QQ News - August and September 2016

A fire hose of geeky news headlines for the months of August and September, 2016.

Headlines

  • Gene Wilder Dies at 83 (Nytimes)
  • World War Z Author Max Brooks Is Writing a Minecraft Novel (IGN)
  • The Tick gets full series order at Amazon (Polygon)
  • New Yooka-Laylee Trailer Reveals Shovel Knight Cameo (Gamespot)
  • Rick And Morty Creator Launches "Squanchtendo" VR Studio (Squanchtendo)
  • Star Trek Discovery delayed to May 2017 (Polygon)
  • An Update on The Last Guardian, Delayed to December (Blog)
  • 'South Park: The Fractured But Whole' delayed to early 2017 (Engadget)
  • Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night Delayed to 2018 (IGN)
  • Daniel Craig Reportedly Offered $150m for 2 More Bond Films (IGN)
  • Leonard Nimoy Hated Generations (Transporterroom3)
  • Transformers: The Last Knight Ignites Furor Over Using Churchill's Home as Nazi Headquarters (IGN)
  • Whats Going On With the Portal and Half-Life Movies at Bad Robot? (Slashfilm)
  • Pokemon GO Lost 15 Million Daily Users Last Month (Escapistmagazine)
  • Niantic Considering Android Wear, One-on-One Pokemon Go Battles (Escapistmagazine)
  • Miyamoto: Mario is Coming to Mobile Because That's Where People Play Games (Escapistmagazine)
  • The NX Will Have Pokemon Games, Mix Hand-Held And Console (Escapistmagazine)
  • Ubisoft CEO Impressed With NX, Says it Will Offer a "New Experience" (Escapistmagazine)

Quest 56 - What have we been geeking out on in the summer of 2016?

Zach combines running marathons with hiking, Raul holds an intervention to prevent Tom from talking politics, and then everyone just rambles about AngularJS release candidates...we are so nerdy.

Minutes

  • 00:00 - Mic Check and Introductions
  • 03:20 - How hard is it to start learning Unity?
  • 11:00 - When does "not invented here" turn into a real project?
  • 29:45 - What weird YouTube videos do you watch?
  • 41:45 - Are we just honeymooning with World of Warcraft Legion?
  • 53:10 - Does running a marathon count as geeking out?
  • 62:30 - Wrap up!

Music

Quest 55 - Could Mr. Meeseeks save this podcast?

Zach and Raul discuss the existential, metaphysical, and facetious humor that is Rick and Morty; all the while, Tom literally sits on the sidelines as his internet connection pulls a Jerry.

Minutes

  • 00:00 - Mic Check and Introductions
  • 03:00 - Which episode would you show a new person, and why?
  • 07:40 - Is it possible to have a single favorite episode?
  • 16:00 - Can you adjust Mumble voice quality?
  • 21:45 - Does the multiverse offer a unique story telling opportunity?
  • 32:00 - Could any of the crazy fan theories be true?
  • 41:30 - Is a pause the same as a reset, or is it a cop out regardless?
  • 49:00 - Will season 3 live up to the hype, or just be more of the same?
  • 53:45 - Wrap up!

Music

Quest 54 - What are the top 25 SNES games?

Tom and Raul celebrate the 25th anniversary of the Super Nintendo Entertainment System by counting down two top 25 lists of SNES games; meanwhile, Zach passes the time by twitch streaming himself playing most of these games for the first time.

Minutes

  • 00:00 - Mic Check and Introductions
  • 04:00 - Is Uniracers on anyone's top 25 list?
  • 14:00 - Why didn't EarthBound sell well in the US?
  • 25:45 - Did Super Mario All Stars get bundled with the console?
  • 31:30 - Can the QQ Cast stream on Twitch while recording?
  • 43:00 - How many versions of Super Street Fighter were there?
  • 53:45 - Why did Raul play Mario RPG and not Final Fantasy?
  • 65:30 - What was the first Yoshi game?
  • 71:00 - So, what is the single best Super Nintend game of all time?
  • 78:45 - Wrap up!

Music

QQ News - Gamescom 2016

The QQ Cast think it's gonna be a long long time, till Gamescom brings us round again to find, it's not like the coms that we have at home, oh no no no, it's a boring com, boring com burning out the hype up over there alone.

Minutes

  • 00:00 - Mic Check and Introductions
  • 02:30 - Half Life 3 Confirmed
  • 07:00 - New Overwatch map and animated short revealed
  • 09:15 - Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare’s Zombies in Spaceland mode revealed
  • 12:45 - Harley Quinn and Deadshot join the Injustice 2 roster
  • 18:15 - New trailer for Resident Evil 7 gives us a glimpse of gameplay
  • 21:00 - 53 minutes of brand new Final Fantasy 15 gameplay
  • 28:00 - Battlefield 1’s open beta gets a release date
  • 33:30 - EA “actively” considering Mass Effect remasters
  • 40:30 - Microsoft says Xbox Scorpio will put an end to console generations
  • 53:00 - Metal Gear Survive revealed by Konami
  • 65:00 - Wrap up and Rocket Man!

Music

Quest 53 - Can we compare our favorite movies?

The QQ Cast follows the latest twitter trend and discusses their top 7 movies...for the greater good. The greater good.

Minutes

  • 00:00 - Mic Check and Introductions
  • 04:30 - What is the first rule of Fight Club?
  • 11:30 - Has anyone seen I Heart Huckabees?
  • 19:00 - How many Wachowskis movies are actually good?
  • 27:00 - Is Scott Pilgrim the best comic book movie ever?
  • 40:30 - Why does Zach love EuroTrip so much?
  • 51:30 - Does anyone remember The 13th Warrior?
  • 55:00 - What are the best Star Trek films?
  • 70:15 - Wrap up!

Music