This week, Paul fills in for Scott, who has more pressing issues than discussing videogames, though some very serious topics about them do pop up, such as how misogyny became pronounced in the hobby. The Gaming Flashback is one of the legendarily panned titles, Bomberman Act:Zero.
The news for this week includes:
- Video game spending reaches record high during pandemic
- Epic Games Store keyless integration with other digital stores announced
- Minecraft sales now exceed 200 million (from PC Gamer)
- Star Citizen will hold a free fly event starting this week
There’s also some Listener Feedback from longtime fan Ralf from Germany.

For those that ran out to pickup a 20GB Xbox 360 for the low low price of $299… sit down. This may hurt a bit. Their is a new rumor stating the Xbox 360 is undergoing another price cut, for all consoles in their full array of consoles.