Welcome to another edition of the Gaming Trend Podcast! In this episode we discuss the ramifications of the confluence of politics and video games, and how everyone loses in this situation. We also talk about the recent controversy behind Deep Silver’s decision to include a bikini-clad severed torso with the UK special edition of Dead Island: Riptide, the magical realism of Kentucky Route Zero, Guild Wars 2’s recent additions, and the recent closure of Gas Powered Games.
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[00:30]: What we’ve been playing
[7:10]: Dead Island: Riptide controversy
[13:10]: Gas Powered Games closes
[15:30]: Magical realism and Kentucky Route Zero
[22:25]: Guild Wars 2’s new additions
[25:45]: Video games and violence
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Podcast hosted, recorded, edited and produced by Jeff Burke. Guests: Victor Grunn and David Roberts. Music from Mega Man 2.
I've been gaming since my dad made the bad decision of buying me a Nintendo when I was four years old. Every day I'd find myself with my face glued to a TV screen, punching away at buttons, getting furious with Bowser, Dr. Wily, and those freakin' birds in Ninja Gaiden. Since then I have failed to get my parents to play any board game with me, I sold my full copy of Earthbound with box and guide for $300 to some dude in Austria for rent money, and I still believe in Nintendo even after all these years.
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