Visiting the Village: Gaming Podcast http://www.mode7games.com/blog The gaming podcast with intelligence. Each week, we don our utterly metaphorical armour and confront the most intriguing mainstream gaming issues, as well as venturing to the arcane depths of the indie games scene. PC or console games: whatever your favourite species of electronic entertainment, we drag it screaming from the dungeon all the way back to the village. Thu, 11 Mar 2010 12:08:17 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 en hourly 1 2009 vistingthevillage@gmail.com (Mode 7 Games) vistingthevillage@gmail.com (Mode 7 Games) Video games 1440 video games, computer games, PC games, console games, gaming The gaming podcast that takes you to the village. Each week, we don our utterly metaphorical armour and confront the most intriguing mainstream gaming issues, as well as venturing to the arcane depths of the indie games scene. PC or console games: whatever your favourite species of electronic entertainment, we drag it screaming from the dungeon all the way back to the village. Mode 7 Games Mode 7 Games vistingthevillage@gmail.com No yes http://www.mode7games.com/blogContent/Banner300.jpg Visiting the Village: Gaming Podcast http://www.mode7games.com/blog 144 144 New update due today which will fix (hopefully) crashes http://www.mode7games.com/blog/2010/03/11/new-update-due-today-which-will-fix-hopefully-crashes/ http://www.mode7games.com/blog/2010/03/11/new-update-due-today-which-will-fix-hopefully-crashes/#comments Thu, 11 Mar 2010 12:08:17 +0000 Ian http://www.mode7games.com/blog/?p=1924 Hey guys.

A big thanks for everyone working through this new beta – we’ve had quite a few crash bugs and those tend to be very annoying. I’m uploading a new beta this afternoon which will address quite a lot of these issues.

]]> http://www.mode7games.com/blog/2010/03/11/new-update-due-today-which-will-fix-hopefully-crashes/feed/ 0 What a fun period this is http://www.mode7games.com/blog/2010/03/10/what-a-fun-period-this-is/ http://www.mode7games.com/blog/2010/03/10/what-a-fun-period-this-is/#comments Wed, 10 Mar 2010 15:02:58 +0000 Ian http://www.mode7games.com/blog/?p=1922 Greetings from the trenches.

We’re working non-stop on bug fixes, crash fixes, inserting sounds, designing sounds, changing ui elements, graphics stuff, everything. It is hard.

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The vast majority of these games were played in the last 6 weeks, or in August and September – there wasn’t much action between October and January.

I think that’s not bad!

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A small update has been released to address a crash issue Lyx reported last night. The fix is available through the updater, or by a separate download I can give you in irc.

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Mac build will be available later today.

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Check out links from the show on our official Google Reader page.

]]> http://www.mode7games.com/blog/2010/03/08/visiting-the-village-episode-41/feed/ 7 00:01:01 The gaming podcast with intelligence. This week, Ian and I talk about motion control, Bobby Kotick buying stuff (recorded before the Actiblizz Infinity Blizz Ward Blizz Ward controversy), and all of the other exciting developments in the games industry about three weeks ago! Join us immediately! Podcast Mode 7 Games yes No Monday morning http://www.mode7games.com/blog/2010/03/08/monday-morning-3/ http://www.mode7games.com/blog/2010/03/08/monday-morning-3/#comments Mon, 08 Mar 2010 11:16:22 +0000 Ian http://www.mode7games.com/blog/?p=1904 I believe the podcast will be up today – Bin just needs to upload it.

The new Synapse beta should be out tomorrow, and I say that with a greater degree of assurance than I usually do. We are taking the game to Reading University on friday to be play-tested by a load of students and it needs to be stable, so I’m going to be asking as many people as possible to come on and help me test the beta while there’s still time to fix bugs. This really is a significant update, I hope you guys like it.

(On a side note, this beta will do away with the auto-updater).

I played a load of PixelJunk Shooter on my PS3 last night and really really like it.  It’s the control system of a side-scrolling shooter twinned with the mechanics and ethos of a platformer, and I strongly recommend you try it out.

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We did record a podcast last week and it will be up at some point.

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Check out links from the show on our official Google Reader page.

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