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Eight Bit is a show about gaming news, gaming hardware, gaming reviews, and pretty much anything that starts with gaming, hosted by Ian Buck and Ian Decker.
Ian Buck and Ian Decker discuss Nintendo's future DRM-strategy, Fallout 4, Twitch's new reduced delay setting, Candy Crush Saga on Windows 10, the high hardware requirements of the Oculus Rift and more!
Ian Buck and Ian Decker, with first time guest Cory Lau, discuss the DirectX multi-adapter, a Hearthstone milestone, a Magicka 2 trailer, the next Assassin's Creed, and reviews of The Talos Principle, Nidhogg and Hitman: GO.
Ian Buck and Ian Decker with returning guest Andrew Bailey discuss the failure of Ouya, Banjo-Kazooie's spiritual successor - Yooka-Laylee, Valve's rollback on paid mods, a fancy preview of Final Fantasy 15 on DirectX 12
Ban Iuck and Dan Iecker with guest Rai Tielle, discuss the Valve Workshop uproar, secret Microsoft technologies, the launch of Galactic Civilizations III in just a couple weeks, a Telltale Marvel game in 2017, the Trans community in gaming, plus reviews of Final Fantasy 14 and Hearthstone Blackwing Lair.
Ian Buck and Ian Decker discuss Heartstone on smartphones -- finally, Valve's crusade against spam and fake accounts, Anita Sarkeesian in TIME, Firefly Online's progress, Star Wars Battlefront coming in the fall, speaking of which, that new Star Wars trailer, and a review of Hearthstone’s Blackrock Spire.
Ian Buck and Ian Decker discuss how Five Nights at Freddy's is turning into a movie, the new Star Wars Movie Digital Collection, Deus Ex: Mankind Divided, a unique take on the video game industry, and a few unusual reviews - movie reviews!
It's April Fool's Week with Ian Buck and Ian Decker, with sort of guest Ryan Rampersad, with discussion on positive representations of females in games, a solution for no problem in Plays.TV, a pretty huge YouTube vulnerability patched just in time, the closure of OnLive, and many reviews!
Ian Buck and Ian Decker, with first time guest Liv Klemek, discuss The Game of Thrones adaptation deviation, the false report of a Zelda live-action series, a Twitch security breach, and YouTube's next try at game-streaming, a strange Halo game that will only be available in Russia, with reviews on Never Alone.
Ian Buck and Ian Decker discuss Valve's customer support, Nintendo's plan to make games for mobile devices, age ratings for Play Store games, a pretty special musical puzzle game called Cadence, walkthroughs of Star Citizen ships and a review from Ian.
With guest Andrew Bailey, Ian Buck and Ian Decker discuss Star Citizen, Cibele - a game of developing sexuality, free Titanfall DLC, the demise of Maxis, and reviews of République, Enslaved, Trivia Crack and Crossy Road!
Ian Buck and Ian Decker discuss Nvidia's new Titan X and the Shield console, Valve's latest version of Steam controller, the release of Source 2 Engine, a little story about No Man's Sky, Sony's Morpheus timeline, the future of Microsoft and Xbox and so much more!
Ian Buck and Ian Decker discuss the Valve and HTC's new joint adventure with HTC's new Vive VR headset, a false advertising lawsuit aimed at Nvidia's 970's, broadband reclassification, the best games for change, Twitch Plays Halo, and more!
Ian Buck and Ian Decker review viewer feedback and discuss crowd funded games, a Steam record set, Paranautical Activity's return to Steam, the balance in Evolve, an ambiguous TwitchCon and an Eight Bit First - a review of the Nvidia Shield tablet.
Ian Buck and Ian Decker with guests Katie Reddemann and Sonja Richardson discuss Towerfall's new characters, stolen Uplay and Origin game codes, the new Daybreak Games' layoffs, Bethesda and Nintendo's return to E3 and reviews of Evolve and Game of Thrones Episode 2.
Ian Buck and Ian Decker discuss (live on their Twitch stream) a suspicious backdoor into League of Legends accounts, Polygon's noble pursuit of gaming journalism, Sony Online Entertainment's sudden selloff and rebranding, The Legend of Zelda's new home on Netflix and the DICE Awards!
Ian Buck and Ian Decker talk the greatest episode on The Nexus ever - TED #2, and everyone's new Twitch stream, and discuss Nintendo's revised affiliate program, a guide to game streaming online, Greece's new finance minister, the demise of Joystiq plus reviews of Mr Torgue's Campaign of Carnage and Tales from the Borderlands.
Ian Buck and Ian Decker discuss Civilization on the iPad - coming soon, Steam broadcasting's availability to everyone, Theme Hospital giveaway and Microsoft's comeback: Windows 10, Xbox and their vision of the future with HoloLens.
Ian Buck and Ian Decker, with returning guest Katie Reddemann, discuss Notch's mansion housewarming party, safe Twitch music, Razer's virtual reality initiative, and a review of Brothers - A Tale of Two Sons from Buck.
Ian Buck and Ian Decker look back on 2014 and think about what 2015 will bring, and then some of Eight Bit's most popular guests, Sonja, Andrew and Savannah, stop by to chat.
On the last episode before New Year's, Ian Buck and Ian Decker discuss Humble Bundle charity contributions, Hearthstone on Android, news about The Witcher 3, and Notch's new mega-mansion, plus a review of Telltale's Game of Thrones Episode 1.
Ian Buck and Ian Decker discuss pushing The Witcher 3 back yet again, Microsoft's timed exclusive of Rise of the Tomb Raider on Xbox One, EA's SimCity 2000 giveaway, Sony in China, the Steam holiday auction, Mass Effect comics and more!
Ian Buck and Ian Decker discuss more Evolve news, Guild Wars 2 PVP updates, the next Assassin's Creed, a pretty musical Saint's Row trailer, and all of the exciting choices made at the Game Awards!
Ian Buck and Ian Decker discuss the new Star Wars trailer and what it all means, then some news including a weird Oculus Rift experiment, Nintendo patents a way to print money, and some reviews on Codename Cygnus and the Forgotten Shores!
Ian Buck and Ian Decker discuss the Walmart PS4 scams, clever DRM-detection, the strange Hacker Barbie phenomena, reviews of TwoDots from Buck and the initial review of Far Cry 4 from Decker!
Ian Buck and Ian Decker discuss a real game developer on the show, and discuss the Telltale Game of Thrones game, the new Monument Valley expansion, Nvidia's GRID system, a VGA-alternative and a review of Smite.
Ian Buck and Ian Decker discuss the future of Destiny, more Dragon Age and Far Cry 4 trailers, a new StarCraft 2 game, and reviews of Among the Sleep DLC and the sort-of-mini-game, The Plan.
Ian Buck and Ian Decker discuss the new shirtless policy on Twitch, the release of Lucasarts games, impressive profits for Nintendo for the first time in years ,some Kentucky Route Zero news and a review of the classic, Audiosurf.
Ian Buck and Ian Decker discuss a Steam death threat, some new GTX 900 series features, a new Titanfall game mode, the next Living World installment in Guild Wars 2, the new Google Knowledge Graph showing game information, the Golden Joystick results, and Buck's review of Badland.
Ian Buck and Ian Decker discuss more GamerGate developments, a new Civilization: Beyond Earth cinematic, the winner of the League of Legends World Championship, a strange Half Life 3 ad campaign, a look back at Mass Effect and reviews of Assassin's Creed Pirates and Octodad DLC.
Ian Buck returns from St. Petersburg and joins Ian Decker to follow up on feedback and discuss the Xbox China launch, a new Myst TV show and game tie-in, the next step from the Niantic team and a review of Smash Hit from Buck.
Ian Decker interviews first time guest JPM and discusses Final Fantasy and the music of JRPGs, and then Ryan Rampersad joins Ian for headlines including Steam scams, Joystick awards, potential Guild Wars news, more FarCry 4 trailers, Wrack, and so much more!
Ian Buck and Ian Decker discuss Wander - the new "walking simulator MMO", a new Far Cry 4 trailer, Blizzard's canceled MMO that almost nobody knew of, singificant end game updates for Ingress, the Steam Store's major revamp, a new #Classics segment and a review of The Vanishing of Ethan Carter.
Ian Buck and Ian Decker discuss the big Microsoft-Mojang acquisition, Twitch on Chromecast, a new Oculus Rift development kit, Nvidia's Game24 and the announcement of the new GTX 900 series, and reviews of The Room and South Park: The Stick Of Truth.
Ian Buck and Ian Decker celebrate Sam Roth's birthday, and discussing an impressive Dark Souls feat, League retexturing, the Humble Indie Bundle 12, an unexpected Microsoft-Minecraft announcement, the consumer Oculus Rift, and reviews on Saint’s Row IV and Monument Valley.
Ian Buck and Ian Decker discuss the third Walking Dead season, a pretty cool map of Destiny's world, the Gear VR from Samsung at IFA 2014, a huge event from Nvidia called Game24 and the advent of the GTX 900 series, and reviews from both!
Ian Buck (in Sweden) and Ian Decker with returning guest Sonja Richardson discuss Microsoft's next cloud gaming platform, Amazon's the true owner of Twitch, release dates for the next Pokemon games and Kingdom Hearts 3, Nintendo's revised 3DS handhelds, and a review The Walking Dead Season 2 Finale!
Back for another camp episode, Ian Buck and Ian Decker discuss Twitch-YouTube annotations, a Tomb Raider novel, a Witcher MOBA, a last ditch effort from Ouya, Steam's summer sale and reviews of Dragon Age 2 and "A Story About My Uncle".
Ian Buck and Ian Decker return for their last major hurrah of the Summer, with many stories about camp, thoughts on E3 and some actual game time and a bit of news here and there.
Ian Buck and Ian Decker with returning guest Savannah Haslow discuss the Ian Challenge!, as well Sony's plans to bring gaming to China, a Ubisoft PR stunt gone wrong, a joint effort among Samsung, Facebook and Oculus, Nintendo's revised Let's Play policy, a discussion on Bethesda's BattleCry and reviews of VVVVV and The Wolf Among Us Episode 4.
Ian Buck and Ian Decker along with frequently returning guest Ryan Rampersad and Sonja Richardson discuss the next iteration of PlayStation Now, screenshots from The Forest, a new RTS called Offworld Trading Company, game Steam streaming for everyone, Evolve's release date, a brief review from Buck on The Walking Dead 2 Episode 3 and a long review from Ryan on Transistor.
Ian Buck and returning guests Ryan Rampersad and Matthew Petschl discuss the latest new G-Sync alternative standard called Adaptive Sync, Microsoft's relaxation of Xbox Live Gold requirements, the unveiling of FarCry4 (before E3 no less), the revelation of Halo 5: Guardians coming in Fall 2015, and breaking news from YouTube and Twitch.
Ian Buck, Ian Decker, returning guests Savannah Haslow and Ryan Rampersad discuss Nintendo news, Ingress' new levels, the upcoming game - Transistor, a new puzzle game called Engare, the Xbox One's price reduction, new Pokemon games and a review from Ian Buck on Kentucky Route Zero: Act 3.
Ian Buck and Ian Decker celebrate Star Wars day and discuss a Carmack scandal, a new Call of Duty, EVE Online's community beer extravaganza, a tiny stopgap to combat GameSpy's dissolution, and the long awaited review of Borderlands 2 from Buck and Decker.
Ian Buck, Ian Decker and returning guest Katie Reddemann discuss the re-release of famous Humongous Games, the new Dragon Age Inquisition trailer, a unique take on microtransactions in H1Z1, Denmark in Minecraft, and reviews: Katie reviews South Park: The Stick of Truth, Buck reviews Thinking With Time Machine and Decker reviews Deus Ex: Human Revolution.
Ian Buck and Ian Decker discuss Steam statistics, the most iconic Game Soundtrack ever, a new Location-based AR game called Run an Empire, reviews of The Wolf Among Us Episode 3 from Buck and the Goat Simulator from Decker and so much more.
Ian Buck and Ian Decker talk about AMD's beast video card to rival Nvidia's Titan Z, The Last of Us remastered for PS4, a new Borderlands game, the next Super Smash Bros, and reviews of Amnesia Fortnight 2014 and BioShock Infinite Burial At Sea Episode 2 from Buck.
Ian Buck and Ian Decker return this week with their commentary on the Fire TV and its gaming capabilities, a recreated Half-Life 2 level in UE3, the demise of GameSpy, a barrage of April Fools' jokes and so much more.
Ian Buck and Katie Reddemann discuss the surprise Oculus VR acquisition by Facebook, the insanely expensive Titan Z, an innovative system for replayable narratives by Ken Levine and Katie and Ian review the IP of the future, Titanfall!
Ian Buck and Ian Decker discuss the strange licensing model for Unreal Engine 4, EA's already getting ready for Titanfall 2, Sony's entry in the VR race - Project Morpheus, a new version of the Oculus Rift, a review of Stargate SG-1: Unleashed and Indie Game: the Movie by Buck and then some Voice Acting.
Ian Decker and the returning Ian Buck discuss the Witcher 3's delay, new support for CryEngine on Linux, Valve's new OpenGL translator and Valve's revised controller, Nvidia 800M series mobile graphics, a strange looking Amazon-related gaming controller, some more details on PlayStation now, and a review of The Walking Dead 2 Episode 2 from Buck.
While Buck is on "Spring Break 2014", Ian Ducker with first time guest Austin Conrad discuss Ouya's new gameplan, the next Batman game - Arkham Knight, details on Gabe Newell's latest AMA, the exciting Twitch SDK for mobile devices, the oddity of Shaqfu, an intense discussion on TCG-based video games (including Hearthstone) and Decker's review of Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine.
Ian Buck and Ian Decker with first time guest Sonja Richardson discuss the Portal board game, Twitch streaming support on the Xbox One coming very soon, a live action Minecraft movie, the first TPP success and the next game, Sonja's new $700 computer and a brief review on The Walking Dead 2 Episode 2.
Ian Buck and Ian Decker discuss dubstep in the new game Chroma, the winding down of Irrational Games, more Titanfall details, the Kinect's remote, an Oculus Rift convention near you, a review of The Walking Dead 400 Days DLC from Buck and more!
Ian Buck and Ian Decker with first time guest Max Marti discuss the Flappy Birth phenomena and its abrupt end, the slim PS Vita in North America for just $200, a Twitch channel for playing Pokemon Red, Steam's new user tags, a review of the Titanfall beta along with Decker's review of Jazzpunk and Buck's review of The Wolf Among Us Episode 2.
Ian Decker returns to the United States and joins Ian Buck and returning guest Declan McCrory and discusses the Double Helix acquisition, the first Oculus exclusive, the upcoming standalone DLC for AC4 - Freedom Cry, the DICE awards and reviews on Rouge Legacy from Declan and Octodad: Dadliest Catch from Buck.
Sam Roth and first time guest Ian Buck discuss a new Dreamcast game on Kickstarter, a bill to fix Iowa's gaming tournament circuit, a new Duke Nukem game that is starting to brew, a gigantic EVE Online battle, Nintendo's pending changes and new direction in the future and a little review from Buck on World of Warplanes.
Ian Buck with guest host Katie Reddemann discuss Sony's saved data corruption problem and the upcoming Vita Slim, Microsoft's next effort to reduce the price of their online games, the saga of the Candy trademark and reviews of World of Tanks from Ian and Brothers: A Tale of Two Sons from Katie.
Ian Buck and Ian Decker with returning guest Andrew Bailey discuss Steam for the Oculus Rift, GameFace running on Android, another augmented reality game tying into Endgame, Gabe Newell's selfie, Nintendo's losses, news from Steam Dev Days and a reviews of Broken Age from Andrew and Ingress from Buck.
Ian Buck and Ian Decker with returning guest Katie Reddemann discuss Steam's now active family and friends game library sharing feature, console units sold from Microsoft and Sony, Valve's upcoming Virtual Reality SDK and news from CES such as Razer's modular but proprietary PC, the updated Oculus Rift and so much more.
Ian Buck and Ian Decker discuss the China's Ministry of Culture's decision on Battlefield 4, the introduction SphereChess, Titanfall's lack of modding tools at launch, a review of "Fly, Catbug, Fly" from Ian Buck.
On the final episode of Eight Bit in 2013, Ian Buck and Ian Decker commit final reviews of Assassin's's Creed 4 and Far Cry 3, and then proceed to the Eight Bit Gaming Awards.
Ian Buck and Ian Decker with first time guest Martin Worely-Myers discuss the new Xbox One, along with initial Steam Machine videos, an interesting Super Smash Bros. mod, early access to DayZ for just $30, Obsidian's impending Kickstarter, more on the YouTube ContentID scandal, eight bit gift giving and so much more!
Ian Buck and Ian Decker discuss YouTube sudden onset rampant kinda-but-not-really-DMCA takedowns of videos with game footage and music, the setting of Fallout 4, the release date for Firefly Online, the Valve Steam Machine beta-units shipping, the SteamOS release and so much more.
Ian Buck and Ian Decker review the results of the still-Hollywood style VGX awards, discuss the 2.1 million PS4 units sold so far, Destiny's release pushback, confirmation of the Game of Thrones game by Telltale and the impending release of The Walking Dead season 2, and so much more.
Ian Buck and Ian Decker discuss the TWITCH crackdown on PS4 stream spam, Nvidia's claim that PC is superior, a new Steam Machine, the way Microsoft is making up for the Xbox One's launch hardware flaws and so much more.
Ian Buck and Ian Decker discuss the launch of the Xbox One, PS4 sales results, an incredible Large Pixel Collider from PC Gamer, John Carmack's departure to Oculus exclusivity and reviews of Burial at Sea and Contrast.
Ian Buck and Ian Decker with returning guest Sam Roth discuss the new Humble Bundle store, a Minecraft documentary, removed quicktime events from Thief, and of course the big launch of the PlayStation 4, out-of-the-box broken units, PSN troubles, a fantastic launch trailer and initial impressions, along with a review of Batman: Arkham Origins from Sam.
After a week off, Ian Buck and Ian Decker are back with connections among Assassin's Creed IV and Watch Dogs, CnC's canceled free-to-play game, the imminent arrival of The Walking Dead season 2, Ingress' upcoming emergence from beta status, the first look at Steam Machine prototypes and all that you ever wanted to know about the PS4 that is launching later this week.
Ian Buck and Ian Decker discuss Leauge of Legends Season 4 gameplay changes, Sony's updates on PS4 game sharing, 1.5 million Final Fantasy 14 players, a wrap up of the Golden Joystick Awards, Buck's review of The Stanley Parable and Gone Home, a sneak peak on Minecraft 1.7 and so much more!
Ian Buck and Ian Decker along with first time guest Savannah Haslow discuss the Kickstarter castAR, the WolframAlpha Pokedex, the October 28th launch of Nvidia's ShadowPlay, Nvidia's new G-Sync, motion sickness fixes for the Oculus Rift and so much more!
Ian Buck and Ian Decker discuss a Steam Controller demo, the Google-NASA quantum artificial intelligence lab, the seven world records broken by GTA 5, reviews of Audiosurf 2, Stanley Parable Demo and The Wolf Among Us E1 from Buck and Far Cry 3 fom Decker.
Ian Buck and Ian Decker along with first time guest Sarah Quinn and returning guest Sam Roth discuss the New Game Plus trend, Watch Dogs' other name, the Piston's impending launch, debunked Half-Life 3 rumors, more details on Valve's Steam Machine specs, a review of Arkham Asylum from Buck and so much more!
Ian Buck, Ian Decker and first time guest Paul Schliep, discuss Sony's hardware to service model, Microsoft's Halo 4 to phone streaming, AMD's Mantle API, China's game ban lifting, three huge Valve announcements, Paul's review of GTA V, Buck on A Machine for Pigs and Decker on Trine 2.
Ian Buck and Ian Decker play SUPER HOT, PS3 to PS4 incentives, a teaser for the Steam Box and an impending announcement on Monday, Hiroshi Yamauchi's death, and so much more!
Ian Buck and Ian Decker with first time guest Dominick Benedetto discuss the insane graphics of The Witcher 3, a new Indie Humble Bundle, a retro-platformer Game of Thrones, a review of Total War: Rome 2 from Benedetto and Amnesia: the Dark Descent from Buck.
Ian Buck and Ian Decker with returning guest Katie Reddemann discuss Minecraft Mass Effected themed DLC, a Mega-Man revival, a virtual reality headset from Sony, Disney: Infinity for PC, reviews of Deadpool and Dust: An Elysian Tail from Katie and Antichamber from Ian Buck.
Ian Buck and Ian Decker with first time guest Brian Mitchell discuss the Guild Wars 2 first year anniversary, the first taste of Star Citizen, a great Steam Greenlight sale, SimCity for the Mac, a special Nintendo section from Sam Roth, and reviews on Color Zen and Dishonored: The Brigmore Witches.
Season 2 of Eight Bit begins with special guest Rachel Wolters with innuendo specialists Ian Buck and Ian Decker, with a review of everyone's favorite Android game - Dots, and headlines on Audiosurf 2, Elder Scrolls Online, notes on interesting recent releases over the summer and more!
Ian Buck and Ian Decker discuss Net Gain's prototype launch, Computer Jesus, Buck's trip to Yellowstone, an Alan Wake review from Decker, plans for a YouTube channel and plans for the next season of Eight Bit.
Ian Buck and returning guest Ryan Rampersad discuss the truth behind the Always-On Xbox One, a new mobile based Halo game, Steam trading cards and badges and a special review on Kentucky Route Zero.
Ian Buck and Ian Ducker discuss screen achievements from Microsoft, an insanely great Humble Sale, PS4's remote Vita play, Razer's new Razer Blade laptops, the new GTX 770, insanity from EA and a review on Kentucky Route Zero Act II .
Ian Buck, Ian Decker and first time guest Mike Nielsen, discuss all sorts of additional Xbox One news, a new Nvidia graphics card, a new Destiny trailer, a Scrolls beta release date and so much more!
Ian Buck and Ian Decker discuss listener feedback, comment on Google IO's new gaming APIs, Nintendo's claim to YouTube revenue, remarkable campaign funding for Among the Sleep and so much more.
Ian Buck hosts with guests Ryan Rampersad and Matthew Petschl, and discuss the blockbuster results of Blood Dragon, Oculus Rift support for ancient games galore, Sony's record results and their amusing predictions and a special review of the Guild Wars 2 Living Story Line: Frost and Flame.
Ian Buck and Ian Decker with returning guest Andrew Bailey discuss another Notch game, how Nintendo finally realized their poor Wii U name, malware inside ESEA and special reviews of Far Cry 3: Blood Dragon and AC3: The Redemption.
Ian Buck and Ian Decker, discuss the Pizza Hut app for Xbox, a strange new game called "Nowhere", Unity is dropping Flash, Nintendo's lack of an event at E3, a discussion on custom PvP Minecraft maps and a review of Dishonored: Knife of Dunwall, from Ian Decker.
Ian Buck, Ian Decker and first time guest Kayla Stockholm discuss Oculus Rift, more on that Blood Dragon DLC, Microsoft's enhanced security, Bethesda's new game, a lengthy discussion in the merits of consoles and PCs and a review of Starforge Alpha from Kayla.
Ian Buck and Ian Decker along with first time guest Tyler Johnson discuss a little listener feedback, Far Cry 3 DLC - Blood Dragon, the delayed Nextbox announcement, the future of memory and a special beta review of Company Of Heroes 2 and War Thunder from Tyler.
Ian Buck and Ian Decker along with first time guest David Janacek discuss LucasArts closing, a really tiny but powerful GPU, the Kickstarter blockbuster success of Torment, April Fool's everywhere, Ian's review of AC3 DLC: The Betrayal and David's review of Dark Souls.
Ian Buck and Ian Decker, along with guest Matthew Petschl, discuss NetGain's epic success, Ouya's ROM support, Wii U's odd JavaScript support, Unreal 3 coming to browsers, a review of Bioshock Infinite from Ian Buck and a reivew of Tomb Raider by Ian Decker, and more!
Ian Buck and Ian Decker, along with returning guest Kyle Schaplowsky, discuss remakes of Kingdom Hearts and Final Fantasy X, a rift in the Oculus Rift's launch titles, Unity and Sony together, and reviews of Castlevania: Lords of Shadow - Mirror of Fate, Starcraft 2: HOTS by Kyle and Mass Effect: Infiltrator by Ian.
Ian Buck and Ian Decker interview famous guest John Gosling and and discuss his new game, Net Gain: Corporate Espionage by Level Zero Games, along with discussion on more PETA shenanigans, another Humble Bundle (that even Ryan bought), Steam's effect on the Internet and more!
Ian Buck and Ian Decker with returning guest Sam Roth discuss their early impressions of Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag, Sam reviews Aliens: Colonial Marines among two other games, Ian reviews the ME3 Citadel DLC and discusses a console to play retro games and why games make you want to hunt whales.
Ian Buck and Ian Decker with returning guest Caleb Buck and first time guest Eliot Waters, review The Cave, Decker reviews the newest Devil May Cry, while Ian reviews the King Washington AC3 DLC, and discuss more thoughts on the PS4, more dismal news on THQ, EVE Online's anniversary and the best Hat Simulator, ever.
Ian Buck and returning guest Katie Reddemann discuss Sony's PlayStation 4 announcement and what Microsoft has to do to keep up and Katie reviews the popular Ni No Kuni, and why Origin and Uplay are teaming up and why nVidia made another expensive graphics card.
Ian Buck and Ian Decker with first time guest Sam Ebertz talk about Steam's Valentine's Day deals, more Gas Powered Games news, Halo 2's last dying breath, Bungie's Destiny and a little review on Super Hexagon.
Ian Buck and Ian Decker, with special guest Chris Thompson, discuss the advent of The Witcher 3, Origin on Mafc, Crytek's free transition, and a special review of the five year old benchmarking game, Crysis, from Ian.
Ian Buck and special guest Sam Roth discuss the Surface Pro, how an indie game save a console, Ouya's impending launch, the PlayStation event that's coming soon, tons of Nintendo news, and a review of Superbrothers: Sword & Sworcery EP from Ian.
Ian Buck and Ian Decker discuss Atari's bankruptcy, Sony's master plan, Logitech's doubling down, note Ryan's gaming accomplishment, and remark on THQ's complete dissolution.
Ian Buck and Ian Decker interview special guest Alicia Gottwalt then discuss Gas Powered Games, those developers arrested in Greece, a zombie bust, Nvidia employees ripping off AMD and reviews of Superbrothers Sword & Sworcery and Sims Social.
Ian Buck and Ian Decker along with returning guest Andrew Bailey discuss the Tegra 4 from CES, expensive keyboards, a notice for GeForce owners, an incredible Cyberpunk 2077 trailer and a Skyrim DLC review from Andrew Bailey.
Ian Buck and Ian Decker, and guest Joshua Anosike, discuss an Ouya competitor in the form of a stick, a Guild Wars 2 exploit, a Minecraft world built to scale, the possibility of a Firefly MMO, Ian Decker's new desktop and a review of Civilization 5.
Ian Buck and Ian Decker along with permanent studio guest Ryan Rampersad join Eight Bit one last time before the new year with a little news and our favorite memories of gaming in 2012 and so much more.
Ian Buck and Ian Decker along with special guest Leif Park Jordan discuss THQ's instant liquidation and bankruptcy, how nVidia wants to improve your gaming experience, where Notch's money is heading, a review of Bioshock 2 from Ian Buck and a review of DOTA 2 from Leif.
Ian Buck and Ian Decker with guest Ryan Rampersad discuss the 24-hour cease fire honoring those in Connecticut, new upcoming Borderlands 2 DLC, Dishonored's DLC, how Gearbox is bringing Claptrap to your phone and a special reviews from Ian Buck on Assassin's Creed Revelations, 3 and Mass Effect 3 DLCs.
Ian Buck and Ryan Rampersad discuss the next breakthrough Halo-scale franchise, steep hardware requirements for Crysis 3, Valve's rumored Steam Box -- power, price and the point, a review of Video Game Awards by Spike TV and Ryan shares a special review of Ingress. (By the way, Journey!)
Ian Buck, Ian Decker and special guest Sam Roth discuss the new gaming addition to the family, the Wii U, along with THQ just about to go under, leaderboards getting wiped overnight, sexism in the game industry and so much more!
On this short Thanksgiving episode, Ian Buck and Ian Decker discuss the Wii U's first weeks of success, an Xbox in the form of an Apple TV, and a tiny review of The Walking Dead and Skyfall.
Ian Buck and Ian Decker along with guest Hayden Goldstien discuss the launch of the Wii U, DirectX 11.1's exclusivity, Halo and COD's first weekend earnings, XBOX Live turning 10 and Hayden shares an extensive review on Call Of Duty: Black Ops 2.
Ian Buck, Ian Decker and special guest Kyle Schaplowsky, discuss Gabe Newell's 50th birthday, the glory of Xbox everywhere, why we're tired of CAPTCHAs and prefer solving puzzles to prove humanness and an epic Halo 4 review from Kyle.
Everyone votes on Tuesday while Ian Buck, Ian Decker and Katie Reddemann discuss micro-transactions, a GPU supercomputer titan, quarerly results galore, Ouya updates, more Wii U jokes, a review on Assassin's Creed 3 and more!
Ian Decker and Ian Buck, with roommate extraordinaire Declan McCrory, discuss Microsoft's Xbox subscription scheme and Smartglass on Android, Dishonored DLC details, Halo 4 DLC, why traveling to the end of the world is fun and The Golden Joystick Awards.
Ian Buck, Ian Decker, along with Theo Hultman, discuss EA's coupon code disaster, Valve in Space, something about some Dude-Bro, another page in Nintendo's story of failure, why Ubisoft has screwed you again, a quick rant on Quick-time events and a review on XCOM Enemy Unknown.
Caleb and Jonas Buck join regular hosts Ian Buck and Ian Decker to discuss Microsoft's Halo 4 game leak, who the best silent protagonist is, how laughable Nintendo's dreams are, all sorts of Dishonored news -- and a review, a review on The Walking Dead 4, Ian Buck's birthday gaming extravaganza and more!
Kaelyn Olson joins Ian Buck and Ian Decker to discuss Halo 4 news, Dishonored going gold, why women are important in mobile gaming, why Sony is trouble, and gaming on a budget -- from hardware to software, finding a game that is free or cheap that will play on a low end machine with suggestions and more!
Ian Buck and Ian Decker along with guest Kyle Schaplowsky discuss the latest news, the Wii U's region lock, why Mists of Pandaria has lackluster sales, Angry Birds Space's secret agenda, and a long discussion on 3D Gaming and GamerRank™ with special reviews on Black Mesa and Assassin's Creed Brotherhood.
Ian Buck and Ian Decker and special guest Andrew Bailey compose a Bioshock poem and then discuss the news on Obsidian's kickstarter project, Sony's new just-as-expensive but even slimmer version of the PS3, a new first season Digimon game, and the main event of Borderlands 2 with a group-wide review.
Ian Buck and Ian Decker discuss Kickstarter's impact on gaming, DLC everywhere, why developers were arrested in Greece, Borderlands 2 news galore, Kepler video cards, a lengthy bashing -- discussion on the Wii U's latest announcement, and special guest Ryan Rampersad shares his impressions on Guild Wars 2 with a review.
On the inaugural episode of Eight Bit, Ian Decker and Ian Buck share their gaming upbringing, and discuss opening a can of worms, Ubisoft's 95% piracy problem, the stunning conclusion to the Oculus Rift kickstarter, why Mass Effect 3 will be on the Wii U,two game reviews and so much more.