Drinky Talky Thingy Episode #63: Endlessly Addicted to Simulators

As spring approaches, the street sweeper emerges from its hibernation at the bottom of the lake in search of a mate

We don’t know exactly what it is about these simulators that has us so addicted to them. Perhaps were tired of all of the excitement and joy that comes with working with games all the time and yearn for a more mundane life.

It’s more likely that we are just sadists, who have got hooked up on a set of very weird games.

This weeks show once again saw Dan, Editor of Thirteen1 pull up a seat next to the microphone. This week though that seat was Gow’s usual spot as he had other matter to attend to and couldn’t be with us.

We were not going to let that stop us doing a show and talking about things like the Mass Effect 3 ending argument, Tax breaks for UK games developers, our addiction to Draw Something, Mists of Pandaria & as always the continuing saga of the downfall of GAME.

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.

Updates on stories from last week

Af-farm-ative: Agrar Simulator – Historical Farming | Rock, Paper, Shotgun

GAME will close this week without new buyer | IncGamers
GAME not quite dead yet but it’s definitely looking pale -Destructoid
GAME filing for administration | IncGamers

This weeks stuff

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

BAFTA most nominated Skyrim leaves empty-handed | IncGamers
BAFTA Video Game Awards 2012 Winners – Games News at IGN

Draw Something craze ‘banks dev $100k per day’ | Game Development | News by Develop
Draw Something dethrones Zynga on Facebook | Game Development | News by Develop
Zynga has bought OMGPop, developer of Draw Something -Destructoid
Draw Something stats take you inside the super-hit | Game Development | News by Develop

Walking Dead kicks off in April – GameSpot.com

All the World of Warcraft: Mists of Pandaria previews you can shake an empty fist at | Massively
Blizzard acknowledges TOR’s impact on WoW | Massively

WoW’s Mists of Pandaria beta download surfaces on Battle.net [Updated] | Massively

EA shutting down servers for online pass games, players pissed | IncGamers