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Episode 470: The Sims 4 Contest Part 2Episode 470: The Sims 4 Contest Part 2

July 6, 2017| Jonah Falcon| 0 Comment| 9:43 pm

The The Sims 4 contest is still going on this week, with the winner to be announced in Episode 471. The crew gets back to discussing news, but as is usual, it’s a light week in July.

This week’s news items include:

Starcraft Remastered is coming in August in 4K
Star Wars Battlefront 2 loot boxes spark pay-to-win fears
Only main player will progress in Far Cry 5 story
Destiny 2’s getting rid of random perk rolls for loot and the response is divided
Nintendo Switch Virtual Console will be the only way you can play certain Super Mario games

Again, The Sims 4 Contest is only eligible for US entrants.

Episode 315: Titanfall T-Shirt Contest ContinuesEpisode 315: Titanfall T-Shirt Contest Continues

July 2, 2013| Jonah Falcon| 0 Comment| 9:44 pm

This week’s podcast is fairly heavy on the Xbox One news, but at least it makes for a themed podcast. Jordan expresses his fears at controllers that look at you, while QWOP and Surgeon Simulator 2013 are discussed.

This week’s news includes:

PS4 did have always on DRM, camera, but Sony changed it at E3
Report: Xbox One’s capabilities better than Microsoft expected
Report: Xbox One will be able to run Windows 8 apps
Xbox One getting Unity support to aid indie developers
Half-Life 3 rumors squashed by Surgeon Simulator 2013 dev
Star Citizen asset cost for ships “anywhere from $35,000 to $150,000”

The “Win a Titanfall T-shirt” contest continues. Merely answer, “What game at E3 impressed you the most?” to enter to win a large size tee.

Episode 314: Post-E3 Discussion, Titanfall T-Shirt ContestEpisode 314: Post-E3 Discussion, Titanfall T-Shirt Contest

June 26, 2013| Jonah Falcon| 0 Comment| 9:47 pm

Jordan Lund and Jonah Falcon finally get back together after an eventful E3 2013, as Jordan finished his not-so-stellar review of The Last of Us. Part of the podcast was from Jonah’s live television show on MNN, which recapped Microsoft’s decision to reverse its online policies with the Xbox One.

The news this week includes:

EA’s Soderlund states next-gen consoles should have come a year earlier
Xbox One, PlayStation 4 premium games will cost $59.99
EA’s Star Wars licensing deal ‘almost didn’t happen’, DICE pushed for Battlefront
Fish claims Fez 2 won’t come to Xbox One due to anti-indie policy

This week has a contest: win a free Large T-Shirt of Titanfall, by answering the question: What game at E3 impressed you the most?

Episode 305: Duct TapeEpisode 305: Duct Tape

April 9, 2013| Jonah Falcon| 0 Comment| 9:05 pm

Paul and Jordan realize the brilliance of duct taping a flashlight to a gun barrel, while more Doctor Who fodder was recorded for a future outtakes episode. Jonah and Paul also express amazement there’s no Sugar Race racing based on the arcade title found in Wreck-It Ralph. Finally, the podcast eulogizes Roger Ebert.

The news for the week includes:

Disney shuts down LucasArts, cancels Star Wars 1313, Star Wars: First Assault
Thief to feature “classic mode”, removing all assists
Microsoft has a clear path to developing Killer Instinct after an agreement with Fox
The Witcher 3 confirmed to be DRM-free
Bethesda confirms “new version of Doom 4” being worked on, Rage 2 cancelled

There’s also Listener Feedback, and the Starcraft II: Heart of the Swarm contest is still open – a winner will be announced next week.

Episode 287: Dead CatsEpisode 287: Dead Cats

November 20, 2012| Jonah Falcon| 0 Comment| 2:29 pm

This week’s Gaming Podcast is chock full of news and reader feedback. Rather than do a Gaming Flashback, a conversation about the middling sales of the PlayStation Vita is discussed, while Paul is anxiously looking for a black Wii U so he can play Epic Mickey 2. We also hand out the indie game prizes to our two winners.

This week’s news includes:

Star Citizen hits $4.5M stretch goal, biggest crowd fundraiser ever
Black Ops 2 1.03 patch doesn’t fix server issues
Deus Ex: Human Revolution film director tabbed
Spector: Epic Mickey 2 takes “choice and consequence to new levels“

This week’s Question of the Week: What was the best game you ever played that cost less than $5?

In addition, this is the two days of Kickstarter funding. Help the TD Gaming Podcast with its Kickstarter fundraising.

Episode 286: Free Indie GamesEpisode 286: Free Indie Games

November 14, 2012| Jonah Falcon| 0 Comment| 1:26 pm

This week, Gaming Podcast is giving away free indie games: Dungeon Defenders and the Zeboyd 2-Pack including Cthulhu Saves the World and Breath of Death VIII. The Gaming Flashback includes the original Splinter Cell from 2002.

There’s also plenty of news items including:

Blizzard facing class action lawsuit over Battle.net security
Former Square boss calls merger “a complete failure” between Square and Enix
Nintendo details Wii U network ID system
Molyneux skeptical about tablet/TV gaming
Halo 4 makes $220M in first day, Forward Unto Reach garners 46M viewers
Analyst: Grand Theft Auto V will sell 25M units

No Question of the Week – just let us know if you’d like to win either Dungeon Defenders or Cthulhu Saves the World/Breath Of Death VIII.

In addition, this is the final week of Kickstarter funding. Help the TD Gaming Podcast with its Kickstarter fundraising.

Episode 269: Roundtable Time and Spec Ops: The Line ContestEpisode 269: Roundtable Time and Spec Ops: The Line Contest

July 3, 2012| Jonah Falcon| 0 Comment| 11:04 pm

This week is a special episode as Jonah Falcon cooks up a true videogame roundtable and is giving away three Steam codes for the latest third person shooter, Spec Ops: The Line, while Paul Nowak reads this week’s gaming flashback Wally Bear and the NO! Gang.

The videogame roundtable has the crew discussing two topics: videogame violence and “play to win” premium game portals.

All that plus Reader Feedback.

To find out how to win a copy of Spec Ops: The Line, listen to the podcast and find out how!

Episode 261: Where in the World is Gaming Podcast?Episode 261: Where in the World is Gaming Podcast?

April 25, 2012| Jonah Falcon| 0 Comment| 8:11 pm

This week is another bountiful podcast as the crew has a surprisingly long discussion about this week’s Gaming Flashback, Make Trax. The guys also discuss 1990’s kids shows like Reading Rainbow and Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego? The contest winner for a copy of Magicka is also revealed, as some magical books are discussed.

In the news:

Rumor: Wii U will cost Nintendo $180 and retail for $300
Online petition calls for end to Tera ‘censorship’ in EU
Videogame-only Kickstarter alternative debuting at E3 2012
NPD: 40% of freemium players pay for in-game upgrades

Interestingly enough, the day after the podcast was recorded, the gore slider issue was resolved.

We also have some great Reader Feedback, but no contest or question this week. Sorry, folks!

Episode 255: The Darkness II ContestEpisode 255: The Darkness II Contest

March 15, 2012| Jonah Falcon| 0 Comment| 12:01 pm

Dan Quick returns again to cover for Paul Nowak, and this week, the Gaming Podcast is offering free copies of The Darkness II Limited Edition, which comes with the main game and some free DLC. The guys are giving away an Xbox 360 version and a PlayStation 3 version. To win, just listen to the podcast and post what your favorite scary movie is.

The game news this week includes:

Ex-SCEE senior VP Phil Harrison joins Microsoft’s European team
DOOM developer John Romero has “plans” for “old school” shooter
EA defends Mass Effect 3 From Ashes DLC data being on disc
Notch settles with Bethesda over “Scrolls” trademark
DICE: 2GB RAM won’t be enough for next gen consoles
Angry Birds theme park to open in Finland
GAME puts itself up for sale, GameStop interested
Diablo III release date announcement “in a few days“, no PvP in launch version

And yes, they know that the announcement was just made today – May 15th release date for Diablo III.

The contest to win either the Xbox 360 or PlayStation 3 version of The Darkness II will run this and next week, with the winners announced in Episode 257.

Episode 251: The New Crew ReturnsEpisode 251: The New Crew Returns

February 15, 2012| Jonah Falcon| 0 Comment| 8:25 pm

After last week’s special appearance by Derrick and Jennifer Schommer along with Don Dunn, the regular crew of Jonah Falcon, Jordan Lund and Paul S. Nowak return, and they find themselves with some fascinating news items.

The news items include:

Blizzard brags Diablo III will have difficulties that are harder-than-hard
Sony passed on Demon’s Souls because it was “crap“
Sony credit rating downgraded, “strong recovery in earnings unlikely”
Tim Schafer raises $1.6M (and counting) to develop an adventure game
Epic’s Sweeney: Lifelike graphics will come in our lifetime

Paul is also running a contest to earn “Pixie Diamonds” currency for Disney’s Pixie Hollow social networking MMO, with the prize going to the person who can answer, “Who is your favorite Disney Prince or Hero, and why?”