Welcome to another FUPICSODE of the Black Oni Podcast! This episode is themed around Saint Patrick’s day. Will is off to Japan in a few days, so we decided to do a little something special for the 20th episode! Download MP3 

Agenda

1- I-I-I-Iiiice Breaker!!
2- Gamin’
3- Gamin’ News
4- Hot Topic

1- INTRO/ I-I-I-ICE BREAKER!!!
• What’s your favorite gaming inspired drink?

2- GAMIN’
• Whatcha playing
• Latest/New game releases: South Park: Stick of Truth, Yaiba Ninja Gaiden Z, Pacman and the Ghostly Adventures, Awesomenauts, Dead Nation, Vessel. Any game coming out this week that you’re SUPER excited for?

3- GAMIN’ NEWS
• Jack Tretton steps down as Sony’s North America’s CEO. Link
• The Last of Us is becoming a live action movie… Link
• Xbox One outsells PS4 for the week ending in March 1st Link
• Watchdogs reveals release date and new gameplay, fans backlash. Link
• Amy Henning, writer for Uncharted, leaves Naughty Dog. Neil Drukmann and Bruce Straley are both wrongly accused of forcing her out by the media. Link
• Microsoft giving away Forza with new Xbox One purchases. Link

4- HOT TOPIC
• Guest topics-
• Does Next Gen necessarily mean “realism over stylized design?” And are people more drawn towards one over the other? Link
• Are developers relying too much on nostalgia, even when the nostalgic factor didn’t really exist for an IP? Link
• Does Project Spark’s very existence justify the inclusion of the Kinect? Link

Also, this is frickin hilarious.