Nicole, Simone, and Linda are joined by a new regular participant, Stephen Duetzmann, a dad of three and editor-in-chief of the awesome website Engaged Family Gaming. As always, we talk about the news. Then we talk about crowdfunding for games and what we’re playing.
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News
- Vtech has bought Leapfrog. Nicole’s not that happy about it.
LeapTV looks pretty space age.
- LEGO Star Wars: The Force Awakens is going to have new content no other Star Wars property has.
- The Ubisoft Humble Bundle has a bunch of cool games for not a lot of money.
- Toca Boca has started a Stand for Play campaign to raise awareness about how kids need free play time.
- The AbleGamers organization has launched a new program to give people with disabilities the equipment they need to play video games.
Crowdfunding of Games
Crowdfunding on Kickstarter and other platforms has become a common way to fund indie game development. But is it a good thing or a problem? Maybe both, but we’re not planning to give up on it any time soon.
What We Played
- Stephen played Unravel and Marvel Avenger’s Academy.
- Nicole played Animal Crossing Amiibo Festival and Mario Kart 8 with Anna, and Harvest Moon: Seeds of Memories, and Hearthstone.
- Linda played Rise of the Tomb Raider and a tabletop game called Fate with her family, with her brilliant nephew Isaac Meyer acting as Game Master. Check out Isaac’s History of Japan podcast here.
- Simone made a new video! Be sure to check it out on our YouTube channel:
Credits
Our music is by Pat Goodwin at Novelty Shop Creative. Participating in this podcast were Nicole Tanner, Linda Breneman, Simone de Rochefort, and Stephen Duetzmann.
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