Episode 8: Actual, Like, Party Party Party

We start, as always, with a "Get to Know the Hosts" off-topic segment, this time focusing on the top three "fun" things we did this summer. We read more listener email, which includes two answers to last week's question of the week, and a new question that brings back memories of old, now-vintage home computers. In the "What We Played" segment, Addie gives her final thoughts on Edna & Harvey: Harvey's New Eyes, and her opening thoughts on Double Fine's Broken Age. All of us played a little Castle Crashers this week, so we talk some about what kind of game it is, and whether or not it's actually appropriate for kids. I wrap up my thoughts on Murdered: Soul Suspect (spoiler: I liked it quite a bit, despite a negative opinion from reviewers in general). I tried an old XBOX 360 hovercar racing game called Fatal Inertia, and I talk a little more about Kid Icarus: Uprising and Broken Sword 5. I recently started playing Phantom Dust (from the original XBOX), so I give my opening thoughts on that, and to wrap up the segment, I talk about the "playable teaser" for Silent Hill -- a free PS4 download called P.T. It's incredibly scary but well worth a play (for adults only). For our 15 Minutes of Game, we played the XBOX 360 multiplayer party game Hail to the Chimp, and that audio is a separate bonus MP3. In this episode's latter segments, I talk about handheld gaming, the evolution of game design (and how easy we have it these days), and a lengthy discussion about Kickstarter (which is our topic of the week -- email us your thoughts about Kickstarter to include in our next episode).