Round 86 - Please Be Better

Date aired: 

15 Jan 2021

Show Length: 

02:05:07

Multimedia version - YouTube

Around the World:  00:12:42

  • Devotion - highly anticipated horror game from Taiwan-based Red Candle Games - announced on 16 Dec (2020) to be released on GoG 18 Dec (also 2020) - later that same day, announcement retracted
  • Source code to previously-unreleased PSX game Magic Castle found by one of its original developers; now available on Internet Archive
  • Minecraft Earth to be shut down on 30 Jun; pandemic really undercut ability for AR to flourish with "freedom of movement and collaborative play"
  • Netflix on NIntendo 3DS, Wii U to shut down on 30 Jun
  • Axiom Verge gets a free content update - an official randomizer mode - 6 years after its initial release
  • CES with tons of AMD announces - 3000-series mobile GPUs, 5000-series mobile CPUs
  • AGDQ raised $2,762,252
  • New Pokemon Snap announced, to release 30 Apr

Bonus Level 1:  00:44:07

Personal Gaming:  00:57:35

  • Spelunky 2 (PC; Quest for Semi-Glory, now complete)
  • Return of the Obra Dinn (PC; Quest for Semi-Glory, now in progress)
  • Gaires (Arcade; Shmup Book Club, Jan 2021)
  • Parsec 47 (PC, freeware; Shmup Book Club, Jan - Mar 2021)
  • ALttP randomizers (SNES; keysanity + crystal rando)
  • Noita (PC)
  • Pokemon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Sky (DS)

Bonus Level 2:  01:12:22

Ad-hoc design: 01:25:31

  • Reverse boss-rush
  • Wagon adventure racing sim
  • Bonus: completely live ad-hoc, proc-gen roguelike engine repair sim

Full date: 

Fri, 15 Jan 2021 19:00:00 CST