News & Views

6/11/16-6/17/16

E3 2016 has come and gone! It’s been an insane week full of great video game news. E3 is changing, but it still gets my blood pumping and fuels my excitement for the upcoming year in video games. If you haven’t already, please check out my in-the-moment reactions video to each and every press conference.

News & Views collects the week’s best video game writing and puts it into one convenient place. An unfortunate downside of E3 is the reduction in new op-ed/essay-styled video game writing, but there’s still plenty of great stuff the made its way to webpages this week. Check out the links below for stories about the evolution of E3, developing a game while dealing with a debilitating heart condition, and how game devs are dealing with an all out fan revolt.

And of course please check out the brand new episode of The Impact Factor podcast that was posted today! You can subscribe to the podcast on iTunes, or if you prefer other methods, check out our SoundCloud. We’re on YouTube too!

Spotlight

E3 has at least three more shows in LA, continues to evolve

Brian Crecente, Polygon

Worth Reading

How Alx Preston Created 'Hyper Light Drifter' While Managing a Heart Condition

Pixel by Pixel, VICE

Sympathy for the spoon - collector in the Witcher 3: Blood and Wine

Gareth Damian Martin, Kill Screen

Battlefield 1 Ain't Much of a WWI Game

Matt Sayer, Unwinnable

Sony is the real winner of E3 2016, says Facebook data

Chris Kerr, Gamasutra

Deck-building mechanics meet brawler in Absolver

Kris Graft, Gamasutra

After A Fan Revolt, Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare's Creators Are Trying To Win People Over At E3

Stephen Totilo, Kotaku

The Impact Factor Ep. 59: E3 2016 aka Revelations aka Norman Fetus
Podcast
Welcome to the 59th episode of The Impact Factor! The Impact Factor is what happens when two scientists, and two best friends, get together to talk about video games. Hosts Alex Samocha [biomedical scientist] and Charles Fliss [social scientist] sit down every week to discuss the week in gaming! Listen in for the news, views, and games that made the biggest impact!

Please send your suggestions and feedback to: impactfactorpodcast@gmail.com

In this episode Alex and Fliss talk about the biggest E3 2016 news: Xbox One Project Scorpio, We Happy Few, For Honor, Eagle Flight, Tekken 7, Prey, God of War, Days Gone, Detroit: Become Human, VR, Horizon Zero Dawn, Persona 5, Crash Bandicoot and much more!

E3 2016 Predictions Contest Scoreboard

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For articles and reviews from Alex, check out: www.theimpactfactor.blogspot.com
For a blog about Japan, pop culture & more from Fliss, check out:

www.flissofthenorthstar.blogspot.com

Follow Alex @alexsamocha on Twitter. twitch.tv/megalodonphd
Follow Fliss @thecfliss on Twitter. twitch.tv/flissofthenorthstar

Intro song:

You Kill My Brother by Go! Go! Go! Micro Invasion, East Jakarta Chiptunes Compilations. Freemusic Archive. (Attribution Noncommercial Share-Alike License)
Transitions:
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The Impact Factor Ep. 56: Xbox Teraflopped
Podcast
Welcome to the 56th episode of The Impact Factor! The Impact Factor is what happens when two scientists, and two best friends, get together to talk about video games. Hosts Alex Samocha [biomedical scientist] and Charles Fliss [social scientist] sit down every week to discuss the week in gaming! Listen in for the news, views, and games that made the biggest impact!

Please send your suggestions and feedback to: impactfactorpodcast@gmail.com

In this episode Alex and Fliss talk about E3 2016, Xbox Scorpio, No Man’s Sky delay, Supercell, Uncharted 4, Oculus VR, Prey 2, F2P whales, Overwatch, and much more!

“New insights into the spending patterns of whales” by Mark Robinson, Gamasutra

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For articles and reviews from Alex, check out: www.theimpactfactor.blogspot.com
For a blog about Japan, pop culture & more from Fliss, check out:

www.flissofthenorthstar.blogspot.com

Follow Alex @alexsamocha on Twitter. twitch.tv/megalodonphd
Follow Fliss @thecfliss on Twitter. twitch.tv/flissofthenorthstar

Intro song:

You Kill My Brother by Go! Go! Go! Micro Invasion, East Jakarta Chiptunes Compilations. Freemusic Archive. (Attribution Noncommercial Share-Alike License)
Transitions:
News & Views and Perspectives transitions from victorcenusa, Freesound.org (Creative Commons 0 License)
Experimental Methods transition from Sentuniman, Freesound.org (Attribution Noncommercial License)