This is the last podcast of 2023, as the gang just talks about the year that was and the upcoming 2024 in a long, unscripted episode.
Episode 707: Goodbye 2023
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Gaming Flashback: Mega ManGaming Flashback: Mega Man
Mega Man, a series franchise was born in the month of December, a series we rarely hear about today but one that inspired many great games in the side scrolling genre. Mega Man was foundation brick in the early Nintendo consoles and a bread winner for Capcom, he was a mascot to represent a genre typically dominated by Mario.
The name Mega Man, in the 1980’s was synonymous with the word awesome. It was also synonymous with the word difficult.
A character that had so much potential you can now find him in mobile phone gaming and the virtual console in Europe.
“In the year 200X, master robot designer Dr. Thomas Light, and his assistant, Dr. Wily, worked on a project to create human-like robots with advanced intelligence.” (wikipedia) Each robot was designed to perform a specific task, Cut Man was designed to cut down trees, Guts Man is designed to pickup heavy things, Ice man for arctic exploration, etc. His assistant grew envious of Dr Light so he reprogrammed the robots to do his bidding, which was nothing but evil. Your job is to undo this evil.
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Episode 648: Sleeping ScottEpisode 648: Sleeping Scott
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Scott falls asleep mid-podcast, leaving Jonah and TJ to wrap up the episode. In the meantime, the crew get nostalgic over the “Toys to Life” craze, as this week’s Gaming Flashback is Skylanders: Spyro’s Adventure.
This week’s news includes:
- The Bethesda Launcher will be shut down on May 11
- PlayStation 5 finally getting Variable Refresh Rate support this week
- Sony wants someone to shape its Playstation PC plans
- Baldur’s Gate 3 officially gets 2023 release window
Let us know what you think.
Episode 321: Always Chaotic GoodEpisode 321: Always Chaotic Good
This week, Jonah Falcon and Jordan Lund discuss a little pen-and-paper Dungeons & Dragons, while the Gaming Flashback this week is the Microsoft Xbox, ending the coverage of the sixth generation consoles in the past few podcasts.
This week’s news includes:
- All PS Vitas $199 at Target August 18th to the 24th
- Communist border crossing immigration official sim Papers, Please! now available
- New Jersey court approves used game lawsuit against GameStop
- Wasteland 2 dynamic NPC interaction detailed
This week’s Question of the Week is a simple one: “Which do you do most of your gaming on, console or PC?”