Neal, Anthony, and James have the distinguished honor of interviewing Mr. Trip Hawkins, in this edition of the ++Good Games - Bonus Round.  Trip has been a new media pioneer for 30 years. Early in his career, Trip played a key role in defining the personal computer at Apple. He went on to found Electronic Arts and built the company into the industry leader. Trip also founded 3DO, a pioneer in digital video, network gaming, and social communities.    Trip introduced the use of celebrities and athletes in video games, and his design credits include award-winning best-sellers such as John Madden Football, Army Men, M.U.L.E., Doctor J and Larry Bird Go One on One, and High Heat Baseball. Trip received an MBA from Stanford University and developed his own major at Harvard University, where he graduated magna cum laude with a degree in Strategy and Applied Game Theory. He was also the first business executive to be inducted into the Hall of Fame by the Academy of Interactive Arts and Sciences.    He's a mover and shaker among the movers and shakers. 
 
In this episode we discuss topics such as the Kickstarter darling: OUYA, the decline of console gaming, and the tablet computing explosion that Mr. Hawkins himself predicts over the next five years, this interview is nothing short of exciting, informative, and full of insight. 
 
Come on inside, and listen to him discuss these topics, as well as what he's been playing, and a bit of his illustrious history.   This is not to be missed.

++Good Games Podcast - TRIP HAWKINS BONUS ROUND

++Good Games Podcast - E3 2012 Outtakes

E3 might not have had much to speak on past the opening press conferences, but we love to hear our own voices, and the record button had already been pressed!

Join us for some verbal drivel, and broadcast foibles as we get completely sidetracked and just have some fun with one another.

E3 was made special this year by those not even on the show floor, namely, our wonderful fans! Thank you for joining us, everyone! It's been tons of fun, and you can look for our next episode in the near future!

++Good Games Podcast - E3 2012 Outtakes

We were moved by our conversations with Namco, Telltale, TwistedPixel and other companies at PAX and then we were moved by the earth during the recent recording session for episode 51. Believe it or not, a magnitude 3.5 earthquake struck in between Salem and Portland, Oregon relatively close to where we record the show off of Interstate 5. That quake wouldn’t stop us from breaking ground on the first episode of our fall season where we kick off with a recap of the events at PAX Prime 2012.
 
We were at the show for only two days but managed to eek out conversations with NamcoBandai, Platinum Games, 2K, Amazon.com, Telltale, Twisted Pixel, MadTyger, Shidoshi, Sony, PopCap, Atari, Microsoft, Konami and many, many more. We even met some new game companies along the way like  MoonSpiderStudios  out of Orlando, Florida that was showing off one of the biggest surprises of the show in a game simply known as “Harold”.

While Neal broke onto the Tekken Tag Tournament 2 bus, Anthony cornered Katsuhiro Harada (@Harada_TEKKEN) and Filthie Rich from Namco for a little toe-to-toe conversation. We were able to see the World Tekken Federation Premiere announcement and get Harada to sign a recently purchased (as in five minutes ago) Udon book that has already become a prized possession here at ++Good Games. While we were leaving PAX, Famitsu was just putting the finishing touches on their 39/40 review for Tekken Tag Tournament 2. This game is not to be missed and is a worthy addition to the Tekken cannon of games.
 
In addition to Tekken, fighting games were plentiful at PAX Prime 2012. Street Fighter, Tekken, MVC3 as well as Yatagarasu were all in attendance. What’s that you say? You’ve never heard of Yatagarasu? Well, that’s what we said prior to PAX 2012, however once you see this gameplay footage from developer Circle Edge, you’ll immediately see some similarities to fighting games like JoJo’s bizarre adventures, Third Strike and others. The difference here is that this game is coming out on the 3DS.
 
There were so many things to see and we’ve already shared the MGS: Ground Zeroes and Last of Us trailer from the show. One of the best games we got our hands on was Platinum Games’ Metal Gear Rising: Revengence and videos on the web simply don’t do this game justice. The following video is taken from straight from the floor and give you a taste of what we can expect to see from Konami and P* in 2013.
 
Thank you all for your patience and understanding this month as we’ve been away. We’re looking forward to bringing you a metric ton of interviews, games info and more ++Good Games episodes than you can shake an overturned truck of sticks at.
Stay tuned.
 

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