On this week's episode of the 20 Sides of Nerd podcast, Draeno and Emdee bring Charles of the Doctor Who podcast The Happiness Patrol along for the ride. This week the team talks about Doctor Who, Cybermen, the return of Doctor Who to the big screen for Peter Capaldi’s first episode, Comic Con 2014 news, including the Firefly game and Evil Dead, James Garner’s passing, Halo composer Marty O’Donnell’s scores and lawsuit settlement with Bungie president Harold Ryan, Destiny, Google’s rumored Twitch purchase, latest happenings with the FCC and broadband, cell phone unlocking, reminiscing our bad inventions, the demographics of shooter games, Star Trek Continues and fandom, and some current games we’re looking at.
How do composers make the iconic music tracks from games that we love? And just what makes them so memorable?
Twitter is blowing up right now
All games coming to PlayStation
Next Xbox will have steam
Next Xbox niche and only for “gamers who want it” (it’s a really powerful pc or a steam deck type portable, or both)
A former 343 developer has revealed that mountains of Halo pitches failed to be approved, including a return to ODSTs and a push for more intimate, dark themes.
Halo-Pop like Gears Pop. Halo bowling. Halo Cooking Mama. There’s a reason why you won’t hear about them
With its smooth jazz and iconic New Mombasa streets, we need Xbox's next Halo game to return to the remarkable world of Halo 3: ODST.