Day 0 Update #33 – Satoru Iwata, 1959-2015
by Filippo DinolfoThis week we reflect on the sad passing of Nintendo president Satoru Iwata. We also talk about Batman, and discuss the success of gaming Kickstarter campaigns like Shenmue III.
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Day 0 Update #32 – Pirate This Podcast
On this episode of the show: Sega issues an “Our Bad”, Kojima Productions is no longer a thing, and we talk about video game piracy and the current console gaming experience.
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Day 0 Update #31 – Define “Factory”
On this week’s show: Filippo, Patrick, Brandon, and Theresa discuss the continuing saga of Batman: Arkham Knight’s PC port, Leland Yee’s conviction, the newly discovered Nintendo Play Station prototype, and what is Tokyo RPG Factory anyway? That and more, next.
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Day 0 Update #30 – Nintendo Gonna Nintendo
On this episode of the show: Yu Suzuki clarifies Shenmue’s funding, WB pulls the PC version of Arkham Knight, and Nintendo supports same sex partnerships. Plus a great discussion on backwards compatibility.
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Let’s Weekend #2 – Patrick’s Narcolepsy
In this episode Brandon and Filippo talk about Journey. We discuss why Arcades were awesome, and Patrick falls asleep. Plus Danreb appears to talk about Backwards Compatibility with us.
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Day 0 Update #29 – The Aftermath
E3 is done and the team is mostly recovered. Pat and Brandon share their thoughts on the Final Fantasy VII remake, while Filippo has a few things to say about Reggie’s take on Virtual Reality.
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Let’s Weekend #1 – I’m Not Saying It Was Clones…But It Was Clones.
Patrick, Brandon, and Leigh unwind after an exhausting and difficult-to-digest E3, and Leigh finally gets the chance to speak his mind on the event after other obligations kept him off of the Day 0 Update E3 specials. Meanwhile, Patrick waxes…
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Day 0 Update #28 – E3 Wrap-Up
It’s the last day of E3 and Filippo, Patrick, and Theresa are here to go over the major events of the show. They also share what they’re excited about going forward.
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Day 0 Update #27 – E3 Day 2
In this short but sweet episode: Fil and Pat are on their own. They talk about a few of the games that stood out to them and realize what a crazy holiday we are going to have.
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Day 0 Update #26 – E3 Day 1
Today on the show: the gang discusses the day’s remaining major conferences, Brandon shares his peculiar love of Mr. Miyamoto, and Filippo is a little upset by Star Fox Zero.
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Day 0 Update #25 – E3 Day 0
It’s the end of Day 0 of E3 2015. Filippo, Patrick, and Brandon are all here to talk about the goings on of the day. A lot happened today, including two Internet breaking events.
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Day 0 Update #24 – E3 Pre-Show
Filippo, Patrick, Brandon, Danreb, and Christian go over the upcoming press events and speculate on what each of the big players will have on tap for their respective shows. We’ll see how we did over the course of the E3.
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