Eight Bit #1: Top Secret Tessellated Toad Tech

On the inaugural episode of Eight Bit, Ian Decker and Ian Buck share their gaming upbringing, and discuss opening a can of worms, Ubisoft's 95% piracy problem, the stunning conclusion to the Oculus Rift kickstarter, why Mass Effect 3 will be on the Wii U,two game reviews and so much more.

On the inaugural episode of Eight Bit, Ian Decker and Ian Buck share their gaming upbringing, and discuss opening a can of worms, Ubisoft's 95% piracy problem, the stunning conclusion to the Oculus Rift kickstarter, why Mass Effect 3 will be on the Wii U,two game reviews and so much more.


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MAD CATZ® S.T.R.I.K.E. 7 Keyboard for the PC
Razer DeathStalker | Razer | For Gamers. By Gamers.
Command & Conquer: Generals 2 will be free to play as part of online C&C series | PC Gamer
Chinese Farmer Is Both Luke Skywalker and Iron Man
Ubisoft challenge Steam and Origin with Uplay, From Dust and Driver: San Francisco are £1 | PC Gamer
PC gaming has “around a 93-95% piracy rate” claims Ubisoft CEO | PC Gamer
Ubisoft to scrap DRM for all PC games | The Verge
‘Borderlands 2’ will release its downloadable Mechromancer class ‘by October 16th’ | The Verge
‘Borderlands 2’ Season Pass gets you all DLC for $30 | The Verge
Borderlands 2
GameStop to sell digital Xbox 360 content in stores without 25-digit codes | The Verge
‘Portal 2’ puzzle maker now supports design for two-player co-op maps | The Verge
Crysis 3 – CryEngine3 Tech Trailer – YouTube
Steam’s ‘big picture’ mode gets beta in early September, could lead to Steam-enabled hardware | The Verge
Valve says it’s jumping into the computer hardware business | The Verge
Oculus Rift hands-on video: everything you’ve heard is true | PC Gamer
Nintendo 3DS XL on sale now | The Verge
Riot Games reclaims ‘League of Legends’ domain from porn site | The Verge
A Minecraft experiment: 30 players, two months, all-out war | The Verge
‘SpyParty’s’ dashing new look | The Verge
‘Mass Effect 3’ for Wii U in development from the makers of ‘Need for Speed: Shift 2 Unleashed’ on iOS | The Verge
Archos’s GamePad: a 7-inch Android 4.0 tablet with gaming controls for less than a Nexus 7 | The Verge
‘Black Mesa’ to bring a re-envisioned ‘Half-Life’ on September 14th | The Verge
Assassin’s Creed 3 multiplayer to tell ongoing story with monthly challenges | PC Gamer
Razer reveals new Blade laptop | PC Gamer
Capcom to shorten development and sales cycles, outsource process work | The Verge
Sony enters the 4K TV era with the XBR-84X900 | The Verge
Twitch & Alienware Scholarship awards $50,000 to accomplished student gamers | The Verge
‘XCOM: Enemy Unknown’ coming to Steam with pre-order bonuses | The Verge
PlanetSide 2 Alpha Squad package gives beta access, exclusive items | PC Gamer
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Ian Decker – Google+
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