Episode 631: Nintendo Dislikes Virtual

November 16, 2021| Jonah Falcon| 0 Comment| 5:27 pm

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This is the second attempt at Episode 631, as the previous episode had bad audio, and was boring to boot. This week’s episode features a lot of questionable content, as well as a Dark Souls Gaming Flashback.

The news includes:

Surprise Halo Infinite multiplayer launch buckles Steam servers
Grand Theft Auto Trilogy back on PC after Rockstar removes ‘unintentionally included’ files
Microsoft adds 76 more games to Xbox backwards compatibility
Nintendo explains why there is no virtual console on Switch

Let us know what you think.

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This week’s podcast is rife with arguing between Jonah, Jordan and Paul regarding computer science in schools and have a long discussion about the future of the Wii U. In this episode, the earliest MMOFPS PlanetSide gets a Gaming Flashback.

As far as the news items for the week:

Obama: Games innovate technology, interest children in computer science
Destiny preorders at Best Buy reveal info about Bungie’s upcoming game
Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn beta begins the 25th February
Rumor: Sony will use Gaikai to stream PS3 games in PS4
Wii U sold around 50,000 units in US in January
Take 2 confirms acquiring WWE license

All this and Reader Feedback as well as the Question of the Week: “How important is backwards compatibility to you?”

TD Gaming Podcast 107: It’s All About ThrustingTD Gaming Podcast 107: It’s All About Thrusting

This weeks episode is a bit unique, we’ve changed up a bit of our format to see what people think of the fresh new style. If you like it or dislike it, please let us know. This week we flashback to the 1986 title Thrust on the BBC Micro and cover the history of Solid Snake. News for the week:

Voice Actor ‘Michael Hollick’ won’t be the focus of GTA IV DLC
PS3 Not Getting Fallout 3 update
GameStop putting people in fat suits to prove a point
Guitar Hero World Tour Kicks Rock Bands Butt In Sales
Electronic Arts gives “Safe” signal to Casual Games and Burnout Developers
Halo Wars Goes Gold
Mortal Kombat Game In The Works
Windows 7 – Performs pretty sweet in gaming

Please let us know what you thought of this weeks episode shake-up and, while you’re here, why don’t you take our survey?

The video’s from the show, from Dan:

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The guys discuss Eric Barone still working on Stardew Valley, Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 being confirmed for Xbox Game Pass, blackjack roguelike Dungeons & Degenerate Gamblers, Kerbal Space Program developer layoffs, The Sims 4 launching a battle pass-like, and Metal Gear Solid Delta: Snake Eater.