Armless Octocast

It's an episode of purely normal proportions, but extremely epic significance. That's right, 100 episodes strong, we shed the typical pomp and circumstance to bring the regular everyday Octocast that everyone has come to love.

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Hosts: Taylor Bliss, Mike Wall, Dave Voyles, Dan Campbell

Music: Paul Weinstein - Chipocrite

Twitter: @TaylorBliss, @MikeJWall, @DaveVoyles,

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News

Fortresscraft has sold over 750k copies

Dustforce receives an update, includes Mac support and level editor

Adventures of Shuggy coming to steam

Alien Hominid has been played over 20 million times online

DLC Quest now available for mac

Dream Machine is coming to Steam

Terraria might make it's way to Android

Mike is traveling and had to sit the episode out. Taylor, Anthony and Dave bring the heat with lots of news to talk about, and even more FEZ talk.

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Hosts: Taylor Bliss, Mike Wall, Dave Voyles, Anthony Swinnich

Music: Paul Weinstein - Chipocrite

Twitter: @TaylorBliss, @MikeJWall, @DaveVoyles, @HangonGetReady

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Whathca playin?

• Dave - Skyrim
• Taylor - FEZ
• Anthony - FEZ

News

Kickstarter Game Project Accused of Lifting Assets - Escapist Magazine

Indie Royale Profiles: Inferno+, Slydris, and Ballistic (Radiangames) (Again)

Trials Evolution breaks Xbox Live Arcade Sales Record - Gamenguide

Robert Bowling forms indie studio - MCV

"Gambitious" is like Kickstarter, but just for game developers. - Complex.com

Awesomenauts named PSN game of the month, free to PS Plus users in May

Armless Octopus's newest contributor, Anthony Swinnich joins the show to give us his rendition of PAX East. So expect some more talk about games that he played there. There's also talk about FEZ, and, believe it or not, Skyrim, again.

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Hosts: Taylor Bliss, Mike Wall, Dave Voyles, Anthony Swinnich

Music: Paul Weinstein - Chipocrite

Twitter: @TaylorBliss, @MikeJWall, @DaveVoyles, @HangonGetReady

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Whathca playin?

• Dave - Skyrim, Tribes
• Taylor - FEZ
• Mike - Sword and Sworcery EP (PC)
• Anthony - FEZ, Ashlands: Retribution

News

To the Moon Coming to Steam

Phil Fish seeks help to clear FEZ bugs

Axiom Verge is a sweet looking metroidvania

CastleMiner has sold 1,000,000 copies

With a few days to collect their thoughts after PAX East, the Armless Octopus crew dishes out all the information stored in their brain about the games they played. Hear just about everything there was to see at the Indie Megabooth, and beyond. You can find a full list of games discussed below.

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Hosts: Taylor Bliss, Mike Wall, Dave Voyles

Music: Paul Weinstein - Chipocrite

Twitter: @TaylorBliss, @MikeJWall, @DaveVoyles

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All the games we talk about:

Orcs Must Die! 2

Retrograde

Skulls of the Shogun

Antichamber

AirMech

Go Home Dinosaurs

Crimson Dragon

Charlie Murder

They Bleed Pixels

Penny Arcade's On the Rain-Slick Precipice of Darkness 3

Awesomenaut

Drunken Robot Pornography

Hell Yeah!

Orc Attack

Battleblock Theatre

Rock Band Blitz

Mark of the Ninja

Guacamelee

Deadlight

Bloodforge

Super T.I.M.E. Force

With PAX looming (at the time of the recording), but now over, check in to find out what everyone was looking forward to. The reactions from everyone in the coming episode should prove to be an interesting comparison.

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Hosts: Taylor Bliss, Mike Wall, Dave Voyles

Music: Paul Weinstein - Chipocrite

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Whathca playin?

• Dave - Molydeux Game Jam
• Taylor - Uhh, stuff?
• Mike - Bytown Lumberjack, Splatter

News

Sword & Sworcery EP Coming to PC

Seventeen Indie Developers Form Indie Megabooth at PAX East

Orcs Must Die! 2 Announced I

ndiefund Backs Antichamber

Super Meat Boy takes a beating on the iPhone

Penny Arcade 3 also headed to iOS

Linux Tycoon - A linux distro builder (for mac too!)

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• Dave - Sine Mora
• Taylor - MLB 12 The Show
• Mike - Rock Bottom

News

Lone Survivor is Now Available on PC and Mac

Win More than 20 Xbox Live Indie Games in the Indie-Pocalypse Giveaway

Beta test Dead Pixels on PC and get your name in the credits

New Frozen Synapse Ending Spoofs Mass Effect 3 Debacle

Minecraft Headlining Arcade NEXT Promotion

GOG adds indie games

After visiting the magical land of GDC, Dave is back with all the hot developer news. Mike and Taylor are just along for the ride.  

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Hosts: Taylor Bliss, Mike Wall, Dan Campbell

Music: Paul Weinstein - Chipocrite

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Whathca playin?

• Dave - Sword & Sworcery, ME3
• Taylor - Nada
• Mike - Vessel

News

• Fez wins GDC Grand Prize
• Microsoft’s Reveals the Future of Metro
• The Top 2 Games from The Next Game Boss Will be Available Soon
• Dream Build Play Registration Open
• Microsoft to increase XBLA Gamerscore to 400 base, 800 Max

A mini episode of sorts. Except for the the that extra long interview. But it's for the best really. Dave and Mike talk with the guys with Team2Bit and their game Fist Puncher. Tayor, Erron, and Dan cover the usual bases.

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Dave takes the week off and Sidequesting's Editor in Chief, Dalibor Dimovski steps in to fill the void. He provides a wonderful excuse to talk about more mainstream news than usual, but all in an indie frame of mind.

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Dave and Erron both return from a week off, each with a different tale to tell. Dave's might be a bit more exciting, but we don't hold it against Erron. Dave also talks up Little Racers Street.

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Hosts: Taylor Bliss, Mike Wall, Erron Kelly, Dave Voyles

Music: Paul Weinstein - Chipocrite

Twitter: @TaylorBliss, @MikeWall, @DaveVoyles, @Skrattybones

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News:

XBLA revenue grew to record $144M in 2011, says analyst - Gamasutra
Pixeljunk Eden PC Bound
Dark Reign Redux Comes to XBLIG
Humble Indie Bundle Humbling Android Devices
Brand Coming to XBLIG Feb 2
Zynga’s response to indie game maker - every great company copies

What Everyone's Been Playing:

 Taylor - Dust Force

Mike - Skyrim, Dance Central 2, Guardian Heroes

Erron - Chrono Cross, Harvest Moon: Back to Nature, Triple Town (iOS)

Dave - Skyrim, Little Racers STREET, Syndicate (demo)

Both Erron and Dave have to take a break this week, so Mike and Taylor do their best to keep the podcast train rolling. Ian Stocker of Magical Time Bean joins them for a bit to talk about his Soulcaster series, Escape Goat and what's coming next.

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Luke Schneider from Radiangames drops by and scares everyone but Taylor and Erron away this week. West coast freelancer extraordinaire, Alex Reubens drops by to help fill the void. Also, be sure to stick around after the closing music.

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Hosts: Taylor Bliss, Erron Kelly, Mike Wall, Dave Voyles

Music: Paul Weinstein - Chipocrite

Twitter: @TaylorBliss, @MikeWall, @DaveVoyles, @Skrattybones

Special Guests: @AlexRubens, @Radiangames

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News:

ESRB rates ITSP for PC
How to sell games on indie city
Brand (XBLIG) gets a sigle $8,200 donation, receives over $15k toward development

What Everyone's Been Playing:

Taylor - Q.U.B.E, Star Wars: The Old Republic
Alex - Saints Row: The third, Hero Academy, Super Crate Box, Run Roo Run, Dance Central 2

Erron - Battlefield 3 (Campaign)

 

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