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UMBCast 084 - UMBNews January 2016
Time for a quick news show to kick off the year, here are some of the topics I cover:
Christmas Day Steam outage:
https://www.reddit.com/r/Games/comments/3y7maa/something_is_really_wrong_with_steam_be_careful/
Day of the Tentacle Remastered:
http://www.polygon.com/2015/10/23/9605322/day-of-the-tentacle-remastered-screenshots
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Kgj_rPON80
Wolfenstein 3D re-recording by Rich Douglas:
http://richdouglas.wix.com/wolfenstein
Night Dive Studios FastCompany article:
http://www.fastcompany.com/3053050/app-economy/how-one-company-is-bringing-old-video-games-back-from-the-dead
Boxes, feelies, and the good old days of PC gaming:
http://www.pcgamer.com//boxes-feelies-and-the-good-old-days-of-pc-gaming/
Homeworld: Deserts of Kharak pre-order:
http://store.steampowered.com/app/281610?beta=0
Total Annihilation on Steam:
http://store.steampowered.com/app/298030/
http://www.pcgamer.com/total-annihilation-invades-steam-at-last/
Outtro: Wing Theme Surf ReMixed by Team Fat
http://ocremix.org/remix/OCR01296
Next time, I'll be covering the 1994 Maxis construction sim, SimTower.
Enjoy!