<p>Bri, Maddy, Steve and Georgia are joined by Square-Enix’s Justin Kranzl to discuss early impressions of Super Smash Bros, taking risks in game development, the disparity of reviews of narrative-based games, dealing with negative reviews, and the new Tropes vs Women video.</p>
 <h4 style='display: inline;'>Guest Starring:</h4> <p style='display: inline;'><a href='http://www.relay.fm/people/justinkranzl'>Justin Kranzl</a></p>
<h4>Links and Show Notes:</h4> <p>What We're Playing:</p>

<ul>
<li>Justin - FIFA 14</li>
<li>Georgia - Street Fighter IV and Mortal Kombat Komplete</li>
<li>Maddy - Metroid 2</li>
<li>Bri - Ultra Super Street Fighter IV (and Metroid 2)</li>
<li>Steve - Metroid Prime Pinball (and Metroid 2)</li>
</ul>

<p><p>Links for this episode:</p><h4><a href="http://www.polygon.com/2014/5/27/5754308/super-smash-bros-for-wii-u-best-buy-us-e3" class="link" target="_blank">Smash Bros demo at Best Buy</a></h4></p>

<h4><a href="http://www.vg247.com/2014/06/12/conan-obrien-clueless-gamer-super-smash-bros-watch/" class="link" target="_blank">Conan O’Brien’s Clueless Gamer featuring Super Smash Bros</a></h4>

<h4><a href="http://www.pastemagazine.com/articles/2014/06/murdered-soul-suspect-review-multi-platform.html" class="link" target="_blank">Maddy’s review of Murdered: Soul Suspect</a></h4>

<h4><a href="http://www.polygon.com/2014/6/3/5765892/murdered-soul-suspect-review" class="link" target="_blank">Danielle Riendeau’s review of Murdered</a></h4>

<h4><a href="http://www.feministfrequency.com/2014/06/women-as-background-decoration-tropes-vs-women/" class="link" target="_blank">Tropes vs Women: Women as Background Decoration, Part 1</a></h4>

8: I Play Games, I Don't Read

Game developer Brianna Wu, technology journalists Georgia Dow and Mikah Sargent, and game enthusiast Steve Lubitz analyzed the week’s biggest stories in the video game industry from different perspectives. Hosted by Brianna Wu, Georgia Dow, Steve Lubitz, and Maddy Myers.