There is no live chat stream, but that is something we’ll be discussing at our Staff Meeting next Saturday.

I don’t think there’s a TSM live chat stream? Could afford a tweet for Bup, I’m sure he will be the perfect podcast gent – look forward to ep 278. Great show, awesome editorials, features and hosts.

Last-minute 150%+ challenge to those who have not yet donated: For every additional $20 raised beyond this point (i.e. at 160, 180, etc), I will include a short 10-15 minute Lusi-versus-Bup segment in a July podcast, in which he and I will ‘discuss’ (i.e. argue about) a CURRENT ISSUE in the video game industry.

We’re $40 over our goal thanks to Billy and Les!

Still…

We miss them!

I still think he should go by Dancing Matt. That’s too good to pass up.

To answer your comment: yes, staff member names are available (except for mine), but…

1) their bio pages are not indexed (or, at least, are programmed not to be indexed–whether spiders obey that or not is another matter);
and,
2) if a staff member wants to remove their name from the site, I can do that with the push of a button for all posts and pages. But I cannot easily FIND and then EDIT every single comment containing their name.

The same rule applies for readers, in fact, unless a reader uses their full name as their handle (as in the case of Matt Dance).

Hence, the spam filter is designed to block such instances for the reasons above (and some other reasons besides).

Now that you know, I won’t be fishing your comments out of the spam filter if they fall afoul of the blacklist!

“That match sounds crazy.”
Wait until you hear about the one that is going on now. Day 4 (today) was something truly astonishing. I’ve seen some rubbish Cricket before, but England today were spectacularly bad. I think Captain Cook may resign soon at this rate…
Looking forward to tomorrow’s inevitable defeat before lunch. :/

I think you guys misinterpreted the quote slightly
Whether we did or not is immaterial, the criticism remains the same. If one considers Rare and Lyin’ Head to be ‘crown jewel’ companies, then one’s judgement is well and truly bonkers.

Oh well, MS will always have Donkey Kong!

Why else would they need so many programmers?
Because the people behind Oculus know that, because Oculus is shitty technology that no one *really* needs, the only way they’re going to sell it is with a lot of big names and a high volume of launch software (note: volume, not quality). For that, many people are needed. This won’t save it, but it will help to stave off a crash-and-burn at launch.

“Pyjama Parade”
I bet you’d like that!

Just an FYI: your comments will approve more easily if you don’t type full staff member names in your info blast. It can end up in the spam filter that way. Just use handles, please!

This week’s panel:
Iliya Early
Lusipurr ???

Donators
Donated this week:
$40 to Make Bup Pay!
Cumulative total record holder: Imitanis
Single Donation record holder: Brettsuo

Donators elligible for drawing:
Matt Dance
DiceAdmiral
KoboldDeKobold/Absurdist Kobold
Drachonous
Brettsuo
Peter V.

Cricket News
That match sounds crazy.

MineCraft Servers Disallow buying of Game-Effecting Items

Final Fantasy Explorers
LOL, Square Enix Litigated

Reggie: Wii U has a long life ahead

Rare and Lionhead: Crownjewels
I think you guys misinterpreted the quote slightly. Rare and Lionhead are crown jewels, but not THE crown jewels. There are several ‘crown jewel’ companies, of which Rare and Lionhead are two.

Mario Kart 8 Mercedes DLC
Easy pass

Riot Games buyouts

TF2 Update

Judge Rules on Nintendo v Phillips

Sr Bastion programmer leaves for Occulus
I’m beginning to think that Occulus is just a front for some sort of interstellar space program or SkyNet creation project. Why else would they need so many programmers?

Another World coming out again

Scott Imitanis Mundy Literature Corner
Wallace Stevens

Autumn readings:
Interview With a Vampire

DiceAdmiral’s Brettsuo Gaming Moment
This week I played a little more Mario Kart 8 and a bunch of board games. The later included: Snake Oil. This is a pretty fantastic little party game where one player is a buyer and is assigned a role like ‘Hippie’ or ‘Trucker’ and the other players are salesmen. The salesmen have hands of nouns that they will combine into an item to pitch to the buyer. Examples from our game were: Baby Club, Meat Handle, Ice Virus, Pyjama Parade and Toy Party. Each salesmen gets 30 seconds to pitch their item to the buyer who then chooses an item to buy and gives the role card to the winner. When the game ends, the player with the most role cards wins. It’s pretty fun and creates some great in jokes.

Also for section suggestions can we just have a “gyme” section? Or Gyme Vs Bup?