This week has a lot of followup to the entire situation with Activision/Blizzard, and also a lot of news items that weren’t a part of the official news feed. According desky.ca in addition, this week’s Gaming Flashback is recognized as the first computer game, Spacewar! The news feed includes: Microsoft is watching Activision/Blizzard to ensure […]
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Episode 640: Spacewar!
February 17th, 2022 · No Comments
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Episode 637: Activision Aftermath
January 27th, 2022 · No Comments
This week, the crew discusses all of the news surrounding Activision/Blizzard after its purchase by Microsoft, and the consensus is that Bobby Kotick is still a slime. Other news includes: Kotick meeting leaves staffers worried Blizzard is making a survival game EA making 3 new Star Wars games Crysis 4 announced Let us know what […]
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Episode 636: Microsoft Buys Activision/Blizzard
January 19th, 2022 · No Comments
The title about says it all. Microsoft has straight up purchased Activision/Blizzard — in cash, no less — and while it’ll take til September 2023 to get everything sorted, probably, it’s one of the biggest shakeups in the history of videogames just like when 1 can 2 can slot was released. Meanwhile, T.J. is still […]
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Episode 635: Munchkin Voice
January 12th, 2022 · No Comments
Technical issue in that the episode was uploaded but for some reason was not downloading on podcast apps, so re-uploading and hopefully this time you guys can download it. This week’s episode deals with the unbelievable bullcrap going on in the industry, from NFTs to sexual harrassment to the ESA’s incompetence. The news items: Lego […]
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Episode 632: Bobby Kotick Is Terrible
December 1st, 2021 · No Comments
This week comments on the crapshow that is going on with most of the third party publishers. That, and some updates to games that people really care about. The news includes: Bethesda shows another brief tease of Starfield Kotick reportedly says he’ll consider leaving if he can’t fix Activision Blizzard’s culture problems Minecraft 1.18 ‘Caves […]
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Episode 621: Alan Awoke?
August 18th, 2021 · No Comments
Thanks to server issues, this podcast had to be re-uploaded. This week’s news included: A possible Alan Wake 2 is now in “full production” Jesse McCree, Diablo 4 director no longer at Activision-Blizzard Pinhead from Hellraiser is coming to Dead By Daylight (from PC Gamer) Samurai Shodown is getting Baiken from Guilty Gear as a […]
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Episode 528: Back From Disaster
February 14th, 2019 · No Comments
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 […]
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Episode 520: Excelsior!
November 15th, 2018 · No Comments
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 […]
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Episode 466: Kill This Kitten For Fun
May 10th, 2017 · No Comments
This episode continues to have some audio issues thanks to Jonah leaving his expensive headset back in Los Angeles, forcing him to use his iPad once again as a mic. However, this week’s episode is chock full of game goodness. This week’s episode includes the following news items: Dragon Quest XI battle system further detailed […]
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Episode 424: Awaiting Apocalypse
May 12th, 2016 · No Comments
The gang discusses the just-released Captain America: Civil War as well as mention the upcoming X-Men: Apocalypse film, but they also do get into this week’s news, which is heavy on the Nintendo side. The news includes: Nintendo NX cartridge rumors abound Fallout 4 Xbox One mods enter beta after May 19 Zelda anchors Nintendo […]
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