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Chattycast 037: Ducks in a row

It's the final episode of the Chattycast with substitute host Ozzie Mejia. So he's going out with a quack, along with the panel of Steven Wong, Daniel Perez, and Josh Hawkins. This week, the panel discusses what studio reputations means when looking at new games, games that could have benefitted from taking player feedback, and classic games that could use a sequel.

Ozzie Mejia

March 13, 2015 12:00 PM

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It's the final episode of the Chattycast with substitute host Ozzie Mejia. So he's going out with a quack, along with the panel of Steven Wong, Daniel Perez, and Josh Hawkins. This week, the panel discusses what studio reputations means when looking at new games, games that could have benefitted from taking player feedback, and classic games that could use a sequel.

Thanks as always to those who provided our topic suggestions this week: Amusatron, TraptNSuit, the man with the briefcase, and davislovestacobell. If you want see your name in lights, keep an eye on Chatty to suggest topics! And, special thanks to Chatty user dael for contributing music to the show, and to Bryan "Doctor Games" Carr for production assistance.

Off-Topic: Yesterday's Apple Watch announcement reminded the world we truly live in an age of miracles. What major events do you think will take place in the next 50 years?
Segment 1: Publisher/Studio reputations and brand names- The stupid Cities Skylines trolling with Cities XL for example. Things like Visceral taking the BF brand, but making sure everyone knows it is their work too is an interest examples of newer twists in this dilemma. Is it like Directors of films? Runs of comics? Or is attributing that much control to a studio name problematic in itself?
Segment 2: Early Access Games are really making noise this year, what games that have come out recently do you think would have benefited from having community feedback before release?
Segment 3: Games of the past that need a new sequel.
Segment 4: What is the best console game from each generation? (This week: Xbox/PlayStation 2/GameCube/Dreamcast)

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Ozzie Mejia

Senior Editor

Ozzie has been playing video games since picking up his first NES controller at age 5. He has been into games ever since, only briefly stepping away during his college years. But he was pulled back in after spending years in QA circles for both THQ and Activision, mostly spending time helping to push forward the Guitar Hero series at its peak. Ozzie has become a big fan of platformers, puzzle games, shooters, and RPGs, just to name a few genres, but he’s also a huge sucker for anything with a good, compelling narrative behind it. Because what are video games if you can't enjoy a good story with a fresh Cherry Coke?