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Samsung Bixby smart-speakers, muting Facebook, YouTube VR, Autodesk, and Ubisoft Farcry 5 news, all followed by an interview with Storymind Entertainment about their game My Eyes On You!   News Samsung Targets First Half of 2018 for Smart Speaker Facebook is now offering a 30 day mute button for those naughty ones on your list. YouTube has released a VR App but it is not working Autodesk is discontinuing its Stingray game dev engine Ubisoft has released a new video of gameplay for Farcry 5. It looks very “Muricanized Farcry”   Interview: Storymind Entertainment (My Eyes On You) This week, dialing in from Kyiv and Hong Kong, we have Val Daniels, Game Director & Game Designer, and Matthew Moffitt, Writer, from the company Storymind Entertainment joining us to talk about their upcoming 3D action/adventure mystery game: My Eyes On You! Set in a neon-noir version of Chicago, our hero Jordan sets out to solve a case that’s becoming ever more personal. We chat about the game, the setting and writing, and not at least the spetacular visuals Storymind has revealed so far. A new trailer for the game was released earlier this December, and available here. Official Website: https://storymind-ent.com/ If you want to catch the YouTube version, include footage from Warhammer End Times: Vermintide, Farcry 5 trailer, and a trailer from My Eyes On You, click right here.  

SECOND-to-last episode of the year, and it’s the Bammster-team’s Birthday …. Yup, several of the Bammsters team-members got together on a random Sunday, and recorded a look back at 2017 in Movies, TV Shows, Comics, and of course in Video Gaming. Not much more to add, but sit back and enjoy! Tweet

Comic Shop Talk is back, with TJ and Drac getting their nerd on, and Bamm joins in with some topical news and a discussion on EA and Loot Boxes!   News: Video Game Awards on December 7th Nintendo Switch Best selling product online over black friday w/o any kind of discount. Magic publisher WotC takes a stand against harassment and bullying. Also, Bamm and Draconusx have opinions on Loot Boxes in this segment.   Comic Shop Talk 12’17 Michael Keaton and Imagine Agents,  Keaton is working on a cinematic adaptation of the Boom! comic Imagine Agents. Justice League, our thoughts on the characters, the film, and the after credit scenes as well as why we think you should go see this DC Movie. Robin revealed, Teen Titans live action show. Batman Ninja trailer debuted and we have some very different opinions on it. Thor Ragnarok, Marvel hits another one out of the park but of course we still have a few thoughts on it. Avengers Trailer, OMG, OMG, OMG it’s happening and we can’t even! Thanos Photoshopping, the internet responds to Thanos and his naked head and they don’t dissapoint, so we thank you for that. World War Hulk II, does Marvel need to do this again? Agents of Shield Season 5 Opener, have you stopped watching? Should you come back to it? You can grab a YouTube version of this episode right here, along with some Destiny 2 footage, and a bit of Tokyo 42!  

We have a brief discussion on Net Neutrality in the US and CCP’s new job opening for a community manager, then follow that up with a look at some of the games due out in December before jumping into an interview with some of the makers of Velocity Brawl, a fast-paced shooter with ricocheting projectiles currently in development.   News Net Neutrality in the US YouTube halting all ads after big companies get upset about their ads showing on inappropriate content. CCP Games is on the hunt for a Community Rep for Project Nova.   Future Proof: December 2017 Dec 1st – DOOM VFR (PS4, HTC Vive) Dec 1st – Xenoblade: Chronicles 2 ( NS ) Dec 5th – Dead Rising 4: Franks Big Package Dec 5th – Destiny 2: Curse of Osiris (PC, PS4, Xbox One) Dec 5th – The Walking Dead: The TellTale series. (PS4, XBox1) Dec 12th – Fallout VR (PC) Dec 12th – Player Unkown Battle Grounds (XBOX) Dec 12th – Resident Evil 7: End of Zoe and not a Hero (PS4 XBOX PC) Dec 13th – Final Fantasy 15: Episode Ignis (PS4 XBOX) Dec 13th – StarWars Battlefront 2 (PS4 XBOX PC all the things)   Special Guests: Boolean Technologies (Velocity Brawl) This week we’re joined by the gents behind Velocity Brawl, Boolean Technologies. It’s still early days for the game, which started life as a HalfLife II mod, and we get the early scoop on all the juicy bits! Focusing on that core, fun gameplay mechanic of pure shooters, set in a visually TRON-inspired world, Velocity Brawl is first and foremost about that moment-to-moment joy, with a physics-engine coupled in to allow not-rocket-jumoing for movement. Theres not a set release date for the game, but expect to hear more this team as development progresses!   You can catch some early-prototype footage from the game over on our YouTube channel, along with trailers for the games mentioned in the Future Proof segment!  

EA managed the impossible, getting Console Peasants and PC Master Racers to unite in a common front against a shared enemy: EA. Also, we had Bamm sit down with a professional journalist and writer, who also teaches Journalism and English, hoping for some rubbing off.   News: EA’s nightmare Before we get to the juicy bits, Jolly had G around to talk about EA’s fustercluck of a release… Note: Since we recorded this, there’s reports of physical sales of Battlefront II are down 60% compared to the previous version.   Special Guest: Patrick Hickey, Jr Jolly and Bamm took a moment away from playing video-games to look at a book! The Minds Behind the Games: Interviews with Cult and Classic Video Game Developers by Patrick Hickey Featuring interviews with the creators of 36 popular video games—including Deus Ex, Night Trap, Mortal Kombat, Wasteland and NBA Jam.   Paperback Publisher: McFarland & Co Inc ISBN-13: 978-1476671109 Yes, we got Bamm and Jolly to interview the author of “The Minds Behind The Games“, and Founder & Editor-in-Chief of Review Fix, talking about his book releasing early next year, featuring interviews with the creators of many classical games. Of course, Patrick is also the voice of The Padre, which we featured recently, and which currently has a Kickstarter going!   We do have a YouTube version, including some Warframe footage (Microtransactions done right?), and a few trailers from The Padre … and because this week’s topic is a book, we’ve included a nice, cozy fireplace to enjoy!  

CCP Restructuring covered by Bamm, and Comic Shop Talk with Draconusx and TJ Shevlin!   News: CCP Games Recently CCP Games announced they were restructuring the organization, along with moving away from VR for a little while, and our very own Bamm Havoc takes a look at everything that’s been going on.

Hitting Kickstarter RIGHT NOW, it’s The Padre, aka “Voxelent Evil”, and we sat down with 2 of the devs. But, first, End of Month means it’s time to Future Proof our listeners! Future Proof: XBox 1 X – Nov 7th A Tale of Two Kingdoms (PC), Oct 31 Call of Duty: WWII (PS4, X1, PC), Nov 3 Horizon: Zero Dawn – The Frozen Wilds (PS4), November 7 America’s Greatest Game Shows: Wheel of Fortune & Jeopardy! (PS4, X1) – Nov 7th Sonic Forces (PC, Switch), Nov 7th Doom >(Switch), Nov 10 Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim (PSVR, Switch), Nov 17 Star Wars Battlefront II (PS4, X1, PC), Nov 17 Tiny Metal (PS4, PC, Switch), Nov 21 Warframe – Plains of Eidolon (PS4, X1), Nov-time’ish?? Re-releases: Hitman: Game of the Year Edition (PS4, X1, Windows) – Nov 7th Nioh: Complete Edition (PC) – November 7 Farming Simulator 17: Platinkneeum Edition (PS4, X1, Windows) – Nov 14th BioShock: 10th Anniversary Edition (PS4, X1) – Nov 14th L.A. Noire (2011) (PS4, X1, Switch) – November 14   Special Guests: Shotgun With Glitters (The Padre) Balasz and Bence from Shotgun With Glitters dropped by, virtually, to talk about their game The Padre, which is launching on Kickstarters RIGHT NOW! It’s an awesome little ISO-3D voxel-based horror game chuck-full of nice little touches and references to everything from current horror-pop culture to classical gaming! There is also a small demo, available via their Kickstarter page, which will let you play a very early version of the game and get a feel for just how great this particular gem is.  

Previous guest, vDex, is back to talk about the CFN GameJam he’s currently participating in. Before that, Draconusx is teaching Bamm how to PC Masterrace….   News Destiny 2 for PC Building your own Desktop vs buying a Laptop (www.pcpartpicker.com)   Special Guests: vDex & Tabitha (CFN GameJam) Vdex, along with graphical artist Tabitha, is participating in the CFN GameJam and making a “spooooooky” game called The Night, and having a great time of it! https://itch.io/jam/cfn-halloween-gamejam https://vektordex.itch.io/the-night   If you want to watch Draconusx play some Divinity – Original Sin 2 while you’re listening to this week’s episode, click riiiight here!  

We’re visited this week by CNiper and Abdel of the gaming-community Diplomunion, to talk about online gaming, and being a community of gamers in an industry where there have never been more games than there today!   News Divinity developer has really dropped the ball on the collector’s edition. Megaconstrux Heroes Series 2 Megabots on Twitch on Tuesday Crossplay between Sony and MS. Shadow of War: Denuvo cracked, loot box hack, and orcs Oh my!   Special Guests: Diplomunion (CNiper and Abdel) It was long overdue, but we finally got around to talking to CNiper and Abdel from Diplomunion about, well, everything Diplomunion! Gaming communities have been around a LONG time, and Diplomunion is not exactly a new one, but what drives them, and what are the benefits from joining one? Not at least, what games and platforms do these people play on, in case someone wanted to join?   For more information, there’s a website for Diplomunion, along with links to more resources like Discord: http://diplomunion.com/index.php   To view some gameplay footage (Star Wars Battlefront II Beta and Call of Duty WWII Beta), head over to YouTube!  

StarTrek Discovery, My Little Pony, 30 Days of Night, and Transformers vs The Visionaries, but before all of that, a little bit of video-game Kickstarters! News Kickstarter Round-up Neorj is finally on kickstarter Freeman: Star Edge just hit Kickstarter Dual Universe released a pre-alpha to gold backers StarTrek Discovery is out, and G + Grit get a bit ranty   Comic Shop Talk: October 2017 AJ Styles first Comic IDW Publishing 30 Days of Night plus Transformers vs The Visionaries My Little Pony Movie Early Reviews back on Justice League   We have grabbed some trailers and footage from Neorj, Freeman: Star Edge, and Dual Universe to show you while we talk about them on this week’s show, along with a bit of Vikings – Wolves of Midgaard for the Comic Shop Talk. All of it available right here on YouTube.  

The one-and-only, Yo Jolly Roger joins G for an episode about Upcoming games and TV shows!   News: Star Trek: Discovery launching Sunday 24th on CBS, and 25th on Netflix! Punisher’s leaked release date of Oct 13th debunked Next week’s TV in the US is just a pile of season-starts, incl season 11(!) of Big Bang Theory Pubg vs Fortnite   Future Proof: Dragon’s Dogma: Dark Arisen (PS4, X1) – Oct 3 A Hat in Time (Windows, MacOS) – Oct 5 – Indie Middle-earth: Shadow of War (PS4, X1, Windows) – Oct 10 Sine Mora EX (PS4, X1, Switch, Windows) – Oct 10 Riskers (Windows) – Oct 10 – Indie South Park: The Fractured But Whole (PS4, X1, Windows) – Oct 17 Gran Turismo Sport (PS4, PSVR) – Oct 17 Dungeons 3 (PS4, X1, Windows, MacOS, Linux) – Oct 17 Elex (PS4, X1, Windows) – Oct 17 Let’s Sing 2018 (PS4, Wii) – Oct 20 SingStar Celebration (PS4) – Oct 24 Assassin’s Creed Origins (PS4, X1, Windows) – Oct 27 Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus (PS4, X1, Windows) – Oct 27 Graveball (Windows) – Oct 31 – Indie   Get some Fortnite footage with your news via YouTube, and trailers while we talk about the upcoming games for October.  

Draconusx and G sit down to talk Video Game News … starting with a movie.   News Petition to remove JJ Abrams from Star Wars IX Pillars of Eternity writer resigns over controversy A video game has literally been the thing to save a young girl from slavery Call of Duty WWII PC Beta this month…and Drac will miss out on it. (Sept 29 – Oct 2) New Dragon Age game in the works, but might not be a continuation of the story. LawBreakers, slow burn or going bust? Divinity 2 Original Sin released this week, some pre-orders are somewhere in transit… Because it’s fun to mess with Bamm, Nintendo topic: NES Classic to return Skyrim to release on Switch on November 17th. (Original release Nov 11, 2011)   For a bit of Van Helsing III gameplay footage with your weekly podcast listening, head over to YouTube!  

Simple one this week : Destiny is driving the Yo Jolly Roger up some walls, and then Bamm wanted to talk about Hurricanes …   Destiny 2 Yup, our very own Jolly Roger has been trying to play his PS4 copy of Destiny 2, but instead have been memorising PS4 Pro error-codes.   Various Bla-bla After Jolly’s little rant, Bamm and G joined him to talk about everything and nothing, from hurricanes to Trump to North Korea, to SpaceX space-suits … Yeah, we’re not sure what happened either.   You can listen to the episode below, or click this link to get the YouTube version which includes some game-footage from Destiny 2 (PS4 version).  

Ark Survival and Switch VR, later Teen Titans, Defenders, Hellboy and other Comic Shop Talk news, while Bamm drops by to talk about green cars.   News Ark Survival Web Series? Nintendo Switch VR?   Cars! Bamm Havoc dropped by the studio this week, and talked about cars, so we made him sit down and record a piece about Electrical/Green cars vs good old-fashioned Internal Combustion Engine vehicles …   Comic Shop Talk 09’17 Gotham’s new Batman S&M Hellboy Controversy Defenders Series Replacing Actors in Superhero titles? Casting for “The Titans” Brenton Thwaites Anna Diop Teagan Croft   You can listen to the episode below, or click this link to get the YouTube version which includes footage from the recent San Diego BaconFest, Table Top Racing: World Tour and Wolcen:Lords of Mayhem.