QQ News - February 7th, 2014

A fire hose of geeky news headlines for the weeks leading to February 7th, 2014.

  • Microsoft Appoints Satya Nadella As Its Next CEO (Escapist)
  • Marvel And Star Wars Heroes To Appear In Disney Infinity (Escapist)
  • Carmack: id Software Wasn't Interested in VR (IGN)
  • Nintendo Wants Their Platforms To Be More Like iOS (Kotaku)
  • Legend of Zelda: Four Swords Available For Free on 3DS (Escapist)
  • Battered NES Cart Back On eBay, $65,000 Buyout Price (Escapist)
  • Nintendo Planning Discount Program for Regular Customers (Escapist)
  • EVE Battle Breaks $300,000 In Real-World Losses (Escapist)
  • Flappy Bird Is Making $50,000 A Day Off Ripped Art (Kotaku)
  • App Store Madness As Terrible Game Tops Charts (Kotaku)
  • Rust Sells 750,000 Copies, Creator Apologizes For Updates (Escapist)
  • SOE Announces Weekly Updates for EverQuest II (Escapist)
  • Starbound Dev to Protect Indies From Publishers (Escapist)
  • Titanfall on PC Will Require EA's Origin to Play (IGN)
  • Lightning Returns adds Tomb Raider cosplay in day-one DLC (Joystiq)
  • Square Enix's Final Fantasy XIII Retrospective is Retro-tastic (Escapist)
  • Steam Music Will Soon Be A Thing You Can Have (RockPaperShotgun)
  • Tomb Raider: Definitive Edition is UK No. 1 (Joystiq)
  • Jeopardy! Contestant Is Hated For Playing Like Nobody Else (Kotaku)
  • Metal Gear Solid 5: Ground Zeroes Reported to be Extremely Short (IGN)
  • LoL Gets 27 Million Players A Day (RockPaperShotgun)
  • Final Fantasy XIV Named Most Disability Accessible Game (Kotaku)
  • The Elder Scrolls Online, no PS Plus, requires Xbox Live Gold (Joystiq)

Quest 20 - What are some obscure video game trivia questions?

Special Guest: James Rosensteel!

Quest 20 seeks to challenge each other with lots of obscure video gaming trivia questions. Most of our questions got answered, and most of those answers were true! Some exceptions apply, listen to the podcast for details.

Minutes

  • 00:00 - Mic Check and Introductions
  • 03:00 - Should we revise the QQ Review scores?
  • 05:45 - Does Jordan need a geeking out intervention?
  • 18:20 - Should James need to geek out more?
  • 31:25 - Did Tom geek out at all?
  • 36:15 - What are some fun facts about Sonic?
  • 39:30 - What are some obscure Nintendo facts?
  • 48:10 - What is the worst thing about cyborg Hitler?
  • 57:30 - What is some obvious Mario trivia?
  • 67:40 - What are some SquareEnix trivia questions?
  • 72:40 - What are some good and bad video game movies?
  • 75:20 - Wrap up and hot seat!

Music

QQ News - January 24th, 2014

A fire hose of geeky news headlines for the weeks leading to January 24th, 2014. Also, some drinking; listener discretion is not advised.

  • People Are Getting High On An Actual Drug Called "Nintendo" (Kotaku)
  • Hearthstone Enters Open Beta (RockPaperShotgun)
  • Nintendo Makes Reductions in Wii U Sales Projections (Escapist)
  • Nintendo CEO Iwata Says He Won't Resign (IGN)
  • Nintendo Considering Smartphone Games, Restructuring (Escapist)
  • Lightning Returns: Final Fantasy 13 Demo Available Today (IGN)
  • Final Fantasy VI Mobile Releases, Adds Typos (Escapist)
  • Final Fantasy VI Mobile Remake Unbeatable Thanks to Bug (Escapist)
  • Report: Pixar Will Make A Star Wars Movie (Kotaku)
  • DC's Batman vs Superman Delayed Until 2016 (Escapist)
  • Marvel Confirms Paul Rudd for Ant-Man (IGN)
  • Cortana Actress Will Voice Microsoft's Version of Siri (Escapist)
  • Tomb Raider Made Money Despite Early Disappointment (Escapist)
  • League of Legends Nets $624 Million in Revenue Last Year (Escapist)
  • EA pays YouTube personalities to promote new games (Verge)
  • Games Workshop Stock Plummets By 24 Percent (Escapist)

Quest 19 - What was the most surprising and disappointing releases in 2013?

Special Guests: Dan Bach and Lynn DeVries!

Quest 19 kicks of 2014 by QQ'ing about 2013! We talk about our most disappointing (and surprising!) games/movies/etc from 2013.

Minutes

  • 00:00 - Mic Check and Introductions
  • 01:25 - What is Dan up to, or what is a Ninhog and how do I stab it?
  • 04:15 - What is Tom up to, or what is the bottom of the Sci Fi barrel?
  • 08:05 - Is Her so awesome that it makes you want to date an AI?
  • 13:30 - What is Jordan up to, or what is it like not playing video games?
  • 18:20 - What is Lynn up to, or how many stars are in Starbound?
  • 25:20 - Is the younger generation more adept to sandbox games?
  • 32:45 - What is the worst movie of 2013?
  • 41:00 - Was the Ender's Game movie bad or just disappointing?
  • 49:40 - What is the best thing to happen in 2013?
  • 55:00 - Hot seat and wrap up!

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QQ News - January 10th, 2014

News is a new show we plan to do in-between the normal Quests! It's intended to be a fire hose of headlines followed by brief discussion compressed into about 30 minutes. We hope you enjoy it! Let us know either way :D

  • Sony sells 4.2 million PS4s, Microsoft sells 3 million Xbones (IGN)
  • Nintendo 3DS Sales Rose Over 45% in 2013 (Escapist)
  • Apple makes 10 Billion from the App Store in 2013 (Apple)
  • Nintendo To Pay Royalties to Tomita on Every 3DS Sold (Escapist)
  • Steam Machine Prices Range From $499 to $6,000 (Escapist)
  • Starbound Sells One Million Copies While Still In Beta (Escapist)
  • DayZ Beta Not Coming Until End of 2014 (Escapist)
  • New Oculus Rift Prototype Includes Tracking Camera (Escapist)
  • Alien: Isolation Trailer Returns To Its Roots (Escapist)
  • Playstation Now introduced at CES (Time)