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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 #89: Throwing Balls At Things

Ian Decker interviews first time guest JPM and discusses Final Fantasy and the music of JRPGs, and then Ryan Rampersad joins Ian for headlines including Steam scams, Joystick awards, potential Guild Wars news, more FarCry 4 trailers, Wrack, and so much more!

Oct 06, 20141 hr 53 min

Eight Bit #88: Trust Our Opinions

Ian Buck and Ian Decker discuss Wander - the new "walking simulator MMO", a new Far Cry 4 trailer, Blizzard's canceled MMO that almost nobody knew of, singificant end game updates for Ingress, the Steam Store's major revamp, a new #Classics segment and a review of The Vanishing of Ethan Carter.

Sep 29, 20141 hr 38 min

Eight Bit #87: You Never Forget Your First

Ian Buck and Ian Decker discuss the big Microsoft-Mojang acquisition, Twitch on Chromecast, a new Oculus Rift development kit, Nvidia's Game24 and the announcement of the new GTX 900 series, and reviews of The Room and South Park: The Stick Of Truth.

Sep 22, 20141 hr 17 min

Eight Bit #86: Find Some Balls

Ian Buck and Ian Decker celebrate Sam Roth's birthday, and discussing an impressive Dark Souls feat, League retexturing, the Humble Indie Bundle 12, an unexpected Microsoft-Minecraft announcement, the consumer Oculus Rift, and reviews on Saint’s Row IV and Monument Valley.

Sep 13, 20141 hr 3 min

Eight Bit #85: Threshold of Stupid

Ian Buck and Ian Decker discuss the third Walking Dead season, a pretty cool map of Destiny's world, the Gear VR from Samsung at IFA 2014, a huge event from Nvidia called Game24 and the advent of the GTX 900 series, and reviews from both!

Sep 08, 20141 hr 24 min

Eight Bit #84: Play With My Analog Stick

Ian Buck (in Sweden) and Ian Decker with returning guest Sonja Richardson discuss Microsoft's next cloud gaming platform, Amazon's the true owner of Twitch, release dates for the next Pokemon games and Kingdom Hearts 3, Nintendo's revised 3DS handhelds, and a review The Walking Dead Season 2 Finale!

Aug 31, 20141 hr 5 min

Eight Bit #83: Pleasant Surprises

Back for another camp episode , Ian Buck and Ian Decker discuss Twitch-YouTube annotations, a Tomb Raider novel, a Witcher MOBA, a last ditch effort from Ouya, Steam's summer sale and reviews of Dragon Age 2 and "A Story About My Uncle".

Jul 07, 201459 min

Eight Bit #82: Busy Crazy — Crazy Busy

Ian Buck and Ian Decker return for their last major hurrah of the Summer, with many stories about camp, thoughts on E3 and some actual game time and a bit of news here and there.

Jun 18, 20141 hr 9 min

Eight Bit #81: Talk in Circles

Ian Buck and Ian Decker with returning guest Savannah Haslow discuss the Ian Challenge! , as well Sony's plans to bring gaming to China, a Ubisoft PR stunt gone wrong, a joint effort among Samsung, Facebook and Oculus, Nintendo's revised Let's Play policy, a discussion on Bethesda's BattleCry and reviews of VVVVV and The Wolf Among Us Episode 4.

Jun 02, 20141 hr 3 min

Eight Bit #80: Shades Of Gray: In Between

Ian Buck and Ian Decker along with frequently returning guest Ryan Rampersad and Sonja Richardson discuss the next iteration of PlayStation Now, screenshots from The Forest, a new RTS called Offworld Trading Company, game Steam streaming for everyone, Evolve's release date, a brief review from Buck on The Walking Dead 2 Episode 3 and a long review from Ryan on Transistor.

May 26, 20141 hr 21 min

Eight Bit #79: That’s Not a Solution, That’s a Death Trap

Ian Buck and returning guests Ryan Rampersad and Matthew Petschl discuss the latest new G-Sync alternative standard called Adaptive Sync, Microsoft's relaxation of Xbox Live Gold requirements, the unveiling of FarCry4 (before E3 no less), the revelation of Halo 5: Guardians coming in Fall 2015, and breaking news from YouTube and Twitch.

May 19, 20141 hr

Eight Bit #78: Gimmick: Move On With My Life

Ian Buck, Ian Decker, returning guests Savannah Haslow and Ryan Rampersad discuss Nintendo news, Ingress' new levels, the upcoming game - Transistor, a new puzzle game called Engare, the Xbox One's price reduction, new Pokemon games and a review from Ian Buck on Kentucky Route Zero: Act 3.

May 13, 20141 hr 23 min

Eight Bit #77: Classy Star Wars Pron Star

Ian Buck and Ian Decker celebrate Star Wars day and discuss a Carmack scandal, a new Call of Duty, EVE Online's community beer extravaganza, a tiny stopgap to combat GameSpy's dissolution, and the long awaited review of Borderlands 2 from Buck and Decker.

May 05, 20141 hr 11 min

Eight Bit #76: Handy Robot

Ian Buck, Ian Decker and returning guest Katie Reddemann discuss the re-release of famous Humongous Games, the new Dragon Age Inquisition trailer, a unique take on microtransactions in H1Z1, Denmark in Minecraft, and reviews: Katie reviews South Park: The Stick of Truth, Buck reviews Thinking With Time Machine and Decker reviews Deus Ex: Human Revolution.

Apr 28, 20141 hr 8 min

Eight Bit #75: Survived An Alien Encounter

Ian Buck and Ian Decker discuss Steam statistics, the most iconic Game Soundtrack ever, a new Location-based AR game called Run an Empire, reviews of The Wolf Among Us Episode 3 from Buck and the Goat Simulator from Decker and so much more.

Apr 19, 20141 hr 16 min

Eight Bit #74: Joss Whedon Is Love, Joss Whedon Is Life

Ian Buck and Ian Decker talk about AMD's beast video card to rival Nvidia's Titan Z, The Last of Us remastered for PS4, a new Borderlands game, the next Super Smash Bros, and reviews of Amnesia Fortnight 2014 and BioShock Infinite Burial At Sea Episode 2 from Buck.

Apr 14, 20141 hr 22 min

Eight Bit #73: Discriminating Against The Past

Ian Buck and Ian Decker return this week with their commentary on the Fire TV and its gaming capabilities, a recreated Half-Life 2 level in UE3, the demise of GameSpy, a barrage of April Fools' jokes and so much more.

Apr 07, 201453 min

Eight Bit #72: Sassy Secretary

Ian Buck and Katie Reddemann discuss the surprise Oculus VR acquisition by Facebook, the insanely expensive Titan Z, an innovative system for replayable narratives by Ken Levine and Katie and Ian review the IP of the future, Titanfall!

Mar 31, 20141 hr 12 min

Eight Bit #71: Too Skinny For A Heart

Ian Buck and Ian Decker discuss the strange licensing model for Unreal Engine 4, EA's already getting ready for Titanfall 2, Sony's entry in the VR race - Project Morpheus, a new version of the Oculus Rift, a review of Stargate SG-1: Unleashed and Indie Game: the Movie by Buck and then some Voice Acting .

Mar 23, 201454 min

Eight Bit #70: She Didn’t Have Curves, She Had Corners

Ian Decker and the returning Ian Buck discuss the Witcher 3's delay, new support for CryEngine on Linux, Valve's new OpenGL translator and Valve's revised controller, Nvidia 800M series mobile graphics, a strange looking Amazon-related gaming controller, some more details on PlayStation now, and a review of The Walking Dead 2 Episode 2 from Buck.

Mar 17, 201459 min

Eight Bit #69: Hand Party Might Be Dirty

While Buck is on "Spring Break 2014", Ian Ducker with first time guest Austin Conrad discuss Ouya's new gameplan, the next Batman game - Arkham Knight, details on Gabe Newell's latest AMA, the exciting Twitch SDK for mobile devices, the oddity of Shaqfu, an intense discussion on TCG-based video games (including Hearthstone) and Decker's review of Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine.

Mar 10, 20141 hr 26 min

Eight Bit #68: Lost My Knife In My Crotch

Ian Buck and Ian Decker with first time guest Sonja Richardson discuss the Portal board game, Twitch streaming support on the Xbox One coming very soon, a live action Minecraft movie, the first TPP success and the next game, Sonja's new $700 computer and a brief review on The Walking Dead 2 Episode 2.

Mar 03, 20141 hr 9 min

Eight Bit #67: The Internet Is Breaking The Internet

Ian Buck and Ian Decker discuss dubstep in the new game Chroma, the winding down of Irrational Games, more Titanfall details, the Kinect's remote, an Oculus Rift convention near you, a review of The Walking Dead 400 Days DLC from Buck and more!

Feb 24, 201457 min

Eight Bit #66: No Time To Be Single!

Ian Buck and Ian Decker with first time guest Max Marti discuss the Flappy Birth phenomena and its abrupt end, the slim PS Vita in North America for just $200, a Twitch channel for playing Pokemon Red, Steam's new user tags, a review of the Titanfall beta along with Decker's review of Jazzpunk and Buck's review of The Wolf Among Us Episode 2.

Feb 17, 20141 hr 16 min

Eight Bit #65: Raunchy Popstar

Ian Decker returns to the United States and joins Ian Buck and returning guest Declan McCrory and discusses the Double Helix acquisition, the first Oculus exclusive, the upcoming standalone DLC for AC4 - Freedom Cry, the DICE awards and reviews on Rouge Legacy from Declan and Octodad: Dadliest Catch from Buck.

Feb 10, 20141 hr 1 min

Eight Bit #64: Fifteen on Fifteen for Fifteen Minutes

Sam Roth and first time guest Ian Buck discuss a new Dreamcast game on Kickstarter, a bill to fix Iowa's gaming tournament circuit, a new Duke Nukem game that is starting to brew, a gigantic EVE Online battle, Nintendo's pending changes and new direction in the future and a little review from Buck on World of Warplanes.

Feb 05, 201448 min

Eight Bit #63: Your Bush Is Pretty Thick

Ian Buck with guest host Katie Reddemann discuss Sony's saved data corruption problem and the upcoming Vita Slim, Microsoft's next effort to reduce the price of their online games, the saga of the Candy trademark and reviews of World of Tanks from Ian and Brothers: A Tale of Two Sons from Katie.

Jan 27, 201450 min

Eight Bit #62: Swagway

Ian Buck and Ian Decker with returning guest Andrew Bailey discuss Steam for the Oculus Rift, GameFace running on Android, another augmented reality game tying into Endgame, Gabe Newell's selfie, Nintendo's losses, news from Steam Dev Days and a reviews of Broken Age from Andrew and Ingress from Buck.

Jan 20, 20141 hr 27 min

Eight Bit #61: Terafloppy

Ian Buck and Ian Decker with returning guest Katie Reddemann discuss Steam's now active family and friends game library sharing feature, console units sold from Microsoft and Sony, Valve's upcoming Virtual Reality SDK and news from CES such as Razer's modular but proprietary PC, the updated Oculus Rift and so much more.

Jan 13, 20141 hr 8 min

Eight Bit #60: A Big Layer Of — Oh That’s Cold!

Ian Buck and Ian Decker discuss the China's Ministry of Culture's decision on Battlefield 4, the introduction SphereChess, Titanfall's lack of modding tools at launch, a review of "Fly, Catbug, Fly" from Ian Buck.

Jan 05, 201448 min
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