Facebook buying Oculus Rift is the top story of the podcast, of course. Nick’s been watching speedrun videos and Colin’s been reading up on virtual reality body swapping. We talk Nazi boxes, the invention of oil and also learn one of the five things that makes Sean really uncomfortable.

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00:00:36: Facebook and Oculus Rift
00:07:27: Games for Windows Live
00:10:16: Speedrunning and game glitches
00:14:12: The VR body swap project and Sex With Glass.
00:19:27: Catheters and surgery
00:22:49: Games are more likely to have a driving accident in their first year.
00:27:30: inFAMOUS: Second Son
00:32:12: Ground Zeroes
00:36:45: Rule 34. No, I’m not linking. You’ll have to search for yourself.
00:38:52: Iron Fisticle
00:42:55: Rumours about loaning games on Xbox One
00:44:43: Elite Dangerous, Oil and Volleyball
00:48:15: Sean goes into hysterics for a full minute.
00:50:00: Sean invents a “new” drinking game.
00:52:54: The Wolfenstein collectors’ edition
00:55:27: Sniper Wolf
00:58:00: Films from comics and Nicolas Cage
01:01:45: Assassin’s Creed Unity. We are almost certain that there will be a dance minigame set in the Moulin Rouge. Like, definitely. Probably.
01:10:07: Trebuechts and the triangular castle, Caerlaverock Castle.
01:12:54: Diving with Oculus Rift
01:15:05: Alleged questions from the listeners.
01:20:18: Ground Zeroes
01:22:20: Starship, a new studio with Martin Kenwright
01:26:15: Assassin’s Creed and Minstrels. Not just a chocolate.

Show Notes!

Here’s the comic from The Oatmeal predicting Facebook VR.

Habibe means “my beloved” when said to a man. Sean is probably talking about a hijab.

Here’s the GameSpot story about loaning Xbox One games. It’s not confirmed yet. At GDC, Phil Spencer said:

On the digital space, and the things that we’ve talked about, what that opens up…like we understand what games you own and who you are and how you move around and who you might want to loan rights to your games or gift your games to. We totally believe in that future. And any other marketplace you play in, these kind of mechanisms are out there.

Tom Daley is actually bisexual, so he may well be muff-diving.

The Ground Zeroes AI murder video

The overly dramatic XOF patch video

And ‘Allo, ‘Allo was a great TV show, despite what Nick and Colin say.

Sean tells us about the recent video game BAFTA Awards and learns a new thing about flowers. Debbie”s been playing inFAMOUS: Second Son and Nick waxes lyrical about Elite and Gauntlet. Also features rampant Assassins Creed Unity speculation, which so far has not been debunked by the teaser trailer.

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00:00:30 Titanfall
00:12:45 Covering the BAFTAs
00:20:11 How not to eat while gaming
00:21:10 VR: Project Morpheus and Oculus Rift
00:26:15 Elite Dangerous
00:36:15 Gauntlet
00:44:40 inFAMOUS: Second Son
00:54:04 Assassins Creed: Unity
01:01:09 PlayStation 4 system updates
01:06:45 Playfire Rewards
01:09:45 SimCity online casino offline
01:10:30 Gnomes in video games.
01:13:10 Nolan North
01:15:12 BAFTA Video Game Awards, including Brothers, GTA V, Tearaway and more.

Show Notes

We recorded this on Wednesday and Assassin”s Creed Unity was confirmed by Ubisoft on Friday!

Here”s Sean on the BBC website.

A video of my gameplay session with Elite Dangerous.

We actually had a wander around Artem FX, a few months ago. Laura, who”s featured in the video, worked on the Titanfall suits.
Charlie Webster

Dara O”Briain having a laugh at Hideo Kojima during the BAFTA ceremony.

The Gauntlet remake trailer.

And details on the upcoming PlayStation system update. No more HDCP and sharing to USB drives, woo!

Sean tells us that video games have conditioned him Pavlov-style into loving sailors, while Colin and Debbie discuss Ground Zeroes at great length (no spoilers). Nick keeps bringing up bodily hair for some reason.

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0:00:30: Batman: Arkham Knight.
0:13:33: Metal Gear Solid: Ground Zeroes/Metal Gear Solid 2.
0:24:28: Shenmue.
0:26:37: Back to Ground Zeroes.
0:32:35: Playboy.
0:34:05: Johnny from Metal Gear.
0:35:19: Toilets. Victorian Sewers. Outdoor toilets. So many toilets.
0:37:19: South Park: The Stick of Truth.
0:42:35: Ground Zeroes again.
0:49:35: OnLive’s CloudLift feature and Ouya.
0:53:50: From The Community! “What’s the most gruesomely shocking or hilarious thing you’ve ever seen in a game?” Includes Dead Rising 3, Heavy Rain, GTA: The Lost and the Damned,
1:05:45: True Detectives, strippers and peens.
1:11:01: Assassin’s Creed IV.
1:12:13: Plants vs Zombies: Garden Warfare

Thanks to Firmsky, RobThez, pabosher, rhyfelsalt.

Show Notes:

These are more references than notes on the show, eh? We recorded this episode in Loading again, so I apologise for the sound distortion in some sections. Sharing a single microphone makes it tricky to balance everyone.

The Batman Arkham City trailer:

Here’s the shot of the weird body. Seriously, what happened to his legs?

I need very little excuse to post the Adam Jensen Safety Dance video:

More info on OnLive’s CloudLift relaunch.

The penis scene from The Lost and The Damned.

On the podcast this week – I talk about new Thief and how it compares to Dishonored. Colin gets threatened with home dentistry while Nick talks Elite Dangerous. We also discuss the new party and Twitch updates that are coming to Xbox One in March.

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00:30 Xbox One updates
14:15 Warehouse and Logistics Simulator
19:35 Xbox one updates again
26:45 Thief and Dishonored
37:00 Tomb Raider (minor spoilers)
39:05 South Park: The Stick of Truth

Oh, I’ll do the rest later. Here’s the order we talk about things, if you want to skip ahead.

Home dentistry
Kiefer Sutherland
Elite Dangerous
Fallout 3
Favourite co-op games from the community! Army of Two, Borderlands, Dead Rising, Garry’s Mod, Halo Reach, Mass Effect 3 and more.

Thanks to Cordon_726, Boogalord, Cr0wley, Ulkreghz and ItsShinyHere for sending in their favourite co-op games.

Show Notes

The people that Twitch thanks for their video:

I spy @thejustinflynn, @TheMsVixen, and @swiftor in our Xbox One promo video! Big thanks to everyone we contacted. http://t.co/e1yuczrzE7

— Twitch (@TwitchTV) February 25, 2014

This is a Freddo.

This is Warehouse and Logistics Simulator with Hells Warehouse DLC.

Seriously. Lococycle guy’s face.

Tomb Raider: Oops, Reyes didn’t have an abortion, nor a miscarriage. She had an actual child. Here’s the collectible diary entry.

Wolfenstein: The New Order is more than just a shooty bang Nazi castle romp, while Sean and Nick agree that Strider is worthy of its pedigree. We all discuss the Titanfall beta, Colin and Sean ponder Ground Zeroes and Nick thinks too much about titan groin regions.

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00:30 Irrational Games closure
08:43 Chroma from Harmonix
12:40 Vib-Ribbon
14:20 Titanfall demo
21:30 Mass murderers in games
23:40 GTA prostitutes
27:50 Solid Snake/MGS/Ground Zeroes
39:15 Titanfall. Also Transformers and codpieces.
49:09 Cockrockets
50:30 Call of Duty: Ghosts
51:08 Strider
59:20 Ultra Street Fighter IV
63:04 Resident Evil IV PC release
67:50 Wolfenstein: The New Order

Show Notes

Ken Levine’s message about closing down Irrational Games.

Some info on gameplay in Chroma from Harmonix. (I posted the Chroma trailer the other day)

IGN’s piece on the monsters in Titanfall.

Titanflaps.

The Wolfenstein Boom Boom trailer.

Recorded on 12th February (sorry, Titanfall beta got in the way of editing), we discuss Evolve vs Titanfall on the podcast as well as last week’s video game BAFTA shortlist. Nick’s been digging through the indie game threads on NeoGAF and Colin teaches everyone about the Christmas Walrus.

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00:30 Evolve
17:30 Titanfall
25:15 RoboCop
27:15 The new PlayStation Vita
29:40 Dustforce on Vita
31:05 Olli Olli
32:58 Threes!
35:50 Flappy Bird
38:06 The Speed Fragment and Skyrogue
40:25 BAFTA nominations
41:44 Brothers: A Tale of Two Sons/Innovation in games
53:50 Tearaway
57:40 The Christmas Walrus
61:53 Assassin’s Creed

Show Notes

Samuel L Jackson interview:

You can play the Flappy Bird MMO here.

Check out the the 2014 video game BAFTA nominations for yourself.

The creators of Remember Me, Dontnod Entertainment are going through a “judicial reorganisation”

We actually recorded this last week, hence being a little out of date. Sorry! We talk about the Xbox One system update that hasn’t arrived yet, as well as the Dungeon Keeper kerfuffle. I claim that Outlast isn’t really that scary, Colin and I discuss Sniper Elite III and we find out what games you guys think are scary. Well, those of you who replied to me on Twitter.

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00:45 Xbox One System Update
07:12 The Xbox One party system
08:35 Monster Hunter
11:50 The PS4 menu bar
15:07 Sean loses his shit again for no reason
15:48 Dungeon Keeper iOS
21:40 Flappy Bird
25:40 Sniper Elite III
36:00 Drums in Space
37:30 What are your scariest games? Featuring suggestions from the listeners!
40:50 Outlast
53:40 More scary games from the listeners! Silent Hill, System Shock 2, Alone In The Dark and more.
64:35 Far Cry 4 rumours
65:29 Assassin’s Creed IV
67:28 Viva Piñata
70:10 The original Tomb Raider
71:18 Rekoil
73:37 Crazy Ivan

Show Notes

The Xbox Update scheduled for 11th February was actually delayed. It’s coming really soon though.

Our Dungeon Keeper iOS video with all the nasty comments.

The Dead Space 3 Launch Trailer

The Far Cry 4 rumours are based on a tweet that should have been a DM.

Thanks to @Antonymity, @PageVGP, @Penfolder, @DarleySam, @Markatansky, @FurlyWurly, @Comicspedia and @jon_dealspwn for telling us their scary game moments.

We discuss potential directions for the Gears of War franchise now that Microsoft owns it outright. Tweet us your ideas at one of the accounts below. Sean is learning how to bake while Colin talks about his Game of the Year – Octodad: Dadliest Catch. Debbie’s taken up Minecraft again and Nick reminds us of the giant testicle at the end of Half-Life.

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Show Notes

0:00:50 Gears of War sold to Microsoft. We can only hope it means that this is happening.
0:06:06 The Last of Us
0:17:05 A rare NES cart on eBay (also Jurassic Park)
0:28:47 Octodad
0:36:20 Gears of War 3
0:39:36: Redux: Dark Matters (that new Dreamcast game)
0:45:58 Elder Scrolls Online and PS+
0:49:03 All Points Bulletin (The original game)
0:51:23 Dead Rising 3 DLC
0:57:21 Tomb Raider: The Definitive Edition – here’s the comparison screenshot
1:03:39 Kinect on Dead Rising 3
1:07:19 The PlayStation Store
1:11:51 Mass Effect 4
1:13:42 Legend of Grimrock
1:14:14 Minecraft
1:17:22 Food in video games
1:21:19 Half-Life

We discuss the Candy Crush Banner Saga trademark dispute, Middle Earth: Shadow of Mordor. The second Hobbit film (no spoilers) and The Walking Dead Season 1 (episode 1-3 spoilers). Colin claims that he was playing Half-Life when he was five, while Debbie talks about Guise of the Wolf and Don’t Starve (again). Nick’s been playing Legend of Grimrock.

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Show notes

01:53: Candy Crush Saga vs The Banner Saga
06:35: Tomb Raider
10:08: Middle Earth: Shadow of Mordor
16:30: Octodad
17:49: Legend of Grimrock
26:24: Max: The Curse of Brotherhood
31:36: Half-Life
33:58: The Sims 2
35:53: Don’t Starve
40:44: Outlast
43:05: The Walking Dead

The Candy Crush Banner Saga legal thing: The clearest article outlining the situation is probably this Q&A from Kotaku.

And here’s the gamerlaw article we failed to fully understand.

Tomb Raider and Frames per Second: GameSpot’s Reality Check covered framerates quite nicely back in October.

The Shadow of Mordor gameplay walkthrough. This game contains no hobbits.

Elijah Wood and Leo Di Caprio in 1994. I took this one from Reddit.

The “penis game” is, of course, Rust. We talked at great length (tee-hee!) about it in last week’s podcast.

Following the advice in my Don’t Starve tips post should see you through to winter.

It’s a new podcast! You’ll be pleased to know that we successfully managed to not talk about Assassin’s Creed IV in this one. Instead, we talked about penises. Colin tells us all about Rust, Debbie talks Double Fine Adventure Broken Age, Sean reveals disturbing things about himself and Nick generally takes the piss. Also, none of us understood until this episode quite how deep Colin’s love for Kiefer Sutherland really goes.

I left out the backing track this time. Better or worse?

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Show Notes

1:20: Evolve
2:12: Kiefer Sutherland, Jessica Alba and Willem Dafoe.
6:23: Evolve (again)
7:49: Rust (and penises)
16:10: Titanfall’s controller – exclusively available from GAME for £44.99, from 14th March.
21:33: A bag of dicks
22:25: Alien Isolation. Screenshots here
27:00 John Romero’s going to make you his bitch
29:34: Assassin’s Creed Liberation: HD
33:05: Download vs disc-based games
35:30: Game manuals
38:30: Liam Neeson vs Kiefer Sutherland
41:11: PlayStation Now
46:29 Syphon Filter. Colin may have exaggerated the postures of the characters but he’s absolutely right on the voice acting.

49:15: Steam Controller
50:00 Sean is too popular for his own good
51:03 Kiefer Sutherland. Again
53:55 Broken Age. The male protagonist’s name is Shay, not Sway. Sorry!
1:00:03: Adventure Time. Not the game
1:07:00: A rather confused conversation about toilets
1:10:00: Shia La Beouf and Nymphomaniac