Vtw Radio : 2040

This week Natural20 and Yorkshire Tea reach their epic 100th episode. Bringing together all the best parts of 2040 over the past two and a half years, the hundreth has awesome conversations, significant technical problems, offensive emails and amazing music abound. Thankyou all very much for listening.  

This week Natural20 and Yorkshire Tea talk about the Apple-Samsung lawsuits and their effect on gaming and technology around the world. They also manage to get their Skype connection working allowing Show X host Docdead and longtime listener Pusser on the show for chats about PAX and nerf guns. As ever you can send in emails to the show at [email protected] or check out the show forum at: http://media.vtwproductions.com/forum/index.php Thanks very much for listening.  

This week Natural20 and Yorkshire Tea talk about the controversy surrounding Alex Hutchinson, the creative director of Assassin's Creed III who accused game journalists of "subtle racism" this past week. Tea and 20 spend time talking about the merits of Japanese narrative design, before being sidetracked into a conversation about lost game saves. http://www.destructoid.com/assassin-s-creed-dev-accuses-game-journalists-of-racism-233345.phtml Tea and 20 spend time talking about the merits of Japanese narrative design, before being sidetracked into a conversation about lost game saves. As ever you can send in emails to the show at [email protected] or check out the show forum at: http://media.vtwproductions.com/forum/index.php Thanks very much for listening.  

This week, in an episode from August 5th, Yorkshire Tea goes it alone and talks about the Olympics whilst also playing some chill tunes owing to Natural20's absence in Belgrade. As ever you can send in emails to the show at [email protected] or check out the show forum at: http://media.vtwproductions.com/forum/index.php Thanks very much for listening.  

This week Natural20 and Yorkshire Tea talk about the Ouya, the new $99 Android powered game console that's being funded by kickstarter: http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/ouya/ouya-a-new-kind-of-video-game-console Whilst Natural20 is convinced its a con, Tea remains more optimistic of the motives behind the console, if not on its prospects in the market. As ever distractions about anything and everything gaming are abound. As ever you can send in emails to the show at [email protected] or check out the show forum at: http://media.vtwproductions.com/forum/index.php Thanks very much for listening.  

This week Natural20 and Yorkshire Tea return after a magnificent hiatus following what can only be described as a harrowing month of SAM refusing to actually work. This week is a bit of a hodge podge show because of the tennis, but you can look forward to discussions about EVO 2012 choosing to charge for viewing streams as well as a massive conversation about the state of the Pokemon world. As ever you can send in emails to the show at [email protected] or check out the show forum at: http://media.vtwproductions.com/forum/index.php Thanks very much for listening.  

This week Natural20 and Yorkshire Tea talk about E3, attempt to predict what will happen at the conference and talk about games they are looking forward to. Watch as they make predictions that are hilariously incorrect and go completely off topic. As ever, if you want to support the show please get in touch with us using our email, [email protected] or follow us on twitter @twentyfortea. You can also like our facebook group: http://www.facebook.com/pages/2040/346987188254  

This week Natural20 and Yorkshire Tea talk about whether games need to grow up any further. They talk about the current state of gaming and what it might need to change to be considered more acceptable among the wider public. They even question whether games have already reached this hallowed ground without anyone actually noticing. As ever, if you want to support the show please get in touch with us using our email, [email protected] or follow us on twitter @twentyfortea. You can also like our facebook group: http://www.facebook.com/pages/2040/346987188254 Archive listeners are also welcome to participate in the poll located here: http://media.vtwproductions.com/forum/index.php?topic=9228.0  

This week Natural20 and Yorkshire Tea talk about the Elders Scrolls MMO, they talk about whether they think the MMO will be a success, coming to a fairly conclusive "no," before examining the rest of the MMO market and trying to understand what it would take for a game to be able to hold up against World of Warcraft. As ever, tangets about publishers, Free Radical studios and Final Fantasy 7 are abound. As ever, if you want to support the show please get in touch with us using our email, [email protected] or follow us on twitter @twentyfortea. You can also like our facebook group: http://www.facebook.com/pages/2040/346987188254 Archive listeners are also welcome to participate in the poll located here: http://media.vtwproductions.com/forum/index.php?topic=9228.0  

This week Natural20 and Yorkshire Tea talk about Gamer Cred, discussing what the term means initially, but moving beyond that into a discussion about how appropriate it is to ask people about whether they game or not. The discussion becomes even more intense when they bring forward the idea that Gamer Cred might just be an expression of natural human desire. Snide comments about EA, Sony, Nintendo and Microsoft are abundant as ever as is amazing music by the brilliant people at OCRemix and new entry into the 2040 musical lineup, Nubbin. As ever, if you want to support the show please get in touch with us using our email, [email protected] or follow us on twitter @twentyfortea. You can also like our facebook group: http://www.facebook.com/pages/2040/346987188254 Archive listeners are also welcome to participate in the poll located here: http://media.vtwproductions.com/forum/index.php?topic=9167.msg49305#msg49305  

This week Natural20 and Yorkshire Tea talk about Microsoft's woes regarding their Xbox division. They firstly discuss why the losses may have been incurred before going on to figure out exactly what Microsoft can do in order to mitigate its losses. The question is then posed to the irc audience who have some interesting ideas of how they can deal with the problem. As ever, if you want to support the show please get in touch with us using our email, [email protected] or follow us on twitter @twentyfortea. You can also like our facebook group: http://www.facebook.com/pages/2040/346987188254 Archive listeners are also welcome to participate in the poll located here: http://media.vtwproductions.com/forum/index.php?topic=9107.0  

This week Natural20 and Yorkshire Tea talk about the current controversy in the fighting game community regarding LI Joe. Specifically, that LI Joe is being sponsored by Brazzers, the rather famous porn site. They talk about whether Joe himself should have accepted the sponsorship and they talk about the impact on the fighting game community as a whole. Finally, the two examine whether the porn industry may be looking to legitimise itself through allowing sponsoring other activities. Jamz also makes an appearance, the less said about that, the better. As ever, if you want to support the show please get in touch with us using our email, [email protected] or follow us on twitter @twentyfortea. You can also like our facebook group: http://www.facebook.com/pages/2040/346987188254 Archive listeners are also welcome to participate in the poll located here: http://media.vtwproductions.com/forum/index.php?topic=9032.0

This week Natural20 and Yorkshire Tea are accompanied by the full 2040 guest star crew, that means Shatner's Basoon, Requiem and C-Squared all contribute to the discussion. A brief period is spent discussing the two new Silent Hill games that have come out recently, Slient Hill Downpour and Silent Hill HD collection, with resident Silent Hill enthusiasts, Tea and Requiem providing their wisdom. Following that a discussion on PAX East recently and some controversy regarding a couple of individuals who were asked to leave the convention based on clothing requirements came about. Among other things, law regarding nudity in the U.S. was covered as well as whether PAX should seek to fight these laws in the future. As ever, if you want to support the show please get in touch with us using our email, [email protected] or follow us on twitter @twentyfortea. Archive listeners are also welcome to participate in the poll located here: http://media.vtwproductions.com/forum/index.php?topic=7872.0

This week Natural20 has to go it alone. He talks specifically about the Mass Effect 3 ending in a way that will probably enrage anyone in the retake Mass Effect campaign. Specifically he engages in three points of discussion, whether the ending is true to the lore, whether the ending offers a meaningful choice and whether the ending is riddled with plotholes. Finally has asks the important question of whether Bioware should change the ending or not. As ever, if you want to support the show please get in touch with us using our email, [email protected] or follow us on twitter @twentyfortea.

This week Natural20 and Yorkshire Tea continue last week's discussion about the collapse of GAME, having heard about potential plans to go into administration. They talk about the possibilities of a Gamespot takeover and how that would change the U.K. video games market.   As ever, if you want to support the show please get in touch with us using our email, [email protected] or follow us on twitter @twentyfortea.

This week Natural20 and Yorkshire Tea talk about many things, from Tea's inability to ask a girl out to U.K. store GAME's inability to actually stock any games. They discuss the market ramifications should GAME collapse and then go on to talk about the controversy that has erupted out of Cross Assault, the latest experiment in reality TV piloted by Capcom.   As ever, if you want to support the show please get in touch with us using our email, [email protected] or follow us on twitter @twentyfortea.

This week Natural20 and Yorkshire Tea are joined by Shatner's Bassoon as they talk about kickstarters and their potential for the growth of the industry. Tangents are abound as are the hilariously contraversial opinions that you have all come to expect.   As ever, if you want to support the show please get in touch with us using our email, [email protected] or follow us on twitter @twentyfortea.

This week Natural20 and Yorkshire Tea are joined by Shatner's Bassoon as they talk about how Sony might not  be doing that well at the moment as well as revelling in their excitement over Phantasy Star Online 2.   As ever, if you want to support the show please get in touch with us using our email, [email protected] or follow us on twitter @twentyfortea.

This week Natural20 and Yorkshire Tea have a chilled out episode where among other things, they discuss Resident Evil Revelations, how My Little Pony is a sin against God. They also talk about, Dustforce, one of the best Indie games of the year, Skyward Sword, Assassin's creed and Street Fighter x Tekken's hilarious character reveal. They even manage to stumble into a discussion about skill vs. practice.   As ever, if you want to support the show please get in touch with us using our email, [email protected] or follow us on twitter @twentyfortea.

This week Natural20 and Yorkshire Tea are accompanied by Shatner's bassoon and together they talk about The Old Republic and its problematic first month.