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Episode 528: Back From DisasterEpisode 528: Back From Disaster

February 14, 2019| Jonah Falcon| 0 Comment| 12:00 am

Jonah’s desktop PC finally died completely from irretrievable hardware failure, and this episode was recorded clumsily on his cellphone. Meanwhile, TJ has been enjoying Apex Legends enormously, and gives it a rave review.

Otherwise, this week’s news includes:

Activision-Blizzard lays off 800 employees
World War Z gets an April release date
Dragon Quest Builders 2 comes to Switch, PS4 this summer
Chucklefish boss says Sony is responsible for lack of PS4 crossplay

The Question of the Week is “Which game would you love to see remade?”

Episode 527: Technical IssuesEpisode 527: Technical Issues

January 31, 2019| Jonah Falcon| 0 Comment| 6:00 pm

This week’s episode has minor audio issues, but otherwise is okay. Most of the talk is about the Resident Evil 2 remake, and how it’s taken over the world. The crew also discuss the latest Gathering Storm civ, Phoenicia.

The news of the week includes:

Capcom shipped 3 million units of Resident Evil 2
Valve calls exclusive Metro Exodus deal with Epic “unfair” to Steam customers
American McGee confirmed to be working on Alice 3 story, art and design
Fallout 76 Survival Mode – PVP Beta starting in March

Let us know what kind of game you want to see remade.

Episode 526: New York State of MindEpisode 526: New York State of Mind

January 24, 2019| Jonah Falcon| 0 Comment| 6:00 am

This week’s episode of Gaming Podcast features the first news of 2019 for the podcast, and there’s some juicy items to discuss. There’s no Gaming Flashback, but there is more discussion of the latest Civilization VI: Gathering Storm civs to be discussed.

The news includes:

“Exciting Halo: The Master Chief Collection news” teased for SXSW 2019
EA cancels open-world Star Wars game
Pillars of Eternity 2: Deadfire is getting turn-based combat later this week

Let us know what you think.

Episode 525: Best Games of 2018 – A Rambling RecapEpisode 525: Best Games of 2018 – A Rambling Recap

January 20, 2019| Jonah Falcon| 0 Comment| 7:19 pm

This week’s episode has no news, despite the beginning of 2019 having some earth-shattering news items, which will be discussed next week, probably.

Instead, Jonah, TJ and Scott talk about their favorite games of 2018. Let us know which game was your favorite last year.

Episode 524: Goodbye, 2018!Episode 524: Goodbye, 2018!

December 20, 2018| Jonah Falcon| 0 Comment| 12:00 am

This is the last podcast of 2018, and the next episode will be our Games of the Year announcement. Until then, we snark at Pewdiepie, and check some of the news ending the year.

This week’s news includes:

Steam Xbox One cross-play tools hinted
Americans can get Assassin’s Creed Odyssey free from Google
Discord Store to offer developers 90 percent of game revenues
Inca announced for Civilization VI: Gathering Storm

Let us know what your Game of the Year is.

Episode 523: Valve Running Out of SteamEpisode 523: Valve Running Out of Steam

December 13, 2018| Jonah Falcon| 0 Comment| 9:43 pm

Valve continues to have problems in the wake of Epic (and now Discord) giving developers more of the earnings pie, as the year draws to a close. Meanwhile, T.J. explains his gamertag.

This week’s episode includes the following news items:

Developers do not believe Steam is worth it anymore
Canada announced for Civilization VI: Gathering Storm
Studio Wildcard’s Atlas is delayed by a week
Rainbow Six Siege chat filter and toxicity update

Let us know what your favorite game of 2018 was.

Episode 522: Civving UpEpisode 522: Civving Up

December 6, 2018| Jonah Falcon| 0 Comment| 3:38 am

This week’s episode is full of industry news in the wake of The Game Awards. There wasn’t many news items but there was plenty to talk about with the Awards, especially with this week’s Gaming Flashback, Unlimited Adventures.

This week’s news items include:

Rumor: Starfield in trouble
Epic launching Steam rival
Maori announced as second civ for Gathering Storm

Let us know what you think.

Episode 521: Power OutageEpisode 521: Power Outage

November 29, 2018| Jonah Falcon| 0 Comment| 1:22 am

Last week’s podcast couldn’t be uploaded thanks to some good old-fashioned California power outages. This week’s episode is full of snark — enjoy.

The news items include:

PlayStation Classic using PAL versions for several games regardless of region
Bethesda apologizes about Fallout 76 launch
Fortnite surpasses 200 million players
No Man’s Sky Visions update improves diversity

Let us know what you think.

Episode 520: Excelsior!Episode 520: Excelsior!

November 15, 2018| Jonah Falcon| 0 Comment| 1:37 am

The news cycle has begun to explode, as the holiday season looms and Black Friday in sight. Jonah and TJ get into a heated argument about Destiny 2, to liven up the proceedings after the bummer of Stan Lee’s death.

This week’s news include:

Obsidian and inXile join Microsoft Studios
Stan Lee dies at 95
Destiny 2 director assures players Bungie is “not disappointed” with Forsaken

The Question of the Week is indeed “How would you fix Destiny 2?”

Episode 519: Red Dead ArrivalEpisode 519: Red Dead Arrival

November 2, 2018| Jonah Falcon| 0 Comment| 2:35 am

Jonah and TJ finally got to play Red Dead Redemption 2, and discuss how great it is and how disappointing it is at the same time. Great and disappointing can also describe the Gaming Flashback with 2008’s Mirror’s Edge, along with its awesome theme song, which Jonah is addicted to.

The news this week includes:

Nintendo recommits to “keep the business going” for 3DS
Capcom has “high expectations” for Devil May Cry 5 and Resident Evil 2
Pachter: Red Dead Redemption 2 coming to PC in April

Let us know if you’ve been playing Red Dead Redemption 2.