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Kole, Ben, and Dennis talk about the Occulus Rift aquisition, we ask you which game you wish you could play for the first time again, and then we avoid talking about any video games whatsoever. The Brief: Facebook buys Occulus Rift. Notch ditches Occulus. Sony develops their own PR. Multiplayer Feels like the first time. The Grind Dennis: Train Jam Games. Ben: None. Kole: Dark Souls II.

Kole, Ben, and Dennis talk about the Batman: Arkham Knight announcement, The Legend of Zelda: A Link Between Worlds, and we ask you what games you anticipated most. The Brief: Batman: Arkham Knight announced. Twitch Beats Pokemon. Steam Family Sharing goes live. Multiplayer What games have you anticipated the most, and what lengths have you gone to to sate your desire? The Grind: Dennis: Star Wars Pinball. Remember Me. Ben: [Gonna Play] South Park: The Stick of Truth. Kole: Deadly Premonition. Building a PC. Assassin's Creed IV. The Legend of Zelda: A Link Between Worlds.

Kole, Ben, Dennis, and David talk about the closure of Irrational, Calculords, and we ask you about your most-desired genre mashups. The Brief Irrational closed. Asheron's Call shutting down. Twitch Plays Pokemon. Steam Tags. The Last of Us Documentary. The Grind Ben: The Last of Us: Left Behind. Brothers: A Tale of Two Sons. Payday 2. Metro: Last Light. Kole: Guitar Hero controller. New PC. Threes. Calculords. Dennis: The Last of Us: Left Behind. Brothers: A Tale of Two Sons. David: Fallen London. The Secret World. Call of Duty: Black Ops II. Multiplayer: Genre benders.

Kole, Ben, Dennis, and David talk about the Flappy Bird fiasco, Jazz Punk, and we do a free-play multiplayer segment. The Brief: Flappy Fiasco. An extended and frank discussion about F2P models. Goat Simulator. Murasaki Baby confirmed for America. The Grind: Ben: X-COM: Enemy Within. Dennis: Papers Please. David: Fallen London. Call of Duty: Black Ops 2. Kole: Jazz Punk. Multiplayer: Free-play.

Kole, Ben, Dennis, and David talk about an announcement that will ruin the podcast forever, Octodad, and we ask you about your favorite unique control schemes. The Brief: Nintendo's buyback woes. The Last of Us DLC is a thing. Duke Nukem Mass Destruction is a thing. AlpacaLlama Furia The Grind: Ben: X-COM: Enemy Within. Dennis: Spelunky. Tearaway. Kole: Octodad: The Dadliest Catch. David: Kingdom of Loathing. Fallen London. Links of Note: Video Kole made that was inspired by Spelunky

Kole, Ben, Dennis, and David talk about the Angry Birds NSA controversy, Brothers: A Tale of Two Sons, and we ask you about your favorite video game music. The Brief: NSA is spying on Angry Birds. Sly Cooper movie is a thing. Forced Perspective Tech Demo. Vikings issue C&D against King. The Grind: Ben: X-COM: Enemy Within. Kole: Brothers: A Tale of Two Sons. David: DmC. Dennis: DmC. Suits and Swords. Monaco. Links of Note: Sentence Diagram Chart Episode Length Chart Sly Cooper Horror Forced Perspective

Kole, Ben, Dennis, and David talk about whether or not we want to change our name to Candy Level Saga, Risk of Rain, and we ask what you wish you could play but can't. The Brief: Tomb Raider: Definitive Edition. OpenEmu.org is a great emulator. The Last of Us fan t-shirt design. Candy(tm) Crush Saga(tm) developer trademarks "Candy" and "Saga". The Grind: Ben: X-COM: Enemy Within. Kole: Risk of Rain. Dust Force. David: Saints Row IV. Dennis: DmC: Devil May Cry. Spelunky. Multiplayer What games do you wish you could play, but you know you can't?

Kole, Ben, Dennis, and David talk about Sim City's offline mode, Knock Knock, and we ask you how you find time to play games. The Brief Occulus Rift works on Steam now, kinda. JazzPunk is a thing. SimCity gets offline mode. The Grind Dennis: Plants vs. Zombies. DmC. David: Castle Crashers. Guild Wars 2. Kole: Knock Knock. Ben: X-COM: Enemy Within. Multiplayer: Finding time to play games.

Ben Merkel, Kole Ross, David Moneysmith, and Dennis Furia talk about PlayStation Now, X-COM: Enemy Within, and how incapacitated Kole is. The Brief PlayStation Now offers game streaming. Steam Machine Specs Released. Half Life 3 perfectly rendered environment. Final Fantasy XIII The Grind Kole: Starbound. David: Starbound. Ben: X-COM: Enemy Within. Dennis: Gravity Rush. Starbound.

Kole Ross, Ben Merkel, Dennis Furia, and David Moneysmith talk about the games we played over break, we ask you how you did on your 2013 gaming resolutions, and encourage you to stick around after the credits for a discussion about Dishonored. The Brief Sphere Chess To the Moon minisode and Mac port. Batman: Arkham Origins Mr. Freeze content. The Grind Dennis: Castle Crashers. Zero Escape: Virtue's Last Reward. Gravity Rush. The Stanley Parable. Starbound. Kole: Starbound. David: Castle Crashers. Starbound. Ben: Beyond: Two Souls. Mulitplayer How did you do on your 2013 gaming resolutions? Links of Note: Steam Controller Demonstration