3DS Is the PS4 of Handhelds

In the first part of the show, gamers Rishi Alwani and Mikhail Madnani join host Pranay Parab to talk about Nintendo’s big games releasing this year, NES Classic, HTC Vive’s India price, and Battlefront 2. In the second segment, pop culture nerds Akhil Arora and Roydon Cerejo step in to talk about The Handmaid’s Tale, a speculative fiction TV show.

Nintendo Direct

• Games releasing in 2017


• Minecraft


• Nintendo’s 3DS gameplan


• New games on the 3DS

NES Classic Discontinued

• Why this happened


• The scalper problem


• Sideloading games


• Virtual console

HTC Vive India Price, Release Date

• Why HTC, why?


• Retail availability


• BIS speculation

Star Wars Battlefront 2

• Single-player campaign


• Expectations from the story


• Release date


• Criterion’s role


• Are season passes dying?

What we’ve been playing this week

• Steamworld Heist


• Asura


• Dawn of War III


• Overwatch


• Graceful Explosion Machine


• Full Throttle Remastered

The Handmaid’s Tale

• SPOILERS FOLLOW


• How true it is to the book


• Plot and setting


• Soundtrack sets the scene


• Comparisons with today’s society


• Stream of consciousness narrative style


• Handmaids vs. wives


• Impressive casting

Music: Popular Potpourri and Path Complete from PPPPPP by Magnus “Souleye” Pålsson.