Tag Archives: video game

Behind the Line: Video Game Violence, the Blame Game… (Origins)

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I don’t normally like to talk political here, but over the past week we’ve seen the revival of blaming video games for real life violence. I’m tired of this, and anyone with any sense can see this argument for the

BTL Radio Podcast – Ep 051: Life is Strange discussion (Gamers without Borders crossover)

Hello Enthusiacs! It’s finally time, just before Life is Strange 2 we have the long teased crossover with Judge Greg, and Nick from Gamers Without Borders to talk all things Life is Strange. Is Max the worst? Did Rachel Amber

Behind the Line: Localization of Akiba’s Beat

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“Localization is not just translation” This is what Lorenzo said last week on BTL Radio as I brought up Tom Lipschultz and the dust up surrounding him and his work on Akiba’s Beat. Since I’ve spoken about the nuance of

Berserk – 2016 anime review

Berserk… It’s a long running series, the manga appears to be entering the end game, the first season of its 2016 series just ended, there is a new PS4 game coming out soon! So, now seems like a good time

BTL Radio Podcast: QA War Stories

It’s no secret that your humble moderator is from the world of Video Game QA, and I wanted to talk about it more.  So this week we welcome Marco back, and new guest Roo, both of which have experienced quite

Behind the Line: Lessons from Past E3 Shows

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It’s E3!  That magical time of year where we get crushed under a deluge of new ads for new products.  You know, now that I write that, it underscores a flaw in the whole process.  If you release an ad

BTL Radio Podcast: Softlaunch, Clash Royale, and Business

Hello Enthusiacs! SuperCell has the mobile games industry abuzz with their new game Clash Roayle, currently in Softlaunch.  What is softlauch, what does it mean to the business side of the game, what does it mean to the end player,

BTL Radio Podcast: News Grab Bag and Discussion

Hello Enthusiacs!  Sometimes we have news stories that are big and can take a long time to discuss, but sometimes there are other stories that are worth discussing, but don’t take so long.  So, this week Marco joins Kynetyk to

Behind the Line: News Grab Bag

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Every so often, a small news topic comes up that I want to talk about, but isn’t enough for an article, or a small development happens on something I talked about.  Rather than keeping everything bottled up forever, we’ve hit

Behind the Line Radio Podcast: MLG, and the future of Esports

Hello Enthusiacs!  This week Kynetyk welcomes competitive Street Fighter player DJ to the show.  Together they discuss the recent purchase of Major League Gaming by Activision, and the implications this might have on the future and growth of esports.  A