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Episode 400: So Long, PaulEpisode 400: So Long, Paul

September 25, 2015| Jonah Falcon| 0 Comment| 12:30 am

Well, the fateful day has come on this landmark podcast, as Paul says farewell as a regular podcast host. We can all look back at Jonah’s debut in episode 200, with the knowledge that the next episode will make him the longest running host or co-host on the show – and that’s just scary. A former host leaves a message as well.

This week’s news includes:

Creator of My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic is crowdfunding a fighting game
Xbox head discusses why Final Fantasy 14 is not on Xbox One
Pachter: “The console installed base is as big as it’s ever going to get”
Andrew House: the PS4 is struggling against censorship in China
Analyst: 30 million VR headsets by 2020

The Question of the Week: “What’s the creepiest videogame you ever played?”

Episode 382: Late But Not Too LateEpisode 382: Late But Not Too Late

March 31, 2015| Jonah Falcon| 0 Comment| 9:10 pm

Due to unforeseen circumstances, this episode was recorded on Monday, but despite the lateness, it’s full of rich news items, including some very disturbing trends in videogames, as well as a question by a listener that got mental juices flowing. This week’s Gaming Flashback is Professor Pac-Man.

The news items include:

Headteachers in UK threaten to report parents who let their children play 18-rated games
Star Citizen‘s Vanguard “concept” fighter costs a cool $250
PC version of Dead or Alive 5 Last Round launches on Steam without key features
Zelda delay could ruin Nintendo’s 2015
New Jersey game store “swatting” takes an uglier turn

This week’s Question of the Week: “What do you think is the future of older games?”

Episode 371: This Podcast Is ExtremeEpisode 371: This Podcast Is Extreme

December 7, 2014| Jonah Falcon| 0 Comment| 10:35 pm

This week is another short one as the news is pretty light. However, there is another Gaming History as The Super Mario Bros. Super Show! is examined.

This week’s news includes:

Destiny‘s PVP mode now breaks up teams if they’re too good
Xbox One sold over 720K Black Friday week in the US
Godzilla The Game heading to North America this Summer
Street Fighter V revealed as a PS4, PC exclusive (from GameSpot)

The Question of the Week: “What is your favorite giant monster?”

Episode 271: Paul-less PodcastEpisode 271: Paul-less Podcast

July 18, 2012| Jonah Falcon| 0 Comment| 7:59 pm

This week’s Gaming Podcast lacks Paul S. Nowak, who had to bow out due to illness, but there’s still Jonah Falcon, Jordan Lund and Daniel Quick to keep the podcast lively. This week features yet another weird NES title, Wall Street Kid, and some friendly Paul-less banter between the trio.

This week’s news includes:

Capcom: Street Fighter X Tekken DLC will never come to Xbox 360
Vivendi finding few buyers for Activision-Blizzard
Gearbox: “Wouldn’t be surprised” if more aggressive PC games start to appear
Grand Theft Auto V will support planes and jets, won’t have beta test

Jonah also startles Dan and Jordan with a “secret topic” with the $99 console, the Ouya, which leads to the Question of the Week, “Would you buy a $99 Android-based console?”

Castlevania Goes 3D on the Wii?Castlevania Goes 3D on the Wii?

June 29, 2008| schommer| 0 Comment| 6:19 pm

The next big Wii title will be Castlevania and it’s going to be a 3D fighting game. Stop laughing, it’s not a joke, it’s what Nintendo Power is saying. Picture Street Fighter but with classic Castlevania characters and lots of smashing and bashing for victory.

“GoNintendo’s report from the mag hints at appearances from characters like Simon Belmont and Alucard, the use of sub-weapons like holy water and boomerangs, and (surprise!) motion controls.” (kotaku)

This is a creative direction for Konami to take, given their very inexperienced with fighting style games. They could build a team of experienced fighting style game developers, but why? What’s wrong with a classic side-scrolling style game using the WiiWare system like Mega Man 9?

Hopefully, Konami can pull off this fighter in a world where people do not seem to be as enthusiastic about fighting games especially on a system with the graphical power of the Wii. Well, it is rumored to have “motion controls.”

I’d love to see a remake of Simons Quest.

Gaming Flashback: Double Dragon II [NES]Gaming Flashback: Double Dragon II [NES]

June 20, 2008| schommer| 0 Comment| 12:18 pm

Double Dragon II: The Revenge, this is a sequel title to a game which arrived earlier on the NES as an arcade port, something pretty standard back in the day of arcades, and like it’s original port, has variations from the arcade.

The trick is, the variations are much less than that of the original (which might as well been it’s own version of the arcade game but sucky). I was a huge fan of the original Double Dragon title in the arcade and was met with extreme disappointment when I found out it was strictly single player on the NES console.

This game was 300% better than the disappointing Double Dragon release on the NES. Granted, the NES version was fun to play, in single-player, but I purchased it for the two-player nature of the arcade version so I could play the game with my friends. Double Dragon II, on the NES had finally restored my faith in Technos Japan and the american publisher Acclaim. They took a bad situation and made it much better in the second release, why they didn’t make the original multiplayer is beyond me.

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