This week features a long podcast, as there’s a ton of news to report. Jonah tries air quotes on a pure audio podcast, while Paul refuses to believe The Legend of Zelda: Skyword Sword failed to hit the top 10 in software sales. In addition, the Gaming Flashback checks out the JRPG Ys. This week’s […]
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Episode 241: Air Quotes
November 30th, 2011 · 2 Comments
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Episode 240: Thanksgaming
November 23rd, 2011 · 5 Comments
It’s the episode just before Thanksgiving, and both Jordan and Paul have new jobs, as the latter settles into his new Los Angeles home. This week’s Gaming Flashback is the Atari 2600 game Kaboom! The guys also discuss the following news items: EA targeted for class action suit over Battlefield 3 PS3 bait and switch […]
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Episode 239: This Episode is DRM-free
November 16th, 2011 · 4 Comments
This week, Paul is too busy unpacking in his new home in California, so it’s just Jonah and Jordan, as the news mainly deals with DRM. The Gaming Flashback this week is the Activision racer The Great American Cross-Country Road Race, while this week’s Gaming History doesn’t focus on a video game company or developer, […]
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Episode 238: No Free Porn
November 9th, 2011 · 2 Comments
This week’s episode is also abbreviated, as Jordan is somewhere in Pennsylvania looking for a gingerbread house while Paul is still trying to pack his entire NES library into a single suitcase. Jonah and Paul still got in enough time to do a Gaming Flashback on Thief: The Dark Project, and the following news items: […]
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Episode 237: Half a Show
November 3rd, 2011 · 5 Comments
This week’s episode is abbreviated due to Paul’s move to California, and various Halloween delays. That’s not to say there’s no great stuff in the show, as there are some big debates about privacy and bugs. The news this week includes: Electronic Arts insists that Origin is not spyware Rumor: Grand Theft Auto V to […]
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Episode 231: Plus One Paul
September 14th, 2011 · 5 Comments
Paul has some angry comments, Jonah has some angry comments, while Jordan just chuckles and makes a Freudian mistake. In between complaints, the Gaming Flashback looks at the Amiga classic Syndicate, and the following news items: The Lund Report: August 2011 NPD Tiger Woods PGA Tour 12 PC controversy rages THQ: Next-gen consoles will be […]
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Episode 222: Gorilla Love
July 13th, 2011 · 5 Comments
This week is a big episode, as it is chock full of surprising news this week, as well as some long, long reader mail. If that weren’t enough, we take a look back at the IntelliVision game Maze-a-Tron, deal with too much love for Paul, and the mystery that is the popularity of gorillas. This […]
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Rumor: EA Buying Popcap?
June 23rd, 2011 · No Comments
Tech Cruch is reporting that Electronic Arts is about to acquire casual games giant Popcap Games for a cool $1 billion, which would exceed EA’s market cap by over 13%. If true, this would be EA’s definitive entry into the casual games market, a field they broke into 7 years ago. Despite consuming a significant […]
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Gaming Podcast 219: ColecoVision Rules
June 21st, 2011 · 2 Comments
Paul crows about Nintendo’s dominance over the ColecoVision and Dreamcast, while Jonah and Jordan reminisce about this week’s Gaming Flashback, Electronic Arts’ Barnstorming for the Atari 2600. The news also includes the following topics: Duke Nukem Forever review fiasco Harrison: Apple will be the games industry in 10 years Tretton: No need for PS4, PS3 […]
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Gaming Podcast 161: Gayma Via
February 16th, 2010 · 8 Comments
This weeks gaming podcast is a his and her podcast as Don is out sick. Oddly, the episode is shorter than normal, apparently we just didn’t have enough to rant about this week. We did cover some community responses, covered some game history and busted through some news articles including: PS3 heading for shortages? Get […]
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