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Episode 337: GlamourEpisode 337: Glamour

January 9, 2014| Jonah Falcon| 0 Comment| 11:04 pm

The podcast is back, with a healthier Jonah joining Jordan. No Dan or Paul however.

The news:

Hitman Project reportedly canceled, Square Enix responds
Alienware Steam Machine priced ‘very competitive’ with PS4, Xbox One
Nintendo must pay royalties for every 3DS following court ruling
Sony announces PlayStation Now for streaming older games
Gabe Newell reacts to Xbox One and Steambox comparison

Question of the Week: “What are you most looking forward to in 2014?”

Episode 336: Happy New Year 2014Episode 336: Happy New Year 2014

January 1, 2014| Jonah Falcon| 0 Comment| 9:53 pm

The first episode of 2014 is now out, as Jonah Falcon, Jordan Lund and Dan Quick recap the major news of 2014.

The news includes:

PC gaming exploding
Next-gen launches, including Microsoft’s 180
Nintendo Wii U suffers
Nintendo Announces 2DS
Microconsoles launched
Tech flops of 2013

Also, some Listener Feedback, and the Questions of the Week, “What was the biggest event of 2013? What was your favorite game?”

Episode 335: Double XEpisode 335: Double X

December 11, 2013| Jonah Falcon| 0 Comment| 9:59 pm

This week, Jordan reveals that he actually won an Xbox One from work, making him the second owner of the console in the podcast, and the only one with both a One and a PS4. Unfortunately, Paul’s not available for the podcast, making it a podcast of two.

The news this week:

Square Enix confirms Tomb Raider: Definitive Edition for next-gen
EA donates $1.65 million to American Cancer Society following Humble campaign
Report: MMOs targeted by intelligence agencies
Ubisoft polling on Assassin’s Creed 5, non-Assassin pirate game
Report: Disney taking over Indiana Jones from Paramount

Also, listener Pawel Predki wrote his own review of Tearaway. Read it here.

Episode 334: Droning OnEpisode 334: Droning On

December 4, 2013| Jonah Falcon| 0 Comment| 10:09 pm

Despite the title of the podcast episode this week, nothing is boring. Rather, there’s a ton of banter between Jonah, Paul and Jordan, as they discuss next-gen console gaming.

This week’s news items include:

Amazon testing package delivery by drone
Microsoft advises gamers against turning the Xbox One into a dev kit
There’s “no lack of ideas” at DICE, CEO ponders local weather for Battlefield
Xbox One beats PS4 sales at Walmart, Target
Epic: “We’ve yet to see the real value of the second screen”
Sega: Shenmue 3 trademark listing a hoax

All this and some Listener Feedback.

Episode 333: Boss BattlesEpisode 333: Boss Battles

November 27, 2013| Jonah Falcon| 0 Comment| 10:53 pm

Paul returns to the Gaming Podcast, having doing the major work on the Facebook game he’d been helping develop, Team USA Pinsanity. The trio argue over boss battles, and this week’s Gaming Flashback is The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past. Jordan also finally has a great Vita game to fawn over, Tearaway.

Take-Two files ‘Bully Bullsworth Academy’ trademark in Europe
Twitch cracks down on PS4 Playroom inappropriate content
Blizzard dev apologizes for remarks on sexualized designs
Sony to make $250M entertainment cuts, “nothing too sacred”

The Question of the Week: “What is your opinion on boss battles?”

Episode 332: Blue Light UnspecialEpisode 332: Blue Light Unspecial

November 20, 2013| Jonah Falcon| 0 Comment| 9:59 pm

Gaming Podcast is back after a week off, as Jordan talks about playing games on his brand-new PlayStation 4, while Jonah is anxious and worried about the Xbox One launch this week.

There’s also a ton of news this week, including:

Unlucky PlayStation 4 owners face ‘blue light of death’
Report: Apple in “talks” to purchase co-creators of original Kinect tech
Ubisoft explains why launch games underwhelm
Xbox One launch official broadcast available through Spike, GameTrailers
Survey: only 1 percent of gamers want a Wii U this Holiday season
Ken Levine defends BioShock Infinite: Burial at Sea Episode 1‘s length
World of Warcraft not going free-to-play, stop asking
More Fallout 4 evidence pops up with trademark registration

And the Question of the Week: “What was the best budget game you ever bought?”

Episode 330: Batman ProblemsEpisode 330: Batman Problems

October 30, 2013| Jonah Falcon| 0 Comment| 9:03 pm

This week’s episode has Jonah ranting about the shoddy QA in Batman: Arkham Origins, while Jordan admits he never used those Xbox Live cards that came free with some games. In the meantime, the Gaming Flashback is the classic Apple ][ game Bolo.

The news this week includes:

EA splits from Tiger Woods
Rumor: Xbox One SDK plagued by eleventh hours bugs
Apple sells 33.8m iPhones, 14.1m iPads in September quarter
Nvidia Shield update adds official PC streaming, console mode, more Android support
Fans trash Call of Duty: Ghosts booth at a games expo

No Question of the Week this week – just looking for Listener feedback.

Episode 329: Back AgainEpisode 329: Back Again

October 23, 2013| Jonah Falcon| 0 Comment| 9:34 pm

Gaming Podcast is back after being off for a week. This time out, there’s a Gaming Flashback as Jordan and Jonah discuss The 7th Guest, which was coincidentally just released on Steam.

This week’s news includes:

Xbox One and PlayStation 4 headsets compatibility issues
Dark Matter abrupt ending blamed on failed Kickstarter drive
Rockstar New England working on “next version of famous IP”
Fassbender on Assassin’s Creed film: it’s “definitely happening”
Struggling Scrolls may go free-to-play

This week’s Question of the Week, “What was your favorite adventure game?”

Episode 328: No Rusty Ventures AllowedEpisode 328: No Rusty Ventures Allowed

October 9, 2013| Jonah Falcon| 0 Comment| 8:18 pm

This week is on the short side, though Jonah and Jordan discuss pop culture like Red Letter Media, The Venture Bros. and Cave Johnson’s lemon ranting. There’s no Gaming Podcast or Gaming History, but there’s plenty of Listener Feedback and news items.

The news includes:

Source: RI governor Lincoln Chafee deliberately torpedoed Studio 38
UK online retailer SimplyGames enforcing PS4 bundles
Half-Life 3 removed from trademark registery – Portal 3 appears
The Last Guardian developers “re-engineering” the game, never was on “hiatus”
Grand Theft Auto Online microtransactions disabled while server issues persist

No “Question of the Week” – this week is Listener Questions – send ’em in!

Episode 327: Not-Love LettersEpisode 327: Not-Love Letters

October 1, 2013| Jonah Falcon| 0 Comment| 7:49 am

This week’s podcast has Jonah having a new job, while some really long Listener Feedback letters lengthen the podcast. In fact, several discussions between Jonah and Jordan were cut and will be in a near-future Outtakes episode.

This week is full of news as well, including:

Star Wars 1313 was to have starred Boba Fett after all
Shadow of the Eternals dev Precursor Games disbands
Techland: Dying Light isn’t another Dead Island
China lifts console ban, Microsoft collaborating with BesTV to make new console
Watch Dogs ships on two discs, requires install, 30 FPS cap on Xbox One and PS4

That plus the long Listener Feedback, and Jordan has an appeal to veteran listeners to write in.