Final Fantasy VI for Android devices, Twitch
doubles in size since last year, Gabe Newell's
reddit AMA - all that and more coming up right
now on the Curse Weekly Roundup.
Hey guys, Jess here, and let's kick off the
show with the outrage that I saw pouring out
of my friends on Facebook and other social
media platforms regarding Final Fantasy Vi.
Wednesday evening I began seeing sad, angry,
and just plain WEIRD tweets and statuses about
Square Enix ruining Final Fantasy VI.
Now let's go ahead and get our panties OUT
of the bunch we got them in, shall we?
Square Enix released the Android version of
Final Fantasy VI on Wednesday, featuring updated
sprites - which seems to be the main point
of contention in the "screw you Square Enix"
argument.
Some claim that Square Enix has "ruined the
series," while others are saying "can't you
just.....not buy the mobile version if it
bothers you that much?"
Still others are actually LIKING the new sprites
better than the old ones.
What do you guys think?
Leave me a comment on this video and lemme
know if you like the updated graphics or not.
Our fearless leader Gaben has finally agreed
to do an AMA on reddit! ....under one condition.
Valve's head honcho has thrown his support
behind a racing team in this year's United
SportsCar Championship, or USCC.
He actually submitted several posts to /r/gaming,
all of which went almost entirely ignored
until he posted proof in the form of a selfie,
in all his bearded, frappucino'd glory, and
promised to finally do the AMA that everyone's
been wanting IF his team raises at least $500k
in donations to the Seattle Children's Hospital,
the charity that that his race team supports.
So, got a question you've always wanted to
ask?
Say....about....half-life 3 maybe?
Get out that wallet and shell out some dough
and you might just get your chance to ask
him.
Speaking of Valve - the Steam Controller has
gone through a design change.
According to the tweets of two game devs at
Valve's Steam Dev Days event, the controller
will no longer feature a touch screen, which
was deemed "redundant and possibly distracting"
from games, and the exiting ABXY buttons will
be rearranged into a diamond shape to offer
better backwards compatibility with other
game controllers like the Xbox 360 game pad.
Last week we announced a contest for a copy
of Call of Duty: Ghosts for the Xbox One - to
enter you had to follow me and retweet the
contest tweet.
The winner that we randomly chose was Holly,
@PrismPerfect.
Congratulations, Holly!
And for the rest of you - thanks for entering,
and sorry you didn't win - but we'll take
care of you with more giveaways in the future.
And finally, it's a good time to be involved
in eSports, according to Twitch.
The popular streaming platform released new
stats this week which show the incredible
growth in competitive gaming viewership.
Last year, 45 million Twitch users watch 12
billion minutes of video, more than double
the numbers from 2012, when 20 million users
tuned in to 6 billion minutes of video.
League of Legends remains the most popular
eSport, growing 258 percent in average monthly
minutes watched - but its moba from another
mother Dota 2 comes in second on Twitch, and
saw a massive 508 percent increase in average
monthly minutes watched.
Go ahead and click the link in the description
to see more detailed metrics.
That's it for the Roundup!
As always, don't forget to hit that subscribe
button and also thumbs up this video if you
liked it!
Once again I'm Jess, you can find me on twitter
@JessBrohard, and until next time - Enjoy
the Game.
