Ian Buck and Ian Decker discuss Nintendo's future DRM-strategy, Fallout 4, Twitch's new reduced delay setting, Candy Crush Saga on Windows 10, the high hardware requirements of the Oculus Rift and more!

Eight Bit #118: We Saw Their Details

May 11th, 2015 1h 31m

Ian Buck and Ian Decker, with first time guest Cory Lau, discuss the DirectX multi-adapter, a Hearthstone milestone, a Magicka 2 trailer, the next Assassin's Creed, and reviews of The Talos Principle, Nidhogg and Hitman: GO.

Eight Bit #117: The Dam(n) Level is Way Bigger

May 4th, 2015 1h 41m

Ian Buck and Ian Decker with returning guest Andrew Bailey discuss the failure of Ouya, Banjo-Kazooie's spiritual successor - Yooka-Laylee, Valve's rollback on paid mods, a fancy preview of Final Fantasy 15 on DirectX 12

Eight Bit #116: Speaking of Tangents

Apr 28th, 2015 1h 36m

Ban Iuck and Dan Iecker with guest Rai Tielle, discuss the Valve Workshop uproar, secret Microsoft technologies, the launch of Galactic Civilizations III in just a couple weeks, a Telltale Marvel game in 2017, the Trans community in gaming, plu

Eight Bit #115: Fuzzy In My Brain

Apr 20th, 2015 1h 5m

Ian Buck and Ian Decker discuss Heartstone on smartphones -- finally, Valve's crusade against spam and fake accounts, Anita Sarkeesian in TIME, Firefly Online's progress, Star Wars Battlefront coming in the fall, speaking of which, that new Sta

Eight Bit #114: The Guy From Texas

Apr 13th, 2015 1h 31m

Ian Buck and Ian Decker discuss how Five Nights at Freddy's is turning into a movie, the new Star Wars Movie Digital Collection, Deus Ex: Mankind Divided, a unique take on the video game industry, and a few unusual reviews - movie reviews!

Eight Bit #113: Borderline Asphyxiation

Apr 4th, 2015 52m 4s

It's April Fool's Week with Ian Buck and Ian Decker, with sort of guest Ryan Rampersad, with discussion on positive representations of females in games, a solution for no problem in Plays.TV, a pretty huge YouTube vulnerability patched just in

Eight Bit #112: Pants Are The Worst

Mar 31st, 2015 1h 27m

Ian Buck and Ian Decker, with first time guest Liv Klemek, discuss The Game of Thrones adaptation deviation, the false report of a Zelda live-action series, a Twitch security breach, and YouTube's next try at game-streaming, a strange Halo game

Eight Bit #111: Get Off Your Hipster Horse!

Mar 24th, 2015 59m 21s

Ian Buck and Ian Decker discuss Valve's customer support, Nintendo's plan to make games for mobile devices, age ratings for Play Store games, a pretty special musical puzzle game called Cadence, walkthroughs of Star Citizen ships and a review f

Eight Bit #110: I Can’t Roman Numeral

Mar 16th, 2015 1h 17m

With guest Andrew Bailey, Ian Buck and Ian Decker discuss Star Citizen, Cibele - a game of developing sexuality, free Titanfall DLC, the demise of Maxis, and reviews of République, Enslaved, Trivia Crack and Crossy Road!

Eight Bit #109: A Sneak Peak

Mar 9th, 2015 52m 34s

Ian Buck and Ian Decker discuss Nvidia's new Titan X and the Shield console, Valve's latest version of Steam controller, the release of Source 2 Engine, a little story about No Man's Sky, Sony's Morpheus timeline, the future of Microsoft and Xb

Eight Bit #108: Mr. Dad

Mar 3rd, 2015 51m 3s

Ian Buck and Ian Decker discuss the Valve and HTC's new joint adventure with HTC's new Vive VR headset, a false advertising lawsuit aimed at Nvidia's 970's, broadband reclassification, the best games for change, Twitch Plays Halo, and more!

Eight Bit #107: When You Give A Dork A Cookie

Feb 24th, 2015 58m 57s

Ian Buck and Ian Decker review viewer feedback and discuss crowd funded games, a Steam record set, Paranautical Activity's return to Steam, the balance in Evolve, an ambiguous TwitchCon and an Eight Bit First - a review of the Nvidia Shield tab

Eight Bit #106: Looks Like Cthulhu

Feb 15th, 2015 53m 32s

Ian Buck and Ian Decker with guests Katie Reddemann and Sonja Richardson discuss Towerfall's new characters, stolen Uplay and Origin game codes, the new Daybreak Games' layoffs, Bethesda and Nintendo's return to E3 and reviews of Evolve and Gam

Eight Bit #105: Bus Full Of Crackers

Feb 10th, 2015 51m 38s

Ian Buck and Ian Decker discuss (live on their Twitch stream) a suspicious backdoor into League of Legends accounts, Polygon's noble pursuit of gaming journalism, Sony Online Entertainment's sudden selloff and rebranding, The Legend of Zelda's

Eight Bit #104: Pretend To Be Whoever You Need To Be

Feb 2nd, 2015 55m 48s

Ian Buck and Ian Decker talk the greatest episode on The Nexus ever - TED #2, and everyone's new Twitch stream, and discuss Nintendo's revised affiliate program, a guide to game streaming online, Greece's new finance minister, the demise of Joy

Eight Bit #103: Geofafa

Jan 26th, 2015 45m 38s

Ian Buck and Ian Decker discuss Civilization on the iPad - coming soon, Steam broadcasting's availability to everyone, Theme Hospital giveaway and Microsoft's comeback: Windows 10, Xbox and their vision of the future with HoloLens.

Eight Bit #102: Steeeeeeve!

Jan 20th, 2015 1h 2m

Ian Buck and Ian Decker, with returning guest Katie Reddemann, discuss Notch's mansion housewarming party, safe Twitch music, Razer's virtual reality initiative, and a review of Brothers - A Tale of Two Sons from Buck.

Eight Bit #101: Guestravaganza

Jan 12th, 2015 1h 26m

Ian Buck and Ian Decker look back on 2014 and think about what 2015 will bring, and then some of Eight Bit's most popular guests, Sonja, Andrew and Savannah, stop by to chat.

Eight Bit #100: Spoonerate It

Dec 21st, 2014 1h 6m

On the last episode before New Year's, Ian Buck and Ian Decker discuss Humble Bundle charity contributions, Hearthstone on Android, news about The Witcher 3, and Notch's new mega-mansion, plus a review of Telltale's Game of Thrones Episode 1.

Eight Bit #99: Two Of You, One Of Me

Dec 15th, 2014 53m 37s

Ian Buck and Ian Decker discuss pushing The Witcher 3 back yet again, Microsoft's timed exclusive of Rise of the Tomb Raider on Xbox One, EA's SimCity 2000 giveaway, Sony in China, the Steam holiday auction, Mass Effect comics and more!

Eight Bit #98: Betray An Underlying Insecurity

Dec 7th, 2014 1h 8m

Ian Buck and Ian Decker discuss more Evolve news, Guild Wars 2 PVP updates, the next Assassin's Creed, a pretty musical Saint's Row trailer, and all of the exciting choices made at the Game Awards!

Eight Bit #97: Cexhells

Dec 1st, 2014 1h 3m

Ian Buck and Ian Decker discuss the new Star Wars trailer and what it all means, then some news including a weird Oculus Rift experiment, Nintendo patents a way to print money, and some reviews on Codename Cygnus and the Forgotten Shores!

Eight Bit #96: PETA Would Love This

Nov 24th, 2014 1h 5m

Ian Buck and Ian Decker discuss the Walmart PS4 scams, clever DRM-detection, the strange Hacker Barbie phenomena, reviews of TwoDots from Buck and the initial review of Far Cry 4 from Decker!

Eight Bit #95: Shameless Plug V2.0

Nov 16th, 2014 56m 29s

Ian Buck and Ian Decker discuss a real game developer on the show, and discuss the Telltale Game of Thrones game, the new Monument Valley expansion, Nvidia's GRID system, a VGA-alternative and a review of Smite.