Polygamerous Podcast

Episode 117 – Report to Wang

MikeH — Tue, 22 May 2012 20:28:04 +0000

Andy was on his way across the country but Kelly, Mike and Jack were on tap to give you the latest in gaming news and other stuff and such.

This Week in Gaming

(g4tv) tomb raider delayed http://www.g4tv.com/thefeed/blog/post/723728/tomb-raider-reboot-delayed-into-2013/
(joystiq) http://www.joystiq.com/2012/05/14/steam-wallet-store-displays-arrive-at-gamestop/
(joystiq) http://www.joystiq.com/2012/05/14/game-australia-enters-voluntary-administration/
(Evil Avatar News) http://www.evilavatar.com/forums/showthread.php?t=169675
Blizzard and Valve have settled their disagreement over use of the DOTA name.
Valve gets to use it in a commercial setting, while Blizzard retains non-commercial use of the title for its community, with particular regard to player-created maps for Warcraft 3 and StarCraft 2.
As a result, Blizzard has agreed to rename it’s forthcoming Blizzard DOTA project. It’ll now be known as Blizzard All-Stars.

Rumor Mill

Rovio’s new game is Casey’s Contraptions.

Episode 116 – Three is Poly

MikeH — Thu, 17 May 2012 16:45:49 +0000

Some strange disease has infected Mike’s internet so not only is he not available in this episode but this one also was not broadcast. As such, here you go. Your mileage may vary.

This Week in Gaming

http://elliottbledsoe.com/tiggy/bus-vs-nick/ bus gets hit by a nick
http://www.joystiq.com/2012/05/07/ea-planning-upcoming-layoffs-completed-by-september-30-2012/

Rumor Mill

Star Wars 1313, a game in development so amazing that not even George Lucas knows about it.

Episode 115 – Awesomenuts

MikeH — Mon, 07 May 2012 20:09:52 +0000

The gangs all here! Lots of gaming talk, we promise! Portal 2, PTI? Check! Halo 4 Web Series? Check! Walden Pond Video Game? What?!? Oh.. Check! Last week to get in your suggestions for a show mascot/logo/thing..

This Week in Gaming

halo live action series http://www.g4tv.com/thefeed/blog/post/723288/halo-4-live-action-web-series-coming/
http://www.joystiq.com/2012/04/27/portal-2-perpetual-testing-initiative-dlc-trailer-introduces-m/
http://www.joystiq.com/2012/04/29/threea-toys-unveils-prototype-portal-2-and-metal-gear-solid-2-st/ HHNNNGGGGGGG ♥♥♥♥
(gamasutra) NEA awards grants to video games that celebrate and promote the arts
The National Endowment for the Arts, a U.S. government agency that offers funding for art projects and exhibitions, has awarded several major grants to video game projects that teach players about the arts or important social issues.

Rumor Mill

Google is working on reviving the classic video game “Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego” using Google maps and Google positioning.

Episode 114 – Pigeon Friend

MikeH — Thu, 26 Apr 2012 18:58:36 +0000

Jack and Kelly hold down the fort this week and we swear they talk about games somewhere during the show.. Really!

This Week in Gaming

Rumor Mill

So you know that Kinect thing. Yeah so Apple really dug the idea of talking and motioning to a TV and it responding. Yep, iTV announcing soon.

Episode 113 – Your Mom

MikeH — Fri, 20 Apr 2012 14:24:33 +0000

Andy is still MIA this week but the rest of the gang is here to answer the large influx of voicemails this week.

This Week in Gaming

gamer and mom write book http://www.edmontonjournal.com/life/Edmonton+mother+play+video+games+together+write+book/6465555/story.html
(joystiq) http://www.joystiq.com/2012/04/16/gog-head-massive-discounts-bad-for-gamers/
(joystiq) http://www.joystiq.com/2012/04/16/video-games-live-announces-canadian-tour/
(Mtv Multiplayer) Test Out Your Best Dragon Shouts as Kinect Voice Support Comes to ‘Skyrim’

Rumor Mill

Tomorrow, tomorrow, Bethesda will be announcing the first major Skyrim DLC tomorrow. But you already know this cause I told you in February.

Episode 112 – Big Sexy

MikeH — Mon, 09 Apr 2012 19:46:20 +0000

It’s our April Fools special. No, we’re not out to fool you, but we do talk about some of the great gags posted around the gaming community this year. Not much in the way of new releases but we do have a bunch of voicemails this week!

This Week in Gaming

(G4 TV) april fools round up http://www.g4tv.com/thefeed/blog/post/722326/april-fools-gaming-round-up-the-best-pranks-products-and-jokes-from-the-gaming-industry/
(Joystiq) Skullgirls hits XBLA on April 11
(Joystiq) EA Still in running for Consumerists Worst Company in America
(gamasutra) Warhammer 40K MMO no logger massive, THQ lays off 118 in transition
THQ will lay off 118 employees from Relic Entertainment and Vigil Games, as it transforms its troubled MMO project Warhammer 40,000: Dark Millennium into a single-player and online multiplayer game.

Rumor Mill

The new Xbox will be coming Christmas 2013 and feature a forced Internet connection to help combat piracy.

Episode 111 – Retake Polygamerous

MikeH — Mon, 02 Apr 2012 19:16:13 +0000

Yeah, we talk some more about Mass Effect 3. I promise, it’s almost over.. Maybe.. Kinda.. Sorta.. We also talk about the viability of the MMORPG segment in terms of it’s current rapid expansion. Oh, and who can forget the Tacocopter…

This Week In Gaming

mass effect 3 ending http://articles.nydailynews.com/2012-03-21/news/31222154_1_mass-effect-bioware-fan-backlash
(joystiq) http://www.joystiq.com/2012/03/26/eve-online-players-can-use-in-game-currency-to-pay-for-real-life/
(yahoo) http://games.yahoo.com/blogs/plugged-in/tacocopter-interest-takes-off-215108652.html
(Kotaku) Child’s Play Doesn’t Appreciate Being Used to “Retake Mass Effect”
Citing a large number of refunded donations and confusion over the goal of the“Retake Mass Effect” Child’s Play charity drive, Penny Arcade’s Jerry Holkins draws the line: “Child’s Play cannot be a tool to draw attention to a cause. Child’s Play must be the Cause.”

Rumor Mill

Prey 2 is on the verge of being canceled all together.
Honey Badger is getting a tablet based videogame. (It’s also getting its own cartoon…)
Skyrim will be announcing its first DLC soon. Expect to see Water-Dragons and Horse Armor.

Episode 110 – Minor Effect

MikeH — Mon, 26 Mar 2012 18:21:32 +0000

This week the guys (yes, Kelly couldn’t make it) talk about game reviewers, EA shutting down more servers and, of course, the Mass Effect 3 ending “issues”.

This Week in Gaming

(kotaku) game reviewers are con-men Maybe Video Game Reviewers are Con Men.. Maybe
Borderlands Loveletter
Mass Effect 3 Critics Take Their Endgame Complaints to the FTC
Diablo 3 launching on May 15..
(shacknews) EA shutting down online services for more older games

Rumor Mill

The PS4 is in the works and will be released late 2013.
The next gen Xbox is code named “the loop” and will not come with an optical disc drive, relying only on digital download.
Valve is working on building their own gaming platform for the next gen.

Episode 109 – We Make the Haha

MikeH — Fri, 09 Mar 2012 16:29:24 +0000

This week we talk about the Vita, Steam Box, Mass Effect 3 and Dust 514. Jack is a little late, but he eventually shows up and gives us his review of Mass Effect 3.. And yeah, we do make the haha, bitches..

This Week in Gaming

Episode 108 – She Doesn’t Have Her Tits Anywhere

MikeH — Wed, 29 Feb 2012 19:09:30 +0000

We’re back from our week off and, needless to say, ready to talk some games. We don’t really do that right away, of course. That just wouldn’t be us now, would it? We do talk games.. Lots of games.. A multitude of games.. Oh and don’t forget to vote to have Kelly descend the stairwell… Don’t ask about the title… Just listen to the show.

This Week in Gaming

(G4tv) boondock saints game announced http://www.g4tv.com/thefeed/blog/post/721155/boondock-saints-game-a-co-op-shooter/

Rumor Mill

The first DLC squad-mate for Mass Effect 3 will be “The Prothean”.

Episode 107 – 3D Shoot’Em Up Pow Pow Adventure

MikeH — Wed, 15 Feb 2012 20:05:39 +0000

This episode goes a bit off-track in places but we reel it back in every so often. WARNING: If you dislike the standard words for Male and Female “private” anatomy you might want to skip this show…

This Week In Gaming

(PCWorld) PSVita Releasing http://www.pcworld.idg.com.au/review/games/sony/playstation_vita/415285
(Joystiq) http://www.joystiq.com/2012/02/13/zynga-sued-for-patent-infringement/
(Joystiq) http://www.joystiq.com/2012/02/13/girl-fight-is-pretty-much-what-it-sounds-like/
THIS is an all-female fighting game: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LzCIeRY5vJ8
(joystiq) http://www.joystiq.com/2012/02/10/blizzard-taking-valve-to-court-over-dota-trademark/
(joystiq) http://www.joystiq.com/2012/02/13/lego-star-wars-sticking-around-for-10-more-years/
(Shacknews) Steam knocked offline on Sunday by power failure
Presenting: Cloudberry Kingdom! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6k7-HaG3rOU&context=C34f6d50ADOEgsToPDskIxsY42GQwOICfuhC0pU9Am

Rumor Mill

Star Wars Battlefront 3 will be covering multiple time eras including the New Jedi Order and The Old Republic.
The Walking Dead will be getting its own adventure game.

Episode 106 – The Weakening

MikeH — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 21:44:50 +0000

Jack and Mike steal the show and then promptly return it. We talk about gaming, that’s all you need to know. Listen and enjoy.

This Week in Gaming

(Escapist) Sony Renames PlayStation Network
Sony has announced via a mass mailing to all PlayStation Network users that the aforementioned service will be renamed to the “Sony Entertainment Network,” forever replacing the somewhat iconic (or at least, widely used) PSN acronym with the more pronounceable, yet less familiar, SEN. The change comes on February 7th, with the hope that people will now more easily associate the service with the company’s full line of Sony products, while giving them the ability to use a single username and password for anything Sony related.

Rumor Mill

Tim Tebow will be getting his own browser based game. In which you’ll be learning of the value of Christian morals in the modern world. Yep…

Episode 105 – Nail to the Foot

MikeH — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 21:29:07 +0000

Jack is back! He used to wrestle alligators but then he got a nail to the foot! Well, the alligator part might not be true, but the nail is. Everyone seems to have some sort of ailment this week. We swear we talk about games well, and we swear without talking about games too.. Just listen. You know you want to. Do it now!Oh, and Jack also announces the winners of the Star Wars : The Old Republic books and the KOTOR signed by the original dev team!

This Week in Gaming

(G4TV) http://www.g4tv.com/thefeed/blog/post/720299/star-wars-the-old-republic-gay-controversy-family-group-unloads-on-sw-tor/
(massively) http://massively.joystiq.com/2012/01/30/its-official-everquest-goes-free-to-play/
(Siliconera) Ace Attorney 5 Announced, Phoenix Wright Trilogy Remastered for iOS
Ace Attorney 5 announced but.. more interestingly, Phoenix Wright’s first three games will be re-released for iPhone 3GS/4/4S, iPod Touch 3rd/4th gen, iPad/2 and Android Devices.. – Each will by 7.80 or all 3 for 15.60.
(Bioware) http://blog.bioware.com/2012/01/18/mass-effect-3-demo-coming-february-14/
(Shacknews) Kingdom of Amalur: Reckoning online pass is ‘fan reward’, studio head says

Rumor Mill

The new xbox WILL NOT be coming out this year.

Episode 104 – Gaming Like It’s 1999

MikeH — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 15:21:42 +0000

This week we talk about the ESA withdrawing support for SOPA, Resident Evil 6, Bioshock Infinite’s HARD mode, Skyrim creation kit and Diablo 3. There might be a bit of talk about SWTOR but not as much as last week.

This Week in Gaming

http://www.joystiq.com/2012/01/20/esa-withdraws-support-for-sopa/
http://www.joystiq.com/2012/01/20/new-resident-evil-6-details-freshly-imported-from-japan/
http://www.shacknews.com/article/72057/bioshock-infinites-1999-mode-is-harder-old-school
(shacknews) Skyrim Creation Kit on-track for January; 1.4 patch almost ready
(shacknews) Diablo 3 producer leaving Blizzard
Steve parker, senior producer for diablo 3 has announced he’s leaving Blizzard (from twitter) – “Bigger and Better things”.. This comes in the wake, although we don’t know if it is related, of information that came out about some large changes being made to Diablo 3 after some thought that it’s release was imminent (or at least getting there).

Episode 103 – Protesting

MikeH — Thu, 19 Jan 2012 21:40:57 +0000

Kelly takes the night off to work (priorities!) but the guys promise to talk, at least a little bit, about something other than SWTOR. News is slim this time of year but not as slim as new releases. Kingdoms of Amalur demo info, Mass Effect 3 and talk of missed games of the past year.

This Week in Gaming

(shacknews) http://www.shacknews.com/article/71993/mass-effect-3-pc-requires-origin-unavailable-on-steam
Kingdoms of Amalur : Reckoning demo – Full version rewards for playing demo, Mass Effect 3 items for playing KoA:R demo.
http://reckoning.amalur.com/en/r/faq#faq-demo

Episode 102 – Holmes

MikeH — Thu, 12 Jan 2012 15:11:29 +0000

Another week, another episode. Andy is under the weather but bravely soldiers on and joins us anyway. We talk Vita, Fallout MMO, game designers in trouble and 12 of the most anticipated games of 2012.

This Week In Gaming

(gamespot) Most Anticipated 2012
(gamasutra) Video game designer sentenced to death in Iran over propaganda charges
(joystiq) Playstation Vita Data Plans for the US Revealed
(escapist) Interplay Loses Rights to Fallout MMO

Rumor Mill

Epic Mickey 2 will be cross-console and feature co-op.

Episode 101 – No Racist Cats!

MikeH — Wed, 04 Jan 2012 15:08:46 +0000

We’re back in a new year and a new set of 100 episodes! The gangs all here talking about the year that was 2011. Favorite moments, disappointments, pirated games, SOPA, racial slurs.. It’s all there and more!

This Week in Gaming

Rumor Mill

Wii U will get an app store. Whatever the hell that means.
Guitar Hero will be announced a few weeks before E3 2012.

Episode 100 – 100 Episodes Later

MikeH — Thu, 22 Dec 2011 14:33:38 +0000

It’s Episode 100! Rustee and Darcy are back for a very “special” episode.

This Week in Gaming

(joystiq) http://www.joystiq.com/2011/12/17/new-pokemon-game-is-a-nobunagas-ambition-crossover-really/
(shacknews) http://www.shacknews.com/article/71636/gamefly-unlimited-pc-play-client-open-beta
(shacknews) http://www.shacknews.com/article/71607/elder-scrolls-v-skyrim-ships-10-million

Episode 99 – Juyo This!

MikeH — Tue, 13 Dec 2011 21:55:37 +0000

This week we were almost a Kelly short.. But fear not! She appeared as if from the mist.. Yes, there is some talk about Star Wars : The Old Republic on this show.. But we talked about other things. Like the VGAs.. Of course..

This Week in Gaming

http://www.childsplaycharity.org/
Don’t forget to donate. We’ll try to get the Chip-in up soon!
http://www.joystiq.com/2011/12/09/miyamoto-definitely-not-retiring-but-setting-up-for-his-eventua/

http://games.yahoo.com/blogs/plugged-in/activision-modern-warfare-3-fastest-1-billion-130949515.html

(gaming angels) Official Xbox LIVE iOS app is now available
Microsoft’s made the “My Xbox LIVE” app available on Apple’s app store.
The app allows you to manage your friends list, message your friends, invite new ones, edit your entire Xbox LIVE profile, change your avatar’s clothing and features and even view your achievement progress in the games you’ve played.
You can even create beacons on the go that will allow you to tell your friends what you feel like playing.

Episode 98 – Skyrimathon

MikeH — Fri, 09 Dec 2011 15:28:56 +0000

Ok, we don’t talk exclusively about Skyrim on this episode, but it almost seems that way.

This Week in Gaming

(g4tv) http://www.g4tv.com/thefeed/blog/post/718864/xbox-360-dashboard-update-out-tomorrow-comcast-and-hbo-coming-in-early-2012/

(IGN) 12 Game Studios That Died in 2011
1988 – 2011 – Bizarre Creations : Project Gotham Racing, Blur, Geometry Wars
2003 – 2011 – Team Bondi: LA Noire
2005 – 2011 – Propaganda Games: Turok, Tron : Evolution
1998 – 2011 – Black Rock Studio : Pure, Split Second, Moto GP
2006 – 2011 – Bedlam Games : Dungeons & Dragons : Daggerdale
2007 – 2011 – Codemasters Studios Guildford : Bodycount
2008 – 2011 – EA Visceral Melbourne : Dante’s Inferno, Dead Space 2, The Godfather 2
1996 – 2011 – THQ Digital Studios Phoenix : MX vs. ATV Alive, Cars, ATV Off-road Fury
2003 – 2011 – THQ Digital Studios Warrington : Red Faction : Battlegrounds, Warhammer 40,000: Kill Team
2003 – 2011 – THQ Studio Australia : Avatar :The Last Airbender, The Avengers (Cancelled)
2006 – 2011 – Kaos Studios : Homefront, Frontlines: Fuel of War
1995 – 2011 – Blue Tongue : de Blob, Marvel Super Hero Squad, Jurassic Park : Operation Genesis (THQ Studio)

Rumor Mill

Sony is working on a Smash Bros style game.
Lego DC Heroes is on its way.
1 crowbar: $23. 1 Radiation suit: $169. 1 Gravity gun: $537,000. Half Life 3 announced at the VGAs: Priceless