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May 4, 2016

020 - That Ol’ Pax Aroma

Damien (Spazpol) joins us to talk about his experiences at PAX East 2016.

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Opening/closing music: "Jive Bot" by Jake Kaufman from the game Mighty Switch Force! developed and published by WayForward Technologies

Gamerscore Boot Camp music: "Tally Screen" by Jake Kaufman from the game Mighty Switch Force! 2 developed and published by WayForward Technologies

All audio production and podcast backend support provided by Tarragon Allen.

Hosts:

Brandon Fream aka "Freamwhole" - TrueAchievements - Xbox

Tarragon Allen aka "zzUrbanSpaceman" - TrueAchievements - Xbox

Randy aka "Crandy" - TrueAchievements - Xbox

Damien aka “Spazpol” - TrueAchievements - Xbox

0:00:00 - Intro

0:15:42 - Talking Zeds: Pax with Damien

  • Instant  messaging
  • Aroma
  • History
  • Xbox booth
    • Cuphead
    • Gears of War 4
  • The Behemoth
    • Pit people
  • Gearbox
    • Panel
    • Battleborn
    • Rock Band is dead to me (and so is Gearbox and Harmonix [Rock Band 4 is still dead to me])
    • Borderlands 3 (what a surprise)
  • Jackbox team
    • PAX community Quiplash
  • Indie booths
    • Tinybuild - Speedrunners
    • Patching on Xbox is hard
    • Flinthook
    • Bad history with indie on Xbox 360
    • Piranaking - Lastfight
    • Deathstate
    • Forced: Showdown
    • Buy Madden, keep EA alive
  • Major Nelson Podcast (don’t ask about day one consoles)
    • Overwatch beta
  • Twitch lines - Midipaw
  • Lines to trade Pokemon cards with Midipaw
  • Midipaw
  • Overwatch demo - Midipaw?
    • Press vs. gamers
  • Capybara Games - Below - Xbox One (semi?) exclusive
  • Compulsion Games - We Happy Few
  • Daedalic - Air
  • Ron Gilbert and Gary Winnick (Monkey Island devs) - Thimbleweed Park
  • Death Road to Canada
    • Shovelware Cemetery

1:32:10 - Recap

 

  • More notes to come

 

2:02:30 - News

2:34:55 - Listener Feedback

3:02:17 - GamerScore Boot Camp

3:05:05 - Knobs & Discos

3:06:20 - Backwards Compatibility and Game Delays

3:08:55 - Zombie News Corner

3:10:36 - Code Giveaways

3:12:10 - Outro

 

Glossary of Xbox Gamerscore and achievement jargon and terms: http://zedtozed.com/xbox-gamerscore-and-achievement-glossary