EXP Podcast #498: Streaming Gets Serious

Master Chief's new house.

Brace your routers: another generation of streaming game services is careening across the web and towards your wallet.  This week, we talk about Project xCloud, along with efforts from Google, Ubisoft, and others to make a push for delivering games on demand.  Will this be the beginning of the end for the single-game purchase or are our intertubes too clogged up to meet our demands?  Listen in for a chance to hear what two people who are in no way networking experts think.

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Show Notes:

- Runtime: 41m 17s
- Music by Brad Sucks

EXP Podcast #497: The Sony Classic

This is not a mini.
Those are just huge hands.

Just look at the Sony Classic, a miniaturized version of the iconic PlayStation that's so small it has to be legally marked as a choking hazard. Which is perfect, because if there's one thing Sony wants us to shove down our throats, it's their back-catalogue of amazing games. This week on the EXP Podcast, we discuss the games we think deserve a place on this system.

Oh, and we also come up with a concept for the mini that would have been WAY better than this thing.

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Show Notes:

- Runtime: 40m 42s
- Music by Brad Sucks

EXP Podcast #496: Telltale Troubles

Happy trails, guys

Late last week, Telltale announced it was closing down the studio.  It's never easy seeing so many people lose their jobs and some of the revelations about the questionable work environment make it even worse.  The fact remains that Telltale had a huge influence on the adventure game genre as well as the larger game industry, so we're taking this week to look back on the company's run and recognize the company's impact.

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Show Notes:

- Runtime: 34m 15s
- Music by Brad Sucks

EXP Podcast #495: Peachette Direct

Who are you really!?

Shocking revelations from Nintendo this past week with the news that Princess Peach is, in fact, a mushroom-person who is merely granted a human form using the powers of her royal crown. This week on the podcast, we discuss the latest news from Nintendo.

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Show Notes:

- Runtime: 36m 37s
- Music by Brad Sucks

EXP Podcast #494: Swinging into the Donut Breach

Man, I could really go for a donut.

It's September, which means it's back to school and back to games!  This week to do a check in on three current games we've been playing: Marvel's Spiderman, Donut County, and Into the Breach.  Now that I look at it, I find the variety between those games extremely cool.  Hopefully I can use this bounty to redirect my urge to binge on donuts into an urge to binge on games.  My waistline will thank me.

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Show Notes:

- Runtime: 40m 09s
- Music by Brad Sucks

EXP Podcast #493: Hard Pass

"Exactly Ryuji. Exactly."

Fishing? Who needs it. Crafting? No thanks. Alchemy? That's someone else's job.

This week on the EXP Podcast, we're discussing all the wonderfully crafted game systems we just never seem to care about. From skinning animals to make larger wallets to harvesting herbs to brew all kinds of potions. With so much to do, how could we possibly do all of it?

Have you got a game system you always ignore? Shoot us an email and let us know!

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Show Notes:

- Runtime: 31m 10s
- Music by Brad Sucks

EXP Podcast #492: Dead Cells Debrief

My wallet is somewhere on that island.

I used to be worried about gene splicing, but then Motion Twin synthesized a hybrid of Dark Souls, Spelunky, Castlevania, along with a generous helping of their own secret sauce.  Now I'm fully onboard with our wonderful future of procedural, rogue-like, side-scrolling combat exploration games.  This week, we talk about Dead Cells!

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Show Notes:

- Runtime: 43m 17s
- Music by Brad Sucks