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The Axe Factor 102: Remember The War Horse

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Hold on to your kidneys, its The Axe Factor! This week, we endure a new trailer for Aliens: Colonial Marines, discuss pre-alpha gameplay footage for Dead Island Riptide, and take stock of Kickstarter, the projects we've backed, and what we expect from crowd funding in 2013. Plus, our first hands-on with The Cave!

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THIS WEEK:

What We’re Watching
Aliens: Colonial Marines


Dead Island: Riptide - Pre-Alpha Gameplay


Bioshock Infinite - Industrial Revolution Trailer

What We're Reading

The soaring successes, surprise endings and abject failures of crow...

What We're Playing

XCOM: Enemy Unknown

King Oddball

The Cave

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Comment by Ninja Grandmaster Hattori Hanzō on January 29, 2013 at 2:44pm

Nice

Comment by Fredrik Pedersen on January 29, 2013 at 2:59pm

I was just looking at this

http://web.archive.org/web/20101215113427/http://epicbattleaxe.com/...

I wish I could listen to the previous episodes of TAF again, I guess I'm just nostalgic like that

Comment by Fredrik Pedersen on January 29, 2013 at 3:06pm

Personally, I haven't gotten into Kickstarter all that much. My income and my money consumption atm are nearly 1:1 :p However, I think it is really quite cool that people are able to get funding straight from their consumers. I suppose it just benefits me either way, because more games are being made now and the devs are a lot more open during development

I am worried though that people might get scammed, that projects will turn out to be vaporware etc. Do Kickstarter have any systems in place to reduce scams?

Comment by Hunts Hans on January 29, 2013 at 3:37pm

I totally understand if people are concerned about the outcome of Bioshock: Infinite. But personally i believe in Ken Levine and the gameplay and storybits i've seen so far prove me. I think the people at 2K just want to pull some more people into the franchise because it isn't that popular yet. And the alternative boxart is also a sign that the hardcore bishock fans are still recognised. So forth Bioshock is my most anticipated game of 2013, i cant wait. If u doubt the game still, watch the latest trailer and get hooked.

Comment by Axe Me Anything on January 29, 2013 at 5:48pm

This is so strange... I dunno what it is but I'm getting speeds of about 10 kb/sec when trying to download this episode from Podbean... says it will take between 1 and 2 hours! The iTunes version says the same thing.

I know it's not my internet connection cos I just tried downloading some other stuff and I'm getting 3-4 mb/sec... I smell a conspiracy. 

This does kinda suck tho cos I'm not gonna be able to listen to this until Thursday, as I'm going away for a few days. Oh, well...

Comment by Fredrik Pedersen on January 29, 2013 at 5:56pm

I got the same thing as you, Axe

Comment by Ninja Grandmaster Hattori Hanzō on January 29, 2013 at 7:38pm

maybe its a server issue

Comment by Christopher Brady on January 30, 2013 at 3:24am

Truth be told, as long as people understand that when you donate money to Kickstarter, that's what you're doing.  There is no implicit promise of money being properly spent, you are buying a chance, a hope.

Comment by Alexander Arts on January 30, 2013 at 5:09am

You guys better not fucking stop cursing! Sorry to hear you embarrassed yourself Lorin, buuuuut you know, you should just remember your show isn't for kids, it's for us MANLY gamers (and womanly?) Anyway, I know how it feels when you are proud of something and want to show it to others, but then realize its too controversial or not something they would like - but that's life.

Comment by Miguel Ramos on January 30, 2013 at 5:38am

Hi guys, what was said in Gametrailers was not about game engines or technology. It was about established properties. That is, Double Fine is know for adventure games, so they get money to make another adventure game. The Wasteland guys get money to make Wasteland 2. So people invest in something they know and have already played something like it. That's why it's not a good place to advance the games industry. It has been a rehash of old known trends. 

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