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This week we're joined by Lisa Brown, part of the Insomniac team that worked on Resistance! In this episodes we discuss what we'd like to be when we grow up, the value of class action lawsuits, and the upcoming "gay patch" in SW:TOR.
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• Lisa Brown on Google +
• Rasmussen College offers an online degree in Game and Simulation Programming
• Try a free audiobook and support the show!
• [GAME] Toys vs Nightmares
• [LINK] Sony puts out new PSN terms of service
• [LINK] Nintendo's new horrific peripheral
• [LINK] Dead Island and Gamification
• [LINK] World of Darkness MMO features nudity, gore, insanity, and permanent death
• [LINK] WoW introduces Raid Finder
• [LINK] Same sex relations will be in SW:TOR post-release patch

This week we are joined by Brian Weissman of Grinding Gear Games, creators of Path of Exile. In this episode, we delve into the minutiae of Magic, the rage against resellers, and the take a look at games from another angle. Oh, and we reanimate an arcade classic... Zaxxon.
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• Path of Exile
• Rasmussen College offers an online degree in Game and Simulation Programming
• Try a free audiobook and support the show!
• [MOD] Civilization 5 NiGHTS
• [GAMES] Online board games at Yucata.de
• [LINK] Ars Technica on ownership in large game houses
• [LINK] Planetside 2 will be free to play
• [VID] Video game in a box
• [LINK] Quantum Dream CEO denounces game resellers
• [LINK] History of used video games
• [LINK] Owning the Stack: The legal war for control of the smartphone platform
• Reanimator: Zaxxon
• [LINK] The Badass Hussars
• [LINK] Big Block Games builds a game for Child's Play
• [CONTEST] Send in a question for the show to have a chance to win a Path of Exile beta invite

Welcome back to the laboratory! This week we're joined by Teddy Lee of Cellar Door Games, makers of Rogue Legacy. In addition to discussing how hard it is to work with his brother, we discuss the concept of cinematic games, we cover the apparent inevitability of Ouya failure, and we show each other on this doll where the Steam sale touched us.
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Cellar Door Games on Twitter

Cellar Door Games

[LINK] Nintendo claims a majority of gamers can't finish SMB 1-1

[LINK] Ouya has no hit games so far

[LINK] The harsh reality if indie game success

This summer has seen a terrible drought for booking guests, but it appears the fall has graced us with more open schedules! This week, we welcome Roger Craig Smith, voice actor supreme! On top of doing the voices of Ezio from Assassin's Creed, he's know as the voice of Sonic the Hedgehog, Chris Redfield, and a host of other characters in animation and gaming. In this episode, we discuss the creation of social networks, how to figure out if your stand-up career is doomed, and why we want to slap Nolan North.
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• Roger Craig Smith's Website
• Roger on IMDB
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• Try a free audiobook and support the show!
• [LINK] Nintendo wants to make a gamer social network
• [LINK] Microsoft's Election 2012 hub on Xbox Live
• [LINK] Psychonauts coming to PSN
• [LINK] 16 bit Borderlands

Double Fine graces the laboratory with more of it's excellent game creators! This week we welcome the dubiously ubiquitous Ron Gilbert, of Maniac Mansion and Monkey Island fame, and Chad Dawson, lead programmer on The Cave and AI developer for over a decade. Additionally, although Spencer was getting his face operated on (thank god!), Eric Fullerton offered to fill in! In this episode, we discuss the chick-magnet capabilities of classic computers, the ever-present question of why anyone makes an MMO, and whether SCUMM can leave a mark.
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• Kevin on Twitter
• The Cave
• Double Fine Productions
• Get a 30-day free trial of Netflix
• Try a free audiobook and support the show!
• [LINK] Zombies Run: a running game and audio adventure
• [LINK] Rich Vogel leaving Bioware amid layoff rumors.
• [LINK] Left 4 Dead 2 to be first Valve game on Linux
• [LINK] Ouya kickstarter
• [LINK] Sony missed Limbo exclusivity by asking for ip rights
• We will be giving away Steam codes for the The Double Fine Bundle. To enter, send us an e-mail and let us know who you would most like to see as a guest on Core Elements!