AGP#047 – E3 2014 and a Mitch Dyer Reunion

We didn’t do any E3 coverage on the blog this year, but seeing as
I’m now rooming with former Ani-Gamers Podcast co-host Mitch Dyer
(a.k.a. MitchyD), I figured “why not get Mitch on to talk about
E3?” Topics include Nintendo goggles, the “difficulty” of adding
women to video games, space simulation games both real (No Man’s
Sky) and vapor (Infinity), and Smash Bros: MUGEN Edition. Show
notes and links after the break.


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(Runtime: 52 minutes)




Opening Song: “Read Or Die Theme”
by Taku Iwasaki (our old opening music from back when
Mitch co-hosted!)

Our guest is IGN Editor and former Ani-Gamers Podcast
co-host Mitch Dyer.

We talk about E3 2014, the huge
annual video game trade show in Los Angeles.

Nintendo showed off Super Smash Bros.
(new characters: Palutena, Mii Fighter, and Pac-Man), a
new open-world Legend of Zelda
game, Toad’s Treasure
Tracker, and Splatoon.

Mitch’s favorite game at the show was Rainbow
Six: Siege, the demo of which sparked an outrage
about female representation in games.

Ubisoft’s Assassin’s Creed: Unity has
four playable co-op characters, all of whom are dudes,
prompting MORE gender representation controversy.

Mitch liked Battlefield: Hardline,
a.k.a. “Battlefield: Cops & Robbers.”


No Man’s Sky is a cool procedurally
generated space exploration game. Infinity
is a still-in-development game (not shown at E3, just
something Evan likes) with a similar concept, but a more
realistic art style.

We loop back and chat about Super Smash
Bros. again.

In the outro we name drop Star Wars:
Battlefront and Mirror’s Edge 2,
two games that EA teased but didn’t have full trailers for.

Check out Mitch’s stuff at IGN (IGN Arena
is his new MOBA podcast) and Rebel FM.


Otaku USA
Magazine: Evan and Ink wrote
articles for the new issue (cover is JoJo’s Bizarre
Adventure). Evan wrote about Yuyushiki and Red
Data Girl (that one was supposed to be in the last
issue) and Ink wrote about Problem Children Are Coming
From Another World, Aren’t They? (it’s credited as “Evan
Minto” but it’s really Ink)


Twitter: Ani-Gamers, Evan, Mitch

Email us at podcast@anigamers.com!


Ending Song: “WORLD END (Instrumental)” by
FLOW (our old ending music!)