{"id":16987,"date":"2012-08-08T19:53:19","date_gmt":"2012-08-09T02:53:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.quartertothree.com\/fp\/?p=16987"},"modified":"2016-03-02T14:30:40","modified_gmt":"2016-03-02T22:30:40","slug":"qt3-games-podcast-the-summer-shmup-special","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.quartertothree.com\/fp\/2012\/08\/08\/qt3-games-podcast-the-summer-shmup-special\/","title":{"rendered":"Qt3 Games Podcast: the summer shmup special"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"fancybox\" rel=\"16987\" href=\"http:\/\/www.quartertothree.com\/fp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/Can_Batman_do_this.jpg\"<\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.quartertothree.com\/fp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/Can_Batman_do_this.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"Can_Batman_do_this\" width=\"600\" height=\"364\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-16988\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>This week we welcome Ian, a shmup expert who posts on the forum as Angrycoder.  What&#8217;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&#8217;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.<\/p>\n<div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_8703\"><a class=\"fancybox\" rel=\"16987\" href=\"http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/qt3games\/www.quartertothree.com\/podcasts\/Qt3_Games_Podcast_104_08_08_12.mp3\" title=\"Play\" onclick=\"return powerpress_embed_html5a('8703','http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/qt3games\/www.quartertothree.com\/podcasts\/Qt3_Games_Podcast_104_08_08_12.mp3');\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.quartertothree.com\/fp\/wp-content\/plugins\/powerpress\/play_audio.png\" title=\"Play\" alt=\"Play\" style=\"border:0;\" width=\"23px\" height=\"24px\" \/<\/a><\/a><\/div>\n<p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_links_mp3\" style=\"margin-bottom: 1px !important;\">Podcast (games): <a href=\"http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/qt3games\/www.quartertothree.com\/podcasts\/Qt3_Games_Podcast_104_08_08_12.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/www.quartertothree.com\/fp\/?powerpress_pinw=16987-games');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/qt3games\/www.quartertothree.com\/podcasts\/Qt3_Games_Podcast_104_08_08_12.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"Qt3_Games_Podcast_104_08_08_12.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_subscribe_links\">Subscribe: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.quartertothree.com\/fp\/feed\/games\/\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_rss\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe via RSS\" rel=\"nofollow\">RSS<\/a><\/p><!--powerpress_player-->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-16987","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-game_podcasts"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.7 - 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