Category Archive: 20 Sides of Nerd
This week it is just your standard co-host random topic cast. One would think that in a week that saw a new iPad announcement and a major game release that there would have been more to talk about. Join Draeno and Emdee this week while they discuss Blizzard buffing the scroll of resurrection, Topher Grace’s fan edit of Star Wars Episodes 1-3, Marvel and digital distribution rolling into just a general discussion of digital distribution, an analysis of the 3rd generation iPad announcement, and Mass Effect 3 stealing the souls of gamers worldwide.
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Special guest David Sirlin of Sirlin Games joins 20 Sides of Nerd’s hosts Draeno and Emdee. Together they talk about the path David took in creating his own games like Yomi and Puzzle Strike, issues with patent and copyright in games, and the struggles of creating a “balanced” fighting game or deck based game. He even takes the time to answer some pointed questions from podcast listeners via Twitter. As a special bonus he drops some information on his newest game that is his “answer to Magic the Gathering.”
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We discuss quite possibly our favorite new extreme sport Tazerball, a study announcing piracy doesn’t change movie studios’ bottom line in the USA, iPhone stoves in China, and the Mass Effect 3 day one DLC brouhaha. Next week, a special guest? We’ll see!
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First of all, since we’ve got The Light Show as a guest, you know full well that the explicit tag is earned. Be warned! In typical 20SON fashion, we go over all kinds of things this week. Sony/Apple and Whitney Houston’s death, Target’s data mining and the teenage pregnant mom, Twitter as a news source, Ivy Bridge delayed until June, 2001 A Space Odyssey, Syd Mead’s futurism, Apple’s OSX Mountain Lion announcement, don’t use Facebook when you’re on a jury, Kickstarter and the game industry, Lightshow’s experiences with Minecraft 1.1, the new Civilization V expansion, and the Old Republic Endgame.
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Yeah, so we don’t have a band, but Shephard had to get his back together for Mass Effect 2. With the release of Mass Effect 3′s demo this week, it’s appropriate. Well, at least as appropriate as we get around here.
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hen you get three people of slightly different aptitudes and attitudes about popular topics on one podcast, sometimes the result is pretty entertaining. This week is a prime example! Join Draeno and I in welcoming Das Kalk back to our podcast!
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Jordan Weisman joins us in this episode, discussing the changes in the pen and paper industry over the last thirty years, game mechanics versus game fiction, Bungie Aerospace, and more. Also, Canadian Bill C-11 is discussed (Canadian SOPA), and will the next generation xBox play used games?
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While we can’t claim responsibility for postponing the votes on SOPA and PIPA, we’d like to think we did our part to let you know how bad it was. So, congratulations to you, Internet, for making the **AA wait! Stay classy! In any event, season 2 of the 20 Sides of Nerd Podcast is well underway.
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We hope the winter weather hasn’t beaten you down too seriously. In this, the premiere episode of season 2, Mr. Meyagi joins us this week for the “Tales from the Pawnshop”, the relative merits of Pawn Stars and Extreme Pawn, SOPA and PIPA (again), the annual Penny Arcade cookie baking contest, CES and Razer, what we’re playing, and a few other random topics.
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We’ll keep this one short and simple for the sake of all our lives in this hectic part of the year. You might be thinking to yourself, “Wait, did they jump from 43 to 45?” Yes, you’d be right. Our last episode of our inaugural season is here for you to listen to! Guest starring Mr. Meyagi and Leetum, broadcasting from an undisclosed location.
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