15: Leaking Battery Acid

11/26/14 • 57 min

This week Federico and Myke discuss a scientific study of Mario Galaxy, the merits and disadvantages of crowd-funded games, a GameBoy HDMI extension, tales of recent local multiplayer experiences and they talk about the iOS games they've been playing.

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Links and Show Notes: Store — Relay FM Why I Left iCloud Reminders for Todoist – MacStories Connected #14: The Old Mac Paladin - Relay FM Energy-saving mode | Instant-On mode | Xbox One power modes Valve adds new rules to Steam Early Access to ensure games don't suck | Polygon Our Rules — Kickstarter Glitch's Creed The 3DS Home Menu theme competition is over ⊟ ... - Tiny Cartridge 3DS - Nintendo 3DS, DS, Wii U, and PS Vita News, Media, Comics, & Retro Junk Slowpoke Reggae Song - YouTube [3DS Themes] BIG Update (Nov. 21) - YouTube Daniel Vuckovic (@VOOK64) | Twitter Daan Koopman (@NintenDaan) | Twitter Thimbleweed Park succeeds its $375K Kickstarter goal in six days • Eurogamer.net Physicists call Super Mario Galaxy's scientific accuracy into question | Polygon

"Clearly, the degeneracy pressure far outstrips the gravitational pressure by eleven orders of magnitude," the paper concludes. "The outcome of this discrepancy is that if constructed, the planet would survive for only a very brief moment before violently destroying itself and any short plumbers who happen to be running about on its surface."

Luigi's Mansion: Dark Moon HAUNTED TOWERS and LEVEL CLEAR - YouTube hdmyboy | hdmyboy: a full hd power up for your game boy classic Thomas Was Alone Lewie Procter on Twitter: "Nintendo have just announced that they're going to start selling empty boxes http://t.co/zWqzqEOw2K" Crossy Road - Endless Arcade Hopper on the App Store on iTunes FRAMED on the App Store on iTunes Threes! on the App Store on iTunes Monument Valley on the App Store on iTunes Pokemon Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire Sell 3 Million in Three Days - IGN

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14: I Love the Noise that the Chicken Makes

This week Federico and Myke talk about the upcoming Majora's Mask remake, Call of Duty Advanced Warfare, Fantasy Life, Monument Valley, Sunset Overdrive, Shovel Knight, Crossy Road and Vain Glory.

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Links and Show Notes: Thimbleweed Park: A New Classic Point & Click Adventure! by Ron Gilbert & Gary Winnick — Kickstarter New Mirror's Edge speed run will make you seasick | Polygon Majora’s Mask 3D cover and artwork ⊟ Oh wow all... - Tiny Cartridge 3DS - Nintendo 3DS, DS, Wii U, and PS Vita News, Media, Comics, & Retro Junk The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask 3D - Special Edition (Nintendo 3DS) - YouTube Aonuma: Majora's Mask 3DS won't be 'just another remake' | Joystiq Majora's Mask comparison video shows off 3DS enhancements • Eurogamer.net Majora's Mask 3D adds fishing, alters a boss fight • Eurogamer.net The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Nintendo's Secret Weapon Call of Duty®: Advanced Warfare Fantasy Life | Nintendo 3DS | Games | Nintendo Monument Valley on the App Store on iTunes Inquisitive #14: Building Monument Valley, with Daniel Gray - Relay FM Shovel Knight | Yacht Club Games Crossy Road - Endless Arcade Hopper on the App Store on iTunes Vainglory on the App Store on iTunes

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16: Raichu's Kind of A Bully

This week Federico and Myke discuss music influenced by video games, revisit the Wii U as a viable platform, celebrate 20 years of PlayStation, give their first impressions of the new Pokemon games and bemoan what EA have done to Peggle.

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