Once again, there’s no set list of topics; the guys just discuss the news of the week off the cuff and what they’ve been playing.
Let us know what you think.
Episode 721: More Random Chatter
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Episode 331: Videogame Music TimeEpisode 331: Videogame Music Time
This week’s episode has a long discussion on videogame music of the past, while Jonah discusses Batman: Arkham Origins and iPad adaptations of board games.
This week’s news includes:
- Surprises found in the PS4 FAQ
- Xbox One will support DLNA, MP3 and audio CD
- Valve working to make offline mode indefinite
- Nintendo: We have failed to establish Wii U as a “worthy” Wii successor
- Wii U bundle announced
This week’s Question of the Week is: “What was your favorite videogame music?”
Episode 581: Double Stuffed EpisodeEpisode 581: Double Stuffed Episode
This week’s episode is almost two hours long thanks to the ID@Xbox Showcase and the Microsoft Xbox Series X stream.
There was also news, which includes:
- Hideo Kojima in talks with Junji Ito bbout a new project
- Mysterious white next-gen Xbox controller appears online
- Fall Guys was the top game on Twitch during its beta weekend
Let us know what you think.
DSi Will Be Region-Locked, Sad Face…DSi Will Be Region-Locked, Sad Face…
One of the greatest things Nintendo has done was allowing the DS to be unlocked for regions. This allowed gamers around the world to share their favorite games from all cultures and countries with just a click of the “buy” button at an online store.
The DSi loses this great freedom by locking it down to a region. “Nintendo DS software is region free so you can play any DS software on DSi from any region. You can also browse the internet on your DSi wherever you are in the world and exchange your photos with friends from around the world,” says Nintendo (CVG).
Much like the US Entertainment Industries need to lock down everything and contribute to global piracy, Nintendo follows suit with their hand-helds, tis a sad day indeed. Of course Nintendo reasons it all away by yelling parental controls and making it easier for regions to access their own content.
“DSi is region locked because DSi embeds net communication functionality within itself and we are intending to provide net services specifically tailored for each region. Also because we are including parental control functionality for Nintendo DSi and each region has its unique age limit.”
Specifically tailored for each region is a nice way of saying that each region has to pay the penalty of not being “first” (second, or third) to get some cool new features. Although Nintendo could put emphasis on the region the gamer lives in with complete access out of those bounds if they wanted, they’ve chosen to use this as a crutch to lock users out of content.
Users will get their content, of course. It just means more home brews, software hacks, hardware hacks and workarounds for the system. If that’s what Nintendo is trying to inspire, then they’ve done their job right.
However, wouldn’t it be great if they could just come out and say “we don’t want certain people accessing specific content until we say you can.”