Quest 47 - Should you go buy a VR headset, right now?

Zach really wants Tom to go out and buy a Vive, right now! Like, why is he still typing this? Go! Go! For the good of the city!

Minutes

  • 00:00 - Mic Check and Introductions
  • 02:00 - Is modern VR a transformative experience?
  • 11:55 - What is the screen door effect?
  • 20:30 - How did the first adult VR festival go?
  • 28:00 - Why is everything a VR "experience"?
  • 40:45 - Are we going see Dungeon and Dragons VR?
  • 54:30 - When is the price of VR going to come down?
  • 72:30 - Wrap up!

Music

Quest 46 - Why do we love video game movies?

Tom thinks Bob Hoskins was a great Mario Mario, Raul thinks Paul W. S. Anderson is an evil resident, and Zach rage quits to go watch Eurotrip.

Minutes

  • 00:00 - Mic Check and Introductions
  • 02:00 - What is the first video game movie that we remember?
  • 10:50 - What would a modern Nintendo movie look like?
  • 20:45 - Did Streetfighter set the tone for video game movies?
  • 26:00 - Does Mortal Kombat have best the soundtrack of all time?
  • 37:30 - Which one is Wing Commander?
  • 47:30 - How far off the rails did Resident Evil go?
  • 62:00 - What other video game movies are we forgetting?
  • 74:05 - Wrap up!

Music

Quest 45 - What were the best things in the 2000s?

Tom and Raul have a hard time remembering anything from the 2000s other than the Cornetto trilogy. One trilogy to rule them all, one trilogy to find them, one trilogy to bring them all and in the darkness bind them.

Minutes

  • 00:00 - Mic Check and Introductions
  • 02:00 - What were the top 25 movies of the 2000s?
  • 35:00 - What were the top 25 games of the 2000s?
  • 60:00 - What were the top 25 TV shows of the 2000s?
  • 77:00 - Wrap up!

Music

QQ News - April and May 2016

Special Guest: Raul Torres

A fire hose of geeky news headlines for the months of April and May, 2016.

Headlines

  • Happy 10th Anniversary, Announcement of Half-Life 2 Episode Three (Escapistmagazine)
  • Nintendo Says NX "Will Not Make An Appearance" at E3 2016 (Gamespot)
  • The Legend of Zelda for Wii U Will Be The Only Playable Nintendo Game at E3 (Nintendolife)
  • Nintendo won't sell NX at a loss, president says (Polygon)
  • Cross-Network Play Arrives on Xbox One and Steam PC (Rocketleaguegame)
  • Pokemon GO Field Tests Come Stateside (Escapistmagazine)
  • Existing Phones Unlikely to Qualify as Daydream Ready, Says Google (Roadtovr)
  • Nintendo Considers Entering Film Business (IGN)
  • Disney is ending its Infinity video game line, shutting down Avalanche Software (Polygon)
  • Monkey Island and Maniac Mansion creator wants to buy IPs from Disney (Vg247)
  • Movie based on 'Tetris' starts shooting in 2017 (Usatoday)
  • Dragonball - Evolution Writer Apologizes to Fans (Escapistmagazine)
  • Battlefield 1 release date, price, beta, gameplay and trailer (Pcadvisor)
  • Mighty No.9 has a June release date (Pcgamer)
  • Microsoft closes Fable developer Lionhead Studios (Theverge)
  • Microsoft Shuts Down Project Spark (Gamerant)

Quest 44 - Can reviews be objective?

Special Guest: Raul Torres

Zach's HTC Vive joins us to explain to Tom why reviews cannot be objective...and Raul has the worst birthday ever.

Minutes

  • 00:00 - Mic Check and Introductions
  • 02:00 - Can reviews be objective?
  • 13:20 - Do game reviews have a strick rubric?
  • 22:15 - How do we review software?
  • 32:40 - Is it unfair to compare things in reviews?
  • 40:50 - How do we gauge talent?
  • 50:00 - Can people disagree when being objective?
  • 56:00 - Wrap up and hot seat!

Music