Vroooom! You can ride em, you can drive em, you can fly em you can sink em. Just get in there and VROOOOM!
Next Week: Top 5 uses of colour in videogames.
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Top 5 – Game Vehicles
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Episode 59 – WTFosoft!?
Microsoft did some things. Namely going nuclear on the Xbone’s controversial DRM policies. Some people are happy, some people are confused and Ben people are sad about it. But screw that because Paul got an OUYA!
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Top 5 – Games of E3 2013
There were lots of games and we judged em! We didn’t even play them! In some cases (Ben) we don’t even know what they’re like! But we ranked em and it felt good!
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Next Week: Top 5 Vehicles
Interview – Mel Croucher
Mel Croucher founded one of the UK’s first video game studios in 1977, Automata. Now he is kickstarting a sequel to his classic 1984 Game Deus Ex Machina. From Radio underground game distribution, treasures in horse’s anuses and phallic walking sticks we cover everything you didn’t even know you needed to know in one of our most interesting discussions ever. If you only listen to one Eight and a Half bit interview this year, listen to this one!
Deus Ex Machina 2 on Kickstarter
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Episode 58 – The Desolation of E3
PS4! Wii-U! XBone! OUYA! Sifteo Cubes! All the big players were in attendance in what was perhaps the most controversial E3 of all time. Emotions are high and there’s a bit of bullshit to cut through but we try not to get too bogged down in that and instead focus on what really matters… the length of Bayonetta’s new hair. IT’S SO SPUNKY!
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Top 5 – Best Dressed Videogame Characters
They come runnin’ just as fast as they can
coz every girl crazy ’bout a sharp dressed man videogame character.
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Next Week: Top 5 games of E3 2013
Episode 57 – Sneaky Snake Vs Big XBone
There’s a new Solid Snake or maybe there isn’t. Frankly we don’t’ know what to believe any more. We know that the Xbone continues to be the most controversial console announcement in memory, Rogue Legacy is awesome, Deus Ex: The Fall is upsetting and zombie hip hop cyborg ninjas are a good thing. There are only a few days until E3 kids so get your adult diapers ready.
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How Crowd Funding Solved Virtual Reality
In March 2012 the world got its first look at the Oculus Rift. This virtual reality display was accurate, low cost and had the potential to become a serious option for the home virtual reality industry. Other than the impressive tech the difference with this attempt was that to fund the project they used crowd funding via a Kickstarter campaign. This not only helped them raise 2.5 million dollars but made the Rift a recognisable name among gaming enthusiasts overnight.
While we await the consumer launch of the product we have be inundated with support from developers experimenting with the interface and pledging that their titles will be compatible. For the first time VR looks like it has a real chance at taking off with quality hardware and software support but since then we’ve seen other players enter the scene that fill in other parts of the VR experience and yet again crowd funding seems to be a key component.
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