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 33: Destiny - From Beginning to Endgram Part 2
Episode 32: Destiny - From Beginning to Endgram Part 1
Episode 31: Skyrim's Paid Mods
Hot Button E3 2019 Special
Episode 30: Occupy Eorzea - The Final Fantasy XIV Housing Crisis
Episode 29: Nintendo vs Let's Players
Episode 28: Requiem for a Dreamcast - History of Sega Consoles (Part 2)
Episode 27: Requiem for a Dreamcast - History of Sega Consoles (Part 1)
Episode 26: Warner Bothers - How the Westworld was Lost
Episode 25: Video Game Special Editions Live!
Episode 24: Birth of A Killer App - The Origin of Halo Part II
Episode 23: Birth of A Killer App - The Origin of Halo Part I
Episode 22: The Termination of Jeff Gerstmann by the Coward GameSpot
Episode 21: Brown v Entertainment Merchants Association Part II
Episode 20: Brown v Entertainment Merchants Association Part I
Episode 19: Formation of the ESRB Part III
Episode 18: Formation of the ESRB Part II
Episode 17: Formation of the ESRB Part I
Episode 16: IGN Plagiarism Scandal
Episode 15: Super Columbine Massacre RPG! Part II
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