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UMBCast 074 - UMBNews June 2015
It's the news! This time I'm switching up the format a bit and we'll have a bit of a casual chat about things that have happened since the last news ep, up to and including E3!
Here are the stories covered:
Broken Age Act 2:
http://www.adventuregamers.com/articles/view/28573
GOG's Galaxy client is making good progress:
http://www.pcgamer.com/gogs-galaxy-client-is-making-good-progress/
HANDS ON: OCULUS RIFT CONSUMER MODEL:
http://www.digitaltrends.com/vr-headset-reviews/oculus-rift-hands-on/
Hulu Lands ‘Myst’ Drama From Legendary TV & Matt Tolmach Based On Video Game:
http://deadline.com/2015/05/myst-tv-series-video-game-hulu-legendary-matt-tolmach-1201421271/
STAR TREK PREMIERES ON GOG.COM
https://www.gog.com/news/star_trek_premieres_on_gogcom
Hero-U Fantasy Adventure Role-Playing Game:
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/transolargames/hero-u-adventure-role-playing-game
Master of Orion reboot coming from the team behind World of Tanks:
http://www.polygon.com/2015/6/9/8746959/master-of-orion-reboot-coming-from-the-team-behind-world-of-tanks
XCOM 2 details emerge, and it's bad news for humanity:
http://www.pcgamer.com/xcom-2-details-emerge-and-its-bad-news-for-humanity/
Fallout 4:
http://www.fallout4.com/
Fallout Shelter:
http://toucharcade.com/2015/06/19/toucharcade-game-of-the-week-fallout-shelter/
New King's Quest is out Next Month:
http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2015-06-16-the-first-chapter-of-the-new-kings-quest-is-out-next-month
After the news, we hear from Brian about his experiences with Mod music and the Demoscene.
Jaime sent in a great segment for us talking about the Demoscene, here are the links to what he discusses
kenny chow (cc catch from renaissance) one must fall 2097 music remake:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UvlVaQl7kEk
second reality by future crew:
http://www.pouet.net/prod.php?which=63
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_Reality
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rFv7mHTf0nA
fr-08 the product:
http://www.pouet.net/prod.php?which=1221
kkreiger:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/.kkrieger
http://www.pouet.net/prod.php?which=12036
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2NBG-sKFaB0
8088mph runs on ibm cga 4.77mhz
http://www.pouet.net/prod.php?which=65371
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yHXx3orN35Y