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Episode 526: New York State of MindEpisode 526: New York State of Mind

January 24, 2019| Jonah Falcon| 0 Comment| 6:00 am

This week’s episode of Gaming Podcast features the first news of 2019 for the podcast, and there’s some juicy items to discuss. There’s no Gaming Flashback, but there is more discussion of the latest Civilization VI: Gathering Storm civs to be discussed.

The news includes:

“Exciting Halo: The Master Chief Collection news” teased for SXSW 2019
EA cancels open-world Star Wars game
Pillars of Eternity 2: Deadfire is getting turn-based combat later this week

Let us know what you think.

Episode 520: Excelsior!Episode 520: Excelsior!

November 15, 2018| Jonah Falcon| 0 Comment| 1:37 am

The news cycle has begun to explode, as the holiday season looms and Black Friday in sight. Jonah and TJ get into a heated argument about Destiny 2, to liven up the proceedings after the bummer of Stan Lee’s death.

This week’s news include:

Obsidian and inXile join Microsoft Studios
Stan Lee dies at 95
Destiny 2 director assures players Bungie is “not disappointed” with Forsaken

The Question of the Week is indeed “How would you fix Destiny 2?”

Episode 517: Audio ProblemsEpisode 517: Audio Problems

October 18, 2018| Jonah Falcon| 0 Comment| 10:44 pm

Unfortunately, Skype decided that since Jonah’s webcam was connected, he wanted to use the webcam’s mic instead of the actual mic Jonah uses, making it sound like he’s in the next room talking to the others. It’s unfortunate, since this was the 350th episode of the Videogame Roundtable and longtime co-host Paul Nowak took the time from his busy schedule to join in the landmark episode.

This week’s news includes:

Skybound Games will finish the final season of Telltale’s The Walking Dead
Star Citizen’s latest promise rakes in almost a million dollars
Blizzard denies Diablo: Reign of Terror is a BlizzCon leak
Microsoft looking to partner with new Japanese studios
Report: PS4 users are setting messages to private after discovering new bug that bricks consoles

Let us know what you think.

Episode 509: Heatwave LAEpisode 509: Heatwave LA

July 25, 2018| Jonah Falcon| 0 Comment| 2:54 pm

This week was a hot time for Jonah — really hot time as Los Angeles was sweltering and the Arctic was literally on fire. However, that didn’t stop the crew from doing the podcast (albeit a day late), though the news was a bit thin again.

The news items for the week include:

The C64 Mini is coming to North America on October 9
Datamined logo offers more evidence Taiko Drum Master for Switch is coming West
Next Xbox will focus on “XCloud” game streaming
GOG: Classic console games “might be possible”

The Question of the Week: “What little known game did you love?”

Episode 506: E3 Swag and Sony SagEpisode 506: E3 Swag and Sony Sag

June 27, 2018| Jonah Falcon| 0 Comment| 2:54 am

This episode follows the three hour long E3 episode, but there was so much E3 to talk about, a lot of the show spilled over into this show, including the crew talking about the swag Jonah sent to them, and Sony’s “winning” of E3 in terms of media attention. There was going to be a Gaming History, but the episode ran long and they weren’t going to have a two hour podcast after a three hour one.

The news of the week includes:

Microsoft and Nintendo troll Sony over crossplay
Bethesda lawsuit says Westworld game stole Fallout Shelter code
Microsoft and Razer are working on Xbox keyboard and mouse support
Nintendo Switch could get its own new Monster Hunter games
Life is Strange 2 Episode One release date revealed

There was some Listener Feedback to last week’s episode, too.

Episode 505: 3 Hours Of E3Episode 505: 3 Hours Of E3

June 16, 2018| Jonah Falcon| 0 Comment| 8:36 pm

This week’s episode is three hours long — Jonah’s mic was moving in the first minute, but after that, it’s ok. There’s no news, just discussion of each of the press briefings that preceded E3, as well as some of the games that Jonah got hands-on time with. TJ is sad that he didn’t get to attend this year, while Scott is getting E3 swag.

Next week, back to news items!

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 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 464: EA’s Star Wars Battlefront II plansEpisode 464: EA’s Star Wars Battlefront II plans

April 17, 2017| Jonah Falcon| 0 Comment| 7:46 am

Since the podcast recording last Wednesday had audio issues and the news was, frankly, boring, the crew decided to record a new 464th episode on Easter Sunday, after some more interesting stuff was announced near the end of the week. That, and Scott expresses his enthusiasm for Thimbleweed Park, the spiritual successor to Maniac Mansion and Day of the Tentacle, using a SCUMM-like interface.

This week’s news items include:

Diving into Project Scorpio’s backwards compatibility, 4K, VR, and 1080p support
Nintendo discontinues the NES Classic Edition
It looks like Star Wars: Battlefront II will ditch the Season Pass

All that and some Listener Feedback.

Episode 459: This Week and LastEpisode 459: This Week and Last

March 8, 2017| Jonah Falcon| 0 Comment| 11:59 pm

So, thanks to an untimely computer breakdown, last week’s episode could not be run in a timely manner. So, this double-length episode features an off-the-cuff discussion of videogames with no notes, with last week’s episode tacked on. There’s not much editing in the episode, due to the fact Jonah has to rush off to Boston to attend PAX East over the weekend.

Last week’s “news” includes:

Middle Earth: Shadow of War leaked then announced
Microsoft announces Netflix-style gaming for the Xbox One
Videogame industry lobbying to maintain “repair monopoly”
Microsoft plans to bring mixed reality to the Xbox in 2018

All this and some Listener Feedback