Episode 573: A Very Special Returning Guest

May 19, 2020| Jonah Falcon| 0 Comment| 4:37 pm

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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.

Storage Solutions for Fall UpdateStorage Solutions for Fall Update

Are you one of those that have a diskless (or low flash disk) based Xbox 360? We’ve been wondering, ourselves, what Microsoft was going to do to “fix” the fact that the upcoming Fall Update is going to require 128MB of disk space.

It seems they’re going to hand you either a 512MB memory card or a 20GB Hard Disk for the price of $20.00. If you’ve got the $20.00, this would be the best route to go as 20GB is way more than a free 512MB flash card. You’ll be hard up to find 20GB anywhere for a buck a gigabyte – definitely a good deal.

Unfortunately, tonights gaming podcast will still have us pondering the news as we’ve already recorded it and asked the question “what are they going to do?” If you want to see if your console qualifies for the storage upgrade, head to Microsoft’s website with your serial number and console ID handy.

(Thanks, GameStooge)

Episode 701: Carts and GlitchesEpisode 701: Carts and Glitches

The guys continue from #700 by discussing, among other things, the upcoming Dark Forces remaster.

The news includes:

Xbox Partner preview
Cities: Skylines 2 studio promises performance issues can and will be fixed
PlayStation 5 Slim disc drive seems to require internet connection to install
Xbox sees record-breaking Q1 gaming revenue
Hogwarts Legacy Switch Day One update is larger than game’s cartridge size

Let us know what you think.

Episode 590: Microsoft and Epic Tag TeamEpisode 590: Microsoft and Epic Tag Team

This week has Microsoft backing Epic against Apple, Nintendo telling people they don’t have controller drift and apologizing for controller drift, and some new games.