++Good Games (Double Plus Good Games) Podcast
Summary: ++Good Games is based on the concept of "Newspeak" proposed in George Orwell's book "1984." Newspeak stemmed from idea that there were simply too many words to describe the same thing. The basic concept behind Newspeak was to remove all shades of meaning from language boiling dialog down to simple dichotomies: pleasure and pain, happiness and sadness, good and evil. ++Good Games believes that the Dystopian (often post-apocalyptic) "1984″ premise is not only being used as a graphic backdrop for today’s games (Half Life 2, Bioshock, Fallout, et al) but it is also being used in the industry's game reviews system. reducing the need for deep thinking and conversation about games. This ever-expanding games industry shows no signs of slowing down. New gamers are coming onboard every day and older gamers are spreading the gamer-demographic across five (or more) decades. With iPhones, 3DS and downloadable games lowering the barrier for entry into this pastime, we are absolutely in a Golden Age of gaming.
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Podcasts:
The team welcomes two legendary and Iconic writers that have been in the biz as long as we have. Editor in chief of the Official Xbox Magazine, Francesca Reyes as well as Senior Editor of OXM, Ryan McCaffery, join the ++Good Games crew for an hour they c
With Dave out at PAX the team is reminded of some of some of their embarrassing moments at shows past. Anthony talks Platinum Games and Vanquish and Neal takes a crack at fixing games retail.
Sentimental Journeys: The recent issue of @Gamer Magazine strikes a chord with the group and has everyone recanting their tales of publications past. From there, the conversation turns to reflections Sega and to their future with Platinum Games.
The team welcomes Microsoft Game Studio's Senior Product Manager for Halo Reach, Mike Stout. He's here to talk about Halo: Reach, the upcoming FPS from famed developer Bungie.
Sequels and Mods. Bioshock Infinite is announced but Neal can't seem to get his mind off of Backbreaker. Because of his refusal to look forward, this week's podcast is split into two camps; between sequels and mods.
The ++Good Games interview crew does a two-fer this week with Jimmy Soga and Thomas Lipschultz from XSeed games on the eve of their Y's SEVEN and Ivy the Kiwi? launches this month.
The ++Good crew is honored to have voice over legend, Liam O'Brien join us for this week's Bonus Round. Liam talks about how he got started anime/videogames while the group giggles like giddy Japanese school girls.
This week we talk Street Fighter lessons and about Backbreaker's new "Greathouse" update arriving a week prior to EA's yearly football offering. Batman gets announced on the cover of Game Informer and Anthony wonders why aren't there more NEO GEO shooter
Michael Micholic from UbiSoft joins the team to talk about their upcoming XBLA and PSN release, Scott Pilgrim vs The World. Michael brings several years of brand and marketing experience to the table and gets some instant 'street cred' for his work in he
Nintendo announces a press conference to announce a release date and Sony and Microsoft are in a race to see who's motion controlled device will reach the bargain bin first.
Comic Con ends after a round of psycho musical chairs but the biggest news of the show had to be the announcement of the massive Street Fighter vs Tekken (Tekken vs Street Fighter) crossover. That's not the only big news this week. On top of everything
Gail Salamanca from Aksys Games joins the podcast crew all the way from Comic-Con in San Diego. He's talking all about the High Definition 2D fighter, BlazBlue: Calamity Trigger. If you wanted to get the 2D dirt straight from the source's-mouth, check o
What makes a collector's edition collectable and what differentiates a $10 upsell from a pre-order? These are some of life's great mysteries and the ++Good Games team digs in to it this week. Also, DeathSpank hits both PSN and XBLA and Dave, Jeff and Ne
The group discovers they can see into the future by predicting Eye of Judgement, Hydro Thunder, Hot Dog eating shenanigans and more. In addition to their psychic powers, the group tackles EVO 2010, skateboarding, Tiki Torch stores and Final Fantasy. A
The group discovers they can see into the future by predicting Eye of Judgement, Hydro Thunder, Hot Dog eating shenanigans and more. In addition to their psychic powers, the group tackles EVO 2010, skateboarding, Tiki Torch stores and Final Fantasy. A
