Advertisement

The Joystiq Show - 024: Kingdoms of Double Fine

After our special DICE episode yesterday--which you should totally go listen to right now--the regular show is back. Richard, JC and Ben discuss the week's news in the first segment, and some big things are afoot. Good news: Tim Schafer and the crew at Double Fine have crowd-sourced more than $1 million for a new adventure game. Bad news: Those looking for a way to play their PSP UMD titles on PS Vita will have to repurchase them.

In the second segment, Richard is joined by GameSpot's Kevin VanOrd and Game Informer's Philip Kollar to discuss Big Huge Games's sprawling role-playing game Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning. Spoiler: It's pretty good.

Part 1 (1:03) - The news
Part 2 (24:24) - Review Roundtable: Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning

Get the podcast:
[iTunes] Subscribe to the Joystiq Podcast in iTunes
[Zune] Subscribe to the Joystiq Podcast directly in the Zune Marketplace
[RSS] Add the Joystiq Podcast feed to your RSS aggregator
[MP3] Download the MP3 directly

Host: Richard Mitchell (@SenseiRAM)
Guests: Kevin VanOrd (@fiddlecub) and Philip Kollar (@pkollar)
Producer: Jonathan Downin (@jonathandownin - Game Thing Daily)
Production Coordinator: Richard Mitchell
Music: Trash80 and Broke for Free

View the full guest list, news topics, and stream the show after the break.




Host
Richard Mitchell - Reviews Editor

News (hosts):
Richard Mitchell - Reviews Editor
JC Fletcher - Managing Editor
Ben Gilbert - Senior Reporter

News:
Double Fine Kickstarter passes $1 million in under 24 hours, breaking yet another record
Activision announces Skylanders Giants, featuring giant Skylanders [update: Trailer, screens and figures]
Mass Effect 3 'From Dust' DLC purchased at GameStop before launch
Vita 'UMD Passport' won't be offered in US

Review Roundtable: Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning:
Richard Mitchell - Reviews Editor
Kevin VanOrd - Editor, GameSpot.com
Philip Kollar - Associate Editor, Game Informer