Bad game launches can unfortunately be commonplace these days, but very few can reach levels of disaster so high that it effectively kills an entire long-running franchise AND beloved studio. Hear the story of how everyone’s favorite urban-planning simulation went from winning Game of the Year awards to instead topping lists of the most disappointing titles ever released. How once masterful design could somehow devolve into a pile of technical problems and ill conceived ideas so poor, that it would lead such an important series to it’s sad now often forgotten grave. So let’s all pour one out for company Maxis and find out just what in the hell went wrong with Sim City (2013).
Episode 68: Criminal Actions Per Minute - Starcraft Match Fixing Part 2
Episode 67: Criminal Actions Per Minute - Starcraft Match Fixing Part 1
Episode 66: Microtransactions #3
Episode 65: Kicking Ass, Taking Names, and Making Games - The History of E3
Episode 64: Forever's a Long Time, Bitch - The Development of Duke Nukem Forever
Episode 63: Millions to Billions - The History of Valve Part 2
Episode 61: Millions to Billions - The History of Valve Part 1
Episode 60: Pac Ma'am - The History of Ms. Pac Man
Episode 59: Brogrammers Gone Wild - The Guy Game
Episode 58: From Russia With Fun! - History of Tetris Part 4
Episode 57: From Russia With Fun! - History of Tetris Part 3
Episode 56: The Last Temptation of Pidgeot - Twitch Plays Pokémon
Episode 55: From Russia With Fun! - History of Tetris Part 2
Hot Button 2020 Update
Episode 54: From Russia With Fun! - History of Tetris Part 1
Episode 53: Minecraft Takes Down the Internet - Mirai Botnet
Episode 52: Microtransactions #2
Hot Button Game Awards 2019 Special Follow-Up
Hot Button Game Awards 2019 Special Part 2
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