Episode 13 - The State of Gaming: Sony

06/24/16 • 69 min

In this episode, Aaron and Chris discuss the state of gaming for Sony and its Playstation brand. The gamers explore the ups and downs of Sony's trek into gaming in the mid 90s, their formative gaming years in the early 2000s, and their eventual rise to supremacy. In our gaming assignments segment, Chris assesses Overwatch, and Aaron gives us his opinion on Ratchet and Clank: Tools of Destruction.

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Episode 12 - When to Retire a Franchise or Genre?

In this episode, Chris and Aaron discuss when enough is enough: when is the right time to retire a franchise (or even an entire genre)? How can we drive the industry to produce new ideas as opposed to producing the same, tired iterations on games we've already played? The gamers search for the point where players "check out" and move on entirely. Chris gives his brief review of Fez, and Aaron laments his time with Bravely Default. Finally, the gamers throw in their E3 predictions... will announcements finally push Aaron to buy a PS4?!

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Episode 14 - The Competitive Gaming Scene

In this episode, Chris and Aaron track the rise in competitive gaming over the course of the last two decades. They relive early memories of head-to-head battle across multiple genres that undoubtedly laid the eventual groundwork for today's E-Sports scene. The gamers highlight an exceptional competitive Overwatch player, Seagull. Finally, Aaron and Chris give their impressions of two early Playstation classics: Spyro and Crash Bandicoot. Intro music provided by sawsquarenoise.