161: Dead Island 2 and Micro-vision XBlizzard versus FTC
Episode Description
ALL ABOARD for this week’s episode of Crazy Train of Thought brought to you by The Idiot Savants! Ryan Wolf is joined again this week by former ice roller blading consultant Austyn Torres and 2012’s Winner of the Easter Egg Hider World Championships Malcolm Wilson.
Checkalook at our topics:
(00:02:18) Reminiscing about Dead Island 1
(00:03:19) Dead Island 1 trailer
(00:06:50) Dead Island 2 - trailer and comparison to Dying Light
(00:09:35) Dead Island 2 - G.O.R.E. system
(00:16:59) Dead Island 2 - best mission so far
(00:22:23) Dead Island 2 - ability cards and upgrades
(00:30:49) Dead Island 2 - does it need parkour?
(00:40:20) Dead Island 2 - environmental kills
(00:42:21) Warlander (free-to-play, Steam/Playstation Network)
(00:52:12) Warlander has mediocre reviews?
(00:58:14) Streamer “Gotfeet” plays Warlander with his feet
(01:05:41) News: Microsoft vs FTC
(01:15:30) Microsoft “spend Sony out of business” email
(01:30:34) Starfield not on Xbox? – Phil Spencer reveal
(01:34:56) Ryan - #1 Xbox stan?
(01:39:01) Potential repercussions of the Microsoft/Activision deal
Links:
Warlander on Steam (steampowered.com)
What the FTC v. Microsoft trial uncovered about the video game industry (yahoo.com)
Outro Music:
“Summer” by Ace Marino
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