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Episode 650: Walking SimulatorsEpisode 650: Walking Simulators

May 20, 2022| Jonah Falcon| 0 Comment| 12:00 pm

This week’s episode looks at the progenitor of all walking simulator games, Dear Esther, in this week’s Gaming Flashback. They also discuss the upcoming Game Pass games for May as well as voice masking on the Playstation 3 and Xbox. In addition, Scott discusses Eiyuden Chronicle: Rising, the spinoff of Eiyuden Chronicle: Hundred Heroes that was crowdfunded on Kickstarter.

The news includes:

EA Sports officially ends FIFA partnership after 30 years of games
Starfield and Redfall have been delayed
Sony reportedly “will not approve any statements” from PlayStation studios on reproductive rights
Alan Wake developer Remedy provides update on five projects in pipeline

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Episode 649: Activision-Blizzard Sued AgainEpisode 649: Activision-Blizzard Sued Again

May 6, 2022| Jonah Falcon| 0 Comment| 8:06 am

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Another week, another time that Activision-Blizzard suffers legal issues — in fact, there are lots of legal shenanigans going on. No Gaming Podcast this week in this short episode, while Microsoft Movie Maker has a comeback.

This week’s news includes:

New York City sues Activision Blizzard, says Bobby Kotick is ‘unfit’ to negotiate the Microsoft buyout
Reggie Fils-Aimé warned Nintendo about GameBoy Micro
Xbox and Bethesda Games Showcase announced for June 12
Xbox has helped Fortnite sneak its way back onto iPhones

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Episode 648: Sleeping ScottEpisode 648: Sleeping Scott

April 26, 2022| Jonah Falcon| 0 Comment| 7:51 am

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Scott falls asleep mid-podcast, leaving Jonah and TJ to wrap up the episode. In the meantime, the crew get nostalgic over the “Toys to Life” craze, as this week’s Gaming Flashback is Skylanders: Spyro’s Adventure.

This week’s news includes:

The Bethesda Launcher will be shut down on May 11
PlayStation 5 finally getting Variable Refresh Rate support this week
Sony wants someone to shape its Playstation PC plans
Baldur’s Gate 3 officially gets 2023 release window

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Episode 647: AdvertisingEpisode 647: Advertising

April 21, 2022| Jonah Falcon| 0 Comment| 7:21 am

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This week’s is pretty short, featuring a Sonic the Hedgehog and Halo discussion before delving into what’s okay and what’s not okay with in-game advertisements. The Gaming Flashback for this episode is the tripping Journey.

The news includes:

PlayStation wants ads in its games, too
Bugsnax leads late April Xbox Game Pass line-up
Amy Hennig is taking another shot at making a Star Wars game

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Episode 646: Late April Fool’sEpisode 646: Late April Fool’s

April 11, 2022| Jonah Falcon| 0 Comment| 6:58 am

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This week’s episode deals with the fact it was published on April Fool’s Fool’s Day, and discussion of the games that have been floating the hosts’ boats. This week’s Gaming Flashback is the magnum opus of Telltale Games: The Walking Dead. The guys also discuss the upcoming Kingdom Hearts 4 and whether anyone cares about it.

The news includes:

Digital games on PS3 and Vita are reportedly “expiring” and becoming unplayable
Ubisoft ends its NFT experiment in Ghost Recon Breakpoint
Konami details eFootball 2022 v1.0 update due next week
Blue Box: Abandoned has not been canceled

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Episode 645: Brought To You By the Swedish MafiaEpisode 645: Brought To You By the Swedish Mafia

April 1, 2022| Jonah Falcon| 0 Comment| 11:22 am

There’s a lot of PlayStation news this week, good bad and indifferent. In addition, there’s some Gundam’s coming your way. This week’s episode features a double whammy of a Gaming Flashback highlighting Mass Effect 3, and the Gaming History of the infamous Gizmondo.

The news item this week:

Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart lead writer claims work has been “erased”

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Episode 644: Nintendo At It AgainEpisode 644: Nintendo At It Again

March 25, 2022| Jonah Falcon| 0 Comment| 5:44 pm

Jonah considers Elden Ring too grind-y, and talks about the name of an infamous handheld console.

News items include:

PlayStation 5 owners report online issues following system update
Mass Effect Trilogy co-creator returning to science fiction
Bungie says last week’s Destiny 2 video takedowns were ‘fraudulent‘
Nintendo takes down scans of 1996 Super Mario 64 Strategy Guide

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Episode 643: Bits and PiecesEpisode 643: Bits and Pieces

March 19, 2022| Jonah Falcon| 0 Comment| 11:41 am

The previous two podcasts got corrupted on upload, and now I have to reedit them completely. Be patient.

This week’s there’s a bunch of minor news items, covering things like Sony’s lawsuit, S.T.A.L.K.E.R 2 and the Ukraine invasion, Minecraft frogs, various remasters, and the gang talk briefly about the newly released Tunic.

The main news items include:

The Gold Box D&D games are coming to Steam
Elden Ring described as start of a “new franchise“

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Episode 640: Spacewar!Episode 640: Spacewar!

February 17, 2022| Jonah Falcon| 0 Comment| 2:36 pm

This week has a lot of followup to the entire situation with Activision/Blizzard, and also a lot of news items that weren’t a part of the official news feed. According desky.ca in addition, this week’s Gaming Flashback is recognized as the first computer game, Spacewar!

The news feed includes:

Microsoft is watching Activision/Blizzard to ensure ‘the right people’ are in charge when it takes over
Witcher 3 director and Cyberpunk 2077 veterans announce new studio and ‘AAA dark fantasy‘ RPG
Nintendo Switch Sports online play test registration now open
3DS and Wii U eShop purchases end in March 2023
Focus Home Interactive to acquire Metal Slug Tactics dev Leikir Studio

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Episode 639: Live Games ServiceEpisode 639: Live Games Service

February 10, 2022| Jonah Falcon| 0 Comment| 10:50 am

The crew gets excited about the announcement of The Wolf Among Us 2, although it won’t be out for a while, and bemoan the infestation of live service games everywhere these days in videogames.

The news includes:

PlatinumGames pivoting to live service games
Rockstar announces Grand Theft Auto 6 in a tweet
Tim Schafer doesn’t want Psychonauts or any other Double Fine game turned into a movie

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