On a rocket ship to the Moon

I am not going to lie, the intro to this podcast is going to be….well..a little slap dash.

Not only have I completely forgotten what we talked about last night as usual, I am writing in a rush to get this done before I fly out on a much needed holiday.

Now thanks to the pile of links I know some of the things we had planned to talk about at the very least.

Hopefully we had a talk about Cloud Gaming somewhere along the line, Discussed the possible separation of Valve & Steam, Probably poked some fun at retarded american news anchors & looked at the Metacritic best and worst of 2012.

One thing I do remember though is that a bet was made and a whole crate of beer is on the line! The Subject? The PS4, or more specifically its launch date. Gow thinks it will land this year & I think we will have to wait till early 2014 – Only time will tell!

Anyway all that and much more in this episode of the Drinky Talky Thingy.

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If you want links to any of the stories we covered in the show this week, links can be found after the jump.

This Weeks Stuff

Resident Evil reboot possible – GameSpot.com

Microsoft gracious enough to unlock Netflix this weekend – Destructoid

EA: No link between games and violence – GameSpot.com

EA ‘pleased’ with SWTOR F2P so far | Massively

Metacritic ranks the best and worst publishers of 2012 – Destructoid

Dead Space 3 exploit already found for infinite items – Destructoid

CNN host tries and fails to link videogames to violence – Destructoid

Whoa! A gun violence talk that does NOT blame games! – Destructoid

‘See the future’ of PlayStation on February 20 – Destructoid

Former THQ president on where the company went wrong – Destructoid

Rockstar: GTA V launch delays are not a conspiracy – Destructoid

Microsoft confirms XNA is over | Game Development | News by Develop

Next Skylanders lets you swap parts to form new toys – Destructoid

Over 100 million Skylanders toys have been sold so far – Destructoid

Miyamoto: Nintendo hasn’t communicated Wii U’s value – Destructoid

Gabe Newell is a skeptic of cloud gaming – Destructoid

Zynga loses $209 million in 2012 – GameSpot.com

Webzen buys 100% of Gala-Net, gPotato | Massively

Sad News: VG247 Editor Won’t Be Eating His Trousers | Rock, Paper, Shotgun

TERA free-to-play launches today | Massively

Real-time strategy games are a ‘dying market’ – Destructoid

Gabe Newell On Removing Valve From Steam | Rock, Paper, Shotgun

The future of Steam and more in Newell’s Reflections talk – Destructoid

J.J. Abrams and Valve working on game project together – GameSpot.com

Half-life & Portal films are happening, J.J. Abrams says – Destructoid

User-made Team Fortress 2 items broke Paypal, says Valve – Destructoid

German consumer rights group sues Valve over game resales

Xbox 720 to require Internet connection? – GameSpot.com

Half-Life 2 modded to include motion tracking – Destructoid

GameStick Kickstarter closes at $648k earned – Destructoid

PS4 can share videos, screens – Report – GameSpot.com

PlayStation 4 spec rumors and launch details are here – Destructoid

Nintendo: Cloud gaming is not the future – Destructoid

SimCity works with real city planning models – Destructoid

Opinion: How many exclusives is enough? – Destructoid

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Mike Bithell leaves Bossa Studios | Game Development | News by Develop

Entropia Universe raises a glass to its 10th anniversary | Massively

Blizzard details StarCraft II: Heart of the Swarm launch events

Podcast Extras

10 videogame films to watch on Netflix this weekend – Destructoid

PBS looks at the rise of eSports – Destructoid

New screenshots have surfaced for the Deadpool game – Destructoid

LEGO City Undercover assembles a new trailer – Destructoid

Gamer beats NSMBU level without touching the ground – Destructoid

Watch an extended boss battle for God of War: Ascension – Destructoid

Blizzard get social in new StarCraft II Heart of the Swarm video.

L.A Noire Blooper Reel surfaces with impressive facial animation

See the first thirty minutes of God of War: Ascension – Destructoid

Ellie Goulding teams up with Kratos in this new GoW video – Destructoid

Songs used in this episode

Title music Drunken Sailor by Doctor Octoroc used with permission. Check out more of his music over at http://www.doctoroctoroc.com/- Do it now!

Enter the Minecraft by Ockeroid, RicePirate, hbrunav & SeiyruRenaih