Episode 598: Welcome to 2021

January 6, 2021| Jonah Falcon| 0 Comment| 12:00 pm

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This is the first podcast of 2021! It was also recorded a day before people decided to invade the US Capitol. How weird is that, hearing us blissfully unaware of insurrectionists who thought they could terrorize the US Senate?

Anyway, this week’s news includes:

Minecraft Earth is closing in June
Bethesda tweets about Elder Scrolls
Hitman 3 will launch with trilogy-wide optimizations

Let us know what you think at the Facebook comment site.

Episode 647: AdvertisingEpisode 647: Advertising

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This week’s is pretty short, featuring a Sonic the Hedgehog and Halo discussion before delving into what’s okay and what’s not okay with in-game advertisements. The Gaming Flashback for this episode is the tripping Journey.

The news includes:

PlayStation wants ads in its games, too
Bugsnax leads late April Xbox Game Pass line-up
Amy Hennig is taking another shot at making a Star Wars game

Let us know what you think.

Episode 443: Nintendo Pulls a SwitchEpisode 443: Nintendo Pulls a Switch

So, this episode covers that fact that Nintendo is about to announce their next device, which they did earlier today: the Nintendo NX is now called the Nintendo Switch. The official Red Dead Redemption 2 trailer was also unveiled today too, and the multiplayer aspect is discussed. Jonah advises TJ and Scott to try The Stanley Parable as well.

This week’s news includes:

Dishonored dev’s The Crossing, put on hold in 2009, gets a new trademark filing
Red Dead Redemption 2 announced for Xbox One and PS4, but not PC
Voice actors threaten strike against EA, Activision, and nine other companies
Grand Theft Auto 5‘s exploding Note 7 mod video yanked from YouTube by Samsung

All this and two Questions of the Week!

Episode 462: Nerd RageEpisode 462: Nerd Rage

Jonah discusses his renewed views of Mass Effect: Andromeda after his long, long rant last week. It fits in with the theme of nerd rage in the news items, as well as some new games coming out. TJ and Scott talk about the games they’ve been enjoying in the past week as well, as the latter is burning through Pillars of Eternity so he can play Torment: Tides of Numenera and the eventual Pillars of Eternity II.