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Episode 515: Telltale ClosesEpisode 515: Telltale Closes

September 27, 2018| Jonah Falcon| 0 Comment| 7:03 pm

This week follows the stunning announcement over the closure of Telltale Games and the repercussions of the shuttering of one of the most influential companies in the industry. There’s also Scott continuing to gush about Dragon Quest XI and Jonah enjoying the 2008 version of Prince of Persia again. That, and Fallout 3 headlines the Gaming Flashback.

News of the week include:

Telltale employees left stunned by company closure
Swiss soccer fans temporarily stop game to protest esports
Brian Fargo will try to buy back Interplay if The Bard’s Tale IV sells well enough
Rez creator’s musical re-imagining of Tetris launches in November

Let us know what Telltale Games you were hoping to see in the future.

Episode 511: Grim Sky at RiotEpisode 511: Grim Sky at Riot

August 9, 2018| Jonah Falcon| 0 Comment| 8:00 pm

The guys discuss the recent report by Kotaku released this week on the shady institutionalized sexism at Riot Games, the people behind League of Legends. There’s also hints of racism as well, especially since everyone in charge is, well, a white male. Otherwise, T.J. gushes about his experiences at EVO, the fighting game convention/competition, and is looking forward to QuakeCon.

The news this week includes:

Siege’s next season Operation Grim Sky unveiled
The World Ends With You for Switch gets release date
IGN pulls review and fires writer for plagiarism
Grand Theft Auto 5 still going strong after five years

And Jonah confesses he still hasn’t played GTA5 because, well, GTA4 soured him on the series.

Episode 506: E3 Swag and Sony SagEpisode 506: E3 Swag and Sony Sag

June 27, 2018| Jonah Falcon| 0 Comment| 2:54 am

This episode follows the three hour long E3 episode, but there was so much E3 to talk about, a lot of the show spilled over into this show, including the crew talking about the swag Jonah sent to them, and Sony’s “winning” of E3 in terms of media attention. There was going to be a Gaming History, but the episode ran long and they weren’t going to have a two hour podcast after a three hour one.

The news of the week includes:

Microsoft and Nintendo troll Sony over crossplay
Bethesda lawsuit says Westworld game stole Fallout Shelter code
Microsoft and Razer are working on Xbox keyboard and mouse support
Nintendo Switch could get its own new Monster Hunter games
Life is Strange 2 Episode One release date revealed

There was some Listener Feedback to last week’s episode, too.

Episode 502: Spring FluEpisode 502: Spring Flu

May 20, 2018| Jonah Falcon| 0 Comment| 12:00 pm

Jonah suffers from spring flu this episode, which you can probably here in his voice. There’s a long discussion about isometric roleplaying games, and for the first time in a while, there’s no Gaming Flashback.

This week’s news items include:

id Software partnering with Mad Max dev Avalanche Studios to develop Rage 2
Radical Heights developer Boss Key Games shuts down
Platinum claims it will “turn the action genre on its head”
Redditor leaks potential Star Fox racing spin-off from Retro Studios

Let us know what you think.

Episode 499: A Long DelayEpisode 499: A Long Delay

April 12, 2018| Jonah Falcon| 0 Comment| 9:40 pm

Yeah, we recorded this on April 2 and are just releasing this on April 12 — because during this time Jonah went to PAX East, then visited his mother in NYC, and things have calmed down about now. This week’s Gaming Flashback is the overly cute LittleBigPlanet… and to think it was a major topic of conversation in the early days of the podcast. How time has passed.

This week’s news items include:

You can play de_dust2 in Far Cry Arcade
No Man’s Sky coming to Xbox One later this year

You’d think that wouldn’t be enough news for 90 minutes, but that’s ok. We go off on tangents all the time.

Episode 498: Part Men, Part Games, All PodcastEpisode 498: Part Men, Part Games, All Podcast

April 2, 2018| Jonah Falcon| 0 Comment| 11:42 pm

This week’s podcast is a little late thanks to life interrupting, but better late than never. We discuss the Gaming Flashback, Robocop, and other weird tangeants that have nothing to do with videogames.

The news this week includes:

PUBG is “considering” region-locked servers
Rare cancels planned Sea of Thieves “death cost” after player complaints
Red Dead Redemption 2 leak teases Battle Royale Mode

All this and Listener Feedback.

Episode 497: Only Three More Til 500Episode 497: Only Three More Til 500

March 25, 2018| Jonah Falcon| 0 Comment| 11:19 pm

The podcast slowly inches towards the magic 500th episode of Gaming Podcast, representing over 11 years of yakking about video games. For a Gaming Flashback, the gang looks at arguably the last good Mario game, Super Mario Galaxy. They also discuss the phenomenon that is Fortnite.

As for the gaming news, this week includes:

Atari reveals Ataribox, renamed Atari VCS
Ys: Memories of Celceta will arrive on PC this summer
Fortnite is already the second highest grossing game on iOS
Top Fortnite streamer Ninja earns $500,000 per month

Do you play Fortnite? Let us know.

Episode 484: Letters!Episode 484: Letters!

November 28, 2017| Jonah Falcon| 0 Comment| 12:19 am

This week’s podcast was delayed in publishing thanks to the holiday week being more hectic than usual. However, better late than never, and there’s even some listener feedback included!

The news items include:

Valkyria Chronicles 4 is mobilizing for deployment in the west in 2018
Clicker Heroes 2 developer abandons microtransaction model citing ethical concerns
Rainbow Six Siege is getting a high-tech ninja named Vigil
Minecraft is adding tridents, shipwrecks, dolphins and coral reefs in Spring 2018

Let us know what you think.

Episode 475: Sterling ReviewsEpisode 475: Sterling Reviews

August 17, 2017| Jonah Falcon| 0 Comment| 8:59 pm

This week’s episode is 50% longer as the first 20 minutes or so are devoted to the reaction to Jim Sterling’s explosive review of Hellblade and his subsequent recanting later that day. This week has no Gaming Flashback or Gaming History, but there are six news items to make up for it.

The items include:

EA talks about Nintendo Switch support
Rainbow Six: Siege “Operation Blood Orchid” update launches August 29
Myth-inspired RTS Deadhold charges into Early Access later this month
No Man’s Sky “Atlas Rises” update adds story content and “limited” online co-op
EA says Star Wars: Battlefront “lacked long-term goals”
Moons of Madness is Lovecraftian horror on Mars

Let us know what you think.

Episode 471: Nintendo’s LawyersEpisode 471: Nintendo’s Lawyers

July 13, 2017| Jonah Falcon| 0 Comment| 10:15 pm

Nintendo is the main focus of this week’s episode, but we can’t discuss the company too much or they’ll sic their lawyers on the podcast. Other than that, there’s plenty of safe things to discuss.

This week’s episode includes:

Evil Genius 2 in development at Rebellion
Nobody can find the source code for Icewind Dale II
Breath of the Wild players will learn more about Zelda in The Champions’ Ballad DLC
Where are all the Nintendo Switch game ports?

Also, learn about who won the contest, which was decided by the roll of a die.