Solid State Romcast: The 9-21-14 Show

This time around on the Romcast Jon, Matt and Durrty talk about Notch’s exodus from Mojang post acquisition by Microsoft. What will happens to Scrolls and none Microsoft platform ports of Minecraft? What is up with the name ‘Mojangstas’? After that chat, the big three talk about how Nintendo is on the rise… in Japan with the release of Super Smash on the 3DS amongst other releases. Lastly They dive into the ill conceived and oddly promotional video game of Gods Live Underwater called SlamScape. After along play session of this nonsensical, disorienting and poorly implemented mess they do their best to break this game down to every aspect while talking about the Philly based alternative rock band. Get Psyched!!

 

Solid State Romcast 9-21-14 Show

 

Be sure to drop us a line at our E-mail address: solidstateromcast@gmail.com. As always, thanks for listening and stayed tuned for the next installment!

 
Solid State Romcast Crew:

Jon “San Juan” Rivera – Host

Matt “Off” White – Cohost

Richard “Durrty” Hunt – Eastern Connection, Background Noise / Foley Expert

 

Music Credit:

Introduction Theme – Car Jack [2011 version] by Electric Children

Interlude No. 1 – Unknown Track A by ???

Interlude No. 2 – Unknown Track B by ???

Roundtable Theme – Pumped by RoccoW

Resolution Theme – Skip Sandwich DX By Electric Children

Microsoft buys ‘Minecraft’ maker Mojang for 2.5 Billion

This morning it was announced that Microsoft would be purchasing Mojang, the maker of the game ‘Minecraft’ for 2.5 billion usd.  Last night when we recorded the Romcast, we had a section talking about the possible acquisition rumored in places like the Wall Street Journal over the last week.  We speculated that Notch, the founder of Mojang, would be leaving the company to pursue other interests in the gaming industry after the deal was completed.  We were right.  All three of the founders of the company will be leaving, but it appears at this time that all of the development staff (or “mojangstas” as they style themselves) will be retained for the time being.  According to Microsoft’s press release they will retain all cross-platform support (although no mention is made of the Mac OSX version).  We will see what the future holds for Mojang under Microsoft and provide updates accordingly, although anything can happen at this stage.