Round 30 - Good Evening from Next Year

Date aired: 

15 Jan 2016

Show Length: 

02:27:37

Around the World:  00:19:08

  • Oculus Rift early hardware and SDK 1.0 shipping to developers; Q1 2016 release; gets extra pack-in title Lucky's Tale; does not include Oculus Touch controllers; $600; free kit to be given to original Kickstarter backers
  • AGDQ 2016 - $1.2M raised for Prevent Cancer Foundation
  • Respawn Point - week-long Sonic marathon, to benefit Special Effect charity
  • Take This 'Dangerous to Stream Alone' - charity for mental illness support
  • Activision buys MLG eSports organization; dissolves the brand, acquires the assets
  • Teslasuit - possible full-body haptic feedback
  • EA launches Origin Access subscription servce for Origin titles; $5 / month
  • Psychonauts 2 successfully funded on Fig - $3.8M
  • Razer Blade Stealth - new ultrabook, w/ Thunderbolt 3 dock to support full-size desktop graphics card
  • Playstation VR - 960x1080 per eye, PS4 / PS Move support
  • Tex Murphy complete collection on Humble Weekly
  • Namco's new golf MMO - Winning Putt
  • Epic's name filter has mistaken name match against Specially Designated Nationals list
  • Steam caching issue erroneously reveals personal pages to incorrect users

Bonus Level 1:  01:02:49

Personal Gaming:  01:18:16

  • Galak-Z (PC; Quest for Semi-Glory; now complete)
  • Extreme Exorcism (PC; Quest for Semi-Glory; now in progress)
  • Smash Bros Brawl (Wii, through Project M mod)
  • Dark Forces (PC)
  • Undertale (PC)
  • Cards Against Humanity (card)
  • Mario Kart Wii (Wii)
  • Mario Kart 8 (Wii U)
  • Quiplash (mobile)
  • Assault Android Cactus (PC)
  • Jamestown (PC)
  • Death Rally (PC)
  • Unreal Tournament (PC; alpha)

Bonus Level 2:  01:38:57

Ad-hoc Design: 01:50:30

  • Arcade action-platformer with constantly changing playfield
  • Alan Rickman's billion-dollar trollfest
  • FPS arena shooter; all weapons, all the time

Full date: 

Fri, 15 Jan 2016 19:00:00 CST