QQ News - Nintendo Switch Announcement

The QQ Cast switch topics to talk about the Nintendo Switch! Can Tom stay on topic? Is Ruly on the hype train? Will Zach stop playing with his balls during the postcast? Find out!

Minutes

  • 00:00 - Mic Check and Introductions
  • 02:30 - So, what are our immediate thoughts about the Switch?
  • 11:15 - Is the Switch a love letter to third party developers?
  • 19:30 - How innovative is the Nintendo Switch?
  • 28:00 - Is there anything nostalgic about the Switch?
  • 33:00 - Will the Nintendo switch bring gamers together?
  • 44:15 - What do we think this thing is going to cost?
  • 53:30 - How long will it but until Nintendo gets into VR?
  • 60:45 - Wrap up!

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QQ News - August and September 2016

A fire hose of geeky news headlines for the months of August and September, 2016.

Headlines

  • Gene Wilder Dies at 83 (Nytimes)
  • World War Z Author Max Brooks Is Writing a Minecraft Novel (IGN)
  • The Tick gets full series order at Amazon (Polygon)
  • New Yooka-Laylee Trailer Reveals Shovel Knight Cameo (Gamespot)
  • Rick And Morty Creator Launches "Squanchtendo" VR Studio (Squanchtendo)
  • Star Trek Discovery delayed to May 2017 (Polygon)
  • An Update on The Last Guardian, Delayed to December (Blog)
  • 'South Park: The Fractured But Whole' delayed to early 2017 (Engadget)
  • Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night Delayed to 2018 (IGN)
  • Daniel Craig Reportedly Offered $150m for 2 More Bond Films (IGN)
  • Leonard Nimoy Hated Generations (Transporterroom3)
  • Transformers: The Last Knight Ignites Furor Over Using Churchill's Home as Nazi Headquarters (IGN)
  • Whats Going On With the Portal and Half-Life Movies at Bad Robot? (Slashfilm)
  • Pokemon GO Lost 15 Million Daily Users Last Month (Escapistmagazine)
  • Niantic Considering Android Wear, One-on-One Pokemon Go Battles (Escapistmagazine)
  • Miyamoto: Mario is Coming to Mobile Because That's Where People Play Games (Escapistmagazine)
  • The NX Will Have Pokemon Games, Mix Hand-Held And Console (Escapistmagazine)
  • Ubisoft CEO Impressed With NX, Says it Will Offer a "New Experience" (Escapistmagazine)

QQ News - Gamescom 2016

The QQ Cast think it's gonna be a long long time, till Gamescom brings us round again to find, it's not like the coms that we have at home, oh no no no, it's a boring com, boring com burning out the hype up over there alone.

Minutes

  • 00:00 - Mic Check and Introductions
  • 02:30 - Half Life 3 Confirmed
  • 07:00 - New Overwatch map and animated short revealed
  • 09:15 - Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare’s Zombies in Spaceland mode revealed
  • 12:45 - Harley Quinn and Deadshot join the Injustice 2 roster
  • 18:15 - New trailer for Resident Evil 7 gives us a glimpse of gameplay
  • 21:00 - 53 minutes of brand new Final Fantasy 15 gameplay
  • 28:00 - Battlefield 1’s open beta gets a release date
  • 33:30 - EA “actively” considering Mass Effect remasters
  • 40:30 - Microsoft says Xbox Scorpio will put an end to console generations
  • 53:00 - Metal Gear Survive revealed by Konami
  • 65:00 - Wrap up and Rocket Man!

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QQ News - June and July 2016

A fire hose of geeky news headlines for the months of June and July, 2016.

Headlines

  • Flordia Man Fire Gun At Pokemon Go Players Parked Outside His Home (Kotaku)
  • Yelp Adds Pokemon GO Filter to Business Listings (Escapist)
  • Nintendo's Stock Plummets Because It's Not Making Enough Money Off of Pokemon Go (Gizmodo)
  • Nintendo Announces The Mini-NES, Will Play 30 Classic Games (Kotaku)
  • The Mini-NES Can't Go Online, Will Never Get New Games (Escapist)
  • 'Now You're Playing With Power': NES Classic Brings Back Nintendo's Best Slogan (Kotaku)
  • Blizzard Has Announced the Newest Overwatch Hero: Ana (Escapist)
  • Evolve Relauches as a Free-to-Play Game (IGN)
  • Batman: Return to Arkham Delayed Indefinitely (Escapist)
  • RIP: Japan Is Making Its Last-Ever VCR (Kotaku)
  • The Mighty No. 9 Kickstarter Release Got Messy (Kotaku)
  • Rapid fire trailer reel!

QQ News - April and May 2016

Special Guest: Raul Torres

A fire hose of geeky news headlines for the months of April and May, 2016.

Headlines

  • Happy 10th Anniversary, Announcement of Half-Life 2 Episode Three (Escapistmagazine)
  • Nintendo Says NX "Will Not Make An Appearance" at E3 2016 (Gamespot)
  • The Legend of Zelda for Wii U Will Be The Only Playable Nintendo Game at E3 (Nintendolife)
  • Nintendo won't sell NX at a loss, president says (Polygon)
  • Cross-Network Play Arrives on Xbox One and Steam PC (Rocketleaguegame)
  • Pokemon GO Field Tests Come Stateside (Escapistmagazine)
  • Existing Phones Unlikely to Qualify as Daydream Ready, Says Google (Roadtovr)
  • Nintendo Considers Entering Film Business (IGN)
  • Disney is ending its Infinity video game line, shutting down Avalanche Software (Polygon)
  • Monkey Island and Maniac Mansion creator wants to buy IPs from Disney (Vg247)
  • Movie based on 'Tetris' starts shooting in 2017 (Usatoday)
  • Dragonball - Evolution Writer Apologizes to Fans (Escapistmagazine)
  • Battlefield 1 release date, price, beta, gameplay and trailer (Pcadvisor)
  • Mighty No.9 has a June release date (Pcgamer)
  • Microsoft closes Fable developer Lionhead Studios (Theverge)
  • Microsoft Shuts Down Project Spark (Gamerant)

QQ News - March 2016

A fire hose of geeky news headlines for the month of March, 2016.

Headlines

  • EverQuest Next has been canceled (Polygon)
  • Microsoft Ceases Development on Fable Legends (IGN)
  • Final Fantasy XV Gets Release Date Plus a Lot More (Rpgamer)
  • Final Fantasy XV Gets A Five-Episode Anime Prequel (Kotaku)
  • Final Fantasy Movie Coming This Year (Kotaku)
  • J.J. Abrams: Portal, Half-Life Movies Still Happening (IGN)
  • Indiana Jones 5 Announced With Ford and Spielberg Returning (IGN)
  • Sony stops short of committing to Xbox One cross-platform play (Polygon)
  • Report Says Nintendo Is Ceasing Wii U Production This Year (IGN)
  • Nintendo Denies Wii U Production Set to End Soon (IGN)
  • New Report Says 'PlayStation 4.5' Is Real (IGN)
  • Court Rules Valve Broke Australian Consumer law (Polygon)