Enthusiacs - Video Games, Movies, And More

Hello Enthusiacs! This time Nick and Jeff discuss the shutdown of Visceral by EA in detail in their usual unusual way. As more background information of what happened comes out, it seems the "no more single player" initial reaction was more than a little off the mark. How bad were things going at Visceral, anyway?

Hello Enthusiacs! Today we welcome Warren to BTL Radio to discuss the crossroads between marketing and analytics that is User Acquisition, including exactly what is it, what role does it serve, and how does it work.

Jeff, Greg, and Nick grapple with the subject of pro-wrestling games.  Outro music The Let Down by Rumor Has It.

On this episode, Vernon and Greg go into new trailers for Justice League, Black Panther, and Star Wars Episode VIII.  Minor spoilers and major speculation!

Hello Enthusiacs! The topic of toxicity in gaming is going to be with us for a while. There are a few levels that this can be approached from, and today we start our conversation off talking about how a particular game community can go toxic, and how good community management can reduce the toxicity. Chris comes back as a follow on to the last episode as we start off with the recent news from Jeff Kaplan having attempted to address the impact of community toxicity on Overwatch developers, and their comfort interacting with the players.

A crack team of Enthusiacs each expound on their personal top 5 games of all time.  Outro music The Let Down by Rumor Has It.

On this episode, Vernon and Greg get into James Cameron yet again, Wonder Woman, Justice League, Star Wars Episode IX, and Hellboy.  Also, user questions!  This podcast is published uncut and with minor spoilers for Suicide Squad and the Lego Movie.

Hello Enthusiacs! Another day, another Youtube controversy. This week we welcome community expert Chris back to join our sequel discussion to managing Personality as a product. From PewDiePie, to former Googlers putting themselves in front for a tone deaf headline for their company Bodega, we wade back in and dig deeper into the implications of these events.

Jeff, Tony and, of course, Gman, discuss the Half-Life franchise.  Outro music The Let Down by Rumor Has It.

Hello Enthusiastics! This week we whole David to Behind the Line Radio to discuss where games as a service came from. David discusses the infrastructure that online games need to have in place and need to maintain to work. So, if you've ever wondered why a game server goes down, or what games have issues at launch, David has the answers. P.S. If anyone is curious about the Foamy the Squirrel video we reference, you can see it at iLL WiLL PrEss's Youtube channel as "Game Devs : Foamy The Squirrel"

Your monthly pop culture news update with Judge Greg and the Black Dragon! Recorded August 30, 2017.

Hello Enthusiacs! After an unintended hiatus, behind the line radio is back. Kynetyk details his adventure to see there solar eclipse in totality, and then he and Baron Fang discuss recent headlines including a piece from polygon about crunch that sparked a backlash, the secret of Mana remake, and the SNES classic repeating the availability word of the NES classic.

On this episode, Judge Greg is joined by Mike, from the Video Game Generations podcast, as they take on the Super Mario Bros. film!  Warning, this episode contains SPOILERS!

A discussion about sexual content in games, with Jeff, Tony and Goose.  Outro music The Let Down by Rumor Has It.

On this episode, Judge Greg is joined by Axalon as they dive back into the Arrowverse with the Scarlet Speedster in Flash, season 1!  SPOILERS!

Jeff, Goose and Jen talk about their experiences with the X-COM franchise. Outro music The Let Down by Rumor Has It.

A monthly Comics, Movies, and Television news update with Judge Greg and the Black Dragon. On this episode, we go over the major news and events from San Diego Comicon and D23.

Hello Enthusiacs. This week we return to the topic of Analytics. Last time in episode 37 we discussed a lot of terms and definitions, technical considerations and so forth. This week we dig more into the effect that this can have on the game design. Steve joins us to talk about this, and we discuss some of the baffling ways that this can play out. Also, Baron Fang gets a better answer to one of the questions he asked earlier about analytics intelligence vs design.

On this episode of the Real Hero Talk podcast, Judge Greg, Kynetyk, and Sixty discuss the eighties animated cult classic: The Last Unicorn.

What makes a bad movie something you can enjoy? Why does this not apply to bad games? What is different about the two, and why does it change how we can enjoy them? Kynetyk, Judge Greg, and Bill discuss this in a broad and fascinating conversation.