Game On! 9

Game On! Episode 9

Game On! 9: Notch And Jeb Also Featuring Mass Effect 3

Notch & Jeb talk Minecraft. Mass Effect 3 review PLUS interview with BioWare’s Billy Buskell. Also Civilization: Revolution on iOS, sexy rubbing time.

Guests

• Jens Bergensten (@jeb_)
• Markus Persson (@notch)
• Billy Buskell (@ehlien)

System Update

• Diablo 3 launches without PvP to prevent further delays
• New SimCity in 2013
• No Steam console
• Apple announces new iPad pushing it as a premiere gaming machine
• BioWare's Star Wars guild summit

The Score

• Mass Effect 3

l33t sh33t: Video Game Characters We Like, Like

5. Alex Vance (Half-Life 2)

4. Ezio Auditore da Firenze (Assassin's Creed 2)

3. Jade (Beyond Good and Evil)

2. Nathan Drake (Uncharted Franchise)

1. Raiden (Metal Gear Solid)

Interviews

Notch and Jeb talk Minecraft @ 23:29

• Minecraft 1.2 updates
• PC vs. XBOX differences (mainly crafting)
• Hitting 1 million downloads for mobile
• Most impressive thing built in mobile version
• Advice for new Minecrafters
• Explaining the success
• Describing Minecraft to non-players
• Minecraft end game goal
• No other console support for the foreseeable future
• Working on server-side and client-side modding (1.3 will not be released until they have some sort of modding)

Billy Buskell talks Mass Effect 3 @ 37:11

• The story so far and where Mass Effect 3 picks up
• Game modes (RPG | Action | Story)
• Why multiplayer
• Weapons and armor changes
• Narrative changes based on Mass Effect 2 playthrough
• Handling dynamic story line through trilogy
• Combat changes
• DLC
• Is this really the end?

App-Diction

Sid Meier's Civilization Revolution for iOS

Links

• FUS RO DAH
• Pneumatic Prank (long version)

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