Day 0 Update #9 – 3/1/2015

This week Filippo, Patrick, and Brandon talk about the FCC, Anita Sarkeesian, Street Fighter V, Comic Books, and of course, Sega.

3/1/2015 Show Notes

• Here’s to reaching 100 YouTube subscribers, looking forward to 100 more!
• What are we playing?
  • Patrick
    • Dead or Alive 5: Last Round
    • Ridge Racers 2
    • Final Fantasy VIII
  • Filippo
    • Defense Grid 2
    • Dead Or Alive 5: Last Round
    • Raspberry Pi 2 Things
    • Pure Pool
  • Brandon
    • Dragon Age: Inquisition
    • Remember Me
    • Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars
• Top Story: FCC ratifies Net Neutrality
  • Let’s go over why this is important. Gaming had more at stake than many let on.
• We now have a distinct starting point with Anita Sarkeesian.
  • She’s deluded if she thinks fanservice is or ever will be negotiable, but this shifts from largely divisive cultural narrative to reasonable and realistic goals.
• The Legend of Heroes: Trails in the Sky SC actually reaches final stages of localization!
• Joe Madureira’s Airship Syndicate finally announce their first project: Battle Chasers.
• Former Rare Developer’s Playtonic Games to unveil new project next month
  • These are the former Rare people behind Banjo-Kazooie, Conker, etc.
  • Could old-school 3d platformers be making a comeback?
• Following up on last week, reports are that Activision is taking Guitar Hero off the bench.
• No Xbox Live Gold/PlayStation Plus subscription required for Mortal Kombat X online?
• Capcom finally gives us the Street Fighter V Charlie Nash trailer.
  • KOF much? There’s some serious reinvention going on here.
  • Clearly comes after IV. This is what Abel didn’t want to discuss with Guile.
• Despite questions discussed last week, Sony celebrates three years of Vita quite well.
• SCEE prez: DriveClub PS+ Edition uncertain … an unnamed spokesperson disagrees.
• More Drama about The Order 1886
  • The last time we saw a snit like this? Duke Nukem Forever. Think about that.
• Ahh, Nintendo…
  • It would appear QOL isn’t Nintendo’s next console, but something else entirely.
• Sega exits console gaming business.
  • This explains Condemned, Toejam & Earl subtly changing hands.
  • It’s like they listened to the 2/15 show but misunderstood the instructions.
  • Structure of Sega Sammy Holdings is going to be key as we move forward.
  • Kalinske: Sega’s current woes “not inevitable”, “20 years of wrong decisions”
    • It hurts to know that supporters of Sega’s brand of gaming supported execs determined to fail us. Dreamcast as a core piece of PS2’s identity would have changed history, worth giving up Dreamcast as we know it.
  • Takashi Iizuka remains defiant, for what it’s worth…Iizuka is an odd one, though.
• Question of the Week: How do you envision an alternative “Sega PS2” gaming industry?