Journey 2, Episode 3 - Brilliant Master Plan

Date aired: 

29 Jun 2012

Show Length: 

02:47:38
Intro background: 00:03:25 Noriko Matsueda, Takahito Eguchi - Sphere Hunter - Final Fantasy X2 OST
Shoutouts:
  • Derek Yu - Spelunky dev
  • Housepets! listeners
  • Wulf
  •  006
  • Boris and Natasha
Housekeeping:
  • Stream - none; will be adding more songs soon
  • Site - RSS feed for past 10 episodes; new logos; working site search; minor style and layout tweaks
  • Show - still looking for effective implementation for audio from the audience
Community:
Positive:
Legal:
  • Judge dismisses Apple vs. Motorola entirely, companies unable to prove damages
  • Judge rules Kim Dotcom mansion raid was illegal due to warrants that were far too generic; Wozniak voices his support
  • Two LulzSec hackers plead guilty to hacking charges
  • MPAA using Megaupload case as backdoor SOPA, court hears
  • Pirate Bay founder fined for 'continued involvement' in the site
What are we playing?
  • Mr. Bond:
    • PC - Spelunky
    • Mobile - none
    • Console - Final Fantasy 3, Final Fantasy 4, Super Ghouls 'n Ghosts
  • Tormod:
    • PC - none
    • Mobile - none
    • Console - Final Fantasy 3, Final Fantasy 6
Upcoming/Recent Hardware: 00:21:53
  • 3DSXL to get its own circle pad attachment
  • GameStop to sell Nexus 7 tablet
  • Microsoft's Xbox 360 $99 on-contract deal expands to Best Buy and GameStop
Upcoming/Recent Software: 00:23:32
  • Chester - being ported to Unity game engine
  • Indie Gala 8 bundle
  • Spelunky HD releasing to XBLA - 4 Jul
  • Other game releases this week
  • Chester being ported to Unity game engine
  • Skyrim expansion Dawnguard released for XBox 360 - 26 Jun
  • Far Cry 3 release pushed back to Dec 2012
  • BlueStacks now lets you run Android apps on your Mac
  • Valve Source Filmmaker makes a movie out of any Source game
  • Nexus Q hacked to run Android games in under 24 hours
  • PS3 firmware version 4.20 released this last Tuesday, focusing on audio improvements
  • Rovio released Angry Birds Heikki, a free web game themed around the F1 race year
  • Infinity Blade for iOS tops console titles as most profitable Epic Games franchise ever
  • Kingdom Rush now available for iPhone at $0.99
Song set #1: 00:31:04
Section #1: 00:44:04 From scratch - an RPG
Section #2: 01:17:18 Redux of existing game(s) - Illusion of Gaia, Chrono Trigger
Section #3: 01:56:48 Unbound by technology - aspects to highlight in RPGs
Song set #4: 02:13:26
Section #4: 02:24:32 Controversial coverage - females in games (and industry)
Outro background: 02:39:15 Noriko Matsueda, Takahito Eguchi - Epilogue - Reunion - Final Fantasy X2 OST