Category: Columns
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Neo Kobe Pizza – On Day One Patches (w/The Gamer Keith)
Welcome back for another episode of Neo Kobe Pizza, Diehard GameFAN’s weekly topical podcast! This week, we discuss Day One Patches, using No Man’s Sky as a jumping off point to discuss the practice and its ramifications. We also discuss Rami Ismail’s “Patch the Process” article, the difference between patching for value and pushing broken…
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Neo Kobe Pizza – On the Science of Mass Effect Part Two (w/Zeke R.)
Welcome back for another episode of Neo Kobe Pizza, Diehard GameFAN’s weekly topical podcast! This week, we jump into the second part of a two-part discussion on the science of Mass Effect. The second part deals with the negative aspects of how Mass Effect handles its science, including its discussions on biotics, viral mutations and…
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Neo Kobe Pizza – On the Science of Mass Effect Part One (w/Zeke R.)
Welcome back for another episode of Neo Kobe Pizza, Diehard GameFAN’s weekly topical podcast! This week, we jump into the first part of a two-part discussion on the science of Mass Effect. The first part deals with the positive aspects of how Mass Effect handles its science, including its discussions on FTL travel and physics…
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Neo Kobe Pizza – On MOBAs and Competitive Gaming (w/Greg Johnson)
Welcome back for another episode of Neo Kobe Pizza, Diehard GameFAN’s weekly topical podcast! This week, we talk about the recent expansion of competitive online, E-Sports ready games in the PC and console marketplaces, and whether the current expansion of such games is ultimately sustainable or if the flood may damage the market long-term. We…
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Game Collection Roundtable 08/29/2016: Bound (PS4), Goldeneye 007 (Nintendo 64), King of Fighters XIV (PS4)
What did the Diehard Gamefan team add to their collections this week?
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Neo Kobe Pizza – On Sega’s History of Missteps with JRPGs (w/Robert Hubbs)
Welcome back for another episode of Neo Kobe Pizza, Diehard GameFAN’s weekly topical podcast! This week, we talk about the history of Sega JRPGs, from Phantasy Star to Valkyria Chronicles and most everything in between, as well as Sega’s failings to convince the Western marketplace to invest in their games to the extent of Square…
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Neo Kobe Pizza – On Pokemon Ghostbusters w/ML Kennedy
Welcome back for another episode of Neo Kobe Pizza, Diehard GameFAN’s weekly topical podcast! This week, we talk about the idea of taking the framework of Pokemon GO and applying the Ghostbusters franchise to the game. This includes discussions on the franchises and our exposure to them, the core and expanded ideas of how to…
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Game Collection Roundtable 08/15/2016: No Man’s Sky (PS4), Mighty Number 9 (PS4)
What did the Diehard Gamefan team add to their collections this week?
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Neo Kobe Pizza – On Ludonarrative Dissonance w/Matt Yaeger
Welcome back for another episode of Neo Kobe Pizza, Diehard GameFAN’s weekly topical podcast! This week, we talk about Ludonarrative Dissonance, and whether it’s something that developers are largely failing at or making great strides to improve. We also touch on discussions surrounding known “offenders” in the genre, including Bioshock and most Ubisoft and Naughty…
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Neo Kobe Pizza Episode Four: On DLC and Microtransactions
Welcome back for another episode of Neo Kobe Pizza, Diehard GameFAN’s weekly topical podcast! This week, we talk about DLC and Microtransactions, specifically their perception in the marketplace, cases where they’re successful and fail, and games that base their business model on releasing a limited client with offers of consistent support via long-term free (or…
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Neo Kobe Pizza Episode Three: On being a Francophone Gamer w/Guy Desmarais
Welcome back for another episode of Neo Kobe Pizza, Diehard GameFAN’s weekly topical podcast! This week, we talk about what it’s like to grow up as a Francophone (French Speaking) gamer in a country (Canada) where games were, until recently, mostly released in English. We also discuss Canadian and US cultures, experience differences, and whose…
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Neo Kobe Pizza Episode Two: On the Souls series w/J. Rose
Welcome back for another episode of Neo Kobe Pizza, Diehard GameFAN’s weekly topical podcast! This week, we talk about the Souls Series, discussing the entries in the franchise, our impressions of the best and worst entries, and what makes the games unique, for better or worse. Hosted by Mark B Writing, featuring J. Rose. NOTE:…
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Neo Kobe Pizza Episode One: On Persona 5 w/Aaron Sirois
Welcome to the first episode of Neo Kobe Pizza, Diehard GameFAN’s new weekly topical podcast! Unlike the Diehard GameCAST, which is a three (or more) person casual podcast featuring multiple discussions on current events, Neo Kobe Pizza is a single-topic, two person podcast, featuring Mark B. and a rotating guest based on the topic of…
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Diehard GameCAST: Episode 80 – Trials of the Blood Dragon, Fairy Fencer F: Advent Dark Force, Beyond: Two Souls, and more!
Eeeeeeeee Threeeeeeee!!!
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Why Your Waifu Sucks: In Defense of Marie
Why Your Waifu Sucks: Investigations Into Why Anime/Game Characters Would Be the WORST Romantic Partners. Well, it’s been a while, so let’s get down to business. A couple of things before we begin proper: – I played Persona 4: Dancing All Night between the prior article and this one, and to address the possibility of…
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Diehard GameCAST: Episode 79 – TMNT: Mutants in Manhattan, Dark Souls III, Just Cause 3, Doom, and more!
Mighty No. 9 gets a not so mighty trailer, and we discuss No Man’s Sky delays and Overwatch selling out at Amazon.
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Playing the Lame Presents: Dark Souls III, Tokyo Mirage Sessions, and the Greater Scope of Player Interests
PRESENTS Dark Souls III, Tokyo Mirage Sessions, and the Greater Scope of Player Interests. In the interest of full disclosure, this isn’t really an article I’m entirely enthusiastic about writing, even though it’s… going to be kind of on the long side, because I do have a lot to unpack here, regardless of my want…
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Game Collection Roundtable 05/21/2016
What did the Diehard Gamefan team add to their collections this week?
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Game Collection Roundtable 05/14/2016: Uncharted 4: A Thief’s End (PS4), Raiden V (Xbox One), Halo 5: Guardians (Xbox One)
What did the Diehard Gamefan team add to their collections this week?
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Diehard GameCAST: Episode 78 – Dark Souls III, Bravely Second, Thief, Ratchet & Clank, and more!
We talk NX, cheating in The Division, and the “right” way to play Dark Souls III.