Episode 29: Flappy Mario

Mika Mika, who took over the news as "Donkey Kong Dad," joins in to talk about how he learned to make games when he was a kid: programming in K-Mart on a Commodore 64! Now his kids are playing Minecraft and Super Smash Bros. We touch on how magical Minecraft is for learning to make games, and how Disney Infinity doesn't quite have the same touch.

Here's the news:

• Media Molecule is demoing their new game, Dreams, at Paris Games Week. And it looks kinda weird.
• Quantic Dream has a new game called Detroit coming out. It stars a familiar android named Kara!
• Xbox gets backwards compatibility starting in November.
• New York Times is partnering with Google Cardboard to ship out VR headsets and make short films.
• Sony isn't making games for the Vita anymore, and I'm crying about it.
• Here's the announcement about Nintendo's mobile games! Or rather, just apps.