Destiny raids, RUINER, and Cuphead all get covered in terms of what we’ve been playing. We talk about whether controllers have hit their peak, and...is playing Pac-Man in the casino wrong?
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191: Hut Hut Haumiller
Ben Haumiller, Associate Producer from EA's Madden team, joins us this week to talk about the new game and its FANTASTIC new story mode, “Longshot”. We dig into NFL politics and ask about if Madden could ever #takeaknee like Colin Kaepernick did.
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190: N-Word of a Rotten Racist Pie
This week, we go hard in the paint on not friend of the show PewDiePie and his latest racist episode. We give our PAX recap, talk about some new Xbox features, and dig into some of what we've been playing.
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189: Woke South Park
Cicero and Shareef are back to talk about their early impressions of Destiny 2. Is it the cultural phenomenon we all thought it would be? Reef gives us his report from DragonCon. Later we find out that South Park decided that they can make a statement with their game before you even play it. Plus, what tricks do game developers employ to make the games you play fun?
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188: Destiny Isn't the Only Game I Play
Reef and Cee hold down the fort and find that everyone is playing Destiny 2. Shareef has had a chance to play the PC beta. Was it good enough to make him wait until the PC release? Destiny doesn't have an eSports scene so it won't be in the Olympics but what games will be on display in 2024? Also, Shareef gives his impressions of Mario + Rabbids!
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187: MDK - Munich Delays & Kahlief
It's Kahlief's birthday! Tanya and Cicero are here to help him celebrate! Together they discussed the goings on of Gamescom: what do we think of Ubisoft's holiday lineup and did Microsoft screwed the pooch? Tanya talks about the the golden anniversary of GenCon! After the break, Shareef makes an appearance with reviews for Ironcast and Slime-San!
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186: Waypoints Are Everywhere
Waypoint Editor in Chief Austin Walker returns to Brookago this week to talk about all the happenings since his first appearance. Austin shares his love of PlayerUnknown Battlegroundsand shares some thoughts on Charlottesville.
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185: Agents Of Mayhem
This week, we bring on Jason Blair (Lead Writer on Deep Silver's newest game, Agents of Mayhem). We also share some thoughts on the Nick Robinson harassment issue, Fullbright's Tacoma, and much more!
184: Ready To Play A Game?
The crew jumps into the show this week with lots to talk about. NBA Live brings in the WNBA, Pyre is a must buy, Kah talks about what he did last week (OUCH!), and we share that our show is going to be live on Twitch!
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183: DADloadable Content
Tanya Depass joins Cee and Reef to discuss how we feel about a Call of Duty shoutcaster getting kink-shamed, and if that's really a thing. We discuss the success (or lack thereof) for the most recent Pokemon Go event. After the break, we give our impressions of Splatoon 2 and Dream Daddy. Dad jokes and blue jokes abound on this episode of Spawn On Me!
Read More182: Destiny 2, EVO, and Ninten-doh!
It's a fountain of information this week thanks to the Destiny 2 Beta dropping. We give some impressions on what we've played and what we're hopeful for. EVO also wrapped up this past weekend, and we got displays of Black love that we didn't expect. We wrap up the show discussing why Nintendo is making chat so hard for its players.
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181: Gaming For Everyone!
Katy Jo Wright, Director of Xbox's Gaming For Everyone, joins us this week to talk about how diversity and inclusion is the future of the Xbox platform. After the break, we give some love to the Metal Gear series on its 30th birthday, talk about the 2000(!) characters already created for Fire Pro Wrestling World, and we close out the show with a special announcement!
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180: DoomFidgetFists
This week, the crew jumps down a bunch of rabbit holes with guest host Tanya Depass. We get a recap of the Game Developers of Color Expo from Tanya, discuss Overwatch's newest character Doomfist (and stereotypes), and we wrap up the show with a great debate about whether Marina from Splatoon 2 is black.
Also check out our review of ToastMade's wood console covers.
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179: C Of Thieves
Shiver Me Timbers! We snag Executive Producer Joe Neate and Design Director Mike Chapman from the Sea of Thieves team to share what's going with one of the Xbox's most anticipated titles. We return from the break with stories of newfound bounty from our trip to E3 as well.
No skeletons were harmed during the recording of this episode.
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178: We Rewind Time
We finally get to share the awesome fireside chat audio from GDC 2017! Tanya Depass, Gordon Bellamy, Tramell Ray Isaac & Craig Campbell sit down with Kahlief to talk about how they are all making our gaming spaces better. Knowledge, laughs and fun get passed around during this stellar compliation of major players in the gaming industry.
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177: Game Developers Of Color Expo is a Go
Chris Algoo joins us this week to give us the lowdown on the Game Developers of Color Expo. How and why did GDOC come to be? What amazing developers and games will be shown? How many brown folks can they fit in the Schomburg? All those questions get answered on this very special episode of Spawn On Me.
Read More176: Media Indie Exchange Interviews (E3 2017)
Shareef staked out a "random rooftop" in L.A. and packed together a bunch of interviews with the people behind seven of the coolest upcoming indie games across a variety of platforms, from Switch to Steam to VR and beyond, all in under a half hour.
- Ironcast with Hollie Pattison of Ripstone Games
- Tower 57 with Karol Zajaczkowski, Senior Marketing Manager at 11 Bit Studios
- Manifest 99 with Sara Hebert, Marketing Director at Flight School
- Road Redemption with Jason Tate, Lead Engineer at Pixel Dash Studios
- Runner 3 with Dant Rambo, Producer / Writer at Choice Provisions
- Where The Water Taste Like Wine with Johnnemann Nordhagen of Dimbulb Games
- Joggernautts with Tommy Sunders, Artist and Designer at Space Mace Games
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175: LAWBREAKERS interview with Rohan Rivas (E3 2017)
Rohan Rivas (Marketing Creative, PR & Community Communications Manager) from Bosskey sits down with us to talk about the latest happenings with Lawbreakers. How do you balance community, content and badassery?
What has the team learned from making the jump to PS4 with their new title, and has the beta made the game better? These questions and much more get answered in this interview that you'll only get on Spawn On Me.
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174: Crytek's HUNT: SHOWDOWN interview (E3 2017)
Chris Auty, Level Design Director, joins us to talk about the recently revealed Hunt: Showdown. This dark and moody shooter involves multiple teams of 2 searching for clues to take down a common target.
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173: Aaron Greenberg on Xbox One X (E3 2017)
We snagged an exclusive interview with Aaron Greenberg (GM of Xbox Games Marketing) and talk all about the Xbox One X! We dig into how this console will lead the way into 4K console gaming. Hear what it's like to interact with fans and get some juicy tidbits regarding the console itself that you might only hear about on our show.
No new power brick? ...Capture gameplay in 4K? All this and more in this very special in-depth episode.
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