This is episode 42 and this week we discuss announcements from Nintendo Direct in The Weekly Ticker. We then open it up with a new segment called Friendly Fire featuring Nexon and EA plus more announcements by Nintendo in an investor conference. Then we jump into This Week in Gaming and discuss the pricing problem of the PlayStation Vita and why sales have been so poor. Lastly we close it up with a Bonus Stage featuring Cargo-Bot, Kickstarter skepticism, and linear vs sandbox games. This isn’t your usual hour long coin-fest but it is just as good. Also, we are giving away packs of Kid Icarus Uprising AR cards that we got from PAX East this week so you’ll have to tune in to find out how to enter.

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We’re coming at you with a bit of a delay this week but fret not, we are here! We made some changes to the show format this episode and we announced the first of the several PAX East 2012 giveaways that we are planning. The first thing is a Star Wars The Old Republic XL red t-shirt. You’ll need to listen to the episode to find out how to win! We also revised The Weekly Ticker and this week it features the Wii U and Mass Effect. Then This Week in Gaming goes into another discussion about the impending troubles ahead for the core gaming market. The Bonus Stage is a little tamer with a discussion on Skyward Sword, why games that aren’t artsy aren’t stupid, and Skyrim + Kinect. It is another wonderful episode.

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The Infinite Coins Podcast team was at PAX East 2012 in Boston, MA this week. We were there on Saturday and Sunday. This special episode includes 15 minutes of recording we did from the show floor on Saturday plus a wrap up segment of what we saw and did on Sunday. We’ll have more PAX East goodness in episode 41 including how you guys can win some of the swag we picked up at PAX. These are all PAX exclusive so if you didn’t get a chance to get to the show you can still win some of the swag.

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This is the big milestone episode 40! And it is being posted on a bus to PAX East in Boston. We’re real high tech around here. This week we open the show with Epic Mickey 2, Mass Effect 3, cupcakes and BioWare, Sega, Obsidian and Wasteland 2, and GAME’s fate. Then we jump into This Week in Gaming and discuss the recently surfaced rumors about the upcoming PlayStation, the Orbis, and what it all means for used games next generation. We also discuss the one OMGPOP employee who didn’t join Zynga in the buyout. The Bonus Stage talks about the iPad, the Apple TV, and how they are a trojan forse for Apple. We also talk about the tutorials in The Legend of Zelda games. And we provide you with a list of games you can play right now from the recent MolyJam! Get ready, this is episode 40.

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As we close in on the big four-oh, episode 39′s Weekly Ticker opens with what’s killing your mobile phone battery life, Zynga and OMGPOP, DLC on game discs, GAME for those in the UK, warning labels for games, KickitForward, Zipper Interactive, Final Fantasy XIII-2 and Mass Effect. Then we jump into This Week in Gaming and it’s all about Mass Effect and what’s happening with the ending that’s caused more stir than a Kansas tornado. The show comes to a close with a Bonus Stage featuring an excerpt from a book about breaking into the games industry, a discussion about what folks expect from the projects they fund on Kickstarter, and a TMNT reboot. One more till 40, hold on to your hats!

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Episode 38 is packed because it’s really two weeks worth of content! Blame the Reapers. The Weekly Ticker opens with Dust 514, Assassins Creed III, Sim City 5, Angry Birds, Unreal Engine, Valve, CD Projekt Red, XBOX 720, Microsoft Games Europe, Obsidian, a new NeoGeo, Skyrim, and Diablo III. Then we jump into meaty discussion in This Week in Gaming with talk about the death of consoles starring a GDC talk, words from Unreal Engines creator, and Michael Pachter. We also discuss Mass Effect 3 as it is the biggest game of 2012 so far. We close the show with a Bonus Stage featuring a GDC talk by Mario 3D Land’s Director, the Chinatown Fair, and decision angst. It’s a dense one folks!

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This is episode 37 of the Infinite Coins Podcast and it got lost in the Omega 4 Relay en route to your computer. Sorry for the delay folks! This week we breeze through The Weekly Ticker with Zynga, the PS Vita, the 3DS, Blizzard, Assassins Creed III, and the PlayStation 4. Then we jump into This Week in Gaming and talk about the latest casual phenomenon, DrawSomething, that has likely gotten you to do more finger painting that you’ve done in a long time. We also discuss rumors of the SteamBox and provide our bold predictions. We close up the show with a Bonus Stage discussing exercise games and their affect on overall physical activity, Stan Lee in the next Spiderman game, and the top 10 most platinum’d games on the PS3. We’re also patiently awaiting the Reaper invasion in this episode which is why this episode got delayed; at least the galaxy did get saved!

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