Ahhh 75 episodes of Rated NA! This week the gang welcomes Patrick Weekes, writer on the Mass Effect series, to talk about his craft and his new book, The Palace Job. We also briefly reflect on our wild work weeks and Hilary gushes about her love of Starbuck from Battlestar. Oh yeah, we also had Patrick answer a number of your listener questions as well.
Long ago, in an age lost to time, I was an avid MMO player, and even ran my own guild for longer than I care to admit. On top of giving me a very flat bottom from all the sitting that transpired, guild leadership taught me to be infinitely patient when dealing with folks in multiplayer games.
We appreciate games with great writing and are happy to have author Patrick Weekes on episode 75 of the Rated NA Podcast. Mr. Weekes will be joining us tomorrow from the wilds of Canada to discuss his brand new novel “The Palace Job”, which is available now on Amazon.com. If you have any questions for Mr. Weekes about Mass Effect, Bioware, writing, or The Palace Job, please ask here or send us a message on Twitter @NerdAppropriate.
Put your quarters up on the cabinet and get ready for gnarly 80’s arcade action!
The gang gets into some spirited discussion about the Wii U talking prices, hardware, games, and your feels. There’s a new iPhone and a new jam from CossbySweater. We review Transformers: FoC, the new Resident Evil movie, JJ Abrams’ Revolution, and the Walking Dead Episode 3. Nah-Quatto!
Like sneaky witches from the wilds, Bioware announced today that Dragon Age III has been in the works for almost two years and is being built on a customized version of the Frostbite 2 engine (see: pretty). While details about DA III are almost non existent, we quickly came up with some things that we’d love to see from one of our favorite franchises. Behold a list!
We’ve been ranting and raving about Cossbysweater for ages now and have some awesome intel to share; Allie Goertz & Megan Barrett are heading into the studio to record their very first album.
Pew Pew Pew… arcade combat, explosions, and casual fun await in this newly released Steam title from Kukouri and Iceberg Interactive.
Last year at PAX:Prime 2011 we met with Red Robot Entertainment and chatted about their just released mobile game Life is Crime. One year later, and over 4.3 million units sold, Red Robot is back with a brand new IP. Life is Magic appears to be a truly innovative mobile game that uses the player’s real world location to add a level of immersion not regularly seen in game’s today.
XCOM: Enemy Unknown was my favorite title at PAX: East 2012, and after finally getting my hands on the game at PAX: Prime I can say that all those fuzzy warm feelings I felt back in April were very well…
Friends and fun as we go all in on Dance Central 3 and Rock Band Blitz. Wiggle, wiggle, wiggle, wiggle, wiggle, yeah.
The gang returns from PAX Prime 2012 amidst an explosion of new device announcements. Tales of parties, hi-jinks, and games… along with our usual nonsense. Finally, your favorite convention memories.
