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Toby, Terry and Dann meet up once more for the seventeenth episode of bigbossbattle.com's Big Boss Babble.This time the team discuss Take Two's movement into the 'Indie Publishing' scene and how the continued entrance of large-scale publishers into that space, I.E. their eagerness to attach themselves to the indie term, underlines the fact that the term cannot continue to be one-size-fits-all.The team also discuss the Nintendo Switch and its merits some more, as another member of the team —Toby— joins the platform's owners.Thanks for listening! Intro music: “Cyborg Ninja” Kevin MacLeod(incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

Matt & Dann meet up to discuss Hush Hush Games' recently released Fog of Love, a game which sees two players have to roleplay mismatched lovers, each trying to twist and alter the relationship to benefit their own hidden scoring system. Keep your eyes peeled over on the website for our review!Thanks for listening! Intro music: “Cyborg Ninja” Kevin MacLeod(incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

Toby, Terry, and Dann meet up for the sixteenth episode of Bigbossbattle.com's Big Boss Babble. This time the team talk over the announcements from this year's Game Awards, as well as spin off on a massive tangent about remastering of old games following news of an approaching remaster of Medievil, a timeless Playstation one classic. Thanks for listening! Intro music: “Cyborg Ninja” Kevin MacLeod(incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

Toby, Terry, and Dann meet up for another discussion about video games. This time discussing the announcement of Super Mario cereal which doubles as an Amiibo, the news that Epic Games are suing a minor for breaching an EULA contract, and the approaching digital future for games.For more information on the Super Mario cereal, Warpzoned wrote up some of the earlier information on the strange gimmick. For a quick sit-rep on the current Epic Games hoo-haa you would suffer none to read the (at time of posting) latest news on it over on PCGamer, and our source for the quote in the final piece, on the digital future, was from this article quoting Take Two president Karl Slatoff over on Gamesindustry.biz.As ever, thanks for listening!Intro music: “Cyborg Ninja” Kevin MacLeod(incompetech.com)Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

Toby, Terry, and Dann meet up for another discussion about video games. This time discussing the recent Rimworld update, Gazillion shutting down, bloody lootboxes again, and the hacking of consoles — specifically the repurposing of consoles into other forms.If you’re interested in reading more about Rimworld’s beta, as opposed to listening to the childlike rapture of Toby and Dann as they read through the notes, then you can do it over on the Ludeon blog. Regarding the Gazillion shut down, Haydn Taylor has posted a concise recap of the recent changes to the fate of the studio over on Gamesindustry.biz.Thanks for listening!Intro music: “Cyborg Ninja” Kevin MacLeod(incompetech.com)Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

Toby, Jorge, Dann & Terry meet up for another discussion about recent gaming news, this time discussing the following topics:ESRB Charging Physical ReleasesEA Acquisition of RespawnXbox One X Release — Opinion on mid-gen upgradesBlizzcon News2007: An anniversary. What a year!For those interested in reading more about the Blizzcon announcements, we’ve got a roundup of the biggest announcements just here. A decent read on EA’s acquisition of Respawn can be found over on Kotaku, and a good read to accompany the ESRB news can be found in Alex Wawro’s 2015 piece on Gamasutra titled: How paying for content ratings is hurting devs who release in Europe.Intro music: “Cyborg Ninja” Kevin MacLeod(incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

Jorge, Dann & Terry meet up for another discussion about recent gaming news, this time discussing the following topics:Call of Duty’s controversial loot-box powered matchmaking.Ubisoft’s statement on DRM affecting game performance in Assassin’s Creed OriginsLast of Us 2 & Detroit: Beyond Human’s touchy trailers.Retrospective: The DreamcastValve’s crackdown on ‘non-beta’ betas on adult games.Bossa’s direct statement regarding Decksplash’s launch.We touched on the trademark of Activision’s loot-box matchmaking in last week’s podcast, as well as discussing games which addressed real world issues — although I must admit we were rather flat on the end, and this week’s Last of Us 2 conversation is much more spirited.Those interested in reading up on some of the other topics would do well to read Glixel’s coverage of the Ubisoft DRM topic. If finding out about Decksplash’s target ‘free users’ for this week is the kind of thing you’d like then you can get it st

Jorge, Dann & Terry meet up for another discussion about recent gaming news, this time discussing the following topics:-Indie games on the Switch-Activision’s Matchmaking Patent-Visceral’s closure-The new Animal Crossing (mobile) game-Patreon’s crackdown on adult games-Games which deal with real world issues in their own ways.Apologies for the late upload this week folks, we’ve had to change where we host our podcasts and so have had to take a little longer to get it all online. In classic, industry form several of the stories have advanced since they were discussed on the website; with Sony’s crude Detroit and Last of Us 2 trailers (Telegraph, discussing Jim Ryan’s follow up to the event) advancing the ‘real world issues’ discussion, and news of Activision’s Call of Duty WWII showcasing loot boxes in public spaces (PC Gamer).We’ll have the rest of the podcasts transferred over across the next while, and our iTunes and RSS feed should resolve shortly.Intro music

This week’s host was Dann, who was joined by Toby, the Spirit of Terry, and Jorge to discuss a bevy of topics.You can find each of the discussed topics below.00:00:52 – Toby – IGN's acquisition of Humble Bundle - The team discuss the possible repercussions of media giant IGN acquiring digital storefront, publisher, and donation platform Humble Bundle. While this has definitely not been the first case of similar acquisitions and partnerships, a single entity controlling a review platform while earning from game sales does lay out potential for unprecedented conflict of interest, depending on how it is managed.00:06:27 – Toby– Blizzard's lawsuit against an Overwatch Clone - The team discuss the swirling whirlpool of litigiousness which threatens to consume the industry as game giant Blizzard threaten to take the creators of a Chinese clone of the game to court.00:13:20 – Toby – Delayed Launches through Censorship - The team completely misread the date on a piece of news and cel

This week’s host was Terry, who was joined by Toby and Dann to discuss a bevy of topics.You can find each of the discussed topics below.00:00:00 – Dann– Elite Dangerous - Dann discusses the recently announced road-map for Elite Dangerous in 2018, including the various advances and new content due to to come to the game.00:14:53 – Toby– PlayerUnknown Battlegrounds - Several more (oh gosh when will it end?) discussion topics on the hottest of hot topics. PUBG has now settled, in the wake of the Gamescom surge, at around a million copies sold a week. In addition to this the team discuss AFK crate scammers and touch on the arrival of the game on Microsoft's Xbox One.00:23:33 – Terry – Silicon Echo - A few weeks back Valve removed 200~ games from their Steam Client, as it turns out they were all by the same company, a company accused of simply asset-flipping clones of their own games to flood the store; the team discuss..00:35:10 – Toby – Cuphead - The team, mostly Terry as he's the one who

This week’s host was Terry, who was joined by Dan, Dann and Toby to discuss a bevy of topics.You can find each of the discussed topics below.00:00:00 – Toby– Heat Signature (Part 2) - Toby and Dann discuss their thoughts on the recently released Heat Signature, sharing stories from the game while discussing the emergent problem solving that the game's toolbox offers.00:13:50 – Jorge – Epic's Accidental Crossplay - In Jorge's absence we still continue his plight, discussing the fact that Epic managed to activate crossplay between PS4 and Xbox One in their recent title Fortnite. This is especially relevant as Sony have been notoriously frosty about enabling such features, initially avoiding the topic before inferring it might be too complicated and then simply saying it was not going to happen.00:18:15 – Toby – PUBG & Epic - While relatively old news now, the team discuss the situation developing between PUBG and Epic Games — who happen to have developed the engine that PUBG runs on.

This week’s host was Terry, who was joined by Jorge, Dann and Toby to discuss a bevy of topics.You can find each of the discussed topics below.This week's bonus discussion takes place at the end of the podcast, with Jorge discussing the recent Nintendo Direct, the games it brought forth, and the fact that Mario is almost definitely a human now.00:00:00 – Jorge – Tooth and Tail - An RTS where you, the leader of a faction of animals during an Industrial Era inspired worker's revolt, play as the cursor. The team discuss their thoughts on the game's controls and setting.00:11:40 – Terry – Digital Rights and Fair Use - It's the age old story, Boy meets Girl, they fall in love, then Boy says something disrespectful and racist and so Girl DMCAs the video that Boy made of their game. The team discuss how Youtube is still very much in a Wild West state, with both advertisers and creators having little control over what goes where — most importantly though they discuss who truly owns t

This week’s host was Terry, and he was joined by speakers Jorge, Dann and Dan to discuss a bevy of topics.You can find each of the discussed topics below.This week's open was a discussion surrounding games which inspired us to look into things we'd not have done so with otherwise — specifically, in our case, mythology and music.00:08:17 – Dann – Fallout New California - A total conversion mod for Fallout: New Vegas.The subject shifts onto Bethesda possibly allowing for a Fallout: Enhanced Edition.And a little bit of whinging about Fallout 4's structure.00:20:09 – Jorge – Bethesda's Creator's Club - Discussing the value to the creators, and the industry on the whole, of Bethesda's return to the idea of charging for authorised mods.00:37:15 – Terry – Infinite Minigolf - The golfing game was recently pulled from the Switch marketplace due to illicit content. EXPLICIT WARNING. Please note: we erroneously state the reported issues, in fact the game was pulled due to a naked woman around the

We made another podcast!This week's host was Terry, and he was joined by speakers Jorge, Dann and Toby to discuss a bevy of topics.You can find each of the discussed topics below.00:04:20 - Terry - The upcoming cartridge-less physical release of Pokemon Gold & Silver.And the concept of special editions and physical editions on the whole.00:12:48 - Jorge - Seeking the perfect price. A recent article discussed Steam Spy's believe that games are being released far too cheap.And the state of the industry regarding studio sizes and publisher definitions.00:24:14 - Terry - Sonic Mania, and how it actually lives up to the hype.00:38:04 - Jorge - The obligatory Game of the Year two-thirds discussion.00:47:05 - Toby - Elon Musk's AI defeating the mighty human champion.And how we're all probably going to die due to AI.00:56:51 - Dann - >observer_, which he is currently reviewing.And how the biggest mistak

We made another podcast!This week’s host was Terry, and he was joined by speakers Stefan, Jorge, Dann and —observer— Toby to discuss a bevy of topics.The team talked over an absolute mass of topics, and we’ve sorted them into the below headings for your ease of locating:Dann – Hellblade: Senua’s Sacrifice’s (Not real, as it turned out) permadeath mechanic.The team also discuss gaming myths, and permadeath in old games.Dann – “You can’t make eSports a thing” —  Setting out to make your game an eSport is a dangerous expenditure of resources.Jorge – Sexy Shelob: Shadow of War’s strange new cast member — Ladies and gentlemen, we give you the nineties.Jorge – Micro-transactions in single player games.The team also discuss the repurchasing of older games, and ‘shortcut’ DLCs.Stefan – Final Fantasy XV Comrades — And, changing business structuresUnderstandably a big old discussion about Final Fantasys break out, and Jorge (ED. incorrectly) tries to inform people that FFX was goo

We made a podcast!This week’s host was Dann, and he was joined by speakers Matt, Terry, Toby and Jorge to discuss a bevy of topics.The team discussed a mass of topics, and we’ve sorted them into the below headings for your ease of locating:Matt – Doom The Board GameRecommended Reading – Doom The Board Game ReviewMatt – FortniteTerry – Emulation Recommended Reading – PlayerUno’s Piracy PostToby – Player Unknown BattlegroundsToby – Battlestar Galactica DeadlockRecommended Reading – Battlestar Galactica Deadlock Preview (Live 07/08/2017)Jorge – SunderedRecommended Reading Sundered Review (Live 08/08/2017)Jorge – Bonus Topic – Dream Daddy’s Hidden EndingRecommended Reading – Dream Daddy ReviewEach of these will be released as individual Mini Boss Babbles throughout the week with the exception of the Bonus Topic, which you can only find in the complete podcast.Can’t find us on your ideal podcast feed? Let us know and we’ll get ourselves over there for you.Intro music:“Cyborg Ninja” Kevin Ma