Episode 135 :: Sim City & the Road to E3
E3 is coming this June, and once again Nerdy Show will be there. The big 3 are getting their announcements ready, holding pre-press conferences, and in some cases changing their routine altogether – so we’ve got to be ready! Join four fifths of your E3 2012 team: Cap, Brandon, Jonna, and Nerdy Show’s Live Programming Director, John LaValle as we gear up for the biggest game event of the year.
Nintendo has changed their approach to E3, ditching a big press conference for online Nintendo Direct videos and wow – the last one was a beast! We discuss all Nintendo’s big announcements including a ton of new 3DS titles, some sparse WiiU news, and the news that Cap and a certain cult game fan following have been working towards for years.
Since its catastrophic launch, we’ve been giving updates on Sim City here and there, but it’s finally ready to play! Colin and Brandon discuss their abusive Sim City relationship, why the game is addictive, what’s improved, what’s still broken, and why you should play with them in the Nerdy Show region. We also review indie zombie platformer, Gentleman Squid’s Three Dead Zed, All that plus even more gaming news and discussion… Press start for the next wave.
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- Nintendo Direct’s April 17th game reveals & announcements
- Countdown to the X-Box reveal – May 21st
- Pre-Order Deadly Premonition Director’s Cut
- EA’s radio silence over the Sim City disaster – via Kaosubalo0
- Sim City‘s broken traffic patterns
- Giant, mega residential Sim Cities
- Buy Three Dead Zed on Desura
- Gentleman Squid Studio
- The new flying Pikman
- A sequel to A Link to the Past
- The A Link to the Past map connection
- Apparently Young Justice: Legacy is still coming out!
- Sonic the Hedgehog 2XL – fat Sonic hack
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2 Comments
Man, I was really debating bringing up Deadly Premonition as the topic of a microsode! A couple of months ago I heard it come up again and ended up watching the entire game’s content in a Let’s Play series, and it’s got a lot of charm and weirdness to it. Twin Peaks heavily influenced it, but they definitely…made it their own.
A warning, the combat sections of the game are pretty terrible and lengthy. On the other hand, there are gems like this the entire game:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rp5krDoflLI
Dark Cloud is one of my favorite games. I’ve played through like three times.
I have never been able to finish Earthbound either John. I’ve played it 2/3 through like 3 times because of changing computers and losing my rom saves. Kinda like my relationship with FF9, damn that scratched up 4th disc!
On a completely random sidenote, I want to express how much I appreciate the ad free nature of this site.