Gaming Podcast’s Jonah Falcon and Shack News’ T.J. Denzer do a totally-not-ripping-off-Zero-Punctuation’s-Let’s-Drown-Out video of the former playing Bus Simulator 18 as they discuss some of the news of the day.
VIDEO: GamingPodcast Plays Bus Simulator 18
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If you’re wondering what happened to Episode 405, it was recorded, but Jonah’s power supply self-destructed, and wasn’t available til Wednesday, and by then it was too late to post it. (It will be posted at some point in the near future.)
Instead, check out these week’s news:
- Afro Samurai 2 removed from online stores, players get refunded, episodes 2 and 3 canceled
- Activision apologizes for Nuk3town pre-order mix up
- PlayStation 4 is getting PlayStation 2 emulation, Sony reveals
- Electronic Arts doesn’t want to “nickel and dime” gamers with microtransactions
Question of the Week: Do you or have you pulled videogame all-nighters on weeknights?
Episode 285: Surviving SandyEpisode 285: Surviving Sandy
The podcast is back this week after being knocked out by Hurricane Sandy hitting New York City hard. As the Kickstarter continues to struggle to find donors, Jordan discusses his hands-on experience with the new Microsoft tablet, the Surface, in lieu of a Gaming Flashback.
This week’s news items include:
- Civilization MMO being developed in Asia
- Yoshida: PlayStation Vita sales are below expectations
- DICE giving away Battlefield 1942 for free on Origin
- Redding: “lower-case aaa” games where the industry should be heading
- Microsoft and 343 Industries taking hard stance on sexism
All that and Reader Feedback. This week’s Question of the Week, “What do you do for fun when you can’t access the internet?”
Help the TD Gaming Podcast with its Kickstarter fundraising.

Gaming Podcast 145: Best of Both WorldsGaming Podcast 145: Best of Both Worlds
This week we’re flashing back to Metroid II for the Game Boy, something new and different from the normal arcade/console/pc flashbacks. We’re also tackling a good deal of community comments and hitting up the news wire:
- Netflix coming to PS3.
- Analysts think DJ Hero demand is below expectations
- iPhone developers next victims of piracy
- Nintendo releasing new bigger DSi in Japan
- Players of Chinese MMO must play character of the same gender
We didn’t get to cover history this week because we had lots of back-and-forth arguing about Netflix and the PS3 and rants upon DJ Hero and its “obvious” low-demand. This weeks question of the week, are there any good sim games left that are simple?
