Chris Frechette, Lead Designer of TMNT Out of the Shadows at Red Fly Studio, joins me to talk about making the game — and why it appeal appeal to thirtysomething fans looking for something gritty under the shells. Meanwhile, Kat has a new obsession, Hugh declares war on salsa, I incorrectly recall Tony Hawk games, and we all talk too much about Gamescom — including dedicated servers for Ghosts, trade-in programs, PS4′s release date, PS Vita’s price drop, and the new Blitz gameplay mode. Plus, it’s the 100th edition of Stick It to the Dan!

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Special Guest: Chris Frechette, Lead Designer, TMNT Out of the Shadows, Red Fly Studio

Host: Dan “OneOfSwords” Amrich, Activision Community Manager, author, musician, puzzle nerd, and fire juggler

Co-host: “The Lovely and Talented” Katrin Auch, photographer, graphic designer, bassist, Mechromancer, and inventor of Headshotmas

Co-host: Hugh “DJ Darkhugh” Sterbakov, screenwriter, author, comic creator, Emmy-nominated writer/toy wrangler for Robot Chicken, and Governor of Somewhere

Soundtrack: Yameen - available on iTunes, Amazon MP3, and all online music stores

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• Ghosts gets dedicated servers on Xbox One
  
• Blog post about Azure cloud service on XB1 from Respawn’s Jon Shiring
  
• Upgrade COD Ghosts to next-gen for $10
  
• Hands-on with Ghosts’ Blitz mode at Joystiq
  
• PS4 release date at Kotaku
  
• PS Vita price drop at Polygon
  
• Plants vs. Zombies 2
  
• Saints Row IV
  
• Oleg Berg’s Major vs Minor (and YMCA specifically)
  
• Shirley Walker on the Batman TAS theme
  
• Kat and Hugh and Dan and Yameen on Twitter
  
• Dan’s book: Critical Path: How to Review Videogames for a Living
  
• Hugh’s book: City Under the Moon
  
• Kat’s DeviantArt page
  
• Yameen’s website
  
• Enter your own Q for Hugh Don’t Know Jack (or Stick It To The Dan)
  
• Write to the show’s Megamailbag