematic dominance with Uncharted and Bloodborne, we're covering every battle, blunder, comeback, and meme that fueled two decades of gamer loyalty.We'll break down:✅ How Xbox crashed into Sony's empire✅ The Red Ring of Death vs. the $599 PS3 disaster✅ Legendary exclusives that defined both brands✅ Game Pass, cloud gaming, and the future of the Console Wars✅ And who REALLY won in the end (spoiler: it's us)

Tyler and Mike are back to finish up the history of the original Xbox! They discuss Halo, Xbox Live, and some of their favorite games for the system. The theme music is by RoccoW. The logo was created by Dani Dodge.

Topic starts at 38:56. This week we discuss Xbox Live! You can find our Discord, Patreon, social media, and more at https://linktr.ee/retrowarriors.

PSN colapsó por un día. Sony brinda cinco días extra en PS Plus para compensar jugadores  Por Félix Riaño @LocutorCoEl servicio en línea de PlayStation estuvo fuera de funcionamiento durante 24 horas. Sony informó que no fue un ataque de hackers, sino un problema operacional. Muchas personas que pagan por PS Plus tuvieron dificultades para acceder a sus juegos. Este suceso dejó a millones desconectados durante un fin de semana importante para torneos y eventos especiales. ¿Puede esta compensación de cinco días de servicio extra calmar el descontento de los fanáticos? Estas preguntas surgen después de que varios usuarios esperaban un reembolso o juegos gratuitos. Algunos títulos populares pospusieron sus eventos para no perjudicar a los jugadores. Vamos a conocer los detalles de esta controversia. Público infantil también afectado.  Algunos usuarios consideran insuficiente la oferta: piden reembolsos inmediatos ya  El colapso de PlayStation Network ocurrió por 24 horas y atrapó a millones de jugadores. Sony declaró que fue una cuestión operativa sin más detalles. Varias fuentes, como BBC News y The Guardian, reportaron reclamos masivos. Según TechRadar, había 71.000 quejas iniciales en la web oficial. PSN registró 116 millones de usuarios diarios en 2024, así que la magnitud fue notable. Durante ese periodo, títulos como Call of Duty Black Ops 6 o FC 25 quedaron inhabilitados para torneos importantes. Incluso juegos individuales no pudieron verificarse por licencia. Este suceso reabrió el debate sobre la dependencia de la conexión permanente.  Muchos jugadores dedicaron su fin de semana para competir o progresar en juegos clave. Esta caída impidió acceder a títulos de pago, algo que generó molestia general. El costo de las suscripciones mensuales es elevado, así que la gente sintió falta de valor por su dinero. Foros y redes explotaron con memes y reclamos. Algunos lamentaron perder un evento limitado en Monster Hunter Wilds y recompensas de XP doble en Call of Duty Black Ops 6. Este tipo de interrupciones resulta raro por su duración y magnitud. Sony no ofreció claridad absoluta sobre las causas, apenas una mención a un asunto operativo. Jugadores se preguntan si la infraestructura actual es lo bastante confiable. Muchos exigen transparencia y reglas de compensación.  Sony anunció cinco días de extensión para suscriptores de PS Plus. Quien tenga un plan mensual o anual va a recibir esos días antes de la fecha de expiración. Algunos esperaban saldo en la tienda digital, pero la empresa descartó esa opción. Fuentes como Forbes señalan que Sony intenta evitar una pérdida millonaria. Regalar solo cinco días parece insuficiente para una comunidad acostumbrada a recibir juegos gratis en situaciones anteriores, como en 2011. Esa vez, la interrupción fue mayor y la compensación incluyó títulos gratuitos. Los editores de grandes juegos informaron que van a ajustar calendarios de eventos para no perjudicar a los participantes. Otros planean ofrecer recompensas internas para quienes no jugaron ese fin de semana. Esta aproximación busca calmar la frustración. Algunos usuarios continúan pidiendo más explicaciones, especialmente sobre las causas del fallo. El debate sigue abierto en redes y foros. Varias comunidades infantiles también piden orientación oficial.  Existen otros ejemplos recientes de interrupciones en redes de juego. En 2023, un corte de Xbox Live duró ocho horas y ofrecieron incentivos internos a modo de disculpa. Nintendo Switch Online ha tenido caídas breves, pero con menor impacto gracias a su estructura de validación. PlayStation, en cambio, mantiene un sistema centralizado que verifica licencias incluso para juegos de un solo jugador. Muchos usuarios recuerdan con asombro el hackeo de 2011, que dejó la red inactiva casi un mes. Aquella vez, Sony recompensó con títulos gratuitos y seguros de protección de datos. La discusión actual gira en torno a si cinco días bastan para un corte de un día completo. Otras noticias afirman que compañías como Activision o EA van a entregar bonos adicionales a los afectados por el retraso de torneos. Esto refleja la enorme dependencia de sistemas en línea, tanto en comunidades adultas actuales como en la infantil.  Este corte de 24 horas en PSN levantó muchas preguntas y reclamos. Sony decidió compensar con cinco días extra en PS Plus, pero no ofreció más explicaciones. Hay reacciones variadas: algunos celebran el gesto, otros piden más. ¿Tú qué opinas? Comenta y comparte. Síguenos en Spotify para más noticias.  BibliografíaForbesBBC NewsThe GuardianTechRadarConviértete en un seguidor de este podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/flash-diario-de-el-siglo-21-es-hoy--5835407/support.

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Linda Gray is Co-founder of Mastertech.ai, an innovative company that is leveraging the power of artificial intelligence to transform the auto repair industry. Linda brings a wealth of experience from her time at Microsoft, where she was a principal engineer and led teams on major products like Outlook, Teams, and Xbox Live. Now, Linda is applying her expertise to create cutting-edge solutions that empower auto repair shops and technicians. In this episode… The auto repair industry is facing a growing challenge with the ever-increasing complexity of modern vehicles. How can shops keep up with the latest technology and ensure their technicians have the knowledge and tools to effectively diagnose and repair these sophisticated machines? According to Linda Gray of Mastertech.ai, artificial intelligence could play a crucial role in addressing these challenges. Mastertech.ai's innovative software analyzes a shop's historical repair orders, leveraging AI to identify patterns and trends. This data-driven approach empowers technicians to quickly pinpoint the most likely causes of vehicle issues, streamlining the diagnostic process and reducing repair times. On this episode of Gain Traction, Mike Edge welcomes Linda to discuss the revolutionary impact of AI on the auto repair industry. Linda highlights how MasterTech.ai empowers shops to enhance efficiency, accuracy, and profitability by harnessing the power of shop-specific data and AI-driven insights. The conversation delves into the software's capability to enhance shop productivity, reduce repair times, and improve accuracy — ultimately increasing profit margins. Here's a glimpse of what you'll learn:  [08:05] Why the increasing complexity of vehicles demands new solutions for technicians [08:55] The impact of AI on the future of auto repair [11:25] How Mastertech.ai helps technicians work faster and more accurately, potentially increasing their earnings [11:52] How Mastertech.ai can help shops improve their margins [13:00] The benefits of using shop-specific data to improve diagnostic accuracy and efficiency [13:55] Why Mastertech.ai is a valuable tool for both experienced and newer technicians [14:44] How Mastertech.ai creates a centralized knowledge base for shops, capturing the expertise of their best technicians [17:07] The potential for AI to empower auto repair shops to thrive in a rapidly evolving industry Resources mentioned in this episode: Linda Gray on LinkedIn Mastertech.ai GeoCities Mike Edge on LinkedIn Tread Partners Quotable Moments:  "The more you chase success, the more you might miss it. Focus on creating value and success comes as a side effect." "AI doesn't just expand a technician's memory; it equips them with a collective experience that levels the playing field." "You're essentially immortalizing your best master technician's knowledge within your shop through AI." "When vehicles are becoming increasingly more complex, AI steps in to make repairs simpler and more efficient."  "Success comes as a side effect when you do something you truly love and believe in." Action Steps:  Leverage AI tools for efficiency: AI-driven solutions help technicians access a vast database of vehicle information and previous repair records, overcoming the challenge of increasing vehicle complexity. Utilize historical data for improved decision-making: Regularly analyze your shop's historical repair data to identify recurring issues and effective solutions.  Invest in continuous learning: Encourage technicians to stay updated with the latest automotive technologies and repair techniques through workshops and training sessions. Foster a collaborative environment: Promote a culture of knowledge sharing among technicians to pool collective expertise and solve complex repair issues. Focus on customer value and satisfaction: Prioritize creating value for customers by delivering high-quality, efficient service that meets or exceeds their expectations. Sponsor for this episode... This episode is brought to you by Tread Partners.  At Tread Partners, we provide digital marketing for multi-location tire dealers and auto repair shops.  By using our strategy, branding, and marketing services, we help shops sell more tires and put more cars in bays. We've helped companies like Action Gator Tire, Colony Tire and Service, and Ulmer's Auto Care Center bring extreme growth in paid leads, ROI, and searches.  So, what are you waiting for? Visit www.treadpartners.com or email info@treadpartners.com to learn more.

Our latest Skewedcast episode is here and Gareth, Justin, and Michael at Skewed and Reviewed finish their CES recap and preview the Xbox Live showcase. They then discuss the Razzie nominations and news on Doctor Strange and the upcoming Marvel film slate. 00:00 CES 25:25 Xbox Live Showcase 32:44 Razzies 38:20 Marvel News

Episode 84. In this episode of All Quiet, Bernard Brantley, CISO at Corelight, joins Tyler Sweatt to delve into the interplay between rapid technological development and robust security practices. With a rich background at giants like Amazon and Microsoft, where he was instrumental in architecting network security solutions for Xbox Live and other high-value assets, Bernard offers deep insights into how security can coexist with fast-paced innovation. Discover how Bernard's approaches at Amazon serve as a model for balancing innovation with stringent security, applicable across the tech industry. The conversation also explores the critical role of AI in modern security measures, highlighting real-life success stories and providing practical advice derived from Bernard's extensive experience in the field.What's Happening on the Second FrontTechniques for embedding security from the start of developmentHow to balance security needs with engineering efforts so both can coexist and thriveBernard's role in architecting network security solutions for Xbox Live and other Microsoft assetsInsights into how artificial intelligence is reshaping security practices, offering both solutions and new challengesConnect with BernardLinkedIn: Bernard BrantleyConnect with TylerLinkedIn: Tyler Sweatt

Hey Strangers, Grab 20% off Selected items and subscriptions using my Link: https://livezesty.com/CODINGWITHSTRAN...or use my code at checkout: CODINGWITHSTRANGERS #luigimangione #gamer #techbro Luigi Mangione, who was valedictorian of his private high school in the Baltimore area, appears to have been an avid gamer, with dozens of game titles listed on an Xbox Live account that shares his name. In 2018, Mangione described himself as passionate about making video games, and helped to found a game development club at Penn that was quickly joined by roughly 60 students, according to a since-deleted article on the university's news hub. On a GitHub page believed to belong to Mangione, he shared code repositories that focused on machine learning and human-computer interaction. Among these is a project titled "Meccanoid-Imitate,” which apparently uses Arduino—an open source and easy-to-use electronics platform—and a programmable Meccanoid robot. The repository, last updated four years ago, includes animated GIFs showing Mangione in what appears to be a classroom, moving his arms while a Meccanoid robot behind him mimics his gestures. ======================================= My other podcast https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCKpvBEElSl1dD72Y5gtepkw ************************************************** Something Strange https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GRjVc2TZqN4&t=4s ************************************************** article links: https://www.wired.com/story/luigi-mangione-arrested-uhc-shooting/https://github.com/lnmangione/Halite-III/issues/10 ====================================== Today is for push-ups and Programming and I am all done doing push-ups Discord https://discord.gg/MYvNgYYFxq TikTok https://www.tiktok.com/@strangestcoder Youtube https://www.youtube.com/@codingwithstrangers Twitch https://www.twitch.tv/CodingWithStrangers Twitter https://twitter.com/strangestcoder merch Support CodingWithStrangers IRL by purchasing some merch. All merch purchases include an alert: https://streamlabs.com/codingwithstrangers/merch Github Follow my works of chaos https://github.com/codingwithstrangers Tips https://streamlabs.com/codingwithstrangers/tip Patreon patreon.com/TheStrangers Timeline 00:00 intro 01:01 What Talking We Talking About 04:30 Article 11:12 GIt 18:50 My Thoughts 20:00 outro anything else? Take Care --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/coding-with-strangers/message

Jurandir Filho, Felipe Mesquita, Evandro de Freitas e Bruno Carvalho batem um papo sobre a gloriosa história do Xbox. A jornada começou em um cenário improvável: uma gigante da computação, a Microsoft, dominando o mercado de sistemas operacionais e softwares, decide entrar na competitiva e lucrativa indústria de consoles de videogame. Nos anos 1990, a Microsoft já era um nome consolidado na tecnologia com o Windows e uma vasta gama de ferramentas de produtividade, mas a empresa via o crescente mercado de videogames como uma oportunidade de expansão. Com a chegada do Xbox, Bill Gates, chefe da empresa na época, viu no console uma maneira de competir diretamente com a Sony, cuja linha PlayStation estava dominando o mercado de consoles. No podcast nós comentamos sobre toda a trajetória dos consoles Xbox, passando pelo primeiro videogame, seguido do fenômeno Xbox 360, a evolução para o Xbox One e até as gerações atuais com o Xbox Series S/X. Além dos aparelhos, comentamos sobre a Xbox Live, Game Pass, jogos como "Halo", "Gears of War" e muito mais! Esse é mais um podcast da nossa série Grandes Empresas! = IMERSÃO DEV BACK-END | A Alura não para de surpreender!! É a sua oportunidade de consolidar conhecimentos fundamentais em lógica de programação, criando um projeto do zero com Node.js e com a API do Gemini, a IA do Google. Serão 5 dias imersos com cinco aulas exclusivas, desenvolvidas especialmente para você consolidar conhecimentos em programação back-end, adquirir habilidades que vão além do básico, criar um projeto para adicionar ao seu portfólio e dar um upgrade na sua carreira. CORRE PRA PARTICIPAR! https://alura.tv/99vidas-imersao-back-end

Another week, another meltdown over Xbox exclusives and "WhY ShOuLd I bUy An XbOx", all because Phil continues to say the same thing over and over for years. We also got confirmation that the Mass Effect Television show is full steam ahead! Lets hope Amazon repeats the magic it did with Fallout. Plus there are apparently a million star wars movies in development, and im sure only 4 will actually come out. Denzel teases his future in the MCU, and D23 Brazil brought the heat. That and a hell of a lot more.

Today, we're taking a look back at Microsoft's game-changing entry into the console market with the original Xbox, launched on November 15, 2001. We start by exploring how Microsoft, traditionally a software giant, was driven to create a gaming console in response to Sony's PlayStation 2, and how a team of engineers used Microsoft's DirectX technology to build a console that could compete. Then, we'll look at the Xbox's groundbreaking features, from its built-in hard drive to the introduction of online gaming with Xbox Live. Finally, we'll reflect on the Xbox's legacy, its impact on console design, and its influence on the gaming industry. So, grab your Duke controller and join us as we power up the green machine on today's trip down Memory Card Lane. Find out more at https://a-trip-down-memory-card-lane.pinecast.co

Deze talkshow wordt mede mogelijk gemaakt door MSI. Alle meningen in deze video zijn onze eigen. MSI heeft inhoudelijk geen inspraak op de content en zien de video net als jullie hier voor het eerst op de site. Welkom op vrijdag, de dag die elke week opnieuw het weekend inluid. Omdat we bekaf zijn van de Tokyo trip, hebben we best zin aan een zaterdag en zondag relaxen. Helemaal omdat er een dikke nieuwe Premium road trip video aankomt. Maar eerst maken we vol energie een nieuwe editie van Einde van de Week Live. Met zeker nog een flink snufje Tokyo erin. Huey, JJ en Koos zitten klaar om je van dienst te zijn. In deze verse editie van Einde van de Week Live gaan ze het onder andere hebben over de ervaring met de PS5 Pro, de hype in Tokyo rond Death Stranding 2 en de nieuwe game van Larian Studio's. Dit alles ga je zien en horen in de Einde van de Week Live van vrijdag 4 oktober 2024. Hoe was onze speelsessie met de PS5 Pro? Ander onderwerpen die aan bod komen, zijn de razendsnelle groei van het aantal Japanse PC-gamers, de bizarre anti cheat mode van Deadlock en de hype rond het nijlpaardje Moo Deng. En ja, dat heeft ook te maken met games. Aan het einde van de show toppen we de boel af met een paar inzendingen voor Cool of Serious Uncool. Scoor 200 euro korting op de MSI Thin 15 gaming laptop Tijdens deze Japanse week zet MSI hun Thin 15 gaming laptop in de spotlights. Met aan boord een 12e generatie i5 processor, een RTX 3050 videokaart, 512 GB aan interne opslag en gezegend met een 15.6 inch full hd paneel. Je kunt dit prima instapmodel nu bij de MediaMarkt, met dank aan een korting van 200 euro, aanschaffen voor slechts 649 euro. Check hier alle info. Stap over naar KPN Glasvezel en krijg een console naar keuze De actie van KPN Glasvezel is met een week verlengt wegens succes. Dus als jij de wens hebt om over te stappen naar sneller internet dan ontvang je een fijn welkomstgeschenk zodra je overstapt naar KPN Glasvezel en een tweejarig abonnement afsluit je (of standaard internet, als er nog geen glasvezel bij jou in de straat ligt). Je kunt kiezen voor een gratis PlayStation Slim, een Xbox Series S (1 TB) + 2 controllers of een Switch OLED. Wil je meer info over de actie, hier is de website met alle ins & outs. Timestamps: 00:00:00 Intro 00:11:52 Fans verwachten vandaag een nieuwe GTA 6 trailer 00:14:20 PS5 Pro indrukken 00:21:30 Meerdere shops met 50 a 60 euro korting op een PS5. 00:22:59 Fotomode Death Stranding 2 00:29:40 Singleplayer games zijn meest populair 00:30:51 Moo Deng zorgt voor stijging hippo populariteit 00:35:02 Deadlock anti cheat methode 00:37:40 Konami vindt remake eerste Metal Gear Solid moeilijker dan derde deel. 00:40:04 Kijktip War Game: The Making of S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2 00:46:04 Gecancelde games Blizzard door de jaren heen 00:49:06 Dutch Game Awards 2024 00:52:55 Ghost of Yotei krijgt een 'minder repetitieve' open wereld 00:55:40 Microsoft wil weten waarom ontwikkelaars de PlayStation verkiezen boven de Xbox 00:58:02 PSN en Xbox Live down 01:00:36 Nintendo museum: 1 item per verkoop 01:06:59 Kill the Justice League 300 spelers 01:08:30 Cool of Serious Uncool

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s real as Bobby Braddock’s melodic soliloquy "Time Marches On" gets, we are now on the other side of another digital sunset as Microsoft closes down the Xbox 360 Marketplace. The term "sunset" may not be the right choice here, though with all of Microsoft’s confusing cross-pollination between the last couple of Xbox generations, this “sunset” comes off more like a hasty “sweep under the rug” where front-end accessibility to the iconic storefront can still be accessed through weird exploits that are reminiscent of a secret-menu at your local drive-thru. The latest episode of Press Pause Radio is a full round-table of PPR pundits as George, Andrew, Ed, and Sean pour their hearts out on a post-mortem look at the Xbox 360 Marketplace and the ups and downs of what the service did in its prime and the legacy it holds into this weird twilight-esque second life on the Xbox One/Series era of Xbox Live. We also wax nostalgic on all the choice cuts the store had to offer, whether it was a delisted Konami Arcade port, a SEGA gem, or the HD re-release of the only decent thing that Doug TenNapel has ever done with his miserable existence—we get heavy into the gems that players could only find on the Xbox 360 Marketplace, and explore how these games helped shape Xbox into the household name that it is today. Mail us at our new email Mailbag@presspauseradio.com, leave a voicemail at 469-PPR-TALK, and be sure to stop by at our Forums if you haven’t already registered and post your thoughts about the show. Finally, make sure to rate and subscribe to us on iTunes and YouTube, follow us on Twitch page and Twitter, and finally take part in our Facebook and Steam group!

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In this week's episode, we take a look back at one of 2022's most popular episodes and discuss how to use dialogue to create distinctive characters. TRANSCRIPT 00:00:00 Introduction and Writing Updates (August 2024) Hello, everyone. Welcome to Episode 212 of The Pulp Writer Show. My name is Jonathan Moeller. Today is August 1st, 2024 and today we're looking back at one of our old episodes, specifically Episode 120: Using Dialogue to Create Distinct Characters, which I first aired back in May 2022. I am afraid I don't have time to record a new episode this week, so it seemed like a good idea to look back at one of the more popular past episodes and run it again, so that's what we're going to do this week. Before we get to that, let's have an update on my current writing projects. The final draft of Half-Orc Paladin is just about done. There's only a couple more tweaks to do and this episode, if all goes well, goes live on August 5th. I'm hoping to publish Half-Orc Paladin on August 6th, if everything goes well. So hopefully we'll all have that book before much longer. Like the first two in the Rivah series, it will be in Kindle Unlimited, and then once all six books are done in the series (probably next year sometime), then I will take it wide to all the other platforms. In audiobook news, the audiobook of Wizard-Thief is finished. That would be the second Rivah book, as excellently narrated by Leanne Woodward. That is some very good timing because as I mentioned before, Half-Orc Paladin is going to come out shortly and Wizard-Thief is available at all the usual audiobook stores. Once Half-Orc Paladin is done, my main project is going to be Shield of Conquest. I am currently 5,500 words into it. Hopefully, that should come out in September, if all goes well. The two books I write after that will be Ghost in the Tombs and then Cloak of Illusion. So that is where I'm at with my current writing projects. And now let's have a flashback to May 2022 when we talked about different tips for creating distinct dialogue for your characters. 00:01:57 Episode 120's Introduction and Writing Updates (May 2022) Hello, welcome to Episode 120 of The Pulp Writer Show. My name is Jonathan Moeller. Today is May 6th, 2022 and today we're going to discuss how to use dialogue to help with characterization. I'm also going to talk about something I didn't think I would ever do: buy an Xbox. Before we get into all that, let's have some updates on my current writing projects. I am exactly 59,000 words into Dragonskull: Blade of the Elves, and I am definitely going to get to 60,000 before I have to call it a day. I'm also about 3,700 words into Cloak of Spears and that will be the book that hopefully comes out after Dragonskull: Blade of the Elves. I'm hoping to have Blade of the Elves out in June and Cloak of Spears out in July. I am also proof listening to Frostborn: The Shadow Prison the audiobook. I've listened to the first six chapters of it and I'm very excited to have that series complete in audiobook and available for you to listen to, and that should be probably June or July when that's finally done, hopefully sooner. 00:03:03 Thoughts and Reader Comments on the Xbox Now for our first of our topics: the Xbox. I recently joked that it was old enough for a midlife crisis now. I thought about it and I bought an Xbox. Other than the Nintendo Switch, which I got in 2019 to celebrate my 100th book, which was Dragontiarna: Knights (the audiobook book version of which is now free to Audible members). It's the first traditional game console I've used since 1998, and I didn't play any console games at all from 1998 to 2019. The technology has changed just a little bit since 1998. The reason I got an Xbox is because back in the old days, one of my jobs was doing tech support for college dormitories. I used to get very annoyed when students complained about connectivity problems with their Xboxes and PlayStations- college is expensive, and I thought at the time was you should be doing homework and networking career opportunities, not playing games. But I'm older now, maybe marginally wiser. Traditionally, a midlife crisis is when you reflect back on your life and try to relive your youth or experience things that you missed out on the first time around. That said, I'm pretty happy with how my life turned out, and I think I'm blessed to be able to say that. If Doc Brown pulled up in his DeLorean and offered me a chance to go back and change something, I'd tell him nah, I'm good. Also, I've seen enough time travel stories to know that if I tried to change something, one of the people who complained to me that Xbox Live was running slow would wind up becoming the tyrannical supreme leader of the dystopian imperium of global harmony or something, so no going around messing with the past. That said, I did wonder if I missed out on something in terms of console gaming. Perhaps I denied myself what would otherwise have been an enjoyable and enriching experience, so I got an Xbox Series X brand new game console. What's the first game I play? Skyrim, obviously. I have to admit playing Skyrim this way is very comfortable and I'm going to finish a quest I never played on PC or Switch, the Imperial Storm Cloak Civil War. I flipped a coin and it landed on Empire, so I sided with the Empire. Once I win the Empire's war for them, it will be on to the Dawnguard expansion. I have to admit the Xbox ecosystem is very impressive. Granted, I still remember playing PC games by swapping out a stack of five and 1/4 inch floppies and very carefully configuring emm386.exe, so maybe I'm easily impressed, but still. When I talked about this on Facebook, a couple of people had opinions. William said: the original Halo is the only Xbox game I've ever really played, but the pace is very good and goes well with the sci-fi story. I have tried Halo since it came with Game Pass. So far I've managed to figure out how to run in circles while shooting at the wall and how to accidentally roll the car down the hillside into the stream. Hopefully if I have time to play it more, I will get better at it. Scott says: Elden Ring is currently popular. You may enjoy if you like Skyrim. I play Elder Scrolls Online on PC, however, so I can't vouch for the console experience. I've heard good things about Elden Ring from many different people, and I was considering giving Elder Scrolls Online a try next month after I'm a little less busy. I don't really like multiplayer games because to be perfectly frank, computer games are where I go when I get tired of people and I want to unwind a bit, but I've heard there's a ton of excellent solo content in Elder Scrolls Online, and if you want to, you don't ever have to interact with another human while you're playing the game. I may have to give that a try. Jesse says: Dawnguard was excellent. Dawnguard is one of the expansions for Skyrim, and unfortunately it turns out I won't be able to play it on the Xbox because I finished the Civil War plot line and then I tried to start the Dawnguard plot line. However, there's a bug in the Xbox version of the game where if you find the location of the vampire lord's castle before you come there for the quest, the quest line breaks and doesn't continue, so I don't think I'll be able to play Dawnguard on Xbox. If I want to play it, I'll probably play the Switch because of my Switch save state for Skyrim. I haven't visited the vampire lord's castle yet, so I think I'm going to play Dragonborn instead once I have a little more money in game saved up. 00:07:12 Main Topic: Dialogue and Characters Now on to the main topic of this week's show, which comes from a question that Scott asked. It was a very interesting question that got me thinking, which is why it's now the topic of this week's podcast. Scott's question is: “a question on making dialogue for individual characters unique to them. It's very common for all characters to sound so homogeneous that attribution is the only way to know one speaker from another's. Awkward accents aside, what are some techniques that help separate social classes and regions in speech?” I think Scott's absolutely right- accents aren't a great way to differentiate characters in books. That's different in audiobooks, of course, but that's a whole different kettle of fish. There's this example in HP Lovecraft's short story of The Color Out of Space of a farmer talking a phonetic accent, and it's so bad in what's otherwise a very interesting horror story. And everyone should read that story just to read that farmer's dialogue as an example of how not to write phonetically accented dialogue. That said, I've found in my own writing, in my own experience, that varying sentence structure and length and vocabulary are better as a method of distinguishing characters' dialogues from one another. Like a teenage girl might talk in long, rambling sentences that usually reference the opinions of her friends, while an elderly farmer might speak in laconic sentence fragments. A college professor might have more complex sentence structure with a greater vocabulary, while a human resources professional might talk entirely in business jargon like this: “I'm reaching out today to touch base on performance evaluations.” An actor or a standup comic or performer might talk entirely in motive based language, such as when offering opinion, they'll say “I feel that” or “my feeling is that.” They'll have very emotion-based language. A doctor or accountant might be more clinical in their speech, such as, you know, “the prescription is”, or “the evidence suggests”, or “the numbers say.” Police officers and members of the military will often have their own jargon with a lot of acronyms that can be impenetrable to outsiders or people unfamiliar with that specific kind of culture. So if you're writing characters who are in the military or are police officers, it might be worthwhile to learn the common terms they use and work that into your dialogue. Profanity is a tricky one. It's very easy to distinguish speech patterns among characters using profanity. But profanity often grabs readers, though in one way. I recently had someone complain that Nadia in the Cloak Mage book says “goddamn” a lot. And the truth is I kind of dialed down her profanity. I think that if Nadia existed in real life and was a real person, every third word would be a profanity once she got ticked off and when she got really mad, she'd swear a lot more than she really does in the books, where I do dial it back a bit. When reading dialogue, it's also important to remember that people rarely give direct answers in conversation and frequently go off in tangents, like I just did when I was talking about Nadia and profanity. For that matter, the subtext of a conversation is often more important than the actual words that are actually being said. You can frequently see that at major life events or traumatic life events like a funeral or a mass layoff, where people will spend a lot of time discussing trivialities about the weather or how the drive was or minor matters, rather than the enormous glaring fact in front of them of the funeral or the mass layoff or the other unpleasant event they're at. Now on to examples. Let's imagine a detective is investigating a murder in a bank lobby and asks five witnesses where they found the body. The way that the five witnesses talk can differentiate them from each other and provide insight into their character. In this example are Tanya (a teenage girl), Braden (a teenage boy), Rick (an imperious bank executive), Janet (a candidate for state senator), and Robert (an elderly farmer). So here is what Tanya, the teenage girl said to the detective:  “like, I came inside because I need to withdraw some cash in the stupid ATM wasn't working like again, and oh my God, this dead guy was just on the floor in the middle of the bank. So I texted Zoe and Zoe was like, we need to get this on Facebook Live like, right now. But then Zoe's mom heard what was happening. She told me to call the police, so I called 911 and the guy was like, “what's your emergency?” I'm like, dude, there's a dead guy on the floor.” And as you can imagine, she'd go on in this vein for quite some time. By comparison, this is what Braden the teenage boy would say while mumbling and looking at the floor. “People started screaming. I saw this guy on the floor. He was like, dead. Can I go now? This is what Rick the bank executive would say: “I heard a commotion in the lobby and I got up to see what was happening and the dead body was on the floor. I want to assure you that Mutual Fidelity Credit Banking takes all criminal matters very seriously and cooperates with the authorities to the fullest extent of the law. However, any further questions will need to be referred to our corporate counsel, and I'm afraid I have several other meetings scheduled this afternoon. Good day, officer.” So you can see this is a very distinctive and precise way of speech for Rick the banking executive, while providing insight into his character. Our next response is from Janet, the state senate candidate: “The thoughts and prayers of my family and I are with the victim's family in this terrible time. This tragedy only further proves that the policies of my opponents are actively harmful for the most marginalized communities in our state. When I'm your state senator, I will proudly stand for all communities.” She pauses. “Wait, is that the victim's parents? I need to get a picture with them for my Twitter.” So you can see, Janet talks very much like a politician. I think her dialogue period pretty much has been copied and pasted from Twitter. And it also provides insight into her character. Our final example is Robert, the elderly farmer, who says to the detective: “Came in. Fellow was on the floor. Poor bastard looked like he'd been shot in the head. Checked his pulse anyway, and then called the cops.” That's all he has to say. So these five characters, as you can see, all talk in very different ways. I didn't use any fancy accents or slang, only a little bit of profanity, but not all that much. But those were five distinct speech patterns, and the dialogue actually provides further insight into their characters. We can see that Tanya likes to talk. Brayden doesn't like to talk. Rick has a high opinion of himself if he thinks he can brush off police officers conducting a murder investigation. Janet, the state senate candidate, is pretty ruthless and willing to exploit someone's personal tragedy for her advancement. Of the five, Robert, the elderly farmer, was the only one who actually tried to help the guy who was dead on the floor. So I hope that is a good example of how to differentiate characters using different vocabulary and speech patterns. When I talked about this on my blog, Grace said, “this is where stereotypes in writing come in handy. Even if you had only given the list of characters at the beginning and attributed each paragraph, I would have been able to guess who was speaking, because in this case each one is a basic stereotype. Obviously, not all characters fall exactly into a stereotype (see Tythrilandria from Cloak Mage), but it probably helps for one appearance characters.” That is true. A longer-term technique, I think, is to subvert the expectations produced by the first impression of characters. Maybe the banker is secretly obsessed with graffiti or the teenage boy shovels the driveways and mows the lawns of his elderly neighbors without payment. Or the teenage girl is massively into Bitcoin mining. That makes for more realistic characters because in real life people often possess many different contradictory qualities, though for characters who have just one scene, you can probably get away with just the initial impression. William asked about this (going off on a tangent like we did earlier): Where did Nadia pick up the habit of swearing a lot? I know Morvilind assigned some rather rough ex-military types to train her. So I guess it might have started there and grown worse issues left on her own and started mingling with criminals in general. It's one of those things no one seems to have pointed out to her and she hasn't self-reflected on it. William is exactly right. That is where Nadia picked up her habit of swearing, because most of her teachers when she was a child were very rough people. And then when she got older and started out going out and doing missions for Morvilind and she met even more rough people. That said, Nadia isn't particularly self-reflective but she does have enough self-control to dial back profanity in appropriate situations, whereas you know, sometimes you meet people in real life who have gotten so much in the habit of using profanity to pepper their speech that they can't shut it off even when it's like grossly inappropriate, like at a job interview or a situation like that. Nadia doesn't have that problem. She is able to switch off profanity on her off as necessary, but if she is really angry then that's when it will come out. So that's it for this week, and I should mention as a final one for this episode, the podcast will be going on hiatus until the middle of June or so. The reason for that is I need to finish Dragonskull: Blade of the Elves. I also need to proof the audiobooks of Frostborn: The Shadow Prison and Cloak of Shards. I also have a ton of real-life stuff I gotta do in May, so I need to prioritize, which means we'll have a break from podcasting until mid-June when things calm down. So thanks for listening to The Pulp Writer Show this week. I hope you found the show useful. If you enjoyed the podcast, please leave your review on your podcasting platform of choice. Stay safe and stay healthy and see you all next time.

TAKEAWAYSCurrent political landscape and commentary on President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris.Analysis of the implications of political decisions on small businesses and the economy.Discussion of a recent significant tech outage caused by a software update and its impact on daily life.Observations on the reliance on technology and the potential vulnerabilities it presents.The intersection of business and politics, including endorsements and public statements by business leaders.Concerns about job displacement due to automation and advancements in technology.The importance of critical thinking regarding political narratives and public perception.The need for better safeguards and contingency plans in technology infrastructure.Reflections on community support and engagement in navigating complex issues.Encouragement for listeners to stay informed and proactive in their personal and professional lives.TIMESTAMPSIntroduction to the Episode (00:00:00)Ryan Alford introduces the podcast and its focus on business news.Welcome and Banter (00:00:23)Ryan and Chris greet each other and discuss the previous week's feedback.Political Commentary (00:04:10)Ryan discusses Kamala Harris's political standing and the implications for Biden's presidency.Feedback on Political Views (00:05:40)Chris shares observations on the mixed reactions to their political commentary.Business and Political Impacts (00:09:01)Ryan highlights the intersection of politics and business, focusing on inflation and economic challenges.Introduction of Brianna Hall (00:12:49)Brianna is introduced as a new producer for the show.Tech Outage Discussion (00:12:50)Ryan and Chris discuss a major tech outage that affected many services.Personal Experiences with the Outage (00:14:39)Ryan shares his experience with Xbox Live going down due to the tech outage.Impact of the Outage (00:17:18)Discussion on the widespread consequences of the tech failure on various sectors.Casualness of Political Communication (00:19:30)Ryan questions the casual handling of serious political matters in the current administration.Strategic Political Moves (00:21:27)Ryan and Chris speculate on the strategic planning behind political communications and endorsements.Business Leaders React to Biden's Exit (23:35)Discussion on political leaders' calls for Biden's removal and support for Kamala Harris.Endorsement of Donald Trump (24:51)Ryan Alford shares his support for Donald Trump amidst political controversies.Elon Musk's Business Decisions (26:50)Insight into Elon Musk's endorsement choices and their implications for his businesses.Tesla's Humanoid Robot Update (28:26)Details on Tesla's Optimus robot and its intended uses in various industries.Impact of Robots on Jobs (30:13)Concerns about job displacement due to automation in construction and housekeeping.McDonald's $5 Meal Deal Extension (35:58)Discussion on McDonald's extending their meal deal in response to inflation and customer needs.Stock Market Reactions (37:45)Analysis of stock market fluctuations following political events, including an assassination attempt.Crypto Market Performance (39:42)Overview of the crypto market's response to recent political events and trends.Introduction of Brianna Hall (41:59)Brianna shares her background and reasons for moving to South Carolina.Final Thoughts and Closing (42:56)Encouragement for listeners to stay active and engaged in their lives. If you enjoyed this episode and want to learn more, join Ryan's newsletter https://ryanalford.com/newsletter/ to get Ferrari level advice daily for FREE. Learn how to build a 7 figure business from your personal brand by signing up for a FREE introduction to personal branding https://ryanalford.com/personalbranding. Learn more by visiting our website at www.ryanisright.comSubscribe to our YouTube channel www.youtube.com/@RightAboutNowwithRyanAlford.

This week on the Game Deflators Podcast, John is joined by Will of the PlayStation Ain't Dead Podcast to discuss video games you might be embarrassed to have in your collection, the recent announcement of XBOX live price increases and what Hasbro has done to piss off Magic the Gathering players in the newest set release. To wrap up the episode, John and Will review Marvel vs Capcom 2 for the PS2 and PS3. One of the most revered fighting games of all time with a collection on the horizon; but will the game remain at a $150+ price tag? Want more Game Deflators content? Find us at www.thegamedeflators.com     Gaming News Covered: https://variety.com/2024/gaming/news/xbox-game-pass-price-increase-ultimate-day-one-releases-1236066476/  https://www.destructoid.com/mtg-fans-are-furious-about-what-bloomburrows-value-booster-represents/   Find us on Social Media Twitter @GameDeflators Instagram @TheGameDeflators Facebook @TheGameDeflators Threads @TheGameDeflators YouTube @The Game Deflators   Game Deflators Logo Created by J_Ricks_Art Permission for intro and outro music provided by Matthew Huffaker http://www.youtube.com/user/teknoaxe 2_25_18 

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Tonight's topics: - Epic Xbox fail: Xbox Live goes down - Subscription services like Game Pass have stagnated - Capcom Next impressions - GRRM teases Elden Ring TV show - Crazy Taxi might return as a multiplayer game - Nintendo's plans to beat Switch 2 scalpers Thanks as always to Shawn Daley for our intro and outro music. Follow him on Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/shawndaley Where to find Throwdown Show: Website: https://audioboom.com/channels/5030659 Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/throwdownshow Twitter: https://twitter.com/ThrowdownShow YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/throwdownshow Discord: https://discord.gg/fdBXWHT Twitter list: https://twitter.com/i/lists/1027719155800317953

Latest developments in consumer neurotech at the Royal Society's Summer Science Exhibition in London, with Dr Max Wilson, associate professor at University of Nottingham. Also in this episode:Hurricane Beryl churns deadly path through CaribbeanWhy was Xbox Live down?WHO's first quitting smoking guideHuman link to extinction of ‘megaherbivores'Bionic leg ‘powered by thought' Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Marcus is pretending to be an Uber driver tonight so it's Nick, Joey and Rhaiu's destiny to describe just how tragically bad The Acolyte's first four episodes are... Although Rhaiu loves them... It's a spicy and glorious breakdown and some high quality content. Enjoy!Join the Nerds Community Discord!https://discord.gg/78e5BUmXx8We're on YouTube!https://www.youtube.com/@workingclassnerds

Marcus, Nick, Fetta, AND Rhaui are joined by Nerds Community Royalty- DORITOS! The FOUR Nerds catch up on Nick's NH expedition with everyone's favorite ISB Agent, and pick a game they're currently obsessed with to highlight in the second half! Enjoy!Join the Nerds Community Discord!https://discord.gg/78e5BUmXx8We're on YouTube!https://www.youtube.com/@workingclassnerdsThe Games We Discussed:https://www.amazon.com/Funskool-Scotland-Yard-Board-Game/dp/B0076L1K6Ehttps://store.steampowered.com/app/315210/Suicide_Squad_Kill_the_Justice_League/https://store.steampowered.com/app/1328670/Mass_Effect_Legendary_Edition/https://store.steampowered.com/app/1284190/The_Planet_Crafter/https://starwarsunlimited.com/

Jeff Bell is the past CEO of LegalShield, North America's largest legal subscription service for households and small business. Jeff grew this business from a $650m valuation in 2014 to over $2.4b in 2022 when he retired. Presently, Jeff serves as an Operating Partner on the MidOcean Partners Private Equity Investment Team. Prior to LegalShield, Jeff served as the Microsoft Corporate Vice President for Xbox. He is known for launching Halo 3, Gears of War, Rock Band and Netflix on Xbox Live. He spent 5 years at DaimlerChrysler as the Vice President and General Manager of Chrysler and Jeep Divisions. He is credited with development and launch of the the Jeep Rubicon and 4-door Wrangler, as well as the Chrysler 200, among others. Jeff served Ford Motor Company for 12 years, including as Managing Director of Ford Spain. He serves on the Board of his alma mater, Johns Hopkins-SAIS, and has served on the Kenyon College and National Multiple Sclerosis Board of Trustees.    https://www.linkedin.com/in/jeffbell801/

This week on The Free Cheese, grab your Xbox and 15 friends, we're having a party. Our three-part series on Halo: Combat Evolved continues with a focused conversation on the competitive multiplayer of the game. We discuss our history with Halo multiplayer, how it influenced other titles, and try to uncover what makes it special. As a bonus, we add Halo: Fireteam Raven to The List.

This week's episode we unveil some refreshes to the show! We have a NEW intro format, NEW music, and TWO NEW HOSTS! We love the changes, and we know you will too. Enjoy!Join the Nerds Community Discord!https://discord.gg/78e5BUmXx8We're on YouTube!https://www.youtube.com/@workingclassnerds

Marcus, Nick and Rhaiu come together to break down the DRAMA between the Helldivers II community and Sony's plan to require Playstation Network account access for players! This episode is fast and furious! Enjoy!Join the Nerds Community Discord!https://discord.gg/78e5BUmXx8We're on YouTube!https://www.youtube.com/@workingclassnerds

Marcus, Nick and Atrax come together this week to discuss the games (and nerdy content) that they're most looking forward to in 2024! Stay until the end of the episode for a HUGE announcement regarding the future of the show! Enjoy! Join the Nerds Community Discord!https://discord.gg/78e5BUmXx8We're on YouTube!https://www.youtube.com/@workingclassnerdsCheck Out Our Streams!https://www.twitch.tv/Atrax_Ahttps://www.Kick.com/marcusb814https://www.twitch.tv/marcusb814

With Marcus in Disney, Joey Fetta joins the show to talk about the hottest trading card game in the entire Galaxy- including the outer rim- Star Wars Unlimited! These three nerds break down the game's flow, it's new-player friendly mechanics and why they love it so much. Enjoy! Join the Nerds Community Discord!https://discord.gg/78e5BUmXx8We're on YouTube!https://www.youtube.com/@workingclassnerdsCheck Out Our Streams!https://www.twitch.tv/Atrax_Ahttps://www.Kick.com/marcusb814

The nerds are joined this week by up and coming podcasters Main Ace Chase and Elipticus of The Intelligent Aces Podcast! The sidebar discussions go DEEP this episode as five strong opinions come together! Put on your best poker face before you play your hand and listen to this episode! Enjoy!You can find more of The Intelligent Aces Podcast at:https://www.youtube.com/@MainAceChaseJoin the Nerds Community Discord!https://discord.gg/78e5BUmXx8We're on YouTube!https://www.youtube.com/@workingclassnerdsCheck Out Our Streams!https://www.twitch.tv/Atrax_Ahttps://www.Kick.com/marcusb814

DISCLAIMER: Marcus forgot to upload this last week, this episode is originally recorded April 4th, 2024.Since it's Nick's Birthday and he doesn't do anything besides breathe air on his birthday, Marcus and Atrax are joined by the Pineapple Pokemon (Twitch) Partnered Prince Himself- Kymeri!!! THE one and only Kymeri is moving to the West coast very soon, and we were happy to have him on to talk before his big expedition. Enjoy! You can find more of Kymeri at:https://www.twitch.tv/kymeriJoin the Nerds Community Discord!https://discord.gg/78e5BUmXx8We're on YouTube!https://www.youtube.com/@workingclassnerdsCheck Out Our Streams!https://www.twitch.tv/Atrax_Ahttps://www.Kick.com/marcusb814

Codey talks through all of the recent news, and gives us some insect facts. Timings 00:00:00: Theme Tune 00:00:30: Intro 00:03:20: What Has Codey Been Up To 00:07:48: News 00:54:14: Outro Links Of Life and Land Early Access Rusty’s Retirement Release Date Botany Manor Release Date Len’s Island “Community” Update Steamworld Build “Mechanized” DLC Disney Dreamlight Valley “Eternity Isle” Moonstone Island Fisholutions Critter Crops Delay Poglings Dev Update Contact Al on Twitter: https://twitter.com/TheScotBot Al on Mastodon: https://mastodon.scot/@TheScotBot Email Us: https://harvestseason.club/contact/ Transcript (0:00:30) Codey: Hello farmers and welcome to another episode of the harvest season (0:00:35) Codey: My name is Cody and I am here today to talk about cottagecore games. Whoo (0:00:42) Codey: I am just doing a solo episode today. We had a scheduling issue and (0:00:49) Codey: Like frantically tried to get a news episode together and I was the only person available (0:00:54) Codey: Which I’m totally fine with al has done this before al has done solo episodes before he said it’s like hard for something (0:01:01) Codey: I don’t know. So we’re gonna find out if it is (0:01:04) Codey: Check back in here. I’m actually gonna add it to the show notes right now (0:01:09) Codey: Check back in is solo (0:01:15) Codey: Uh, I think it’s going to be hard (0:01:19) Codey: But uh I’m just gonna imagine (0:01:23) Codey: Listening to everyone responding to this (0:01:25) Codey: And so that is gonna be great. And honestly if y’all enjoy it, I would (0:01:31) Codey: No to doing this again if absolutely needed (0:01:35) Codey: So today is just gonna be a news podcast but because people have been clamoring for insect facts in (0:01:44) Codey: The slack and just in general in my life people are just really into insects (0:01:49) Codey: In between each news item. I’m going to dive into a fact about an order of insects (0:01:55) Codey: So insecta is a clade and inside of that clade there are many orders (0:02:01) Codey: I don’t know the number off the top of my head So I’m gonna go into it like some quick facts like maybe a minute of facts about each order (0:02:08) Codey: We’re not covering all the orders in this episode (0:02:11) Codey: It’s just like the ones that that jumped out to me or that I thought had some cool facts (0:02:16) Codey: and so for that reason (0:02:20) Codey: Now I will say the transcripts are available in the show notes on the website if you don’t like insects if they freak you out I really tried to make sure that some of the facts aren’t too like scary gruesome or whatever (0:02:30) Codey: Um, but I also am biased and don’t think that insects are scary gruesome at all (0:02:36) Codey: So if you do have an entomophobia or anything like that do check out those transcripts and the show notes (0:02:43) Codey: On the website harvest season club so that you can get your news content (0:02:48) Codey: Without the insect content also if that is the case for you do let us know you can (0:02:54) Codey: If you’re not subscribed you can email us again at harvest season club And then I will avoid doing this type of episode in the future. (0:03:00) Codey: I definitely do not want to push people away, but I have a feeling that people who listen to this podcast and enjoy farming games are going to like the bug content. So we’re going to find out how that goes. (0:03:13) Codey: So bug content news. And first, of course, (0:03:17) Codey: we always talk about what we have been up to. (0:03:21) Codey: So I have been doing a lot of different games. (0:03:26) Codey: My grandma got me back into this phone game, um, called cross-stitch. (0:03:30) Codey: It’s literally like a color by number, but with cross stitches, cross-stitching, um, (0:03:36) Codey: it’s really helped me with my ADHD lately, trying to stay focused on tasks. (0:03:40) Codey: Like if I’m in an environment that’s really distracting or if I’m losing focus on a conversation or something that I’m trying to pay attention to, um, that I, that I genuinely care about, (0:03:51) Codey: I’ll just whip out that game and like color. (0:03:53) Codey: And then I can 100% mean maintain focus on, um, whatever conversation or show or pot or seminar or whatever it is that I’m (0:04:00) Codey: listening to so I highly recommend that for our fellow ADHDers and fellow crafters it’s really it’s really fun I will say I have mentioned it in a while Tetris game I think I think she’s dead y’all I hadn’t played it in a while and I realized that the other day and so I opened her up and yeah they do shifting baselines I am pretty sure because I checked and there are no cruises available right now. I have almost 2 million coins. (0:04:30) Codey: And there are no cruises showing up. What is showing up is I can use like a certain amount of my coins for (0:04:37) Codey: X money off of a cruise or something like that. So (0:04:41) Codey: Yeah, I just have to take the L there y’all (0:04:45) Codey: But I can still use those points for things but they’re all like places or things that I’m not gonna be doing like (0:04:52) Codey: Going to Vegas and spending money at the Luxor or whatever. I’m like, I’m not gonna I’m not gonna do that (0:05:00) Codey: So yeah, rest in peace that game (0:05:03) Codey: More pertinent to to y’all. I’ve been playing a lot of Disney Dreamlight Valley. I finally hit credits (0:05:09) Codey: So I am done on the main story and I am almost done with the realms that are available (0:05:16) Codey: and maximizing the (0:05:20) Codey: Villagers that I have right now So I think the only realm that is currently available that I have not yet unlocked with Dreamlight is Monsters Inc. (0:05:28) Codey: So I just did the Lion King. (0:05:30) Codey: and the Toy Story Realm and I have a lot of my people at max level but for some of them like Olaf I tried to max his level and it was like to do this you need to have Buzz Lightyear in your valley and I was like what the heck. (0:05:44) Codey: So I’m going through and doing that and it’s just it just scratches a good itch when I am not fox crafting because I’m still doing that as well. (0:05:53) Codey: My Minecraft fox has a full tail outlined now. (0:05:59) Codey: The head is complete and we have– (0:06:01) Codey: my bestie Devin and I have begun construction of the fox sanctuary. (0:06:06) Codey: We went and kidnapped some foxes and drug them through the nether (0:06:10) Codey: and put them on top of the fox island and have been building a little fox army with them (0:06:20) Codey: and so I have those available and I’m just like outlining the tail and outlining all and all of that stuff. (0:06:30) Codey: Told up the sides of it, and then we’re continuing to create the sanctuary. (0:06:34) Codey: Very fun. (0:06:35) Codey: I’ve also been playing window garden. (0:06:37) Codey: I don’t talk about that too much right now because of reasons. (0:06:42) Codey: Stay tuned for– (0:06:43) Codey: watch this podcast feed. (0:06:45) Codey: And then I’m also setting up– this is my last field season of my graduate degrees– (0:06:52) Codey: I guess degrees– (0:06:54) Codey: my graduate education, as it were. (0:06:57) Codey: Tomorrow I’m going into the woods with a forester. (0:07:00) Codey: And we’re he’s going to be slingshotting some stuff into the into the trees for me so that I can put ropes up there and pull my traps up and I’m going to do the final set up the rest of the week and then start next week with my last trap effort. (0:07:16) Codey: It’s really bittersweet I cannot believe that I am about to be done with the field work that will culminate in my dissertation. (0:07:24) Codey: I do still have a full year and a half of my research of my doctor at left because I do have a full year to finish writing, finish specimens, all of that stuff and I have so many specimens. (0:07:38) Codey: So, yeah, we will see how that goes I’m very excited though. (0:07:44) Codey: And, yeah, very sad, very exciting. And with that, let’s get into some news. So our first bit of news here is for of life and land of life and land is now out in early access. (0:07:58) Codey: game is 20 is basically 30. (0:08:00) Codey: $30 USD on Steam, but it has a 10% discount currently. (0:08:04) Codey: So you can get it for 27. (0:08:07) Codey: Also available for purchase right now is a supporter pack for $5 or 450. (0:08:12) Codey: Again, it’s 10% off right now. (0:08:14) Codey: Um, and in that supporter pack, you get things like a desktop wallpapers, (0:08:18) Codey: some digital art posters, paper, Fox folding instructions, and some 3d models, (0:08:27) Codey: but paper fox excuse me (0:08:31) Codey: These people (0:08:33) Codey: These people (0:08:36) Codey: They know what I like. So this thing is so hanging cute. It’s basically it looks like (0:08:42) Codey: It’s just something that you would print out (0:08:45) Codey: So you’d print out these instructions you print out the pages that have the bits that you would fold (0:08:51) Codey: On like the colored paper whatever colored paper so probably orange and white But you could also probably honestly do like a purple box. I’d be super cute (0:09:00) Codey: And then you fold it and it makes really cute little fox design and I have personally never wished that I had thirty dollars (0:09:07) Codey: More in my life so that I can get the game and the fox folding. Um (0:09:12) Codey: But I probably will wait on this game until (0:09:16) Codey: 1.0. Um, i’m just (0:09:18) Codey: I Really? I don’t I have limited time for games right now. So I am always going to wait at this point. Um, unless (0:09:25) Codey: asked by by people to cover a game before it is in 1.0. (0:09:32) Codey: Game looks really cute, though. (0:09:33) Codey: It’s like Age of Empires, but cozier, and I played the crap out of Age of Empires when I was a kid. (0:09:37) Codey: So I would love to play this game. (0:09:40) Codey: And yeah, so we’ll see how their, how their early access goes and just keep watching them and maybe find this paper, fox, folding instructions. The developers, is it correct? I think it’s Corozan. (0:10:02) Codey: I believe, Kurzovan. Oh, I was so close. (0:10:04) Codey: Kurzovan developers, if you’re listening right now, I will literally pay $5 just for the paper, fox, folding instructions. (0:10:10) Codey: Actually, I might be able to do that, actually. (0:10:13) Codey: Anyway, like without buying the base game, we’ll find out. (0:10:17) Codey: Anyway, so end of the first news item. (0:10:20) Codey: So here I’m going to talk about an insect order. (0:10:22) Codey: So I picked for the first four insect orders. (0:10:26) Codey: I picked the big four orders which comprise (0:10:31) Codey: of insects that comprise the most biodiversity in insecta and so the one of these is coleoptera which is the beetles it is possibly the most diverse order so approximately one of every four species of life this includes plants animals bacteria and fungi one of every four species is a beetle is wild and (0:11:01) Codey: they’re so underrepresented if you ever see any games or anything like it’s like oh here’s all these mammals and then maybe like one beetle and it’s like really this should flip the script it should be 800 beetles and then one mammal this is crazy so there are currently about 400,000 described species of beetles but that only refers to beetles that we know and have like written down and acknowledged why they’re different and why they are unique species. (0:11:31) Codey: Some scientists think that there’s possibly a million beetles. I’ve seen up to like 30 million. I don’t know. That’s pretty crazy. I would be really sad if there were 30 million beetles and we’ve only described 400,000. Oh my gosh. (0:11:45) Codey: So yeah, probably a million species of beetles, which is wild. I mean, if you think about it, there’s only like 4,000 mammals or something. I’m actually not sure on that species of mammal. 6400. Yeah, 64. (0:12:01) Codey: 400 species of extant mammals. So that’s so little. And that’s what most people think of when they think of animals, but beetles are just crazy. One of my favorite quotes about this is by British evolutionary biologist and geneticist JBS Haldane. He was talking about beetles once and he said that if there were a god or some type of divine being that has created all of the living organisms on the Earth, then that creator must– (0:12:31) Codey: have a quote, “inordinate fondness for beetles.” (0:12:35) Codey: So basically, they must really like beetles because there’s so heck and many of them. (0:12:40) Codey: Oh my gosh, there’s so many of them. (0:12:42) Codey: And I’m trying to learn the families right now. (0:12:45) Codey: Not fun. (0:12:46) Codey: Not– not fun. (0:12:49) Codey: But I need– I need to– (0:12:52) Codey: I do want to learn it. (0:12:53) Codey: It’s just a lot of– it’s just a lot. (0:12:55) Codey: It’s a lot. (0:12:57) Codey: What is not a lot– (0:13:01) Codey: I’m going to be on fire today, y’all. (0:13:03) Codey: Well, it’s not a lot because it’s awesome and is not a lot of work, question mark. (0:13:09) Codey: Is Rusty’s retirement coming out in its 1.0? (0:13:15) Codey: Its release is the 26th of April. (0:13:18) Codey: Oh my gosh. (0:13:19) Codey: The end of this month, then we get Rusty. (0:13:24) Codey: And I’m also not sure if it’s been confirmed in the pod before, but rusty is non-binary. (0:13:31) Codey: Which makes sense. (0:13:32) Codey: Like robots probably don’t have, um, I mean, I guess they could choose to have gender if they want, but, um, the developer just says in this, in this trailer, they say they, um, and that you can help rusty on their quest to (0:13:47) Codey: rebuild a little farm. (0:13:49) Codey: Very cute. (0:13:50) Codey: Um, and they have more information about how you can like build more housing, (0:13:56) Codey: build more, more like buildings for different. (0:14:01) Codey: Things you recruit other robots. (0:14:04) Codey: It’s this game looks so hecking cute. (0:14:06) Codey: I’m so excited for it to come out. (0:14:07) Codey: Yes, I will be playing this game. (0:14:09) Codey: It will be on the bottom of my, of my screen. (0:14:13) Codey: Um, I am trying to figure out if I want to put it on my laptop or not. (0:14:18) Codey: Um, or if I’m going to get too distracted by that, we will find out. (0:14:23) Codey: But I will be playing it. (0:14:25) Codey: Um, one of the things that I love about rusty’s retirement whenever I see the little things is the little beads. (0:14:31) Codey: They have bee hives. I’m not sure if they’re real bees or if they are like little mechanical robot bees. Very excited to find that out. Speaking of bees, (0:14:42) Codey: transition on point, the next insect order, the next order that is within the big four are hymenoptera. So these are, this order includes sawflies, ants, wasps, (0:14:57) Codey: and bees and just cuz I’m never sure (0:15:01) Codey: if people know this bees are just vegetarian wasps about a hundred million years ago when flowers started evolving and diversifying in this great radiation event in flowers occurred some of the wasps were like bet like I see this I see this I see these resources and I want them and they started eating the plant pollen plant pollen and they became the first bees and since then there’s been this evolutionary arms race between bees and flowers as they They continue to evolve and specialize with each other. (0:15:32) Codey: flowers developed nectar to draw bees in closer so that bees would definitely collect pollen. (0:15:39) Codey: Bees then developed branched hairs which allowed them to become more efficient at collecting pollen and they just kept going back and forth and there’s all kinds of really wacky evolutionary stories there about the different evolutionary things that bees or flowers have done for each other. (0:15:56) Codey: But I think my favorite is orchids and orchid bees. (0:16:00) Codey: There are orchids that literally. (0:16:02) Codey: Look like female bees and they, and they put out volatiles and pheromones and scents that smells like female bees of, of this very specific group. (0:16:14) Codey: The, I think it’s the euglossine bees, the orchid bees. (0:16:18) Codey: That’s what they’re called. (0:16:19) Codey: And they mimic female bees. (0:16:21) Codey: So the males come in, they think they see a female, they jump on it and they end up getting stuck and have to like, when they pull themselves out, they take a pollen. (0:16:32) Codey: A polynia, which is like a little bundle of pollen. (0:16:35) Codey: And then when they get tricked by another flower, they end up transferring the pollen from one flower to another. (0:16:42) Codey: Wild, super wild, very cool insects. (0:16:47) Codey: They’ve, they just have, because they’re so short lived, they don’t have these super long lifespans like we do. (0:16:53) Codey: Evolution happens so fast with them. (0:16:55) Codey: So you have this huge radiation of different lifestyles. (0:17:00) Codey: Different life histories is what I meant to say. (0:17:02) Codey: Different life histories, different adaptations. (0:17:04) Codey: Crazy. (0:17:05) Codey: So cool. (0:17:07) Codey: Another thing that’s really cool is botany manor. (0:17:11) Codey: I am super excited for this game. (0:17:13) Codey: I have been since we first talked about it on the pod and it is now going to be releasing by the time you are listening to this podcast. (0:17:21) Codey: It is already out. (0:17:22) Codey: She’s out on Steam for PC. (0:17:27) Codey: Again this is a game where you’re a botanist in 1890 and you are trying to (0:17:32) Codey: It seems like you’re trying to revive flora that have become missing or are misunderstood or just not poorly not not well understood. (0:17:42) Codey: I’m here for it. (0:17:44) Codey: So you’re basically learning about these different flowers evolving these are not I guess you’re evolving the different flowers and kind of doing an artificial selection on the flowers. (0:17:54) Codey: This game is published by white thorn games, which is the same publisher as friend of the pod a backhoe. Love that. (0:18:02) Codey: And yeah, I mean in this trailer that they showed where they talked about their release date, they showed the manner they showed mysteries of the manner Morse code you use Morse code at some point like legitimately you learn Morse code and use Morse code to solve some of the puzzles. (0:18:20) Codey: I mean teaching me to do something like that is useful in the real world say less. (0:18:28) Codey: It also looks like there might be cooking. (0:18:32) Codey: Tending to a plant in what’s clearly a kitchen environment. (0:18:36) Codey: You tend to plants in general. (0:18:37) Codey: So there’s like a compost bin. (0:18:39) Codey: There’s seeds you water things you plant things in different places. (0:18:45) Codey: One thing that caught my eye in this trailer was a moth calendar. (0:18:49) Codey: So it’s it looks like it’s this like spinning wheel calendar. (0:18:54) Codey: That tells you what season different moths come out. (0:18:59) Codey: like you see you you’re like oh may and it’s like (0:19:02) Codey: oh in May these are the moths that you’ll see which I would love that I mean I use iNaturalist which is a an application to basically try and figure out what diversity is popping up around me but like a cute little kind of cute little thing that you can rotate and it tells you you’re just like oh look what kind of stuff is gonna be here in September I think that’s so cute so yeah check out Botany Manner if you haven’t already. (0:19:32) Codey: steam for pc, because i’m recording pre-release, I don’t know the amount. (0:19:39) Codey: i’m not sure of the price of this game, but I would drop down probably like 20 bucks on this game if I had the time to play it. and if it was on mac, because steam, again, I usually don’t use my desktop for anything anymore, unfortunately. speaking of cool moths, the next (0:20:02) Codey: insect order in our big four is Lepidoptera, which i’ve already talked about before on a previous pod. so these are the moths and the butterflies. and although many people know a lot about like the big showy butterflies and moths, like the monarchs of swallowtails, atlas moths, luna moths, (0:20:20) Codey: you see the big caterpillars like the hickory horned devil or the tobacco hornworm, like these (0:20:29) Codey: caterpillars that just have these crazy adornments. (0:20:32) Codey: Some of my favorites are in the family Lycenidae or Lycanidae depends on how you want to pronounce the C in that word and these are the blue butterflies. (0:20:44) Codey: So these are really actually fairly small in my area the eastern tailed blue is probably the most common and it’s when it folds its little wings up it’s probably no bigger than like a quarter. (0:20:55) Codey: It might be a little bit bigger than a quarter. (0:20:59) Codey: I don’t know the size of a Euro. (0:21:00) Codey: I don’t really know. (0:21:02) Codey: Like other audiences and what might explain to them, maybe like a, it’s way smaller than like a bottle cap. (0:21:10) Codey: It’s probably the size of a bottle cap. (0:21:12) Codey: Let’s just say it’s a bottle cap. (0:21:15) Codey: So these caterpillars of the family Lecenidae have a partnership with ants. (0:21:20) Codey: They’re actually called mermechophyllus. (0:21:22) Codey: So mermecho means ant, phylee means love. (0:21:26) Codey: So they’re literally ant-loving butterflies. (0:21:29) Codey: So these caterpillars literally pay the ants. (0:21:33) Codey: They excrete secretions on their backs that provide a sugar-rich nectar source for the ants. (0:21:39) Codey: So they’ll come up to some ants in the wild, you know, wherever their mother laid their egg. (0:21:48) Codey: They’ll find some ants and they’ll just start releasing this nectar, sugar-rich nectar source. (0:21:53) Codey: And ants are like, “This is awesome. This thing just poops out deliciousness.” (0:22:00) Codey: And then they carry the- (0:22:02) Codey: The ants house this caterpillar and protect it while it grows bigger and bigger and bigger, and I think sometimes the caterpillar also like just eats their food. (0:22:17) Codey: Um, and yeah, so it basically gets this defense and this protection from these ant- from this ant colony. (0:22:26) Codey: And then they’ll either, depending on the species, I think they either pupate within the ant colony and then they’ll- (0:22:32) Codey: emerge as an adult butterfly, you know, in the spring or whatever, um, or they might come out of the ant colony, crawl out of the ant colony, find a place to pupate and then pupate and then do the same thing. (0:22:44) Codey: Super crazy though, that they just- because you’ve heard of ants farming fungus before, but what about butterfly larvae farming ants basically, or manipulating ants? Super wild. (0:22:59) Codey: Uh, next bit of news is Len’s island. (0:23:02) Codey: Um, so the community update is out now, this adds Korean, Russian, French, Portuguese, and an update to the update to the Thai translations. (0:23:11) Codey: So I guess the original Thai translations might have been sub par, um, or just had hadn’t been finalized yet. (0:23:18) Codey: Um, so they are, they’ve taken that into consideration and have updated that. (0:23:22) Codey: Love that. (0:23:23) Codey: Um, they’ve also added a lot of things to the game. (0:23:25) Codey: There’s some small changes, um, some bug fixes, some things, some balancing issues. (0:23:32) Codey: There were some things that might’ve been too difficult or too easy or what have you. (0:23:36) Codey: Um, so they’ve changed all of that. (0:23:38) Codey: And every time we talk about this game, I want to jump back into it immediately. (0:23:42) Codey: Like every time I see the word lens Island words, lens Island, I’m like, man, I would love to jump back into that game. (0:23:49) Codey: Like at this very moment, because I really did enjoy it. (0:23:51) Codey: I put many hours, like probably like 20 or 30 hours into this game. (0:23:55) Codey: Um, just like jumping into the mines, trying to explore the dungeon, trying to, I mean, it was. (0:24:02) Codey: It was a pretty big slog in the beginning to level, to like, level up your weaponry and get the things that you needed. (0:24:10) Codey: I would go for like a 10 or 15 minute jaunt around the Island just to get like all the food that I could get before I went in the dungeon. (0:24:18) Codey: And then I would still probably end up running out of food and dying. (0:24:20) Codey: Um, it’s way easier now, but I just really want to jump back into it. (0:24:25) Codey: But I really also want to wait until 1.0 to get the full effect of having not played this game since its first release. (0:24:33) Codey: Um, so I will be on the lookout for that 100% lens Island. (0:24:38) Codey: Don’t you worry. (0:24:40) Codey: No cool transition here. (0:24:41) Codey: Just the final of the big four or back to bugs. (0:24:44) Codey: Uh, the final of the big four is diptura. (0:24:46) Codey: These are the flies. (0:24:47) Codey: Um, diptura literally means two wings and that’s because flies only have two wings. (0:24:52) Codey: Um, most everything else has either four wings or Beatles have, um, hind wings that are super soft. (0:24:59) Codey: often than forewings that have been hardened into… (0:25:02) Codey: elytra but diptra just straight up have two wings they have on the back instead of having a second pair of a pair of hind wings they have what are called hull tiers and there are these organs that kind of help them balance in the air and orient there are all kinds of really cool flies including beef lies just the family bomb a lady they just look like fluffy little clouds I mean if you’re here a Pokemon fan and you think of cutie fly it just looks like that (0:25:33) Codey: Um, uh, hoverflies and flower hoverflies or flower flies. (0:25:38) Codey: Those are two names for the exact same thing. (0:25:40) Codey: They’re flies in the family’s surfady. (0:25:42) Codey: Um, these flies are actually also really efficient pollinators. (0:25:45) Codey: They tend to be fairly hairy. (0:25:47) Codey: Um, and they can look like bees as well, uh, bees or wasps. (0:25:50) Codey: And they do this to fake out predators. (0:25:52) Codey: So they look, they look fuzzy. (0:25:54) Codey: They have the coloration of bees or wasps and then predators see them. (0:25:58) Codey: And they’re like, I’ve eaten a bee before it didn’t go well for me. (0:26:01) Codey: So I’m going to leave this thing alone. (0:26:03) Codey: Super cool, cool form of mimicry, but I think I’m going to go with, uh, for some of my favorite diptarins is going to be dance flies, um, or flies in the family and piddity. (0:26:15) Codey: So the males actually find, um, what they call, what is called a nuptial gift. (0:26:20) Codey: They find something that they want to give to the female. (0:26:23) Codey: It could be some food, could just be something cool that he found or whatever. (0:26:26) Codey: Um, and then he wraps it in a little package of silk and then he flies, um, (0:26:31) Codey: carrying package of like a (0:26:33) Codey: silk on a string and he presents it to a female and then if she likes it she’ll take it she’ll open it she’ll look at it and if she likes it cool you you’ve you’ve successfully won her hand in marriage and if she doesn’t then she just tosses it and you have to go the male has to go find another gift wrap it again in silk and try again next time super cool I have never seen these in the And I’m so sad like of this this thing, but I did have a friend once (0:27:03) Codey: sent me this he’s a friend who’s an ornithologist and he was like Do you know what the heck is going on here? (0:27:08) Codey: And he sent me a picture of a fly with a like in the air flying with this little thing under it And I was like, oh my gosh, that’s a dance fly and I lost my mind and he was like you are exactly right That’s that was really cool (0:27:21) Codey: So yeah catch me in (0:27:24) Codey: Gosh, where is he Kentucky in probably like August trying to find him pitted? (0:27:30) Codey: Okay, next bit of news here is (0:27:33) Codey: steam world build now has a DLC called mechanized out. (0:27:40) Codey: You can go get this, get this DLC now. (0:27:43) Codey: This DLC basically adds a bunch of stuff, (0:27:46) Codey: including an NPC named mech that can help you solve puzzles to help get you off the planet. (0:27:53) Codey: And it also introduces a new big bad called the abomination that tries to thwart you and goes through your area (0:28:02) Codey: and just. (0:28:03) Codey: Destroyes things that you’re doing or impedes your your attempt to leave the planet it looks like a really cool puzzle game I’ve actually never looked at steam world build before (0:28:13) Codey: It’s giving (0:28:15) Codey: Gosh not Forrester or forager or oh my gosh. I can’t believe I’m not thinking of this game right now (0:28:23) Codey: Another game where you’re doing computery things. It’s probably it’s literally on my desktop. Isn’t it factorial? (0:28:29) Codey: I guess I’ve played this with my partner. It’s giving factorial. (0:28:33) Codey: Vibes, but in more of a puzzle-y 3d format. Very cool. (0:28:39) Codey: Um, and for a limited time, (0:28:41) Codey: you can save money when bundling the DLC with the main game on steam. (0:28:46) Codey: So if you’ve been wanting to try out steam world, and you’re like, no, really, (0:28:48) Codey: sure, then, uh, now’s a great time to jump back in. (0:28:52) Codey: Cause you can save money, um, on not only the main game, but also the DLC. (0:28:58) Codey: Um, the next group. So we’ve already covered the big four. (0:29:01) Codey: of the big four being Beatles. (0:29:03) Codey: Um, coleoptera, hymenoptera, diptra and lepidoptera. (0:29:08) Codey: Um, so those are the big four that I just wanted to get out of the way, um, just because they’re the most diverse, but the next, so the other ones that I’m going to talk about are the ones that I think are just really cool and show, uh, I mean, I think they’re all really cool honestly, but these I thought were accessible, um, and just interesting to people. So, uh, the first order is Oda Nada, (0:29:31) Codey: which is the damsel flies in the (0:29:33) Codey: dragonflies. So these are some of the best flyers in the animal kingdom. They have really insane musculature in their thorax and they actually can fly in any direction because of this. Each of their wings has its own musculature and can move independently of the others. So this allows them to move in any direction. They can move forward, backward, up, down, side to side. They can do whatever they want. Whereas most insects, they’re restricted to flying forward and in (0:30:03) Codey: a different direction, they have to like turn their body. So they like use their wings to like turn in a different direction, but they can’t just go backwards. They can’t fly backwards or go up or down or whatever. This makes them really successful predators in the animal kingdom. Most predators have a really low success rate. So think of like the lion on the savanna. Most of the time not going to be successful. Most of the time not getting a wildebeest or or whatever it’s trying to, whatever she’s trying to catch. (0:30:34) Codey: The dragonflies, I think it’s like 75% success, bonkers. (0:30:39) Codey: They also will take, some of them will take like bees, (0:30:43) Codey: other flies. (0:30:44) Codey: I mean, I think that they’re not really that picky. (0:30:45) Codey: Some will take other dragonflies, crazy. (0:30:49) Codey: They also, this is, (laughs) (0:30:51) Codey: nothing I’ve said is a lie so far. (0:30:54) Codey: And I don’t plan on lying, this seems made up. (0:30:59) Codey: They make a really cute heart shape when they mate. (0:31:02) Codey: So when they mate, they connect. (0:31:04) Codey: They’re like the end of their abdomen to the top of the head of the other one, and they end up making a really cute heart shape. (0:31:13) Codey: I highly recommend people look up Dragonfly mating. (0:31:17) Codey: It’s not graphic or anything. It just looks goofy. (0:31:22) Codey: Speaking of goofy, look at me with these transitions. Disney Dreamlight Valley. (0:31:28) Codey: The act two of the paid DLC has been announced to be coming out. (0:31:35) Codey: The paid DLC is a rift in time, and this DLC includes three acts. (0:31:42) Codey: Some people on this tweet, when they mention in the Twitter that the next part of the act of this expansion DLC is going to be coming out. (0:31:57) Codey: Some people were like, “Oh, wait. Do I have to pay more for this? I’ve already paid for a rift in time.” (0:32:02) Codey: And they’re like, no, no, like, this is– (0:32:04) Codey: part of the paid DLC. (0:32:05) Codey: So if you’ve already paid for a Rift in Time, (0:32:09) Codey: which I believe is only like $25 or $20, (0:32:12) Codey: you don’t have to pay again. (0:32:13) Codey: You’re going to get all three of these acts. (0:32:17) Codey: So Act 1 was Eternity Isle. (0:32:19) Codey: This is available now. (0:32:20) Codey: You can do this now. (0:32:21) Codey: If you have paid for it, I will say I have the game on Xbox Live, like Game Pass. (0:32:31) Codey: So I didn’t pay for the game. (0:32:33) Codey: playing it free to play. (0:32:34) Codey: through game pass and if you want to do rift of rift in time you have to pay on top of that and so I haven’t done this. but I’m also like nowhere near done with with the content that is free so I’m not gonna be worried about it. so yeah act one adds eternity isle adds Rapunzel Gaston and Eve as the player goes to what is called Eternity Isle. (0:33:04) Codey: Seems like this place where you can mess with time, you can get a tool. (0:33:09) Codey: It looks like it’s Jafar’s staff and it can allow you to turn back time to see different artifacts. (0:33:16) Codey: Interesting, I guess. (0:33:20) Codey: I don’t really, I really need to rewatch the Aladdin movies. (0:33:24) Codey: I don’t think he can mess with time. (0:33:27) Codey: Maybe he can in like one of the second or third ones, I don’t remember. (0:33:33) Codey: So yeah, that is already out. (0:33:35) Codey: Um, so coming quote unquote spring, which spring’s almost done y’all. (0:33:42) Codey: Isn’t spring like at the end of may mid may, I don’t know when you would end spring, but, uh, the second act is called the spark of imagination. (0:33:53) Codey: And in the spark of imagination, you will quote, explore ancient landing to uncover more of its secrets and befriend a very lucky villager. (0:34:04) Codey: So there are some spec, there’s some speculation about who this villager could be. (0:34:08) Codey: Um, I, I’m trying to think of like what Disney character could be called lucky. (0:34:17) Codey: Um, but what I think this is is probably Atlantis. (0:34:22) Codey: Um, the symbol on this looks a lot like the cave that is on Dazzle beach was it, (0:34:28) Codey: which is the current Disney dream light Valley. (0:34:30) Codey: Um, one of the places in the current game. (0:34:32) Codey: and it gives big Atlantis- (0:34:34) Codey: when you are in that cave there are Atlantean symbols and people have already like decoded them (0:34:41) Codey: because there’s an Atlantean alphabet um and just the thought of like going back in time and thinking about like Atlantis as this land lost to time or whatever i’m thinking i’m thinking it’s milo thatch y’all but it could also be the I don’t remember her name but the princess from atlantis who’s (0:35:04) Codey: awesome human like is she atlantean (0:35:08) Codey: um it could be her too uh who knows but um I think that’s who it is someone else like I saw someone else say something it could be like daf not daffy duck uh donald duck’s brother cousin something I was like I don’t that sounds way way out of left field I don’t think I don’t think that’s true um so yeah the spark of imagination is the second act in um eripton time the third act (0:35:34) Codey: coming out quote unquote summer 2024 is treasures of time. (0:35:40) Codey: So this is the final act of a rift in time. (0:35:43) Codey: And in this you will foil Jafar’s schemes, (0:35:48) Codey: whatever that means. (0:35:50) Codey: So we’ll see how I feel about this. (0:35:51) Codey: I don’t know about y’all. (0:35:53) Codey: If you’ve been playing DTV, as I call it, (0:35:58) Codey: let me know. (0:36:00) Codey: Some of these villains, I wish I could just, (0:36:03) Codey: I mean, honestly, some of the– (0:36:05) Codey: like, old-timers, too. (0:36:06) Codey: Like, sometimes I’m just like, can I just not see Mickey anymore? (0:36:09) Codey: I’m sick of it. (0:36:10) Codey: I’m not a big Mickey Mouse fan. (0:36:12) Codey: I’m not a big Minnie Mouse fan, not a McDonald Duck fan. (0:36:15) Codey: I like, just get these kids out of here. (0:36:17) Codey: I don’t– I don’t care. (0:36:18) Codey: And I feel that way about some of the villains as well. (0:36:20) Codey: Like, one of the villains is Mother Gothel. (0:36:22) Codey: Every time she walks up, she, like, is just so gaslight-y. (0:36:26) Codey: And the way she talks to you is just so disrespectful. (0:36:32) Codey: And so I’m not, at least like Ursula. (0:36:34) Codey: When you talk to her, she seems to like meet, respect you and like meet you at your level. (0:36:41) Codey: And then Scar, I mean, he’s delusional. (0:36:43) Codey: He just thinks that he should be the King. (0:36:45) Codey: So I get it. (0:36:46) Codey: But Jafar has always given me the ick. (0:36:53) Codey: In Aladdin, like the way that he treats Jasmine and like the way that he feels like he needs to like own her or whatever is just very ick. (0:37:02) Codey: So I don’t know. (0:37:04) Codey: I don’t know how I feel about this about, I don’t know how I’m going to feel about Jafar or if they can kind of like, update him to be not as ick as he was, that’d be lovely. (0:37:16) Codey: But I also have not paid for this deal to you yet. I honestly probably will once I complete all of the current free to play content because this game has given me a lot. (0:37:26) Codey: And if you haven’t played it and you have game pass, I highly recommend it. If you have expendable income and nothing to do with your life for the next- (0:37:34) Codey: forever, no, you could probably play this game in like a month. You probably get through everything. (0:37:42) Codey: I do recommend it. I’m getting a lot of enjoyment out of it. (0:37:48) Codey: I just don’t like the ick of some of the villains. And speaking of ick, the next group of insects is the order Phasmata. (0:38:00) Codey: And this is the stick stick (0:38:04) Codey: and leaf insects. (0:38:06) Codey: Um, I as I was looking over like the orders of insects and I saw Phasma that my I just like my heart grew three sizes. (0:38:15) Codey: You will never know greater joy than I did when I was working in the field in 2019 here in Pennsylvania. (0:38:22) Codey: And I found a stick insect in the wild like in the woods because sometimes you’ll find them on like a building like they’ll because they do show up in in rural areas every now and then. (0:38:34) Codey: And it’s like, okay, like that it’s going to stick out. (0:38:38) Codey: Hot stick sticks is a stick insect. (0:38:40) Codey: Like it it you see it when it’s against a building super obvious, (0:38:44) Codey: but when you find one in the wild like I was just like doing a survey. (0:38:49) Codey: I was walking a transect was just literally a line. (0:38:52) Codey: I was walking a line for 30 minutes to look at the bees that were there and I just was like that is a stick insect on that bush. (0:39:02) Codey: and I had to pause my survey because I– (0:39:05) Codey: I played with that thing for like an hour. (0:39:08) Codey: I put it on my face. (0:39:09) Codey: I have pictures that– (0:39:10) Codey: I put so many insects on my face and take pictures, y’all, it’s crazy. (0:39:14) Codey: Took a picture of it, just lost my mind and just had so much joy in watching this thing and just, I set it down. (0:39:22) Codey: I watched it for like 10 minutes as it walked around. (0:39:25) Codey: So cool. (0:39:27) Codey: They’re super hard to find because of their amazing camouflage abilities. (0:39:30) Codey: So their whole evolutionary strategy for all stick and leaf insects like this whole order. (0:39:34) Codey: Is just fake out the predators don’t don’t look like something to eat look like a stick be a stick (0:39:43) Codey: and there are other than that I mean they’re just pretty they can be pretty breakable though there can be some in tropical areas that have will have some pretty gnarly cuticular defenses like they’ll have some spikes or thorny protrusions and they’re pretty um sclerotized so when you touch them like (0:40:05) Codey: hard they’re not squishy and they hurt and so I’ve never really seen these before we we have had some in the insect zoo some um leaf insects that had some of that but um again evolution what are you doing uh moonstone island um they did an april fool’s haha on everyone um on twitter and they basically showed everything evolving into a version of fish bow (0:40:35) Codey: a fish bow? I haven’t played Moonstone Island. This is wild to me. I had to go down the rabbit hole a little bit to know what the heck I was talking about here. But basically, fish bow is like one of the spirits, I believe. And it’s literally a fish bowl that has legs. (0:40:50) Codey: It’s just a fish bow, fish bow. So they tweeted a graphic, kind of like a meme from Pokemon, (0:40:58) Codey: and it showed like a fish bow becoming a fish bow or like something becoming a fish bow. (0:41:06) Codey: All your little guys is evolving. So it’s basically like all your guys, they’re just little guys, (0:41:12) Codey: they’re all evolving right now. And it alludes to the fact that all of your spirits can become fish bowed, as a verb, fish bowed. So it’s like if you have another spirit, it would just become the spirit instead of the fish in the bowl, it’s that spirit in the bowl. (0:41:31) Codey: And this might actually come to the game in the tweet they said that if they’re (0:41:35) Codey: If they get 1,000 likes on the tweet, they’ll do it but they’re clearly excited to do it with or without the likes They already have some pictures of different sprites that they’ve put or spirits that they’ve put in the fishbowl. Very cute (0:41:48) Codey: Let us and the Moonstone Island devs know what spirit you want fish bowed. Maybe they’ll make it happen (0:41:56) Codey: Okay, just a couple more things here. But next up is a another order of insects and here we have a macoptera (0:42:05) Codey: Scorpion flies and I specifically I’m going to be talking about the family of panorpity (0:42:10) Codey: Hilarious name panor. I love saying it. These guys look wild (0:42:17) Codey: So these even though they’re called scorpion flies, they aren’t actually flies just like butterflies aren’t flies they’re they’re something completely different (0:42:25) Codey: So scorpion flies do look like flies (0:42:28) Codey: But they have four wings. They’re not they didn’t evolve They’re not a part of that evolutionary chain and the males (0:42:35) Codey: literally have scorpion like tails. Like their reproductive organ looks like a scorpion tail. Doesn’t sting you can’t hurt you just looks like a scorpion. They also this really like (0:42:51) Codey: goober looking snoot. Very funny. They’re super, super weird. (0:42:56) Codey: And they’re known mostly among entomologists for the fact that they look weird. But they are also thought to have helped in early pollination before the evolution of bees. (0:43:05) Codey: And they are used for forensic entomology currently. (0:43:10) Codey: So for, I just thought this would be a cool moment to like shout out what, (0:43:13) Codey: what forensic entomology is super cool. (0:43:15) Codey: It’s using insects to solve crimes. (0:43:17) Codey: So often it’s used to try and time when, uh, like time of death, like when someone (0:43:26) Codey: died based on what insects have come to the body at that time. (0:43:29) Codey: So scorpion fly larvae can be some of the very first to find a cadaver. (0:43:34) Codey: So if. (0:43:35) Codey: They’re there and if they’re present and how, how much they’ve, um, (0:43:40) Codey: developed can tell you how long the body has been in that area and how long it’s been since, since deceasement, um, new word, uh, forensic entomology is super cool. (0:43:54) Codey: Um, there’s actually a forensic entomologist that I met, um, who’s out in New Jersey, New Jersey, and she kind of, she can tell you like vague stories, (0:44:04) Codey: but she can’t tell you so. (0:44:05) Codey: This is a legitimate thing that people do sometimes, like as a career, so cool, not for me, but cool. (0:44:20) Codey: Other insects that can be used in forensic entomology include flesh flies of the family Sarcophagidae, (0:44:28) Codey: blow flies, family California, rove beetles, which is the family Staphylenidae, and (0:44:35) Codey: carrion beetles, which is the family Sulfagidae. (0:44:39) Codey: Super, super cool. (0:44:42) Codey: Next on news is critter crops, so critter crops has been delayed to quote-unquote later this year. (0:44:49) Codey: So this was meant to release on the 15th of April, and I just think it’s funny. (0:44:54) Codey: I bet that they probably just heard Al say that this looks like a good game to play in October during the last Coral Island episode, and they were like, “That, let’s do it. Let’s delay it.” (0:45:06) Codey: That’s not true, but I do like the idea of that. (0:45:10) Codey: They delayed because testing is taking longer than they expected. (0:45:14) Codey: And in their launch delay note in Steam News, they said that they’re literally playing the game over and over again to test it and make sure that everything works. (0:45:27) Codey: So I’m not super surprised that it’s taking longer than they expected. (0:45:31) Codey: I’m assuming people probably get fatigue if you try and play a game over (0:45:36) Codey: over again. Um, even if, especially if you’re the one that developed it, (0:45:39) Codey: honestly, you know, everything. Um, but yeah, it’s not, (0:45:44) Codey: not surprising. Take your time. Um, totally fine with the delay. (0:45:49) Codey: All of the comments that I saw were also very positive about the delay. (0:45:52) Codey: Like you do you have out it. Um, okay. (0:45:57) Codey: This is, this is it y’all. This is the final order, (0:46:01) Codey: but it’s also kind of a bonus because there are four sub orders. (0:46:06) Codey: that are very important so this order is Hemiptera and this has four sub orders in it and I’m gonna go through these and I am never sure if I’m pronouncing this first one correctly. I think it’s Coleo Rinca, could also be Celio Rinca, they don’t occur in the United States so I don’t know but these are called the moss bugs. Another one is Eucanarenca so this includes cicadas and leafhoppers. Another suborder is (0:46:36) Codey: sternaryncha, which is aphids, white flies, and scalins, and others. But the one that I really wanted to talk about is heteroptera. So this is the suborder within hemiptera. It’s called heteroptera. And these are the true bugs. So while we call things bugs all the time, like, and people will call something a bug, even if it’s not an insect, like they’ll call like a spider a bug or whatever. While we do call all kinds of things bugs all the time this is the. (0:47:06) Codey: This is the suborder that these are the ones that are actually bugs. These are called the true bugs crazy. So the true bugs include families, things like stink bugs, which is Pentatomity, Assassin bugs, Reggi Viti, kissing bugs. I actually don’t remember that bed bugs, submissity, but my favorite family is tingity. (0:47:30) Codey: Or the lace bugs. These things literally look like if you knitted something and (0:47:36) Codey: it grew legs and walked away like you like you made something out of lace a very very small small (0:47:42) Codey: Lacey thing and it grew legs and walked away (0:47:45) Codey: That’s what these things look like and I never I had never seen one before and then I just started going through my samples from last year and I’m finding a (0:47:54) Codey: Good number of them actually like like at least like 10 and I every single time I’m like I have this like child like (0:48:01) Codey: Giddy giggle cuz I’m just like oh, they’re so cute, and they just look like little (0:48:06) Codey: Delicate creations, they look like little art artwork. I mean, they’re not the only things that look like artwork There’s a lot of other things that are brightly colored metallic colored (0:48:17) Codey: What have you but the lace bugs the tinges they’re just they’re so cute (0:48:24) Codey: Okay final bit of news y’all you’re almost done with me hang in there poglings (0:48:36) Codey: So the news is about poglings, but (0:48:39) Codey: I just had to go on a tangent here for a second about pog (0:48:44) Codey: Or pogs so that every time I see this game name I think that it’s about pogs which are the collectible tabs tags that we like (0:48:53) Codey: Collected in the 90s and played with (0:48:56) Codey: which if you are a 2000s, baby look these things up because (0:49:02) Codey: It just we collected I mean I guess people do (0:49:06) Codey: things like this. Now they collect pieces of cardboard and trade them and stuff. But this is basically what we did. It’s this little circle that you collected and you would find cool ones and trade them with your friends or do like a different game super crazy. And I was trying to like look those up and be like, why are happened to those? And I went down a Wikipedia rabbit hole. And I’m just going to take you guys with me for a minute here about pogs. This is not about this game at all. I’ll get to that in a second. This is about 1990s in my childhood. So this is straight from Wikipedia, quote, milk caps is a children’s game played with fat flat circular cardboard milk caps. Players make a stack of these caps and take turns to drop a heavier slammer object onto it, causing the caps to be disrupted. Each player keeps any face up caps and is to restock the face down caps, repeating the process until none land face down, at which point the player who collected the most caps wins the game. (0:50:06) Codey: I lost the game. The game is also known as pogs under which name it was sold commercially in the 1990s. So I think like the circular milkboard caps that they says me going off of the quote, the circular milkboard caps. This is just like you buy, I think, a milk and you take that like tab that’s on the inside of it and you play with play it with that. So that was just like that. (0:50:28) Codey: But these pogs that were sold and commercialized, they had so many different pieces of art on them. So some (0:50:36) Codey: were like I’m just like at a loss to even begin to say what’s on me there’s like art like someone drew like a flower on it there’s some that are are like a Tasmanian devil like so there’s some that were like Looney Tunes there’s some that you could have found them in any like (0:50:56) Codey: anything that said that it was okay for POG to put its likeness on them there were just so many many different kinds and they they were pretty good (0:51:07) Codey: as well and I never played because with this because the like milk caps game itself because I didn’t want to if I’d collected it and I wanted it I didn’t want to get it get rid of it and I don’t know where my hogs are and I’m upset the end of the Wikipedia blurb here is that the name originates from POG which is a brand of juice made from passion fruit orange and guava and the use of the juice’s caps to play the game. (0:51:36) Codey: the game’s commercialization which is wild to me because I just went to Hawaii and POG is (0:51:43) Codey: is a Hawaiian beverage and I lost my mind because it’s delicious and when I got it in Hawaii it is so smooth and I got it everywhere like every single place I went to I was like do you have POG and they said yes and I was like that is what I would like to drink please um and I found it on the west coast but you cannot find it on the east coast of the United States and your girl’s about to to drop like 50 bucks. (0:52:06) Codey: I can’t do that. (0:52:07) Codey: But if I could, I would drop 50 bucks to get some of this stuff delivered to me. (0:52:13) Codey: Well, pogs, pog the juice, poglings the game. (0:52:18) Codey: Here we are. (0:52:20) Codey: They just announced on Kickstarter that the development team will be changing. (0:52:24) Codey: So the person who is the creator of poglings, his name is Chad. (0:52:30) Codey: He is just not, he is still going to be staying on. (0:52:34) Codey: but another team that had (0:52:36) Codey: agreed to help him develop poglings is not going to be able to continue on for unknown reasons. Um, and he, the, in the post, it’s very, very clear that it’s, it’s, you know, not, (0:52:48) Codey: not something to have drama over. Like this happens. The game industry is really difficult right now. Developing is really difficult. Some people have been losing their jobs. Like it’s kind of hard to make money in this. So he’s super understanding and he’s looking for, um, (0:53:00) Codey: other development teams to help him finish this project, product, project. Yeah. Both words work. (0:53:06) Codey: Um, so yeah, uh, the reasoning’s pretty generic there. Uh, the development team will be changing and this was obviously going to delay the game. Um, and he just, you know, says this and says, (0:53:17) Codey: you know, I’m sorry for the lack of, um, whatever. Uh, yeah. And, and that the game was going to be delayed. The response is pretty positive. Um, you know, a lot of people saying, (0:53:30) Codey: you know, take your time. We understand gaming is really the game development industry is really (0:53:36) Codey: important and I’ll thank you for your transparency. Um, and yeah, all of, all of those things echoed back. Um, I think that it’s good that they’re being transparent and open about it. And, um, (0:53:48) Codey: I hope they find us a new development team to partner with them and wish them the best so that we can see this game. And if they chab, chab, this is just, just for you. If you put passion for orange and clava juice in this game and you at me or reach out. (0:54:06) Codey: To me in some way and you tell me that you did this, I will buy this game a hundred percent, (0:54:12) Codey: a hundred percent. Well, that is al

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Marcus, Nick, Atrax AND Joey Fetta combine forces to fight the forces of evil and bring justice to the EPIC games they played at PAX East 2024! Both video games and board games alike have been pulled from the dark clutches of obscurity in this odyssey of an episode! Enjoy!Join the Nerds Community Discord!https://discord.gg/78e5BUmXx8We're on YouTube!https://www.youtube.com/@workingclassnerdsCheck Out Our Streams!https://www.twitch.tv/Atrax_Ahttps://www.Kick.com/marcusb814https://www.twitch.tv/chetta_minis_painting

You read that correctly, the state of the gaming world is unreal, as in Unreal Engine. As the GDC is fully underway, there was still a lot of news to get through. From Epic games having their state of Unreal, to Saber Interactive breaking free from Embracers embrace, to the failure of the PSVR 2, and Star Wars Battlefront Classic Collection taking a nosedive. Also Popeye, The Cat in the Hat, and The Never Ending Story are all making some kind of comeback, The Acolyte gets its first trailer, and Dune Pt. 2 continues to sizzle as the box office. That and a whole lot more.

Welcome to Dev Game Club, where this week we return to our series on Homeworld with an interview with special guest Alex Garden, who co-founded Relic and directed the title. We talk about the inception of the idea to the implementation difficulties and much more. Dev Game Club looks at classic video games and plays through them over several episodes, providing commentary. Podcast breakdown: 0:52    Interview 1:03:49 Break 1:04:24 Outro Comments Issues covered: the history of our guest, distributing pirated games, the cold intro, testing games, dropping out of high school, selling the company and working for some years, fixing someone else's bugs, the crystal sphere, "Spaghetti Ball," the lightning bolt, focusing on the loss, pulling together the team, a 50000-line demo, starting with multiplayer to demo, demoing for gods, "this has changed how I'll make games," not knowing how to tell stories in space, creating a reference for the ships, believing you can overcome the difficulties, finding your home and knowing you were in the right, the gravity of the situation and losing people, every life being precious, you are not the target audience, making the story and the gameplay the same, lack of dynamic range, one revolution multiple evolution, changing the licensor, ships with fantastic shapes and colors, the main ship and why it has that design, ship scale on LODs, a frequency domain audio engine, doing a lot procedurally, clock radios, joining the rebellion, what sticks with you today, trusting your vision, expectations smashed, the new game gods, trying to make designers rock stars, knowing your collaborators. Games, people, and influences mentioned or discussed: Madden (franchise), Triple Play, The Divide, PlayStation, Impossible Creatures, Warhammer 40K: Dawn of War, Company of Heroes, Nexon, Xbox Live, Zune, Zynga, US Robotics, Distinctive Software, Chris Taylor, Don Mattrick, Omar Sharif On Bridge, Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego, Sega Genesis, Beavis and Butthead, Conceptual Interface Devices, Luke Moloney, Radical Entertainment, Electronic Arts, NASA/JPL, Ptolemy, Battlestar Galactica, Jon Mavor, Greg McMartin, Scott Lynch, Sierra, Valve, Erin Daly, Rob Cunningham, Aaron Kambeitz, Jane Jensen, Rob Lowe, Roberta and Ken Williams, Peter Molyneux, Black & White, Wing Commander, Chris Roberts, Star Citizen, The Breakfast Club, Blizzard, Starcraft, Republic Commando, Games Workshop, Blur Entertainment, Chris Foss, Peter Elson, Monkey Island, Shane Alfreds, Deus Ex, Warren Spector, Harvey Smith, Tim Cain, Fallout, Ion Storm, Ken Levine, Cliff Bleszinski, Killcreek (Stevie Case), John Romero, Hal Barwood, Wil Wright, Tim Schafer, Larry Holland, Gabe Newell, American McGee, Kirk Hamilton, Aaron Evers, Mark Garcia.  Next time: ??? Twitch: brettdouville or timlongojr, instagram:timlongojr, Twitter: @devgameclub Discord DevGameClub@gmail.com

The three Nerds catch up in Nick's first podcast since the big move! This week they're talking about how they've chosen their PC parts, how they think about building a PC, and share some tips for people looking to get into PC gaming! Enjoy!Join the Nerds Community Discord!https://discord.gg/78e5BUmXx8We're on YouTube!https://www.youtube.com/@workingclassnerdsCheck Out Our Streams!https://www.twitch.tv/Atrax_Ahttps://www.Kick.com/marcusb814

This week, the gang follows up on Tim Sweeney from last week, and also discuss Dark Souls 2 modding, the “photorealistic” ant RTS Empire of the Ants, and Resident Evil 4 Remake crossing 7 million copies sold. The news also includes: Saber Interactive confirms “a number of titles” still in development Star Wars: Battlefront Classic […] The post Episode 717: Fake Xbox Live first appeared on Gaming Podcast » Podcast Feed.

Marcus and Nick are joined by Counter Strike Confederation Caster Atrax this week! Marcus and Nick are together for the Last Transmission from the Rebel Base (aka his apartment) before he moves into Imperial Command (aka TK-427's house.) The trio of nerds discuss what makes a mobile game, comparisons to Handheld games, which mobile games should be remembered fondly and much much more! Enjoy!Join the Nerds Community Discord!https://discord.gg/78e5BUmXx8We're on YouTube!https://www.youtube.com/@workingclassnerdsCheck Out Our Streams!https://www.twitch.tv/Atrax_Ahttps://www.Kick.com/marcusb814

With all of the news recently with Xbox and Sony and their future plans, the Beat of the Month crew take some time to reflect on the current state of the games industry with some general discussion. Sound boring? You couldn't be more wrong! Tensions run at their all time highest causing one Beats member to leave mid-episode. But before those shenanigans we take a look at our memories with the very first original Xbox and the early days of Xbox Live. We also kick things off with some Xbox trivia. Why would we have trivia at the start of the episode anyway? Inquiring minds want to know...

With Atrax being a Counter Strike Pro in CSC, Marcus and Nick are joined by Nerds Community Manager Joey Fetta! The three of them break down the giant amount of gaming news we have from this past week! Enjoy!Join the Nerds Community Discord!https://discord.gg/78e5BUmXx8We're on YouTube!https://www.youtube.com/@workingclassnerdsCheck Out Our Streams!https://www.twitch.tv/Atrax_Ahttps://www.Kick.com/marcusb814 

The three Nerds dive into the Steam Next Fest this week! They also discuss the earthquake on ice, and how much Marcus enjoys his new pet chicken! Enjoy!Join the Nerds Community Discord!https://discord.gg/78e5BUmXx8We're on YouTube!https://www.youtube.com/@workingclassnerdsCheck Out Our Streams!https://www.twitch.tv/Atrax_Ahttps://www.Kick.com/marcusb814

The nerds are joined by a very special guest this week- Sir_Snarf, the Community Manager for Airship Syndicate's Wayfinder! The guys couldn't be talking Wayfinder without including the Nerds Community overseer- Rhaiu! This 5-person production is a real treat for anyone looking to see behind the curtain of working in the gaming industry! Enjoy!Join the Nerds Community Discord!https://discord.gg/78e5BUmXx8We're on YouTube!https://www.youtube.com/@workingclassnerdsCheck Out Our Streams!https://www.twitch.tv/Atrax_Ahttps://www.Kick.com/marcusb814

Nick and Marcus are joined by Community Overseer- Rhaiu! The three of them are LIVE on Twitch, Kick and YouTube talking about their best gaming memories over the course of their (in  Marcus's case) very VERY long lives- Enjoy!Join the Nerds Community Discord!https://discord.gg/78e5BUmXx8We're on YouTube!https://www.youtube.com/@workingclassnerdsCheck Out Our Streams!https://www.twitch.tv/Atrax_Ahttps://www.Kick.com/marcusb814

With Atrax competing in the CSC, Nick and Marcus are joined by returning guest and epic content creator, MarcusBGaming! The three of them discuss their impressions of Palworld, the state of Destiny 2, and what it's like being a full-time content creator. Enjoy!You can find more of MarcusBGaming at:https://www.youtube.com/@marcusbgaming350https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCaMyo6Nr5zBz81mTmIW3EsQJoin the Nerds Community Discord!https://discord.gg/78e5BUmXx8We're on YouTube!https://www.youtube.com/@workingclassnerdsCheck Out Our Streams!https://www.twitch.tv/Atrax_Ahttps://www.Kick.com/marcusb814

Dive into a spectacular nostalgia trip with us as we revisit the standout moments of 2023! It's been a year brimming with amazing stories, fascinating insights, and unforgettable interviews with some of the most influential figures from the golden age of gaming and technology. From groundbreaking developments in retro tech to deep dives into classic video game history, join us for an exhilarating journey as we celebrate the best of The Retro Hour from 2023. Please visit our amazing sponsors and help to support the show: Bitmap Books https://www.bitmapbooks.com/ Check out PCBWay at https://pcbway.com for all your PCB needs Take your business to the next level today and enjoy 3 months of Shopify for £1/month: https://shopify.co.uk/retrohour We need your help to ensure the future of the podcast, if you'd like to help us with running costs, equipment and hosting, please consider supporting us on Patreon: https://theretrohour.com/support/ https://www.patreon.com/retrohour Get your Retro Hour merchandise: https://bit.ly/33OWBKd Join our Discord channel: https://discord.gg/GQw8qp8 Website: http://theretrohour.com Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/theretrohour/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/retrohouruk Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/retrohouruk/ Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/theretrohour Show notes: Cyberia: Revisiting The Cyber Cafe with Eva Pascoe: http://tinyurl.com/4jsdrdas Homeworld Co-Creator Rob Cunningham - The Retro Hour EP371: http://tinyurl.com/2fcawuzw Age of Empires II and Xbox Live with Mark Terrano - The Retro Hour EP383: http://tinyurl.com/4xejvcch Swordquest and Atari's Pac-Man with Tod Frye - The Retro Hour EP384: http://tinyurl.com/mppajh7z From Dark Seed to True Crime: The Artistic Journey of Joby Otero - The Retro Hour EP391: http://tinyurl.com/2zrvz82t From Commodore 64 to BAFTA Nominee: The Sonic Boom of Ross Tregenza - The Retro Hour EP399: http://tinyurl.com/2s3ckvvt Back To The BBS with Al's Geek Lab - The Retro Hour EP382: http://tinyurl.com/27hv4jh5 Core Design, Psygnosis & Disney Studios with Rolf Mohr - The Retro Hour EP369: http://tinyurl.com/42zeyb45 Bringing Konami Games To The West - The Retro Hour EP386: http://tinyurl.com/bdcmy62b Controversial Retro Games with Kirk Ewing - The Retro Hour EP365: http://tinyurl.com/55dpbp2r Shaping the Sounds of Fallout and Star Trek: Starfleet Academy - The Retro Hour EP405: http://tinyurl.com/f7jyt7s2     South Park Games, DMA Design and Acclaim with Neill Glancy - The Retro Hour EP375: http://tinyurl.com/y443zxj3 Microsoft Memories with Dave Plummer - The Retro Hour EP373: http://tinyurl.com/3rvkcxdt Retro Edutainment: Unpacking the Classic Arthur Games with Marc Brown - The Retro Hour EP379: http://tinyurl.com/y48mtcbp The Dreamcast Junkyard - The Retro Hour EP377: http://tinyurl.com/mtncem7f 

If you're an older player of video games, you know that 2007 was an historically-insane year for the medium. Call of Duty: Modern Warfare, Super Mario Galaxy, BioShock, The Orange Box, God of War II, Uncharted: Drake's Fortune, and Mass Effect -- amongst others -- all launched within 9 months of each other. And then there was Halo 3, arguably the king of them all. Halo 3 is the Xbox brand's single best-selling game by a mile, and it's an emblem of Microsoft's most successful era both commercially and critically, when it was a completely dominant force with its boot on its competitor's neck. Short and sweet at only eight hours (or so) long, Halo 3 is a thrill to play, though it does lack its predecessor's emphasis on story and lore, which is a bit of a bummer. And it of course thrived via online play via Xbox Live, which isn't at all what our podcast is about. Instead, we focus on its action movie-like campaign, which we both had a blast with. And we reminisce about a time when Microsoft nearly won the so-called Console War, before it somewhat befuddingly dropped the ball and gave the crown away. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices