Show notes - Journey 1, Episode 24 - Do Something Cool - 18 May 2012

Intro background: 00:03:47
Danny Baranowsky - C.H.A.D.'s Broken Wind - Super Meat Boy OST

Shoutouts:

• Regulars
• Housepets! peeps
• All indie devs - you make our talks interesting!

Housekeeping:

• Journey 2 starts in 4 weeks - new site, new intro/outro musics, new format...new lots of stuff!

Community:
Positive:

• Marvin Ammori awarded "Defender of the Internet"

Legal:

• Microsoft funds Russian-based "Pirate Pay"
• Oracle v. Google - judge states that 9-line copy courd be written by high schooler; will rule on copyrightability of API soon
• Pirate Bay, Wikileaks, Visa DDoSed
• Facebook IPO

What are we playing?

• Mr. Bond:
  • PC - Realm of the Mad God (briefly)
  • Mobile - None
  • Console - Deus Ex: Human Revolution
• Tormod:
  • PC - Spiral Knights
  • Mobile - None
  • Console - Journey

Upcoming/Recent Hardware: 00:27:47

• Viruses produce electrical current from physical movement
• Batch of EVGA's superclocked GTX 670 recalled as not tested; FTWs as replacement
• Microsoft Surface 2.0 gets open-source drivers
• Verizon to drop unlimited data plans

Upcoming/Recent Software: 00:33:18

• 15 May was a popular day for releases - Diablo 3, Max Payne 3, Sonic the Hedgehog 4 Episode 2, Souleye Pack for Pulsen
• 14 May - DLC pack for Dungeons of Dredmor - Realm of the Diggle Gods
• Halo 4 Limited Edition confirmed for 6 Nov release, $100
• Steam enables remote game downloads and installs, out of Beta
• Indie Royale All-Charity Lightning Pack
• Zynga acquires mobile studio Wild Needle
• Rovio renames new game Amazing Alex
• Toyota uses old DS models with navigation software
• Sky Alchemist released on Desura
• Wasteland 2 to use Unity engine (alongside its Linux client)
• Minecraft sells 1 million copies on XBLA in 5 days

Upcoming/Recent Music: 00:47:29

• Doc Nano - The Eggerlander March - Adventures of Lolo 3
• TheGuitahHeroe - The Tragic Drowning of Heatman - Megaman 2
• bLiNd, Meteo Xavier - The Obsequious Heterophobia of Dr. Melefam Buttfink - Sonic the Hedgehog 4: Episode 1
• Vampire Hunter Dan - Cries of Earth - Wild Arms
• Mega Beardo - Death Tap - Castelvania
• PRC 218 - Parasite Eve

Song set #1: 00:49:57

• Master Hatchet - Amethyst Artillery - Raiden 2 (DoD Feb 2006)
• Prince of Darkness - The Hot Pink of Blues - Final Fantasy 6 (OCReMix)
• Gario - Megavolt! - Megaman 3 (Remix ThaSauce)

Genre discussion: 01:06:27
Alternative platforms

Song set #2: 01:27:26

• Sir Nuts - The Amazing Analog Funk Machine - Spyro (PRC 87)
• Ashane - Medley - Final Fantasy Mystic Quest (DoD May Jun 2004)
• Nixdorux - Account of a Hero - Legend of Zelda A Link to the Past (VGMix...sorry, no link)

Indie discussion: 01:44:57
Indie distribution platforms / channels

Song set #3: 01:59:01

• Trenthian - Days Long Passed, Seldom Remembered - Suikoden (OCReMix)
• PrototypeRaptor - Chaos Nightmares - Sonic Adventure (OCReMix)
• Thunder Thouin - Deforestation - Castlevania 4 (OCReMix)

Aspect discussion: 02:13:16
Minimalistic controls

Song set #4: 02:35:29

• Stemage - M2Q - Metroid 2 Return of Samus
• Sixto Sounds - The Shredder - Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 4 Turtles in Time (OCReMix)
• Nutritious - The Unbroken - Cave Story (OCReMix)

Outro background: 02:49:41
Souleye - Pressure Cooker - VVVVVV OST