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.

Episode 236: Now With PandasEpisode 236: Now With Pandas

This week, Paul is not around, as Jonah Falcon and Jordan Lund discuss the latest news, which includes pandas. Lots and lots of pandas. That, and a Gaming History profile on David Crane.

The news this week includes:

World of Warcraft: Mists of Pandaria announced
Sony: April PSN outage has resulted in improved service
Deep Silver: “There is a clear technology gap“
Starcraft II DOTA mod will remain free but monetized
“Literally, there’s three of us” on console Diablo III
Minecraft dev wins interim injunction over Scrolls name

With that is Reader Mail and the Queston of the Week: What was your favorite Atari 2600 game?

Episode 650: Walking SimulatorsEpisode 650: Walking Simulators

This week’s episode looks at the progenitor of all walking simulator games, Dear Esther, in this week’s Gaming Flashback. They also discuss the upcoming Game Pass games for May as well as voice masking on the Playstation 3 and Xbox. In addition, Scott discusses Eiyuden Chronicle: Rising, the spinoff of Eiyuden Chronicle: Hundred Heroes that was crowdfunded on Kickstarter.

The news includes:

EA Sports officially ends FIFA partnership after 30 years of games
Starfield and Redfall have been delayed
Sony reportedly “will not approve any statements” from PlayStation studios on reproductive rights
Alan Wake developer Remedy provides update on five projects in pipeline

Let us know what you think.

Episode 582: Is the Lockhart Real?Episode 582: Is the Lockhart Real?

Well, yes, it is real, just unannounced. The Xbox Series S is probably the worst kept secret at this point. In addition to the rumors, there’s some other interesting stuff going on pre-Gamescom.