Episode Eight

  • George Lucas Retires
  • Viacom chief disappointed about mob mentality surround the SOPA defeat
  • Megaupload shutdown did nothing to slow piracy, study finds
  • Microsoft abandoning points by the end of 2012
  • Lego partially influences Minecraft…which then inspires Minecraft Legos?
  • Notch is going to fund a Pyschonauts 2?
  • Bethesda releases PC-only Skyrim hi-res pack and creation kit
  • Kinect for PC now available
  • X-Box 720 rumored to not play used games – developers love the idea
  • What are you playing?

 

Episode Seven

  • Direct2Drive joins GameFly – looks like digital distribution is heating up Linky
  • Steam sales increase 100 percent for the seventh straight year Linky
  • Steam Winter Sale: anyone score any Phat Loot?Now that it’s 2012 – What is your game of the year for 2011?
  • Thoughts on SWTOR – from beta to post launch model!
  • SWTOR is the fastest-growing MMO in history? Over a million subscribers in just a couple days since launch! Linky
  • Jonathan’s Random Topic

 

Episode Six

  • Favorite games of the fall season + impressions
  • Next WoW expansion announced – Mists of Pandaria
  • Star Wars The Old Republic coming on the 20th
  • EA adds WB, Capcom and THQ to Origin
  • Shigeru Miyamoto retiring from Nintendo Or is he?
  • Ico Creator Leaves Sony, Team Ico
  • X-Box 360 Fall Update – Likey? No Likey?
  • Jonathan’s random topic

Artwork by James West

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Episode Five

  • Steve Jobs died
  • Battlefield 3 isn’t slated for Steam release – will Mass Effect 3 be? [link]
  • Why no Steam Notch? [link]
  • Jon Carmack complains consoles aren’t as powerful as PCs [link]
  • but then shares that consoles are ‘better business’ than PCs for games [link]
  • Witness – peering through the ‘Myst’ [link]
  • Nintendo Files Patent For ‘Massively Single-Playing Online Game’ [link]
  • Why game industry talent is going indie. [link]
  • Portal’s free DLC – how’d you like it?
  • Jonathan was right – codes to play games on consoles – Online Passes [link]
  • Jonathan’s random topic

Episode Four

  • Post-E3 Impressions! What looked good, what looked bad, and what this says about the game developers in question.
  • PC exclusive gone rogue: The Witcher 2 on X-Box 360? [link]
  • NO F’ing way… EA launching Steam competitor [link]
  • A real-life Holodeck? Finally! [link]
  • The Wii U, a neat new console from Nintendo with a stupid new name! [link]
  • Torchlight pirated over 5 million times in China – developer’s fine with that  [link]
  • LA Noire coming to PC this fall [link]
  • PC Exclusive shooter from the makers of Witcher 2 and BulletStorm [link]
  • Kingdom Hearts “Dream Drop Distance?” [link]
  • Windows 8 able to play X-Box 360 games [link]
  • The Last Airbender – the Legend of Korra trailer revealed [link]
  • What are you playing / looking forward to

Episode Three

  • Duke Nukem has gone gold Link
  • 12 ways consoles are hurting PC gaming Link
  • Farewell to DirectX? Link
  • PSN is back up Link
  • Sony says ‘Sorry’ with Free Games. Link
  • Sony – another Sony company hacked Link
  • Ubisoft’s CEO lets slip that Nintendo’s Project Cafe might be powerful enough to port existing X-Box 360 and PS3 titles to Link
  • Lots o’ big budget Superhero Movies this summer: Thor, X-Men, Captain America, Green Lantern.
  • Microsoft buys Skype. What are the implications of this? Link
  • Chinese prisoners are being forced to farm gold in MMOs ‘Oh the humanity!’ Link
  • E3 primer – what have you heard, what do you know?

 

 

Episode Two

In Over the Fence Episode Two, we discuss . . .

Chat with Jordan Rudess

Jordan Rudess is an iDevice app designer and a multi-talented musician best known as the keyboardist for Progressive Metal band Dream Theater. I met him at a presentation at the Apple store in SoHo, NYC, and he had a few words to say regarding his interest in the iDevice line.

 

Episode One

 

The OTF Production team is proud to present the very first episode of Over the Fence! In this episode, Patrick, Eric, Chad, Jeff, Shaun and David discuss:

 

  • Valve more profitable than Google or Apple?
  • Verizon iPhone is here!
  • Telltale Games picks up lots of new franchises!
  • Musical interlude by Jeff Wise
  • Bulletstorm’s “Videogames cause rape” debacle!
  • Violent videogames Promote Civic behavior?
  • What have YOU been playing recently?