Final Score: Recent Episodes
Scott Johnson
On this episode of The Final Score, Scott not that pumped about Velocity. Brian loves monsters. Nicole is tired. MMO update! Also, what about esports as a thing in the future? emails and tweets! Speedball 2 is our old school pick this week, and more!
On this episode of The Final Score, Scott plays yet more Diablo III. Brian Splatters stuff all over the place. Nicole gets her Devil on the case. Politics of games. Take the money and RUN is our old school pick this week, and more!
On this episode of The Final Score Scott continues his love affair with Rogue Legacy, Brian Mounts his Friends and Nicole puts her games list in at the last second. Gamescom so far and TMNT: Turtles In Time is our old school pick this week, and more!
On this episode of The Final Score, Scott spends time dancing in the crypt. Brian puts on his Secret Poncho. Nicole really likes video games. What happens when Nintendo loses one of their best online voices? Your TWEETS! Pepsiman is our old school pick this week, and more!
On this episode of The Final Score, Scott's inner child gets some light. Brian plays swords with poker chips. Nicole found her Destiny. SDCC stuff from Nintendo. Looney Toons B-Ball is our old school pick this week, and more!
On this episode of The Final Score, Scott is all up in Blizzard's grill. Brian wants his Hero to Rise. Nicole wend hunting for the cheives! Sony says hi to WiiU users. MS is planning on firing people. NVidia is doing weird things. PSN sale is pretty good. Gamespot is doing ok with digital. Planet of the Apes is our old school pick this week, and more!
On this episode of The Final Score, Scott commits some Original Sin. Q-Bert is not as good as you think it is. Warlocks are rad. Brian has a risk of rain. The wolf is no longer among Nicole. Alien star comes back to Alien. MS wants to give you 75 bucks. Kids react to game boys. The Steam sale happened. Star Castle is our old school pick this week, and more!
On this episode of The Final Score Scott finds his Destiny, Brian Kills The Bad Guy and Nicole likes to keep her gameplay secret. Rock N' Roll Racing is our old school pick this week, and more!
On this episode of The Final Score is our old school pick this week, we play with our Pets, Wildstar is still playing things, Defiance goes free, Wolfenstien is way too much fun, all the E3 talk you can stand, and more!
On this episode of The Final Score, Wildstar is Scott's cup of tea, brian plays a lot of old (mostly free) crap, Nicole is still watching those Dogs, PSP goes to the grave, Nintendo might have stuff up their sleeves, EA says no to your faces, Luigi Death Stare might make us all by Wii U's, Splatterhouse is our old school pick this week, and more!
On this episode of The Final Score, Brian has blood on his hands, Scott has demons on his, Nicole is hacking the system, Minecraft is coming to PS4 people, Steam losing Steam till 2015, Battlefield takes the Hardline, Goats get Bricks, The Order is out of Order, Preditor is our old school pick this week, and more!
On this episode of The Final Score, Scott likes Dungelot 2 a LOT, we get to Flocking, brian joins the brotherhood, PS4 gets all beta like up in here, Steam in home streaming is here and it's here now, Destiny up for preorder and beta soon on PS4, Xbox One getting external HD support, Blizzard wants to show you the ropes, Dell says things are expensive, playing girls in games, Dragon Spirit is our old school pick this week, and more!
On this episode of The Final Score, Mario has a nice swing, Wildstar gone wild, Godzilla and Brian are hanging out, Nicole is playing Strep 2000, MS changes gold stuff, Nintendo might be talking about a new console already, Unreal will be rad again, E3 is coming fast, Russian games are fun, Kung-Fu Master is our old school pick this week, and more!
On this episode of The Final Score, let's play ghosts and do some recon, endless legend is endless fun, brian get's RED for free, Dark Souls 2 is here, GameStop loses some ground, PS4 update is a big deal, Minecraft wants saves to be easy, China and video game consoles, emails, Pilotwings is our old school pick this week, and more!
On this episode of The Final Score, no sleep HS iPad mode, Hledric is weird, Nitendo said no to Skylanders, Sony to dump its Square Enix stock, Gold Rush is ON!, ComixZone is our old school pick this week, and more!
On this episode of The Final Score, Scott has a serious Diablo problem, a little Hawken never hurt anyone, Brian really likes his zambies, Civ Beyond Earth is beyond exciting, a new PAX moving to the south, lots of steam games never get played, still watching Watch Dogs, VR emails, old castlevania games are fun, Castlevania II is our old school pick this week, and more!
On this episode of The Final Score, we all spend some time reaping some souls, scott has a second son, facebook bought oculus, PS-Now invites are going out already, Xbox One rep warnings, EA does things still, Civ V gets a great Blizzard mod, how much trouble is Nintendo in, 2D plaformers are still cool, Star Wars: TIE Fighter is our old school pick this week, and more!
On this episode of The Final Score, Scott sees the last light, Brian likes to play robot games, Nicole is still playing in the desert, Sony gets all Morpheus on us, GDC had some stuff at it, Nintendo polls are interesting, EA site got hacked, Peter Molyneux is the most qoutable guy ever, good people in games, Rule of Rose is our old school pick this week, and more!
On this episode of The Final Score, Scott keeps falling off a tower, ESO beta is for Brian, Nicole finally sees the brilliance of Legends, Canada to pay more for PS4, PC drivers coming for Xbox One controller, Steams new controller looks more like a 360 controller, EA crossing the ad line, Popcap hit with layoffs, EA is now Neutral, we give away a ton of codes, Impossible Mission is our old school pick this week, and more!
On this episode of The Final Score, A Dead Nation is a Free Nation, Nicole is a lord of shadow, Playstation us losing Tretton, Nintendo is giving things away, GameSpot playing games with us, not dead yet said OnLive, big update brings Spark to Xbox1, Sega / Nintendo movie, Yars Revenge is our old school pick this week, and more!
On this episode of The Final Score, Scott feels Banished, Brian is a first time Mech Lover, DS stuff is going away soon, so is COD Elite, Ken Levine gets a little Irrational, Death Star questions, Killer Instinct is our old school pick this week, and more!
On this episode of The Final Score, can't get enough of the giant mechs, risks of rain means a path to exile, Brian is involved in gratuitous space battles, Nicole will never not be playing Borderlands 2, Halo 2 aniversary is being made, the GOOD dungeon keeper is free right now, PS4 and XBOX are weird, Manic Miner is our old school pick this week, and more!
On this episode of The Final Score, Hawken finds a new home, Loadout is fun and funny, Scott looks into the Grim Dawn, back to Reckoning, more rust for Brian, Nicole is deep into stories now, no Titans without Origin, Ouya is a cheap shot, steam gets into the recently added, Dungeon Keeper is horrible, Penis Brothers unite, emails, Missle Command is our old school pick this week, and more!
On this episode of The Final Score, we talk about a load of games we played this week, Vita goes on a diet, Nintendo CEO had things to say, Madden superbowl prediction, Frogpants Gaming and where we are headed, Aladdin for the Sega Mega Drive is our old school pick this week, and more!
On this episode of The Final Score, it's a Banner Day, scott gets rusty, brian can't stop playing dumb mobile games, Sony and MS are up to something, Dev Days is interesting, Valve like to pay people for making things, Qix is our old school pick this week, and more!
On this episode of The Final Score, lots of games getting played, Sony Now is a thing, Rambo games, Occulous looking nice at CES, Fallout is our old school pick this week, and more!
On this episode of The Final Score, our PS4 controllers look nice on PC's, Brian finally eats a Nintendo breakfast, porn use on consoles, Sony wants you to emulate their games, Wii U hacked, stuff was down over the week, CES is coming next week, why we need to play Marvel Heroes again, Bubble Bobble is our old school pick this week, and more!
On this episode of The Final Score, we talk about our best games of the year, and you have to just sit there and take it!
On this episode of The Final Score, betas all around, nicole still loves Borderlands 2, a bunch of news, Night into Dreams is our old school pick this week, and more!
On this episode of The Final Score, Scott goes Starbound and finds a Link between two worlds, Brian likes his fake Zelda, Nicole has things to say about stuff, Fallout 4 fallout, we have a destiny next september, Luigi died, Sony has another resent, PS4 and Xbox One numbers, Yoshi's Island 2 is our old school pick this week, and more!
On this episode of The Final Score, the latest AC is really really good, lots of PS4 games are being played, Xbox One launches, the State of Decay on PC, Valve wants to give you things, our 3DS wants and needs, 11th Hour is our old school pick this week, and more!
On this episode of The Final Score, we teach you How to Survive, HD is not really what Nintendo cares about, PS3 free to play, MS putting focus back on gaming, No more WII, Uninvited is our old school pick this week, and more!
On this episode of The Final Score, Stanley has something for all of us, DF-9 is fun in space, gotta catch em all, Devil May Cry for Brian, Sony is rolling out and fast, Nintendo has a bad bug, what you eat when you play, Sunset Riders is awesome for old school, and more!
On this episode of The Final Score, we help goats escape, life goes on for Brian, Eric joins us, PS4 was probably packed by little Chinese kids, a reason to get a PS4 on launch day, EarthBound is our old school pick this week, and more!
On this episode of The Final Score, Tiny Deathstar will ruin us all, the PSN app will be interesting, Valve trademarks Half-Life 3, Tom Clancy is no longer with us, Ubisoft and Nvidia get closer, Steam Machine stuff happening, Metal Slug is our old school pick this week, and more!
On this episode of The Final Score, Rayman still has it, Fly'n through our PC's, Nintendo loses the old guard, GTA is better on disk, PS4 will let you record over HDMI, upgrade programs are good, let's share our games, 3 Ninjas Kick Back for the SNES is our old school pick this week, and more!
On this episode of The Final Score, wow patches and spelunky keep scott happy, brian is digging on more demos, GTA5 pre-release download delay gets under some people's skin, Nintendo gets to keep using motion control, MS really wants you to play games on a Surface, Final Fantasy defense, Utopia is our old school pick this week, and more!
On this episode of The Final Score, Spelunky, Dream Team, Scribble Shooter, Gone Home, Yesterday, MORE hearthstone, Nintendo releases the 2DS, Saints Row 4 is doing just fine on the charts, Xbox Life Marketplace gets a new and better name, Nintendo drops the WiiU price by a good measure, Paperboy gets the Old School treatment, emails and more!
The games panel at Nerdtacular 2013, with lots of guests, including Scott, Nicole, and Brian!
TFS 106 - How deep is that doughnut?
TFS 106 - How deep is that doughnut?
Sleeping Dogs, Personal 4 Golden on VITA, Stealth Bastard PC
BRIAN:
Cars 2 (PS3), TF2 (steam/linux), MineCraft 64bit (steam/linux), Street Fighter (PS3)
NICOLE: Finished LBP Vita, Tiny & Big: Grandpas Leftovers (thanks Brian!), new DLC for Borderlands 2
Congrats to our first Steam player of the Month - Schädling (aka Marc)
News
Gas Powered Games is going out of business if their KS does not succeed.
This makes scott sad.
http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/gaspoweredgames/wildman-an-evolutionary-action-rpg/posts/388863
THQ auction happened: Other people own their stuff now.
"Crytek acquired the rights to Homefront for US$544,218.
Koch Media acquired Metro for $5.88 million (Ubisoft bid US$5.175 million). Koch also acquired Volition (Saints Row) for $22.3 million.
Ubisoft acquired THQ’s Montreal studio along with IPs 1666 and Underdog for $2.5 million. It also purchased the publishing rights to South Park: The Stick of Truth for US$3.3 million, although that sale is being contested by South Park Studios.
Sega acquired Relic Entertainment for US$26.6 million. Zenimax Media (Bethesda, Arcane Studios, and more) just missed out here with a bid of US$26.3 million.
Take Two Interactive acquired the publishing rights to Turtle Rock Studios' Evolve for US$10.89 million."
http://www.gameplanet.co.nz/news/1020911.20130124.THQ-auction-results-Relic-to-Sega-Volition-and-Metro-to-Koch-and-more-Updated-/
Sleeping Dogs, Lord of The Rings, FTL Sins of some kind of empire, Kingdom Hearts, All Stars, Secret World, a look at Valves steam box, NVIDIA has some cool ideas too, we all want the Oculous Rift, the downfall of Bioware, Frogger, and MORE!
On this episode, we tackle the big question: What were the best games we played in 2012, and why! Hop in! The water's fine!
On this episode of The Final Score, Scott is a stealthy bastard, Brian is tapped out, and nicole likes ponies. Also, Baldurs Gate EE is out on iPad today, Halo made a crap ton of cash, our first video game memories, BeyondPod gets examined, Windwaker is our Old School pick, and MORE, on this episode of The Final Score.
TFS 94 - Kirby will eat you!
Come to the dark side...ers II, OnLive thing becomes more understandable, uncharted movie gets some DUMB writers, Diablo Freak OUT, modder fixes Dark Souls on PC, Happy 20 years, Kirby, new MMO's, Old School is Jak and Daxter, and MORE!
Final Score 80 - Vita? Sure, what the heck.
Whole lot of Vita launch talk today, including other bits and things. But yeah, LOTS of Vita.
Final Score 79 - The Italian Batalion
Reckoning is good, Hero Academy is still good, Minecraft, TOR, Shank 2, Double Fine and big money, you chime in on your worst game mechanics, regarding Sony, waveband correction, Space Ace and still ace, a correction on our own intro, SuperFrog, and MORE!
Final Score 77 - Points...in SPACE!
MS going away from points, ME3 has a new trailer for multiplayer, some good points about bandwidth in a digital world, blizzcon not happening, and a look back at Paper Mario!
Final Score 76 - There will be a Reckoning
We talk about Reckoning a bit, with a big interview with Curt Schilling on the backend of the show, a bunch of games we're playing, we take your calls, talk about patching in the current gen, ESA backing out of SOPA, Resident Evil 6 news, Battletoads, and MORE!
Final Score 75 - Can no one turn off that Valve?
We are back, and we have some new ways of doing stuff, so get on in here. Talk of Valve never having a bad year, Kuma/War dude is busted, new consoles coming in June, all the games we are playing right now, and an oldschool look at Super Star Wars Return of the Jedi for the SNES. Join us!
Final Score 41 - Third time's the charm
We've been playing Killzone 3, Stacking, BattleHeart, About a Blob, Minecraft and more! Plus, the Hero games taking a dive at Activision, Magicka success, and TONS more in this episode of The Final Score.
Final Score 35 - Best of the year. We break down what we thought were the best games, moments, and platforms of the year!
Final Score 33 - There's another Blizzard outside With Scott Johnson, Nicole Spag and Brian Dunaway.
Final Score 30 - "Downloadable Future". Talking about the future of DLC, who wins on the PC over time, and what GameStop has to say about it. That, along with all our other content, including a nice hard look at Black Ops.
Final Score 28 - "A very MOVING episode" Welcome to episode 28! We start things off talking about a LOAD of games we’ve played since we last spent time in your ears. Nicole fills us in on Blizzcon, and we learn the terrible truth about 3D glasses.
NEWS:
Games for Windows Marketplace gets competitive, relaunching Nov. 15. Champions Online goes free in Q1. Among many other news bits.