It’s weeks like this that make us pine for the good old days when companies would make convenient six-hour games with multiplayer on the side that no one is going to play anyway.
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Nintendo announces the new controller for Bayonetta 2! We’re excited! You? Plus some enthusing and naysaying about FTL, followed by more inability to not talk about Guild Wars 2.
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After saying a few words about the sexual harassment suit against Stardock, we briefly try not to talk about Guild Wars 2. Tune in to see how well that worked out.
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Chris “I’m Not Going in the Water” Hornbostel joins us this week to talk about what we love about Guild Wars 2, what we don’t love about Guild Wars 2, and the anecdote we would tell to express what’s special about the game. You can find us in the game at tomchick.6739, mcmaster.9567, and triggercut.2059.
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In our final B.G. (i.e. before Guild Wars 2) era podcast, Brandon Cackowski-Schnell joins us to talk about Darksiders II. Jason McMaster nearly masters the new co-op mode in Team Fortress 2. And Tom Chick reviews Madden NFL 13 (pictured).
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It’s a busy week with McMaster’s new Kickstarter in effect. Go here to check out Cap’n Patch! Is it any coincidence that McMaster is making a game about a spider and is also terrorizing the Bug Princess 2 leaderboards? In other news, Secret World announces an upcoming celebrity appearance sure to excite any fan of the hit movie Armageddon, Orcs Must Die 2 is going to force you to stop using that same trap combo over and over again, and you don’t have to buy the new Payday: The Heist DLC to enjoy it. Plus some Sleeping Dogs, Darksiders II, Hybrid, Modern Warfare 3 chaos mode, and Jamestown.
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This week we welcome Ian, a shmup expert who posts on the forum as Angrycoder. What’s the deal with these crazy Japanese games? Which ones are good? What makes them good? And is the iPad really the best platform for shmups, or is Tom just more misguided than usual? Also, some Zynga vs. EA, Steam’s latest move towards world domination, a little more Fallout: New Vegas, a bit of Transport Tycoon, a frank discussion of Aquaman videogames, and a two-word early review of Sleeping Dogs.
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This week Rob “Chaplin” Harvey, an actual mechwarrior who was at an actual Mechwarrior Online tournament, joins us to talk about the upcoming free-to-play shooter and whether or not he won the tournament. We also take a gander at Mechwarrior Tactics, the upcoming free-to-play strategy game. Basically, it’s all things Mechwarrior this week. Because there’s not much else to talk about in the middle of summer. Oh, wait, there is! Summoner Wars, the Oculus, Telltale’s Walking Dead games, Orcs Must Die 2, and Smite. But other than those things and the resurgence of Mechwarrioring, there’s not much to talk about.
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Is Summoner Wars a truly awful game, or just an awful game? Tom Chick debates Dave Perkins on the merits of this latest port of a tabletop game to the iOS. After the dust has settled, Jason McMaster joins in to talk Zynga stock, Fez patches, Blood Bowl injuries, Neuroshima Hex DLC, and jerks who are good at Age of Empires III. Plus the latest on Guild Wars 2, Secret World, and a few jabs at that Batman movie for good measure. If you listen to just one Qt3 Games Podcast this week, make it this one!
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Tom Chick discovers there’s no better way to be flu stricken than with a brand new iPad. And Jason McMaster discovers a game on the Steam sale that he should have played when it came out. Plus, bad news for Bioware, the Torchlight developer’s triumphant smackdown, a minor smorgasbord of boardgames, and what happens in Secret World when you party with McMaster (hint: it involves watching him die a lot).
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Eric Flannum joins us to talk about the upcoming Guild Wars 2 and the classic RTS Sacrifice, each of which he designed. We also talk about Rocksteady’s inadvertently announced Silver Age comics game, the new Ouya console, Le Havre on the iPhone, Magic: the Gathering 2013 on the iPad, and the horrors of Spec Ops: The Line. Plus an update on Secret World and a vote on whether or not Aquaman is lame.
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Chris Hornbostle joins us for what was supposed to be a short pre-holiday episode in which we talked about Secret World for about an hour. Turns out there’s a lot to say about Secret World.
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Returning guest Seth Berkowitz joins us this week with some surprising comments about the new DLC for Mass Effect 3. We also discuss the state of Team Fortress 2, Ubisoft’s latest PC cock-up, whether serious videogamers should be playing kiddie games like Lego Batman 2, and what might be the only must-have title on the Vita.
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This week we welcome Marvel vs Capcom 3 game diarist Charles Wheeler to the podcast to tell us about the most dangerous arcade in Singapore, followed by a tentative, brief, and polite discussion about whether there’s any place in videogames for rape. We do not once use the phrase “white knight” and no chairs are thrown, so it’s a pretty poor excuse for how to get the most out of a controversial topic. Which leaves us to talk about Quantum Conundrum, Unity of Command, Valley Without Wind, Saints Row 3 DLC, and Age of Empires III. Yes, Age of Empires III. The Qt3 Games Podcast is nothing if not untopical.
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This week, Chris Hornbostel joins us to talk about the latest developments in the 38 Studios story, as well as Neal Stephenson’s swordfighting game, and how some people hate that Tom Chick hates Lollipop Chainsaw. Then we get into The Witcher 2, Sins of a Solar Empire, and Dragon’s Dogma. Finally, I’d like to personally apologize for how rude everyone is during the closing music. What a bunch of jerks.
(Artwork by Mr. Ripper Blackstaff)
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