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Eight Bit

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Eight Bit is a show about gaming news, gaming hardware, gaming reviews, and pretty much anything that starts with gaming, hosted by Ian Buck and Ian Decker.
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Episodes

Eight Bit #59: 50 Caliber Boop

On the final episode of Eight Bit in 2013, Ian Buck and Ian Decker commit final reviews of Assassin's's Creed 4 and Far Cry 3, and then proceed to the Eight Bit Gaming Awards .

Dec 29, 20131 hr 32 min

Eight Bit #58: Give Me The Hairy Eyeball

Ian Buck and Ian Decker with first time guest Martin Worely-Myers discuss the new Xbox One, along with initial Steam Machine videos, an interesting Super Smash Bros. mod, early access to DayZ for just $30, Obsidian's impending Kickstarter, more on the YouTube ContentID scandal, eight bit gift giving and so much more!

Dec 23, 20131 hr 23 min

Eight Bit #57: Virtuality Reality

Ian Buck and Ian Decker discuss YouTube sudden onset rampant kinda-but-not-really-DMCA takedowns of videos with game footage and music, the setting of Fallout 4, the release date for Firefly Online, the Valve Steam Machine beta-units shipping, the SteamOS release and so much more.

Dec 14, 20131 hr 13 min

Eight Bit #56: One End Kisses The Mouth

Ian Buck and Ian Decker review the results of the still-Hollywood style VGX awards, discuss the 2.1 million PS4 units sold so far, Destiny's release pushback, confirmation of the Game of Thrones game by Telltale and the impending release of The Walking Dead season 2, and so much more.

Dec 12, 20131 hr 27 min

Eight Bit #55: Talk Like Barack Obama

Ian Buck and Ian Decker discuss the TWITCH crackdown on PS4 stream spam, Nvidia's claim that PC is superior, a new Steam Machine, the way Microsoft is making up for the Xbox One's launch hardware flaws and so much more.

Dec 01, 201358 min

Eight Bit #54: Such A Gold Digger

Ian Buck and Ian Decker discuss the launch of the Xbox One, PS4 sales results, an incredible Large Pixel Collider from PC Gamer, John Carmack's departure to Oculus exclusivity and reviews of Burial at Sea and Contrast.

Nov 25, 20131 hr 5 min

Eight Bit #53: Get On That

Ian Buck and Ian Decker with returning guest Sam Roth discuss the new Humble Bundle store, a Minecraft documentary, removed quicktime events from Thief, and of course the big launch of the PlayStation 4, out-of-the-box broken units, PSN troubles, a fantastic launch trailer and initial impressions, along with a review of Batman: Arkham Origins from Sam.

Nov 16, 20131 hr 39 min

Eight Bit #52: Five Chest Lasers At Once

After a week off, Ian Buck and Ian Decker are back with connections among Assassin's Creed IV and Watch Dogs, CnC's canceled free-to-play game, the imminent arrival of The Walking Dead season 2, Ingress' upcoming emergence from beta status, the first look at Steam Machine prototypes and all that you ever wanted to know about the PS4 that is launching later this week.

Nov 09, 20131 hr

Eight Bit #51: This Achievement Is Impossible To Get

Ian Buck and Ian Decker discuss Leauge of Legends Season 4 gameplay changes, Sony's updates on PS4 game sharing, 1.5 million Final Fantasy 14 players, a wrap up of the Golden Joystick Awards, Buck's review of The Stanley Parable and Gone Home, a sneak peak on Minecraft 1.7 and so much more!

Oct 27, 20131 hr 2 min

Eight Bit #50: Have You Tasted Your Shampoo?

Ian Buck and Ian Decker along with first time guest Savannah Haslow discuss the Kickstarter castAR, the WolframAlpha Pokedex, the October 28th launch of Nvidia's ShadowPlay, Nvidia's new G-Sync, motion sickness fixes for the Oculus Rift and so much more!

Oct 21, 20131 hr 14 min

Eight Bit #49: Learn to Nerd!

Ian Buck and Ian Decker discuss a Steam Controller demo, the Google-NASA quantum artificial intelligence lab, the seven world records broken by GTA 5, reviews of Audiosurf 2, Stanley Parable Demo and The Wolf Among Us E1 from Buck and Far Cry 3 fom Decker.

Oct 13, 20131 hr 3 min

Eight Bit #48: Your Local Drag Queen

Ian Buck and Ian Decker along with first time guest Sarah Quinn and returning guest Sam Roth discuss the New Game Plus trend, Watch Dogs' other name, the Piston's impending launch, debunked Half-Life 3 rumors, more details on Valve's Steam Machine specs, a review of Arkham Asylum from Buck and so much more!

Oct 06, 20131 hr 32 min

Eight Bit #47: Gaben In Yoga Pants

Ian Buck, Ian Decker and first time guest Paul Schliep, discuss Sony's hardware to service model, Microsoft's Halo 4 to phone streaming, AMD's Mantle API, China's game ban lifting, three huge Valve announcements, Paul's review of GTA V, Buck on A Machine for Pigs and Decker on Trine 2.

Sep 29, 20131 hr 19 min

Eight Bit #46: It’s Soft And Squishy

Ian Buck and Ian Decker play SUPER HOT, PS3 to PS4 incentives, a teaser for the Steam Box and an impending announcement on Monday, Hiroshi Yamauchi's death, and so much more!

Sep 22, 201345 min

Eight Bit #45: Working On Him With It

Ian Buck and Ian Decker with first time guest Dominick Benedetto discuss the insane graphics of The Witcher 3, a new Indie Humble Bundle, a retro-platformer Game of Thrones, a review of Total War: Rome 2 from Benedetto and Amnesia: the Dark Descent from Buck.

Sep 16, 20131 hr 5 min

Eight Bit #44: My Pants Left The Room

Ian Buck and Ian Decker with returning guest Katie Reddemann discuss Minecraft Mass Effected themed DLC, a Mega-Man revival, a virtual reality headset from Sony, Disney: Infinity for PC, reviews of Deadpool and Dust: An Elysian Tail from Katie and Antichamber from Ian Buck.

Sep 09, 201344 min

Eight Bit #43: Jamaican Minnesotan

Ian Buck and Ian Decker with first time guest Brian Mitchell discuss the Guild Wars 2 first year anniversary, the first taste of Star Citizen, a great Steam Greenlight sale, SimCity for the Mac, a special Nintendo section from Sam Roth, and reviews on Color Zen and Dishonored: The Brigmore Witches.

Sep 01, 20131 hr 10 min

Eight Bit #42: Paul Horn Is In Our Chat

Season 2 of Eight Bit begins with special guest Rachel Wolters with innuendo specialists Ian Buck and Ian Decker, with a review of everyone's favorite Android game - Dots, and headlines on Audiosurf 2, Elder Scrolls Online, notes on interesting recent releases over the summer and more!

Aug 23, 20131 hr 8 min

Eight Bit #41: The Real Devil’s Tower

Ian Buck and Ian Decker discuss Net Gain's prototype launch, Computer Jesus, Buck's trip to Yellowstone, an Alan Wake review from Decker, plans for a YouTube channel and plans for the next season of Eight Bit.

Jul 08, 20131 hr 23 min

Eight Bit #40: Watch Out For Bears

Ian Buck and returning guest Ryan Rampersad discuss the truth behind the Always-On Xbox One, a new mobile based Halo game, Steam trading cards and badges and a special review on Kentucky Route Zero.

Jun 09, 20131 hr 13 min

Eight Bit #39: Lump Of Man Candy

Ian Buck and Ian Ducker discuss screen achievements from Microsoft, an insanely great Humble Sale, PS4's remote Vita play, Razer's new Razer Blade laptops, the new GTX 770, insanity from EA and a review on Kentucky Route Zero Act II .

Jun 03, 201349 min

Eight Bit #38: Get The Babes That Way

Ian Buck, Ian Decker and first time guest Mike Nielsen, discuss all sorts of additional Xbox One news, a new Nvidia graphics card, a new Destiny trailer, a Scrolls beta release date and so much more!

May 28, 201359 min

Eight Bit #37: You Remind Me Of The Babe

Ian Buck and Ian Decker discuss listener feedback, comment on Google IO's new gaming APIs, Nintendo's claim to YouTube revenue, remarkable campaign funding for Among the Sleep and so much more.

May 20, 20131 hr 6 min

Eight Bit #36: Chain Mail Chastity Belt

Ian Buck hosts with guests Ryan Rampersad and Matthew Petschl, and discuss the blockbuster results of Blood Dragon, Oculus Rift support for ancient games galore, Sony's record results and their amusing predictions and a special review of the Guild Wars 2 Living Story Line: Frost and Flame.

May 12, 201359 min

Eight Bit #35: Keep the Canadians at Bay

Ian Buck and Ian Decker with returning guest Andrew Bailey discuss another Notch game, how Nintendo finally realized their poor Wii U name, malware inside ESEA and special reviews of Far Cry 3: Blood Dragon and AC3: The Redemption.

May 07, 20131 hr 18 min

Eight Bit #34: Iancest

Ian Buck and Ian Decker, discuss the Pizza Hut app for Xbox, a strange new game called "Nowhere", Unity is dropping Flash, Nintendo's lack of an event at E3, a discussion on custom PvP Minecraft maps and a review of Dishonored: Knife of Dunwall, from Ian Decker.

Apr 29, 20131 hr 38 min

Eight Bit #33: Basis For A Wonderful Relationship

Ian Buck, Ian Decker and first time guest Kayla Stockholm discuss Oculus Rift, more on that Blood Dragon DLC, Microsoft's enhanced security, Bethesda's new game, a lengthy discussion in the merits of consoles and PCs and a review of Starforge Alpha from Kayla.

Apr 22, 20131 hr 46 min

Eight Bit #32: Always A Little Bit Elitist

Ian Buck and Ian Decker along with first time guest Tyler Johnson discuss a little listener feedback, Far Cry 3 DLC - Blood Dragon, the delayed Nextbox announcement, the future of memory and a special beta review of Company Of Heroes 2 and War Thunder from Tyler.

Apr 15, 201359 min

Eight Bit #31: Time Sinks of Addictingness

Ian Buck and Ian Decker along with first time guest David Janacek discuss LucasArts closing, a really tiny but powerful GPU, the Kickstarter blockbuster success of Torment, April Fool's everywhere, Ian's review of AC3 DLC: The Betrayal and David's review of Dark Souls.

Apr 08, 20131 hr 12 min

Eight Bit #30: Genuine Russian Mail Order Bride

Ian Buck and Ian Decker, along with guest Matthew Petschl, discuss NetGain's epic success, Ouya's ROM support, Wii U's odd JavaScript support, Unreal 3 coming to browsers, a review of Bioshock Infinite from Ian Buck and a reivew of Tomb Raider by Ian Decker, and more!

Apr 01, 20131 hr 21 min
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