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Episode 785: Digital AbuseEpisode 785: Digital Abuse

July 29, 2026| Jonah Falcon| 0 Comment| 5:12 pm

This week’s Gaming Flashback is Halo 3.

Monster Hunter Wilds’ latest patch makes online-only missions playable offline
Bethesda yet again reassures fans that The Elder Scrolls 6’s roadmap is unaffected by recent Xbox layoffs
Atari signs deal with Universal Pictures to develop movies – Asteroids, Adventure, Berzerk, Breakout, Centipede, Crystal Castles, Millipede, Missile Command, Pong, Yars’ Revenge
PlayStation ‘blackout’ week is coming to protest Sony’s disc-Less future
Dev: “Sony had the strictest social media guidelines they’ve ever seen issued”
Xbox grants PC versions of select Ubisoft games to digital copy owners

Let us know what you think.

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Episode 783: Steam and AIEpisode 783: Steam and AI

June 24, 2026| Jonah Falcon| 0 Comment| 5:14 pm

Steam Machine price revealed
Sony deletes mention of PC from annual strategy report
Epic Games Store is getting a big redesign
Halo: Campaign Evolved PS5 players will require an Xbox account and gamertag to play
Rockstar quietly gives us probably our best look at GTA 6’s Vice City yet
Ultima’s creator Richard Garriott is planning to win back the rights to his legendary RPG from EA with an 50-year-old copyright quirk

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Episode 782: Bond. James Bond.Episode 782: Bond. James Bond.

June 10, 2026| Jonah Falcon| 0 Comment| 12:00 pm

Gaming Flashback:
Shaken But Not Stirred

News:

FromSoftware has finally announced an Elden Ring Switch 2 release date
Rayman Legends being remastered in full 3D
PlayerUnknown’s survival game is shutting down 6 months after launch
Streets of Rage movie hires Sonic screenwriters
State of Play 2026
PC Gaming Show 2026
Xbox Games Showcase
Future Games Show
Nintendo’s finally developing replaceable batteries
ROG Xbox Ally X20 announced with OLED display

Let us know what you think.

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Episode 781: No PC For SonyEpisode 781: No PC For Sony

May 22, 2026| Jonah Falcon| 0 Comment| 12:00 pm

News:

Tom Kane dies aged 64
Steam Controller reservations are coming through
Sony reportedly confirms it’s ditching PC versions of its single-player PS5 games
Forza Horizon 6 has already tripled the series’ peak player count on Steam
Sony announces price increase for new PlayStation Plus subscribers

Let us know what you think.

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Episode 775: Shovel ‘Em In the HeadEpisode 775: Shovel ‘Em In the Head

March 6, 2026| Jonah Falcon| 0 Comment| 12:00 pm

This week’s podcast covers Nioh 3 crossing 1 million units sold to become the series’ fastest-selling game, Resident Evil Requiem has surpassing 5m copies sold in less than a week, and Discord delaying its global age verification rollout and cuts ties with Peter Thiel-backed verification vendor. This week’s Gaming Flashback is Shovel Knight.

The news includes:

Sony was ready to approve a Bloodborne remake, but FromSoftware turned it down
PlayStation reportedly plans to stop releasing major PS5 games on PC
Steam Deck faces US stock issues as AI-driven RAM shortage hits gaming hardware
Slay the Spire 2 confirms online co-op
Stop Killing Games is launching NGOs in the European Union and the US

Let us know what you think.

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Episode 755: It’s Showtime!Episode 755: It’s Showtime!

June 13, 2025| Jonah Falcon| 0 Comment| 12:00 pm

TJ and Jonah go alone this episode, as they discuss un-E3 showcases!

The news includes:

Xbox Ally X revealed
Sony State of Play
Summer Game Fest
Wholesome Direct
PC Gaming Show
Xbox Games Show

What was your favorite game of the shows?

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Episode 748: Five NightsEpisode 748: Five Nights

March 21, 2025| Jonah Falcon| 0 Comment| 4:17 pm

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The news this week:

The Last of Us Part 2 Remastered‘s PC specs and features detailed, as Sony reiterates no PSN account required, EA Sports College Football 26 to increase NIL payouts to $1,500, Palworld update 0.5.0 patch notes bring crossplay to the game, Papers, Please creator Lucas Pope says ‘it’s a tragedy’ his 2013 immigration sim now feels so on-the-nose, Xbox lists Hollow Knight: Silksong as part of “incredible” upcoming indie line-up, Apple & Google face antitrust charges as EU defies threat of Trump tariffs.

Let us know what you think.

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Episode 743: Free-For-AllEpisode 743: Free-For-All

February 5, 2025| Jonah Falcon| 0 Comments| 12:00 am

This week, there’s no notes, just talking about the current events, such as Microsoft’s multiplatform strategy and the new games that have come out, especially Foundation, a city-builder in the style of The Settlers.

Let us know what you think.

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Episode 735: Long DiscussionsEpisode 735: Long Discussions

October 16, 2024| Jonah Falcon| 0 Comment| 12:07 am

There’s a ton of discussions, such as Xbox Cloud Gaming will reportedly let players stream any game in their library from November, Russia straight-up bans Discord for enabling ‘terrorist and extremist purposes’, Killing Floor 3‘s dynamic tech makes zed heads ‘flower’ when you shoot them, Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 will get a Nuketown map, Brazil lifts ban on X following Elon Musk’s compliance with Supreme Court orders, the DOJ may break up Google, Terrifier 3 (the indie horror film that managed to make 10x its budget while Joker: Folie à Deux flails in the water) is getting a videogame, the current head of Xbox Game Studios, Alan Hartman, is to retire at the end of November, with Rare studio boss Craig Duncan taking over and the official Nintendo Museum appears to be emulating SNES games on a Windows PC, which is slightly embarrassing.

The news:

Legendary game designer Jordan Weisman’s next project is an open world deck-building pirate romance tactical RPG
Red Dead Redemption coming to PC later this month
Former Bethesda and BioWare devs are making a Stardew-like with Redwall animals (from PC Gamer)

Let us know what you think.

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Episode 671: Pre-XmasEpisode 671: Pre-Xmas

December 14, 2022| Jonah Falcon| 0 Comment| 7:21 pm

We have peaceniks in World of Warcraft, nude mods in Marvel’s Midnight Suns, and more Black Mesa, but the Game Awards overshadowed all that. Of course, no one cared about the winners — it was all about the commercials.

The news includes:

Tekken 7 has sold over 10 million copies
Indie dev suggests players “don’t buy” his game as the relationship with their publisher has “dissolved”

Let us know what you thought of the Game Awards.