Video Games - The Scotchcast

... Ah man. I want to write up what happened this ep, but I just don't feel like it. Video games... yeah, we talk about video games.Music: "Narumi Detective Agency" by ATLUSxP5Featured Members: selfconfessedcynic, No0b0rAmA, Thurbleton, Dourin, Shinboy630Run time: 02:27:27Plugs!RIP Ryan Davis, 1979-2013 http://www.giantbomb.com/articles/ryan-davis-1979-2013/1100-4685/Help get Divekick greenlit! http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=132842911Check out our twitch streams at twitch.tv/shinboy630 , and /thurbletonEnjoy! Also, feel free to leave some criticism or feedback - TheLincolncast@gmail.com or @TheLincolncast on Twitte

(GW2 talk runs for 55mins) This week we're talking about the mass of new changes for the end of June (more on sky pirates, torment, etc). After that we hit up what we've been playing including hilarious L4D2 mods, CoH2, Dead Space OG and much more.Music: "Super Adventure Box: Main Theme" byMaclaine Diemer Leif ChappelleFeatured Members: Thurbleton, No0b0rAmA, Squiddel andselfconfessedcynicRun time: 01:55:23Topics for the week:Episode 50 is coming up soon! (probably the week after next)Possibility of raids coming to GW2Torment looks preeeetty good, and other balance change stuffAoE Looting!Custom Arena updateNoob loves to grindOff topic! (starts at ~55m)Plugs!The Liberation Trilogy by Rick Atkinson sounds awesome, as do movie nights on Mondays atThe Giant Bomb PC Gaming Hub.gw2lfg.net seems pretty cool for finding dungeon groups.The Moon is a fantastic movie and if you're into Double Fine and Brad Muir, you can still help fund Massive Chalice at the slacker portal on their website!The Witchney Housten L4D2 mod is hilarious.For sciency goodness, the Planetary Resources ARKYD program is pretty cool reading/watching, including cool videos with show-favourite Hank Green!Enjoy! Also, feel free to leave some criticism or feedback - TheLincolncast@gmail.com or @TheLincolncast on Twitter

SPOILERS!! In this bonus episode of the Scotchcast, we discuss The Last of Us in all its excellent glory. We spoil the hell out of it, covering some of the most memorable moments of the game and then sit down and ponder whether it stacks up favourably against Bioshock Infinite.Music: "The Path" "Home" byGustavo SantaolallaFeatured Members: selfconfessedcynic, shinboy630 and commodore jenkins

(GW2 talk continues until 57mins) Trying out another new format this week where we hit all theGuild Wars 2stuff up front! Firstly, that Sea of Sorrows book is coming out, though I am personally apprehensive about the whole thing. End-of-June updates are the main focus, however, including the new dynamic event scaling system, updates coming to Orr, the custom arena roll-out, Sky Pirates and more! After the 57-min-mark we hit up what we've been playing including Remember Me and The Last of Us before finishing off the show with some thoughts about Microsoft's massive policy changes.Music: "Super Adventure Box: Main Theme" byMaclaine Diemer Leif Chappelle, "Narumi Detective Agency" by ATLUSxP5Featured Members: Thurbleton, selfconfessedcynic, and SquiddelRun time: 02:46:36Topics for the week: Sea of Sorrows may or may not continue in the tradition of the other GW2 novels Orr is seeing some changes - but the new dynamic event scaling system actually has us excited! Fractal News! Custom Arenas are finally coming out of Beta! The new condition sounds awesome! Sky Pirates...! After 57 mins, we hit off topic. Planet Side 2 and Remember Me both seem cool I shout superlatives about The Last of Us Mad Max isn't Australian!? Xbox 180. I like the new meme and it's SO perfect right now. Plugs! Check outDavid Perry's Ted Talk about the future of gaming The Giant Bomb PC Gaming Hub is still a thing. If you're into Double Fine, Brad Muir and Kickstarter -Massive Chalice is for you! Check out his awesome pimp video! I recommend two youtube videos regarding the Xbox One policy changes, the one by Boogie2988, and the other by Angry Joe The GB Community'sVideo Game Remixed and Remastered Jukebox Enjoy! Also, feel free to leave some criticism or feedback - TheLincolncast@gmail.com or @TheLincolncast on Twitter

This episode we're joined by the wonderful Chavtheworld, a massive call-back to our early Lincolncasts. Aside from that, we're wrapping up our impressions from all the coverage we've absorbed of E3 and cap off the show with what we've been playing (including a spoiler-free discussion of The Last of Us). Music: "Narumi Detective Agency" by ATLUSxP5 Featured Members: selfconfessedcynic, No0b0rAmA, Thurbleton, Shinboy630, Chavtheworld Run time: 01:36:29 Plugs! Giant Bomb has produced some amazing E3 videos, including The Longest Day (http://www.giantbomb.com/videos/e3-2013-the-longest-day/2300-7604/) and the last E3 2013 Bombcast, at:  http://www.twitch.tv/giantbomb/b/416674255 (Adam Boyes shows up at around 3:18h or so) Our forums are at tinyurl.com/thelincolncast Shinboy's website is at plugandplaygaming.com Check out our twitch streams at twitch.tv/shinboy630 , and /thurbleton Enjoy! Also, feel free to leave some criticism or feedback - TheLincolncast@gmail.com or @TheLincolncast on Twitte

WOW That was some opener to E3. Holy... wow. Here are our reactions as of right after the big Microsoft and Sony press conferences with some additional stuff by yours truly in between to patch up misunderstandings and news revealed on Day 1. Music: "Narumi Detective Agency" by ATLUSxP5 Featured Members: selfconfessedcynic, Dourin, Thurbleton, Shinboy630, Mr Squiddle Run time: 03:13:54 Enjoy! Also, feel free to leave some criticism or feedback - TheLincolncast@gmail.com or @TheLincolncast on Twitter

(Recorded June 8th, E3 discussion starts at 2:08:30) Holy cow a lot of stuff is happening this week. In the first half, we chat about the WvW statements released by Anet, Secret of Southsun winding down, Dragon Bash, Shoutcasting PvP and Templates returning, whilst mixing in a healthy amount of off-topic (mainly in the form of the indie games we've been playing). After all of that we talk about the Xbox One's DRM and E3 predictions! Music: "Super Adventure Box: Main Theme" by Maclaine Diemer Leif Chappelle, "Narumi Detective Agency" by ATLUSxP5 Featured Members: Thurbleton, selfconfessedcynic, No0b0rAmA and Mr Squiddle (aka crusarian) Run time: 03:31:55 Topics for the week: SO much to talk about - starting with WvW change hints! Thurbs has been playing Kentucky Route Zero, and Noob's been killing fools in Gunpoint Secret of Southsun is transitioning out, and Dragon Bash is coming soon Squiddle loves Dust: An Elysian Tail and I loooove To The Moon Shoutcasting gets some talk - we're generally optimistic? - but mainly TEMPLATES ARE BACK!! YAY! E3/etc Discussion starts at 02:08:30 Xbox One's DRM stuff is complete BS We make conference predictions and talk about what games we want to see ... but mainly it's a sobering look into what the dark future for gaming might be. (here's hoping for E3 to prove us wrong!!) Plugs! Kentucky Route Zero, Gunpoint, Dust: An Elysian Tail, To the Moon Humble Bundle 8 If you're into Double Fine, Brad Muir and Kickstarter - Massive Chalice is for you! The Giant Bomb PC Gaming Hub is still a thing. Enjoy! Also, feel free to leave some criticism or feedback - TheLincolncast@gmail.com or @TheLincolncast on Twitte

(Recorded May 25th) In a strange return to form, we actually discuss some Guild Wars 2 this week. Tune in for Southsun coverage, and probably more? Music: "Super Adventure Box: Main Theme" by Maclaine Diemer Leif Chappelle Featured Members: Thurbleton, selfconfessedcynic, loopymonkey Run time: 01:21:29 Topics for the week: It's really cold in Australia Southsun is a thing - not all of us are impressed, but there you go Wuvwuv changes! Anet has had a price cut ... and more! Plugs! DNIEPR - Left 4 Dead 2 Campaign Check out the The Untitled Giant Bomb Movies Podcast (Premium Subs Only) Enjoy! Also, feel free to leave some criticism or feedback - TheLincolncast@gmail.com or @TheLincolncast on Twitte

The XBOX One / XONE / Xbone has been announced - and the event pretty much spoke for itself. But, goddamn it, we end up talking about it for 2 hours anyway. Not that there was anything worth talking about... Well, more of that in the show. Music: "Narumi Detective Agency" by ATLUSxP5 Featured Members: selfconfessedcynic, Dourin, Thurbleton Run time: 02:02:20 Enjoy! Also, feel free to leave some criticism or feedback - TheLincolncast@gmail.com or @TheLincolncast on Twitter

The second contender for the Next Generation of Gaming is stepping up to the plate in 2 days, and we're here to throw down the towel in a speculation spectacular. BUT FIRST we hit up everything we've been playing in the mean time, because by god have we been playing a lot. Tune in to hear about Metro Last Light, Steam Trading Cards, Playstation Plus and more - with the XBOX segment starting at 2:28:18. Music: "Narumi Detective Agency" by ATLUSxP5 Featured Members: selfconfessedcynic, Dourin, Thurbleton, No0b0rAmA Run time: 3:46:54 Plugs! Brandon Sanderson has a great new book out - The Rithmatist, and the latest entry in The Lost Fleet was also recently released, Guardian. Visit the Giant Bomb PC Gaming Hub including their mumble server which Noob pretty much lives on at http://www.giantbomb.com/pc/60-94/pc-gaming-hub-lets-play-games-together/35-554129/ Oh, and Thurb recommends the Buzzfeed youtube channel at  http://www.youtube.com/user/BuzzFeedVideo Enjoy! Also, feel free to leave some criticism or feedback - TheLincolncast@gmail.com or @TheLincolncast on Twitte

(Recorded May 10th) Another journey of ultimate challenge to the fantasy world of Hyrule. What? Josh Foreman joins us  once more for a peek into the development process for Super Adventure Box and things yet to come! (Guild Wars 2 stuff starts at 21:30) Music: "Super Adventure Box: Main Theme" by Maclaine Diemer Leif Chappelle Featured Members: Thurbleton, selfconfessedcynic, Dourin, Shinboy630, No0b0rAmA Run time: 2:15:03 Topics for the week: (Guild Wars 2 stuff happens at around 0:21:30) We open with what Josh has been playing, including Skyrim, Bioshock 1, Fez, Mark of the Ninja and more. Questions open with a detailed look into the development process for Super Adventure Box A development timeline - how long these things actually take Holy cow, part 2 sounds really cool! Why oldschool graphics don't come easy Thoughts on small content updates vs large content updates Reward systems - the positives and negatives How to integrate new content with live content ... and a whole bunch more! Plugs! Check out Josh's latest side projects at scrybe.deviantart.com Shinboy has his review for Blood Dragon up on plugandplaygaming.com Playstation Plus is hella awesome!  (and EU guys can still get Thomas Was Alone and Catherine for free!) Don't click these three links: One , Two , Three . Check out our twitch streams at twitch.tv/shinboy630 , /dourin and /thurbleton Visit the Giant Bomb PC Gaming Hub including their mumble server which Noob pretty much lives on at http://www.giantbomb.com/pc/60-94/pc-gaming-hub-lets-play-games-together/35-554129/ Enjoy! Also, feel free to leave some criticism or feedback - TheLincolncast@gmail.com or @TheLincolncast on Twitte

(Recorded May 4th) In this episode we return to our original format with a plain old Lincolncast - so Guild Wars 2 stuff starts about at about 1:03h. We open with talking about Iron Man 3, Thomas Was Alone, Neverwinter and more in our usual off-topic section - oh, and Nooborama has actually read some non-fiction this week! Anyway, we eventually discuss our thoughts on the recent big patch, including dungeon reactions from Thurbleton, guild puzzle experiences and some pretty up-beat discussion about spectator mode and custom arenas from myself and Dourin. Music: "The Pentagon" by The Hamster Alliance Featured Members: Thurbleton, selfconfessedcynic, Dourin No0b0rAmA Run time: 2:05:55 Topics for the week: (Guild Wars 2 stuff happens at around 1:03h) We open in our old format with what we've been playing, including Thomas Was Alone, Neverwinter and CS GO Movies and Books obviously also get mentioned, so Pygmy is discussed along with Iron Man 3 Guild Wars 2 discussion revolves around the latest patch this week The new dungeon seems fine? Spectator mode works. In fact, it works well. Custom Arenas are kinda cool, but with definite caveats. Plugs! Stay tuned for our SECOND Josh Foreman interview coming next week! Check out Catherine and Thomas Was Alone (especially for EU Playstation Plus members since they're free) Pygmy is a cool book, and Game Dev Tycoon is a cool game too! Visit the Giant Bomb PC Gaming Hub including their mumble server which Noob pretty much lives on at http://www.giantbomb.com/pc/60-94/pc-gaming-hub-lets-play-games-together/35-554129/ Enjoy! Also, feel free to leave some criticism or feedback - TheLincolncast@gmail.com or @TheLincolncast on Twitte

The Lincolncast, Episode 43 for the week of April 27th If you were surprised last time, I bet you didn't expect us to have all played GW2 for a second show running. We're here in force this week to discuss the major end-of-April patch recently outlined by Arenanet along with some final thoughts on the Super Adventure Box and Flame and Frost. But that isn't the whole show - things have been moving in gaming in general so we're doing another half-and-half episode, with a pseudo-Scotchcast taking up the second part of the show. Tune in to find out our thoughts on the next Xbox announcement-announcement and Nintendo's drastic new plans for E3. Music: "The Pentagon" by The Hamster Alliance "Narumi Detective Agency" by ATLUSxP5 Featured Members: selfconfessedcynic, No0b0rAmA, Dourin,  Thurbleton shinboy630 Run time: 2:56:08 Topics for the week: (Scotchcast half starts at 1:45:30) We open with GW2 talk this week once more, starting with discussion about what we know of the new dungeon Custom Arenas sound awesome! Spectator mode draws out some reactions from myself and Shinboy - for perhaps the wrong reasons Super Adventure Box is about to go away, and we get in some last impressions For the Scotchcast half we discuss the next Xbox which shall be announced on May 21st Oh, and Nintendo is taking a very odd approach to E3 which has some of us concerned. All that and and more in this week's show, including what we've been playing Plugs! Stay tuned for our SECOND Josh Foreman interview coming soon! Our forums are at tinyurl.com/thelincolncast Check out our twitch streams at twitch.tv/shinboy630 , /dourin and /thurbleton tumblr.com/tagged/bioshaq (of course) Enjoy! Also, feel free to leave some criticism or feedback - TheLincolncast@gmail.com or @TheLincolncast on Twitte

In this week's off-topic show we don't really have any news to talk about and none of us have played a game which came out this week! BUT thankfully that doesn't mean we have nothing to talk about. Listen in for some video game music reminiscence, Gary's Mod madness,  Guild Wars 2 vs Monster Hunter Tri Ultimate and Uncharted 3 (once a wild Shinboy makes an appearance). Finally - well, near the end anyway - we have an extended discussion regarding my recent experiences with Half Life 2 and how I think it holds up in today's video game space with some interesting comparisons to Portal. Music: "Narumi Detective Agency" by ATLUSxP5 Featured Members: selfconfessedcynic, Thurbleton, No0b0rAmA, Squiddle, Shinboy630 Run time: 2:24:46 Plugs! Thurbs recommends http://www.youtube.com/zefrank for interesting wildlife videos Karaoke night!! http://www.giantbomb.com/guild-wars-2/3030-21223/forums/official-guild-karaoke-night-thread-577306/ Shinboy did a Bioshock Infinite review at plugandplaygaming.com and streams at twitch.tv/shinboy630 Visit the Giant Bomb PC Gaming Hub including their mumble server which Noob pretty much lives on at http://www.giantbomb.com/pc/60-94/pc-gaming-hub-lets-play-games-together/35-554129/ Enjoy! Also, feel free to leave some criticism or feedback - TheLincolncast@gmail.com or @TheLincolncast on Twitte

The Lincolncast, Episode 42 for the week of April 6th In near-unprecedented fashion, we have ALL played Guild Wars 2 this week and have a bunch to say about it. Tune in for talk about the March patch, including some sPvP impressions, a recent romp through the Flame and Frost living story stuff and finally - of course - a bunch about the kickass new Super Adventure Box content. AFTER all of that, we hit off-topic with a discussion about numerous games including my closing thoughts on Dark Souls and our final segment on Bioshock Infinite at the end. Music: "The Pentagon" by The Hamster Alliance Featured Members: selfconfessedcynic, Dourin, No0b0rAmA 8 Thurbleton Run time: 4:16:46 Topics for the week: We OPEN with GW2 talk this week - and quite a bit of it I have some choice words to say about my short foray into sPvP this week, and we discuss if GW2's esports attempts will ever pay off Noob and I were simply overjoyed at the brevity of the Flame and Frost content... for the wrong reasons Thankfully, Super Adventure Box is all the way awesome We round out the GW2 discussion this week with a quick roundup about how we think the game is going and what the prospects are for the inevitable expansion After 2:20, off-topic fills the rest of this absurdly long show Dark Souls isn't quite for me, but Dark Souls 2 for SOME REASON still sounds cool Noob is just a bad person - and Thurb was party to some of his nonsense Dourin's been playing Star Craft 2 but also some other stuff And finally, as Noob heads to sleep, the rest of us engage in a progressively more spoilery (with warnings) discussion of Bioshock Infinite for the last time on this show. Plugs! Shinboy did a Bioshock Infinite review at plugandplaygaming.com Visit the Giant Bomb PC Gaming Hub including their mumble server which Noob pretty much lives on at http://www.giantbomb.com/pc/60-94/pc-gaming-hub-lets-play-games-together/35-554129/ Enjoy! Also, feel free to leave some criticism or feedback - TheLincolncast@gmail.com or @TheLincolncast on Twitte