Rated-R – What’s The HalfLife Of A Bullet? (095)

Summary: <p>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.</p> <p> </p> <h4>News</h4> <ul> <li> <a href="https://www.cnet.com/news/reddit-sees-red-over-net-neutrality-fcc-battle-for-the-net/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Net Neutrality</a> in the US</li> <li>YouTube <a href="https://www.reuters.com/article/us-youtube-videos/brands-pull-youtube-ads-over-images-of-children-idUSKBN1DO1KF" target="_blank" rel="noopener">halting all ads</a> after big companies get upset about their ads showing on inappropriate content.</li> <li>CCP Games is on the hunt for <a href="https://www.ccpgames.com/careers/portal/VN262/community-developer-project-nova" target="_blank" rel="noopener">a Community Rep for Project Nova</a>.</li> </ul> <p> </p> <h4>Future Proof: December 2017</h4> <ul> <li>Dec 1st – DOOM VFR (PS4, HTC Vive)</li> <li>Dec 1st – Xenoblade: Chronicles 2 ( NS )</li> <li>Dec 5th – Dead Rising 4: Franks Big Package</li> <li>Dec 5th – Destiny 2: Curse of Osiris (PC, PS4, Xbox One)</li> <li>Dec 5th – The Walking Dead: The TellTale series. (PS4, XBox1)</li> <li>Dec 12th – Fallout VR (PC)</li> <li>Dec 12th – Player Unkown Battle Grounds (XBOX)</li> <li>Dec 12th – Resident Evil 7: End of Zoe and not a Hero (PS4 XBOX PC)</li> <li>Dec 13th – Final Fantasy 15: Episode Ignis (PS4 XBOX)</li> <li>Dec 13th – StarWars Battlefront 2 (PS4 XBOX PC all the things)</li> </ul> <p> </p> <h4>Special Guests: Boolean Technologies (Velocity Brawl)</h4> <p>This week we’re joined by the gents behind Velocity Brawl, <a href="http://www.bool-tech.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Boolean Technologies</a>. 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!</p> <p>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.</p> <p>Theres not a set release date for the game, but expect to hear more this team as development progresses!</p> <p> </p> <p>You can catch some early-prototype footage from the game <a href="https://youtu.be/M0vScI0jjmk" target="_blank" rel="noopener">over on our YouTube channel</a>, along with trailers for the games mentioned in the Future Proof segment!</p> <p> </p> <p><img src="https://s.w.org/images/core/emoji/2.3/72x72/1f50a.png" alt="