This weeks gaming podcast we stroll down memory lane with Gauntlet, ponder Microsoft’s role as a PC game publisher, hit up some news:
We’ll also take a look at the history of the joystick and pimp our new gaming podcast forums. You can also checkout our new World of Warcraft guild, Fallen Souls.
Episode 262 may be a week late, but it’s definitely chock full ‘o podcast goodness, as the full crew rambles on and off subject about this and that. This week’s Gaming Flashback is the old coin-op arcade game Star Castle while begat Yars’ Revenge, with a twist ending to the classic game’s tale.
This week’s news items include:
All that, plus Reader Feedback and the Question of the Week, “What Kickstarter project have you backed or are most interested in buying?”
This is the first podcast of 2015, and Jonah and Paul are ready to get going, talking about their holiday gifts and their disappointment in the film Birdman. There’s no Gaming History or Gaming Flashback this week, but stay tuned for one next week.
The news in this episode includes:
Also in the podcast is some Listener Feedback and the Question of the Week, “How much do you play online?”
This weeks gaming podcast we contemplate the question “how do you buy video games?” Do you use news magazines, online reviews, screenshots, previews or do you have your own method of deciding what games are cool. We also do a bit of a flashback on Q*Bert.
This weeks gaming podcast news includes:
We also take a short look at the history of Cliff Bleszinkski and what he’s done so far in his career. He may be the next Carmack, who knows!
Wow, I was laughing at some of the stuff you were saying about MMOs. Like Mythic is new to MMOs (Dark Age of Camelot is still going strong – it isn’t WoW that hurts DAoC – it’s Warhammer Online.) Or that you need massive capital – look at EVE Online.