GAME BRIEFS

Intro Segment:

Welcome to episode 172 of GameBriefs, your authority on games, news, tech and gadgets. We are from WeWearNoPants dot com, and you can find us on our page, through Blubrry, techpodcasts, stitcher radio, fluctu8, gigadial, and Itunes! You can also interact with us in our chat room, or via our Facebook page at https://www.facebook.com/GameBriefs/

With me this evening on the Skype-line from our New York studios are the wick-ed-ly talented “Blair Lezwis”and “Saul Tayzlor”

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Tonight, we have our fun and fancy free

The Frontlines

In The Farting corner with Bob, r

Noobie Toobie with Steel ?

and more! But first, we’re gonna talk about

The return of the onlive system

Ken Levine left Infinite games, but not 2K=-

“Levine announced he was “winding down Irrational Games as you know it”, the studio he co-founded 17 years ago. His new venture will be “a smaller, more entrepreneurial endeavor” at Take-Two, 2K’s parent company. All but 15 at Irrational have been let go.â€

A: What are those 15 people doing?

B: does he mean social games?

C: Why step away?

And, we played a game- we’ll talk about it here.

We’ll discuss everything and take a quick break

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The Farting Corner w/ Bob

http://majornelson.com/2014/03/06/coming-soon-purchase-xbox-one-in-the-u-s-and-get-forza-motorsport-5/

The Frontlines

Bob: Oscar Mayer Wake Up and Smell the Bacon.

https://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewSoftware?id=824320132&mt=8

http://www.wakeupandsmellthebacon.com/

Steel:

It’s no secret that I think Edward Snowden is a whistle blower with a traitorous agenda. He’s leaked information that is not only scandalous, but also vital to security of our country. One of those leaks is the not so secret, at least to a chosen few, news that the NSA bought a workable backdoor to the random number generator that was placed within the AES specification. What is AES? The Advanced Encryption Standard is currently the strongest civilian encryption available … which is compromised by the NSA. It’s used to store password, SSNs, credit card info and other personal info. So can you trust it? Folks, this might be news to you but the internet is not anonymous and everything is logged. Here’s my advice. Yes, use HTTPS and AES but also don’t make poor descisions and do things that could end up bad for you online or anywhere for that matter. You never know who is on the other end of that chatroom or xbox live game lobby. You just might troll an axe murderer into your life or have the NSA wake you up at 3am. Privacy is important but being smart & safe online is far more important.

http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/12/20/us-usa-security-rsa-idUSBRE9BJ1C220131220

http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2014/02/28/at-the-rsa-security-conference-things-get-testy-and-then-they-get-awkward/?_php=true&_type=blogs&_r=0

Option: Apparently, M$ is entering the political arena- or at least they are considering adding political ads to the home screen. Sure, this may be great for those people who actually think politics can change things, but who are we really kidding here? This is all marketing and they are after your eyes.

http://kotaku.com/coming-soon-maybe-to-your-xbox-dashboard-political-1539006884

We mentioned a music video in the pre-show, and this is the link:

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Noobie Toobie W/ Steel