Episode #346
Topics
- E3
- Xbox One
- Requires an online check-in every 24 hours
- Rentals and lending won’t work out of the gate
- Publishers decide whether or not to allow a one-time transfer of a game
- Publishers decide whether or not to allow trade-in of used games at select participating retailers
- Requires the Kinect to be plugged in at all times (Camera included)
- Xbox Live required for online play ($59.99/year)
- Xbox Live works on Xbox 360 and Xbox One simultaneously (Also, the death of Microsoft Funbucks)
- $499/£429
- Launching November 2013
- 8-core AMD APU
- 500 GB hard drive
- 8GB of DDR3 RAM (5GB for games, 3GB for system functions)
- 3 USB 3.0 ports
- HDMI in and out
- 802.11b/g/n and gigabit ethernet
- Blu-ray support
- No Xbox 360 backwards compatibility
- PS4
- No platformed-imposed online check-in
- No platform-imposed restrictions on rentals, sales, or trades
- Doesn’t require the camera (Camera sold separately for $59.99)
- PS+ required for online play ($49.99/year)
- No online passes for any game
- PS+ works on PS3, PS Vita, and PS4 simultaneously
- $399/£349
- Launching Q4 2013
- 8-core AMD APU
- 500GB hard drive (User upgradeable)
- 8GB of GDDR5 RAM
- 2 USB 3.0 ports
- HDMI in
- 802.11b/g/n and gigabit ethernet
- Bluetooth 2.1+EDR
- Blu-ray support
- No PS3 backwards compatibility (Promises of Gaikai streaming solutions coming next year)
- Supposedly supports analog out, but where is the port? Is it sharing the AUX port with the camera?
- Dragon Age: Inquisition
- New trailer (In-engine footage)
- Features Cassandra, Varric, and Morrigan
- Dropped the “III” from the title
- “Fall 2014” release
- It will be “open-world”
- Coming to PC, PS3, Xbox 360, PS4, and Xbox One
- You can import your saves from DA:O and DAII, but details have not been announced on how
- The Walking Dead: 400 Days
- New trailer
- $5 DLC for Season One
- Contains 5 short stories
- Not based around Season One’s protagonists
- You can import your Season One saves, and the 400 Days save file will impact Season Two
- Misc other games deserving a mention
- Bayonetta 2 looks properly crazy
- Assassin’s Creed IV looks like more of the same
- Metal Gear Solid V is a clusterfuck
- New Zelda looks rad
- Tearaway seems charming
- The Witcher 3 is pretty
- Transistor’s art style is DOPE
- Anything else?
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Episode #345
Grant’s Topics
Rob’s Topics
- Muse
- Doctor Who - Regeneration
Wikipedia Article of the Week
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Episode #344
Grant’s Topics
Rob’s Topics
- Laptops
Wikipedia Article of the Week
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Episode #343
Grant’s Topics
Rob’s Topics
- New Xbox
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Episode #342
Grant’s Topics
Rob’s Topics
- Little orange friend.
- Star Trek Into Darkness
- The Name of the Doctor
Wikipedia Article of the Week
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Episode #341
Grant’s Topics
Rob’s Topics
- Blood and Ice Cream
- Dragon Age
Wikipedia Article of the Week
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Episode #340
Grant’s Topics
Rob’s Topics
- Stand-Up & Comedy
- Things to do when you’re unemployed
Wikipedia Article of the Week
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Episode #339
Grant’s Topics
Rob’s Topics
- Mars
- Console Convergence
Wikipedia Article of the Week
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Episode #338
Grant’s Topics
- Indian Food
- Doctor Who
- DLC
Rob’s Topics
- Bass
Wikipedia Article of the Week
Plugs
Episode #337
Grant’s Topics
- Reporting back on Doctor Who
- Personal gaming history, and the evolution of gaming
- Table topping
- Margaret Thatcher and female leadership
Rob’s Topics
- Xbox Durango - “Always online” rumours
- The presidents of the USA
- The Walking Dead: Episode 1
