Vidjagame Apocalypse 34 – Is It Safe?

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Vidjagame Apocalypse 34 – Is It Safe?

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Grand Theft Auto has finally become so ingrained in mainstream culture that not only did GTA V break all sales records for all media ever (probably), but it took a torture scene to raise any real controversy this time around.... Read more

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Sep 25, 2013

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Videogame-industry veterans Mikel Reparaz and Anne Lewis rally their colleagues for weekly discussions about games, the industry, and the circus of egos and information that surrounds it all.

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Vidjagame Apocalypse 48 – Head Games: Apropos of nothing, we start off this week’s show with a Top 5 about heroes who have, at best, a tenuous grip on their heads. Then there’s some talk about Broken Age, Banner Saga, and a smattering of last week’s... Read more by Vidjagame Apocalypse
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Vidjagame Apocalypse- Walk Like a Zombie: This week’s episode of Vidjagame Apocalypse is hungry for brains. We talk about zombies, the things hurting the games industry and we delve into the forums. Question of the Week Do you think it would affect your enjoyment of a... Read more by Vidjagame Apocalypse
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Vidjagame Apocalypse 19 – 1 Million Enemy Crabs: This week we recorded our show before everyone left for E3, so we went light on speculation and instead counted down the most memorable moments from the expo’s past. Also, did you know there are new games coming out while... Read more by Vidjagame Apocalypse
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Vidjagame Apocalypse 51 – Olympic Old: As athletes compete and hotel rooms disintegrate at the Sochi Olympics, we follow a listener suggestion and take a look back at some of our favorite games about The Games — with the caveat that few of them were ever... Read more by Vidjagame Apocalypse
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Vidjagame Apocalypse 36 – Caged Fury: If you’re not a Pokémon fan*, the biggest release this week is Beyond: Two Souls, the latest beautiful, divisive, interactive game-like thing from developer Quantic Dream and its cackling French overlord, David Cage. In honor of its arrival (and to. by Vidjagame Apocalypse
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Vidjagame Apocalypse 23 — Hog Wild: Ride to Hell: Retribution is already being hailed by critics as the worst game of 2013, which has been enough to get most outlets to forget about it. Most outlets, however, are not run by masochists for whom the phrase... Read more by Vidjagame Apocalypse
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Vidjagame Apocalypse 37 – The Pokéclypse: This week, Mikel and the rest of the regular VGA crew take a breather, giving special guests Henry Gilbert, Carolyn Gudmundson and Brett Elston exactly the opening they need to stage an impromptu reunion of their old Pokémon Monday podcast... Read more by Vidjagame Apocalypse
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