[Denki for Listening] Episode 53 “Ballin’ Universe”
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On this week’s live-recorded podcast, Davis dances his way through Kickbeat: Steam Edition and proves that the pen is mightier than the sword in Ballpoint Universe and Kevin shoots and scoots in Insurgency. In news, we discuss Candy Crush copyrights, VVVVVV video takedowns, and Steam self-use refunds.
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1:50 – Free! season 2
3:10 – The ass flu and disease in general
7:45 – Davis plays Kickbeat: Steam Edition and Ballpoint Universe, we talk about shmups and ballin’.
20:25 – Kevin plays Insurgent Simulator 2014 Insurgency
37:40 – Steam game name guidelines, Dota 2‘s Bloom Festival update, Chinese New Year
44:00 – Accents vs. dialects
48:20 – Candy Crush Saga developer King contests The Banner Saga‘s copyright over use of the word “Saga,” we discuss copyright and the gaming “bubble”
55:30 – VVVVVV developer and rights holder gets his own Youtube video taken down and his appeal denied, we talk about weird Oculus Rift demos
1:01:30 – Steam adds self-use refunds for pre-orders, we talk about digital distribution
1:09:10 – Starcraft 2 custom maps are now free, we talk about its lack of popularity, the power of modding, and Cliffy B
1:14:55 – China’s infamous ignorance of international copyright law: their League of Legends clone, terrible motor vehicles, and dubiously licensed e-cigs
1:18:50 – Getting food through customs, really big-sized people
1:24:15 – We look at upcoming games including Broken Age, Dragonball Battle of Z, Strike Vector, and talk about consuming twins in utero, the A-10 Warthog, Rockman, and Japanese pronunciation conventions