What we’ve been playing:

Nick:
Skyrim (Heavily Modded) T3nd0s
Saints Row 3
Dead Space
Dungelot
Flow Free

James:
BioShock
Dead Space
Binding of Isaac
Antichamber
Temple Run 2

Rob:
Borderlands 2 (PC)
Middle Manager of Justice (iOS)
Omerta – City of Gangsters (PC – Demo)

News:
Valve To Do Away With Greenlight

http://www.examiner.com/article/valve-to-do-away-with-steam-s-greenlight

The Witcher 3 Announced

http://www.forbes.com/sites/erikkain/2013/02/05/the-witcher-3-wild-hunt-bigger-than-skyrim-30-times-the-size-of-the-witcher-2/

New Assassin’s Creed Game Announced:

http://www.destructoid.com/next-assassin-s-creed-to-feature-new-hero-and-time-period-244269.phtml

Tay Zonday Covers The Sykrim Theme

http://www.destructoid.com/the-skyrim-theme-gets-covered-by-tay-zonday–244197.phtml

Magicka coming to tablets!

http://www.destructoid.com/the-next-magicka-is-coming-to-tablets-and-it-s-fun-243975.phtml

Xbox 720 Possibly Requiring Always Online:

http://news.cnet.com/8301-17938_105-57567963-1/xbox-720-to-require-internet-connection/?ttag=fbwp

Movies/TV:

Nick:
THE BOOK OF (expletive deleted) MORMON!!!
Parks and Rec
X-Files
Music
Book of Mormon soundtrack on spotify
Horisont – Tva Sidor Av Horisonten – Swedish Rock and sounds almost exactly like good ol’ 70’s American rock.

James:
Stake Land

Rob:
Eureka
Being Human (UK)
Sherlock (rewatching)
Richard Thompson – Electric (music)

Twitter Handles:
@autographedcat
@therealnizman
@iyagovos

Kevin:
Hell Yeah: Wrath of the Dead Rabbit.
Ama-Hina (android, side running action. Anime Girls vs. Zombies)
Skyrim (Mostly struggling against mods that refuse to cooperate)
Bad Piggies
Warcraft: Wind serpent and Tillers complete!
Scribblenauts Unlimited

Nick:
Skyrim (Heavily Modded)
Dark Souls: Prepare to Die Edition

James:
Deadlight
Darksiders
Mists of Pandaria
Alan Wake

Rob:

News:
Microsoft rumoured to replace Xbox Live chat with Skype

http://www.computerandvideogames.com/386889/microsoft-to-replace-xbox-live-voice-chat-with-skype/#

Deep Silver Apologises for Zombie Bait edition:

http://www.gameranx.com/updates/id/12042/article/deep-silver-issues-apology-for-dead-island-riptide-zombie-bait-edition/

Fallout trademark registered for TV show:

http://www.falloutwiki.com/Blog:News/Bethesda_registers_Fallout_trademark_for_a_television_program

DayZ Stand-alone delayed:

http://dayzdev.tumblr.com/post/39933141266/where-is-the-standalone-release-i-suppose-i

Steam Game Guides announced:

http://store.steampowered.com/news/9764/

Movies/TV:

Nick:
Louie
Parks and Rec
Music: 8bit crazy!
Thomas Detert – Syntax Error
047 – Elva
FantomenK – FantomenK
Rymdkraft
Rymdreglage – Ninja Chips
Dunderpatrullen – Analoga Stereoider

James:
30 Rock
Louie
Free of Style

Rob:
Girls (HBO)
I Love You, Man (movie)

Kevin (That’s Me!):
Entirely too much Mythbusters.
Dexter! Holy crap, season Six
Bones (first season)
Reaper
The Hobbit
Goon
Black Dynamite (got it on Blu Ray suckas!)

Plugs:

@Iyagovos
@Therealnizman
@autographedcat
@WunnTrueKevin

What we’ve been playing:

Nick:
Deadlight (Very enjoyable zombie survival platformer)
Skyrim (Remade as a redguard 1h/shield + 2h type)
Mark of the Ninja (Pretty freakin’ awesome but hard)
Psychonauts (Saw it was on sale, bought for Fruitcake and reinstalled mine and played first level)
Morrowind (with a big graphics and sound overhaul mod)

James:
Dungeon Crawl Stone Soup
XCOM
Heroes of Might and Magic III

Rob:
Civ V
Offspring Fling
Cave Story+

Movies/TV:

Nick:
Louie
It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia (Giving it a try)
IndieGame: The Movie
6 Days to Air (Southpark movie)
Portlandia (New Episodes)

James:
Nothing

Rob:
Girls (HBO)
I Love You, Man (movie)

Plugs:

@Iyagovos
@Therealnizman
@autographedcat
www.GAfilk.org

www.facebook.com/spireart

What we’ve been playing:

Nick:
Guild Wars 2
Dishonored
Universe Sandbox
Deadlight (bought but haven’t played yet)

James:
Legend of Grimrock
XCOM

Rob:
World of Warcraft
Fruit Ninja (iOS)
FTL
Lego Star Wars Saga

GOTY:

James:
1. Lone Survivor
2. XCOM: Enemy Unknown
3. The Walking Dead
4. Borderlands 2
5. Crusader Kings 2

Nick:
1. Borderlands 2
2. Guild Wars 2
3. Mass Effect 3
4. Sleeping Dogs
5. WoW: Mists of Pandaria

Rob:
1. Torchlight 2
2. Civ V: Gods and Kings
3. FTL
4. Mass Effect 3
5. Wow: Mist of Panderia

Disappointments:

James:
1. Home
2. Diablo 3

Nick:
1. SSX 2012
2. Diablo 3
3. Assassin’s Creed III

Rob:
1. Diablo 3
2. Star Wars: The Old Republic
3. Kingdoms of Amalur

Movies/TV:

Nick: Rainbowdragoneyes and Sky Sanctuary

James:
Dark Knight Rises

Rob:
NCIS Christmas Episodes

Plugs:

@Iyagovos
@Therealnizman
@autographedcat

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What we’ve been playing:

Nick:
Guild Wars 2
Skyrim
Simpsons Tapped Out

James:
Legend of Grimrock
XCOM

Rob:
World of Warcraft
Fruit Ninja (iOS)
FTL
Lego Star Wars Saga

Christmas Gift Ideas:

James:
1. FTL
2. Guild Wars 2
3. Humble Bundle 7
4. Knights of Pen & Paper
5. Spider-man: Blue

Nick:
1. Borderlands 2
2. Guild Wars 2
3. Skyrim
4. Torchlight 2
5. Saints Row 3

Rob:
1. Torchlight 2
2. Steam Gift Card
3. Civilisation V
4. Your favourite game from 2008-2010
5. Netflix/Amazon Prime/Hulu Plus subscription

News:

Movies/TV:

Nick: The. Fucking. Hobbit. It was amazingly fantastically magically delicious to my eyeballs!

James:
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey

Rob:
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
Company (DVD)

Plugs:

@Iyagovos
@Therealnizman
@autographedcat

www.facebook.com/spireart

What we’ve been playing:

Nick:
Guild Wars 2
Planetside 2 (fun but needs friends for squad-play)
Simpson’s Tapped Out
Candy Crush (fun bejeweled-ish game)
Downloaded Sine Mora but haven’t tried it (side-scrolling bullet hell shoot’em up)

James:
Dead Island
The Binding of Isaac
Company of Heroes
Super Hexagon
Knights of Pen & Paper
PlanetSide 2

Rob:
World of Warcraft
Where’s My Perry

News:

Humble THQ Bundle:
www.humblebundle.com

Sega, Creative Assembly, and Games Workshop partner up for Warhammer Games!

http://www.creative-assembly.com/sega-and-creative-assembly-announce-partnership-with-games-workshop-to-create-warhammer-games/

Binding of Isaac Redux details:

http://edmundm.com/post/36798306331/binding-of-isaac-console-remake-details

Steam Big Picture:

http://store.steampowered.com/sale/big_picture_release

DayZ creator on games delay:

http://www.joystiq.com/2012/11/30/dayz-creator-on-games-delay-console-ports-and-why-hes-holdi/

Baldur’s Gate Enhanced Edition:

http://www.onlysp.com/2012/11/27/baldurs-gate-enhanced-edition-review/

WiiU sells 425k units:

http://www.joystiq.com/2012/12/06/wii-u-sold-425-000-units-in-us-in-november/

GAME has a hotel room?!

http://www.joystiq.com/2012/12/06/uk-retailer-game-invites-londoners-to-stay-at-its-gamified-hotel/

Indie Games Festival all get free Steam deal:

http://igf.com/2012/12/igf_valve_to_offer_steam_distr.html

Movies/TV:

Nick: NOTHING

James: NOTHING

Rob:
Wreck-It Ralph
Skyfall
Mad Men
“The Revolution Was Televised” by Alan Sepinwall
“Basement Songs” by Scott Malchus

Plugs:

@Iyagovos
@Therealnizman
@autographedcat

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What we’ve been playing:

Nick:
Guild Wars 2
Tribes: Ascend
Planetside 2
Simpson’s Tapped Out
Angry Birds: Star Wars

James:
Dungeons of Dredmore
Black Friday: The Game
Borderlands 2: DLC

Kenny:
World of Warcraft
Wizards & Warriors
Super Mario Kart (SQUEEEE)

News:

No MP for Bioshock infinite

https://twitter.com/IGLevine/status/272510589128040448

Patch 5.1

http://wow.joystiq.com/tag/patch-5.1/

Microsoft Xbox TV:

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/video-games/Xbox/9696476/Microsoft-Xbox-TV-to-compete-with-Apple.html

Square Enix considering same sex marriage in FFXIV

http://www.gamespot.com/news/square-enix-considering-same-sex-marriage-for-final-fantasy-xiv-6400405

Should Mass Effect 4 be a prequel or sequel?

http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2012-11-20-should-mass-effect-4-be-a-prequel-or-sequel

Movies/TV:

Nick: Reaper

James: Spider-man 90’s
Bob’s Burgers

Kenny: Once upon A Time

Plugs:

@Iyagovos
@Therealnizman
@autographedcat
@wreathedinflame

www.facebook.com/spireart

What we’ve been playing:

Nick:
Guild Wars 2 x Infinity
Black Mesa
Tribes: Ascend
League of Legends :’(

James:
Guild Wars 2
Symphony
Dungeon Defenders
Deus Ex: Human Revolution
Tribes: Ascend
Portal 2
League of Legends

Kevin:
Assassin’s Creed III
World of Warcraft, Panda Town, USA
Kingdom of Loathing
Rayman Origins

News:

Sonic Adventure 2 coming to PC Monday the 19th

https://twitter.com/SEGA/status/269535248742772736

Final Walking Dead game episode to be released next week

http://www.original-gamer.com/article/4552-The-final-Walking-Dead-game-episode-will-be-released-next-week

Desert Bus For Hope:

https://desertbus.org/

Black Ops Disk Snafu:

http://blog.bioware.com/2012/11/13/were-answering-the-call/

Mass Effect supposed to be effin’ large:

http://www.gamesthirst.com/screenshot/mass-effect-3-omega-dlc-screenshots/

New Mass Effect game:

http://gamerant.com/mass-effect-4-story-playable-alien-races/

DayZ getting bounty mode?:

http://www.pcgamer.com/2012/11/06/dayz-bounty-wants-to-pay-you-real-actual-money-for-killing-zombies-and-fellow-players/

Source2 engine confirmed by GabeN:

http://www.polygon.com/2012/11/12/3635764/valve-gabe-newell-confirms-source-2-engine-ricochet-2-stars-of-blood

Movies/TV:

Kevin: Ugly Americans, It’s Always Sunny, Trigun,

Nick: Reaper

James: Spider-man 90’s
Bob’s Burgers

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Nick:
Guild Wars 2 (This game is super fun and it’s going to kill me)
World of Warcraft (Monks are fun)
Borderlands 2 (I played a little bit of the pirate dlc, I think I burned myself out on BL2 a bit)
Bastion (iPad) [Good game, still getting used to controls]
Punch Quest (iPad/iPhone) [Free and everyone should play this]
Borderlands Legends (iPad) [Kinda like Battleheart but with Borderlands dudes]
Darksiders (Legends of Zelda with Mark Hamill, more demons, and blood)

Rob:
World of Warcraft
Bioshock

James:
Guild Wars 2
BioShock
Symphony
Scrolls

News:

Humble Bundle 4

https://www.humblebundle.com/

Blizzard Faces Class Action Lawsuit:

http://www.joystiq.com/2012/11/10/blizzard-faces-class-action-suit-over-account-authenticators/

22cans Curiosity Launches

Gaming Dedicated Android Phone:

http://kotaku.com/5959311/the-first-gaming-dedicated-android-handheld-goes-on-sale?popular=true

Developer Silicon Knights has been ordered to recall and destroy games like Too Human and X-Men: Destiny, as the firm’s use of Epic’s Unreal Engine has been deemed unlawful.

http://www.digitaltrends.com/gaming/court-orders-silicon-knights-to-recall-destroy-its-unreal-engine-games/#ixzz2Brxjf4wz

Sonic to return in 2013?

http://www.gameranx.com/updates/id/10636/article/sonic-to-make-return-in-2013/

Peter Molyneaux to make “only one more game”

http://beefjack.com/news/peter-molyneux-im-only-going-to-make-one-more-game/

Movies/TV:

Nicole: Bob’s Burgers, The Middle

Nick: Ugly Americans

Rob: Casino Royale/Quantum of Solace
Castle “Final Frontier” ep

Indie Game: The Movie

Hilp:

Mount and Blade

James:
Borderlands 2
X-Com: UFO Defense

Nick:
Borderlands 2

Rob:

Darksiders

Recent news -
Fucking American Politics: http://www.gamesthirst.com/2012/10/06/maine-republicans-accuse-democrat-of-living-bizarre-double-life-because-she-plays-rogue-character-in-world-of-warcraft/

X-Com Release Tomorrow:

Cliff B leaves Epic:

http://epicgames.com/community/2012/10/cliff-bleszinski-departs-epic/

Bethesda takes responsibility for missing Skyrim DLC on PS3

http://www.overclockersclub.com/news/32828/

Daniel Erickson leaves Bioware:

http://www.swtorstrategies.com/2012/10/confirmed-daniel-erickson-leaving-bioware.html

Justin Beiber to appear in NBA 2k13:
http://videogamescanica.blogspot.com/2012/10/justin-bieber-in-nba-2k13-not-joke.html :/