This week’s Gaming Flashback has no cake — instead it’s the history of Portal. The guys try to keep the podcast meme-free as they discuss Valve’s first person puzzle platformer.
This week the guys discuss Rockstar is now under pressure from UK Parliament as protests grow and 220 employees demand fired workers be reinstated, new Red Dead Redemption rating suggests remaster on the way to PS5, Xbox Series X/S, and Switch 2, PS6 launch “later than expected” and region-locked, LEGO The Legend of Zelda set coming in 2026 (the actual LEGO, not a videogame).
The Gaming History is all about the classic JRPG Grandia.
The news includes:
Xbox boss responds to Valve’s new hardware, fellow Microsoft employee jokes it looks like those “rumoured” Series S leaks
We review our experiences of PAX East in this podcast and the second half is full of gaming news and community comments. Derrick reflects at his fun experience of Orcs Must Die while Jonah spent some time with LA Noire and Star Wars: The Old Republic. The news highlights include:
