Drinky Talky Thingy Podcast #81: Winning Gold Medals for Nonsense!

Hell if I am not getting any sleep tonight I am not going to be alone
Hell if I am not getting any sleep tonight I am not going to be alone

I can’t understand what it is about the Olympics. I really cant stand sports at the best of times but for some reason I am being drawn into it.

Take last night, despite the fact that we were actually mid recording we did turn round and start watching the 200m sprint final.

That aside I think we got a lot of stuff covered in this episode, quite a lot actually as we had two weeks worth of news to go over due to our failure last week. Gow bailed on recording at the last minute and on the rearranged recording.

But we managed to talk a little about the Ouya, about the EA vs Zynga lawsuit and even managed to fit in some Blizzard bashing. All that while still finding the chance to leave anything resembling a topic far far in the distance.

Anyway all that and much more in this episode of the Drinky Talky Thingy.

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If you want links to any of the stories we covered in the show this week, links can be found after the jump.

This weeks stuff

This weeks Releases: New Games, Newest Games – GameSpot.com

Console owners can enjoy Farming Simulator 2013 too | IncGamers.com

BioShock developer hiring based on 85% Metacritic scores -Destructoid

Gearbox: People don’t understand how DLC is made, Borderlands 2 DLC in production | IncGamers.com

Square Enix announces Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn -Destructoid

Valve, Blizzard wary of Windows 8 | Massively

Ouya to support OnLive streaming game service – GameSpot.com

Rumor: PlayStation All-Stars’ roster and stages leak -Destructoid

Age Old Question: Pegi Ratings Are Now UK Law | Rock, Paper, Shotgun

Freemium is the future, says EA – GameSpot.com

Industry execs conclude that gamers like free games | Massively

PlayStation Plus gets first two Walking Dead episodes for free | IncGamers.com

Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater HD first step in series return – GameSpot.com

Pictures of next-gen Xbox dev kit are reportedly genuine -Destructoid

Square Enix bringing Final Fantasy to OUYA -Destructoid

Has Bethesda acquired the STALKER rights? | IncGamers.com

Robomodo says that Tony Hawk HD 2 is a possibility -Destructoid

SWTOR is going free-to-play, subs dip below one million [Updated] | Massively

Age Of Conan Taking Pages From Secret World’s Book | Rock, Paper, Shotgun

Updated Steam user agreement prevents you filing class-action lawsuits | IncGamers.com

The War Z gets a new website, 100,000 beta registrations in 24 hours | Massively

VR headset Oculus Rift Kickstarter successful on first day – GameSpot.com

Photorealism And The Confusing Myths Of Innovation | Rock, Paper, Shotgun

2K Games says photorealism is needed for innovation -Destructoid

Sony’s game division loses $45 million – GameSpot.com

ArenaNet’s Chris Lye talks about the impending death of the subscription model | Massively

PlayStation All-Stars Battle Royale public beta happening -Destructoid

Madden 13 and Fifa 13 for Wii U has touch enhancements -Destructoid

Forbes: Activision’s dependence on declining WoW subs ‘potential for a catastrophic situation’ | Massively

Left 4 Dead 2 faster on Linux than Windows, says Valve – GameSpot.com

EA suing Zynga over copyright infringement -Destructoid

EA sues Zynga, claims The Ville is a Sims Social clone – GameSpot.com

Zynga has ‘hit a wall’ – EA COO – GameSpot.com

EA Suing Zynga Over The Ville, To “Take A Stand” | Rock, Paper, Shotgun

EA is ‘playing with fire’ in Zynga suit, says legal expert – GameSpot.com

EA vs. Zynga: Zynga hits back, says EA is a copycat too -Destructoid

EA vs. Zynga: EA thanks gamers for support -Destructoid

Valve References “Next-Gen” Source 2 In Filmmaker Files | Rock, Paper, Shotgun

PS3 ‘collections’ series adds God of War and Infamous | IncGamers.com

GameStop says 70% of used games income goes to new games -Destructoid

Sonic & All-Stars Racing Transformed gets Bonus Edition -Destructoid

OUYA teams up with XBMC, TuneIn ahead of Kickstarter end -Destructoid

Ouya in talks with Namco Bandai, supports 4 controllers -Destructoid

Open The Floodgates: Steam To Sell Non-Gaming Software | Rock, Paper, Shotgun

THQ cancels inSANE, returns rights to Guillermo del Toro -Destructoid

Podcast Extras

Final Darksiders II trailer gets to know Death -Destructoid

RIFT community team answers (almost) anything | Massively

The Banner Saga Reveals First Combat Shot | Rock, Paper, Shotgun

Out(break): A Virus Named TOM | Rock, Paper, Shotgun

The Slightly Less Elderly Scrolls: Morrowind Overhaul 3.0 | Rock, Paper, Shotgun

Forge shares alpha gameplay, launches ‘Kick-finish’ campaign [Video] | IncGamers.com

Two girls, one Kickstarter: Project Giana Sisters -Destructoid

Here’s another look at Rambo: The Video Game -Destructoid

Suggest a name for the Abe’s Oddysee HD remake! -Destructoid

Dishonored attends an extremely weird party [Images] | IncGamers.com

End of Nations outlines Heroes and Mercenaries in a new video | Massively

LittleBigPlanet Karting officially dated: November 6 -Destructoid

Player banks $10,000 with Diablo III | Massively

Popular mod DayZ to become standalone game -Destructoid

Songs used in this episode

Original Intro Remixed from WizWars – 8 Bit Raceway, which can be bought at http://wizwars.bandcamp.com/album/game-boy-rock-special-edition

New Intro Remixed from Drunken Sailor Metal Remix by DarkmasterXIII

Now You’re A Hero by Reachground – Now you’re a hero

 

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