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Episode 380: Calling All GoatsEpisode 380: Calling All Goats

March 15, 2015| Jonah Falcon| 0 Comment| 9:26 pm

After a week off from Jonah being at PAX East 2015 and Paul being at GDC, the podcast is back, as this week’s Gaming Flashback is the landmark Guitar Hero. In addition, the podcast learns too late that Cities: Skylines runs on Windows XP. Paul also deals with goats, and the podcast is giving away a free code for Catlateral Damage.

This week’s news items include:

Report: Mississippi deputy fired over threatening Xbox Live players
Cities: Skylines breaks Paradox sales records
Titanfall DLC is free forever on Xbox One, PC, Xbox 360
Goat Simulator is coming to Xbox One and 360 in April
Cards Against Humanity is now online, free

This week’s Question of the Week, “What is your favorite gaming snack?”

Episode 375: And We’re BackEpisode 375: And We’re Back

January 25, 2015| Jonah Falcon| 0 Comment| 9:44 pm

After a problematic week, Episode 375 is now up, with tons of news. So much that there’s no room for a Gaming Flashback or a Gaming History.

The news includes:

Joystiq no longer scoring” reviews
New Harmonix survey points to Rock Band 4
Hatred gets an AO rating in US
Disney, Activision both claim landslide victory in toys-to-life category
Microsoft maintaining $349 price point on Xbox Ones
Windows 10 includes in-home game streaming from Xbox One

This week’s Question of the Week: “What, if any, was your favorite part of Rock Band?”

Episode 374: Lost in a CrowdEpisode 374: Lost in a Crowd

January 11, 2015| Jonah Falcon| 0 Comment| 9:31 pm

This week’s episode of Gaming Podcast has a special guest co-host, Andrew Yoon, formerly of Joystiq and currently in card game and video game development. The Gaming Flashback is the one that started them all: LEGO Star Wars: The Video Game.

The slow news week includes:

DDoS service targeting PSN and Xbox powered by home Internet routers
Japanese console sales continued to slide in 2014
Evolve’s questionable bargain: pre-purchase to avoid the unlock grind
Sony delays PS4 in China

The Question of the Week: “What is your favorite, if any, LEGO videogames?”

Episode 373: Happy New 2015Episode 373: Happy New 2015

January 4, 2015| Jonah Falcon| 0 Comment| 10:56 pm

This is the first podcast of 2015, and Jonah and Paul are ready to get going, talking about their holiday gifts and their disappointment in the film Birdman. There’s no Gaming History or Gaming Flashback this week, but stay tuned for one next week.

The news in this episode includes:

FBI claimed to be investigating Xbox Live, PlayStation Network DDoS perps
GSC Gameworld re-opens for business
Halo 5 multiplayer beta gets more maps, weapons, and modes (from GameSpot)
Xbox Live founder leaves Microsoft

Also in the podcast is some Listener Feedback and the Question of the Week, “How much do you play online?”

Episode 371: This Podcast Is ExtremeEpisode 371: This Podcast Is Extreme

December 7, 2014| Jonah Falcon| 0 Comment| 10:35 pm

This week is another short one as the news is pretty light. However, there is another Gaming History as The Super Mario Bros. Super Show! is examined.

This week’s news includes:

Destiny‘s PVP mode now breaks up teams if they’re too good
Xbox One sold over 720K Black Friday week in the US
Godzilla The Game heading to North America this Summer
Street Fighter V revealed as a PS4, PC exclusive (from GameSpot)

The Question of the Week: “What is your favorite giant monster?”

Episode 369: Dragon Age MMO-StyleEpisode 369: Dragon Age MMO-Style

November 23, 2014| Jonah Falcon| 0 Comment| 10:08 pm

This week’s episode has Jonah annoyed at the gameplay decisions for Dragon Age: Inquisition, Paul discusses passwords, while the Gaming History is the cartoon Captain N: The Game Master.

This week’s news includes:

Valve lays out new rules and guidelines for Early Access developers
Xbox One console exclusive Ori and The Blind Forest delayed into 2015
Hackers claim to have raided PSN, 2K, Origin, Windows Live mail
GameStop & Nintendo: Game devaluation must stop

All this plus Listener Feedback and the Question of the Week: “What video game licensed cartoons have you enjoyed most, if any?”

Episode 368: Black Friday ApproachesEpisode 368: Black Friday Approaches

November 16, 2014| Jonah Falcon| 0 Comment| 7:13 pm

As Black Friday approaches, Jonah and Paul discuss this week’s news after an absence. No Devin this week, as well as no Gaming Flashback or Gaming History. Paul loses it on the last news item, too.

As for the news:

Just Cause 3 announced for PC, PS4, and Xbox One in 2015
Nintendo talks third party, holiday strategy
Dev: It’s tougher to develop for kids than core gamers
Intel resumes advertising with Gamasutra
Xbox One sales triple following $349 promotion
World of Warcraft hit with DDoS attack as new expansion launches
Carbine: Redundancies are “part of game development”

The Question of the Week: “When did you first start buying games digitally?”

Episode 367: A New BeginningEpisode 367: A New Beginning

November 1, 2014| Jonah Falcon| 0 Comment| 7:16 pm

The podcast is back as Paul S. Nowak is back from his vacation, and he brought back a new co-host with him. Devin Grimes, who once upon a time wrote for GameStooge, is now a part of the team. This week’s podcast also includes a new Gaming History, discussing the Nintendo DS.

The news items include:

Ebola scare drives sharp rise in Plague Inc. downloads
Twitch bans ‘sexually suggestive clothing’ in new terms
Dying Light cancelled for PS3 and 360
Xbox One available for $349 Starting November 2
Sony apologizes for Driveclub‘s ongoing launch woes

No Listener Feedback, but a new Question of the Week: “When did you first start listening to this podcast?”

Episode 362: Getting PoliticalEpisode 362: Getting Political

September 19, 2014| Jonah Falcon| 0 Comment| 8:37 pm

This week’s episode gets a little political as certain factions get into the videogame discussion and have some interesting ideas about them, which is enough to get Paul a little angry and a lot disappointed.

This week’s news includes:

Rust creator: “I’d have done the same thing” on Mojang deal
Conservative group issues video lambasting gaming’s feminist critics
Trade your violent games in for ice cream in California
Xbox games may soon be streamed to PC

This episode also features the Question of the Week discussion about preorders and bonus content.

Episode 360: City of WarcraftEpisode 360: City of Warcraft

September 5, 2014| Jonah Falcon| 0 Comment| 8:15 pm

This week’s Gaming Flashback is a major one, in particle for Gaming Podcast: World of Warcraft, as the WoW guild established by Derrick and Jennifer is well-remembered. For Paul, however, World of Warcraft was and is the source of some deep pain.

Along with the Gaming Flashback, this week’s news includes:

NCsoft might allow players to resurrect the City of Heroes IP
Sega accuses Gearbox founder of “doing whatever the f— he likes”
Free full-version Xbox One game trials coming for Gold members
Thousands of developers sign plea for tolerance in gaming community
Dev on PS4?s 8GB RAM: “It didn’t really change that much for us”

All this plus Listener Feedback and the Question of the Week: “What are the strongest memories of World of Warcraft that you have?”