Journey 1, Episode 16 - Antipsychotics

Date aired: 

09 Mar 2012

Show Length: 

03:10:44
Intro background: 00:03:47
Jerry Martin - Night Life - Sim City 3000 OST
Shoutouts:
  • 006, Heather, Boris, Natasha
  • New listeners
  • Housepets! peeps
  • Kit Fox, Elise
  • Positech Games - Gratuitous Space Battles devs
Housekeeping:
  • Site - none (be aware of coming changes)
  • Show - upcoming shifts as we approach Journey 2
  • Stream - probably nothing new until permanent VG-related stream in place
Events:
  • GDC wrapped up
  • International Women's Day (yesterday)
  • Peter Molyneux leaves Microsoft, Lionshead, for studio 22 Cans
  • New record in Mario Kart! 530-something
What are we playing? 00:15:05
  • Mr. Bond:
    • PC - Minecraft plus Tekkit pack
    • Mobile - None this week
    • Console - Excite Truck
  • Tormod:
    • PC - None this week
    • Mobile - Words with Friends
    • Console - Mario Kart Wii
Upcoming/Recent Hardware: 00:23:14
  • iPad 3 official launch event, 7 Mar
  • Steam Box rumors quashed by Valve
  • New Ivy Bridge lineup revealed, in detail
  • Intel HD 4000 graphics benchmarked
Upcoming/Recent Software: 00:31:39
  • Indie Royale St. Patty's Day bundle...probably soon
  • Unreal Engine demoed with Flash
  • PS Vita homebrew
  • Ubuntu 12.04 reaches Beta
  • Fedora Raspberry Pi remix
  • VLC build for Android
Song set #1: 00:39:00
Genre discussion: 00:52:45
Simulation
n00b genre entry: 01:07:40
Classics - F-19, SimTown
Song set #2: 01:13:13
Mainstream game: 01:29:45
Maxis' various titles
Indie game: 02:06:11
Gratuitous Space Battles
Giveaway winner: Shifty
Game aspect discussion: 02:34:00
Levels of control
Outro background: 03:00:07
Jerry Martin - Rush Hour - Sim City 4 OST