On this episode of the Earth Banana Podcast we discuss Artificial Intelligence, Josh’s band “Young Fangs”, and Lego machines that can solve a Rubik’s cube.

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Episode 8 – Josh Can’t Solve A Rubik’s Cube

Alex, Daniel, and Joshua discuss Steam becoming a platform and the general future of computer gaming vs PS4 and Xbox. They also talk about NBC's reboot of Heroes as well as which summer blockbusters are going to be worth seeing. Josh also gives us some great insight on the Matrix (but it's not really that great).

Episode 7: Steam is Taking Over Gaming and Obvious Movie Flaws

The Earth Banana Podcast is back from a extended hiatus to discuss some of the updates that have happened in the last several months. We also talk about recent gaming news including the new Elders Scroll MMO, Xbox 1 vs. Play Station 4, and we discuss why camels are the most addictive animal alive.

Episode 6: Camels – Gotta Catch Them All

Alex and Daniel discuss their new game Build and Battle, a turn based strategy miniatures game. They discuss the progress made so far as well as short term goals they have set up for themselves. They also talk about "sandbox" games and how Build and Battle will be a "sandbox".

Episode 5: Build and Battle

Alex and Daniel discuss video game graphics and go over basic concepts of creating 3D meshes and textures in Blender. They talk about the different terrain types they will be adding into their new game and what it takes to implement 3D graphics into a game engine.

Episode 4: The Basics of Creating Graphics and Terrain

Alex and Daniel discuss Earth Banana Games first project "The Marlin". They talk about coding the game engine, the toolkit, developing the game play mechanics, and setting goals for the project. Daniel gives a quick time on Windows compatibility issues and Alex discusses using the Logitech G13.

Episode 3: Our First Game “The Marlin”

Daniel and Alex discuss board games and video games. They talk a about the comparisons, the audiences, the advantages, and the disadvantages of each as well as talk a little bit about their first game project.

Episode 2: Board Games vs. Video Games

Alex and Daniel launch off the Earth Banana Series and talk a little bit about themselves and how they got into gaming.

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