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Episode 640: Spacewar!Episode 640: Spacewar!

February 17, 2022| Jonah Falcon| 0 Comment| 2:36 pm

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 ‘the right people’ are in charge when it takes over
Witcher 3 director and Cyberpunk 2077 veterans announce new studio and ‘AAA dark fantasy‘ RPG
Nintendo Switch Sports online play test registration now open
3DS and Wii U eShop purchases end in March 2023
Focus Home Interactive to acquire Metal Slug Tactics dev Leikir Studio

Let us know what you think, now that the Comments section works again!

Episode 637: Activision AftermathEpisode 637: Activision Aftermath

January 27, 2022| Jonah Falcon| 0 Comment| 10:30 am

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

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Episode 636: Microsoft Buys Activision/BlizzardEpisode 636: Microsoft Buys Activision/Blizzard

January 19, 2022| Jonah Falcon| 0 Comment| 3:40 pm

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 salty over Vicarious Visions developing Diablo II: Resurrected, while the trio discusses the plans for Sony’s Game Pass. If you are looking for an awesome new game to try, come here and play it now.

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This week’s news includes:

Microsoft spends almost $70B in buying Activision/Blizzard
City-building RTS The Settlers launches in March, closed beta next week
Split Pad Pro getting the Attachment Set
PS3 games reportedly appear on PS5 Store

2021 is finally over. And for the first time in years, a proper Games of the Year Awards has been done by GameStooge/TD Gaming Podcast. While the Worst Game of the Year was a no doubter, the Best Game of the Year was not, with the nominees being Deathloop, Forza Horizon 5, Halo Infinite, Metroid Dread and other titles available at 1UFABET.

But there are a whopping 26 award categories, technical and artistic, so listen in on this fat 2 1/2 hour episode to find out who the winners are.

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Episode 635: Munchkin VoiceEpisode 635: Munchkin Voice

January 12, 2022| Jonah Falcon| 0 Comment| 2:45 pm

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 suspends release of Overwatch 2 set amid ongoing Activision Blizzard controversy
Sega stalls NFT plans
E3 2022 cancels in-person event
Elden Ring character creation leaks
Hitman 3 year 2 reveal coming later this week (from PC Gamer)

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Episode 632: Bobby Kotick Is TerribleEpisode 632: Bobby Kotick Is Terrible

December 1, 2021| Jonah Falcon| 0 Comment| 6:36 pm

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 and Cliffs Update’ Part Two is officially available on all platforms

Let us know what you think.

Episode 621: Alan Awoke?Episode 621: Alan Awoke?

August 18, 2021| Jonah Falcon| 0 Comment| 3:44 pm

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 DLC character

Let us know what you think.

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 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 466: Kill This Kitten For FunEpisode 466: Kill This Kitten For Fun

May 10, 2017| Jonah Falcon| 0 Comment| 10:56 pm

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
Overwatch has earned Activision Blizzard over $1 billion in less than a year
Steam changes cross-country gifting and gift trading
DOTA 2 is getting a co-op campaign with a story

Let us know what you think.

Episode 424: Awaiting ApocalypseEpisode 424: Awaiting Apocalypse

May 12, 2016| Jonah Falcon| 0 Comment| 9:09 pm

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 E3 plans
Battlefield 1 and Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare debut this past week

This week’s Question of the Week is “What era war would you like to see in a shooter?”