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Episode 624: Sound IssuesEpisode 624: Sound Issues

September 14, 2021| Jonah Falcon| 0 Comment| 12:25 pm

This episode has some white noise during it, so please don’t listen to it wearing headphones. The mic that was used is dying, so I purchased a new mic which will be used for Episode 626.

Til then, the news includes:

Twitch sues hate raiders
Paradox CEO apologizes for “inappropriate behavior” with employee in 2018
Sony shuts down online for older LittleBigPlanet games “to protect the community”
Darkest Dungeon 2 Early Access release date set for October

Let us know what you think.

Episode 619: StreamboxingEpisode 619: Streamboxing

August 5, 2021| Jonah Falcon| 0 Comment| 5:33 pm

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.

Episode 594: Sony, Swimsanity and TurkeyEpisode 594: Sony, Swimsanity and Turkey

November 26, 2020| Jonah Falcon| 0 Comment| 12:03 am

This is the third attempt in as many weeks at making an episode.

There’s no real news items this Thanksgiving as the podcast is giving away free Swimsanity codes and talk about the games they’ve been playing that month.

Let us know what you think and win a Swimsanity code.

Episode 566: NBA 2K20 Is AwfulEpisode 566: NBA 2K20 Is Awful

March 13, 2020| Jonah Falcon| 0 Comment| 12:39 am

Jonah goes off on a virulent rant about NBA 2K20 and the decline of the series as a whole, while offering milder criticism of Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order. There’s no Gaming Flashbacks, but plenty of news.

The news items include:

Another leak points to new Tony Hawk game arriving later this year
Horizon Zero Dawn is coming to PC this summer
2K returns to making NFL video games, but not a Madden competitor

Let us know what you think.

Episode 564: Sony’s Pricing ProblemEpisode 564: Sony’s Pricing Problem

February 20, 2020| Jonah Falcon| 0 Comment| 10:33 pm

This week’s episode talks about Sony having issues, and that’s not even taking into account their pulling out of a convention due to the coronavirus scare. This week’s Gaming Flashback looks at the classic dark puzzle platformer Limbo.

As for the news:

Sony breaks PS5 pricing tradition for Xbox Series X launch
Next in No Man’s Sky: an organic spaceship you can grow from an egg
Xbox Game Pass for PC will get Yakuza 0, Two Point Hospital, and more soon (from PC Gamer)

This week’s Question of the Week: “What is your favorite videogame commercial or trailer?”

Episode 563: Welcome to the CloudEpisode 563: Welcome to the Cloud

February 13, 2020| Jonah Falcon| 0 Comment| 8:53 pm

This week, the gang discuss the provocative article by Forbes about Microsoft ignoring Sony in favor of combating Google and Amazon in the cloud space — and how Sony is renting Microsoft’s servers. No Gaming Flashback this week, though.

The news includes:

Microsoft: Amazon and Google are ‘the main competitors going forward’
Stardew Valley creator is working on two new games
Capcom removes Denuvo DRM from Devil May Cry 5

Question of the Week: “What’s your favorite videogame trailer or advertisement?”

Episode 557: The Console War Is EndingEpisode 557: The Console War Is Ending

December 14, 2019| Jonah Falcon| 0 Comment| 4:23 am

This week probably has the most shocking and industry moving news of the week, as Sony, Microsoft and Nintendo start to play nice — and their players get to play together.

This week’s news includes:

MLB The Show going multi-platform “as early as 2021”
Minecraft Bedrock Edition on PS4
Resident Evil 3 Remake announced, out in April
2K launches new studio focused on the next BioShock

Let us know what you think.

Episode 534: Epic ExclusiveEpisode 534: Epic Exclusive

April 4, 2019| Jonah Falcon| 0 Comment| 8:15 am

There was a lot of shocking news in the past week — unfortunately, Jonah was at PAX East, so last week’s episode ended up not being published. But there’s still more news this week.

The news includes:

Borderlands 3 might be an Epic Store exclusive
Videogame news subreddit closes for 24 hours to protest bigotry
John and Brenda Romero working with Paradox on new strategy IP
Sony unveils PSN refund policy

Let us know what you think.

Episode 528: Back From DisasterEpisode 528: Back From Disaster

February 14, 2019| Jonah Falcon| 0 Comment| 12:00 am

Jonah’s desktop PC finally died completely from irretrievable hardware failure, and this episode was recorded clumsily on his cellphone. Meanwhile, TJ has been enjoying Apex Legends enormously, and gives it a rave review.

Otherwise, this week’s news includes:

Activision-Blizzard lays off 800 employees
World War Z gets an April release date
Dragon Quest Builders 2 comes to Switch, PS4 this summer
Chucklefish boss says Sony is responsible for lack of PS4 crossplay

The Question of the Week is “Which game would you love to see remade?”

Episode 521: Power OutageEpisode 521: Power Outage

November 29, 2018| Jonah Falcon| 0 Comment| 1:22 am

Last week’s podcast couldn’t be uploaded thanks to some good old-fashioned California power outages. This week’s episode is full of snark — enjoy.

The news items include:

PlayStation Classic using PAL versions for several games regardless of region
Bethesda apologizes about Fallout 76 launch
Fortnite surpasses 200 million players
No Man’s Sky Visions update improves diversity

Let us know what you think.