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 […]
Entries Tagged as 'Nintendo Switch'
Episode 502: Spring Flu
May 20th, 2018 · No Comments
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Episode 501: The Official Levis Episode
May 13th, 2018 · No Comments
This episode follows the landmark 500th episode, and this next episode is dominated by Nintendo, both in the news and looking back at the Gaming Flashback for Wii Music and the infamous E3 performance starring Reggie Fils-Aime and Cammie Dunaway. The news includes: Nintendo Labo first week sales sluggish in Japan, UK Atari announces Atari […]
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Episode 500: Celebration Time!
April 23rd, 2018 · 2 Comments
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 […]
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Episode 493: Finally, After Three Tries
February 25th, 2018 · No Comments
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: […]
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Episode 490: Switch Emulation
January 21st, 2018 · No Comments
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 […]
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Episode 489: Late to the Party
January 12th, 2018 · 1 Comment
This week’s episode is a little late due to a power outage. However, despite the lack of really interesting news, the crew still finds plenty to chat about. This week’s news includes: Switch outsells entire lifetime of Wii U in Japan The Tomb Kings bring crazy new units and crafting to Total War: Warhammer 2 […]
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Episode 483: Rolling Ones
November 20th, 2017 · No Comments
This week’s podcast has been seriously delayed due to Jonah’s computer going belly up, then having to deal with reinstalling everything. Not to worry, however, since everything on the old hard drive was saved, learn more at desky.com.au. If that weren’t enough, Jonah is enjoying his new Xbox One X Project Scorpio Edition. The news […]
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Episode 475: Sterling Reviews
August 17th, 2017 · No Comments
This week’s episode is 50% longer as the first 20 minutes or so are devoted to the reaction to Jim Sterling’s explosive review of Hellblade and his subsequent recanting later that day. This week has no Gaming Flashback or Gaming History, but there are six news items to make up for it. The items include: […]
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Episode 473: Jonah Bashes Zelda, Gets Snarked
August 3rd, 2017 · No Comments
This week’s episode features Jonah being seriously critical of the Zelda series and getting the aghast reactions from his co-hosts (and probably the internet at large). The crew also discusses games on laptops and dreaming about the games they’d played. There’s another Gaming Flashback this week, 2007’s Game of the Year, Yaris. This week’s news […]
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Episode 471: Nintendo’s Lawyers
July 13th, 2017 · No Comments
Nintendo is the main focus of this week’s episode, but we can’t discuss the company too much or they’ll sic their lawyers on the podcast. Other than that, there’s plenty of safe things to discuss. This week’s episode includes: Evil Genius 2 in development at Rebellion Nobody can find the source code for Icewind Dale […]
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