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We've released 18 episodes about Elite: Dangerous:
042: A Mostly Harmless Episode
In this episode we tell the story of the Elite game series and our story of playing the original together back at school, and some bits about the space-sim genre as a whole.
- The Guardian excerpt from Backroom Boys about David Braben and Ian Bell.
- Elite (1984) free PC download (and the Mac version)
- Or play it in an emulator in your browser.
- Elite 1984 gameplay footage (Scott Manley)
- ArcElite (the version we played) gameplay footage
- Frontier Elite 2 footage
- Frontier First Encounters gameplay footage (with updated graphics) (Scott Manley)
033: MMOs in Disguise
In this episode we discuss the emerging trend of adding massively multiplayer features to games that otherwise might be single player. Is this something we want to see more? Or is it just a way of extracting more 'value' from gamers?
- GTA 5 has sold-in over 85 million copies
- Frontier Games Hosts Massive Space Battles on AWS
- AWS re:Invent 2015 presentation from Frontier Games on their architecture
- Digital Trends: "Everyone is going to start playing MMOs again, whether they realize it or not"
022: Back this podcast today!
In this episode we talk about early access games. Everything from their origins, where we think they're going, and some of our favourite and least favourite games we've backed or bought before release.
- "Early Access popularity growing, but only 25% have released as a full game" (2014)
- Jalada's favourites include:
- Sefran's favourites include:
- Some less-than-awesome examples of early access include:
020: Enter the Matrix
We recently got the opportunity to go hands-on with an Oculus Rift, complete with Oculus Touch controllers and two sensors. In this episode we discuss our thoughts and impressions, and what we think is in store for the future.
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