022 - DEFCON Spark Infinity Zed

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022 - DEFCON Spark Infinity Zed

A couple of server closure announcements spark a flurry of action, before the achievements are lost to the infinite void. Randy talks with Karsten from indie developer Happy Tuesday.

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Randy aka "Crandy" - TrueAchievements - Xbox
Jo aka "angelsk" - TrueAchievements - Xbox
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0:00:00 - Intro

Crandy’s Mug: Starbucks Paris
G.R.A.W. Update
Ray Bradbury’s “A Sound of Thunder” was inspiration for Butterfly Effect
Tarragon’s 300k achievement guessing contest: angelsk (Jo) picked it, prize still up for grabs

0:11:00 - News

Capcom are doing just fine
“Done, Unlocking …” achievements all unlocked in a batch last week
Lionhead article/post-mortem: http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2016-05-12-lionhead-the-inside-story
Disney Infinity discontinuing production, two more sets to come
- http://kotaku.com/sources-the-ambitious-now-cancelled-plans-for-disney-1776370484
Project Spark subset announcement (August 12th 2016), delisted from store
- http://forums.projectspark.com/yaf_postst214854.aspx
- Complete 10 weekly challenges - GET ON THIS NOW
- Forum thank you required for Tier 1 achievement
- - Project Spark Forum Thanks Thread
- Fortnightly achievement X1/W8 might need 28 days

0:53:24 - Recap

Crandy
- Wordament Snap Attack
- - Wow, such glitch, many bug
- Guitar Grind Hero Live
- Geometry Wars
- Tomb Raider
- Saints Row 2 DE
Tarragon
- The Park
- Aquazone
- Payday 2
- Elite Dangerous
- Project Spark Windows 8 and One
- Games purchased this week: 0 - did buy in game currency for Elite though
Fream
- Project Spark
- Knight Squad
- Geometry Wars
- Plants Vs. Zombies: Garden Warfare 2
- Disney Infinity 2.0
- Fable Heroes
- Left 4 Dead 2

1:19:58 - Listener Feedback

Dan Tate - Day One Console is fine … oh wait
- Don’t position your console vertically, it’s not designed for it: https://support.xbox.com/xbox-one/console/position-console
Montana97 - last full price game that didn’t trigger instant regret
NBA Kirkland, McLovinLegend1 on Fream’s bike accident
Handydarkness - Sega Mega Drive UC and Sonic’s Ultimate Genesis Collection will allow play of Sonic 1, 2, 3 and the delisted Golden Axe XBLA titles via Backwards Compability
Fream’s Feed: 130+ comments!?
Jjaldana - Australia Dark Souls
Big Ell, MightyMango - Crandy’s completion percentage
The Nyghty - Crandy, antisocial?
Big Ell - If everything could be unlocked like Fallout 3 PC, would you?
McLovinLegend1 - Assassin’s Creed Trailer
Leaderboard Feedback
Decoy1982 - Community Let’s Play
- Skreens

2:07:06 - Interview with Karsten from Happy Tuesday

2:52:28 - GamerScore Boot Camp: The Park

The Park on TrueAchievements
Maka’s Guide: 100% Speed Run for The Park

2:54:35 - Knobs and Discos

The Hight-Parking achievement in Trucking 3D (Win 8) fixed
Project Spark sunsetting August 12th 2016, delisted
Warning regarding Disney Infinity online and community achievements
Disney Infinity Toy Box (Win8) Disney account connectivity dead
Three/Fourths Home achievements completely broken now?
- Thanks Tim Blair and KaibaChaos for the heads up

2:59:53 - Game Delays and Backwards Compatibility

Mass Effect Andromeda delayed to 2017
BC:
- Frogger 2
- Puzzlegeddon
- Faery: Legends of Avalon
- Final Fight: Double Impact
- Deus Ex: Human Revolution

3:03:45 - Zombie News Corner

Dead of Winter: The Long Night expansion
Dead Island Retro Revenge
Undead Labs: State of Decay contest (ends May 15th)

: - Outro

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Marching sound by WebbFilmsUK
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