QQ News - January 2016

A fire hose of geeky news headlines for the month of January, 2016.

Headlines

  • Final Fantasy Adventure Remade (Rpgamer)
  • The Witness (Gameinformer)
  • XCOM Modders Announce New Strategy Game (M)
  • Homeword: Deserts of Kharak (Gameinformer)
  • Final Fantasy 9 Announced for PC and Mobile in Japan (IGN)
  • EA Won't Have Booth at E3 2016, Briefing Scheduled for Sunday Afternoon (GameSpot)
  • Steam sales in 2015 (Medium)
  • Origin PC's new Omni gaming all-in-one wraps you up in its curved screen (Cnet)
  • 'Star Wars: The Force Awakens' Zooms Past 'Avatar' (Forbes)
  • George Miller Says He Wont Direct Another Mad Max Sequel (Slashfilm)
  • At CES, Netflix Adds Over 130 Countries to Streaming Service (Nytimes)
  • Nintendo Alters Controversial Fire Emblem Fates Scene (M)
  • NASA Achieves Gender Equality Milestone (IGN)
  • Alan Rickman, Harry Potter and Die Hard actor, dies aged 69 (BBC)
  • Darkwing Duck Is Not Coming Back (IGN)
  • General Motors, Gazing at Future, Invests $500 Million in Lyft (Nytimes)
  • Grant Gustin 'Fully Supports' Ezra Miller as the Flash (IGN)
  • An iPhone Charging in Midair Is the Coolest CES Demo I've Ever Seen (Gizmodo)
  • Popular YouTubers Try To Trademark 'React' (Kotaku)
  • GIMPS project discovers largest known prime number (Sciencedaily)
  • New Final Fantasy 15 Character Revealed, Release Date Event Details Confirmed (IGN)
  • Carl Zeiss Smart Glasses Won't Make You Look Like A Glasshole (Tomsguide)
  • Mighty No 9 Suffers Third Delay (IGN)

Quest 37 - Which technologies are iterating versus innovating?

Instead of talking about CES itself, Tom and Zach discuss the future that CES made them dream of.

Minutes

  • 00:00 - Mic Check and Introductions
  • 02:40 - Are current generation consoles just iterating?
  • 21:30 - When will new vehicle innovations become common?
  • 27:05 - Do we appreciate how amazing modern displays are?
  • 32:10 - Which wearables are worth wearing?
  • 41:30 - Can we tell when phones innovate?
  • 45:45 - Have printers improved since 1980?
  • 55:30 - Wrap up

Music.

Quest 36 - What are we looking forward to in 2016?

Elon Musk does not guest star as Tom and Zach put some serious thought into 2016.

Minutes

  • 00:00 - Mic Check and Introductions
  • 02:00 - What new technology is coming out next year?
  • 26:10 - What games should we keep and eye on?
  • 41:50 - Are there any movies we haven't already talked about?
  • 65:55 - Predictions and Portents for 2016
  • 80:00 - Wrap up

Music

QQ Review - Star Wars: The Force Awakens

The first podcast version of the QQ Review tackles the new soft reboot of Star Wars: Episode 4 - A New Hope!

Minutes

  • 00:00 - Mic Check and Introductions
  • 03:30 - What preconceptions did we have?
  • 05:45 - What surprised us the most?
  • 09:00 - What was good?
  • 35:30 - What was bad?
  • 47:10 - The verdict.
  • 50:15 - Spoilers!
  • 66:00 - Wrap up

Links

Music

Quest 35 - What were the big gaming headlines of 2015?

We discuss Polygon's article about the top gaming headlines for the year, and speculate about what the future might bring.

Minutes

  • 00:00 - Mic Check and Introductions
  • 03:10 - Nintendo grieves, looks to the future.
  • 11:15 - Steam Machines make landfall.
  • 22:15 - China opens it's doors to consoles.
  • 26:00 - Game Newell 'pisses off the internet'
  • 34:45 - Star Citizen suffers a bumpy ride.
  • 51:15 - Ouya fades away.
  • 60:00 - Wrap up

Links

Music