- IGN’s Alex Osborn has a
great interview with Peter Moore, talking about why Sega failed as a
hardware company. Understandably, the Saturn was seen as a turning point.
- From Mattel, via Polygon,
Hot Wheels versions of Nintendo characters are coming soon! They actually look
pretty nifty, so, congrats Nintendo. Thank you for successfully taking more of
my money.
- Bill and Ted’s Bogus
Journey is available
on Netflix as of Sept. 1. You can listen to our episode on the horrible
vidya game here!
- Chris Schilling of VICE writes
about how the Nintendo DS was his deepest love, when it came to vidya game
systems.
- From noted video game journalism outlet InStyle, Christina
Aguilera’s daughter had a
Mario-themed party for her second birthday.
ON THIS DAY IN VIDEO
GAME HISTORY…
- Command
and Conquer, the first title of that popular series, came out on Aug.
31, 1995. The PC game from Westwood Studios became a staple of online RTS duels
for years and years. It sold more than three million copies, and the series has
sold more than 30 million units.
- An awesome character known as Crash Bandicoot had his
initial release for the Playstation on Aug. 31, 1996. More on him Monday though.
- On the other end of the PSX spectrum… Released on Aug. 31,
1996, Beyond the Beyond terrorized
Steve as a teen. He loved turn-based RPGs, but one of the main “features” of
the game by Camelot Software was lugging around a cursed character for several
hours. Fun, fun, fun.
- Guitar Hero 5 from
Neversoft came out in 2009. It was the second-to-last hurrah for the series, as
it was already starting to slowdown before Warriors
of Rock came out in 2010.
Video game history
information comes from GameFAQs and Moby Games. And as always, if you’d like to support the show, do so via our Amazon link.
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