Episode 715: Leap Year Gaming

February 29, 2024| Jonah Falcon| 0 Comment| 6:33 am

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Layoffs around the industry dominates the news, as well as workplace issues.

The news includes:

Respawn’s Star Wars FPS is canceled
Pokémon Presents 2024
Final Fantasy 7 Remake’s final scene gets a script change 2 days before its sequel drops
Star Citizen developer hit with layoffs amid claims of a “highly toxic company”

Let us know what you think.

Episode 248: SequelitisEpisode 248: Sequelitis

As the podcast approaches the magic 250th episode, Paul, Jordan and Jonah check out some of the big news that hit this week in the land of videogames, and in the Gaming Flashback, looked back at an all-time worst game, Superman 64.

This week’s news includes:

ESA drops SOPA support (via Herr Alien)
R18+ bill to be voted on by Australian Parliament on 7th February
Vita sales continue to freefall in Japan
Guild Wars 2 open beta this Spring, launching in 2012
Starbreeze states they don’t look at games from a genre perspective anymore

All this and Reader Feedback, as well as the Question of the Week, “What do you look for in a sequel?”

Episode 371: This Podcast Is ExtremeEpisode 371: This Podcast Is Extreme

This week is another short one as the news is pretty light. However, there is another Gaming History as The Super Mario Bros. Super Show! is examined.

This week’s news includes:

Destiny‘s PVP mode now breaks up teams if they’re too good
Xbox One sold over 720K Black Friday week in the US
Godzilla The Game heading to North America this Summer
Street Fighter V revealed as a PS4, PC exclusive (from GameSpot)

The Question of the Week: “What is your favorite giant monster?”

Episode 666: Nintendo Hentai BanEpisode 666: Nintendo Hentai Ban

This week is plagued by the Mark of the Beast, but next week’s will be a giant landmark, too. No Gaming Flashback, but a lot of legal happenings in the past week.