
8 episodes

Over the Fence Over the Fence
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- Leisure
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5.0 • 1 Rating
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Gaming • Entertainment • Technology
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Episode Eight
* George Lucas Retires
* Viacom chief disappointed about mob mentality surround the SOPA defeat
* Megaupload shutdown did nothing to slow piracy, study finds
* Microsoft abandoning points by the end of 2012
* Lego partially influences Minecraft…which then inspires Minecraft Legos?
* Notch is going to fund a Pyschonauts 2?
* Bethesda releases PC-only Skyrim hi-res pack and creation kit
* Kinect for PC now available
* X-Box 720 rumored to not play used games – developers love the idea
* What are you playing?
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Episode Seven
* Direct2Drive joins GameFly – looks like digital distribution is heating up Linky
* Steam sales increase 100 percent for the seventh straight year Linky
* Steam Winter Sale: anyone score any Phat Loot?Now that it’s 2012 – What is your game of the year for 2011?
* Thoughts on SWTOR – from beta to post launch model!
* SWTOR is the fastest-growing MMO in history? Over a million subscribers in just a couple days since launch! Linky
* Jonathan’s Random Topic
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Episode Six
* Favorite games of the fall season + impressions
* Next WoW expansion announced – Mists of Pandaria
* Star Wars The Old Republic coming on the 20th
* EA adds WB, Capcom and THQ to Origin
* Shigeru Miyamoto retiring from Nintendo Or is he?
* Ico Creator Leaves Sony, Team Ico
* X-Box 360 Fall Update – Likey? No Likey?
* Jonathan’s random topic
Artwork based on a photo by James West -
Episode Five
* Steve Jobs died
* Battlefield 3 isn’t slated for Steam release – will Mass Effect 3 be? [link]
* Why no Steam Notch? [link]
* Jon Carmack complains consoles aren’t as powerful as PCs [link]
* but then shares that consoles are ‘better business’ than PCs for games [link]
* Witness – peering through the ‘Myst’ [link]
* Nintendo Files Patent For ‘Massively Single-Playing Online Game’ [link]
* Why game industry talent is going indie. [link]
* Portal’s free DLC – how’d you like it?
* Jonathan was right – codes to play games on consoles – Online Passes [link]
* Jonathan’s random topic -
Episode Four
* Post-E3 Impressions! What looked good, what looked bad, and what this says about the game developers in question.
* PC exclusive gone rogue: The Witcher 2 on X-Box 360? [link]
* NO F’ing way… EA launching Steam competitor [link]
* A real-life Holodeck? Finally! [link]
* The Wii U, a neat new console from Nintendo with a stupid new name! [link]
* Torchlight pirated over 5 million times in China – developer’s fine with that [link]
* LA Noire coming to PC this fall [link]
* PC Exclusive shooter from the makers of Witcher 2 and BulletStorm [link]
* Kingdom Hearts “Dream Drop Distance?” [link]
* Windows 8 able to play X-Box 360 games [link]
* The Last Airbender – the Legend of Korra trailer revealed [link]
* What are you playing / looking forward to -
Episode Three
* Duke Nukem has gone gold Link
* 12 ways consoles are hurting PC gaming Link
* Farewell to DirectX? Link
* PSN is back up Link
* Sony says ‘Sorry’ with Free Games. Link
* Sony – another Sony company hacked Link
* Ubisoft’s CEO lets slip that Nintendo’s Project Cafe might be powerful enough to port existing X-Box 360 and PS3 titles to Link
* Lots o’ big budget Superhero Movies this summer: Thor, X-Men, Captain America, Green Lantern.
* Microsoft buys Skype. What are the implications of this? Link
* Chinese prisoners are being forced to farm gold in MMOs ‘Oh the humanity!’ Link
* E3 primer – what have you heard, what do you know?