best quote of the show "this could be a revolution or this could be the next what the ****" true poet Kevin.

What is so difficult to understand about this product being directed at children? Of course Nintendo will show adults using it on their commercial because as this podcast shows, some people think that's enough justification for owning a child's toy as an adult.

I think it's very hard to try to imagine which technologies will be successful and which not. Mainly because some of them can completely chance the way people live. Look at cell phones for example, 15 years ago, nobody really cared about them, today we don't leave home without them... you might forget your wallet, but you don't forget your cell phone.... and even though I don't like iPhones, it changed the way we use the internet... Oculus Rift and Google Glass might change the way we see TV and interact with media, but we will only know that in a few years

How dare Tom hate on injustice. But then again he hates everything.

Why no video? I loved the video podcasts you guys used to do!

This may be the best podcast episode for 2013. I think I'll get a 3DS over this 2DS or the Nintendo Brick is what I am calling it. Seriously it looks Nintendo's attempt at a Ipad and it's for children >.<

I look forward to the next show always. loooove this podcast soo much

Oculus Rift is cool, they've still got a ways to go with it though. I feel that it'll probably be a must have peripheral in certain spaces, something like joysticks are for flight sims or wheels for racing sims are. But those are relatively niche groups of people and a $300 Oculus doesn't strike me as something that'll get wide appeal. Not when it's something that you need to buy on top of something else. The potential it has as a VR headset is amazing and I hope really awesome things come out of it, I would love to play something like Gone Home or Star Citizen with the thing. It will exist, there will be awesome things that are made with it, Oculus has plenty of non-gaming applications that will no doubt help keep it alive as a thing. Not sure that it'll get massive widespread adoption, but further down the line who the heck can say.

Hey Kevin and Tom, just got to the part where you mentioned you haven't played ZombiU. You guys have to play this game. From listening to all of your podcasts Dark Souls comes up at least every 2nd podcast. Anyway, my point is ZombiU uses many elements of Darks Souls. Also, no other game in the WiiU's library uses the gamepad better. The learning curve is a little tough at first, but once you get into it you can't stop. Just like Dark Souls those who get ZombiU love it and those who don't get ZombiU hate it.

I feel like the oculus rift will end up as a niche product. Putting on a large helmet to play a game is too much of a pain and turns gaming into a production type event. While this may be fun for a while, it is asking a bit too much for the average gamer to be expected to fiddle with.

One thing that consoles have taught me, is that the convenience factor is fairly massive when it comes to widespread acceptance of a product. On one side you have a PC, a very powerful machine which allows a huge amount of customization with a persons hardware and software. On the other you have a console, where people press 1 button and they can be playing a game. Sure they lose a lot when it comes to power and features, but they gain a massive amount of convenience.

I believe the same sort of market forces will drive the oculus rift. Its lack of convenience will limit its consumer penetration. This will reduce the amount of games that are built to take advantage of its technology, which will limit its consumer appeal more. . and so on. Basically I foresee it becoming a niche product which only people with large amounts of money and a hardcore interest in games will ever really purchase.

The next big shift will have to focus on convenience and ease of use in order to really shake things up and change the way games are played.

I cant belive no one didn't remember that ice climber theme. One of my memorable 8bit music

The oculus rift seems awesome in concept but it kind of reminds me of "project natal" now known as kinect.I remember watching the Milo demo and I thought that the kinect was going to revolutionize gaming.I rushed out to buy a kinect on release day and now it sits on my shelf untouched for over a year.That's why I'm still skeptical.Good ideas are useless if they're not put to good use and the oculus rift will be useless if we don't get top notch developers to make innovative games for it.

yes.. spelunky is amazing! its just sad xbox doesnt have co-op on different xbox's

In my opinion the people at Nintendo lost their minds ! First the Wii U and now a portable console without a hinge and they name it 2ds ?

Was very disappointed when I fast forwarded to 37 minute mark and didn't hear discussion of splunky.

Other than that, great episode!

I'm wondering if Nintendo never got hit with that patent lawsuit, where Nintendo is now forced to pay this dude money for every 3DS sale (and future sales) because he has the patent on the 3D technology, would we even have seen the 2DS? Or maybe the better question is how much did it influence the decision? Or maybe it had no weight....I don't know. I'm just guessing that Nintendo is probably not that happy about losing 3DS profits to this guy. The 2DS is a way around this conundrum.

Guys, this was a great podcast. This was an educated, well thought out, and incredibly open minded conversation that I am just not used to hearing when it comes to people discussing video games. In this day and age, video game conversation has become so hostile, so vile, and so hateful, that your discussion was as refreshing as taking a cold drink of water after 4 days of desert. Keep it up!

Yay! There is a new one! I wrote a little poem of lament in the comments of the previous podcast, but here's the new episode, just a little late.

Here's what I wrote again, for those interested:

This Thursday I am coping with a great disappointment --
there's no new Gamespot Gameplay here for my enjoyment.
Without Kevin VanOrd going on about his game music obsession,
I feel the slow building of a subtle depression.
Where's McShea with his dual "Dark Souls!" and "Go buy a Vita!" proclamations?
He's so subtle, I'm not sure I would've known his allegiances from his other publications.
I miss Caro's excitement when it starts with round one,
because, after all, starting with round two wouldn't be any fun.
Where's Tyler Winegarner with his unrelated damp shirt and aquarium story,
and Brendan Sinclair with his impression of characters who are bald and powdery?
Where's Chris Watters with a spontaneous song lyric substitution,
and Peter Brown explaining his Cow Clicker-related new year's resolution?
For ye staffers at Gamespot, missing a week may seem of no great moment,
but for us humble listeners it qualifies as cruel and unusual punishment.
Even remembering Kevin talking about how a tasty dog biscuit would make his day
makes me yearn for my weekly (two-hour! at least!) fix of Gamespot Gameplay.

Yes! New podcast

Just a question to Kevin but have you ever considered inviting a fan to join you on Gameplay, I think that'd be amazing to join in on a fireside chat haha.

Better late than never...I'm too tired to listen right now but I'm looking forward to this podcast tomorrow with my morning coffee.

Gamespot are on SoundCloud. How did I not know about this before? I didn't know there was anything on SoundCloud outside of house music...