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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 500: Celebration Time!Episode 500: Celebration Time!

April 23, 2018| Jonah Falcon| 0 Comment| 11:17 pm

After 11 years, VGRT Gaming Podcast, nee “Technical Diversions (TD) Gaming Podcast”, has hit the magic 500th episode, with not only former co-host Paul Nowak joining in on the celebration, but 2Old2Play’s Derek Nolan and former co-host Dan Quick sending their congrats as well. Paul’s presence is the go-ahead to give TJ and Scott permission to razz Jonah to no end, while Parker Brother board games are compared. This week’s Gaming Flashback is World of Goo.

The news for this magical 500th episode includes:

“King of Kong” star stripped of high scores, banned from competition
Croteam and Devolver promise a “brutally bigger” new Serious Sam
SNK teasing its own classic compilation console
Nintendo overhauls parental control app for Switch

Question of the Week: “If you were a classic Parker Brothers board game, which would you be?”

[Song: “The Field Of Cormallen” by David Arkenstone.]

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 496: Two Becomes ThreeEpisode 496: Two Becomes Three

March 18, 2018| Jonah Falcon| 0 Comment| 9:42 pm

This week starts with two hosts and mysteriously turns into three without any warning. It’s scary. Otherwise, this week’s Gaming Flashback is the source of scorn from the hosts: Spore. Yes, SimEverything was SimDisappointing. Listen in and find out why.

The news for this week includes:

Xbox head tweets support of PS4/Xbox One crossplay on Fortnite
Warhammer: Vermintide 2 has already sold 500,000 copies
Writer Drew Karpyshyn leaves BioWare for a second time

Let us know what you think.

Episode 493: Finally, After Three TriesEpisode 493: Finally, After Three Tries

February 25, 2018| Jonah Falcon| 0 Comment| 2:23 am

So, two weeks ago, the audio was so corrupted, there was nothing that could be salvaged. A week later, the podcast only had one track working, so it was like Jonah speaking to imaginary people only he could hear. This podcast is finally perfect, with Rock Band being the Gaming Flashback.

This week’s news includes:

System Shock reboot that raised $1.3M on Kickstarter is now on “hiatus”
Dragon Ball FighterZ’s premium DLC characters revealed
Rumor: Diablo III is coming to Nintendo Switch

Let us know what you think.

Episode 492: Dragon Ball Fighter TJEpisode 492: Dragon Ball Fighter TJ

February 4, 2018| Jonah Falcon| 0 Comment| 2:05 am

This week, TJ talks about how much he’s loving Dragon Ball Fighter Z, and how he enjoys using one character’s OP exploit to take down opponents with breathtaking quickness. Jonah brings up doing a special podcast, like Paul, Jordan and Jennifer did with Doctor Who, except with Star Trek this time.

All this and this week’s news, which includes:

Sega teams up with Heavy Rain lead designer’s new studio to publish “narrative-driven” game
Rainbow Six: Siege tweet suggests upcoming PS4 Pro & Xbox One X support
Microsoft’s Mixer streaming service to get Twitch-style tipping
FIFA E-World Cup forced to switch to Xbox due to PSN outage

This week’s Question of the Week is “What game have you ended up playing til sunrise?”

Episode 490: Switch EmulationEpisode 490: Switch Emulation

January 21, 2018| Jonah Falcon| 0 Comment| 12:35 pm

This week’s episode was recorded on time, but publication was late thanks to power outages again. There’s no discussion of Nintendo’s $70 cardboard arts and crafts project (that’ll be the subject of the next episode), but a Switch emulator does get some discussion.

The news this week:

Battlefield 1 is setting one of its maps free this week
LEGO Incredibles 2 and DC Villains games reportedly in the works
BlazBlue Cross Tag Battle has nabbed a Western release date
Stardew Valley creator teases multiplayer

This week’s Question of the Week is again “What popular game did you play long after its initial release?”

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.