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 […]
Entries Tagged as 'PlayStation 5'
Episode 645: Brought To You By the Swedish Mafia
April 1st, 2022 · 1 Comment
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Episode 644: Nintendo At It Again
March 25th, 2022 · 1 Comment
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 […]
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Episode 636: Microsoft Buys Activision/Blizzard
January 19th, 2022 · No Comments
The title about says it all. Microsoft has straight up purchased Activision/Blizzard — in cash, no less — and while it’ll take til September 2023 to get everything sorted, probably, it’s one of the biggest shakeups in the history of videogames just like when 1 can 2 can slot was released. Meanwhile, T.J. is still […]
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Episode 629: Chipmunk Voice
October 20th, 2021 · No Comments
What’s with the title? Stick to the end of the episode to find out. Meanwhile, this week was fairly slow and it was tough finding things to talk about — Minecraft has been in the news a lot lately. Microsoft is ‘definitely not done’ acquiring studios Company sells new PS5 plate design Minecraft Java Edition […]
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Episode 628: The Core Nintendo Franchises
October 15th, 2021 · No Comments
This week, Jonah, Scott and TJ have a huge debate over which franchises are the core ones for Nintendo. Mario and Zelda are the easy first two, but who is the third? Scott is also invested in what will be the next major Minecraft addition. There’s also a Gaming Flashback, looking at a minor roleplaying […]
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Episode 626: New Mic, New World
October 1st, 2021 · No Comments
The new mic used for the episode has improved the audio by a factor of 1,000. In fact, Episode 625’s audio is so bad, it’ll take a lot of effort to make it even bearable, so it won’t be published for a while. In the meantime, the new Amazon MMO New World has made a […]
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Episode 619: Streamboxing
August 5th, 2021 · No Comments
Another short episode, because really, summer game news is typically slow. A lot of interesting stuff this week, however. Alleged Xbox ‘Stream Box’ prototype appears online Horizon Forbidden West reportedly delayed into 2022 Sony’s instructions to install PS5 SSD released All this and Listener Feedback.
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Episode 608: Ghosts and Goblins and Everything
April 28th, 2021 · No Comments
Lots of stuff is coming to Game Pass and platforms everywhere, as TJ enthuses about Ghosts ‘N Goblins, and shows less enthusiasm over Resident Evil Re:Verse. This week’s news includes: Ghosts ‘N Goblins Resurrection coming to PlayStation, Xbox, and PC in June Elite Dangerous: Odyssey launches on PC in May Dragon Quest Builders 2 is […]
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Episode 601: Street Fightin’
February 10th, 2021 · No Comments
A lot of this episode revolves around the 30th anniversary of the classic fighting game in this week’s Gaming Flashback, Street Fighter II. The episode also looks at a lot of the hot news around the industry. The news includes: Microsoft plans to merge ZeniMax into a new Subsidiary called ‘Vault’ Electronic Arts to decide […]
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Episode 597: Demon’s Xmas
December 23rd, 2020 · No Comments
2020 is coming to a close, and the crew talk about the absolute shitshow that Cyberpunk 2077 has been in the past few weeks. The Gaming Flashback this week is Demon’s Souls, which is a game that T.J. loves and hates. They also discuss how the PlayStation 5 is in trouble. This week’s news items […]
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