QQ News - January 2016

QQ News - January 2016
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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?

Quest 37 - Which technologies are iterating versus innovating?
QQ Cast

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?

Quest 36 - What are we looking forward to in 2016
QQ Cast

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

QQ Review - Star Wars The Force Awakens
QQ Cast

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?

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

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